Essential listening to celebrated American foreign correspondent, Chris Hedges. On the decline of journalism, the betrayal of Palestinian journalists, an empire in decline and the rise of fascism. With @davemilbo.bsky.social #journalism youtu.be/LatGGT8hAIs

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs “The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

And in doing so validates every drop of today

incredible, innovative work

Oops. Young Republican challah. #sourdough

#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Sunday, Oct 19) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen#Melbourne#pollenNote: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.

The gods will punish them, if we don’t get to them first

Associated Press today:

As I was telling my friend Artie the other day, I'm playing a show today, Sunday, at Archie’s Creek Hall with the brilliant Rosie Excess and Xani Kolak from 3pm. www.archiescreekhotel.com.au/events/david...

🤔? www.instagram.com/p/DPzWMKGCeW...

At no point in this sentence was it possible to predict what the next word would be

Earlier this year (January 2025) Special Envoy Jillian Segal confirms the US govt lobbied and convinced the Aust Govt to get her position established. www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

That’ll fix it 🙄😳

Time for a statement @senatorwong.bsky.social ? Or is Israel beyond reproach? Even a tiny little criticism no matter how justified is "ANTISEMITIC" RIGHT? 🙄 #Coward #Auspol

Not being even vaguely sarcastic: At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

My quick chat with Jim at the Charlie Kirk Memorial Tent. Ian

Barnaby's achievements with the Nationals ----- ----- End list He did however impregnate an employee while married, allegedly sexually assaulted another woman, repeatedly drunk at work, rorted $875K as Drought Envoy, mocked bushfire victims & failed to declare Kiwi nationality. #auspol #SundayShot

Band's clarinet player speaks out after her federal arrest in Portland

"Mike Johnson has already launched his attack, calling it a “hate America” rally filled with “pro-Hamas supporters,” “antifa types,” & “Marxists in full display.” This rhetoric shows how terrified they are. I’ve seen this playbook before" theplanet.substack.com/p/why-trumps...

Best line from ‘The Castle.’ “Funny how one day you’re not famous, and the next day you are…famous… And then you’re not again.” I don’t know what made me think of that.

The neighbours at 3am

What macerating in vodka can do in three hours.

The Kazanlik cooking rose and the first lot of rose petal vodka macerating.

Chicago cyclists are buying out tamale carts to keep vendors home and safe from ICE. blockclubchi.co/42KQ57O

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Chemo is working! PB!

Prince Andrew Windsor no longer called 'Duke' nor allowed to wear a velvet beret with a giant feather on it in the street. But like most of the vile remnants of the Epstein pals, still rich & free. Let's see those files, hmmm?

the feds are posting on Bluesky now block & let them shout in the void, no need to reply to them & give them a target list

⚠️ HEADS UP MAGA trolls will be incoming. The White House and DHS both just announced on X that they’ve joined Bluesky. These are their accounts:

‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins. William Dalrymple getting past the propaganda. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

This week: -Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact -Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video -30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

But take the Bible literally to control women…

“A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Imagine young woman is raped in your office. You are minister and she is most junior member of your staff. In the footage you see later, she is too drunk to put on her shoes. She walks barefoot through parliament with her colleague, who you also employ.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21849/...

Our ABC finally reporting Nazis as genuine news. This reporting has been happening more often over the last few months. I’m hopeful it’s a sign of some sense returning to the ABC News department. Also, no one is surprised that Nazis and racists are maaates. #AusPol

Jesus wept! This is where we are

#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Saturday, Oct 18) is High. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen#Melbourne#pollenNote: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.

"... from doctors to philanthropists, aim to silence opposition to Israel" Wendy Bacon investigates the shadow war to whitewash Gaza and silence dissent - persecution of cardiologist Peter Macdonald #auspol michaelwest.com.au/zionist-doct...

Some pics I hadn’t posted, including this morning’s sky, yesterday’s plane and moon, and today’s #snake having a well-earned swim

Wouldn’t a bone spur be more appropriate?

Timeline cleanse. 'Devoniensis' rose.

Excellent idea.

If these four "Young" Republicans are the Übermenschen, we all deserve a refund on evolution

Day 268 ‘The Pentagon was unable to determine the individual identities of each person on the boats before they struck them’. Read that again. They didn’t know EXACTLY who was on the boat, but murdered them anyway Where is the outcry? This is international terrorism JFC You are all caught up.