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One of the things the creative industry in Australia is really bad at is doing stuff for themselves. Mostly because our entire arts system has historically been based on establishment figures salving their social reputations through donations, and getting dipshits to run it... But!... (1/n)

Today already felt like an oven. Now the winds have picked up, it’s like someone switched on the convection fan. Stay safe out there. #BushfireWinds

The entire Festival is now dead, but the board doesn't care. Seems the real aim here is to get rid of Adler.

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

That they’re coming after the judges reflects their belief that they now completely own the public square. This is late-stage McCarthyism.

Please, for the love of god and my aching brain: “…[T]he procedures and protections of the criminal justice process take precedence over every other part of the legal system. Until that process is completed, pretty much nothing else can happen.” Pretending an RC is appropriate is madness. #AusPol

For background, especially people who do not live in South Australia, Adelaide Writers Festival is free to the public and open access. IIRC, it formally sits within, and has its budget allocated by, Adelaide Festival, a statutory authority, and is subject to AFs board.

Wow

After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.

As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

I know they’re trying to turn this shooting into Dealey Plaza with their desperate camera angles and excuses for the murderous ICE officer but how do they explain the subsequent refusal to allow a doctor to reach the car? And lying that they already had medics there? All on tape.

Vicious attacks on Cathy Wilcox for this perceptive cartoon, including the standard accusations of "antisemitic" and "Jew-hater", only go to prove her point: The Israel lobby in Australia is, indeed, a lobby for Israel. As an Australian of Jewish background, #IStandWithCathyWilcox. #auspol

So politicians hoard homes AND charge taxpayers to cover their costs? Entitlement and rort culture from the political class is next level, especially given the attacks on people needing actual welfare.

Sigh, here we go. Frydenberg would only be happy if either he or Netanyahu were appointed as the commissioner. Frydenberg used the massacre to stoke his own political fortunes. Utterly contemptible.

Anthony Albanese could surrender leadership of the Labor Party to Josh Frydenberg and The Australian would still run stories condemning him for not doing enough. It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation. Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.

Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets. Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party. This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.

This is from Justine Davis, MLA for Johnson in the NT. It’s very good. “Australians are capable of moral agency. Caring about people overseas, about racism at home, or scrutinising government conduct does not make someone an extremist - it makes them a participant in civic life.” #AusPol

I love a sunburnt country, which is just as well today.

Thought we were keeping sport out of politics….

Wondering whether any highly paid CEOs, sports stars or other non-experts now calling for a RC into Bondi said a word when the LNP rejected calls for a Banking RC or a Robodebt RC. 🤔

If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.

Do not think for a second that Trump and his thugs are doing all this and aren't prepared to kidnap the election, too. Republicans have never been so close to full fascist power and state control. It is an absolute pipe dream to think that a ballot box will remedy this.

This isn't a random nobody. It's the homeland security advisor's wife. Trump has already bombed more countries in a year than any prior US President. It's colonial fascism by definition

There's a breed of very pompous middle-aged man reporters who get very cross when their commentary is reliably wrong and/or makes no difference to anything. They thought they'd be more powerful & influential by now & finding out they're not makes them very hormonal.

lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...

This is excellent. “We all live deeply inside a billionaire-operated communications system where every little and big thing that ever happens is part of an ongoing struggle to shape what we think and how we act and most of the time we don’t realise the extent to which we are being played.” #AusPol

jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation

This is amazing, well worth your time.

“[It’s] an incessant game of ugly politicians with uglier mouths screeching their partisan points into the void in the belief they can use the bodies of the dead to win the culture wars. It’s low stuff, but as some elements of politics have shown us over the past few days, no low is too low…”

Tragedy + Opportunism = Newscorp.

I have long thought that if John Howard had been the opposition leader after the Port Arthur massacre, he would have fought tooth and nail against any changes to gun laws, and used the event & proposed law changes to attack the govt & cause division. This week shows that to be true.

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.

Just so we’re clear, when a journalist turns on their voice recorder and starts asking you questions, you’re being interviewed. Apparently Susie Wiles didn’t realise that when she answered a Vanity Fair reporter’s questions, her answers would end up in a Vanity Fair article. #Weird

This research definitely gels with my experience in the classroom. As an icebreaker at the beginning of each semester, I get students to identify which platforms they use most, which ones they like, and whether they post or lurk. Aside from the dominance of YouTube, this lines up pretty well.

John Howard is a decrepit hypocrite. What a difference three days can make. #AusPol

Well, new law of the sea dispute just dropped, I guess … www.reuters.com/world/americ...

I don’t make the rules of travel but I’m happy to oblige. If you arrive at the airport and it’s still dark outside, you can have a breakfast bourbon. NB Now that my flight has been bumped from 7.25am to 10am, I have special dispensation to purchase makeup or skincare without consequence. 😀

Never forget who MTG really is. courtesy of @mindcite.bsky.social

Three cheers for Bloomberg journalist @catherinelucey.bsky.social for maintaining professionalism in the face of sweaty absurdity. Your question rattled him and he showed the world how close he is to snapping. Well done.

The assessments are finished, The grades have been entered. How are you travelling? I feel demented. 😀 End of year marking is officially my bitch so I’m going to light the fire and have a couple of strong drinks. Thank you linesmen, thank you ball boys. We’re done.

Guess whose kid spent hours preparing dinner for the family only to be foiled by an old pot (handle)? The crash out is real so we’re having kebabs. :)

Megyn R Kelly is trying to create a permission structure to forgive sex abusers, rapists and pedophiles. Apparently it’s only bad if the victim is 5, not if she’s 15. Kelly’s daughter is 13. Reminder: If the person you’re trying to have sex with is too young to consent, it’s not sex. It’s rape.

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

All the usual suspects. I’d have to question my life choices if my employer paid me to write articles that got me investigated by the Human Rights Commission for racism. Not this lot though. #AusPol