Anti immigration protesters attacking the only people who aren’t recent immigrants? It’s pure racism, all the other excuses for these protests are lies. It’s just racism. #AusPol
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Anti immigration protesters attacking the only people who aren’t recent immigrants? It’s pure racism, all the other excuses for these protests are lies. It’s just racism. #AusPol
We are insignificant beings in space and time, but we are here, and that is enough. Those who find this perspective discomfiting will never feel secure in their own skin. Being alone in nature is good for all of us.
This is so, so cooked. “The decision whether to repair the leak is a commercial decision made by Santos,” NT Environment Protection Authority says. In a statement, Santos says the tank “remains fit and safe for service for the life of the Barossa gas project”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
A carbon price is really the best way forward. thedriven.io/2025/08/31/w...
A great video about cats on country for Australians. ictv.com.au/video/10694-...
Is anyone in the least surprised?
You forgot to mention thin-skinned and often intoxicated.
The whole "our land" thing bugs me. We're on this Earth for 80 years as adults if we're very lucky. The land was here for most of history before we arrived, and will be here into the foreseeable future when we die. We owe it to those who come after us to take care of the bit we're on.
Can you IMAGINE the obscene jail sentences that would've been rushed through parliament in the space of hours, had climate protesters done something even close to this www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
Just a little blood clot, a stroke or a heart attack A fall down the stairs of Air Force One or maybe a broken back. So many delightful endings to bring me from this slump There's no obituary I'd rather read than that of Donald Trump.
Dogs are the best people.
Christ on a rubber bike. If they had a prize for nepotistic corruption Trump should win that.
Looks as if I'm boycotting the USA as well as Israel now.
It's a hard wank, but still....
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Have you met Barnaby Joyce? Rural blokes LOVE this toxic, insecure brand of masculine fragility dressed as machismo. The lesson here is, when you have no moral compass, waving a flag while shouting "Australian values" will be an adequate substitute for some.
I know Bob Katter has Lebanese heritage, and Barnaby Joyce has Kiwi heritage, but they behave like twins separated at birth. or is this the "Australian values" they espouse?
Has Bob Katter got dementia? Is this to remind himself of who he is?
Israel is committing genocide. Israel is not the victim. Israel is committing genocide. Israel is not the victim. Israel is committing genocide. Israel is not the victim. Israel is committing genocide. Israel is not the victim. Israel is committing genocide. Israel is not the victim. #FreePalestine
@juliettekayyem.bsky.social: "Under what theory of crime control is a MRAP necessary? This is an occupation, not a strategy."
I agree. Pursuing Brittany Higgins is the act of a cow.
That would be a winner.
Common painkillers have been linked to antibiotic resistance. Australian scientists report ibuprofen & acetaminophen are complicit in a major threat: resistance. When bacteria are exposed to an antibiotic along w/ painkillers, bacteria develop more mutations, grow faster & emerge highly resistant👇
Subjugate. Today’s @theage cartoon
Tasmanian farmed salmon, so clean and green... "The seal became trapped in the pen a week earlier and went through two tranquilisation attempts before it was found dead at the bottom of the pen, while most of the cormorants drowned." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Incredible❗There are so many financial links to universities it's hard to keep track—there're ones in @pennytangey.bsky.social's Chumps List that aren't in the @australiainstitute.org.au report & vice versa & then there's fossil fuel funding of Education initiatives... 👀 www.chumpslist.org/chumps
the Bolton raid, the ongoing NG presence in DC & planned deployment in Chicago & other cities, the plan to arm the NG, the move to rearrest Kilmar Abrego Garcia & deport him to Uganda, threatening South Korea's democratically elected government, & now the attack on the Fed what a few days it's been
They’re making fun of the media referring to Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a Maryland man as they threaten to send him to Uganda, a country where he’s never lived. They’re simply fucking vile.
🧵This was the ruling of the US Supreme Court shortly after the Civil War in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866) which yet stands to this day. One of the most important legal reminders for Kilmar Abrego Garcia & Trump's denial of justice to everyone like him.
The way the Trump administration has tried to make an example of a very ordinary person, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, basically for embarrassing them politically, is unprecedented and terrifying.
The SCOTUS is corrupt as hell...
Sovereign citizen encampment by the look of it.
Every day, the Netanyahu Government of Israel demonstrates what an evil amoral regime he runs. This war criminal should be arrested the moment he sets foot out of Israel. The damage to his country will take decades to remove.
The shooting of three police officers at Porepunkah, Victoria, resulting in the deaths of two of those officers is a tragedy. Looking at images of the property it looks like a multiple occupancy. Is this a weird cult community? Time will tell.
Trump of course is hoping for a civil uprising in response to this heavy-handedness so he can impose martial law. That is his plan to consolidate his hold on power to avoid jail.
Yes, that's normal in a healthy democracy. /s
Donald Trump is a festering bag of grudge.
Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵
“We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation [(reduction of emissions)] we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.”—Dr John Holdren, 2007
And the bipolar link to the gut, which is how I went down the rabbit hole. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5L...
There's also this case report. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
That doesn't surprise me at all- there is evidence that all three are related to gut microbiome disfunction. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Corporations committing crimes are protected and do not have to follow American laws, but grandmas from Venezuala with speeding tickets get deported. So much winning.
🌡️ Heat, pollution, and child behaviour A new study links prenatal exposure to heat and air pollution with hormone disruption and later behavioural issues in children, especially in polluted areas. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm #EnvironmentalHealth 🧪
And their IQ.
Mentally ill people need help, not incarceration.
But there's a crazy person yelling at our kids from the White House!
