Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

Connections Puzzle #980 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Easy one today

Wordle 1,702 4/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yawn

Nobody should ever forget this awful day, nor the tirelessness of Rosie Batty's work subsequently to keep domestic violence at the forefront of national conversation. She is a genuine hero. RIP Luke.

Imagine being the Australian painter Arthur Boyd seeing this on a daily basis #bundanon

get bent, starmer

This week's #SundayShot features @deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social and @crikey.com.au's @crystaljane.bsky.social. Bring it on!

Connections Puzzle #979 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Even guessed purple before looking 🙂

Wordle 1,701 5/6* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ouch

This week’s uptick in SA COVID notifications highlights a broader issue. Without wastewater data or routine hospital reporting, we’re relying on a single surveillance stream. For respiratory viruses, triangulation is everything.

If the cap fits. My @smh @theage cartoon.

I like science when it makes me money I don't like science when it doesn't make me money and that is the conservative view of science explained

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Wordle 1,700 3/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yay!

“Albo stares down the hard left” and Minns doesn’t “show rebel MP’s the door” says the Murdoch rag. The Labor party would split apart if action is taken against brave principled MPs who oppose genocide and war crimes. We need more “rebels” and less cowed, spineless jelly backs!

At least Australians can be proud of Grace Tame. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #HerzogNotWelcome

Kudelka remembered

COVID, flu and RSV haven’t suddenly changed. They now circulate year-round, but testing and reporting don’t. When surveillance weakens, outbreaks aren’t prevented — they’re detected later. Hospitalisations/aged-care homes/wastewater now matter more than raw case counts. Hopefully, CDC will help.

“Well done Angus” having another go to become the next leader of the Oz Liberal Party. “Well done Angus” got his nickname after this story was widely reported on social media & on the BBC. Well done Angus, we look forward to you making an excellent contribution 😉

As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor. theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

The job. My @smh cartoon.

Wordle 1,699 4/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A Kudelka for every issue.

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Oslo Davis cartoon, February 7, 2026 www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

"The simple fact is that Israeli actions endanger all of us, including Jews. Because what Israel is doing claims to in our name, in my name. And believe me when I say it is not in my name." Thank you to advisory committee member, Antony Loewenstein for speaking out at last night's rally

Wordle 1,698 4/6* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ho hum

Labor leadership defending decisions to limit democratic protest and invite the head of a foreign state committing genocide to Australia. The police violence in Sydney was disgusting. What has happened to my party? Why are they defending genocide and police violence?

Dear NSW citizens You are here. Right, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence www.peopleshistory.com.au/ep-15-fighti...

This is lovely theconversation.com/as-beautiful...

We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms. It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.

"The critical importance of COVID-19 vaccination in older Australians: an evidence-based perspective." "As we continue to navigate the evolving landscape of COVID-19, one reality remains clear: older adults face disproportionately higher risks from this disease."

Wordle 1,697 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ho hum

Says it all www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

so many respirators on olympians faces; just because you’re not a professional athlete doesn’t mean that you n those around you don’t have something worth protecting too.

Wordle 1,696 5/6* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Chasing the ol' consonant again

Connections Puzzle #974 🟩🟨🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I even guessed the purple before peeking 🙂

A sad sad day, farewelling a man who brought joy and beauty to the world. I love you Jon.

As we watch America aka 'The American Oil Company—Has Army—Will Travel' rush to steal the world's remaining oil reserves THAT REALLY NEED TO STAY IN THE GROUND ... it's worth revisiting the incomparable Jon Kudelka. #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis

Very sad to see Mr Kudelka go. Love to his family . I will miss his gentle way of reminding me Settlers love country too. www.kudelkashop.com

Vale Jon Kudelka. One of the good guys. One of the best guys.

Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

A sad sad day, farewelling a man who brought joy and beauty to the world. I love you Jon.

Thanks to your support, our full-page ad is in today’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Over 1,000 Jews and thousands of allies have signed our open letter to say that Israeli President Isaac Herzog is not welcome here. Help us spread the word!

Connections Puzzle #974 🟩🟨🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I even guessed the purple before peeking 🙂

Wordle 1,696 5/6* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Chasing the ol' consonant again