A lot of the coverage of the Mosman park murder suicide has been bugging me and this article articulates why better than I can. www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-d...

First Nations leaders have urged governments to take stronger action in response to the alleged attack at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss says failing to do so "sends a message that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not matter".

Feel like a man throwing a homemade IED into a large crowd at an invasion day rally should be bigger news

What is going on? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/s...

We are calling on the Federal Parliament to reject the Federal Government's new proposed legislation, the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. Read more: bit.ly/49kBGTu

"Australians will never know what reforms might have been achieved if a community's valid anguish had been channelled into a bipartisan-backed orderly review of the facts to determine the best path forward." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

I read Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere by Alex Cothren last year and it’s an absolutely refreshing, inventive short story collection. Highly recommend for purchase or borrowing from library.

Western regulators seem to have decided that existing laws just don't apply if the Internet is somehow involved: unlicensed cabs, unlicensed hotels... CSAM on demand??? Go wild, buddy! Then you go to the global South and they're like, "you know you can just ban things?"

This stuff costs $40 a bottle! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Linking Dr Abdel-Fattah to an act of terrorism to which she is no way connected is deeply racist and offensive. By singling her out individually, it exposes her to abuse and vilification.

MEAA stands against racism in the media, entertainment and arts industries and condemns Adelaide Festival’s decision to drop Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. meaa.io/45xUCM6

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

Starting the year very strong. In Melbourne with beloved friends and a sculpture of baby cheeses

It is so essential for People In Charge to remember that, when it really comes down to brass tacks, they actually don’t have a CMS login

Have lost all sense of what day it is early this year. Usually doesn’t hit till Boxing Day but lately when people suggest plans for eg ‘Saturday’ I have to ask for the exact date so I know when they mean.

It's peak Perth for the biggest concerns around AUKUS are increased traffic congestion www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

defending against who?

I'm a bit puzzled by today's 'e-bike horror' story - a teen was hit by Land Rover Defender pulling out of a car park onto Stirling Highway.

I wish stories like these interrogated the extent to which doctors are worried because this issue threatens their incomes - that's who rebates ultimately go to. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

that listening age spotify thing, such obvious bait, come on what are we doing here, please everyone just stop falling for this stuff

This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.

@withmeaa.bsky.social is raising funds for the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, and the Media, Safety & Solidarity Fund with this fantastic t-shirt (front and back shown). Pre-order now from www.meaa.org/shop/#!/MEAA...

Just came across a shared pedestrian/cycle path 'closed in one direction' making me wonder if anyone in Main Roads or councils know how people and bikes are different from cars.

French journalists' unions file legal case against Israel over lack of access to Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/french-journalists-unions-file-legal-case-against-israel-over-lack

The power of firing the imagination

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Incredibly depressing if the lesson of the US is preemptive institutional surrender

Every Sydney taxi is on some kind of retainer from transport NSW to teach you it’s easier to just take the train, even if your bag is a bit heavy.

Staff at the ABC have voted to reject management’s insulting enterprise agreement offer, which sought to undermine previous wins, stall careers and worsen job insecurity. MEAA members at the ABC are not only fighting for fair pay and conditions but for the future of the national broadcaster.

Why are people so into Helen Garner?

Not sure these two things are compatible www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

ABC workers deserve a fair deal—not a step backwards. The current proposal fails to deliver on pay, conditions, and respect for the work you do every day. Vote NO to their insulting offer. #FairDealForABC #VoteNOatABC

Having to listen to Freya Leach feature on one of my all time favourite podcasts @ifbookspod.bsky.social was excruciating especially as Peter seems to hate us all now

Deranged stuff from the PTA here

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

It had been waning for years, this year for the first time ever there was zero cup activity in the office. No sweeps, no turning the tv on, nothing.

I think it looks cute www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

"Some kind of 'producer'" x.com/dailyportalz...

Unbelievable

I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger

Just got an email from Hesperian Press showing their latest released book, including from the publisher and owner who has some new titles of his own out... the blurbs make interesting reading 1/

UNION WIN! Over 150 ABC staff on rolling contracts have been converted to ongoing employment after MEAA took action in the federal court to enforce the law.

All the book on my top 10 that were in the preloaded list got into the top 100, and none of my other picks did. www.abc.net.au/listen/radio...

would love to know the backstory here

Liberal senator says she is ‘too fond of good coffee’ to join Nationals where she’d ‘have to talk a lot slower’

Good news for ABC staff thanks to their union @withmeaa.bsky.social and a brave producer willing to stand up - over 100 staff who've spent years on insecure successive contracts (the column is incorrectly says they were casual) have some much needed job security. www.theguardian.com/media/commen...

Truly unhinged ad from Transperth reminding kids to do their free travel properly or take a donkey to school

Truly unhinged ad from Transperth reminding kids to do their free travel properly or take a donkey to school