“Australian progressives watching the stripping of rights in America, with the demonising of vulnerable minorities and the building of labour camps, are right to feel horror. We must not let that horror blind us to the project underway in our own politics.” lucyham29.substack.com/p/australias...

I’ve finally made it! Somebody built me a Wikipedia page

Well well well. The President and CEO of the Atlas Network from 1998 to 2018 confirmed on Twitter last month what some of us were wondering: he’s Opus Dei. Heritage Foundation is led by a recognised Opus Dei connection. Read Gareth Gore’s Opus to 😬 open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2... #Auspol

Finally! And think how much earlier and more easily this group could be stopped with a law that targeted coercive control in groups! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I think he means ‘popular’ campaign. Extremely popular.

“The memo revealed a network of meetings and strategies among well-known scholars of New Religious Movements (NRMs), lawyers, and representatives of NRMs, aimed at ‘neutralizing’—this is the term used—the critics of cults (anti-cultists), such as Margaret Singer…”

‘“What becomes incredibly useful for these people to do is to present their products as the answer to the meaning of life,” Epstein told me.’ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We are once again asking you to make sure the Royal Commission hears from diverse Jewish voices! Public hearings for the Royal Commission start on the 4th of May so it's not too late to have your voice heard. Read our guide and make a submission today: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/03/ensu...

Fai was just 10 when she was first introduced to the Soulful Journey. As a teenager she found herself sleep deprived from late-night classes and channelings of an omniscient being known as ‘G’, and learning about her own presence in a future dimension called The 99. www.ltaspod.com/54

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...

If watching so many great minds fall for the grand claims of AI messiahs with apocalyptic visions and clear records of deceit doesn’t showcase how any one of us is susceptible to seduction by a cult, I don’t know what does.

“What's different in the case of somebody like Pete Hegseth is just how extreme his ideas are, how far outside of what we could call mainstream American Christianity he is,” Professor Taylor said. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Many things are striking in this piece, but the apocalyptic framing that SA harnessed to attract (and retain) talent and investment is a key one for me. Altman “used apocalyptic rhetoric to explain how A.G.I. could destroy us all—and why, therefore, he should be the one to build it.”

My chat with former OneTaste member Ruwan Meepagala is out on the LTAS feed now. www.ltaspod.com/orgsm

Pretty persistently frustrating that enviro opposition to data centres get clumsily dismissed as "NIMBY" when, as you can see here, it's well-evidenced and packed to the brim with real-world examples of material harm. And GP goes further than most in pointing out the end-goals of the system:

Free newsletter: The Subprime AI Crisis is here. I explore the disturbing parallels between the run-up to the global financial crisis and the heavily-subsidized AI bubble, and how Anthropic and OpenAI's rush to IPO accelerates the crisis further. www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-ai-crisis-is-here/

"Their agenda involves the elimination of public education and any government regulation of ‘parents’ rights,’ including dismantling child welfare agencies, departments of children and families, and child protective services."

The New York Times rolling up its sleeves to do the hard work of normalizing the idea that women should not have the right to vote.

For Australian cult survivors: Survivor Connections is running a free online info session about modern slavery frameworks in Australia, and how they could potentially be an avenue for accountability with cults. events.humanitix.com/modern-slave...

Nicole Daedone sentenced to 9 years (Rachel Cherwitz 6.5) for crimes related to OneTaste’s operations – I should have some thoughts for the pod from a former member soon. apnews.com/article/onet...

Deborah Green was a charismatic woman who established a ‘free love ministry’ in California, claiming to be a vessel for God. She was also a controlling, cruel sadist. Her daughter Sarah talks about her upbringing and escape. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... by @shattenstone.bsky.social

30 years of Hansonism is not her triumph, its our failure www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/thirty-yea...

“anti-trust legislation, enforceable regulation of generative AI, and steps to force companies to take responsibility for online disinformation are urgently needed.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

If you missed this article when I shared it earlier this week, don’t miss it now. Money shapes which fields are studied and which ignored. Epstein’s crowd funded and pushed the “race” “science” 🙄 and misogyny that has come to be pivotal to the grotesque Right we now endure.

“One percent of taxpayers now own a quarter of all rental properties.” !!!

“… the continued reach of the Christchurch attack is at odds with how the man who committed the atrocity – an Australian – is confronted in his home country. “That is, hardly at all.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

CSIRO have now lost more jobs under the Albanese Governmet than under the Abbott Government. We have to do better on research funding and backing our scientists. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Remember this next time anyone in the govt says they can’t afford to raise the rate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NACC decided it wasn't in the public interest to make its corruption hearings with Morrison, Campbell, Mussolino etc public I would conservatively estimate that 90% of Australians would disagree

Northern Rivers, Sydney & Melbourne based cult survivors who are interested in sharing their story in a live storytelling format, do submit to Stories that Stir: www.storiesthatstir.com/share-your-s... And for Brisbanites, there's an event on 29 March: www.storiesthatstir.com/event-detail...

it’s incredibly concerning that doomsday believing evangelicals have won control of the government

If you’re confused by who might be behind the PM’s bomb threat, the Chinese government hates the Falun Gong mob behind the Shen Yun extravaganzas, but Falun Gong are hardly a benevolent bunch - v. credibly accused of being an exploitative cult www.ltaspod.com/53

“Instead of sidelining the issue of democracy, as some political pollsters suggest, those concerned about the issue should foreground it — working hard to illustrate how Trump’s behaviors threaten core freedoms people cherish.” www.vox.com/politics/479...

The bomb threat was made to Shen Yun? What on earth? Also I hate that the cult accusations against Falun Gong are framed as only coming from the CCP without mention of former members / survivors. The ABC has itself investigated the group. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Or maybe, making sure people can afford housing, health care and basic necessities, are able to form community by not having to constantly move and are ensured financial security in one of the richest countries on earth might do it? How’s leaning right going for UK Labour? 🫠🫠🫠

“Our governments are actively selling us out to companies that do not have our best interests in mind, based on promises of increased productivity and a flood of investment that are based far more on hype than reality.” disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-...

Alan Kohler talking about the urgent need to tackle inequality. The major parties talk about it a lot but don't seem to want to do what it'll take: 💸 changes to CGT discount on investment properties 💸 start taxing wealth more than work 💸 get a fair return for our natural resources

Federal police raided Dissent Bar in Canberra and stripped anti-fascist posters off the walls under Labor's brand new hate speech laws. Not a Nazi compound. A local café with political art. This is what biased laws look like in practice. 🧵

For those of you wanting more context for the Shadow Treasurer that Angus Taylor has chosen, his ideology & connections to foreign influence operations’ local offices, I gathered it here before the election. Note his behaviour as Human Rights Commissioner. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...

‘Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives,’ www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

“When people cannot find affordable housing, and when the government’s response is to build housing bureaucracies rather than houses, the far right’s narrative—that immigration is the cause—acquires a surface plausibility that reasoned argument struggles to overcome.”

BREAKING: High Court ruling today in AA v Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle opens avenues for justice in child sexual abuse cases. The decision means survivors can seek compensation from the institutions that failed them via a 'non-delegable duty of care'.

"Dhakal maintained regular communication w/...the Unification Church [AKA "Moonies" cult] & sought political support through alliances w/ major parties, particularly the CPN-UML. A leaked letter dated Nov. 30, 2017 cited in the investigation also alleged Dhakal demanded money from church officials."

We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms. It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.

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