morning #WQuers Slow day. 🫖🫖🫖 #Wordle 1,666 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦊#FoxiMax #1232 7/8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜🐸 10 guesses 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 #squareword1440 #thirdle1375 🏆 3 / 6 🔥 m 262 🟧🟪 🟪⬛ 🟩⬛ 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩⬛ 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 Hang Five 888 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 ✅ 100%

If you’re shocked and angry about a woman being murdered by an ICE agent, I hope you’re equally shocked and angry about Palestinian people being murdered on mass by the IDF, because there’s really little difference

Instead of highlighting "a" single voice, a more illuminating headline might focus on why 55 literary and journalistic luminaries felt it necessary to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week and how Mali's mini-Minns antics trashed the reputation of one of his state's best assets.

Best of 2025: Facilitating friendships, social contact and support systems are the single most important intervention needed to live our post-working years productively. Potential solutions could assist the all ages with isolation and loneliness. #auspol #agedcare

BREAKING: 🇦🇷🇮🇱 The grenade found in Patagonia that caused huge fires is an M26 IM, manufactured in Israel. It is used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Two israelis caught setting up the fires.

Exquisite observation made by a friend, that one of the websites where the most outrage has been expressed about my cartoon is the website owned by the guy who did the Nazi salute.

Watching Nicola Sturgeon discussing her memoir Frankly with Sam Baker in Glasgow last night, I was struck by how much nostalgia was in the hall - people don't just love her, they love who they were when she first came to power and the hope they invested in her open.substack.com/pub/theshift...

From Lyse Doucet’s excellent The Finest Hotel in Kabul. ‘Muttawakil had looked for ways out. He proposed a court with jurists from three Muslim nations, or a process supervised by a global body, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. Just months earlier he had even secretly dispatched

Lyse Doucet: "What must Russia and China be thinking now.. if any country can do what they want this is a very dangerous time" #BBCLauraK

Grass roots. My @smh cartoon.

X has now limited the use of this image function to those who pay a monthly fee. But Downing Street said the change was "insulting" to victims of sexual violence, while a domestic abuse charity called it "monetising abuse". X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says

From May last year, when NDIS execs backflipped and introduced default 3-month funding "periods" more than 20,000 plans -- one third -- were cut by an average of 22.5 per cent. Rest increased but this includes across the board indexation. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2026/01...

Scores of fires, many that are huge, spanning the state of Victoria. Thank you to all the firefighters, you are heroes! No thanks to politicians that continue to ignore scientists & our evidence-based & urgent warnings about climate change, placing the lives of humans & others species at risk.

The cost of a fully-fitted out water bomber fleet suited to Australia’s needs is around $25m. We could fund that for 30 years with just one AUKUS sub down payment. Would come in handy on days like these.

Strong piece by @richarddenniss.bsky.social: "Engaging with people you disagree with is part of democracy. Silencing authors is not." #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Emergency Warning Take Shelter Now Limestone, Yea, Acheron, Whanregarwen 9 Jan 2026, 10:35 pm Full Details > From #EMV #EMVAlert #warning #EmergencyWarning #Fire

WATCH & ACT - BUSHFIRE - Leave Now Incident Location: Longwood Issue Date: Friday 09 January 2026, 03:50 pm Next Update: Friday 09 January 2026, 07:00 pm More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w... #VicFires

The decision to silence a Palestinian Australian author goes well beyond the standards of the Racial Discrimination Act and ordinary standards of free speech.

The VicEmergency website has been overloaded, causing intermittent outages. Use radio for official emergency updates www.abc.net.au/emergency/ho... #VicFires

Watch & Act Prepare to Leave Break O'Day, Buxton, Devlin Bridge, Flowerdale, Glenburn, Murrindindi, Rubicon, Taggerty, Woodbourne, Clonbinane, Kinglake, Kinglake Central, Kinglake West, Mar... 9 Jan 2026, 3:41 pm Full Details > From #EMV #EMVAlert #warning #WatchandAct #Fire

the @australia.theguardian.com published an oped by me today. This heatwave is bad. The bushfires it is enabling are also bad. Climate scientists & meteorologists are incredibly concerned about the next 48 hours. And this is just a taste of what's to come. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australian funnel-web spider venom has been used to create a drug that could save millions of lives by protecting patients’ hearts and brains during heart attacks and strokes. #invertebrate #spider #medicine

The incredible Melbourne based Sikh Volunteers have already arrived in Seymour to provide meals to those affected by the nearby #VictorianBushFires Strange how they’re always there to assist EVERYONE affected by disasters. This is social cohesion in action. #auspol

Pokemon 😂 and I’m happy to let go of my previous understanding of the word ‘balderdash’ (dried cum in the eye of the penis) #words #language

The stingless bees of the Amazon (oldest bee species in the world) has been granted legal rights to exist by muncipalties in Peru Satipo & Nauta. They pollinate 80% of the plants in the Amazon. Including those you love like cacao, coffee & avocados. #invertebrates #ClimateChange

Morning #WQuers #Wordle 1,665 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦊#FoxiMax #1231 5/8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 12 guesses😣 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟧🟧🟧🟩🟩 🟧🟧🟧🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 ##squareword1439 #thirdle1374 🏆 4 / 6 🔥 261 🟧⬛ 🟪⬛ 🟩⬛ 🟩⬛ 🟩🟪 🟪⬛ 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩⬛ 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 Hang Five 887 ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 ✅ 100%

Treetime. X100VI.

