Newsom: "People ask, 'Are you being hyperbolic?' Bullshit we're being hyperbolic. If you're Black or brown, it's here in this country. And so I'm deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation's first bill to address masking ... these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian govt"

It really is a Watergate every day, says @vermontgmg.bsky.social. But US democracy is poorly served by a mainstream media who underplays or even normalizes this chronic level of corruption and authoritarian behaviour by the Trump regime. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

The Trump-Albanese non-meeting is a classic case of media demanding it happen purely because the media think it matters. Not one journo covering the US visit could explain what good they would expect to come of the meeting. But they just assume it must be done.

*Dear Susssan* "—if the international community had stepped in as soon as Israel commenced taking Palestinian land beyond its side of the 1967 borders, we would not be in this position." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

Most human food production will almost certainly have to move indoors or into the deep oceans to avoid catastrophic disruption from heatwaves, droughts, floods, fires, soil and water scarcity. @JulianCribb #auspol #climate #environment

Proud to be one of the signatories of this letter. Do better, @albomp.bsky.social. You can’t beat laws of physics and chemistry with political rhetoric. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Will pro Israel lobby groups pay for this? Will Ita Buttrose pay for this? No, we will pay for this. The already stretched ABC budget will fund less local content this year due to political interference and terrible management. #OurABC #AusPol

Hey @albomp.bsky.social - what Jacinda said. The tragedy for Australia is how you have massive political capital, but you are doing nothing with it. #auspol

Regardless of whether they’re sufficient, it’s not at all clear the government will be able to achieve its emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035. If it was fair dinkum in trying to halt climate change it would have re-introduced a carbon tax. #auspol #climate

The Global Sumud Flotilla which is bringing aid to break the Israeli siege on Gaza has once again come under attack. Activists say drones are dropping explosive objects which have reportedly burned the arm of one crew member and destroyed the main mast of one of the boats.

An overview of the rant of an unhinged dictator that destroyed the American Republic in 8 months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Craig Mokhiber— "In a passionately defiant speech at the UNGA, President Petro of Colombia has just announced a proposal for a UN protection force to stop the genocide in Palestine. The process has begun, and this process has no veto behind which to hide." 🧵 1/2

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

Deeply concerned about reports of drones above the Sumud flotilla and their radios being jammed following escalating threats from Israel. Australia needs to call for the safety of the flotilla and all those on board.

The incomparable David Rowe, Australian political cartoonist, has for years now been drawing Trump wearing the Emperor's New Clothes. After that deranged performance today at the UN, it's never been more apt. And the craven fools who support him are simply pathetic and beyond redemption.

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I'm grateful to Francesca Albanese for pointing out that you, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social, show little (if any) grasp of the following 3 basic facts: colonialism is over; self-determination is unconditional; conditional recognition amid genocide suggests contempt for human dignity.

Good decision. Judge's comments well worth a read too. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

New Zealand loosens residency restrictions as record number of citizens leave | New Zealand | The Guardian share.google/9Zm4VZJRrZia.... #News #NZpol. I think people were moving to New Zealand under Labor and now under the Nationals are leaving. New Zealanders may correct me.

Yes, there is a Plan B to #AUKUS and the increasingly dangerous and unpredictable US 'alliance'. #auspol

Marwan Barghouti, the most senior & popular Palestinian leader in jail, is often described in local press & supporters as the Palestinian Nelson Mandela. On Friday, he was videotaped to show Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir threatening Mr Barghouti inside his cell. 2/

3/ Surrounded by guards & cameras, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir threatens Marwan Barghouti inside his cell, saying: You will not defeat us. Whoever targets the people of Israel & kills our sons & women will be erased. You must know this. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Canada sends millions of tonnes of construction waste to landfills each year. Here’s how one B.C. couple turned an aging house into a carbon-neutral test case for salvaged design. https://macleans.ca/economy/realestateeconomy/the-great-unbuild/

Rewatching 'Sidney' (2022) last night and listening to Poitier recount his teenage experiences in 1940s Florida, USA made me think nothing about the USA has really changed in the last 100+ years. Nothing at all.

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Australians have given up on the NACC and Labor's refusal to address political corruption and crime We found another way to deal with it - to decimate the corrupt and criminal politically Tonight on SBS is the documentary, The People Vs Robodebt The story we must never forget, about govt betrayal

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

On this we agree wholeheartedly.

Brazil's Lula Warns U.N. About Rising Fascism Just Before Trump Speaks ->The New Republic | #NoDecency #TrumpFascism | More from BigEarthData.ai

Don't take shit America and respond civilly like this bloke did for 99% of this.

#Auspol. Cancel AUKUS America is no longer a ally we can rely on or trust sadly.

So you’re saying it wasn’t Antifa?

“Distinguished epidemiologist Professor Fiona Stanley said she was “deeply sad” and “ashamed” after the Fremantle hospital that bears her name abruptly cancelled a 2024 event featuring Palestinian Australian doctors speaking about their experiences in Gaza—” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We need to bring back the ‘fit and proper person’ test for media owners. Kerry Stokes isn’t.

Antifa = Anti-Fascist. Trump is threatened by Anti-Fascism.

The White House is essentially claiming anything it doesn't like is "ANTIFA", so this executive order designating it as a terrorist org is essentially a blank cheque to arrest whomever they want. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Join Saul Griffith, Rewiring Australia, talk about his book Plug In! The Electrification Handbook- practical advice on upgrading homes and cars. Local community electrification program launch! events.humanitix.com/hepburn-spri...

Hospitals scared that more people might learn first hand truth about what is going on in Gaza? We all need to call this out as anti-humanitarian censorship. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

"a Mater doctor eventually told her: 'I’m so sorry but this is a religious facility…to offer you treatment would still be considered a termination or an abortion'." The govt's response to Mater should be: 'I'm sorry, but this is a public hospital. You follow best health practice or lose funding.'

Well, well, well ... how this worm has turned. "A NSW police officer has been charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas, who sustained a serious eye injury after she was arrested at a protest in June." #auspol #nswpol #MVAW #MVAC www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#BDSIsraelNow @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social #StopIsraeliArmsTrade

More tepid words Great that Labor FINALLY recognises Palestine - 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘕𝘗 𝘐𝘗𝘈 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 But what is needed now by Labor is ACTION -> Ban all military exports and trade ties with Israel

I'm still not gonna resubscribe to Disney... I said I might if they reinstated him, but I changed my mind. I'm not going to.

Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism." Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.