Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

Senate calls Brereton to give evidence. Brereton resigns. Nothing to see here.

"When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don't have to ask whose side I'm on." ~ George Orwell

faking an assassination attempt so you don't have to go to a wedding sounds like a curb your enthusiasm episode

The Australian mainstream news media is brazenly right-wing. It platforms and promotes Pauline Hanson as someone who cares about "hard-working Australians" (she doesn't) without ever holding her to account on her ignorance, her party's policies or even her own parliamentary voting record. #auspol

#ProjectGlasswing An initial update H/t @cisolens.com #cybersecurity #Anthropic #Claude #Mythos #AI www.anthropic.com/research/gla...

Told the receptionist at the Dr. office that I was born in '66. Receptionist: 1966? Me: No, 1866. I was born right after the Civil War and I'm 160 years old. That's why I scheduled an appointment with the doctor...

Yeh, all that's left to give it a simple fuck you...

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social Ivan Ehlers

#auspol Australia's lemming tendencies sorely tested.

Biggest moment: McKenzie facing resignation calls after claiming taxpayer $ for son's wedding in Tasmania. Post went viral—public anger over parliamentary entitlements abuse hitting peak. Classic gravy train politics exposed. 🧵2/3

Jillian Segal has been spending a lot of time lecturing us on how "hateful words lead to hateful deeds". But when hateful deeds are widely reported against the Israeli regime, she disappears into Witness Protection. Perhaps she's busy checking on her family trust donation to hate group Advance.

All this bullshit about needing to foster start ups like productivity will die without them. When you scratch them, so many are "we propose to use AI to shine sunlight up your rectum for wellbeing. We are targeting high net worth individuals who are looking for a way to balance their cocaine habit"

"The IDF rejected all abuse allegations in a statement to the ABC." Way past time that ABC journalists ceased the standard "Israel says...", and noted the extensive evidence that: - the IDF lies - the Netanyahu regime lies, and - Ambassador Newman is their chief propagandist in Australia. #auspol

Israel has passed "30 new bills entrenching apartheid and Jewish supremacy. ...Palestinians inside Israel have been criminally convicted for chanting political slogans at a protest." Looks like the NSW and Qld premiers are taking their cues from fascist Israel. www.972mag.com/israel-convi...

"We have built a system, a machine, that is self-propelling. Its job is to devour Earth’s natural resources and turn them into consumer products. No one is driving the machine, so requesting politicians and trillionaires to stop it has no effect." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05...

This gives context to Ben-Gvir's "unspeakable" actions, noting that the ICC issued arrest warrants in November 2024 for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for their conduct of Israel’s 'war' on Gaza. Most western media pretend Ben-Gvir is a 'bad apple'. No - he is just a brazen face of a genocidal regime.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

“Sorry, I couldn’t make your wedding, Eric. I didn’t want to go.” “Dad, I’m Barron.” “Nobody gives a shit about your pronouns, Eric. You should really take a cognitive test, you’re mixing up your own name.”

To oppose the Russian invasion, Australia has provided Ukraine with • 49 M1A1 Abrams battle tanks • 120 Bushmaster vehicles • 28 armoured personnel carriers • 14 special operations vehicles and • 28 medium trucks When will we provide arms to Palestine & Lebanon to oppose Israel's invasion? #auspol

I can’t with these ghouls and their supporters. Unfortunately they will continue to blame everyone else on the planet but themselves. It’s not antisemitism to be against genocide, and they know it!

Skipping your son’s wedding to attend a staged assassination, attempt certainly is a choice.

Last year Morton Bay council in Qld made national headlines when the supreme court ruled it had broken the law in not treating the homeless as human. The tent city is now in a new location & the Crisafulli government has done little to provide. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Barnaby Joyce attendance: 69% Bob Katter: 36% Seriously, their salary should be based on attendance.

France has banned Israeli National Security Advisor Itamar ⁠Ben-Gvirfrom from its territory after his putrid display towards abducted flotilla activists this week. Canadians need to continue to align ourselves more closely with the EU countries. They are the civilized ones in this world.

Compare to the conservative grifters who barely show up for work but are quick to claim their entitlements. #auspol #qldpol

Revisiting literary classics...updated, of course

The main difference between the Bible and To Kill a Mockingbird is that when someone calls To Kill a Mockingbird their favorite book, they’ve probably read it.

Every so often I just like to remember this tweet exists.

Experts are projecting that the war in Iran will cost taxpayers $1 trillion. The people in charge just gave the richest 1% a $1 trillion tax break. And they really want us to believe SNAP and healthcare are the problem?? Get real.

Hands up if you know what they're talking about.

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

Albanese could learn a lot from the NYC mayor about holding companies accountable and collecting what is owed the people of this nation. #auspol

The Australian Albanese Labor Govt has cut funding to two bodies that are critical to social cohesion: • $9M has been cut from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) • $8M has been cut from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). Seriously. A Labor Govt did this. #HumanRights #auspol

The Fed Govt announced $49,684,154 in contracts. Top of the list was JB Hi-Fi Group Pty Ltd ($10,684,620) https://politicalgadgets.com/

DNA tests confirmed two 800-year-old “hugging skeletons” buried together in medieval Poland were unrelated women, making it the country’s first genetically confirmed same-sex double burial. The discovery challenges long-held assumptions about ancient burial relationships

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

Following his appalling gaslighting, Israel’s ambassador to Australia leaves Albanese with no choice but to expel him. #auspol

Can't thank Stephen Colbert enough for the decades of laughs he's given us. He's been positively therapeutic in these troubled times & I can't wait to see what he does next! 👀 (plus, he let me sit behind his desk) 🙏

They’re such savvy investors. 👀 #auspol

Most viral moment: News Corp's $13.75B real estate holdings via REA Group exposed as potential driver of tax reform opposition. Users connecting corporate interests directly to media bias. 🧵2/3

Black folks been peacefully marching for decades No reparations White folks attack the capitol Get reparations What should black folks learn from this?

“Mr Ben-Gvir also drew the ire of Prime Minister Netanyahu, who said the minister's dealing with the activists was "not in line with Israel's values and norms". Indeed, Israel’s values and norms would include raping and murdering them.

We've gone from a Kennedy to whatever the frack this is. #auspol #Aukus www.msn.com/en-au/news/i...

No conversation @ @theconversation.com #auspol

Solar plus storage in India is cheaper than building fossil fuel power plants. So they build the solar.

The Global Sumud Flotilla said earlier today that nearly 90 of the activists have reportedly started a hunger strike to protest their illegal abduction, and in solidarity with the thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

. The king no longer pays taxes. If there was ANY doubt that the U.S. IS NOW A FULL-BLOWN DICTATORSHIP, it’s gone now. The BIG, BEAUTIFUL FIGHT IS COMING. It’s time to prepare. Are you a COWARD or an AMERICAN…