I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Well, that took less than 24 hours, lads. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Not sure who is advising them, but this is a hot mess of an email for the MSO to blast at this point

1/2 The wonderful Loud Jew Collective has been designated not Jewish enough to speak at the Royal Commission, so it’s on us to spread their media release. The RC is promoting the establishment messaging and silencing dissent. Please share this. #Auspol

congrats to Lee Lai for winning the Stella prize, first time for a Graphic novel

Bit of life drawing from tonight

JobSeeker is nearly $300 a week below the poverty line. Immiserating people on welfare is utterly immoral and makes it even harder for those who can work to find a job. We're sick of Labor crying poor when the 1% grow their wealth in their sleep. Tax the rich. Raise the rate.

Sorry ABC - 8m are not on "income support". My fact check for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

This country subsidises landlords to create the conditions that killed this baby. There is nowhere to go. This is what happens when there is nowhere to go.

You're not longing for the 90s, you just want to solve mysteries while having sexual tension with Gillian Andersen. It's a universal feeling.

Avi Yemini now also trying to recruit members for a "Muslim Votes Matter" Victorian party to direct preferences to One Nation. I don't really like him making my points for me but Victorian Labor needs to stop people even trying these shell games by scrapping Group Ticket Voting.

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

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being tired and craving laksa last night we splurged on a brother bon delivery. and it was a good choice as it was huge and I still have half left over so I have vegan laksa again for tea tonight. I need to learn how to make my own. apparently Ayam Balinese curry paste is a good vegan laksa sub

Stay gold is closing, not the best place for gigs but it's always sad to lose another smaller live music venue. I saw some really good bands there, Death Bells, King woman, Zeal and Ardor

A special fuck you to Dymocks as well, who have been instrumental in this farce. Pulling stock and refusing to sell books featuring an illustrator because he wrote a blog that, at worst, was insensitive. But don’t worry, you can still buy pedophile Cardinal George Pell’s books from them

When your assassination conspiracy theory is just the plot of Nine Inch Nails' 2007 album "Year Zero"

Super quick at the free flu vax clinic at Melbourne town hall, would probably do walk ins if you’re around the city and need one and want to save yourself $20

After 31 years, Susan Provan steps down from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

With the booing at Anzac Day services, it's worth remembering it was Gina Rinehart's disinformation group "Advance" that ran a clinical anti-Welcome to Country campaign immediately before last year's dawn services (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/liberals-adv...

Some life drawing from this week. Had a few weeks off as I was going to comedy festival shows, and felt I hadn’t drawn anything in ages

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"The assumption underpinning employment services – that unemployed people need to be monitored, impoverished and coerced – is in direct contradiction to an interest rate policy framework that requires a certain level of unemployment to control inflation" theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Important to be bad at things and get better slowly. Too many montages and time lapses in modern media fuck up our idea of how long getting good at anything takes.

hope this storm finishes before i have to go out, I don't want to be outside in the lightning and thunder ⛈️

It's always tricky, when talking about these conflicts, to determine who are the bad guys. Well let me tell you, Israel are fucking evil www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

To be clear: any outlet that reports "Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz" without reporting "because they explicitly said the ceasefire must include Lebanon and Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon" is an outlet you cannot trust.

Caterpillar bulldozers killed Rachel Corrie in Gaza in 2003. They've been demolishing Palestinian homes for decades. This week, her home state of Washington divested $62 million from the company, & her hometown voted unanimously to block all investment in apartheid. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/bds-...

Is it getting more common for people to eat snacks at theatre /comedy shows? Happens at most shows now. I think It’s bad enough sitting squished up next to people with alcoholic drinks, as it stinks but crinkly wrappers are distracting

At what did you do yesterday pod today David O Doherty : In Ireland you can take you own passport photo as long as you have a white background Sam Campbell : that’s racist!

There was a makeup artist on IG talking about how, when she would tell clients "so the makeup chatgpt gave you doesn't exist," they would get visibly upset and anxious and demand the not real makeup be shown

How does this not violate our hate speech laws? I thought inciting violence was illegal in this country.

This is what I reckon! Happy International Transgender Day Of Visibility. 🩷

This should be a big thing. If it's not a big thing from any parties perspective, you need to make it a big thing.

So who is seeing what at comedy festival? So far I’ve got Josie long, Cassie Workman, Helen Bauer, Daniel Kitson, Sammy J, Sophie Duker, Elf Lyons and what did you do yesterday podcast booked in #MICF

Don't buy into the culture war. There always have been and always will be trans people. They just want to exist in peace like everyone else. Their existence is not the cause of anyone else's problems. The only way they affect your life is by making it better. #TDOV #TDOV2026 #TransDayOfVisibility

Outrageous that an artist in Australia, who makes a living from his creative output, can be threatened with arrest and imprisonment for using a phrase with - at best - contested meaning. This is normal under authoritarian regimes.

Congratulations to the National Press Club for giving a voice to this murderous regime. The entire board should be forced to resign. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni. They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years. Unprecedented. (📸 Cradle Media)

australia having a Very Normal Weather Day www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

On train to Warrnambool, but held at warun ponds as a car hit a boom gate some where ahead. Phone already down to 50% 🙃 Glad I packed a phone charger

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

What on at dark mofo? And m on a train and I can’t get past the arse video on my phone to actually see what’s on

Imagine if they tried to do something like this in Northcote, the same distance from the city. But it’s the west.

So, @pennyallmanpayne.com & @antipovertycentre.org wrote to the government, urging them to stop forcing welfare recipients into these stupid activities during a fuel crisis. Government response? "Just contact your job provider" Story here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

And if you work in the media & need to put info at the end of potentially traumatising stories, do not list 1800 RESPECT as an option

It is remarkable that tens of thousands of people could march in the streets every week for years with zero political impact. Yet a ‘coordinated email campaign’ will see visas cancelled, bookings dropped and funding withdrawn. The lobby groups have it.