they recognised Palestine as an independent sovereign state right. Gaza is in Palestine. This is a corporate board, chaired by Donald Trump. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

techtimesofficial Reports indicate that French officials are escalating their standoff with tech mogul Elon Musk, reportedly threatening to freeze his financial assets and potentially seek imprisonment for "foreign election interference".

“Eddy was angry at how much his brigade was asked to do with so little resources.” Maybe @albomp.bsky.social would like to explain to Eddy & all of us why there’s > $300 billion for AUKUS but volunteer firefighters put their lives at risk with insufficient resources! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️

Labor are out saying what a mess Libs have been - but I’m more alarmed at what Labor were willing and prepared to do to us through that hate bill #auspol

“Faith leaders, union representatives and community members are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, Jan. 23 — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school or go shopping in response to Operation Metro Surge.”

Immortal lyrics from Mr David Bowie. "I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes Living proof of Churchill's lies, I'm destiny. I'm torn between the light and dark Where others see their targets, divine symmetry." Quicksand - from the album Hunky Dory (1971) #Bowieforever

Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

Authorities say Heidelberg sinkhole 'preventable' as works resume on North-East Link tunnel www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

#FOI reveals the SA Govt knew OneSteel Manufacturing was is serious trouble. Yet they sat on their hands while citizens and businesses suffered, and the company went into an even worse position, making it harder for the administrator. #saparli

How good is social cohesion?! 👍🏻👍🏻🧢 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.

David and Goliath. Also at Boolcoomatta, I saw this stand-off. Ultimately, they each went on their way. Nobody was hurt. The lizard is an inland snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus australis). #BestOf2025

Crimes committed by Israel under the cover of truce. theaimn.net/a-cruel-truc...

'We asked this Brisbane cafe-owner how the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week will affect the Sydney housing market and explain why this spells trouble for Jacinta Allan's government' by Maximum Chips for 9Entertainment.

🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

The major parties continue to show us that they are incapable of putting the public interest ahead of their donors, their factions and their self interest. #auspol

"Power speech is especially important for News Corp, because its entire business model is based on fostering hate and resentment among white people toward an array of targets...while its targets’ capacity to punch back must be curtailed." #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...

You Aussies only have until 4pm today to have your say Put in a submission Even a short one We do not need more censorship Get a submission in before 4pm EST TODAY www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

I can not find any record of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions bringing a case against a person advocating genocide. There is that time Uncle Robbie Thorpe brought a private prosecution against Mark Regev. The CDPP took it over and dropped it. penmelbourne.org/pathway-to-i...

“advocating genocide” is codified in the Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 s 80.2D: Counter-terrorism Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) 2016 (Cth). classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth...

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️

If he gets canned he will make many years worth of salary on a Go Fund Me before he wins his grievance through the union.

Good on Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. A Premier publicly likening an academic to far-right terrorists is indefensible. He should retract the comments, apologise, and resign.

The Adelaide Writers' Week imbroglio shows how corporate interests are threatening to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story, writes Christopher Warren.

Albo's #hatespeech laws incl. an exception: quoting religious texts for teaching. So, Australian Zionists could quote 1 Samuel 15:3 👇 to justify the murder of Palestinian men, women, children and babies. Israeli PM Netanyahu did exactly this, saying Palestinians were Amalek. #auspol #religion

The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased: We don't understand -writers -books -festivals -the arts -audience -what our job is -how to resist interference -the gravity of our mistake -how to apologise. So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.

I suggest you read the apology bit carefully. "I'm sorry you feel this way about it"

It's disturbing to see Labor supporting Israel and the Zionist lobby, angrily vilifying anyone who criticises Israel or speaks in support of Palestinians' human rights. It seems Israel owns both sides of the Australian political duopoly, state & federal. #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

A peregrine falcon wearing its hunting face. These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters. The fastest animal on the planet. This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.

spineless..

The Bleeding Tooth Fungus — aka Devil’s Tooth — is straight-up oozing thick, blood-red droplets like it’s alive and bleeding. [📹 fascinatedbyfungi]

Malinauskas should resign now. There's no place for that sort of racist rhetoric in leadership.

The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi "The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah." www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...

AP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network.

Yes we are aware of what Premier Malinauskas said about Randa Abdel-Fattah today and no we don't think it's ok for a public official to talk about a private citizen in such terms.

This, to be clear, is not an apology. Not sure what it is.

A failure of principle led to a failure of courage that led to a failure of governance and has now brought us to a failure of accountability. Writers - and readers - deserve so much better than this. Malinauskas should answer for the destruction of Writers Week.

The 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week has officially been cancelled. Well done to the Board of the Festival and the Premier of South Australia for this devastating outcome.

Here's @instanterudite.bsky.social . "Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer?" (In case you're only familiar with her work on The Shot, Jo used to run the AWW.)

Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."

Alice Vickery died #OTD in 1829. She was an English physician, campaigner for women's rights, and the first British woman to qualify as a chemist and pharmacist. #WomenInSTEM She actively supported a number of causes, including free love, birth control, and the destigmatization of illegitimacy.

It's time to stop the expansion of fossil fuels. 🎤co-CEO Leanne Minshull Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now! ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_environment_laws_stop_new_coal_and_gas

if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”

Start today. Reach out to others in your local community. Get organised. Campaign. Vote. No one is coming to save us but us. Start today #auspol

Took a little to find him a new gig - but Kevin Rudd will finish up as the US ambassador in March and return to the Asia Society as it's president. So Australia has given in to America in all forms.

Cathy Wilcox, demonstrating what moral authority actually looks like

Warrior Louise Adler. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Louise Adler in The Guardian Remember… Organise. Campaign. Vote Start today! #auspol