Who’s the boss? My @smh @theage cartoon.

Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened: -- a second strike against Venezuela -- Cuba -- Mexico -- Colombia -- Iran -- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)

The PBS is a national treasure. Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯 #auspol

Law schmaw, invading is fun

Erasmus is right.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”

How bad an idea this is cannot be overstated

“Autism from Panadol Rapid takes effect twice as fast as regular Panadol,” Kennedy Jr said through his interpreter. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2025/09/23/w...

Approach with caution

Don’t you just love ❤️ science? Doing the things that gods, holy books and religions could never even imagine. #science

I got my tickets for new year's eve.

Hate when this guy shows up in my feed

Bishopp Morley preached upon the song of the Angels, “Glory to God on high, on earth peace, and good will towards men.” Methought he made but a poor sermon, but long, and reprehending the mistaken jollity of the Court for the true joy that shall and ought to be on these days.

Clever

Fuck off Woolies for asking me at the checkout to donate to a charity when you’ve made over a billion dollars profit this year for shareholders partly from price gouging and screwing suppliers

In 2019 Claus wrote on Twitter: “Just checked the naughty list. Trump isn’t on it because fuckwits require a separate category." theshovel.com.au/2025/12/26/s...

Where are we headed? Its astonishing to see a law like this in Australia. The sooner this is challenged in court, the better. Otherwise the Zionist lobby will just keep demanding more. You can never appease authoritarianism. Its a bottomless pit of control. #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Never much of a genuine human being, Tony is now a shill for the Murdoch circus. "(Abbott) ... is a paid director of Fox Corp., Rupert Murdoch’s US outrage sausage-machine. .. Fox pays him in cash & stock for his board service; it is a gig worth well over AU$500,000 a year.." 🇭🇲🦘🤠 #auspol

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm.

Soooo, Sydney Australia Premier Minns has successfully made the Law that "No Public Assemblies for 14 Days" OK, Does that mean: NO NEW YEARS CROWDS AT SYDNEY HARBOUR - WATCHING THE FIREWORKS?

Seriously? I suggest no one attends the NYE fireworks in Sydney. This is ridiculous. Two awful maniacal men are being allowed to destroy who we are. Two! Looks like they win this one. #NoPublicAssemblies

I finally published my home-made web site constructed from scratch using open source everything. It is mostly about my lifetime obsession with amateur radio and technology. philip-shields.au/index.jsp

‘Splains a lot…

A very calm roo that was having its dinner as I was looking for owls.

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK: He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial. C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

My sympathies go to the 62% of Americans who don't support Trump's presidency. Trump has realised the TV networks will drop their scheduled programs so he can conduct a nationally televised political rally whenever he wishes to publicly masturbate his ego. He'll keep doing it. #MakeAmericaGroanAgain

Trump adding his own name to the Kennedy Center - a memorial institution given its name after JFK was assassinated - is the most nakedly reprehensible and insulting act of cultural desecration by any modern US president. This is just beyond parody now. The man is mentally and cognitively unwell.

Incredible story from SBS News about an unnamed second Middle Eastern man who kicked the younger murderer's gun out of the way - and because of his appearance he was briefly attacked himself. This man is a refugee on a temporary visa and a hero. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social needs to fast-track his case

Dry wit from Jo

AI toys are suddenly everywhere - but I suggest you don't give them to your children | Arwa Mahdawi

It's been getting crowded on the Craven Opportunism league table this week, current rankings: 1. Frydenberg 2. Howard 3. Ley

From Glen Le Lievre Australia. A reference to past prime minister John Howard. A right-wing doyen.

When they say “this is not who we are” the Australian media are showing this is exactly who we are

Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge. Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869

Two men. My @smh cartoon.

Facts mater ABC

Dave Rowe vultures... Financial Review

“Australia is trading real sovereignty for imaginary submarines. AUKUS legislation effectively transfers operational priority and access over key Australian military bases to the US.” theaimn.net/aukus-caucus/

David Pope Australia.