Trump’s Plan to Steal the Midterms open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

I can tell you, it’s a great read an it’s available in all good book shops.

Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

A great piece by Najma Sambul on how all of the divisive rhetoric lands in communities and affects real people. Great to have Najma as a guest contributor to The Spencer Street End.

"Moreover, the desire to support writers over key institutions is short-sighted: literary institutions are important because they outlast individuals & establish cultures of achievement that persist over time." Good this by @emmettstinson.bsky.social on Writers Vic www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/24/w...

Long time coming and a long way to go to address the damage - but so grateful to everyone who has ordered a copy of Where It All Went Wrong (including through your library!) I’m still so angry - and I hope it makes you angry too (so we can fix it) x

Jacinta Parsons A piece suitable for our times on the swipe culture of modern dating and how to overcome it!

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Jacinta Parsons A piece suitable for our times on the swipe culture of modern dating and how to overcome it!

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody reut.rs/3MHUQKl

The fact that ai art and writing programs are built on stolen work really seems to be fading from the discussion even amongst artists and writers, which is a bit shit.

Nice.

An antibiotic used by the Tasmanian salmon farming industry is detected in native species more than 10km away from the closest fish operation using it.

Awesome performance from the James Grange Band live from the RRR performance space. You can listen back here. www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...

Liam Alexander Hall obviously hates the Australian way of life and doesn’t worship “Australian values” like the rest of us and should be deported back to the shit hole from whence he came forthwith…

I’m a bit late to this, but this is quite the essay from the CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei on how humanity is in peril at the hands of AI. A technological agent revolution that no-one seems to fully understand, let alone control. Keep on rockin’ in the free world…as long as you can.

If Angus isn’t asked which country’s are and ethnic groups are you going to ban from immigrating to Australia - I’ll spew up!! #abc730

I'm confused - isn't 'PETER VAN ONSELEN' three words?

Sentimental Value is a brilliant film.

Senior journalist Peter Lalor was among those attacked by police at the protest against Israel President Issac Herzog. “We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight". theklaxon.com.au/g2vd

It's good to see Nine newsrooms using their resources to really keep their finger on the pulse of what's important.

So grateful for @mrdtjames.bsky.social and his clear-eyed, lyrical writing. Not interested in a slide into 1950s repression and homogeneity. A fantastic read.

Taylor’s ascent to the Liberal leadership, and Abbott’s return spruiking “Australian values” & a 1950s-style immigration policy, push us further toward exclusion. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a narrowing. A nationalism that casts multiculturalism as a mistake and diversity as a threat. It has a name.

Great article from Daniel 👇 So, the Libs are also using immigrants as the excuse. We all come from immigrants unless we are First Nations people. Let’s not go further down the racist path, but embrace our diversity. It doesn’t take anything away, but gives back so much in return.

Taylor’s ascent to the Liberal leadership, and Abbott’s return spruiking “Australian values” & a 1950s-style immigration policy, push us further toward exclusion. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a narrowing. A nationalism that casts multiculturalism as a mistake and diversity as a threat. It has a name.

Bonus points to @mrdtjames.bsky.social for this line: "Angus Taylor has promised discipline, economic clarity, and a return to what he calls 'core Liberal values', where culture wars aren’t a distraction; they’re the strategy." #auspol 7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/fan...

Another moderate Liberal woman forced out of parliament by conservative men.

ICYMI: 3RRR's #SpinCycle 05Feb with @jessielilley.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social. Stellar ep. Insightful, engaging commentary re #BondiTerrorAttack #EpsteinFiles #InvasionDayAttack & #Melania doco. #auspol 📻 www.rrr.org.au/player-items...

I seriously have no idea who most people resigning the shadow ministry are.

Does anyone believe that any of this is making anyone feel safer?

Reading through the papers and checking social media this morning and it could be easily said we’ve never been less socially cohesive.

The Liberal Party is now a minor party.

This week's #SundayShot is up, people! @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social trawl over the week that was with @davemilbo.bsky.social & me, plus Prof @katemanne.bsky.social on the #EpsteinFiles & credible allegations of child rape against Donald Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkZ...

Good grief.

Chernobyl is the greatest miniseries of all time.

JD Vance was greeted by a chorus of boos and jeers when he appeared at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, but American viewers would have been unaware of the reception. The boos were neither heard nor remarked upon during the NBC broadcast.

A disgrace. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

When victory as an adult, has no audience by Jacinta Parsons. open.substack.com/pub/thespenc...

This week's #SundayShot features favourite guests @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social and an interview on the #EpsteinFiles with Professor of Philosophy at Cornell @katemanne.bsky.social. Don't miss us at 9am AEDT on Sunday (and please do subscribe!) www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot

I was really lucky to be part of this conversation with the wonderful @mrdtjames.bsky.social and @tinamq.bsky.social about the silence around the attack on the Perth Invasion Day rally and the Australian mentions in the Esptein files: open.spotify.com/episode/1y9c...

So it begins.

Spin Cycle is back on @3rrrfm.bsky.social tonight and we welcome @mrdtjames.bsky.social to talk about the flaccid media response to a bomb attack in WA on Invasion Day. Plus I think there’s been a bit of news over the last 6 weeks. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social

Don't know why it's taken so long to be classified as such. But I'm glad that it now has.

Listen back: www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/se...

Spoke to Senator Lidia Thorpe on The Mission last night after she crafted a rare moment of solidarity in parliament yesterday with her motion condemning the Perth pipe bomb attack. You can listen back here: www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/se...