Morgan is right. Many, particularly on social media, prefer to believe or follow idiots sprouting conspiracy theories, over people with qualifications including scientists and researchers.
Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social
Former radio person escaped from the asylum !! no DM's unless I know you. More info at https://www.geofffield.com.au/biography/
"References to “gender equality” have been removed from the Queensland Office for Women’s website amid claims by former staffers that the Liberal National party government wants to “dewokify” the public service" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap
theguardian.com
"If Hanson is deciding between those she likes and those she doesn’t, between publications branded “friendly” and those marked “hostile”, between “good media” and “bad”, it risks tarnishing those who are allowed inside the One Nation tent as being on “their side” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody | Peter Greste
By deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy
theguardian.com
In response to being sued by Gunns, Bob Brown said he would not be deterred from taking action “even if it means losing every penny, every home comfort”. Corporations like Woodside rely on most people seeing such sacrifices as unimaginable. trib.al/bpTqaOm
How Woodside lost to this protester
For three years, the author has fought a strategic lawsuit brought by Woodside Energy. Last Thursday, she won.
trib.al
Heatwaves reaching the upper thermal limits of mammals Poor lions, poor residents of Tokyo And yes, we should be worried and yes we know what to collectively do
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · yesterday“Three female lions died of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo's Tama Zoo, the first heat-related deaths among the facility's lion population in its 62-year history. The lions, aged 3, 11 and 15 and all born in the zoo, showed signs of severe dehydration and multiple organ failure in post-mortem exams”
“Almost one in five Australian bird and mammal species is at high, very high or extreme risk from the bird flu virus now spreading in Australia.” www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘List of doom’: Bird flu puts one in five Australian bird and mammal species at risk
Bird flu could decimate everything from pelicans and ibises to penguins and quolls, a horrifying risk analysis shows.
smh.com.au
It is everything that I knew it would be. Oh the joy to see her! We clung together as though our very lives depended on the love we have for each other - and of course - it does! I'm sharing this because I know you care - and that means the world to me, Thank you! ❤️
"Not a word from the leader of the opposition, the Australian Press Council or heads of major media organisations. Taking advantage of their complacency, Hanson is re-writing the rules governing political accountability" theconversation.com/media-and-po...
Media and political complacency is letting Pauline Hanson re-write the rules on accountability
The media have the power to make Hanson’s tyrannical attitudes and behaviour a central issue, and their failure to use this power has only emboldened her.
theconversation.com
"If Hanson is deciding between those she likes and those she doesn’t, between publications branded “friendly” and those marked “hostile”, between “good media” and “bad”, it risks tarnishing those who are allowed inside the One Nation tent as being on “their side” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody | Peter Greste
By deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy
theguardian.com
Sarah Hanson-Young left gobsmacked as ACMA admits they provide no policy advice on gambling ads, or how to tackle the harm of inducements, bcoz it’s a “matter of policy - for govt” SHY “But policy is based on advice...”💥 Not just toothless, also muzzled.
Interesting, this is exactly what’s been happening in most media companies in Australia  mumbrella.com.au/want-to-make...
Want to make 95% of your agency staff redundant? Ask the IAB's new robot how
Anyone that has played any iteration of the Grand Theft Auto video game series knows that — after about 5 minutes of normal mission-based gameplay — it’s far more fun to just drive around like a mania...
mumbrella.com.au
"In reality, the hearing was the sharpest expression yet of a fascistic campaign to establish that scientific advice which constrains profit is a criminal act and to clear the political ground for the total destruction of public health now being carried out by Trump". www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
The witch-hunt against Anthony Fauci and the war on public health
Senate Republicans’ show trial of Fauci marks a qualitative escalation of the offensive against medical research and public health that has been prosecuted under both big business parties.