ICE's budget increased so much that they are now just blowing $2.4 million for 25 Chevy Tahoes and custom car wraps. They zeroed out life-saving foreign aid that will ultimately kill 14 million people under the guise of "waste, fraud, and abuse."
Getting rid of corruption would solve a lot of environmental problems. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Cry harder, Hannity, you sycophant for psychopaths.
The fundamental genius of Trump is that he's less fun and more mental and not a genius, but a representative for the stupid hypocritical bigots infesting the USA.
Trump's stupidity, corruption, narcissism and psychopathy are certainly authentic.
Trump wants to get rid of mail-in ballots so he can intimidate voters with federal troops stationed at the polling stations. Hard to scare people who can just quietly mail in their votes. Protect mail-in voting at all cost.
Doesn't mean that FMT doesn't have real-world benefits for some people, but more research is needed. This is my wife's story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5L...
Fuck Israel. Fuck them to hell.
If Heaven exists, Trump isn't going there. And if I'm wrong, I don't want to go there.
An FMT is an ecological community transplant, and the gut is the environment. This study demonstrates the need for thorough donor screening (and matching) rather than negating the potential of FMT as a treatment for a variety of conditions. The field is still in its infancy.
FMT might have a first line role in c. diff infection, and might be better at preventing recurrence # www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
A great oportunity for people with primary sclerosing cholangitis to participate in a faecal microbiome transplant study. #microbiome #FMT #LetsBeatPSC
Ticketek demands medical records to be uploaded for ticket refunds. This is criminal extortion and a breach of privacy.
Putin isn't Trump's friend. Putin is Trump's boss.
Disasters like the algal bloom in SA are becoming more and more frequent due to climate change. Australia Institute research shows a climate disaster fund, paid for by big polluters, would save taxpayers tens of billions of dollars a year. #auspol
Sure, we can talk about the pros and cons of mail-in ballots, but what’s really bad is when a guy in office needs 1,000 FBI agents to search for his name in the Epstein files to cover up all of his child raping.
A murderous dictator has kompromat on the US President and is making him do his bidding. The Cold War never ended for Vladimir Putin. What is happening to America right now is his greatest triumph.
Ghislaine Maxwell has more rights than Texas Dem legislators.
Texas in 2025.
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
Trump is very clearly Putin's bitch. Even if the claims about TACO belly being Agent Krasnov were fabricated, Trump could not be doing more to destroy the USA if he WERE a KGB asset. There is a traitor in the White House who wipes his arse with the constitution.
Controversial opinion: When it comes to US presidents, "blatantly breaking laws and violently violating people's rights" is a bigger deal than "is old," meriting greater public concern and a higher percentage of attention.
A 2% wealth tax on people worth more than $5 million (excluding the family home and superannuation) would raise $41 billion per year. Read the full media release here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...
Heatwaves and wildfires in Europe don't bode well for summer in Australia.. And the government wants to put a road tax on evs (rather than effectively tax fossil fuel corproations).
H5N1 hasn't gone anywhere. Neither has Covid. www.newindianexpress.com/editorials/2...
I stand corrected. Thank you.
Australia really needs to stop supplying ANY military hardware to Israel. Until we stop that trade, we as a nation are complicit in a genocide, and recognising Palestine won't stop the murder of its citizens by Zionists.
Murdoch will make culture wars out of anything.
Neck ties are a symbol of alienation from Planet Earth.
Exactly what Trump and Noem(pathy) want. They want someone to fight back and shoot one of these goons so they can declare martial law.
There are better ways to increase revenue than just raising the GST, which would hurt those with the least far more. Instead we could⤵️ ✅ Apply GST to private school fees and private health insurance ✅Tax the gas industry properly @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
What could go wrong?
Why are there even new coal mines? Anyone investing in them is investing in corruption or has no idea of the economic realities of how cheap renewable energy already is. China has passed peak coal, other nations are soon to follow.
"To enforce President Trump's immigration crackdown" my ass. If you think this is about illegal immigration rather than a concerted effort to establish control over law enforcement and create a military presence in DC so as to hold on to power after losing an election, think again. Gift link.
Rumor has it (although I personally find it credible) that Trump loves Hitler. That he has studied him and even keeps a copy of Mein Kampf on his nightstand. The rounding up of homeless on the streets of DC is full blown Hitler stuff.
The all caps mockery of Trump's style is.. chef's kiss!
It's #WorldLizardDay! So here is Eric, my resident adult male Cunninghams Skink (Egernia cunninghami) who has been living in my yard for 18 years.
Australia REALLY has to be careful importing meat or dairy products from the USA. US Beef could be catastrophic for Australia. #H5N1 www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
H5N1 found in aerosols everywhere on dairy farms. Crazy timing to cancel $500Million in funding for mRNA vaccines. If we have another pandemic of a deadly virus so many more people would die needlessly than what we witnessed in COVID. Wild but true! www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
So it has always been - Doonesbury circa 1982
Where were the National Guard on January 6th 2020 when police were being beaten?
#LabourFriendsOfGenocide Bought. Paid for. Doing as Tel Aviv says... www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...
Her father was Robert Maxwell. She'll be safe in Israel.
Donald Trump Jr with a truth bomb! “Ask yourself this question daily and the answer becomes apparent!!” Sure does
Fox News = Rupert Murdoch, destroyer of democracies in every country his media operates. Without Murdoch, Trump would never have got near the White House. Know your enemies.
At federal and state levels we support entire departments of lawyers and accountants to negotiate with white collar criminals. Every time I hear a politician say “crackdown” or “tough on crime” I know they’re lying. We all pay for white collar crime many times over. #AusPol