PM says three Australians were onboard US submarine that sank Iranian warship

What a country we are

These things are terrible but what kind of journalist doesn't even mention the impact on disabled people? Even the folks on reddit talked about it. | Woolworths shoppers concerned new anti-theft gates may trap them and hit their children www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The hell we do | "Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Gentoo penguins the first birds on Australian territory to contract H5N1 as bird flu spreads

Labor's talent for being perpetually feckless and disappointing is wide, deep and multi-layered. | Health minister approves 4.41% increase for health insurance premiums www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” in #Melbourne. #Naarm A mass of people here to say Israel is a murderous state. #Auspol #Herzog visit disgraces us all, reminding the world Australia too is a white settler colony built on land theft and massacres.

#Melbourne #Naarm protest keeps growing. Arrest #Herzog #Auspol

The level of disappointment I feel for the Australian government supporting & enabling Isaac Herzog's visit is immeasurable. What happened at Bondi was a horrific terror attack & our government responds by inviting a man who incited & supported genocide to comfort the victims. Make that make sense?

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that two years of weaponised genocidal mass murder in Gaza has probably made global political violence and terror *MORE* likely, not *LESS* likely And that opposing mass death makes you anti-terrorism, not pro-terrorism www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

The kind of thing Armando Iannucci would cut because it would break people's suspension of disbelief: apnews.com/article/trum...

Anthropic stole the books I co-wrote in order to train their planet-burning hallucination machine, so I've filed a claim. They wept that if every plagiarised author does so, the company will go bankrupt. Boo emdash hoo. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

Of course. Age verification IDs taken in Discord data breach www.itnews.com.au/news/age-ver...

Australia's racist party doubles its support since the May 2025 election Centrist Labor government will absolutely see this as a sign that it needs to be more racist (and in doing so, actively feed more support for One Nation and lose support for themselves) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...

Will it encourage the health care industry to clean the air and mask up?

“Our findings clearly demonstrate that Long COVID brain fog should be recognized as a legitimate clinical condition. This could encourage the healthcare industry to accelerate the development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for this disorder,” concludes Prof. Takahashi.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog. Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Trump and Blair's Gaza plan is (unsurprisingly) shaping up to be an oligarchy of billionaires implementing disaster capitalism. This is what PM Albanese is backing.

Gaza Sumud flotilla live: Israel intercepts ships, detains activists www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Brereton should resign, imo. He's personally compromised (defence), completely stuffed up the Robodebt investigation (and had personal connections with those involved), and his NACC has produced nothing else of any significance, despite thousands of referrals.

Ugh.

1. The "healthy food" is too expensive for people - a junk food tax won't change that. 2. We don't need a junk food tax - we have a duopoly that increases prices at an exorbitant rate already. Subsidise whole foods and regulate Colesworth if you're so concerned. www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

This is an excellent response to the "we have to charge for FOI because forren AI bots!" nonsense from the A-G. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/evid...

UN-backed global hunger monitor confirms famine in Gaza The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

"the reality of the abundance agenda: more for those with the most, and less for those with the least. Every single letter in the PC’s climate and energy report seems imbued with that philosophy." 💥🎯👏👏👏 #auspol #ClimateCrisis

HEY friends - new @crikey.com.au piece up now! American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment. Have a read!

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.

Digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia has accused the Productivity Commission of being influenced by US President Donald Trump’s deregulation of that country’s AI sector, which has benefited Big Tech companies. 👇

Again, please know that your period tracking app is not contraception, and may now or in the future sell, use or accidentally expose your data. It can be used against you by controlling partners and police in places where miscarriages and terminations are criminalised.

There is a call for an overhaul of Australian copyright rules in response to big tech mining text & data to train AI models. No surprise, arguments against warn "clumsy or excessive regulation risk stifling the technology’s potentially transformative benefits" 🙄 share.google/B32cyElklMoK...

Cuts to the park service for us, special water release to facilitate a canoe excursion for them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"LinkedIn has quietly stripped explicit protections for transgender and nonwhite users from its English-language hate speech rules, repeating a playbook now familiar to LGBTQ+ advocates tracking the rollback of content safeguards across major social media platforms." www.advocate.com/news/linkedi...

Monash Health in Melbourne's south-east has discovered black mould in an area where cancer patients are treated.

The Australian privacy commissioner has said the transfer of millions of patient X-rays and other scans by Australia’s biggest radiology company without consent was a ‘case study of good privacy practice’ www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/01/i...

Let's make things essential to human existence 'for profit'. What could possibly go wrong? 🙃 | Australia’s largest private hospital operator to close majority of psychology clinics to be ‘flexible, sustainable’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The ICJ’s ruling means Australia and other major polluters face a new era of climate reparations www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have no words that adequately convey how I feel about the state of Israel conducting genocide or our governments for enabling it. It is a stain on humanity that will never be removed. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

RFKJr is causing people to be sick. Some will die. He has no medical schooling. Get advice from your doctor. Earlier this year, the U.S recorded first measles deaths in a decade: those of 2 children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico. All were unvaccinated. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

It is so remarkable how brazenly transparent this stuff is. It's already illegal to firebomb a synagogue. There is no evidence that the firebombing was caused by people protesting against genocide. Yet Australian governments have zero hesitation in exploiting these attacks to justify repression

Yeah, I had planned not to write any more of these since I had already gone after the big players. But this one poked me. “#Accesstive Will Get You Sued” adrianroselli.com/2025/07/acce... #overlay #accessibility #a11y

Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if the Government plans to remain on X, given its AI bot has been making antisemitic comments and endorsing Hitler, replies that this is an "internal" matter for the company

Antidemocratic and anti-disability. | Victoria’s draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech — and won’t keep anyone safe www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/v...