A couple of weeks into 2026, and @simonhill1894.bsky.social's 2025 review & 2026 wish list for #football360 rings truer & louder than ever. With new CEOs at both Football Australia & A-Leagues (APL), is 2026 finally the year where meaningful change happens? As Simon says... "Hope Springs Eternal."

Great to be able to listen into @simonhill1894.bsky.social calling the world English feed for the Iran vs Lebanon match in the U23 Men's Asian Cup.... Safe to say I've missed hearing "The Voice of Australian Football" this season 😄 Aussies can watch on P+ feed: www.paramountplus.com/collections/...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Slightly off topic, though @barryglendenning.bsky.social looks like he can chase people around with red cards now pretty well, @maxrushden.bsky.social...

As @karaswisher.bsky.social said on Threads about Steve Schmidt's tweet about Kristi Noem and the murder of Renee Nicole Wood by an ICE agent... "Well, that kinda says it all."

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social Hey Carl, are those non-farm employment statistics legit? Just curious given what's happened at the Bureau of Labour Statistics and its leadership over the past 12 months. Just curious, particularly given Kramer doesn't look too animated.... Yet.

Having looked at the draft Terms of Reference, I'm very concerned over major weaknesses in the Antisemitism Royal Commission. Bigotry knows no bounds, with LGBTI+, women and countless religious/ethnic minorities also being targeted by extremists. Why not make it comprehensive, @albomp.bsky.social?

I've lost family to gun violence before & covered a lot of it as a journalist. Other than checking on people like I did, sometimes for self-care you've got to turn social media off and walk away. Instead I talked with people, while organising it so that I can donate blood soon. Kindness matters.

Look at it this way, @parkermolloy.com... It's a sign that "The Curse of the Billy Goat" could still make a return for the #Cubs... 👀

Ah, uhm.... In the immortal words of Tina Fey, @davidgilbert.bsky.social.... 😖

If this is correct, then there appears to have been a pretty massive security breach at the FIFA World Cup Draw, which both FIFA and US Secret Service need to provide answers on. Luckily it was a journalist from Australia in this case who covers the US. Anyone else though... 🤦🏻‍♀️

What'd also be great would be more scientists having experienced research statisticians as co-authors. If proper methodologies for data gathering & analysis aren't present, studies can be very misleading at best. I know not everyone can be @tenanatc.bsky.social or @jdwilko.bsky.social, but still...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

So it turns out that @pollytics.bsky.social wasn't kidding about the YouTube thumbnail... Oh jeez!! 👀🧨🔥

If you know, you know. 😏🍹 Good piece as always, @meadea.bsky.social. Jordan Baker will make an interesting Editor-In-Chief of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Okay, now I'm officially pissed off. 🤬⚽🔥 Mary Fowler is one of the most talented, smartest & kindest Football players to ever pull on a jersey for @the-matildas.bsky.social. That her former club in France, Montpellier, gave her f'n Bananas is bloody despicable. 😡 www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

@arimelber.bsky.social @ms.now @msnowcomms.bsky.social - there's what sounds like a major grounding issue with the audio on the international feed. Alex & @mollyjongfast.bsky.social sound good, but Ari & the studio audio are sounding a bit tinny & crackly.

! Chuck @schumer.senate.gov asks unanimous consent that the Senate immediately read and pass the bill to release the Epstein files, un-amended, "as soon as it comes over from the House." No objections. Motion succeeds. Bill is deemed to the Senate unanimously, will go to Trump to become law.

Recipe for a great episode of @therestpolitics.bsky.social: 1. Great questions 2. Live, spicy breaking political news 3. Somebody stuffing around in ways that leave @rory-stewart.bsky.social or @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social insightful & struggling to keep things G-rated 4. Bagpipes & Captain Solo!

Well worth a listen on the BBC shenanigans, but @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social missed an interesting case study on this... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) had a similar blow up a few years ago. MD & Chair ejected over politics. @therestpolitics.bsky.social

I'll do that @barryglendenning.bsky.social... If you & @maxrushden.bsky.social give an update on @footballweekly.bsky.social on how your training for the Half-Marathon you promised to run for charity with the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital is going... Just think of the children, Barry! 😊

So... @restispoliticsus.bsky.social... A follow-up for both @kattybkay.bsky.social & @scaramucci.bsky.social, based on my livestream question on the US culture wars... If Donald Trump is "Yosemite Sam", then who is his "Bugs Bunny"? 🐰👀 cc @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @therestpolitics.bsky.social

If it's possible to win a huge referendum but still take a hit politically, I think that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just pulled it off. #Prop50 win is big, but after listening to @governor.ca.gov's victory speech a few times... There's no energy in it meeting the occasion. That matters in POTUS race.

WANTED! SPF 50+ sunscreen before watching @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social take to Michael Gove with an intellectual flamethrower! 🔥🧨🚒 Highly Recommended: Aloe Vera & a fire extinguisher be sent to @therestpolitics.bsky.social Leading studio! 🍿👀 youtu.be/gwrm1wkuO4Y?...

Enough of the "Karen" shit... People who have that name don't deserve it, particularly some wonderful women I know, like @kjbar.bsky.social. Call bad behaviour like this what it actually is: i.e. "Being a real bitch" Don't sugarcoat it, @jakelahut.writes.news & @wired.com. Just call it what it is.

To quote Paul Keating... "In your guts, you know he's nuts!" And to quote another P-K-ism I think that @scaramucci.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social will all approve... "He's Gone Troppo!" Lunacy!! @therestpolitics.bsky.social @restispoliticsus.bsky.social

Actually by law they are under the ‘‘Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019’’, which is an amendment of the "Anti-Deficiency Act" that governs funding lapses. It covers all shutdowns "on or after December 22, 2018". cc @carlquintanilla.bsky.social www.congress.gov/116/statute/...

