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🎶 give me a home among the gum trees 🎵 Bio photo credit: https://www.australianviews.com.au/botanical-prints/trees/white-gum-tree-pilbara-20593929.html
Introducing: the Tiny Angry Witch! I'm working with a small and splendid indie team to make a series of stop-motion short videos about the antics of the Tiny Angry Witch that lives in our home. Looking forward to making many, many more! www.tinyangrywitch.com
The Tiny Angry Witch
She's tiny. She's angry. She's the Tiny Angry Witch - a stop-motion animated series with new videos every month!
tinyangrywitch.com
The pure joy and artistry here is wonderful. Will be checking out the rest of the series.
David K. Barnes@davidkbarnes.com · 2d agoHere’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI
What could possibly go wrong? (From News Items)
In a sane world the findings here would be enough for a unanimous impeachment and conviction: the President attempted to steal nearly 2B from the US
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3w agoOpinion and order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Guardian investigation exposes full links between a US business linked to baby deaths around the world and Australian ‘birth keeper’ Emily Lal, the central witness at the inquest into the death of a Melbourne wellness influencer
A US champion of ‘freebirthing’ always claimed there had been no maternal deaths linked to the movement. Is Stacey Warnecke the first?
theguardian.com
Is it too much to hope the coroner looks into the Free Birth Society as well? Otherwise it’s just whack-a-mole. Go after the snake oil sellers, Saldaya and Norris-Clark.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · last mo.Guardian investigation exposes full links between a US business linked to baby deaths around the world and Australian ‘birth keeper’ Emily Lal, the central witness at the inquest into the death of a Melbourne wellness influencer
Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3 billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3 billion in net losses. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...
How to Price A Liar
For the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently.
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
NEW: The Trump administration is poised to do what no other nation has: permit industrial mining of the ocean floor. Here's how that would work, from @harrystevens.bsky.social @sachimulkey.bsky.social and junho lee www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See What Deep-Sea Mining Actually Looks Like, Over 2 Miles Down (Gift Article)
A mining company sent an advanced ship to try to vacuum up valuable minerals from the deep ocean. Here’s how it worked.
nytimes.com
Great piece, and even more relevant following Commissioner Brereton’s resignation.
Michelle Fahy@michellefahy.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur major investigative piece out today with The Point. Given Commissioner Brereton's recusal from ALL defence matters, greater responsibility for #NACC investigations lies with its three deputy commissioners. They've almost no scrutiny. Until now. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Using the Bible as a literal prop: a cushion for his hands, whilst the text is ignored. No one who values a Bible would rest the weight of their hands on one like this, damaging the spine and very thin pages. It is so disrespectful.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoTrump sent in a pre-recorded video for the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest instead of speaking in person, and he still could barely read it cogently (also, note him covering up the disfigured back of his right hand)
VID973/2024 - ACCC v COLES VID1247/2024 - BENJAMIN GLENN DEMERY v COLES Today 14 May 2026, Justice O'Bryan delivered judgment in the above proceedings. His Honour’s reasons for judgment can be found here: www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju... #FCA #matterofpublicinterest #auslaw
NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
I wonder how many Aussies and Kiwis know that the NZ national anthem has been played at schools all over Australia this week as part of ANZAC services. It’s nice to know that Kiwis have always been our mates. This is a beautiful but haunting song in memory of those gone. youtu.be/xVbc-LYUroE?...
One Big Voice | 'TWAS SEPTEMBER '39 - LYRIC VIDEO
YouTube video by One Big Voice
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WA Supreme Court has produced a 1,655 page judgment in Wright Prospecting v Hancock Prospecting, splitting ore royalties between two very rich families. 2 yrs 4 months to write the judgment. Litigation commenced 16 years ago. Likely to be appealed. ecourts.justice.wa.gov.au/eCourtsPorta...
Iran Announces the Strait of Hormuz is Closed to the US & Israel | For Everyone Else, $2M Please! 1⃣Hormuz Update 2⃣Global Context of Persian Gulf Tankers 3⃣ Iran's Announcement on the Strait of Hormuz 4⃣How does this end? Video: youtu.be/o5dipK6o7Mo
Iran Announces the Strait of Hormuz is Closed to the US & Israel | For Everyone Else, $2M Please!
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
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We just published a _major_ update to our study (the most comprehensive on this topic). Surge in judges saying DOJ is not in compliance with court orders Surge in judges saying DOJ provided false information Federal judges now saying the presumption of good faith etc. no longer holds.
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation (4th edition)
Definitive, most comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
justsecurity.org
An excellent, well referenced thread on shipping liability insurance incl war risks. Note, usually many policies at play eg: - cargo (per cargo owner); - hull; - shipowner’s P&I (liability); - charterer’s liability; - workers comp (potentially per jurisdiction plus separate seafarer’s policy).
Bart⚓️@bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 5mo ago1/x Insurance for ships is a complicated matter, and you've probably heard "P&I Club" being mentioned. What is a P&I club? A small🧵
For the second time since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has gone to war with Iran. @sranderson.bsky.social delves into the international and domestic law surrounding the strikes and what congressional opposition could look like.
The Law of Going to War with Iran, Redux
The Trump administration’s attack on Iran pushes even the executive branch’s generous understandings of the President’s legal authority to their limits.
lawfaremedia.org
On Iran, see the larger context. Five of the seven countries that the Trump admin has militarily attacked since Jan. 2025 are significant oil producers, even though petrostates are rare. It's not a coincidence. I explain why @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/is-oil-...
Is oil behind the U.S. attack on Iran?
Is oil behind the U.S. attack on Iran? To understand the Trump administration’s military targets, take a closer look at the petrostate pattern.
goodauthority.org
Australians impacted by Robodebt have until 4pm on Friday, March 6, to register for a new class action settlement with payouts between $1,000 and $50,000 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...
Aussie urged to claim $475 million payout with deadline days away
Hundreds of thousands of Aussies will lose out on compensation of between $1,000 and $50,000 if they miss this deadline.
au.finance.yahoo.com
I'm at it again: great ontological debate about welfare 'compliance' app govt told Ombudsman it built to monitor dodgy job service providers but which doesn't exist. No documents point to it. Instead they use 'existing processes'. And haven't they been so effective. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/r...
The government claimed it was monitoring dodgy job service providers using an app. It doesn't exist
'What this exposes is just how little the department is prepared to do, even after two bootings from the Ombudsman.'
crikey.com.au
A close look at the price patterns that landed Coles in court: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/coles-grocery-pricing-down-down-accc-court/106355492
A close look at the price patterns that landed Coles in court
The pricing patterns of these six products show how Coles stands accused of using its Down Down marketing campaign to dupe shoppers.
abc.net.au
(Written by Ash Smith: link in quoted post) Otis. Leon. Say their names. Again. Slower. Otis. Leon. Because their stories were still becoming. Because there were thoughts, hopes, fears, desires denied the chance to be known, questions not yet asked, ways of being only you would have shown us.
OzAutismNews (bot)@australianautismnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6mo agoMosman Park: Mother of child with autism pens moving poem for Otis and Leon Clune - The West Australian https://ift.tt/Hgd5K4M
