In #ScienceUnderSiege, we discuss how belief in weather modification & chemtrails are actually gateway beliefs to climate denial and antiscience conspiratorial ideation. There's a reason that fossil fuel shill Lee Zeldin is encouraging these conspiracy theories.

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot... This incredible piece of writing needs to be read widely

How can humour and horror sit so comfortably side by side?

The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait My latest in The Shot theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

I interviewed historian @emmashortis.bsky.social on the particulars of American fascism, comparisons with Nazism, the global crisis of democracy, and Australia's options. None of this is particularly cheery stuff, but you might find some clarity in it. youtu.be/MM6cXjTBJ0U?...

Unpaywalled: web.archive.org/web/20250919...

Today we are told that the 🍉 symbol is antisemitic Remember when Musk’s heil was described as clumsy? Nazi salute? Not antisemitic Fruit? Antisemitic The inanity of this would be funny if it weren’t so incredibly dangerous. As a Jew, this devaluing of real antisemitism scares the shit out of me.

Perhaps all seven of them are still trying to arrange a teams meeting and the right snacks to workshop a possible response to a nationwide march a week ago, organised & addressed by actual neo-Nazis.

I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them. In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄

Separation of church and state? What a quaint notion!

Great, at a time of heightened tension between religions, a leading politician decides to play favourites. Separation of church & state PROTECTS religious freedom, for ALL people of faith & this nonsense undermines that freedom. Stunts like this--WITHIN parliament!--are unconscionable. Disgraceful.

We have literal nazis on the streets and not a word from the tax payer funded anti-semitism envoy Jillian Segal. Maybe because they aren't students with Palestine flags protesting Israel's genocide. #auspol

Every single person at these neo-Nazi rallies should be identified, and tracked as a national security threat by ASIO and AFP. Every. Single. One. And if they’re public servants, they should be packing their items into a box on Monday morning standing next to a security guard.

Many of us have been asking this question for many weeks now I'd like to see a journo ask Albanese or Tony Bourke in their next presser. Isn't that Jiliian Segal's job after all, to call out racism and promote"social cohesion"? (apart from spying on universities and the ABC)

Is the Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal who called for Pro Palestinian protests to be banned claiming they are “intimidatory” to Jewish Australians, going to come out and condemn the Nazi rally planned for 31 August 2025? Or does she not find Nazis as intimidating?

🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal's "husband" claims are a lie – the couple have been donating together for decades, investigations reveal. The couple’s donations were even overseen and applauded by a sitting NSW Premier... Explosive 👇 theklaxon.com.au/lztu

Conversation about an American Eagle ad campaign with Sydney Sweeney did not escalate online or in traditional media until right-leaning influencers, broadcasters and politicians began criticizing what they described as a wave of progressive outrage, a New York Times analysis found. nyti.ms/4fvn5pG

full release here www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/08/medi...

"The MAGA fantasy can sustain lies and survive changes of directions and changes of facts, but once the underlying consistency of the fantasy is breached, the walls come tumbling down." Why Epstein trumps Trump (unpaywalled) open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

"Could it be that the Segal report’s only contribution to the necessary battle against antisemitism will be to fuel the growth of the antisemitism it is meant to combat?"

Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'None of this passes the pub test'

"Conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism not only undermines freedom of expression but weakens the fight against genuine antisemitism, and further fuels racial division and fear.” "The government must act in the best interests of ALL Australians when combatting ALL forms of racism”

Democracy Watch AU – An Assessment of Segal’s Antisemitism Report & Responses. Exposing Moral Disengagement in Public Agendas & Actions #auspol @democracywatchau.bsky.social @anthonyklan.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social @aaronsmith333.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Strong statement from MEAA

This by @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's Max Kaiser is absolutely on point.

Accused war criminal nominates convicted felon for Nobel Peace Prize; doves don't even bother crying

It’s absolutely critical that the Albanese govt holds firm against the attacks on the PBS by US pharma. That includes protecting generics. Affordable medicines are key to our universal health system.

Julian Leeser grilled on ABC RNBreakfast on why the LNP when in govt failed to implement RC childcare recommendations, says “this isn’t about finger pointing” Yes it is Julian. 🫵 We point the finger at you & your rotten LNP govt. Children have suffered bcoz you chose not to act

Can we please name the pro-Israel lobbyists who pressured the ABC to break the law and can we also name the ABC Board members who supported the action. #ABC #auspol

The end of reality theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

We don’t have a gas shortage, we just have a gas export problem. The capture of Labor by the gas industry continues - madness to be pushing for new gas projects to supply 🇦🇺 sometime in the future rather than just requiring uncontracted gas to be provided to 🇦🇺. www.afr.com/policy/energ...

www.smh.com.au/national/hon... Unlimited thanks to @jennaprice.bsky.social for this brilliant piece expressing what we feel. "Honouring" the dishonourable insults us all...most especially those who directly suffered from the naked racism, greed & cruelty to the most vulnerable of this man's years.

Fucking abhorrent. The Order of Australia is now utterly worthless. Just like this useless, corrupt pile of 💩

If one is censured by a nation's Parliament for behaviour officially found to be "corrosive of trust in government", and is referred to an anti-corruption commission for misleading its Cabinet about the "crude and cruel" Robodebt scheme, how is one then eligible for said country's highest honour?

Antisemitism did not spring up here as suddenly and as localised as a field of mushrooms. It is, above all, a by-product of Israel’s endless onslaught on the people of Gaza which one and all can watch as a daily horror show. Read Henry Reynolds on university failure. JM #auspol #gaza

Trump’s military parade: A ‘big big celebration’ or an authoritarian ritual?

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"Dutton went to the election saying, we don't have a shortage of gas, we're just exporting too much, why don't we tax gas exports. I couldn't agree more." "Imagine if Labor were to tax gas exports & spend tens of billions on improving health & education." @richarddenniss.bsky.social on ABC #auspol