Listening to politicians in Australia, full of fear, contempt, and hyperbolic negativity, one could get the impression they hate the country. Always "fighting" someone or something, everything is always "getting worse" - apparently, nothing is ever achieved. No wonder people are depressed.

🇺🇦🤩 For the first time in four years, festive illuminations were lit in the capital on Kyiv Day!

As Hookland is occasionally sweary and most definitely mentions words like Hell on a regular basis, you may want to enable the adult content filters on Bluesky as the county is definitely going to be on the new naughty step.

GOOD NEWS! Amivantamab has demonstrated unprecedented results in an international trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.

Ask the Japanese to quit Browse and invest in renewable energy and battery storage instead. knittingnannas.org/2026/06/01/a...

The Ukrainian decision to double down on drone warfare, from the battlefield, to mid range and long range strike, and not to draft all of its young men to make infantry, will be seen by historians as one of the most important decisions in 19th-21st century warfare.

How Islam normalizes violence and devalues life. From an ex-Muslim Iranian woman. @dwhiterabbit.bsky.social

Lately I’ve been in an indie team making stop-motion animation. It’s just 4 of us (animator, writer, voice actor, sound designer). The show’s called The Tiny Angry Witch. It’s all basically hand made. No AI. It’s tiring, but we love what we do. So, anyway, here’s a Witch making rude noises:

Installed solar capacity in India has been growing by 40% a year. In March, it passed 150 gigawatts, and by 2030 is set to double again. Analysts say the world’s most populous nation is on the verge of becoming the first major country to power its industrialization predominantly with solar energy.

Is Farage ignorant of UK Contempt laws - primarily as brought in by the Tories in 1981? And Refuk's apparent plan to scrap such laws would be the real politicisation of the Courts. Dangerous and ignorant from Farage, a man clearly unfit to be anywhere near power.

They tested 18 unscented tampon brands bought either from supermarkets in New Zealand or online stores and nearly half came back with concerning results. academic.oup.com/jes/article/... 10/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

Hands up if you are surprised to hear there is currently NO ISO standard for period products. Not for tampons. Not for pads. Nothing. 5/12 #PeriodFriendlyWorld #MenstrualHealthAwarenessMonth

"In the next ward lay the hospital’s laboratory technician, also sick. Seven other hospital workers had already died from suspected Ebola. Few of the staff members had ever been trained to fight the disease, and the most rudimentary equipment was in dangerously short supply: "

There's strong competition, but Jenkins is a very strong front-runner for the award "Biggest C*nt at the Grauniad". Obviously, he's VERY posh, so listen up, peasants, Sir Simon is talking and he knows more about everything than you.

Some good news on the medical front.. Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients.. www.newscientist.com/article/2528...

Romania. He's on the right track. Unfortunately it's going to take the entire world to stop these motherfuckers just like we did during WW2 vs the Nazis and Tojo 1

Gauleiter Aksenov delighted the residents of Crimea with some good news before bedtime 15 min Ago As for 95-octane gasoline, he said, forget about it altogether - it will only be available on ration cards. As for 92-octane, you can get 20 liters per car, but forget about buying it in cans. 1/2

🔥𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬: why should a family in Ireland pay more for electricity so a billion-dollar tech company can pay less? 💵

Even South Africa has its very own Pauline. Or Jacinta, as the case may be.

Why do the UK government and scientific institutions still host their accounts on X as their main social media messaging outlet. Why do the U.K. govt have NHS and MoD contracts with Palantir. These are the very people destroying democracy. The inertia of this historical lock in culture has to end.

It is reported that 🇮🇹🇷🇴 Italy will send fighter jets and 100 military personnel to Romania after the crash of a Russian drone in the country. The deployment was planned in advance, but the incident with the crash of a Russian drone in Galati on May 29 accelerated the start of the operation. 1/3

⚡️Data reveals Irish alumina factory exporting more product to Russia than government claimed. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin claimed that including Aughinish Alumina in the EU's next round of sanctions would harm Europe's economy more than Russia's, but evidence says otherwise.

Legacy media is awfully slow in reporting (or even mentioning) the Russian drone attack that hit a Romanian city. Romania is a NATO ally. All of a sudden, they're cautious about vetting dramatic headlines?

And another one. “These are unprecedentedly strong responses in patients whose disease has become resistant to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy.”

My homeland is leading the world right now.

