To be able to say stuff like this with impunity is as good an indication as any of how the media & almost democratic institution has failed over decades. Forget comparisons with 1930s Germany: this is the key aesthetic of a genuine American fascism. Not coming or threatening, but fully in place.

Weekend at Menzies'. #auspol

"Israelis make clear that the only thing that would force their government to agree to a two-state solution would be economic sanctions by the international community. Israelis and their lobby groups around the world dread the prospect of what happened to apartheid South Africa" - John Lyons

Oh my god they counted the Tele’s botched Cairo Takeaway sting as an “antisemitic attack“

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

It's time for the rich to pay.

Can we have one 100 repost to rebuild my life ? 🥲

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽 Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club. That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group. Just utterly unbelievable.

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This is seriously beyond parody… an elite Australian sports person and Senator kicked out of the parliamentary sports club for not sufficiently brown nosing the gambling lobby. If that doesn’t illustrate where we are, nothing will #AusPol

lol 4chan not included in the teen social media ban.

Here's the thing, the whole point of 'sponsoring' these things is you don't have to directly lobby or strong-arm, the appeasement becomes tacit - see also the National Press Club quietly slurping cash from multiple weapons companies and fossil fuel climate crims

I am now absolutely convinced that Anthony Albanese is a bad person. Not just your standard dubious politician, but actually a malicious actor.

politics, really everything is group chat drama now

A reminder, they had a deal with the Greens, so Albanese took it off the table.

Albanese getting nastier and pettier by the day.

The three great political animals of the USA; The Elephant, the Donkey and the Frog.

We need a working NACC. With proper teeth and powers. The problem for ALP and LNP is they'd lose most of their front benches.

Absolutely nothing to see here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

The government was asked on Thursday if they could produce evidence of FoI generated by AI - and guess what - they couldn’t!!! #FOI #auspol

Even after being found guilty of 'officer misconduct' for mishandling the Robodebt referral, Commissioner of the NACC continues consultancy role despite concerns of perceived conflicts of interest. At $820k/year surely he can focus on doing one job well? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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Amazing/depressing stuff in #Estimates. Productivity Commish Chair Danielle Wood has been muzzled by the Government. Once a fierce critic of fossil fuel subsidies, now "not able to give an opinion" #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Labor are just the Liberals now.

Words I did not ever expect to hear about any *Labor* government: “…analysis by Centre for Public Integrity showed secrecy has increased under Labor compared with Morrison gov.” It’s time for: Open and honest, transparent government. FOI @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol

essentially no one looks worse in all this than Biden, followed closely by the tiresome, morally bankrupt blue wave scolds who shouted at all of us about how Biden couldn’t do anything

The western media always refers to “the hostages” as those held by Hamas. Apparently they are too lazy to access the readily available evidence, or so imbued with an attitude of dehumanising and ignoring Palestinians (aka racism), that they rarely mention the hundreds of hostages held by Israel.

Lol for raising concerns about the sports club being registered as a lobby group, with various sponsors having direct access to the president of the club- the Prime Minister. In what way is that an unreasonable concern and in what way does that, rather than paid access to PM bring disrepute?

"I have a big report on what Andrew Hastie is doing". Great. You are writing a story on something that impacts precisely zero public policy.

DEWR sought an assurance report on the Targeted Compliance Framework. They got it. It told them clearly that the TCF could NOT be assured. And yet the government continues to administer this unlawful system so it can suspend income support payments for bullshit reasons.

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

It is government policy for at least 4% of people to be unemployed at all times. When there are not enough unemployed people, they punish mortgage holders with interest rate increases until the economy gets bad enough that people start losing their jobs again.

Prebunking: "If you’re about to air an interview with someone who lies constantly, tell your audience that up front. Remind them this person has lied before. Warn them what manipulation tactics to expect."

That would amount to between 13,000 and 14,000 troops and police removed from their nine operations around the world.

The horrors of things like robodebt happen because of the culture within the department fostered by both Labor and the Coalition. They all set up a dehumanising system which has their full support to be that way to prop up a sector to cause harm rather than help people. People come last.

Wow, today I learned Jason Blum is a fucking idiot.

Today I showed the designers that you can name cells in spreadsheets and use the names in formulas (i.e. "=PLAYER_LEVEL" instead of "=C12"). You can then use the Name Manager to track or rename them. I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess not, so sharing that tidbit here.

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When this regime is replaced, Apple should be in court for knowingly aiding in crimes.

what if a country that dismantled its industrial base whose only meaningful exports are finance and cultural goods decided to gut its cultural sector

LOUDER. also

Nothing makes me angrier than this. Senseless, pointless destruction, and for what? Because some billionaire thought he got his hands on the switch that would turn liberalism off and then some cowardly officials decided to go along with it and retroactively justify it.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The LNP government was responsible for the deadly crime of #robodebt. The Labor government promised that people would be held accountable. They lied. #auspol

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

ASIC doesn't prosecute bankers, or NACC the perpetrators of Robodebt. @yelgeb.bsky.social on the blistering double standard in prosecuting white collars v blue, and protecting corporate reputations #auspol #ANZ #austrac michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...