The RBA has decided the economy is doing fine. My column is basically the <is it though> meme www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

We believe healthcare is a right for every American. But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies. Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

The Kubrick stare is a technique used to portray insane, evil or unstable characters

That feeling as a writer when you see a line that just has you going "Damn, I wish I had written that" "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"

Has the RBA Governor misunderstood the full breadth of the RBA's mandate? Ref: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The near daily barrage of deadly mass shootings in America feels like low level warfare against normal citizens who just want to live in peace. And because people keep electing Republicans who won’t do anything about it there’s no solution in sight.

Effect of tariffs I've seen — Higher clothing prices overall — Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer — US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty — Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers

it's never the right and their lies at fault for anything, or billionaires and their endless hunger, no, it's normal people wanting to live their lives as that themselves has caused everything bad in the world fuck me it must be claustrophobic & tedious to believe this shit

I can't understand how someone in his job thinks this is OK. Regardless of actual conflict about an individual matter, the perception (particularly for a new org) is just terrible. Wanna head NACC? That's it - no other hats sorry. Even fancy army ones. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Not a whisper about the risks www.themandarin.com.au/299748-ai-ar...

Commissioner Brereton told the public and parliament that his position with Defence was entirely honourary, now we know that is not true, that he is part of a chain of advice to Ministers and Defence.

This new love for Oz muscle car manufacturing from the weirdo right is pretty funny. Apart from the obvious that they were the ones that killed it because they thought integrated industrial supply chains as a sovereign capability sounded communist, these dicks wouldn't survive three days driving one

What is a non-linear system for $100?

One for the “who could have seen this coming “ crowd

Worth a read from @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/r...

To poast about how the Council hasn't fixed a pothole, you will need 3 forms for ID.

Ps if anyone who works/ed at NACC would like to inform the public about what on earth is going on behind closed doors, hmu. God knows I’ve heard from enough people who reported to the NACC and never heard anything ever again

Sidenote: Did you know that the NACC employs over 200 people, spends over $50m per year, has 5 offices, and in over two years of operations hasn't landed a single major corruption finding?

"Young people around the world were being severed from this Christian tradition, [Hastie] wrote" *spins chair around, youth pastor style* kids lets talk about rising antisemitism on the left.

This is genuinely a terrifying quote from Hastie's email to supporters

Or a woman of any stripe TBH.

bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders. we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.

Can't imagine the framing of an ALP or Greens agitator, undermining their leader, being anything close to resembling the puff piece from Massola et al here. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Several really cool announcements over the last few days indicating that Australia's big mines are going renewable! Links in the following thread

Could we make a legally-mandated drinking game where if you mention Blair in the media or Westminster you immediately have to drink a mug of cocoa and go to bed for a week?

While some leaders may call climate change a "con job", we know it's impacting ever corner of our country. Ignoring these warnings & failing to invest in action + adaptation betrays communities across the country and leaves us unprepared. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

After warning DHS Robodebt will cause suicides, Colleen Taylor spks on finding out Rhys Cauzzo took his life “The final straw for me was the reaction to it…denying that it has anything to do with Robodebt” saying Rhys “lied to Centrelink” “Just unforgivable”😔 #PeopleVSRobodebt

The Govt should be introducing legislation to provide more transparency, not less. Their proposed changes to FOI are deeply troubling, though not surprising given in the last parliament they were the 2nd most secretive in 30 years. That needs to change. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907156...

Shared Responsibility. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

A lot of people worked for years to expose the scandal of Robodebt. But the big lie of ‘mutual obligation’ is still official policy in Australia. Until we treat people seeking help with respect, this stuff will continue

Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt

Robodebt was always class warfare

Countering misinformation & disinformation. Mandy Henk, Dark Times Academy. Update 2025: Things are not great and the problem is worsening. #LIANZA2025 #misinformation #disinformation

"Why the biggest threat to net zero is right-wing misinformation" #auspol #climatecrisis www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to invest in wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables (unless on-site). But what critics conveniently forget is the huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Wickett, Texas. 👇

The pronatalists aren't stupid. They know they can't get us to have more babies by just nudging us a little. It's going to take real muscle.

“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis” www.bmj.com/content/390/...

There was a time not that long ago that even 1hr storage was laughed at.

If you want to understand the failure of our media, since Kirk’s murder Republicans have fanned out across the media for interviews, all claiming Dems calling Trump ‘fascist’ causes violence. And not a single interviewer has pushed back with: ‘But Trump called Harris a fascist!’

Somehow not the most insane term I’ve seen in a residential lease.

If Trump allowed prosecutions for Republicans taking bribes in bags of cash, that could start a dangerous precedent of accountability for taking bribes in cryptocurrency, and he cannot have that!

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

The real cancel culture is liberals cancelling their Disney+ subscriptions, not Trump firing Jimmy Kimmel.

Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way. by Ezra Klein

80% of people live in fossil-importing countries. Electrotech changes that: ✅ 92% of countries have renewables potential 10x their demand ✅ EVs + heat pumps + renewables can cut fossil imports by 70% ✅ That’s $1.3 trillion saved annually Full deck: https://loom.ly/cHKJU28

This isn't shocking to anyone who has followed actions by ASIC on matters relating to phoenixing … www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

This is an important time to remember that responsibility is not a zero-sum game — recognizing one person’s fault does not necessarily diminish another person’s. The Trump administration is fascist. And ABC cynically caved and abandoned American values for money. Both are worthy of your contempt.

Striking stats in @suttontrust.bsky.social report cited by this piece. Dominance of private school / Oxbridge in media, government and law is really quite damning. Big drop for current cabinet vs previous one though, and hilarious that Oxbridge is apparently not an asset in the Scottish parliament

Last June, in Ep. 226, @oboylemm.bsky.social and I raised a red flag about Big Tech throwing the climate under the bus in their rush to procure power for their AI data centers. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes... They denied it then. They're not denying it anymore. bsky.app/profile/davi...

ASIC Chair Joe Longo explains why ASIC didn’t punish fmr ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott “In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation” Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed