Definitely agree! Even the weather turned it on!

This is helpful. Are there any others that I should know about?

Dr Tracy Westerman said the attempted bombing amplifies the longstanding message to First Nations people: "You are simply unsafe for being who you are.

...Leadership sets the barometer for the nation's consciousness
...when there is silence, it says to Aboriginal people that your pain matters less"

Yes, that was my first thought too.

"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."-Elie Wiesel

Auden gets it right so many times.

".. whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." Sounds like about now.

In 2023 the UK government legislated that veterans who, like US ICE officers, shot their fellow citizens dead, on camera - for protesting, would never answer in any court - Civil, Criminal or even Coroners. With no pushback from the left or electorate.
In case you think it couldn’t happen here

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

There is no ceasefire.

Just Israeli death and destruction.

Every single day, for decades.

Relentless oppression.

They kill kids for fun.

Oh, I misread your post! Agree with you. See an earlier post of mine about the OECD report.

Hate to hand it to Albanese, but he's turned a month of horrid and unfair treatment at the hands of the Libs and media into another Coalition break up.

Dastardly masterful politics.

They couldn't even do that in government! They were a policy free zone. And if they asked "what are the five best things we could do?" the answer would the opposite of their current positions on e.g. climate change, negative gearing, taxation, etc.

Australia earns global praise for 'soft landing' but still dependent on China A new report from the OECD says Australia's economy is returning to normal but remains vulnerable and lacks dynamism.

OECD about Australia: ".. increase the GST, pursue further super taxes, rein in capital gains tax concessions, and replace stamp duties with land taxes." There is the legislative challenge for the government laid out for the next couple of years! #economy #Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

This is disgusting behaviour in the Parliament. Shows a complete lack of appreciation of the gravitas of the situation.

Yes, very laconic! Very Australian!

When It Happens Our 14th most-read article of 2025. - - -It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT w...

Yes, it will happen, but then what will happen?
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...

With all the scary stuff happening in the world at the moment, the quiet failure of the auction of #US debt is perhaps the scariest. The longer term implications of this for the whole world are huge! I'm not laughing.

I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.

Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.

it's crazy that there's isopod species spanning from the deep ocean to arid deserts while still looking basically the same. this is a message against fast fashion trend chasing. find a look that is truly timeless and for all locations, like the isopod body plan

JD Vance: ‘despicable toady for Trump’ – and 2028 candidate in all but name Vice-president has emerged as key defender of Maga flame – and is backed by big tech billions. Is this the heir apparent?

My prediction: Trump will, unfortunately, die of 'natural' causes (heart attack, stroke, etc) about end of 2027 to early 2028. Newson (Dem nom) will pass away mid to late 2028. Vance will be the next POTUS.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Ireland’s answer to the Orange Shit Gibbon 😂👇🏻 (sound on!)

Our first contingent of Defense forces arriving in Greenland. It feels like home!

Looking forward to be joined by Germany, Sweden, France & Norway soon. Flippers up!
@ec.europa.eu @germany.diplo.de @swedenun.bsky.social
@norwayinusa.norway.no @norwaymfa.government.no
@ecfr.eu
@en.france24.com

The past three years were the world’s hottest on record The world is likely to miss the Paris Agreement goals to limit global heating to between 1.5 and 2 degrees above the pre-industrial average, making climate adaptation and “net negative” policies incre...

We've just lived through the three hottest years ever recorded. The climate emergency has arrived. It’s coming for everything we hold dear.

Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.

Good team, maybe? I would watch that movie!

"Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is in transit to take on ICE in the United States." (Needs a super-kangaroo cape if anyone has one)

This is true in Australia, too.

The first time I met Superman he was drunk as hell and eating accordions. "I like the way they smush in my mouth," he sputtered between bites.