Vaccines work.

Dr Assal Rad— “𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 “Genocide as a weapons experiment.”

You are not “less than” because you’re disabled. You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare. You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others. Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.

The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

The Irish should stop outsourcing their national defense to the UK

Albanese’s appointment Jillian Segal major threat: “A group of Jewish organisations has labelled Envoy Jillian Segal’s “Antisemitism Report” an attack on Australia’s “democracy” and “freedoms” – benefiting the state of Israel — and say it must be rejected.” theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...

Merit before mates? Yeah .. nah. Here’s how @albomp.bsky.social is smothering the “No Favourites” Briggs Review recommendations to end cronyism, patronage via “jobs for mates”. Albo is emerging as a true duopolist. 👇Centre for Public Integrity.

The Sudanese people are not passive victims. They are resisting, organising and imagining a different kind of society. https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/culture/sudanese-people-are-not-passive-victims-they-are-resisting-organising-and #auspol

“Don’t kid yourself that it can’t happen here,” warns the brilliant Kerry O’Brien youtu.be/s--oBPdngik?...

The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Your reminder: Gerry Harvey’s hobbies are grifting taxpayer money and denigrating poor people. Enjoy shopping elsewhere.

Read the full stroy: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This is how to look after people on minimum wage - there’s power in a union… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret. It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.

"progressive politics is not just about climate targets and tax reform. It must also be about moral courage: the ability to say, “Not in our name,” when innocent lives are being destroyed and our government looks away."

Israeli soldiers rape Palestinians. Systematically. How is the state of mind of Israeli soldiers when raping Palestinian people? What is going to happen to Israeli soldiers when they return to society? Should we allow Israeli soldiers into our country since we know what they are capable of?

NDIS access for people with psychosocial disability has dropped 62% in five years. That’s thousands locked out. Shut out. Let down. The rules haven’t changed, but the approvals have. It’s time to fix it. 👉 buff.ly/NRj5x8X Survey: buff.ly/srSWv6N #NDIS

Dr Assal Rad— “I still can’t believe the media called this “targeting Hamas”.”

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

Steal steal steal..the Zionist ethos 🤬 WATCH | Israeli soldiers stole a herd of cows from a Palestinian family’s farm in the village of Sanur, Jenin, in the West Bank, and later handed them over to Israeli settlers.

The PM Australia elected “avoids conflict, postpones it indefinitely. As long as he does so, he inevitably helps those who benefit from things hewing close to their current condition.” - Sean Kelly As @juliannes.bsky.social concludes:

A party once defined by its dissent and debate has become scared of conflict, to the point where its identity is formed not by beliefs, but by a commitment to staying in power no matter what. @mrdtjames.bsky.social talks to Sean Kelly #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...

“A third of Australian families are food insecure. NDIS is being pared back to the bone. Welfare recipients face punitive new laws. Meanwhile, we have committed up to $368 billion to buy nuclear submarines that will be built in the United States.” theaimn.net/asset-stripp...

Rain pouring on battered tents. Water rising everywhere. Mattresses, blankets, and clothes soaked through in minutes. This is the reality for over 900,000 Palestinians who the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has displaced from their homes.

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Break the silence: let’s start talking about COVID-19 again – Zoe Scovell and Catherine Runge @LungFoundation www.croakey.org/brea...

I gave the 2025 Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture recently. It was about how Australia is failing its public schools & the vulnerable kids they increasingly enrol. I pull no punches. It will be broadcast on ABC RN Big Ideas at 8pm 25/11 and midday 26/11. Or via the app www.abc.net.au/listen/liste...

Better approve some more gas fields and coal mines.

omfg. "wicked problem" are you fucking kidding me, jesus fucking christ The real wicked problem here is Australia's mostly-white journalist class persistently stepping on the exact rakes the salivating white nationalists want them to step on. It is so nuts to me how none of this ever changes

'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.' h/t @cocacolakid

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The president of the United States, when asked about his documented friendship with a convicted sex offender, replied, “Quiet, piggy.” We’re done asking why sexual assault survivors don’t come forward, right? My column. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...

"Today, I am alone here in Gaza, moving from place to place, fleeing from death, and living with fear and hunger and displacement. I know that there is no escape from death, and that permanence is for nobody. But it is human nature to not want to die." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...

"Australia’s news outlets don’t interrogate AUKUS, instead merely asking, 'Is AUKUS on track or in jeopardy?'” One of the reasons Australians appear to support #AUKUS: Mainstream media is hopeless at presenting the real costs and threats. Which suits this secretive government just fine. #auspol

"What is happening here is not a matter of a few ‘extremist’ individuals acting on their own, but a broader colonialist settler mobilisation project that is funded and supported by members of the Zionist movement both locally and internationally." #WestBank

“Palestine today is a metaphor of our life and where our life is going to go. Every worker today should draw a lesson from what’s happening to the Palestinians, because the large injustice system is connected and makes all of us connected to what’s happening there.” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...

@australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social ICYMI 👇

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

An Israeli air strike on Ein El Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed at least 13 Palestinian refugees. Israel continues to launch attacks on Lebanon on a near-daily basis. The video footage is terrifying. 😔 #IsraeliTerrorism #LebanonUnderAttack #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

It is now clear when Albo said "no-one left behind", he really meant: - the gambling industry - big media - fossil fuel lobby - for-profit childcare corporations - aged care companies - employment service providers - property developers... But Australians with the greatest needs? Yeah nah. #auspol

Sussan Ley: New arrivals should have "Australian values" Liberal and National party "Australian values" detailed for you by The Juice Media in 2021. 👇🏻 🚨 Content warning: references to sexual assault. #auspol youtu.be/AqNdKtahx58

New article from me about the Marshall Islands becoming the first country with a Universal Basic Income, what the details are, how it came to be, and what may come next. Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.

“These job cuts, Anthony Albanese claimed, were simply about making sure "every single dollar for scientific research is going in the right direction".” Everything wrong with our scientific research agenda in one quote. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.