(And when I write "cannot be trusted" I mean this quite literally, as in cannot be trusted with intelligence. The below is an underreported story IMHO. Given that the Dutch cooperate with Sweden, France, Germany & Denmark in the Maximator intel alliance, this is larger than just the Netherlands.)+

Was going to launch this at Adelaide - but will now be Canberra in March. I suck at promotion, but it’s open for pre order at wherever you get your books (and you can ask your library for it too) 🩷

One of the most interesting aspects of contemporary media discourse is the way that massive popular displays of support for pro-Palestinian and pacifist positions are just ignored by mainstream media. The Gathering for Gaza gig in Melbourne was huge

🚨🇮🇪 A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes. Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

We're at the socialism or barbarism moment yet again and Australia's contribution is to cancel writers festivals and to prosecute whether butt dials are antisemitic

At my desk, just saw a rat saunter through the back door. Ergh Remember,important... DO NOT USE RAT POISON ! It's killing our lovely birds and wildlife!! (I'll get the bugger... rat trap set up to go) birdlife.org.au/stop-the-pub...

So my earliest suspicions that South Australian government science was running cover on the algal bloom seem to have been correct. Also, government science is now almost never impartial. Jobs are too scarce. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Tasmania has adopted anti-hate laws covering everyone equally, unlike the federal proposal which is limited to race and marred by exemptions. This coming week Tasmania’s federal members must take the message to the national parliament that strong anti-hate laws work.

next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans

A headline that speaks solely for itself It confirms what we all knew and think about someone who even while in office was actively undermining our democracy in a silent coup

I know things are bad, everyone, but at least we are not still on Twitter.

The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.

Worth every second

“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are: From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

As ever, the letter-writers bring the wisdom. We have a crisis of leadership at so many levels, and you only need to look at theocratic and repressive states to see that harsh, arbitrary rules and punishment do not make a society safe or harmonious.

About to do some grocery shopping. Won't be going to #Coles. It's a tiny thing, I know. #Palantir #Auspol

#BoycottColes “By placing #Palantir at the heart of its operations, #Coles quietly smuggles in key assumptions: that food is a commodity to be optimised, that paying for labour is a risk rather than a responsibility, & that data can capture everything of importance” www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...

Tweethearts - my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I don't understand US peeps going on about the Epstein files. You all know he's guilty already. He's got secret police kidnapping, attacking and killing people already. He's effectively resigned you from NATO and is threatening a war against the rest of us. It's not distraction.

"Lauder" as in Estee Lauder. #Greenland

SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.

Cars being washed towards the sea at Wye River this afternoon, less than a week after the Victorian town was evacuated due to nearby fires. Video via Luke Day on FB.

I hope this happens so that it can be confiscated for being proceeds of crime. www.smh.com.au/national/que...

the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo

Louise Adler sets out powerfully how the Adelaide Writers Week debacle was not a one-off. But part of a dangerous anti-democratic pattern of efforts by the Israel lobby, the Murdoch media, and their political supporters to cancel Palestinian voices and silence dissent. #abc730 #auspol

We need a human rights act to protect us from these weak, reactionary, self interested politicians #auspol

Whatever you do, don’t mention climate change. I did, but I think I got away with it.

3 years ago today I caught up with David McBride in Parliament to discuss his case - he still thought the system might be fair. Today he is still in prison in Canberra and whistleblower laws are still broken. A stain on this country.

I remember watching this youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?... and being appalled at the hubris and lies being spread by those who stand to make money by overestimating the profits (shafting small and poor countries in the process) and ignoring the extent of the environmental damage. Barron is all kinds of evil

An Australian billionaire (who loves Elon Musk of course) wants to destroy a world beneath the oceans before we even come close to understanding it. There are no limits to this ultra capitalist strip mining of our one and only planet.

In Albo's new antisemitism bill, the definition of "hate crime", which underpins the new regime to proscribe "hate groups" like the Nazis, specifically excludes "advocating genocide". That is, advocating genocide is treated as not being a racist hate crime. Now, why would that be?

There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.

Police giving evidence / facts to a parliamentary committee that was just made up by AI.

Victoria's fires have been devastating for people & communities, & likely so too wildlife & ecosystems. I am particularly worried about Wilkerr (dingoes), which we've been studying for over 10 years. If you'd like to support our work, please visit & donate at engage.deakin.edu.au/dingofirerec...

From the explanatory memorandum

the most absurd part is carving out “advocating terrorism” from what is purported to be a legislative response to an act of terrorism. It demonstrates conclusively that the law is redundant and an opportunistic act of appeasement. Selective enforcement means the laws will cause harm, not prevent it.

Want to make a submission into the inquiry on the "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill that was released yesterday? You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW) That is quite disgraceful www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

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"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."

one of scott adams best posts

Meanwhile, at The Australian Institute Of Social Cohesion…

Palestinian families face "psychological torture" as Israel holds 9,300 prisoners and bans ICRC visits since Oct 2023.

I don't need to imagine anything, Petey www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Holy crap. Author Craig Silvey charged over child exploitation material. I feel sick. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."

The 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week has officially been cancelled. Well done to the Board of the Festival and the Premier of South Australia for this devastating outcome.

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Iran is an Islamic theocracy because of the US. Iran had a democratic government which the US and UK overthrew to install a brutal pro western dictatorship for oil. The 79 revolution was a direct consequence of this. People pretend the government is anti-US for no reason