A drone strike in el-Obeid killed 13 people, including 8 children, and survivors report horrific sexual violence by the RSF — even infants. With millions displaced and over 150,000 killed, the death/devastation in Sudan must end. #Sudan #HumanRights #StopTheWar #RapidSupportForces #SudanGenocide

🚨 BREAKING | NORTHERN GAZA 🇵🇸 Medical teams rescued three displaced Palestinians injured in an Israeli attack on Khalifa School in Beit Lahia. One sustained abdominal wounds; all were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital. This is the third attack today on Gaza civilians, with at least eight killed so far

"PM Albanese says that his government’s focus is to 'bring the country together'. Yet the Herzog visit will divide us. ...By Tony Burke’s own criteria Herzog is not a fit and proper person to get a red-carpet welcome to Australia." #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...

The spot // The shot. #Photography

I suggest you take a short break and look at this piece of Ukrainian art. 🇺🇦 Viktor Zaretsky, A Talk about Bread, 1984. Here, he’s already strongly influenced by Klimt.

It’s only going to be around 30°C where I live but I know many parts of Victoria will be experiencing mid-40s today. Plus there’s existing fires already burning and the chance of others starting. “Catastrophic” conditions in a few regions. Be careful out there folks. It’s going to be awful today.

Advice Stay Informed Genoa, Gipsy Point, Karbethong, Lake View, Mallacoota, Maramingo Creek, Timbillica, Wallagaraugh 9 Jan 2026, 9:56 am Full Details > From #EMV #EMVAlert #warning #Advice #Fire

Watch & Act Leave Now Bonnie Doon, Dry Creek, Maindample, Tallangallook, Too-rour, Barjarg, Creek Junction 9 Jan 2026, 9:58 am Full Details > From #EMV #EMVAlert #warning #WatchandAct #Fire

My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.

As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi. A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.

So, over half a million Australians call for an RC into media ownership in this country, including two ex PMs - ignored. But sportspeople, you have to keep those sportspeople happy ( and the shitty media in Australia) #auspol

Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer. If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't. You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy. If you have been instructed to leave. Leave early. #Bushfire

Has there been any public update about the homeless woman who attended a police station on the South Coast in NSW and then died in her car in the police station car park, and wasn’t noticed until she was decomposing?

Adelaide Writers Festival dumps Randa Abdel Fattah due to 'sensitivities'. TAI pulls out, others expected #auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/vale-adelaid...

Leave Cathy alone - one of this nation's greatest, bravest 'toonists in these difficult times Or come after me too, you fuckers!

Never seen this before - Ambulance service red alert. Ambos in high risk parts of Catastrophic fire regions (eg next to bush land) will withdraw to safer ground tomorrow. www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/site-2177/re...

Some wise comments on Australia’s current heat, fire and flood extremes from a range of experts. (Does include quotes from me) www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp...

‘There’s no chance of controlling this fire’: Home destroyed as catastrophic conditions loom www.theage.com.au/national/vic... #VicFires

Watch & Act Monitor Conditions As They Are Changing Bucheen Creek, Bullioh, Cravensville, Darbyshire, Henlow, Tallangatta Valley, The Cascade, Wyeebo, Bungil, Georges Creek, Granya, Koetong, Lucyvale, Tallangatta... 8 Jan 2026, 3:13 pm Full Details > From #EMV #EMVAlert #warning #WatchandAct #Fire

Morning #WQuers #Wordle 1,664 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦊#FoxiMax #1230 6/8 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🐭 9 guesses 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 #squareword1438 #thirdle #thirdle1373 🏆 5 / 6 🔥 260 🟪⬛ 🟧⬛ 🟪⬛ 🟧⬛ 🟩🟩 🟧🟪 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩⬛ 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩⬛ 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 🟩🟩 Hang Five 886 ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 ✅ 100%

A tropical low over the Coral Sea can strengthen to a tropical cyclone before backing into the Cape York Peninsula Saturday, local time. This storm will bring areas of heavy rain & the risk of flooding to northern #Queensland Friday into Monday.

This is hands-down my favorite youtube channel for learning both traditional and Tunisian crochet. Toni is a fantastic teacher for everything from the basics to more complicated stitches. www.youtube.com/@TLYarnCrafts