Megan Herbert
@meganjherbert.bsky.social
Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things / She/her. On Bunarong land. http://linktr.ee/meganjherbert
For a local comparison, Australia's corporate tax rates: 1987: 49% 1990: 39% 2025: 30% That's a whole lot of corporate income that is going to corporations and not to citizens. Source: statbase.org/data/aus-cor...
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d agoThe effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
This looks like an absolute HOOT and as I cannot make it myself, I expect you all to go and report back.
Fiona Katauskas@fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 3d agoI'm going to be in the Story Club lineup this Sunday at the Factory Theatre with the legend that is @danilic.bsky.social and a whole bunch of other talented and funny people. Story Clubs are HEAPS of fun so come along if you can aucentury.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salese...
Tickets are selling! People are buying! It is exciting!
Megan Herbert@meganjherbert.bsky.social · last wk.**BREAKING** My play, Soapboxed, is coming to La Mama this September! About the state of the Arts and artists and how AI is impacting them (and the planet and all of us). On for 5 shows at the Courthouse. Woo! www.lamama.com.au/whats-on/la-...
I get that most ppl won't know this, but this website is a News Corp site and this journalist in particular is a really really nasty piece of work. Please share the original @404media.co that NC is copying for clicks www.404media.co/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
IN MORE EXCITING NEWS: Soapboxed is being supported for development in the lead up to its September La Mama run by the wonderful folk at Antipodes Theatre. Thrilled and honoured to be working with them. antipodestheatre.com/2026-artist-...
2026 Artist Residencies — Antipodes Theatre Company
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**BREAKING** My play, Soapboxed, is coming to La Mama this September! About the state of the Arts and artists and how AI is impacting them (and the planet and all of us). On for 5 shows at the Courthouse. Woo! www.lamama.com.au/whats-on/la-...
Soapboxed
Big tech has the capacity to replace human art. But does it have the power?
lamama.com.au
Pesky conscience. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
Comedian Anthony Morgan is doing a Dry July fundraiser to raise money for brain cancer research in honour of our beloved and much-missed cartooning legend, colleague and friend, Jon Kudelka. Please donate/share/amplify at will 🤍 www.dryjuly.com/users/anthon...
Support Anthony Morgan this Dry July and make a donation.
I have signed up for Dry July to raise money for people affected by cancer. Please show your support and make a donation.
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Cause for alarm. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
Holiday from reality. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
Calls for a blanket ban. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
How is this legal? Why are they reporting it like everything's fine and normal?
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · last mo.The President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars last year, largely through the sale of crypto tokens. His investors weren’t so fortunate. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Built in. My cartoon about corruption in the Victorian Government's Big Build project in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social
Well looky looky it's another round up of my cartoons in case you'd like to while away a few minutes www.boredpanda.com/funny-relata...
This Brilliant Cartoonist Nails Life’s Ironies: Here Are 35 Of Her Latest Comics
Life rarely follows the script we imagine. Some days we feel productive, confident, and ready to take on the world. Other days, we celebrate simply getting out of bed, answering an email, or rememberi...
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How's the serenity? (Beautiful misty Bunurong country 🤍)
Regulating monsters. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
The people asked for it, and I have delivered. Totes and prints to show your true colours (and start difficult conversations) now in the store 🤍💛🧡🩷♥️💜💙🩵💚🩶🖤🤎 megan-herbert.myshopify.com/products/tru...
True Colours Eco Tote Bag
Say goodbye to plastic, and to hateful divisive rhetoric about monocultures, as you carry your goodies in this stylish organic cotton tote bag. There’s more than enough room for groceries, books, and ...
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One day all the cartoons about this will stand as damning evidence against the prevailing silence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The state of Israel vs the children of Gaza | First Dog on the Moon
A United Nations inquiry tells us Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
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