Finding Strength and Compassion After the Election: Reflections on Resilience, Community, and the Power of Gratitude “Two decades ago, I was partnered with a journalist who was reporting the invasion of Iraq & occupation of West Bank in Palestine.” 1/3 andreagibson.substack.com/p/post-elect...

“We should also be wary when Israeli govt is still talking about ethnic cleansing, Netanyahu & the far right are still in charge and Trump still has visions of a Gaza Riviera dancing in his head. That said, we should all be grateful for anything that saves a life, heals a family, reduces suffering,”

“For the first time since black summer, I unpacked our sizeable bushfire evacuation bag in the middle of winter, hoping that wet conditions meant there’d be no need to use it” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A black-faced cuckooshrike was on the menu at #367Collins earlier this morning. Dad was the hunter provider. Lots of prep work (defeathering) required before the feast could begin. #PeregrineFalcons

Mandla Mandela, The grandson of late South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday after being detained and then deported by Israel, which prevented the flotilla he was part of from breaking the blockade in Gaza.

When Kevin Rudd was demanding a media royal commission they gave him the US Ambassador position. Nothing strange obviously 🙄

@indy4franklin.bsky.social describes the Tas Govt response to the TPC Report as “more spin than a laundrette “… spot on Peter!

Nobody hates trees more than coastally adjacent narcissists. Here’s how we should deal with them — First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The National Press Club's cancelling of Chris Hedges was utterly despicable. The only free speech in this country comes to us via the only journalists worthy of respect here, those who write for independent media. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Why large Manly ferries will disappear from busy route for six weeks Critical repairs will be carried out on Circular Quay’s wharf two, which was purpose-built for the large ferries, to extend its working life and improve safety. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

It has cost $1.138 million and counting for the independent lawyer the NACC has had to hire to fix the mess their Commissioner made of the Robodebt inquiry Compromised decision making costs public money and trust.

Pulled from the rubble in Gaza and southern Lebanon, two boys are rebuilding their lives together.

Violinist serenading the peaceful crowd with the theme to Schindler's List 🎻 Another beautiful & peaceful night elsewhere in Portland, under a gorgeous & powerful Harvest Moon except for the droning of the occupation helicopters #Portland #ICE #PortlandProtest #Violin TikTok by @samanthamichelle888

A sweet little black-fronted dotterel in the dappled dawn light at Lake Hattah.

“No word is abused in politics like 'we'. It transforms other people's interests into supposedly common goals, individual advantages into collective necessities. An example: Those who think that 'we' can no longer afford the welfare state mean: you give up, I profit”

David Pocock asks Don Farrell some serious questions about why the govt has not implemented an important recommendation from the #RobodebtRC. Farrell caught playing on his phone, not even paying attention.🙄 Pocock hasn’t the patience to try again & moves on. #Estimates

Watching first hand accounts of the Black Saturday fires of 2009. Fascinating to see how people’s demeanours change as they describe the passing of the hours on that day. How eyes hollow and throats clench.

"Spiritual people use religion to become better people; fundamentalists use religion to prove they're better than you." ~John Fugelsang

Sarah Hanson-Young has blasted the media watchdog ACMA after it’s revealed they waited 24hrs for Optus to get back to them to advise the outage was a lot worse, & that people had died “You waited til the CEO called to tell you people had died! You are the watchdog!”🔥 #Estimates

Famine’s Long Shadow Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations. Alex de Waal jewishcurrents.org/famines-long...

If Labor wishes to reclaim its moral authority, it must break with the consultant paradigm: rebuild public governance, fund socially vital disciplines and restore universities as places of learning, not revenue streams. #auspol #universitiesAU

If you care about science and global warming please listen to this important report from Bill Nye. I have always respected his leadership in driving interest in Science. An entire generation of scientists are screaming for help.

This didn’t start 2 years ago. The world has watched decades of dispossession, occupation, and genocide - in silence, in complicity. End the genocide. Freedom and justice for Palestine. 🇵🇸🍉

Every now and then I paint a character who speaks to me (they all do in their own ways, but some more than others). I know that it will be a challenge to let them go when the time comes… this little unfinished possum is one of those characters

I’ve never painted a Tasmanian devil before so I am having a practice run by painting one drinking tea… Loooong way to go, but it is a fun challenge. Next one I paint will be eating cake but I can’t decide if it is devil’s food cake or angel food cake

'Get off your arse': McKenzie unloads on government over alleged assaults by driving instructors: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/bridget-mckenzie-driving-instructor-assaults-catherine-king/105861268

We skipped the light fandango Turned some cartwheels across the floor I was feeling kind of seasick When the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder And the ceiling flew away When I called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray youtu.be/CJxpKlTID2Q?...

'Ghandi' watch the movie!! Peaceful protest.

I need to apologise to all of the members of Midnight Oil. Whenever I see some interaction that is just so ridiculously Bluesky, I start singing to myself "But if I work all day on the Blue Sky Mind"

How is it that genocide enthusiasts Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are corporate sponsors of the NPC in the first place? #auspol

Protecting our children is the most important job for the Australian government. I’ve just come back from a desert prison camp in NE Syria where 25 Australian children are being held among fear, dust and poverty. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

We should encourage our governments to build the infrastructure that will make our lives easier. Melbourne train infrastructure was allowed to stagnate for decades. By fixing that now we’re saving future generations both money and time. This is what governments are for. #VicPol #AusPol

The water crisis is here now and has been building since the early 1980s. Overdemand for water and man-made climate disruption are twin evils now combining with fatal consequences for humanity. #waterislife #auspol

Does Israel run the US or is it the other way round? The answer that will emerge on 7 October is predictable. Two leaders want to stay in power and out of jail. One provides money and weapons, the other uses them, Why would either give a damn about the Palestinians? #auspol #Israel #Gaza

From very early this morning. A red-rumped parrot dropped in for a drink on the edge of Lake Hattah.

Dank’s insights are expressed in a way we can share. How much better we could live in this land when we have access to the richness of Indigenous language. #auspol #review

So looking forward to this tonight. Gambling ads make my blood boil, normalising the harm it does to families. I want to see the government squirm after the reaction to this show. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤 'Bapa’s Last Canoe' is a heartfelt children's picture book written by Maree McCarthy Yoelu and illustrated by Samantha Campbell. 📆 Out 14 October. Cover designed by Jo Hunt.

Way hey hey! A galah at Boolcoomatta ... being a galah 😄

I once had a flat-mate who would call us together one day a month for what he called Mother's Day. He'd pass around the bills saying, "We have to pay this mother… and this mother….

Hey! This has the wonderful Chris Hedges, recently censored off the National Press Club programme.

Chris Hedges is right, @PressClubAust. You're not a "press" club. You're a "club" of Zionist toadies who are happy to give your podium to liars and frauds but shun truthtellers b/c you're scared. We need more Sidoti and Saul, not less. Your #GazaGenocide complicity is noted. #auspol #NPC

This is a truly excoriating and well-deserved take-down of the National Press Club @PressClubAust by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges. You really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 should read it. His words cut like a hot knife into butter. #auspol #GazaGenocide johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Not just that you will be punished for standing up for the oppressed, but that you will be ritually humiliated and made an example of. Hello, world?

Possibly the best opinion piece ever written. Certainly the best about sport. And indisputably the best about the contemptuous scrapping of the centre bounce in Australian Rules: boooooo. www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/gr...

My latest article in The Shot "The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club" #pffft theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

The Sunday Shot is coming up at 9am - with yet another excellent panel! We're looking forward to a great show. Please join us on YouTube here #auspol #SundayShot > www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot