Come the fuck off it.

Mind you, I would have paid up to $9 for the kinder drawing my kid did called 'In hell the devil burns the eyes of the children' after another child helpfully explained Christianity to her at playtime. Not sure how much my inability to stop laughing contributed to any trauma. #meaculpa

Now that we have a new form of aristocracy, if I ever meet somebody with 'an investment portfolio', how should I address them? 'Your Aquisitiveness?' 'Owny-Boy?' 'Birkinfondler'? 'Viscount It Again'?

and THAT’s what’s being cited as “proof” by the Trump administration? …just asking! If you want the whole juicy story, read the article I wrote today: 🔗 news.immunologic.org/p/the-tyleno...

Fairy wrens singing to their eggs is my favourite conjured inage of the year so far. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nonplussed to find Epstein's good buddy Woody Allen has a new novel, with a plot about age-gap creepiness, that is not called 'Yeah I Am And What Of It' by Handsy Schmuck. #comedy www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

I'd like to read how Jimmy Kimmel wouldn't be cancelled here because no commercial TV networks do any satire, the ABC's a keen recycler, written news/mag/radio/sketch comedy is 99% dead & why almost all mainstream comedy show hosts, US & Australia, are still men. www.theage.com.au/national/why...

The most succinct display of the mind of a sleep-deprived mum. (Alexandra, check what's in the microwave.)

Yep, our hearts and minds and our door are open tomorrow 11am to 6pm (and as usual for the rest of the weekend). 💕

The NT government couldn't be more of a cowboy outfit if it had chaps and a hat.

The WHO statement should say, because it's true, that there is no credible evidence whatsoever of any link between autism and acetaminophen/paracetamol. Conspiracy theory folk will glom onto 'possible link' and 'conclusive' as wriggle room.

The history of the "white gloves" in cartoons. As usual the answer is racism.

I thought the Rapture had started but it was just a wedgie.

I doubt Robert Kennedy or Trump gives a flying patootie about babies, children or parents. Two sociopaths in charge of public health. I'm so glad to see experts stand up for kids & people with autism. I am regularly in awe of people who research & deliver public health. They're good humans.

This is a really well-written piece of necessary PR. It's succinct, it's factual, it's useful. It's a deserved poke in the eye to the absolute blithering fools cosplaying leadership in the Oval Office.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Being anti vaccines for babies is one of the surest signs of a declining civilisation. There could be no clearer evidence on childhood vaccination saving lives and preserving health and yet we’re being distracted by debating this issue.

Trish the postie beetled up on the scooter this morning to deliver this parcel and shout jauntily, 'Living the dream!' from the footpath. Unimprovable. #Freepotatoes #Spring #seeds #Delivery

Trump & RFK jnr tell more lies. Good to see Australian experts out strong with the correct info. Also: autism is not a disease! And unvaxxed Amish kids are hospitalised at twice the rate of other kids with outbreaks of polio, rubella, whooping cough & COVID as per USA Today. Pic: Guardian Aust.

The real thing is a million times better than AI. Great shot, Sandy. #australia #wallaby

Today's HHS announcement is expected to be that tylenol during pregnancy causes autism, and that the cure is folinic acid. Where do you get the cure? From Dr. Oz's iHerb supplement grift of course! I've been waiting to see the grift angle for this nonsense, and here it is.

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Coulter Gets "Put In Her Place".....

sittin on the dock of the bay

Weird some scicomm accounts gave the new “Tylenol in pregnancy & autism” review some weight. They don’t know the lead author, Baccarelli, had the exact claims thrown out of federal court for having ZERO scientific merit, when he was a paid “expert witness” in lawsuits against Tylenol makers. 1/

Me spelling my email address to a call centre staffer: 'N for naughty'. Staffer: 'Do you mean N for Nancy?' Me: 'Aren't you too young to know any Nancies?' Stunned silence. Suddenly so far in the weeds ...

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Nice post you got there, it'd be a shame if I deliberately missed your point so I could be tedious about it

Health Minister Mark Butler needs to issue a VERY fast reassurance to everyone that Australia does not take health info from Trump. This all just about RFK Jnr trying to scuttle vaccinations because of his unhinged ego & inability to process science, history, or evidence.

The crying kangaroo

The Australian medical system is multi-tier - worst for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, shithouse in rural and regional areas, hundreds of thousands of people unable to get prompt treatment, surgery and best-practice scans & diagnostics on Medicare- oh and it's great if you're rich.

Australia joins Canada & UK in recognising Palestine as a state. Finally. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

Another media story spruiking expensive cosmetics without questioning marketing claims. If there's any independent evidence for these particular formulations doing what's suggested here I'd be delighted to see it, rather than read sales-jargon salad. www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/be...

We need them more than they need us.

Francesca Albanese at the Together For Palestine benefit concert

Free Palestine forever 🇵🇸

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

Let's be clearer. RFK Jnr's vaccine 'panel' is an ignorant rabble of gullible conspiracy spouters and self-promoting fools with neither the science experience nor medical knowledge required. They will kill children & not even understand how. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Oh man. I was searching for this as a recent article thinking it was something about the Goebbels film. The past and present are doing some merging. (This was 1939.)

The New York Times has become a pathetic newspaper. Their headlines “Trump says” are just press releases for Trump - stenography, not journalism. Without strong and brave journalism, democracy dies. It’s not often you see strong and brave journalism at the New York Times, particularly about Trump.

Are Western Suburbs babies & mums lesser citizens? What a disgrace. The idea of a final maternal-child nurse check when the baby is only 4 months old is outrageous. Why do we have to KEEP fighting for better care for parents & bubs? www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

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When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.

Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment: The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.

Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.

The Age & SMH run 40+ pars of fawning faff about Royals & Melania Trump, syndicated from the way right-wing UK Telegraph. (Not bothering to say what Chequers is.) Fave quote? 'The Queen told her: “I love the garden. Look at the table. It’s so beautiful". Melania Trump replied: “It’s so beautiful.”'

I am more worried about orthopaedic-stocking pink. It seems insolent.

Well, she's either going to tell your fortune or give you a sudden wallop with her handbag. #fortuneteller

It's always struck me that women are described as 'childbearing age' and men as 'fighting age'. No thank you please to both assumptions.