wsws.org
"References to “gender equality” have been removed from the Queensland Office for Women’s website amid claims by former staffers that the Liberal National party government wants to “dewokify” the public service" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap
theguardian.com
Labor MPs urge Albanese to go harder on gambling reform amid illicit drug and sex worker allegations
Labor MPs urge Albanese to go harder on gambling reform amid illicit drug and sex worker allegations
Louise Miller-Frost and Alicia Payne have vowed to push for further action after evidence from Sportsbet and Tabcorp this week * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Labor MPs are pushing for Anthony Albanese to significantly strengthen the plan to curb online gambling advertising, after sensational evidence about betting companies providing problem gamblers with illicit drugs and access to sex workers sparked a bipartisan backlash. The government’s plan to limit advertising and boost the existing self-exclusion register already faces a tough road through the Senate, with Coalition MPs urging opposition leader Angus Taylor to propose a much tougher crackdown. The Greens have dismissed Labor’s legislation as ineffective. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
We need to change the way we talk about sport -- and the media has a role to play in that. misterbrisbane.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We need to talk about sport
Domestic violence spikes during big football games. The codes and media can help change that.
misterbrisbane.substack.com
Sarah Hanson-Young tears into ACMA following their Senate evidence, saying they’re an “absolute lapdog” for the gambling industry. “I don’t know what those people do”🔥
We've never had such a thin skinned and pathetically weak politician in Pauline Hanson. Banning the media is also a slap in the face to democracy and should immediately disqualify her from public office.
No wonder I, like most Australians don’t watch breakfast TV. I happened to see a news bulletin in a hotel where I’m travelling. This was the top story. No mention of the bird flu outbreak 🙄
Dishonest narcissists and AI were made for each other.
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2d agoAmid the continued backlash against AI, companies are turning to influencers to win over the public, with OpenAI in particular recently hosting farm-to-table dinners, wellness activities like beekeeping, and of course, lessons about how to use their products.
Breathtakingly grim story from @theguardian.com about a vascular surgeon who possessed such a fetish for mutilation he appears to have caused the amputation of his own feet, and the distraught families whose relatives appear to have been harmed under his care. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘I felt sick that he was near my mum’: a top amputation surgeon had his own legs removed due to a fetish. Were his patients safe?
Neil Hopper was celebrated for continuing to do his job despite the loss of his lower limbs. But what the people he was treating didn’t know was that his injuries were self-inflicted. Now they and the...
theguardian.com
Surely the fact the ABC and others were banned should have been more prominent in this story 🥺 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Protest at One Nation fundraiser after Vic leader, candidates announced
One Nation reveals its upper house candidates for Victoria, with army veteran and party state president Warren Pickering set to lead the party to the upcoming state election.
abc.net.au
Sarah Hanson-Young unloads on Pauline Hanson for running scared & banning media from her presser “What a coward”💥 Says regional Victorian voters who rely on the ABC should “tell her to get stuffed” at the ballot box in November.🔥 #auspol
They should boycott but they might miss out on a sound bite. I wish someone had the fortitude to deprive them of the attention they crave.
“There’s absolutely zero duty of care, absolute zero care for you as a human. There’s zero care for your well-being, for your mental state. Absolutely nothing of that.” Bateman's description of #gambling companies could apply just as well to Albanese's treatment of the Australian people. #auspol
MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 3d agoCould something similar explain @albomp.bsky.social's dogged protection of gambling industries? Sheds a new light on the major parties' addiction to gambling 'donations'. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
“As the world continues to tear itself apart with senseless wars and rampant capitalism, the physical processes that have held the Earth’s climate stable for millennia are starting to shift in ways that have scientists struggling to preserve our usual restraint.” trib.al/iOfhn5W
The threat El Niño poses to climate science
When a headline promises a ‘super El Niño’ and the season turns out to be bad rather than biblical, climate change deniers are ready to pounce, claiming scientists are crying wolf.
trib.al
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
AI is advancing faster than societies, laws and institutions can absorb. National regulation is not enough: the world needs international oversight, verification and shared rules, Ana Palacio writes. #AI #Technology #Governance
AI needs its own Paris Agreement
AI is advancing faster than societies, laws and institutions can adapt, making international governance, verification and shared oversight essential.
pearlsandirritations.com