Hey Australia: my latest in Crikey, on the budget! American aggression has broken the world's fossil fuel economy. There is no going back. But the Australian government keeps acting they can have a pint and wait for all this to blow over 🍺 www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/a...

The Coalition would have young people believe it is sticking up for *them* in opposing Labor's tax reforms — rather than, say, the richest 10% of Australians, who receive the vast majority of the tax deduction benefits 🙃 www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/2...

Disapointed in the headline writers of Australia: "Das Kapital Gains" was right there www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/13/b...

From utopian fantasies to “basically nobody under 40 right now expects good things to happen ever again”: the excellent @theshufflediary.bsky.social sets out an insightful history of a future which needs debleakification stat www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/08/f...

Longish Friday read: What we think 'The Future' is, or can ever be, has changed www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/08/f...

The gutting of non-white Americans voting rights began long before Trump took office, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/07/u...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywb... Great breakdown of this fascinating Byelection

The US Supreme Court has delivered a devastating attack on Black Americans’ voting rights, the latest in a long series of restrictions, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/07/u...

The effects have been immediate: Yesterday Tennessee Republicans proposed a congressional map which explicitly dilutes the state’s sole district with a majority of Black voters. "America has waged a war against Black voters for 150 years. It may just have won" www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/07/u...

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is no fan of Australia's teen social media ban. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/01/w...

Staggering indeed. Such important research

Is there *anything* this government won’t use “social cohesion” as justification for? www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/29/s...

Will these threats to our social cohesion NEVER END? www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/29/s...

In case you missed it yesterday, this is a staggering piece from one of the Australia's best thinkers and writers on this topic.

Australia's government has signed $60m of Palantir contracts. It owns $160m of Palantir shares. But what does the pro-Trump company actually do for us? Internal documents shows how an agency uses it to analyse 42 million call records, messages and other data points

The barrier between the Liberals and One Nation has never been quite as sturdy as we have been led to believe, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/27/o...

This was an absolute cracking review.

I could have written a short book on all the way I hated this film. It is a cynical, thoroughly depressing affair that, for all its years of production, feels like it took less time to write than it does to watch. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/24/m...

Opinion | "Assimilation, at its most desperate, often looks like volunteering to guard the gate that once kept you out," writes Sami Shah. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/24/a...

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to @australia.theguardian.com investigative reporter, Christopher Knaus, about his investigation with @caitkelly.bsky.social & @gauravpokharel.bsky.social into the death of Bikram Lama. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social

I caught this as part of last year's Melbourne Queer Film Festival and can heartily reccomend it! www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/12/t...

"From the very start, the organisation has been about facilitating its own chummy access to the White House, the president and his staff, while limiting it for others. Explicitly so." My contribution to what is, I gotta say, a banger of a @crikey.com.au today www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/22/t...

I wrote for @crikey.com.au about some parallels between repression now and in the past

Fantastic to have @antonnilssonn.bsky.social in Farrar www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/21/f...

Tips is a fun one today: www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/21/w...

We’ve been reading about the Gen Z created nostalgia porn that is recruiting boomers to the far right in the UK. Now Charlie shares its impact here.

I didn't think Angus Taylor would make my point so emphatically so soon but here we are: www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/17/n...

Really interesting article about nostalgia by @theshufflediary.bsky.social for @crikey.com.au

Angus Taylor is worried about migrants failing to embrace Australian values like free speech and gender equality. We’ve got some news for him about the real source of those threats… www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/a...

We can see why Angus Taylor is worried — look at all these attacks on the Australian way of life in just the past few years: www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/a...

Employing a rapist or allowing candidates with family violence histories to stand for election is a feature of One Nation, not a flaw. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/13/o...

Many people will be sad to see the end of veteran Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. But maybe none more so than Tony Abbott, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/13/v...

“If you want to quantify it, we’re looking at a proposal that is one-third to half as effective as it could be.” Listen to the Cut Through podcast now. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/10/g...

Roughly a decade ago, to maintain their power, American evangelicals took a gamble on Trump, a walking affront to Christian decency. They are now reaping the benefits. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/08/d...

The war on Iran may represent the final and most terrifying victory of the strain of American Christianity that not only believes Armageddon is coming soon, but welcomes it. @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/08/d...

It’s near impossible to list every time a Trump administration outrage seemed like a new low, only for it dissolve in the flood, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/07/i...

Lyon and Fox Sports have issued full apologies after Lyon was caught referring to Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek as minister for "bullshit". Cochon has the juiciest of tips today, treat yourself.

Trump’s aggressive litigation isn’t just about vengeance: there is a clear aim behind it and it will re-write American life for decades to come, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/01/d...

Albanese is taking part in one of Australia’s greatest traditions: sucking up to the US, no matter what. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/a...

“The way talk of a metaverse has petered out is a reminder that blanket application of an inescapable, harmful technology that no one wanted doesn’t have to be as inevitable as it may seem.” @theshufflediary.bsky.social at @crikey.com.au is a daily must-read: www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/23/m...

the good folks at @drwaus.bsky.social have launched an AI harms register! they're collecting stories from people in Australia who have experienced AI-related harms to track the way AI is causing harm, and to pressure the govt to act. submit here: digitalrightswatch.org.au/ai-harms-reg...

Tonight on Spin Cycle we're delighted to welcome Walkley award-winning journalist, social commentator and co-host of We Used to be Journos @janfran.bsky.social. Plus, the first ABC strikes in two decades and much more. On @3rrrfm.bsky.social from 7 with me and @rachelwithers.bsky.social

That festival, by the way, is this festival and you should get along to one of the many brilliant events. www.westfootscrayarts.org

Incredible stuff. Never change Sky News

A useful reminder: The media's ongoing amnesia regarding Pauline Hanson www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/19/p...

After the pasting in SA over the weekend, the commentariat have predictably concluded the Liberals need to be more right wing — how has that worked out in the past? www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/24/l...

The most shocking part of the metaverse collapse? That such a terrible, unworkable idea that no one wanted lasted as long as it did, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/23/m...

The collapse of Zuckerberg’s metaverse is a good reminder that tech dystopias are not always as inevitable as they seem, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/23/m...

Putting the ‘J’ into JOY FM to promote Footscray West Writers Fest. Still tickets to plenty of amazing events at FWWF.com.au

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJT... I never fail to be staggered by every part of this saga, and there is no better guide through it than @squigglyrick.bsky.social . Great interview by @crystaljane.bsky.social