So sad to hear this news. What an extraordinary musician and a beautiful human. Vale Rob. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Welcome to the world’s biggest market.

The doll is the first Barbie with autism. She carries a pink fidget spinner that actually spins, wears pink noise-cancelling headphones to reduce sensory overload and holds a pink tablet that represents her augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC, device. https://cnn.it/4jy2T8y

The southern area of the capital, near a major military base, was also without electricity, according to Reuters.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro:

BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.

It's been a hard day of barking and running around

New laws in the UK, Australia and France were brought in during 2025 with the aim of protecting children from harmful content online, but experts remain divided on whether they will achieve this goal

Former Labor senator Nick Bolkus, minister in Hawke and Keating governments, dies aged 75

Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically

Is it too early for the Christmas pics? Here's a sweet little rose robin that looks quite Christmassy - with a bit of artistic licence 😄

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

This is a cool Christmas story!

This is how Steve met Brad...

Bill Nighy reciting Australia's Sammy J at the Royal Albert Hall www.facebook.com/reel/1510741...

Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long and what can we learn from it?

Also from NSW police There have been NO reports of any incidents at Dover Heights - please do NOT share unconfirmed rumours. Further updates will be provided here.

Government unveils £3bn investment to expand school places for children with Send www.itv.com/news/2025-12...

A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet

Lobby group 36 Months accused experts of being “bought” by Big Tech. But the campaign itself has been cashing in on its role in promoting the teen social media ban. @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.

Bluesky will comply with Australia's teen social media ban, according to an update that it put out today. Although the company wasn't listed as one of the 10 companies assessed as definitely being in the ban, Australia's law is supposed to apply to all social media platforms

Petition to stop the abolition of #VicHealth c.org/msmYSjjF8h

I went to the local Christmas market and the highlight was meeting Holly the dog in her Mrs Claus outfit 😍

It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.

Camera traps in an area of the Leuser rainforest patrolled by NGOs spotted 17 tigers in 2023 and 18 Sumatran tigers in 2024, while surveys elsewhere on the island averaged seven

It's decided. Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all. Energy independence starts now. → link.europa.eu/tykVJf

What could possibly go wrong

X’s decision to show where its accounts are based “is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency”—yet Elon Musk may have instead revealed that the platform is “just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.

Save the CSIRO Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Steve is Cleverley disguising his hangover in the office today. Steve is a real asset to the team.

Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him

Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell

Is this bad? I mean, offhand, I'd say it kind of seems bad. {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat. They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues. This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service. www.crikey.com.au/20...

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant” He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

Hopefully, the Australian Government will also be reading that report. #auspol

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City Mayoral election, reports @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social

What happens when the race that stops the nation also stops you from seeing the horses that don’t finish? #NuptotheCup www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Teens are already scheming about how to get around the under 16 social media ban

I hate how every headline now reads like it was written by The Onion.

The Finn-laws are in town. It’s not often we get to catch up on tour. I’m sure anyone who’s caught Crowded House these past couple weeks agrees the shows are pretty special. Enjoy Saturday night. @jane13barnes.bsky.social

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

It looks even worse by video 😢

David Rowe for the man who wants everything.. Financial Review

I do believe this is the softest photo I have ever seen.

Seems that once the Australian turned up to the first Pentagon briefing and only saw 14 other far right bloggers there they had some second thoughts

On the referendum's second anniversary, the Voice is needed more than ever www.croakey.org/on-the-refer... #publichealth