"Soil is a fantastically complex biological structure, like a coral reef, built and sustained by the creatures that inhabit it. It supplies 99% of our calories. Yet we know less about it than any other identified ecosystem. It’s almost a black box."

"It’s merely the latest example of the Post editorial board aligning itself with Bezos’s interests and causes without disclosing any potential conflict of interest to readers. "

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Texas congressional map that may help the GOP win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional. n.pr/48vTzgl

Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for putting restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether. He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...

"FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY-STYLE drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plane at sea near Dublin Airport ..."

"More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found."

"Oligarchal wealth is not created, it is extracted from the rest of us. Extracted from our wages, our time, our collective resources. Extracted from our happiness, our hairlines, stresses and spines."

“I’m disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself— it was my elderly mother in her 90’s and my sister too. It makes no sense. Who bought him off?” A victim of David Gentile, a private equity CEO Trump pardoned after doing just 12 days for defrauding investors of $1.6 billion

A tale of media shenanigans today, because it’s the 17th anniversary of the historic day the Facebook Republican Army was EXPOSED in the media in a SHOCKING story which APPALLED the RESPECTABLE people of BRITAIN

"In the end, language shapes both policy and practice. In this political era, ideas that were once insulated from co-option are now vulnerable. Linguistic discipline is therefore essential."

"America’s top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff on Friday, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming that at least 10 children died from Covid vaccination – but he offered no evidence ..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Touted as a cure for everything from wrinkles to autism, the treatment has been hyped by Robert F Kennedy Jr and various celebrities. Experts say it needs to be regulated" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Reform’s new mega-donor Christopher Harborne is based in Thailand and is rarely seen with Farage in the UK." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, has issued two executive orders he says are meant to combat antisemitism, less than a month before he hands over the keys to the mayoralty to Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Nano Banana Pro, Google’s new AI-powered image generator, has been accused of creating racialised and “white saviour” visuals in response to prompts about humanitarian aid in Africa ..." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"When a private estate providing income to the crown becomes involved in a legal dispute over the ownership of an Asian word for veg, the legacy of the entitlement at the heart of British colonialism is laid bare." www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

An entire article on fuel security in Australia that just cannot bring itself to mention - Regulating oversized urban tanks or even discouraging their purchase - Just....not driving and using active / public transport? - Fixing EV incentives, getting rid of loopholes and retiring ICE cars early

Sarah Brugler, Ben Richardson & James Fitzsimons explain the "novel contractual & property law considerations" with respect to "property conveyancing, leasing, mortgage financing & planning approval applications" for landholders & investors getting into Australia's Nature Repair Market

Disgusting, racist, and a reflection of the rot that got him elected and is sustaining his presidency. 🤮🔥

The relevance of this observation in relationship to Long Cövid, weight gain and availability of more fuel to burn the ongoing cytokine storm should be lost on no one. Waste of precious mitochondria... Just fat being stored. Clever virus doi.org/10.1002/oby....

'The Albanese government’s proposal to introduce fees for freedom of information requests and reduce what documents can be released has been widely slammed by opposition and crossbench senators as “undemocratic” and evidence of Labor’s “addiction to secrecy”.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"More than 1,500 Australians in the past two-and-a-half years have complained to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman about digital platforms ... a third complaining about wrongful account terminations. But the TIO ... has no powers to do anything about it." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"Trump quietly pardoned on Tuesday a sports and entertainment executive, Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own justice department this year." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"“Zombie fires, also called holdover fires, are fires that move into the organic soil matter and smoulder. It’s a very slow, but hot, combustion through a prolonged period and then they resurface." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“The treatment of people inside these immigrant detention centers is cruelty... medical neglect, filthy and inhuman conditions, and dehumanizing punishment, in some cases amounting to torture, is abhorrent.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

" [I]t appears we’ve reached new heights of institutional amnesia. Once again, vital lifelines to support will be placed at the mercy of automated systems. Only this time, the mechanisms for review and redress will be vanishingly thin." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“I cannot begin to tell you how retraumatising it is to have your rapist weaponise the legal system against you for daring to speak out." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

so i've reported a few stories recently that have been ripped off by others without credit. it sucks but that's life i guess but this is a new level: 7NEWS literally ripped an image from my article (a screenshot that i took on my own phone!) and used it to rewrite my article... with no credit

"After a diagnosis of long COVID, cellist Joshua Roman builds community around Immunity "

Surely you’d type this number, this initial line, and you’d think “hang on a moment, what on earth am I claiming here?”

"The problem with Long COVID is that most of society would rather not see it. We want to believe the pandemic was just a bad dream we awoke from years ago."

David Pocock has given National Emergency Management Agency’s Brendan Moon a flogging for ‘fobbing the Senate off’ by continuing to hide details of complaints from his staff Pocock “And then when I say why didn’t u answer on notice, you say you’ll take it on notice!”💥 #Estimates

After FOI docs reveal Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster advised #NACC on Home Affairs corruption matter Operation Kingscliff CEO Philip Reed says has no idea why no records of Commr Brereton’s engagements with Foster were provided via FOI, or if any were kept🙄🚩Outrageous

Tasmania is going to embark on a billion dollar stadium bc someone got *dozens* of emails

“Mr Lehrmann knew he was not in a sexual relationship with Ms Higgins. Indeed, he knew that until that evening their relationship had been solely as work colleagues. Specifically, he knew that Ms Higgins had not expressed her consent to sexual intercourse with him.”

"Judges hear secret evidence as lawyers and public for Palestine-Action co-founder told to leave court during closed session."

If it was lawful, why didn’t Hegseth take credit for it?

"Who’s to say which option would have warmed hearts more?"

Trump is a hateful liar!

Stress can trigger MS flare-ups, as Christina Applegate recently highlighted. Here’s why it happens, and what can help.

"[A] new lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C. ... has the potential to scramble the federal workforce and upend foundational civil rights laws." www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...

Disasters like the BoM website update exemplify exactly why we need to build capacity in the public service and reduce our over reliance on consultants. A robust public service will always provide better value for money and better quality for the taxpayer dollar.

"Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education."

"Feelings of economic insecurity ... serve as a signal of poor government performance. They are an indicator that the government has not delivered on its duties, which leads voters to abandon the party."

"... Labor is set to eschew a series of recommendations from former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs’ long-anticipated jobs for mates review – finally set to be released on Tuesday, 18 months after it was completed."

In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections... #AccountabilityIsComing

"Trump is a problem because he’s reckless. Hegseth is a problem because he’s intentional."

"Since January, Mr. Sacks, 53, has occupied one of the most advantageous moonlighting roles in the federal government, influencing policy for Silicon Valley in Washington while simultaneously working in Silicon Valley as an investor."

"Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are negotiating with Russian officials to ensure U.S. businesses—and Trump’s friends—are in position to make a killing once the war ends ..."