Israel issues evacuation orders. Everyone leaves — including the fighters they say they’re targeting. Towns empty. Israel bombs them anyway, bulldozes the rubble, and sends in contractors paid per structure demolished… open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

Donald Trump: Would you buy a secondhand submarine from this man? Kevan Porter, Alphington @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters

What Ana said. Every. Fucking. Word! substack.com/@teeashby/no...

It's Nathan Lane 😂😂

Eurovision’s pinkwashing problem, explained. New piece, free to read. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

Surprise, surprise: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/w...

This is ten of biggest scandals where nothing happened to the people responsible. The Panama Papers. The 2008 crash. The Epstein network. The Sacklers. Hillsborough. Then I wrote the entry that needed its whole own section… open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

↙️ LEFT: Liberal corflute seen at yesterday's Nepean by-election. RIGHT: A corflute others could put up at future elections ... ↘️ #auspol #springst

What do these global patterns mean for Australia? The uncomfortable part? It’s not really about Australia. It’s about what happens when an “ally” starts behaving like a competitor… or worse. If the pattern holds, this affects everyone in that orbit. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

The goal is clear: Targets “will not be able to find employment in their field.” They connected the database to HR software. How the lobby machine weaponised automated hiring, payment processors, & legally mandated vetting frameworks & why none of it is illegal. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

@australiainstitute.org.au You’ve spent years proving the system isn’t working. So why are we still asking it to fix itself? I’ve written this as an open letter—because a lot of Australians already agree with you. The question is what happens next. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

@richarddenniss.bsky.social Hi Richard, You’ve spent years proving the system isn’t working. So why are we still asking it to fix itself? I’ve written this as an open letter—because a lot of Australians already agree with you. The question is what happens next. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

Open. Closed. Open. Closed. Open and Closed (depending on who’s talking? Straight of Trump More like: Schrödinger’s Strait.

Open. Closed. Open. Closed. Open and Closed (depending on who’s talking? Straight of Trump More like: Schrödinger’s Strait.

In a World of Jillian Segals be a Francesca Albanese. Truly remarkable woman. ‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

A ceasefire was announced. Israel immediately launched its largest strike package of the entire war. Iran re-closed the Strait. 3 ships crossed the “reopened” waterway. Trump called it a big day for World Peace! The U.S. & Israel just made Iran a whole lot stronger: open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

Does Israel have a right to exist? Before anyone answers that, there’s a prior question nobody wants to touch: What, exactly, is Israel’s defined territory? This pulls apart the legal & cartographic absurdity of a state whose borders remain strategically unresolved open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

What happens when the world’s most powerful country is run like a LinkedIn exaggeration? open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

This is why, as long as we have political parties, nothing will change. Politicians should be independent—fully accountable to their electorates—not tied to a central organisation that becomes a single point for lobbying & coercion. It’s easy to buy a party, but much harder to buy 226 individual MPs

Police enforce the law. Spies protect the state. When those missions collide… things get interesting. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

The media is the problem

Can’t even keep a low profile. Where do they find these scumbag idiots.

@richarddenniss.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au I love you guys. This isn't a dig, it's desperation. An Open Letter to The Australia Institute: Being Right Isn’t Enough Anymore open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

@richarddenniss.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au I love you guys. This isn't a dig, it's desperation. An Open Letter to The Australia Institute: Being Right Isn’t Enough Anymore open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

When YouTube demonetises a creator, the revenue disappears. Except the ads often don’t. Which raises a very uncomfortable question: Where does the money actually go? open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

The hypocrisy is big in this one. Pauline Hanson accessed a federal government rebate scheme to install solar power on her Queensland home, despite demanding an end to public subsidies for renewable energy projects. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@csiwriter.bsky.social most Israelis are pro war Or were until they started being flogged by the First Nation to stand up to them Iran Now others are also hitting back At last Israel has long been a Nation of bullies and extremists This’ nothing to do with being Jewish It’s all about Zionism

So much “winning.” 🙄

A quiet warning just landed in Canberra. Canada says middle powers must unite or risk subordination to superpowers. Australia applauded politely. But the implications reach far beyond Australia. Here’s why this moment matters globally. Australia at the Crossroads: open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

So I guess it was either World War III or drag queens reading books to our children.

As Israel and the United States confront Iran, Washington’s pressure on Tehran and Caracas is deepening China’s ties with Iran and Venezuela — accelerating the multipolar realignment it claims to resist. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

The Israel–U.S. war against Iran is real and escalating. But it’s also intersecting with pressure on Venezuela — another major Chinese energy partner. That overlap matters. Full analysis just dropped. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

The U.S. doesn’t sell war. It sells “Freedom™.” Different label. Same smoke. Here’s how to translate it: open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

In 2020, Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull backed Australia’s largest e‑petition, with over 500,000 signatures for a royal commission into media diversity. The need has never been greater given what is happening in America right now.

Silicon Valley’s AI race is increasingly running through Israel’s defence-linked tech ecosystem. Apple, Google, and the uncomfortable future of machines that think they know what you’re about to do. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

What does it take to cross the line?

Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. I’m sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.

someone waited their ENTIRE LIFE to write that headline...

Cuba isn’t a military threat to the United States. It’s an ideological one. A poor country achieving social outcomes that challenge a much richer neighbour. This article looks at sanctions, healthcare, and sixty years of political hypocrisy. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...

Imagine 2030 where China’s humanoid factories reduce global manufacturing emissions by 40%. open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...