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“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.”

― Carl Sagan

“Oh it’s just money, no real impact tho, it’s just such a small amount…”

Because people on Centrelink payments *survive on small amounts* assholes

Just a reminder that today the Liberal Party is no more or less relevant to what the ALP govt can do than it was the days after the election.

The govt loves focus on the Liberal Party to give it cover for doing bad things or at best doing nothing.

Old house near Burra, featured on the the Midnight Oil album, Diesel and Dust.

Looks good in green too.

The date is wrong.

You know how every morning we all check in to see if he’s died overnight and we keep getting given someone else? Fuck that shit 😢

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

So, it took the PM of Canada to notice the Emperor had no clothes?

Erika Kirk: “Despite the devastating loss of Charlie Kirk, my incredible husband, at UVU, Caleb has persisted with the same grift, excuse me, grit”

Single frame. Washed out image from photo of the two gunmen 1 walking up stairs and 2 aiming gun. Words: “Two men. Not university students, lecturers, historians; not protesters, marching for peace and an end to the killing; not artists expressing solidarity over the killing of civilians, doctors, journalists, humanitarians… Two men. Full of hatred; radicalised; blind to humanity; with training, plans and a stash of legally obtained guns.

Two men.
My @smh cartoon.

Been there.......

Quite the summary...

Everyone not in Victoria: Who?

Monty Python's Meaning of Life - Every Sperm Is Sacred scene

"Daddy, can't the social media platforms be regulated so that we are safe on them?"
"I'm afraid not. I'm sorry children, there's nothing more to be done. I'll have to tell you all to go outside and read a book"

Every Social Media Site Is Sacred

"If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.” - David Sedaris

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.

Screen capture of AUSPOST tracking showing a parcel bouncing north and south between Sydney, Lismore and Brisbane.

When you're parcel delivery is taking the scenic route....

I love Mandy Patinkin

The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.

I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.

The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.

Something about clowns and circuses......

Can we please have a government run along the principles of whatever a Pocock person says?

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

No surprise that despite majority community support we still don’t have a ban on gambling advertising when the Albanese government accepts money from companies like Sportsbet for their fundraising.

When will they put Australians ahead of gambling companies?

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Chris Hedges - Statement by the National Press Club (4 October 2025) https://archive.is/jm7KO

Yeah but nah but if --

'when more details of the address were made available we decided to pursue other speakers on the matter'

-- what were these 'details' that forced the National Press Club to cancel Chris Hedges' address, I wonder?

https://events.humanitix.com/palestine-betrayed

Anyway, Mr Hedges will be speaking @ RMIT in Melbourne/Naarm on Friday, OCT 17 about 'Palestine Betrayed: Reporting on a Modern Day Genocide'.

If the Beatles wrote A Day In A Life in 2025
"I read the news today, oh fucking hell..."

A news headline from The Chaser reads, “Aussies miss when morning routine didn’t involve finding out whatever the fuck this cunt did today,” dated April 10, 2025, by John Delmenico. Below the headline is a photo of an evil pedo orange shit cunt with blond hair in a suit and blue tie, making a confused expression at a podium, with American flags in the background.

Every morning we wake up in this part of the world wondering what the fuck he’s said or done while we were sleeping. Hopefully we’ll wake up soon to the news that the cunt choked to death eating a Big Mac.

Trump angered by ‘bad door’ at UN as White House vows to investigate malfunction.

So, if you’re not antifascist, then you must be …

How do we reconcile with the fact that "the leader of the free world" isn't even running a "free country" anymore?

In the end, the only one of their cherished civil rights Americans will be left holding is the right to bear arms, which they'll use to shoot each other