‘Angertainment’, algorithms and the online outrage industry The cold-blooded machine that is feeding angry people angry content online to make them even angrier, and what we can do about it. #Conversations podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

Peter Garrett to head independent inquiry into the Aukus submarine pact

Richard Marles went to Singapore to meet the US and UK about AUKUS and came back with a slap in the face - then pretends it’s good - he was told that if we ever get any Virginia class submarines they will ALL be second hand, none will be new. If that’s the good news … end AUKUS!

Furious World Leaders Unleash Plan Trump Feared Most! France, Canada, Scandinavian Countries & more are supporting each other in standing up to Trump, creating new & better relationships together inc with China & NOT the USA. C’mon Australia! #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Wait I thought this was pretty much a done deal last week. And the week before. And the week before. And the week before …

"So far this year 34 women have been killed by their partners" "Budget found $604m for antisemitism .. found nothing to increase domestic violence services" Andrew Brown on the silent crisis. Part 1 #auspol michaelwest.com.au/dead-certain...

Bat-shit crazy!

This week's Sunday Shot is me, @instanterudite.bsky.social and favourites Crikey's @crystaljane.bsky.social and climate journo @roycerk2.bsky.social. We're discussing a week of Senate estimates, the return of the Sumud activists, and the emergence of a "Teals" party. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrM7...

Our defence minister sharing a stage, and bro time, with a neo Nazi who says “war fighters” all the time. I didn’t think I could be more disgusted by this ALP government. I’m now more disgusted. Hegseth is everything the ALP should oppose. #AusPol

Oh fuck off. www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...

I've been using the No AI version of DuckDuckGo and am impressed with the results. It seems to favor reliable sites and has a clean interface: noai.duckduckgo.com

The Murdochification of Fairfax Mine for MWM michaelwest.com.au/budget-hyste...

He’s just a pathetic coward!

The UN voted this May to affirm that countries have a responsibility to protect people from climate change. It passed 141-8, while 28 countries abstained. The ones that voted against the resolution were: the U.S., Belarus, Iran, Israel, Liberia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Deplorable.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social making perfect sense in conversation with @atrupar.com and @thorbenson.bsky.social: “The biggest threat is that it {AI} just makes everyone stupider, which is a genuine worry.” www.publicnotice.co/p/chris-haye...

📢 These diseases were considered rare in Australia, having no recorded outbreaks for decades — until now.

Media is enjoying obsessing over polls at the moment, except for this post-budget Resolve poll which has been quietly buried. Is it because it shows more Australians support cutting handouts to wealthy investors, than not? #auspol

this honestly sounds like an excited six-year-old showing off his crayon drawing of the cool new building he just thought up "it has triangles!" "drones bounce off it, but they also launch from it!" "the soldier men can stand on the roof and protect us all!"

I regret to inform you that the president is awake and crazy-posting

Nobel Prize recipient Dr Henry Abraham warns of Donald Trump’s nuclear risk to humanity. A terrifying assessment for the people of the #USA, but also how he will affect the rest of the world if he is allowed to continue to do whatever he wants. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Yes! It seems we did 🤬 I would support a Vote of No Confidence in Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social #auspol

For 50 ++ years we’ve had our same, delicious, super-easy tea every couple of months. We had it tonight: thinly sliced tomato on toast, with salt & pepper. Yum…yes? Delicious, then topped off with a tub of raspberry yoghurt. Do you have an easy fave meal?

I had to look up ’autogolpe’. I like it when I find a new word (for me) and it’s a perfect fit for a situation. Trump isn’t just losing it, he’s lost it! The USA is severely harmed, but his greed & altruism is a global problem #auspol

A pop-up has opened in New York City displaying every page and timeline from the Epstein files. Anyone can now walk in and read them for themselves.

Riveting 🥱 💤

My postdoc 25 years ago was on identifying and cloning elite blue mallee for oil production - great to see these trees in the ground and producing oil. Bosistos is a great company #plantscience 🌳🌱🪴 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Hey Australia: my latest in Crikey, on the budget! American aggression has broken the world's fossil fuel economy. There is no going back. But the Australian government keeps acting they can have a pint and wait for all this to blow over 🍺 www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/a...

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

Because @amyremeikis.bsky.social is without peer, the PointLive is already up and running live.thepoint.com.au

Don’t get me wrong, I never stop being shocked when people tell me they’re voting One Nation. It’s a shitful racist choice. But I understand the psychology of how people get there

@albomp.bsky.social how about you get your head out of the arse of the gas cartel and think about Australians who voted you into power because the LNP had sold us out. MY MESSAGE TO YOU IS TO DO BETTER ‼️. #auspol

Budget furore tipped from Private Health Insurance lobby as Butler addresses highly profitable industry starving hospitals of funding. Claudia Weisenberger reports. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/health-insur...

A recent ad from the Minerals Council of Australia wants you to believe the mining industry pays enough tax to fund Medicare. Which is NOT TRUE for 8 out of the last 10 years! #auspol

Sure Melania 🙄

Here's @lucyham.bsky.social "We do not have a sovereign PM, we have a PR manager for corporate extraction"

New in PN: The dumbest week in DOJ history "You’re forgiven if the comically thin Comey indictment overshadowed the absolute embarrassment of Monday's DOJ filing — the one where government attorneys apparently just let Trump write a Truth Social rant about his ballroom and sent it to the court."

My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I’ve been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing … www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Australians aged over 65 will have to pay about $240 more a year for private health insurance. The decision brings the rebate in line with that paid by younger Australians, which Health Minister Mark Butler says is "the right thing to do". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

An important investigation into what was supposed to be one of our most important institutions thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The world is watching AND judging. We can all see why the USA, under Trump, is failing at everything. Why would anyone trust these inherently stupid/incompetent ‘leaders’?

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump having a massive meltdown at 6 AM as he continues to get outplayed by Iran and as his approval has tanked the lowest in presidential history. @meiselasb.bsky.social @meidastouch.com #POTUS 🤡 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

I could be wrong but I suspect the widespread anger over gas companies profiteering at the expense of the Australian taxpayer may see the Labor government finally do *something* about it. A half -arsed measure like their gambling ad reforms, but enough to say to voters they did *something*

War is a Reality Check on Even the Maddest of Kings... smart take ! open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Also worth noting that wind had the largest effect in cutting power prices here - a very good reminder of the importance of a diverse mix of non-fossil energy sources :)

A small Australian 2026 #flu update. 22APR2026 🦠It is *not* an early start to the 2026 season. That is a really nice change from several past years. In the ~12 days since my last update (10APR), detections have risen by 1,602. That's a daily rate of 134.

Honest Government Ad | Bored of Peace #auspol @thejuicemedia.com youtu.be/KPTsjeOxH5U?si…

It's Tuesday, so the markets are open. That means today is a "Peace Day" at the White House: a day in which our sociopathic president pretends to be reasonable. But actually he's deranged, and the markets should be going haywire. But their wishcasting—and greed—knows no bounds.

Trump extends ceasefire in Iran, citing 'seriously fractured' Iranian government