"Dr Margaret Connolly, the sister of [Irish] President Catherine Connolly, is among at least six Irish citizens aboard an aid flotilla who have been detained by Israel, organisers say. The Global Sumud Flotilla said that 10 boats in a 60-vessel flotilla ..." www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Coming soon to an Australian suburb near you.

So stumbled on this again, via a Threads post. You can see the efforts of the previous LNP governments to gut unions, reduce protections, and flatten take home pay for service workers, writ large in the architecture of these USian laws. www.epi.org/publication/...

"Finland is in the woods sharpening something"... www.threads.com/@holhuds/pos...

BERNIE SANDERS: Americans do not want us to continue spending billions of taxpayer dollars in support of the illegal, horrific war policies of Netanyahu NEWSMAX: Your reaction? REP. JOHN ROSE: As I listen to Sanders's comments, they border on being antisemitic

Robodebt for aged care. www.instagram.com/samraeforhawke

Crucified on 🧵 Clever Girl, She of the Claw has risen on Bluesky! Rawrsome. Preys be St Cornelius of the Typo, prophet of the arrival of the Raptor. Rawrmen.

Gee. I wonder why? Is there oil there?

🌮🌮🌮🌮 Also .... 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

What? No Advance Australia or PHON?

Karens of the world rejoice. Your name as a epithet has been usurped. Behold the "Bondi" (pron. Bondee. Not to be confused with a beloved Aussie beach at Bondi (Bond-eye), New South Wales.

‘The exclusion of Dr Abdel-Fattah was certainly racist. But the hysteria generated by her mere inclusion in a writers festival reveals what is really at stake: that is, the unbearable truth of the destruction of Gaza and Gazan lives must be repressed at all costs.’

More thoughts: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-mounting-costs

Anthropic putting their money where their mouth is. Statement from Anthropic, on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, 27 Feb 2026. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme... And now we know where to put our money in support (for now).

TACO. 🌮🌮🌮🌮 HT @justinwolfers.bsky.social

“Albo stares down the hard left” and Minns doesn’t “show rebel MP’s the door” says the Murdoch rag. The Labor party would split apart if action is taken against brave principled MPs who oppose genocide and war crimes. We need more “rebels” and less cowed, spineless jelly backs!

$Billions of public funds to US imperialism and the military industrial complex. We would create more jobs by building a good society, public housing, transport, hospital, and education infrastructure. AUKUS, a crazy capitulation to an autocratic, divided, and declining empire.

"Capitulating to a bully, a felon, a misogynistic megalomaniac is not “ pragmatic patriotism”. It’s cowardice." Thanks Doug.

"Karen ... kept hearing the same thing from them: that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,” Karen says." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #USA #tourism #ICE #detention

Continuing to piss off (former) friends and allies. 🙄 "France curtails US Ambassador Kushner's government access after he fails to obey summons." www.france24.com/en/france/20... #diplomacy #france #usa

Whoops. Wrong web link. Here it is: www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Unconscionable, genocidal, war criminal maniacs. "Legal experts said the use of these indiscriminate weapons implicates not just Israel but also its Western suppliers. “This is a global genocide, not just an Israeli one,” said lawyer Diana Buttu, a lecturer at Georgetown University in Qatar."

Thanks Reuters.

Under Howard, we were the "Deputy Sheriff", safe-guarding USian interests in the Indo-Pacific and SE Asia. Under the Scomo/Albo era, we've become nothing more than crony collaborators to racketeering mobsters. #auspol #AUKUS #democracy #crisis

It had the words "intelligence" and "facts" in it, so what do you expect?

He told us "You're the Voice", now it's take the "Pressure Down". youtu.be/Emutat3_IP0?... Maybe that's what @albomp.bsky.social means when he gaslights us all with pleas to "Turn the temperature down..." ? 🤔

Yourself, but as a cartoon.

So the authorities want our phone footage. When do the police release their body cam footage?

Last night, [Bill Shorten] returned to the Hill for the launch of ‘Securing Our Future: Cyber Essentials for Parliamentarians’. These practical cyber safety awareness sessions are designed for Australian parliamentarians and their staff, delivered ... www.facebook.com/share/p/1C9v... #UniCBR

Not in my name ... #israel #warcrimes #Palestine #genocide #auspol #democracy #atrisk

The graves of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed during the First and Second World Wars have been destroyed by Israel in Gaza, satellite images and local testimony confirm. The desecration occurred at the Gaza War Cemetery in ... www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260205-isr...

What is the point of a landslide mandate majority, if you're too afraid to use it?

What next @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social, @australianlabor.bsky.social Police officers wearing face masks, and no visible ID, roaming the streets near schools, churches and mosques, and disappearing citizens off the street? #auspol #nsw #peacefulprotests #democracy

A heartbeat away ...

Is anyone else shaking their heads at how ludicrous this is?

I wonder if Renee Good and Alex Pretti ever thought on the day of their murders, that their lives would be ended, when they were mobbed by ICE agents, whose job is to create terror and fear in the rest of the general populace?

1/ The 🇪🇺 Commission is taking a political chainsaw to hard won social, environmental, and digital protections. We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation. Check out our new cartoons below by @cartoonralph.bsky.social and spread the word!

Davos. 🌮🌮🌮🌮

Oh, what? You mean there's already adequate federal laws to deal with antisemitic speech and behaviour in Australia? And all the government and authorities have to do, is *use them*?

Is anyone actually surprised by this?

Monique Ryan has savaged the Coalition for politicising the Bondi massacre — going so far as to attack the PM & punch down on immigrants in the immediate aftermath — says her community in Kooyong was “disgusted”.🔥 #auspol

To address any rise in antisemitism tell Netanyahu to stop his genocide #qt #auspol

Wildfires in Chile. Lives and homes lost.

David Brooke's, PBS: "We're getting close to an armed insurrection against a state". Jonathan Capehart: "The President is itching for a reason to invoke the insurrection act." #Minneapolis #ice #civilwar #insurrection #dictator

Who's feeling a bit like this right now? (Looking up Star Trek canon to see when WWIII happened.)

As it ever was, follow the money.

Today I challenge any Australian politician to say what they really think #auspol #venezuela