Government and industry are making an absolute mockery of environmental law and threatened species conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Thomas Friedman in NYT asserting that Israel is a messianic apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing.

Pope Leo XIV has turned down Trump's invitation to join his so-called "Board of Peace".

This is an interesting read and makes you wonder about algorithms in general.

“Cuts at CSIRO simply shift the cost to the Australian Government into paying another provider. And when there is no other organisation that can provide scientific expertise at the same level, then the costs will go up and the quality will go down.” satpa.pe/89Z3J4g

This is perfect. And done so damn much.

"The findings illustrate that the Australian government 's spending on biodiversity protection is basically the loose change found at the back of the couch. While its investment in biodiversity-harmful substances is a pile of cash with Scrooge McDuck rolling on top" www.abc.net.au/news/science...

What's the point of Labor? #capturedstate #fossilcriminals #auspol #wapol

Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency, Rick Morton reports. satpa.pe/WD5PCBB

How dare they try to patronise powerful and principled women like this while they obsessively attack their every utterance. This paper is a disgrace.

Ukrainian farmers know how to solve this problem. Look at how Ukrainian farmers circumvented the John Deere walled garden enshittification. www.vice.com/en/article/w...

Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"

#Ukraine President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy awarded Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych the country's medal of freedom after he was disqualified from the #Olympic skeleton competition over his "helmet of remembrance," which depicted athletes killed since russia's invasion reuters / Instagram

"Nearly 50% of the capital gains tax discount went to just 24,000 people who earned over $1 million in 2022–23, according to Oxfam Australia report released in October." The wealthy are pretentious and happy laughing at the rest of us.

Interesting commentary 🚨 Trump, I'm embarrassed to say this, but this is only the beginning of America's downfall. I think he will accelerate the decline of the empire by about ten years while he continues to go crazy. But this type of delirium, this type of figure can only appear in a certain

themercury.com/news/nationa... Turkey is hosting the next UN climate change conference while Australia chairs the negotiations

Because they have no idea what the average person does at work. In any field.

No fucking way! #albo Trump wants more access to your personal data. Will our government hand it over? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

New link: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

They just can't stop stuffing up this country... The WA EPA recommended approval of this exploration project without fully examining the evidence. The agency excluded human health concerns due to transient and “sparse populations”.

Keep your eyes on the ball. An ineffective opposition means Labor can get away with such brazen climate vandalism.

Property Bargains! Come and get it Aussies! Stolen Palestinian Land! #whatsthescam michaelwest.com.au/property-bar...

As Guy Rundle frequently observes, the majority of Australians are now knowledge class small ‘l’ liberals concerned at widening inequality, climate change, housing affordability and our grovelling to a failed US state. So why are the ALP, Libs, Nats and One Nation all competing for the cooker vote?

The problem is that a significant proportion of the Australian populace/electorate support further-right wing views or they can’t bring themselves to support alp or greens. Albanese taking Labor to right-of-centre has left Libs with nowhere else to go but further right in their quest for difference.

Trump to direct Pentagon to buy buggy whips to revive horse&buggy industry. Trump to direct Pentagon to buy muskets to revive musket industry. Buggy whip and musket industries big donors to Trump. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

don't threaten us with a good time

We are actually fucking completely fucking insane! Anything, anything so long as the fossil fuel industry is allowed to continue its destruction! interestingengineering.com/science/doom...

What air defence doing? Finally more details about Ukraine's newly developed Sunray laser air defence system!🤩💙💛 #Ukraine #UkraineNews #AirDefence #SunrayLaser #NAFO #SlavaUkraini www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

“Was it you who issued the edict to foment violence or someone else in the chain of command? After 5 hours in a police cell with no offer of water or medical attention for my various injuries I was released without charge - I’m a 76 year old filmmaker & journalist,“ #Auspol

Minn’s ICE now happening in Australia. All on the Labor Governments head. #auspol on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social

It wasn’t impossible - the cops where there to incite violence. And Albanese (and everyone else) knew this would happen and he let it.

"This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it ... I was there". Andrew Brown with the extraordinary story of NSW Police brutality at the Herzog protest. While the premier - to great applause - said "Thank you friends" to the Israel Lobby. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...

Putting Segal in charge of anything was an act of gross maladministration

That is great news. I grew up on a farm with many snakes. Brown ones terrified my mother but we just left them alone as kids. The enormous carpet snake in the wool shed was considered a respected resident to keep the mice down. We simply played around it.

I asked the AFP if they are investigating any involvement in war crimes by Isaac Herzog. They say he is entirely immune from prosecution for this.

I have been preaching this for months. Do not lose hope I just saw Mark Ruffalo become Rob Reiner Thank you @raykwong.bsky.social for showing me this clip. The way through all this is with EMPATHY. There are many more of us than them and we just need to come together and not fight each other

@albomp.bsky.social has doggedly refused to release the Office of National Intelligence #climate risk assessment his govt commissioned. Wonder why? Probably because its conclusions are similar to this UK report👇 and he wouldn’t want to upset big coal & gas. #auspol

A shout out to everyone who has been sounding the alarm about Trump for the past 10 years but has had to endure being told you were too political, too emotional, or too alarmist about the threat he posed. What he’s preparing to do is what we’ve been warning about all along. -- Stinson Carter

Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID. Other countries are consulting with the US on just what kind of access will be granted. But our government? It’s staying schtum. documentshttps://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/australian-biometric-id-data-access-donald-trump-ice/

Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez. I mean… I have so many thoughts, but it just goes down a bad rabbit hole of race traitors and the hypocrisy of maga again and again and again and…

Importantly, the Cabinet of the Hawke–Keating era was deep in its talent and its ambition. Its expenditure review committee was exceptionally hard-working. While the dynamics of the Albanese Cabinet are more opaque, there is not the breadth of talent or common reform purpose of its predecessor.

So a camp where they can ship people by train and concentrate them in one area? Sounds weirdly familiar.

How is this not terrorism?

In which I have a look at AUKUS and tbh lose my shit at how dumb it is. @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...