He's also as dumb as dried bird-shit so that doesn't help much either

One more time for the dummies (e.g. Dick Marles), AUKUS is "barking mad". John Menadue: pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

AUKUS: Australians paying to defend the US homeland

AUKUS is sold as a sovereign Australian defence capability. But its strategic logic and dependence on US systems raise a harder question: whose homeland is it really designed to defend?

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If you'd like to do something, anything, to support Helen Haines and send love to her and her family, you can donate in her name to Save The Children. A special account has been set up with all donations going to Save The Children Please share 🙏🏽 www.savethechildrenfundraising.org.au/helenhaines

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Niki Savva on #insiders today noted that whether Republicans win or lose Congress at the mid-terms, Trump will be even *more* erratic and dangerous in the next two years. Begs the obvious question: what is the Australian govt's risk management strategy for handling its close "ally"? #auspol

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Giant ‘heat storms’ are scorching Earth. The story of the biggest one.

Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. Reuters reveals the rise of ‘heat storms.’ They now swarm the globe, upending life and the climate everywhere.

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In the 1960s, the biggest heat wave covered about 6% of the planet. This decade's biggest touched almost 85% of the globe over 367 days. Calling that a ‘heat wave’ is like calling a monsoon a rain shower. So Reuters worked with climate researchers on a new concept: the heat storm. reut.rs/4z9kJFZ

Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. A Reuters data-driven examination of global temperatures reveals the emergence of what we call heat storms. They now swarm the planet, upending life around the world. reut.rs/4zBUXtM

🎯💯 Just spent part of the European summer in Italy. I can report (without needing scientific evidence) that this has been the hotest summer in the 25 years of going back.

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Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. A Reuters data-driven examination of global temperatures reveals the emergence of what we call heat storms. They now swarm the planet, upending life around the world. reut.rs/4zBUXtM

But some politicians have publicly warned against tightened security measures in the wake of the attack on Haines, with independent MP Monique Ryan saying “we want to stay normal human beings, stay members of our community” (The Guardian).

Police to provide update on investigation Claire Campbell. Police say they'll provide an update about the investigation into the attack on independent MP Helen Haines later this morning. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Politicians say more security would ‘let bad people win’ after alleged attack on Helen Haines: ‘We don’t want to be locked off’

Despite the horrific injuries sustained by the Indi MP, public figures say they must not hide themselves away from voters behind guards

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Zali Steggall unloads on Pauline Hanson’s disgraceful finger-pointing and politicisation following the attack on Helen Haines. says she has a long history of spreading hate in the country “sells & pushes hate & division non stop” “Helen is the complete opposite”💯 Yup.

Yes. Being a fanatic, racist and a crook would be key indicator’s for ON members.

Friend 'froze' after Beau Lamarre-Condon asked what she would do if he said he 'killed somebody', court told

Friend 'froze' when ex-cop asked for her reaction if told 'I killed somebody'

Georgia Cook, a friend of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, gave evidence at his murder trial on Friday and said she had met the defendant at a boat party in 2021.

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Unlike Crikey, at least The Shot have never had to withdraw degrading articles from rape apologists, or platform women haters, or apologise for their drunken editor at an awards night, or sack endless writers, or apologise for using AI and have to withdraw articles Staggering, sexist hypocrites

David Milner@davemilbo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Shot has the right to "self-defence"

Adelaide Hoffman is back 👇🏻

I've taken to blame the new level of low in our world on The Trump Effect, though I'm sure he's not entirely responsible bsky.app/profile/pupf...

Pup Fiction@pupfiction.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One of the most depressing things about 'the Trump effect' is that is has seemed to have given permission to companies, supposedly 'centrist' governments and people in general the world over to be as selfish, bigoted and thoughtless as they want.

Is anybody else just finding the world so depressingly awful and finding it too hard to look at the news or social media every day? Just me?

"I have no memory whatsoever” Anita Perrottet tells NSW ICAC she can’t recall discussing politics with her husband—despite texts surfacing of her discussing internal branch dealings. Dwyer SC “I’m prompting your memory... aren’t I?”💥 Another victim of inquiry-induced amnesia.🙄

At some stage people will want answers as to what happened to the Labor Party. The answer will be 'they did it to themselves'. #auspol #GamblingReform thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The Government had one job: to protect its citizens. The new online gambling laws fail to do just that.

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Coalition have not just failed to protect Australian citizens, they have failed the clear moral test to simply do the right thing.

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David Shoebridge unloads on Labor/ON/LNP for yet again joining forces to block a gas export tax & says it’s time to “replace Labor” — not with parties who “wander off to some Sicilian resort with the billionaire class”🔥 but with the only party who stands up to them, The Greens.

I know Let's ask a question on public morality from a politician who organised a fake water sale for $80M, walked out on his own political party, had an affair with his staffer who got pregnant while he was still married, and who was recently found maggotted in a Canberra gutter Perfect

Thanks @ronnisalt.bsky.social for giving it some back. Albo was bludgeoned into it and it's doing way more harm than good for social cohesion. If people weren't antisemitic beforehand, this farce is enough to turn them. #auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

The Israel lobby gets the royal treatment - The Shot

We cross this week to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and other assorted grievances, but before we...

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Thinking same thing. You could well be one of the people on the move. Treat others as you would want others to treat you.