Ian Carroll

The sage is altogether an amiable plant; indeed, its Latin name, Salvia, comes from salvere, to save, or heal. #gardening

Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat the bacon
— Piggies, The Beatles

With more than 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists attending the current conference in Brazil, Minister Bowen should demonstrate real commitment and leadership by banning fossil fuel lobbyists from COP31. It's time to stop the gaslighting, and kick fossil fuel interests out of climate conferences.

Single frame. Title: “It’s simple” Sussan Let at podium flanked by David Littleproud and Angus Taylor. She says, “Net zero is not worth the cost*” Below podium is text: “*not counting the cost of: extreme weather events; mass displacement of people from low-lying areas; increased insurance premiums; habitat loss and species extinction; loss of certainty for business; worsened air quality; lack of investment in low-emission technologies; continued subsidisation of fossil fuel industries; loss of food security; (trailing beyond frame) increase in heat related deaths and infectious…”

The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Closing Time - Tom Waits

PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

Ronald W. Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

Donald J. Trump:

The concept of “bird of the year”

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.

Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.

The Stupidest Speech in UN History Everyone's saying so!

billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-stupid...

Stop calling it “white supremacy” and start referring to it as what it really is: “white inferiority complex”

Look, Mr Trump ... 👇
#USPolitics #freespeech

#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry

The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination

Anyone surprised at the horrendous takes from centrists like Klein should read Orwell’s 1940 review of the Mein Kampf reprint - where he makes the point that the original version, printed one year before, was greeted sympathetically and cast Hitler as ‘kindly a light as possible’

Melbourne’s hospital cancelled their seminar on “children and war” because they were worried it might offend the people who support war

This season of America really sucks.

That's threats with violence in my books. Threaten people with death by lethal injection.

Might watch 4 Corners tomorrow night.

Napping with a toddler is basically having your heart refilled with rainbows but occasionally a rainbow pokes you in the eye.

Bowen says political environment may prevent 2035 emissions target becoming law The climate change minister says he will have to assess whether legislating the government's 2035 emissions target is politically feasible, with the major waypoint towards net zero due to be announced...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
The "political environment" is that Labor has a huge House majority and broad crossbench support for strong environmental policy.

What do these people actually want done to cater to their huge lists of complaints?. Any serious solutions? Any sensible ideas?

Go harder Albo, or get out of the way
www.smh.com.au/business/the...

Pissweak, Albo. Go harder!

Abbott mad as a cut snake, says 'boat-person' Hawke Bob Hawke says there is no way to "stop the boats" as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has claimed he will do to the asylum-seekng craft regularly arriving on islands off Australia's north-west coast.

"We’re all bloody boat people," Mr Hawke said. "That’s how we found the place." #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

The only thing more disgraceful than having groveling cabinet members so willing to debase themselves in this shameless way is having such a damaged, insecure, and needy president that they know desperately needs to hear this BS.

Speaking as a comfortably superannuated retiree: no, we don’t deserve special treatment. Also absurd privilege must be ended. You can’t pretend there’s a win/win solution to inequality of wealth and income. It’s substantially a zero some game for housing and super and govt needs to face this.

Louis Armstrong, Grace Kelly, and Bing Crosby photographed by Bob Willoughby on the set of "High Society", 1956.

Paul Signac, Saint Tropez

Paul Signac, Saint Tropez
#art

Remarkable how many cuts of meat sound like veteran news anchors facing multiple accusations of workplace harassment:
Chuck Brisket
Rib Silverside
Rump Foreshank
Plate Centreloin
Flank Saddleback

Researchers asked AI to show a typical Australian dad: he was white and had an iguana | Tama Leaver and Suzanne Srdarov for the Conversation New research finds generative AI depicts Australian themes riddled with sexist and racist caricatures

Generative AI still not anywhere near trustworthy so why all the hype?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...