🚨 TRUMP: “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”

Iranian women in 1953 were in college. In the workforce. Gaining rights. Today they are arrested for showing their hair. The United States and Britain overthrew a secular democracy and created the conditions for a theocracy. We are now bombing their universities. This is the receipt.

In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

Eclipsed Moon, with Venus, from #Artemis II. The subtle color in the corona is beautiful.

The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine

The civilisation that is dead is the American one.

"Who's GANNA Know?": How the UCI's Unwritten Rulebook Makes Everything Worse https://howtheracewaswon.com/long-form/2026-04-05-whos-ganna-know-how-the-ucis-unwritten-rulebook-makes-everything-worse/

The LTER program is recognised globally as a most amazing example of foresight in ecological studies - so much has been achieved in this program. It is criminal and ‘stone age’ thinking to close this down 😡

BREAKING: Ben Roberts-Smith, the former Victoria Cross winner and Australian solider, has been arrested and is expected to be charged with five counts of war crime – murder www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In this fast-moving, ever-changing world of ours, it’s good to know some things always stay the same: Nick McKenzie will fucking end you.

If this is allowed to happen it will be a disaster, and yet another piece of evidence demonstrating that @albomp.bsky.social and Murray Watt have little regard for the environment and its many priceless values. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NASA Johnson “ … Everything below the crater is the far side, the hemisphere we don’t get to see from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it orbits round us. Credit: NASA” flic.kr/p/2s65HsF

NASA Johnson “NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. Credit: NASA” flic.kr/p/2s5Kj1T

The NASA #Artemis II tracking website: www.nasa.gov/missions/art... It includes a nice moveable visualization of the Moon, the spacecraft, the Sun, and the Earth, so you can get a feel for the relative positions of them all.

When the US admits that they killed any “military-aged men” who walked within 3km of a downed pilot they mean any boy lanky enough to be a teenager and any middle-aged man able to walk unaided with a cane got shot in the head for the crime of walking.

Also related (sorry if I’ve mentioned this before): I bought this recently and it’s an amazing book and such a brilliant and useful idea for a field guide press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Cut this picture out and keep it in your pocket. The next time someone says, "We should look after our own first - charity begins at home," take the photo out and say, "I agree. And to remind me, I carry a picture of home with me at all times."

Another great weekend of abseiling at the Stradbroke Cup - Plenty Valley & Northern Region

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After almost 60 years, scientists have been able to prove an influential theory that wet eucalypt forest regrowth is more fire prone. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/we-have...

Oh look, age verification doesn't work, just like everyone said it wouldn't! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

PLANNED BURNS HAVE BEEN LIT ACROSS VICTORIA. 🔥 This massive list was published just a few days ago by FFMV, burns to be lit up in the next few days. You've probably noticed the smoke in your area. We must rethink the way we do fire management.

You can take the Joh Bjelke-Petersen out of Queensland, but you can’t take the bullshit from Queensland politics

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BBC News - Mountain safety – where does responsibility lie? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK & France taking the lead on the restoration of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Australia will join the 35 country meeting later tonight; the USA will not partake. The action appears reliant on a ceasefire rather than military action. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

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Extremely cool tree

She spoke out about Gaza. Now she can't use a credit card. The UN investigator for Palestinian territories is facing U.S. sanctions and accused of antisemitism by the State Department.

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Scouts Australia is proud to announce the approval of the National Adventurous Activity Framework (NAAF) V12.1, which will supersede V11. This update marks a significant step forward in strengthening how Adventurous Activities are delivered to Scouts across the nation. scouts.com.au/blog/2026/03...

Why are bushwalking rescues increasing in Australia? This guide explains how incidents develop through system failure, not simple mistakes. https://www.trailhiking.com.au/safety-systems/bushwalking-rescues-arent-random/ #hiking #hikeaustralia

It is no longer appropriate to call Israel an apartheid state. South Africa apartheid didn't include this level of legally institutionalised racism.

Yet watermelons and song lyrics are hate speech.

Anyone else notice this? Mainstream journalists have forgotten their duty to speak truth to power. It is why it is one of the rights written into the Constitution. Political cartoonists are the real and true heroes of the moment.

despite Australia's under-16s social media ban, eSafety's survey of parents found 31.3% of children still had social media after the ban (down from 49.7% before) Of those with social media before Dec 10, 70% were still on Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/med...

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A statement on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association regarding James Hillier aka Nordacious and the QLD Government:

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The biodiversity crisis is as urgent as the climate crisis.

"It is impossible to simultaneously hold that elevating personal advantage over constitutional obligation is the conduct accountability must address, and that a minister's political self-interest is the measure by which their conduct is exonerated." satpa.pe/z6TT3VM

🔥👇🏽Enviro reporter Caitlin Fitzsimmons in Sydney Morning Herald on fossil industry’s propaganda tactics & vast disinformation ops as revealed by the Senate Committee’s ‘Integrity Gap’ report; the role of the IPA, Centre of Independent Studies & other #Auspol members of the global 🇺🇸 #AtlasNetwork. 👓👀

‘Behind the Lines’ currently at the Old Treasury Building in Melbourne is worth a visit

Countries banning all teenagers from social media because "their brains aren't developed enough to handle it", meanwhile nobody's talking about the percentage of retirement-aged adults who have irreversibly cooked their fucking brains on Facebook since 2020.

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www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... ' Get them off the streets and back home not watching social media & being outside but not near my place!'