Tablet addiction is nothing new... Discovered #OnThisDay - 16 February - in 1740 and associated with the Theatre at Herculeaneum. A woman dressed in white holds both writing tablet and stylus, seemingly deep in thought. #Archaeology #Art 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9074).

#MosaicMonday takes us into the women's section of the Central Baths of #Herculaneum. This is the changeroom or #apodyterium with a splendid ribbed vault (for her pleasure) and a black and white #mosaic depicting a tentacled #triton and some marine life, all from the early C1 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺

Howard Carter opened Tutankhamun's burial chamber #OnThisDay in AD 1923, finding his sarcophagus. The tomb contained jars of red, white and fortified wine, but not for drinking! Instead, they were to help him reach the afterlife. 🔗 from 2011 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000... 🏺 #Archaeology

🏺🧪 Damn I just love #archaeology - here's some c. 230,000 yr-old hearths 🔥 being sectioned at Bolomor, Early Middle Palaeolithic site, Spain (2012 paper www.researchgate.net/figure/Strat... )

Now? My @smh cartoon.

Let us hope that no government of Australia will go against that whatever hatred rich lobbyists whisper in their ears.

There do seem to be some good people in the US. Just not in the Government or its employees

"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances. reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...

I don't get it. Such refugees are those who want to escape from places that have become unbearable because of the attacks on them. From the Guardian

"Trump Issues a Death Sentence on Our Children, Grandchildren and the Planet With His Payoff to the Fossil Fuel Industry" | My interview with Ian Masters of #BackgroundBriefing courtesy of @kpfk.bsky.social So. Cal public radio: soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

The Epstein saga shows us the impotence of polite 'centrist' media – Greg Jericho open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...

That's Pluto as in the Roman ru.er of the Underworld. seems appropriate. Not the dog.

You can help build billionaire-free local news. Repost this -> I give $1 Follow @51st.news -> I give $1 Follow me -> I give $1 Donate -> I match your gift Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

This whole Epstein File episode has really brought home how much we’ve lost our empathy on a massive scale. There is actual evidence both documented and verified by survivors of horrific crimes. Committed by people at the highest levels. Yet not one of them has been punished.

I've said it before but, in the absence of proper regulation and the licensing of metal detecting, then we must rely on the good old fashioned fairy curses attached to each and every hoard. Let the folk beyond the veil sort it out. 🏺🪙🧚🏼‍♂️☠️

Still a way to travel, but Radio National has benefitted from a charter-informed sense of its significance in our public culture. www.theage.com.au/business/com...

"… NSW is now one of the most draconian anti protest jurisdictions in the democratic world” johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02... #AusPol #NSWpol #MossadMinns #Herzog #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #protest

Poster, reportedly seen in Sydney. Artist unknown. #AusPol #NSWpol #authoritarianism #protest #PoliceBrutality

So much for social cohesion.

Albanese's recent efforts will have made more Australians suspicious of the motives of Zionists.

Amy really is on a roll. Thank you. "Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years."

I hope this means that the hunger strikers will not die.

Pretty amazing stuff here in Senates, Wong says she was unaware that the chair of an organisation behind illegal settlements (something Australia is supposed to sanction) entered the country as part of Herzog's delegation. DFAT eventually say the delegation was handled by PM&C not them.

They are an abomination. There must be people of conscience in the back bench who would be willing to vote against this vandalism

Moral clarity in a time of cowardice + complicity. Thank you, Grace Tame.

if you saw your first violent police attacks on women and children and heard police calling kidney punches and steel cap boot kicks “public safety” for the first time, know that police did not start acting like this in February 2026. The difference is white people seeing police brutality first hand.

A much-deserved action against genocide-inciting Herzog. 'A Victorian woman of Palestinian descent who lost 162 members of her family in the #Gaza genocide has formally filed charges against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.' www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-... #auspol #HerzogOutOfOz #StopIsrael

Can someone remind me which foreign head-of-state actively engaged in a genocide Jacinda Ardern invited to NZ in order to heal the Muslim community after 51 people were slaughtered in a Mosque in a terror attack perpetrated by an Australian white supremacist? #auspol #Herzog #FreePalestine

"Our character is essentially Anglo-Celtic and Judaeo-Christian. That's what has made our country attractive to migrants, and we should keep it that way." Tony Abbott ABC News This will come as quite the surprise to Indigenous people. And to most Australians. Abbott only sees a mirror. #AusPol

What do you think would have been the impact of Herzog trying to set up a meeting with Palestinian leaders in Australia? Not a meeting he approached with his characteristic arrogance but one he approached with humility and a genuine desire to find a first step towards coexistence?

Ditto for Australia

This looks really interesting deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-f...

Who would have thought? There are two questions. First, is this the Palestinian or the Israeli "river to the sea"? Second, if Netanyahoo gets his way will this be "The final countdown"?

Sure, child sex trafficking is bad. But did you know the Dow is doing well?

Read this. Some very memorable stuff in it, and she hits the mark. Let's remember you do not lower the temperature by fanning the flames, Albanese. And that both sides use the phrase "from the river to the sea". Why is one side allowed to use it and not the other?

The job. My @smh cartoon.

I would have thought that the Herzog visit has done the exact opposite of what was intended. It has made more people aware of the importance of opposing state violence in all its forms. Far from Albanese's desire to "turn the temperature down" it had done the exact opposite. His invitation did that.

Thank you Gavin. This is the piece by an Australian Jewish retired psychiatrist who emigrated from South Africa to get away from police brutality under apartheid. It is worth reading. He contrasts the peaceful Queensland (!) protests with NSW police brutality

What a nice tribute to a lovely cartoonist. Can you explain why cartoonists are a) so witty and b) see the world so clearly when politicians smear the glass.

We will decide where you protest against unreasonable actions of the state and the places in which you do it.

That's wonderful. The flailing arms of the police also looked as if they were trying to blend the protesters together.

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If women treated ballet like men treat football #enjoy #jetéjeté 😎 (credit: www.instagram.com/barelyadult/...)

Certainly not a person with no relationship with this country.

He’s not wrong.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

I would have thought this was fairly conclusive. Growth is part of our problem NOT a solution to anything. www.theguardian.com/environment/...