A little longer watch ... a compilation of Professor Mohammad Marandi wiping the floor with Sarah Ferguson. Deservedly so. Most enjoyable. #auspol #abc730 #SolidarityWithIran

The question in my mind is how out of touch with reality does someone need to be to buy such things during a climate emergency? How many Telegraph editorials add up to a downpayment on one of these contraptions? Or is it a giant Up-Yours to other people and the rest of the living world?

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Jillian Segal says her plan is to expand IHRA training “at scale” — to all govt depts & all businesses in the country — & be driven by a new taxpayer funded body - which she reveals is already in the works.😳 What the hell is going on?

There are so many reasons why the current version of capitalism is killing us. 'War is good for business' is high on the list.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d ago

Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"A bigger mystery, however, is the movement of God into the NSW Young Liberals. In this case, however, God wears not the toothy smile of a Pentecostal "happy clapper" but the dour face of the arch-conservative Catholic organisation, Opus Dei."

In God they trust

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For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.

Much of the clout religions claim is based on the numbers detailed by the census. Many Australians tick the box of the religion their parents or grandparents followed, as a cultural thing. It would be great if we could all tick #NoReligion if we have no religion. #AusPol

"when she gets what she wants she puts the rest on a tray... in a ziploc baaaaaaaaaaaag... in the freezer!" #mitch #mcconnell borrowing heavily from @thebandcake.bsky.social 😇

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“A war that the US itself launched, that nobody asked for, that has no defensive features at all, and which is run by a frat house of bullies and lickspittles.”

He’s commander-in-chief of chaos. Now we’re all victims of Trump’s wars | Nesrine Malik

New tariffs, gas price rises, the deaths of thousands, insecurity … We’re living at the whim of one capricious, vain, easily bored man and his gang of stooges, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Frankly, I couldn't care less what Albo thinks. It should always be up to the individual and their family, with support from health care professionals. Also, many people can't easily get to see doctors in person most of the time. Technology provides choice and dignity. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Albanese personally opposed to Labor push on voluntary assisted dying

The prime minister says he is unconvinced Australians should be allowed to access voluntary assisted dying via telehealth, holding concerns over its "misuse".

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Christian Brothers now promise pay sexual abuse victims, who they were trying to abuse again by asset-stripping the liable organisations. This is in hope of saving reputational damage to their schools that some parents, bizarrely, still trust with their children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Abuse survivors have won their latest fight against the Christian Brothers. But why did it take so much pain and suffering to get here? | Christopher Knaus

Last month’s announcement that the Catholic order was about to go broke wreaked carnage everywhere I looked. Lives have been thrown into turmoil

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In countries that are being divided through racism bigotry and a world that is also splitting further apart, these are very true words

AI companies: fucking hell this tech is really dangerous and we can't control it Voice of reason: have you considered just ... not making it? AI companies: we'd love to but unfortunately it's inevitable so the only answer is to scale it up as fast as possible Voice of reason: [gives up]

AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals

Firm behind ChatGPT reveals agent powered by its models chose to attack Hugging Face database by itself

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"The biggest concern I've had all the way through here just watching in disbelief almost is the attacks on democracy" @anthonyklan.bsky.social from the @theklaxon.bsky.social joins the latest episode of @boganintelpod.bsky.social to discuss the Israel lobby’s grip on #auspol youtu.be/c_RCeW0HTVo

Anthony Klan Reveals Israel Lobby’s Grip on Australia’s Royal Commission & Free Speech

YouTube video by Bogan Intelligentsia

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I think this is hitting the nail on the head. Without divided religiously segregated schools, the need for dedicated school security patrols goes away.

I am more inclined to ban all private schools as they currently exist in Oz. Adopt more a model from Norway. www.lifeinnorway.net/education-in...

Israel Xionist government is publicly interfering in all Western governments. It’s at peak intimidation, oppression in Australia of Albanese Labor Govt currently. Groomed and captured politicians on full display. @timdunlop.bsky.social @suebarrett.bsky.social #auspol bsky.app/profile/jaso...

Jason Wilson@jasonaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

The curious thing about discussions of rising antisemitism in the English speaking world is how they are detached from any recognition of the ubiquity of vociferous Islamophobia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Communist China Cures Diabetes While Capitalist America Lets People Die Rationing Insulin” American healthcare - where treatment is more profitable than a cure.

Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America's Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it

Groundbreaking Diabetes Cure Developed by Chinese Scientists

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A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.

Spain responded harshly to Israel's statements: "We are not defaming you, Israel, we are describing you: You are a genocidal and criminal regime." "You will all be held accountable before the International Criminal Court." 👏🇪🇸👏🇪🇸👏🇪🇸👏🇪🇸👏🇪🇸👏🇪🇸👏

Israel has made an intervention into the Labor party’s internal party conference, publicly criticising a draft policy.

Israel criticises Labor’s draft Palestine policy in rare foreign intervention ahead of party conference

Statement by Israeli embassy in Canberra challenges proposed positions on settler violence and annexation of Palestinian territory

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What a legacy. www.commondreams.org/news/austral...

Australian PM First Western Leader Referred to ICC as 'Accessory to Genocide in Gaza' | Common Dreams

More than 100 lawyers endorsed the referral, which points to the military, intelligence, and rhetorical support Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has provided to the Israeli government.

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Segal claims Australian’s tax money should be protected & monitored when it funds artistic expression, but funds that support artistic expression should only be policed & monitored by one particular sub-set of people comprising just 0.46% of Aus & only to further their views, not anybody else’s.

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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🇺🇸Trump has stated 106 times that he defeated Iran. 🇺🇸95 times that Iran is destroyed. 🇺🇸88 times that a deal is imminent. 🇺🇸75 times that the #StraitofHormuz is open. Fact: This serial liar has achieved nothing yet. He is just playing with the stock market. Elect a clown, expect a circus.

No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."

Analysts still project the final score will be Iran 2, America nil. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/07/14/t...

Jillian Segal says SBS’s code of conduct — which tells staff to separate criticism of Israel from criticism of Jewish ppl — shows that SBS ‘don’t understand’. 🤔 Says she’d “rewrite” it as per the “IHRA definition” which conflates the two issues This is the quiet part out loud.