It’s important to ensure icac remains well resourced but also to give the AEC real teeth.
ICAC told Jean-Claude Perrottet worked for right-wing Reformers while on the clock for Liberal MP
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It’s important to ensure icac remains well resourced but also to give the AEC real teeth.
ICAC told Jean-Claude Perrottet worked for right-wing Reformers while on the clock for Liberal MP
As an illustrator, I set myself a rule that I would not interact with any business or service that uses AI art. This is becoming increasingly difficult and even my daughter's school are using it for posters now. We truly live in hell
They can say summers have always been hot and we’ve always had wildfires and they can tell themselves all day that everything is the same as it always was but you know better They can gaslight themselves but not you. #ExtremeHeat #Wildfires #Smoke #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli
Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. 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
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Today I learned that those motherfuckers over at the bird site still have my account open even though I SPECIFICALLY closed it. There’s the page right there - after I intentionally CLOSED it #furious
As fuck-that-Friday approaches I recon we can get this shit up to 4.2 at least, damn it!
😖 The Swearsky Index is currently a bit higher than normal at 3.8%.
Cornyn & Tillis Cave on Slush Fund & Immunity #ABlueView🧵 "Donald Trump sued Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump settled with Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump dismissed the case against Donald Trump, and Donald Trump gave himself everything Donald Trump wanted." -- @glennkirschner.bsky.social
"I saw a TikTok video of something called the Vancouver Island Healthcare Infusion... Watching those TikToks, I thought, Maybe I could live there." #nanaimo #canada #cdnpoli ✅ READ THE FULL ARTICLE: macleans.ca/society/kell...
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely HUGE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.
Depends how you define “always”. Post Nixon? Definitely. All that has changed are the department heads are more loyal than competent. But they were always there even if not in positions of power as now.
One drum I keep beating is that the Trumpification of the Republican Party is irreversible. Even after he's gone it will be exclusively cranks, charlatans, and malevolent antisocial goons. "It was always like that"-it wasn't! It's gotten steadily, measurably worse, and he was the nail in the coffin
Park Service Finds Trump’s Arch Could Detract From Dozens of Historic Places www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u... Well DUH ! That’s the reason he is doing it and the reason all y’all should be marching in the streets in the tens of millions.
Park Service Finds Trump’s Arch Could Detract From Dozens of Historic Places
The 250-foot-tall edifice would alter views across Washington and Arlington Cemetery.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Never let facts and truth get in the way of three blokes without scruples in an unashamed circle-jerk.
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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🎥NEW: a federal court just blocked a USCIS policy that banned nonprofit organizations from registering new citizens to vote at naturalization ceremonies. Marc Elias breaks down the ruling, and what this win means for new Americans and the fight to protect voting rights ahead of the midterms.
BREAKING: Federal Court Blocks Trump's Voter Registration Ban
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Hello, my name is [...] I am 9 years old. Can you help me get out of this jail? We are children, not criminals. We are 3 siblings, my mom and my dad. Please, a federal judge see this letter and help us. We have been here for 47 days [...] Leave us in your country, don’t deport us. ⛓️👧👦👧👩👨⛓️ FREEDOM
🧊😲 KIDS IN CAMPS ⛓️👧🏻 What could drawings from children possible be evidence of?
Censured? How about charged? Why is he not charged with what would violate any employment laws?
Breaking News: A House panel recommended that a GOP lawmaker be censured after finding that he likely violated sexual harassment rules.
Can We Call It Fascism Yet? By me and @mikelawred.bsky.social Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Sure. But let’s not forget this civilian trained because of a demented person with guns & shot at this other demented person who also should not have been allowed to have a gun. There is nothing wrong with insisting people with guns are trained and registered.
Man who returned fire at In-N-Out gunman had done firearm training after 2021 mass shooting
Police credited Jordan Salinas with limiting number of victims in attack on restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho
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“How Platypuses Build Their Hidden Nests” www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QoG...
Rarely Seen Platypus Nest Building Behaviour Explained
YouTube video by Zoos Victoria
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Anyone who combines Shatner with FSOL and Dread zeppelin and Doors and 808 state with Underworld clearly is worth knowing and saving their playlist
This is a Chill Out Mix that I have created to share with my friend who is currently in Hospital fighting Cancer. Fuck Cancer! letorey.co.uk/music/mixes/... #FuckCancer #ChillOutMix