Jackie Cooper

An Institution Betrayed GH on the State Library's post-literate plans

Mr Gideon Haigh on why the ongoing, incompetent and dull-witted enshittification of the State Library of Victoria is so heartbreaking, so stupid, and so dangerous. Please share. www.cricketetal.com/p/an-institu...

#RealHeroes Vs #ClimateCriminals, #Australia - #auspol.

BREAKING‼️ Greenpeace have scaled and blocked a coal ship bound for Newcastle today for #RisingTide, deploying a banner with a message to Labor 👉🏼 “Phase Out Coal and Gas”.

www.greenpeace.org.au/news/greenpe...

Our beloved and trusted AUKUS ally

So now Australia will be making F35 fighter jet parts for Saudi Arabia. A country that Amnesty says ignores people’s basic human rights, restricts their freedoms and inflicts severe punishment. The regime also kills dissenters. No one even asked us.

Australia’s greatest ally

I remember back in the late '90s -- when magazine writers were still getting big book and movie deals -- an editor of mine who'd worked with a bunch of them sighing and saying, "The story no one will ever publish is the exposé of which famous writers can't actually write at all."

Nice one, Philip.

An erratum of editors.

Same

Our associations with the US have become vulnerabilities. It’s time to rapidly and dramatically cut our ties with the corrupt and dangerous nation.

First: Dump AUKUS.

Queensland government strikes deal with mining giant to defer coal royalties The government has promised every deferred dollar will be repaid with interest by Bravus, formerly known as Adani, but won't reveal details, such as when the money will be paid.

Gautam Adani is wanted in the USA on bribery charges.

Adani Mining has lied to Australians for 15 years.

Why is this not mentioned and why are they getting MORE sweetheart deals?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Thank you

Whatever. He’s a grub.

WHY WE MASK by LAUREL LYNN LEAKE

A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together
Because COVID-19 is not
*just a cold" & it's definitely not "mild"...
Even a mild acute infection can change your life forever.

#LongCOVID

Two-thirds of Australians want a review of AUKUS, while less than half think it will make us safer: poll - The Australia Institute 66 per cent of Australians support a Parliamentary Inquiry into the AUKUS security agreement, according to new polling commissioned by The Australia Institute.

New polling by @australiainstitute.org.au has found that 66% of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. A previous poll found 57% support.

In a healthy democracy, scrutiny of a deal the size and scope of Aukus should be welcomed.

australiainstitute.org.au/post/two-thi...

It’s time for Australia to stop talking about Defence spending. America wants Australia to spend more on Attack funding. Australia is not under threat from any country. Our biggest risk is aligning with America when it attacks under countries. We must be non-aligned

It’s actually a much longer list!
Basically reverse all things Howard/ Costello/Abbott/Morrison
Go on & do it @albomp

Deadman’s Beach, Minjerribah, Queensland, Australia

Worth it

Instructions for Having a Soul Take it out in the rain sometimes. It has vast, invisible wings that gather dirt and need rinsing. When it tries to kill you that is because you've forgotten to let it look into someone's eyes for longer than a minute. It needs that the way a bee needs nectar in the early morning dew. Every so often, take it on a journey. Let it read long, hard books and let it stare into the depths of the sea. Yes, you can give it chips and whiskey but from time to time let it kneel in a place that is holy like the simple cathedral of the willows. All it wants is to live, to keep becoming. Nourish it, and it puts down roots, it opens. But starve it, and the mind, the flesh is empty; the world breaks down; symphonies go unwritten; the rockets fall; the children die in flames. Listen. It is not too late to wake it. Say the names of the wild, the forgotten things: bluebird, red wolf, robin; violet, child, clover. You cannot save the world but you can open the window for the trapped wren in the cellar. Read a book to a blind man, to your father. Tell a child you do believe her anger. Make your life the first life that you save. —Joseph Fasano

Instructions for Having a Soul

AFR screencap: Wilson hints at economic role in Coalition; backs nuclear power Lucy Slade Liberal Goldstein candidate Tim Wilson suggests he would like an economic shadow ministry role in the Coalition and supports nuclear power.

Bugger an economic role, make him opposition leader

It's climate warming baby - and it's coming for all coastal communities faster than you think

Queensland eh?

And did QLD vote for urgent climate action or did they vote again for ideology?

A TREATY must be signed with Australia's First Nations. The injustice of Terra nulllis and dispossession must be acknowledged and redressed.

Will the ALP actually pass some progressive legislation now without fearing a wedge by conservatives? Let’s fucking hope so, because that excuse has expired. #auspol #ausvotes

There is no need for Australia to increase defence spending. We are a small pacific country. China doesn’t need to attack us, we sell them whatever they want. We are of no strategic interest to Russia. Our biggest risk is America. It’s time to distance ourselves from the USA

Today I remember ~1,000 First Nations People who served in WWI.

Not recognised as citizens & while serving Australia the government stole their land & children from mothers.

Lest we forget all who served, especially those they attempt to erase from history.
#AnzacDay

Graphic with dark blue background and white and teal circles. In the centre is a photo of a health care provider speaking to a woman in a hospital bed. Neither person is wearing a mask. Text overlaying the photo reads: It is a blatant lie to say hospitals are Covid safe.

At this point, it’s absolutely clear: N95 masks make a very meaningful difference in health care settings, especially when worn by health care workers.

#HealthCareNotHealthCareless

You can’t pretend to be genuine about Australia’s defence if you are burning $375 billion for never-to-be-seen nuclear submarines in a four decade long plan with Trump’s new America. You just can’t.