I hate to bother you @cathywilcox.bsky.social but was hoping this could be made quicker by asking directly. I copyied this toon of yours from here without any context and want to cite it for use in my undergrad course. Can you remember when this was published? Was it July?

Classic from Bill McKibben: 'It was definitely the dumbest speech that delegates have ever had to listen to—as the shots of them looking on in stony disbelief as Trump vented about broken escalators, MAGA hats, & his general greatness for nearly an hour'. billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-stupid...

McKibben nailing it. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

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Yes, 62-70% is timid and craven, and if you're not prepared to go big when you've got this sort of political capital - thumping majority, hollowed-out opposition in disarray - you just don't care. But it's also a sign that post-Rudd Labor's instincts are exactly wrong for the 2020s electorate.

The end of American democracy. Speech is no longer free and opposition to Trump's administration openly persecuted. Call it for what it is. Donegan in the @theguardian.com, Dr Shortis in @aunz.theconversation.com

your mother sending details of your alleged war crimes to every single politician: I’m helping :)

The three most damning paras in the UN Report alleging that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza: Siege starvation, attacks on health care, direct targeting of children as patterns that cannot be explained except if group destruction is one animating purpose.

Gregory Andrews: “Anthony Albanese is about to pour more than $12 billion into a new AUKUS submarine base in Perth. At same time, Europe moving opposite direction and actively diversifying away from American weapons systems.” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09....

Melbourne’s hospital cancelled their seminar on “children and war” because they were worried it might offend the people who support war

Going to use this thread to collect and pull out some key parts of Australia's National Climate Risk Assessment, that was published this morning. www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...

America must be stopped.

AlboMP's @australianlabor.bsky.social govt working hard to ensure the 'Liberal-Lite' nickname in response to its many concessions that mainly benefit its 'donors' at the expense of the environment, whistleblowers and other Australians remains relevant. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

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JFC. Seriously.

What a legacy. More people should actively and reflectively think about how their subordinates and colleagues would feel upon their removal. A very bad sign if they cheer enthusiastically. Breathtaking that Bell intends to 'take a break' and resume her professorial role. Just, wow. #AcademicSky

Today is just another example of how Australia's national environment laws are blind to the biggest environmental threat facing the planet. It's why you get the perverse outcome of a massive gas project expansion getting approval to 2070, with no conditions imposed on its greenhouse gas emissions.

This moment is a chance to rebuild ANU into a democratic, accountable and thriving institution that has the trust and confidence of its community once again. It must not be wasted.

Professor Bell’s resignation is the culmination of months of scandal, plummeting staff and student morale, and a governance system that is completely broken. Let’s not forget that Chancellor Bishop’s leadership has also been fraught, and she too must be held accountable for the crisis at ANU.

@MarioTrujillo.bsky.social presents the EFF Award for Protecting Americans’ Data to @Erie.bsky.social: “Erie Meyer has spent her career doing the real work of modernization and innovation inside government—by working to protect consumers and building a bench of deep technical and policy expertise.

Quarterly Essay commenced in March 2001 with Robert Manne’s In Denial, a brilliant forensic look at the right-wing political campaign against Bringing them home, the ground-breaking report on the Stolen Generations. We are pleased to release the text of In Denial for free reading for a limited time.

There seems to be no line in the sand for the Labor Government—no act of cruelty Israel could commit or international law it could breach that would force Prime Minister Albanese and Minister Wong to act. Israel faces no consequences, and so they continue on with their rampage.

David Pope in Canberra Times

Can't eat in the toilet any more. Because of woke.

Australia would be a better place had Howard never been born. A contemptible human who will not deserve any of the bullshit fawning eulogies he will get.

Excellent #Auspol

There is just no sensible argument that what’s happening in the UK is anything to do with safety or reducing harm to communities. The government made a bad law to try shut down protest and the people called their bluff. Power to them.

The Liberals thought they were being oh so clever elevating Price to lead the disinformation campaign against The Voice referendum. Now those racist chickens are coming home to roost. #auspol

Pretty good indication that your terrorism law is overcooked

It's pretty easy - make uni governance accountable #AcademicSky

Apropos of everything we need to be tracking the return to Australia of those who fight for the IDF and Russia and prosecuting war crimes when they are found to have occurred

The shrinking of academia is contributing to this. Peer review was an accepted part of academic labour for those employed in the system, but that pool is dwindling. I haven’t been employed in academia properly for nearly 2 years but still doing peer reviews because there’s no one else to do it.

This article in The Age brims with incredulity that middle-class and upper-middle class people could be Nazis, which tells you all you need to know about how they think of the working class and the working poor.

First the Catholic Opus Dei cult (Perrottet, secretive others), then the mad Pentecostals (Morrison, the Victorian Liberal Party branch), the weird evangelicals (Hastie), then apparently the Brethren's Dutton (never an adherent, but heavily supported). And through all that Zionist Judaism (Leeser).

The article in The Age about Thomas Sewell and the NSN is interesting but the extent it quotes Sewell is ridiculous. It relies on @whiterosesociety.bsky.social for its research then ignores their number one rule: don’t platform the words of Nazis.

UTS so out of line, the umpire has to call their 'mgmt' injurious to human health AKA - When the fair work commish has to hold their arm across the drunk abusive guy about to get physical for no reason on a bunch of geeks. #AcademicSky #Auspol #NTEU

Yesterday Jacinta Price, in very underreported comments, accused the Greens of supporting genocide against Israelis. But this morning every news outlet just carries her absurd, inflammatory lines about immigration? The whole media ecosystem is just a flywheel for this stuff, amplifying garbage.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign to stop needless cuts to our national university: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

UTS has KPMG on retainer for $180,000 per week for work it was meant to complete in the original $4.8 million contract. KPMG gets $180,000 a week. The same amount gets you a lecturer and tutors for an entire year! Incompetence of UTS 'leadership' and utter governance failure. #auspol #highered

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Hey I think we have found some of Albo's Good People™, also awesome having white journos cheerfully fan the flames against colleagues like Nabil

The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars - the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars - has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...

Thomas Sewell is a very dangerous man. That he can turn up threatening the premier two days after being filmed attacking Camp Sovereignty and he still isn't arrested is quite something.

Having a cuppa this morning in memory of David Graeber who died 5 years ago today. If you want some optimism about human politics in these tediously dreary & violent years, The Dawn of Everything is really worth your time.

The federal government provided its lowest ever share of Australian universities’ funding last year, despite its efforts to suppress their main source of private revenue #academicsky

'The PFA unequivocally condemns the 'March For Australia' rallies, their message, violence, and the harm they caused to Australia’s multicultural communities and our First Nations people.' Not too many football fans at the rallies; This is more than any trade union's done in response.

@osmanfaruqi.bsky.social nailing it in one. Why we need to be forever vigilant and organised against racist and nationalist movements. This time will be remembered by how we collectively act next. #ZeroTolerance #Auspol #NoToWhiteSupremacy