✅ Yes, Trump posted an AI-generated image showing him with WWII Generals George Patton and Douglas MacArthur. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

Did Trump post AI image of himself with Generals Patton and MacArthur?

Some people online accused the president, who has never served in the U.S. military, of stolen valor.

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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Matt Golding. Perfect

Giving addicts clean needles and safe places to inject was supposed to save lives, Michael Powell writes. Instead, it created a “zombie apocalypse”:

The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

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I've just reviewed a detailed historical paper on the history & current status of smoking in submarines. Remarkably, it states that Australia is the only nation which still allows smoking in submarines. Can anyone confirm/refute? (with refs)

Do you like well-reasoned arguments and pithy retorts? Well bad luck because it's time for the great climate debate hosted by disgraced breakfast flake Karl Whatsisface! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s the debate of the century! Two climate ‘denialists’ battle it out to see who agrees the most denialistly | First Dog on the Moon

What a vibrant marketplace of ideas

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How Trump imagines himself (posted on his Truth Social) and how the world sees him

Study finds some 25 guides resigned because they could no longer reconcile their work with their beliefs about conservation. Thought-provoking for those of us who have been to Antarctica, returned better educated about climate change thanks to expert guides. www.nationthailand.com/news/tourism...

At least 25 guides quit over Antarctic tourism impact

A study links at least 25 guide resignations to ethical concerns as Antarctic visitors reach 120,000 and could rise to 450,000 within a decade.

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Wow. 3 week delay on new Apple laptops all over Sydney. Chip shortage apparently.

ABC radio news saying that with the restoration of fuel tax from midnight, "the higher prices may take some weeks to be passed on to motorists". In other news, pigs seen flying over the harbour bridge

Last night ABC TV 7pm news bannered a tragic story "preventible death" My phone was not handy. So looked now on iView and see it's been changed. Tried to screen shot what you see below but wouldn't work. Found this. Bizarre!! Who knew? (so here's my phone shot)

Singapore has banned Massive Attack from ever re-entering the country after Free Palestine comments at a concert. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... Stupefying national immaturity on open display

Massive Attack Banned From Singapore After Palestine Support

Massive Attack are under investigation in Singapore after showing support for Palestine during their concert there Wednesday, a violation of local law.

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The woman who once chased down a donkey to save her granddaughter would one day need saving herself — and teach me a lesson about love.

'What's happened to me?': Bearing witness as my nan faced dementia

The woman who once chased down a donkey to save her granddaughter would one day need saving herself — and teach me a lesson about love.

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A well-intentioned approach to combatting drug addiction in some progressive cities has gone off the rails, Michael Powell argues. He visited Seattle and Burlington, Vermont, to see what “harm reduction” has wrought:

The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

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ABC Landline tonight: "Most farmers don't need a scientist to tell them that the climate is changing. They can see it for themselves." With rural rise of One Nation & climate change denial, critical to have loud/frequent farmer voices partnering with sciency interviews.

Deborah Snow's portrait of Liberal wannabe leader Tim Wilson notes he retains special loathing of tobacco plain packs. Details of the dead albatross around his neck showing his abject ignorance on this at p144-7 & 142-3 of my 2014 (open access) book open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/files/978174...

Trump says he didn't speak to Infantino about the FIIFA fiasco. In other news, Putin short-listed for Nobel Peace Prize.

Father who gifted 14yo son with assault rifle who then shot up school given 15yrs. US gun culture is so sick. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is what we've come to. Disgusting. A sitting Senator uses F-word to attack an esteemed scientist And by the way, Sen. Moreno's son-in-law Rep. Max Miller is in trouble for domestic abuse against his wife, for abuse that includes throwing hot water on her; holding a gun to her head; and more.

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Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

As an author, I often get bot-generated junk from bullshit book clubs in western Nebraska etc offering me to pay for the great privilege of having my books read by non-existent readers. This one takes the biscuit! "Dear Chapman" and my well-known [NOT] book on dogs.

The persecution of Fauci by Trump's McCarthyist goons takes the US to a new nadir of advanced society www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Estimated preventable COVID-19-associated deaths due to non-vaccination in the United States

While some studies have previously estimated lives saved by COVID-19 vaccination, we estimate how many deaths could have been averted by vaccination in the US but were not because of a failure to vacc...

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RFK Jr played a huge role in peddling extreme anti-vaccine myths during COVID He lied when he said the COVID vaccine was the “deadliest vaccine in history” At least 232,000 deaths could have been prevented among unvaccinated adults from May 30, 2021 to Sept 3, 2022 had they been vaccinated 1/2

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RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃

We've not bought Tasmanian salmon for years in private protest at the disaster of intensive farming. Bought Norwegian instead but last night's stunning ABC Foreign Correspondent has sadly put an end to that too. Watch on iView. Are "wild caught" labels to be believed?

A tardis journey into monumental denialism

AIHW Smoking prevalence data 2022/23 and 2025 (record low). Note particularly the large increase in never smokers. Tobacco control prevents uptake, not just stimulates quitting.

One Nation faces deregistration for fundamental reporting irregularities. Like rabid dog entering Crufts Dog Show being put down at first inspection by the judges. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

One Nation faces being struck off in Queensland after failing to file audited financial statements

Breach exposes Pauline Hanson to possible fines as party given deadline to comply by 18 August

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I fact check a recent @theconversation.com piece setting out 3 solutions to Australia's illegal #tobacco epidemic simonchapman6.com/2026/07/29/f...

Fact Check: How sensible are three proposed solutions to Australia’s illegal tobacco crisis?

Recently in The Conversation three commentators proposed a three-pronged template for ending the dominance of illegal tobacco and vapes over legal, taxed and pharmacy-accessed products. Their artic…

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Some grim news for Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Matt Canavan & all the anti renewable sheeple cookers.