From a Holocaust survivor

HNY @fionakatauskas.bsky.social What a great start! High road all the way. #2026 #resolutions

Royal Commissions. Ask any victim of institutional child abuse, or any veteran, or any Robodebt victim how useful Royal Commissions are. They make lots of recommendations that governments can choose whether to follow through on. Most governments don't. #auspol #royalcommissions

Sunday's @thetimes.com cartoon

Could someone do one of these with @albomp.bsky.social up Netanyahu's arse? #auspol

Here's a very handy clickable list of publishers & commentators in Aust's independent news media sector. Please support & share these news media publishers - & of course sign up to TrueNorth! #auspol > docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

I wonder how the fearful and hateful American Christian right feel about the last sentence. There is a marked lack of goodness and compassion in Trump's evolving theocracy. #america #religion

What are the odds the Boxing Day Test won't make day 4? #cricket #theashes #englandcantbat

Yep. All you members of the Christian sect. Your boy was a Palestinian. He is also one of the most important prophets in Islam. He would like that, even if you don't. #christ #jesus #islam

Israel's "ceasefire" • 875 violations • 411 Palestinians killed • 265 incidents of shooting at civilians • 49 raids into residential areas • 421 cases of bombing and shelling • 150 demolitions of civilian property • 43 Palestinians from Gaza detained • humanitarian aid still blocked #FreePalestine

"The idea that any criticism of Israel and the Israeli government – including through protests, social media posts, or boycotts – are inherently antisemitic is a total fallacy. No government is beyond reproach." – Sarah Schwartz, Human Rights lawyer Opposing #Zionism ≠ #Antisemitism #FreePalestine

When knives kill they are banned. When guns kill they are banned. When the government perceives social media is harmful it is banned When science proves beyond doubt that fossil fuels are destroying the planet and every human being on it, the government subsidises the industry #auspol

This year’s Presidential Christmas card.

Imagine a nation that is so insular, and so stupid, that it's people know nothing of the wider world. Imagine if that country was powerful and ruled by a mad man. Just sayin'. #USA #America

So, Bumyabby Joyce attended the failed PAF rally in Sydney today. We can now add racist fuckwit to his CV. It never ceases to amaze me how complete buffoons and dunderheads can be elected to parliament. #auspol #racism #bigots

Finally, a cricket test goes to 5 days, and it is interesting to the end. Well done, Australia on the win. #cricket #theashes

#auspol #injustice

“Ahmed Al Ahmed. He saved my life & my 4yr old” “I can only say thank you to that Muslim brother” This is what the media should show. Messages of unity & hope from survivors. Despite that it’s not the answer this Sky News journo was seeking. #auspol #Bondi

The terrorist attack in Bondi and the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of Palestine are both acts of hate and evil. Dear @albomp.bsky.social, how about you work to defeat all hate and bigotry, rather than singling a special part of the population out for special care. #auspol

Not everyone agrees with Josh. This from a Jewish Council of Australia today. #bondi

I wonder if @albomp.bsky.social or @senatorwong.bsky.social would like to explain to the Australian public why we need to be in bed with this madman and his mad nation. It's time to rethink and realign, but @australianlabor.bsky.social lacks the brains and courage to do so. #aukus #auspol

This seems quite relevant to our times. #humanism

Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher | Andrews McMeel

I am beginning to think that Trump was given this idea by Thiel, Musk, Zuckerberg, and Co. It is a data gathering exercise from which tech ogres who control all social media will make billions. In return, they will continue to fund Trump's criminal state enterprise. #uspol #america #travel

It is a national embarrassment that Australia calls the contemporary USA, an ignorant and bigotted nation, a friend. Shame on you, @australianlabor.bsky.social, for keeping us in cahoots with this disgusting state. Leave AUKUS now. #auspol #usa #AUKUS

And how did that work out?

@australianlabor.bsky.social you think? While you let environmental vandals pillage our natural resources for a pittance, and power monopolies rip Australian families off. Gives us a break. You are not even COALition lite. You are fully fledged clients of the rich at the expense of the poor. #auspol

Spot on 😄

Sorry for using comics and art to vent and cope with the world changing around me. I will return to drawing whimsical and silly frog wizards and adventures.

I was not planning on visiting the USA anyway. So, Donald, you bloated orange cretinous turd of a creature, fuck off. #usa #america #socialmedia

Yay, I passed my Bluesky face scan. So far, Bluesky are the only ones to want me to verify. They did not tell me how old they think I am. How very polite of them! #esafety #ageverification

America has now further devolved from idiocracy, through cretinocracy to fuckwitocracy. America never was particularly great, more a case of being the biggest loudest lombard in the room. Lombard = lots of money but a real dickhead. #usa #america

#BarnabyJoyce spruiking the loss of #familyvalues and how important they are to him? That’s an unfunny joke from a seriously deficient human. #FOBarnaby

It seems that along with percentages, the bloated orange turd does not understand the basic concepts of time and how the western calendar is organised. #trump #usa

A question for Americans. If there was an amendment to the Constitution that said every American can expect to die by drug overdose (after all, there is one that basically says Americans should expect to die by gun violence) what excuse would Trump use murder fishermen? #usa

Carey is a breath of fresh air in an Australian team that is starting to age like a bad Stilton. A latish starter, so we probably won't enjoy his contributions to the game for as long as we would like. #crisket #theashes

New Welsh village just dropped

@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social Albanese is not a Labor man. #auspol #labor

Something occurred to me as I saw this. We rarely see Trump or any of his goons use the word 'democracy'. They talk about greatness, freedom, civilisation, etc, but don't really talk about the idea of democracy much other than to criticise the current American model. #uspol #maga #america #usa

We need a lot more politicians like @davidpocock.bsky.social and a lot less like @albomp.bsky.social #auspol

"Barnaby Joyce would make the perfect One Nation leader if he defects. A man who has devoted his political career to saying 'look at me' intimately understands the rage of old blokes in the regions who feel neglected by the 21st century." – @keanebernard.bsky.social Outstanding commentary. #auspol

Fair enough. We can then impose a like ban on the biggest exporter of killers, leeches, entitlement junkies, bigots, and morons, the USA. America, just fuck off. #usa #maga #noemisanidiot

The question is, will Australia survive AUKUS? The answer is no. It will leave us in debt and expose us to unnecessary geopolitical risk. @australianlabor.bsky.social do the right thing and get us out of this Morrison con job. #auspol #aukus #defence