It's the saddest thing to see...the Australian music scene is dead.. our new artist can't get airplay. There are hardly any home grown concerts...40 years ago in the 80s and 90s we had so many great artists and they regularly topped the charts. These days they'd be hard pressed to crack the top 100

If you are a music journalist ( or a journalist for that matter ) you need to look into this. An absolute collapse of an industry 😳

I'm so fortunate to have grown up and experienced the impact of Australian music which once dominated our culture. Sadly in 2025 - not *one* Australian artist managed to top the charts - In fact, not one Australian single managed to crack the Top 20. Story here 👇 www.noise11.com/news/taylor-...

Good policy⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.

Yep!

I'm so fortunate to have grown up and experienced the impact of Australian music which once dominated our culture. Sadly in 2025 - not *one* Australian artist managed to top the charts - In fact, not one Australian single managed to crack the Top 20. Story here 👇 www.noise11.com/news/taylor-...

Yep!

"Science Fiction by Divinyls first charted on this day in 1983 - 43 years ago! 😱

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...

A nationwide minute's silence at 7:01pm will also be observed on January 22. The prime minister has described it as a "very important day of mourning". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

#RIP Renee Geyer, who died on this day three years ago at the age of 69. Like many I grew up with her unique Australian soul. "Stares and Whispers" remains one of my favourites

Greedy Smith would have been celebrating his 70th birthday today if he was still alive. We lost him in 2019 aged 63 after he suffered a heart attack 😘 #RipLegend

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado says she has presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump took to his Truth Social media platform to thank Ms Machado for presenting him with the prize "for the work I have done". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Retail capitalism inflicted the single biggest psychological damage to modern humans: filling us with millions of useless desires so that we forget what real happiness looks like

Let’s be honest, most of the big hitters are still over there, while our national broadcaster and many others are notably absent from Blusky.

Greedy Smith would have been celebrating his 70th birthday today if he was still alive. We lost him in 2019 aged 63 after he suffered a heart attack 😘 #RipLegend

Every Breath You Take sits in the Top 10 of the most-streamed songs daily worldwide on Spotify, racking up about 3.5m plays on that platform alone each day: more than some of the most popular songs of recent times www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

The pause, which will affect applicants from countries including Fiji, Cambodia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Thailand and Brazil. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits. AI poses a grave threat to students' cognitive development. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

Singapore government working with banks on artificial intelligence to avoid mass layoffs https://www.newsbeep.com/au/413495/ Rthvika Suvarna Jan 15, 2026 – 5.00am Kelvin Chiang knew the five agentic AI models built by his…

Why doesn’t the national broadcaster or SBS use Blusky and why is the Guardian so slow posting stories? No wonder so many eventually return to X 🧐

I would seriously like to know what the thinking was when they put together the “Stand Up To Hate” ad campaign and someone suggested Kyle Sandilands. WT actual F? Isn’t contempt and ridicule basically his entire brand??!! 🤪🙄

Before Trump, law enforcement were trained to behave professionally. At a traffic stop they would start with words such as "Mam, may I see your drivers license and registration." ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.

Resources Minister Madeleine King on Monday said she was "surprised" writer Randa Abdel-Fattah was ever invited to participate in the festival and that she was on a "unity ticket" with South Australian Premier Peter Malinaukas, who has "wholeheartedly" backed the board's decision

We've made it very clear that right across our community, wherever you are, we will not accept this type of hatred, this type of rhetoric that is spewing hate in our neighbourhood.

A fight in the Burnout Stand on Saturday sparked a police response at Summernats, raising ongoing concerns about antisocial behaviour

And most of the “big names” who have accounts here, are still on X 😉

Happy 77th birthday Daryl Braithwaite 😍

Geez, what about a Royal Commission into anti-ecosystem and the coverup of the Climate Crisis 🤷🏼‍♂️ You know, something real

18:30 fire map

Map of temperatures in Australia now

"A South Australian government spokesperson told the ABC SA Premier Peter Malinauskas supported the board’s decision" theconversation.com/as-authors-a...

A gym chain part-owned by ex-NRL player and media personality Beau Ryan has been ordered to pay $175,000 for copyright infringement after it played songs by artists such as Avicii and Vengaboys in classes without paying licensing fees. www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Happy 74th birthday to the legendary Keith Lamb from Hush 😍

For the love of God, can someone tell me why this happens after every wash? 😵‍💫

Elon Musk's AI chatbot is churning out non-consensual sexual deepfakes every minute. Meanwhile the Australian government continues to pay the company millions, writes Cam Wilson.

My feed on Blusky is full of U.S news - mainly about ICE - I know it's important, but I need to take a break from hearing about that country!

From Clare Armstrong "Albanese's suggestion he was merely taking the time to get the shape and scope of the inquiry right, all the while "listening" to the families of the Bondi victims and broader Australian Jewish community, is farcical" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

We really do live in hell

"Sky News’ Olivia Caisley broke the story before jumping ship to the ABC where she interviewed Mr Albanese on Friday morning as host of the breakfast TV show." www.news.com.au/national/pol...

Interesting “analysis “ from the Guardian.

From the ABC's Clare Armstrong "The ABC has spoken to multiple sources familiar with the thinking inside prominent Jewish Australian community groups about Mr Frydenberg's claim Ms Bell was not a suitable candidate". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

"The federal government has agreed to accept the Antisemitism Envoy’s recommendation that funding may be withheld from universities that do not adequately respond to antisemitism." thejewishindependent.com.au/antisemitism...

"Farewell Aunty Jack" by Grahame Bond & Rory O'Donoghue first charted on this day in 1974 - 52 years ago! It would go on to top the charts.

NSW protest ban extended for at least another 14 days.

Put simply: Either AI becomes so powerful that it displaces millions of Americans and restructures our economy and social relations in unprecedented ways, or it will crush investors’ hopes, leading to the crash of what many are calling an “AI bubble.” washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/05/a...

Distribution network service providers have emerged as the primary owners of community-scale battery storage systems, controlling 189 of the 244 installations The remaining 55 privately owned systems demonstrate growing commercial interest in storage projects www.energy-storage.news/aer-244-comm...

One of the seldom few (count them on one hand) Yank journalist left who does journalism.