One feels that art will not fully imitate life until someone makes a post-apocalyptic movie in which the unkillable threat is not zombies but Tony Abbott.

www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/28/n... ‘While confidentiality is obligatory in anti-corruption investigations, the organisation’s own conduct must be transparent and accountable, and its integrity absolute.’

Subpoenas for X and Reddit to reveal the identities and personal information of users who have criticized ICE online. On Bluesky it’s probably easier to just get the entire user list.

“Patriotic” Death cult in Russia: The Ministry of Education has started checking teachers, students, and their parents for their "civic-patriotic" attitudes, according to "Caution, News". 1/3

Don Lemon just shared that the DOJ filed for a search warrant and demanded the list of his paid YouTube subscribers. For now, the judge denied the request. When I was telling you why I got off Substack and moved ONEST to EU servers, I wasn’t kidding. Pay attention. Pls.

Jillian Segal can’t explain any services provided by co of ScoMo’s fmr sec Yaron Finkelstein who she contracted without tender. Says it’s an “advisory contract” Pocock “$200k for ad-hoc advice?" Segal “I didn’t say that" Then what’s the $200k for? Peak integrity.🙄 #auspol

We need many more stories like this to normalise a change that *is* happening “Batteries have outgrown their initial niche role as a grid stability service and are now core infrastructure designed to store excess daytime electricity and release it in the evening”. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇳 The United States did not join a joint statement by nearly 50 UN member states condemning Russia’s new threats to strike Kyiv and calls to evacuate foreign embassies. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/u-s-declines...

WELT reports that Russia fears a collapse of its front lines amid intensified Ukrainian attacks. With intensified Ukrainian strikes targeting key logistics, Russian forces are feeling the heat as their front lines face a precarious situation unlike before. 1/5

My summary of how I would give this speech were I Minister for Employment. Mutual obligations are bullshit. Privatized employment services are cruel. Jobseeker payments are cruel magnified.

Eid Mubarak! Wishing our Muslim siblings and comrades a joyous and blessed Eid al-Adha. Our thoughts are especially with those observing Eid amid war and genocide. We will continue our work for their liberation and peace for all.

The government’s latest reforms don’t do nearly enough to protect Australians from gambling harm. Martin Thomas & @mhharrington.bsky.social join @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss how online gambling is "reshaping a whole generation" of Australians. #auspol 🎧 bit.ly/4nXsbPW

Australian politics heating up 🔥 Senate Estimates reveals $51M untendered contract scandal, employment services in freefall (11.7% outcomes), ABC leadership shake-up ongoing. David Pocock questioning govt accountability. 🧵1/3

🇪🇺🇺🇦EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius called on Europe to learn from Ukraine - to produce cheaper, faster and more, rather than "high fashion weapons" for millions of euros per unit. He stated that Europe lags behind Ukraine and Russia in missile production due to high cost of its own weapons.

David Pocock left gobsmacked after asking why a contract - no tender - no minister sign off - has gone to a co founded by Scott Morrison’s fmr priv sec Yaron Finkelstein Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster has the answer, a decision by the unelected Antisemitism envoy. FFS #auspol

Can't help noticing the difference between 2018, when the world collectively held its breath for the Thai cave rescue, and the near invisibility of this equally remarkable rescue in Laos. Have we lost our capacity for compassion? 🤔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

❗️❗️"Russian Army is retreating in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk directions for the first time since 2023", — Head of Council of Reservists Tymochko

Ukrainian Special Forces struck a Russian „Buyan-class“ ship (Project 21630) using drones. At least 2 direct hits can be registered on this footage. The ship‘s superstructure was burning.

Deeply pathetic that BBC is reporting this as a Reform power struggle rather than explaining that Reform's policies would require deporting people -including pensioners - who have lived and worked here legally for decades. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nannas say protect Scott Reef from Japan LNG who plan to drill the ocean floor for export. The reef is the marine biodiversity crown jewel of Australia, home to endangered turtles and pygmy blue whales. Learn more and take action here: www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/pr...

It’s quite funny running a court case these days, to observe that the punters watching on YouTube and posting their thoughts on Reddit are comprehending what’s going on far more acutely and accurately than most of the media

🇦🇲❗️Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Armenia if it continues its rapprochement with the EU, - Kommersant Russia may suspend agreement signed in 2013 on the supply of natural gas, petroleum products, and rough diamonds to the republic if Yerevan continues its EU accession process.

1/ Constant Ukrainian drone strikes in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region have driven the Russians to a desperate measure: they're unbanning Telegram because their mobile air defence teams can't manage without it. ⬇️

Men will do *anything* except go to therapy