Thank you Shot presenters, panellists and producers for your efforts during 2025..... and now NEVER back to you, Speersy.

while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different

Smells a lot like the Australian government, a not so delicious blend of incompetence, arrogance, laziness, and corruption @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol #australia

Yet another failure of this government to live up to its rhetoric. Hard to see how we have any improvement on Morrison. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You're definitely not alone mate. This government has learnt nothing from Robodebt, cobbled the NACC so they can implement Robodebt 2.0 No better than Morrison. The good work that the ALP gets done is entirely overshadowed by how little they have done for our most vulnerable

As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging

“Robert Manne wrote something important about how things have changed. “The seamless transformation of White Australia to Multicultural Australia appears to me one of the greatest achievements in the history of this country.” I don’t think we should forget that, or undermine it.” ➡️

Interesting polling of the least to the most educated from DemosAU #auspol

An old NSW pattern book house plan was posted on Facebook and the vast majority of people were making fun of it… but it’s all actually people need. #auspol

Well done @australianlabor.bsky.social You’re once again excelling at monstrous, sneaky, mean spirited behaviour that has never been warranted or successful in any functioning society. You disgust me. And I suspect I’m not alone in feeling this way. #auspol theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...

The AI bubble may be about to bust. Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock. We all need to say this very clearly: NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH! Expropriate their asses instead. They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet. They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

The electoral destruction of the #COALition is the culmination of John Howard's life mission to remodel the Liberal Party in his own image: ultra-conservative; mean spirited; misogynistic; petty minded; dedicated to serving the wealthy. Thanks Johnny👍 www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... #auspol

The @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social has given Tony Abbott a chance to explain his bizarre behaviour from a 2011 interview. Does anyone GAF? A 14 year old interview and the ABC amplifying a voice of someone who caused and is causing so much damage. I wish he'd fuck off and stay in England. #auspol

Bill Bryson has updated one of my favourite books of all time: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Awesome. He's also touring Australia and New Zealand in February 2026 with a live show 'The Best of Bill Bryson.' www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Israeli air raids have taken place in southern Gaza as well as Gaza City.

What’s a movie you can watch over and over again?

My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?

Excuse me while I have my sleepy time tea and take nurofen for my back.

The people who sell us electricity reckon the price will continue to rise for a decade? Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they. And journalists would question . . . never mind. #AusPol

The Wolf's Cave Nebula (VdB152) is around 1,400 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus. This is 6.25 hours of data from 2023 re-processed in HaRGB. Esprit 100ED, ASI2924 MC Pro, L-ultimate and UV/IR cut filters. #astronomy #astrophotography

As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.

The Australian Government for the past five years has been pushing weapons sales into the UAE at an astonishing scale. This is the result. Australia tying itself to more appalling war crimes, now in Sudan.

The problem with politicians is that they are politicians.

Trigger warning. “In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.” Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.

Both major parties have voted against a duty of care for future generations included in climate legislation, as well as having fought against it in court. Children are to inherit our consequences, but have no say in the decision-making. #climatecrisis #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

It’s kinda amusing: ‘progressive media’ has tried for years and failed. Now it’s the turn of the federal coalition … you can’t appease the right. You will never give them enough. They don’t want to make peace, they want to destroy you. They hate you.

I knew this would be Loeb, without even looking at the article. 😄 futurism.com/space/harvar...

Climate warming The real news is likely to be far worse than 2.6ºC warming but I guess we're taking slow ... like frogs boiling in water The Australian Duopoly decides climate change doesn't need attention IDEOLOGY not SOLUTIONS 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?

For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy. #climatecrisis #LNPfail #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The government is cherrypicking available science in its attempts to reassure UNESCO enough is being done to address the destruction of World Heritage caused by the salmon industry. "This is simply not the case." -Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr #auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social

Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’. Of the 2m flood-prone houses across the country, at least 70% have had values reduced. #climatecrisis #floods #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I know I’ve said this more than once, and I know it’s really obvious, but taking the train between cities in Europe is just fantastic. So easy. One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.

My career to this point is very much a case of "fuck it, someone needs to 🤷‍♂️"

#SundayShot Dave: I assume these people [press gallery] would feel pangs of shame Chris Hedges: I don't think these people feel any shame at all ... The self-adulation is kind of off the charts, and they're not particularly introspective or self-critical 👇🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...

I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...

Recommended viewing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_03... Sarah Swartz is from the Jewish Council of Australia. What she says, particularly in the last ten minutes or so, gives some insights into the impacts of Israel's behaviour on Jewish Australians. #AusPol

C.S. Lewis with a pragmatic and courageous perspective for us all.

So no terrorism then?

Truth telling. www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...

You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars. Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?

Earlier this year (January 2025) Special Envoy Jillian Segal confirms the US govt lobbied and convinced the Aust Govt to get her position established. www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

Fantastic. I can't think of two people better suited to each other. They'll need a larger meeting room to fit both egos in the door, and they'll need to buy a bigger bar fridge. And just like the Mark Latham debacle, I give it 12 months. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

I feel like a disabled autistic 15 year old child going missing and ending up with ICE/HHS should be far bigger news. Especially considering he’s been located yet NOT returned to his mother. This is kidnapping. Yet the combination of racism & ableism means it gets ignored.

"Soon after Labor’s thumping election win, Jim Chalmers was assuring doubters he would not be ‘changing policies we took to the election’," writes Paul Bongiorno. “Within three months, however, that determination was undercut by Anthony Albanese…” satpa.pe/ihBfMJ8

Just had to tell a drunk man at the express checkout to fuck off, when a clearly uncomfortable teenage girl he was trying to ask to a BBQ said no twice & he kept going, while men around who could see what was happening said nothing. Men. If you see this scenario , say something FFS! #nzpol

Barabbas to the Future… Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?