The thing elided in the MAHA discussion is that Americans eat garbage because capitalism rewards corporations for selling us stuff we can't resist, which in general means sugar fat and salt.

Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill Thrilled to join so many writers and editors I admire on staff at @TheAtlantic, a magazine whose back issues I used to study in the library at college, wondering how to become a writer @Athertonkd Replying to @thomaschattwill and @TheAtlantic did you ever figure it out

he blocked me for this

Interesting choices.

Absolutely spot on.
Yelling whilst reading.

You will see the number 0.3 Wh per A.I. query going around and it’s important to note this is the *median* not the mean (average).

For example, U.S. median income is $42k but U.S. mean income is $66k. When there are high outliers, using the median is a way to make the numbers appear lower.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Israel has claimed that the killing of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen in April 2024 was accidental.

Since October 2023, it has killed over 450 humanitarian workers and 1450 healthcare workers. It consistently targets the infrastructure for aid delivery. GHF "aid" hubs are kill zones.

2025 Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism

If anyone is interested this year's Australian Mayors Summit Against anti-Semitism here's the link.

Fully paid junket for eligible local govt types.

Jillian Segal listed as a speaker.

australia.combatantisemitism.org

My letter to the PM requesting Segal’s resignation. #Auspol #Antisemitism

Dear Prime Minister,

I write with grave concern regarding the revelations about Ms. Jillian Segal, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism.

“The planet is sending us increasingly clear signals that we are crossing critical thresholds”

You really don’t want to miss this #auspol #SundayShot

Artists and journalists have paid the price for having a political opinion. Nothing more – and sometimes barely even that. Lattouf, Sabsabi, Wyld, Sakr etc are only the most public cases; we’ll never know about those who were silenced, quietly excluded or denied opportunities in the first place.

I’m in a different time zone but feel the need to reiterate, as if anyone should have to, that the ABC of all places does not need to, indeed shouldn’t, platform the former Prime Minister and lobbyist Scott Morrison am I going fucking insane (accidentally posted this on X lol)

YouTube video by Michael Mann Michael Mann on BBC New Television Discussing Tie-In Between Climate Change & Heat Domes

This video, re #climatechange #HeatDomes needs more views, obviously.
TY to @michaelemann.bsky.social for keeping it real.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYe4...

YouTube video by d0nkeyshines OTC - No One's Far From Anyone, Anymore

Remember how I posted about how Telstra is using Musk's StarLink rather than building our own systems, like we did with OTC long ago?

Well, something about chickens coming home to roost.

Now, there is no way Australia's communications should rely on anything owned or even touched by Elon Musk.

Thanks to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for highlighting this with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social yesterday. #AtlasNetwork is a substantial part of the orchestrated threat to a habitable planet & helping create neofeudalism to stop our objections. Exploit allergy to conspiracy theorists. #Auspol #NZpol

THE WORLD IS WATCHING The Energy Australia case is globally significant, partly because the company said the quite part out loud, releasing a surprisingly strong statement against carbon offsetting." KETAN JOSHI Leading energy and climate expert Crikey.

Hello Australia, I got a real juicy piece here for ya. Carbon offsets were created by capitalism, to protect polluted profits.

What the hell does capital do when it loses its best ever greenwashing method? I got THEORIES ->>

for @crikey.com.au

www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/23/c...

‘ICAC would have a field day’ with NSW school building unit, inquiry hears The investigation into former School Infrastructure NSW chief executive Anthony Manning resumed after a two-day hiatus caused by his decision to part ways with his barrister.

‘ICAC would have a field day’ with NSW school building unit, inquiry hears

Consultants working for the NSW government’s school building unit believed ICAC would “have a field day” with its staffing arrangements, the anti-corruption watchdog has heard.

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#auspol #NSWICAC #NACC

Meanwhile Sky cooker Rowan Dean is threatening Libs to avoid selecting a woman leader through Sussan Ley bcoz apparently she’s linked with Renewable investors & is just another “Teal”
Says if they dare choose Ley “we will not let you forget that choice ever!”
The Far Right are such nasty ppl.

With increasingly state-run media taking over, it's important to use critical thinking skills.

Israeli strikes kill at least 100 in Gaza as status of 3 living hostages remains 'uncertain' Leading aid group World Central Kitchen said that it has been forced to suspend its operations in the Gaza Strip and shutter its community kitchens.

Meanwhile, another DAY ONE promise abandoned:

“The bodies of young children could be seen lying among the dead at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in footage taken by an NBC News’ crew…”

“Why are they killing us? There are no rockets here, no fighters…”

www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

Anyway - keep pushing for good things, because I truly believe the public will love better public health & education and making big gas companies pay, and being less tied to the hip with the USA.

And if you don’t. Not sure why you’re in the ALP, but hope you get the cushy gig you’re after, I guess.

NSW antisemitism inquiry. Jewish organisations reject Zionist claims - Michael West Submissions to NSW antisemitism inquiry show Jewish people reject conflating Zionism with Judaism and criticism of Israel with antisemitism.

FYI @drsally.bsky.social
More than half the submissions to NSW antisemitism inquiry from Jewish ppl & orgs, including the Great Synagogue, reject the conflation of Zionism with Judaism & the assertion that criticism of Israel is antisemitic
Submissions: www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/i...

Perhaps Tim Wilson can tell us how much the Liberal Party spent on his campaign, and how big were the cheques that Advance, Australians for Prosperity and other Atlas and Liberal-aligned organisations cashed on his behalf to shoehorn him back into Goldstein?

You have done god’s work.

We "destroyed" Greens: Megamillionaire disinformation group "Advance" - The Klaxon The group that ran the “No” campaign against the Indigenous Voice to parliament — funded by the Liberal Party and fossil fuels multimillionaires — claims to have “destroyed” the Greens.

🚨Disinformation group "Advance" – funded by fossil fuels megamillionaires and the Liberal Party – says it's "destroyed the Greens".

The "victory lap" coincides with fossil fuels giants repeating its talking points, calling on ALP to "step on the gas"...
theklaxon.com.au/wxh4

Loved The Shot this morning, Cheryl and Michael were terrific and Dave and Jo covered it all so well. Same for Australia Institute summary last night as well, you've got a lot of stuff stored in that head of yours.

Credlin’s definition of “decent” is very different from, as the results confirm, what majority of Australians believe.

You said he was toast!
Hats off.

The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.

The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have together pulled off a remarkable feat of high statecraft.

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#auspol