My thought for the day:

👇👇 @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social (Is Katy Gallagher here?)

👇👇 @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social (Is Katy Gallagher here?)

#Dailyglimmer Attended a smoking ceremony led by Palawa leader Trish Hodge the other day. She kindly shared her knowledge of country & I got a quick look at her new wonderful book, Palawa tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors, on uses of hundred of native plants in Lutruwita/ Tasmania. 🌱

All this focus on how crap The Liberals and The Nationals are just takes attention away from how crap Labor is, which is what actually matters #auspol

"It's likely the case that we need to give police more legislated powers to stop this kind of naked hatred and racism on Sydney streets" No, Premier. You need to direct the police to stop neo-Nazis. Instead of suppressing peaceful protests against genocide. #nswpol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

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💯👇 Nothing has been done to stop it happening again. And my fear is that #AusPol has become demonstrably more immoral, unethical and bought than in 1975

👇👇 So sad when even RACGP jump on the bandwagon of unscientific covid minimisation (yes, I know they’ve been there for ages)

Prof Deborah Lupton "The hardest thing for me these days about wearing a mask is that you make others around you feel uncomfortable. You are reminding them that C19 is still a risk and that they should be doing the same. Clinicians and public health experts in particular do not like this reminder"

Hard to understand a govt that blocks teenagers from social media but has *no* issue with them accessing online gambling platforms at all, or with them being bombarded with ads for online gambling.

Nice line from Rachel Withers: "Insiders say there will be a leadership challenge in the new year either way, with conservatives still deciding which generic-looking A-hole (Angus or Andrew) to back."

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It is time to stop referring to the National Party as the “junior partner” in the Coalition. Considering the Voice and now where the Libs are heading on net-zero by 2050, it is clear who is in charge. #auspol

The duopoly just joined forces in the Senate to vote down an #AUKUS inquiry. Never mind the political, technical & management risks associated with the program, or the $365B price tag - the two major parties are happy sleepwalking with your national security and money. #auspol

Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.

Fund fundamental research for the best possible future. 👇👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Just an observer from down under. Food stamps are corrupt in they allow big businesses to not pay a fair living wage with the government making up the rest. It’s a corporate welfare system.

Labor’s proposed environmental reforms are a recipe for corruption and political manipulation. Inviting special treats for ministerial intervention.

Showing they have absolutely no understanding at all of what late term abortions are, why they are generally performed, and how incredibly devastating any child loss is How ignorant and horrible do you have to be to weigh in on an issue with so little understanding and compassion

It is unclear what fire, in Gaza, has ceased.

dear people, the nuremberg trials happened because the nazis and their allies were utterly defeated militarily that is never going to happen to the US please stop waving ‘nuremberg’ or ‘the hague’ at 🇺🇸’s criminal civilian and military regime odds are none of these people will ever be punished

The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.

Mamdani: “We want to showcase our ideals, not by lecturing people about how correct we are, but rather by delivering and letting that delivery be the argument itself”. Hey #AusPol …

Of course it’s the human thing to do but it’s also economically and societally smart to eliminate poverty. The pandemic showed us that it can be done, and that we all win from that investment. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Grog's rule of privatisation: "The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."

Important cultural artefacts from the United States should be transferred to the British Museum or the Louvre because the United States is too unstable and corrupt to ensure their safekeeping Change my mind

NO essential services should be privatised. It has been proven that privatisation, deregulation, and outsourcing of public services fails to provide economic or social returns to Australians. It just enriches a few, and entrenches millions. We need Change. #Auspol

Presumably AI companies don’t donate to Labor (excuse my cynicism) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Yet another thing that I thought would be impossible for Albanese to do worse at than Morrison. #auspol

While Woodside steals $215 billion in royalty-free planet killing gas, Suzanne is hounded for a PAYG debt she may not even owe. #Auspol We need Change

Geezus fucking christ, stop going after vulnerable people. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Looking back through our cartoons it’s surprising how many accurate predictions we make. Life, as they say, imitates art.

You are sick often, because you aren't doing anything to prevent yourself getting sick often. That's all there is to it. Simple. And there are solutions. #Respie #SaferAir #Vaccines

Jesus Fosse Christ.

so, so true even bernie sanders was doing it today. ffs, sunshine, the fascists have seized every one of your institutions— the presidency, congress, judiciary, the media, police, and now, it’s clear, the military you’re not *going* to be in trouble— you’re there!

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

A smile to brighten your day 😂❤️

Dealing with the chaotic whims are exhausting, expensive and in some cases, deadly The destruction of the East Wing isn’t the metaphor It’s the lack of any person, institution or group that could stop the destruction which is metaphorically, and actually, exposed for all to see

Honestly, I'd be a little less concerned about the US freefall into fascism if the UK and Australian governments, supposedly of 'the left', were not as shit as they are

Probably shouldn’t be that shocked that a country that tolerates endless mass shootings seems to be tolerating endless mass corruption

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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

hey 🇺🇸 — if you imagine that the megalomaniac asshole doing this is going to give you a free and fair election next year you are utterly crazy

This is what happens when you simply get going and do what’s right. And ignore the vested interests and naysayers

Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The Australian state, whether Labor or Liberal is in power, exists to preserve this country as a fossil fuel exporter, a base for America to project its waning military power in the Pacific and as a tipping ground for US pop culture trash. We need a left populist independence movement.