Huge story by Mon Schafter tonight on unethical studies involving non-consensual youth conversion therapy of Trans Kids in the 1970's & 1980's in Australia, on ABC 7.30. Anti-Trans Activists have been relying heavily yet subtly globally on this now debunked & highly unethical paper for decades.

Some thoughts. @jessesingal.com likely knows if he doesn't do illegal stuff, he's safe on social media & can be a legal/media issue if banned without cause. @jay.bsky.team likely knows Jesse knows & views ban requests over transphobia as risky, hence #waffles. Also #Toast with #Vegimite is superior.

If you're even somewhat interested in the Transphobia & Intersexphobia that's gripping global sport nowadays, my friend @traceyholmes.bsky.social has lit a fire under the IOC & World Athletics Presidents on these issues, while doing a deep dive on shady agendas involved. youtu.be/2is7WH27X_A?...

The next generation of #Socceroos awaits.... ⚽🦘 #Italy vs #Australia in the FIFA #U20WC... 5:50am AEST Monday morning, live on #SBS. How To Watch - www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...

No "Memphis Trousers", @crikey.com.au? 🤦🏼‍♀️ C'mon @theshufflediary.bsky.social... surely a former Prime Minister doing a full on "Eagle Rock" deserves a "mention in dispatches" at least! 😂👖

The next generation of #Socceroos awaits.... ⚽🦘 #Italy vs #Australia in the FIFA #U20WC... 5:50am AEST Monday morning, live on #SBS. How To Watch - www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...

They legally can't do that @bloomberg.com, as Fully Self Driving vehicles are illegal in all parts of Australia. 🙄

This is a really, really good piece by @melissagiragrant.com. It's also worth noting the level of political cover individuals like Martina Navratilova & JK Rowling have given discriminatory groups like these too & just how dangerous it is. Hate, like love, isn't limited to any one side of politics.

Soo.... Who is going to be getting up at 5am on Monday morning with me to watch the Young @socceroos.bsky.social on #SBS? ⚽😁 @simonhill1894.bsky.social? @vincerugari.com? @battledinosaur.bsky.social? @kieranyap.bsky.social? Any takers? 😄 #U20WC www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...

Just saying... Zelensky was a comedian, while Reagan was an actor... JFK & Harding meanwhile were journalists... A late night talk show host having a shot at becoming POTUS doesn't sound outlandish after that monologue from Kimmel... Democrats could do far worse.

New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza

Every village needs their idiot, and this one appears to be a retired one from the US Navy's Medical Corps... 🤦🏼‍♀️ Thanks for the allyship, Mr @georgetakei.bsky.social. It was an honour to meet you at Network 10 in Australia a couple of years ago. 🖖🏼🚀

So Starmer's now Trump's Media Organiser for his jaunt in the UK? 🤦🏼‍♀️ There's no bloody way @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social would've allowed Blair to stupidly cause an incident like this ABC News one, which says lots about the current No. 10 mob! @rory-stewart.bsky.social @therestpolitics.bsky.social

It was great catching up with @kcar.me earlier today. I don't give her enough cheek on here nowadays, and it was great weather to do it in too. 😁

Come for @therestpolitics.bsky.social's special podcast on the UK Govt reshuffle. Stay for the superb reactions by @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social to Alastair's phone getting nuked with calls! 😂 I know how you feel, Alastair - Same happened to me as a political journo.

Is it great Mitch Brown has felt okay to come out as the first male professional AFL player who is open bi? Definitely yes. I question the response of AFL HQ & clubs on this though. If they're that committed to LGBTI+ inclusion, why the bans on Trans people? cc @rohanconnolly65.bsky.social

When it comes to broadcast storytelling, @traceyholmes.bsky.social has done it all. I seriously can't wait to see what my friend has done with pen & paper while writing this book. #TheEyeOfTheDragonfly - Published by Simon & Schuster - Available at all good bookshops. 🤓⚽🎾🏎️🏏

What can sport tell us about who we are as people? ⚽👀 @traceyholmes.bsky.social is speaking about her new book, "The Eye of the Dragonfly" tonight at Gleebooks & it's superb! @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, you need to get Tracey & her husband Stan Grant on "Leading". @therestpolitics.bsky.social

This @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social episode of @therestpolitics.bsky.social's "Leading" podcast is one of the most enjoyable recordings I've heard in years, and as an investigative journo I've heard a lot. I tips me hat, @rory-stewart.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & Nicola. Well done. 🤓

Thank you for breaking out the @rory-stewart.bsky.social as Han Solo photos, @therestpolitics.bsky.social. It's a very important matter that needs the utmost of attention. 😏

If John Bolton can get thumped like this by Trump 2.0 cronies, I'd be deeply concerned if I was a critical former Trump official or GOP politician... I wonder how @scaramucci.bsky.social, @adamkinzinger.substack.com & others will respond to this, as it's Stasi like & keeps Epstein out of the news.

Hey @scaramucci.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @rory-stewart.bsky.social & The Rest Is Politics crew. Would you describe the latest threats against Harvard's patents as coming across as actual communism on Trump's part? 🤔 cc @therestpolitics.bsky.social @restispoliticsus.bsky.social

"Trickle up economics" 😏 Aussie cartoonists are fearless as @fionakatauskas.bsky.social shows! Obvious reference to Trump's moneymaking schemes, but given Trump's love of gold, certain dossier allegations & how men of Trump's age can be incontinent... That one line can be taken in so many ways! 😏