Daniel Angus

I know it's technically not one word, but let me have a go at a word association anyway:

Anthony Albanese = Lorem Ipsum

OMG, Channel 9's are making the Winter Olympics unwatchable. They have played the same 4 ads on repeat around 100+ times in the last hour. As a result I am determined to never shop at a particular chemist, nor purchase insurance from a particular provider that has a fascination with lighthouses

The duality of speed skating and track cycling at the Olympics is well known, but what if we closed the gap further and had the short track speed skaters follow a souped-up Zamboni like the derny in a Kierin race? @kathangus.bsky.social reckons we could call it the 'Keirink' 🥌🚲

The Internet didn't miss though. I absolutely love it when everyone understands the assignment

Really enjoying watching the Winter Olympics, but damn the Aussie-centric parochial production of Channel 9 is really trying its hardest to ruin it. Every Aussie athlete is seemingly getting a full over-produced biopic, and so much air time is wasted on commentators, just let us watch the action!

Nothing says cohesion like a punch in the head: Violence of Minns' goons exposes the lie of 'social cohesion' NSW Police's actions against protesters in in Sydney was about the powerful dictating the terms of free speech — through state-sanctioned violence if necessary.

"Social cohesion is a scam, a strategy employed by the powerful to delegitimise and suppress the voices of the less powerful... If you are othered by powerful groups, you become the victim of cohesion, not the beneficiary; what you get from social cohesion is a punch from an armed official."

The beatings will continue until morale improves

NSW Police used pepper spray, helicopters, horses and blockades as part of a new program designed to bring the community together.
Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/02/10/s...

@australianlabor.bsky.social owns what happened last night. A government that hosts leaders accused of war crimes and then deploys police violence against peaceful protesters cannot hide behind press releases. If Albo & Minns want to govern a democracy, they must respect dissent, not criminalise it.

Watching the footage emerging of the police brutality from Sydney last night is truly sickening. People have a right to peacefully protest. And shame on the media for framing this as 'protesters clashed with police' when from the footage it was clear that 'peaceful protesters were bashed by police'

Brisbane showed up for Palestine tonight 🍉

R.I.P Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social

“If I did a sequel it would probably involve a scientist swearing a great deal”

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But those limits should be precise, proportionate, and democratically contestable. Blunt, rushed, and expansive anti-protest powers risk protecting us less, while making our institutions easier to weaponise by bad actors. The harder task is addressing harm without hollowing out democracy.

To be clear: I'm not a free-speech absolutist. Following Popper's 'paradox of tolerance', democracies must have the capacity to restrain acts that seek to destroy democratic life itself. Limits are sometimes necessary, especially where speech is tied directly to violence or harm.

So regardless of intentions, @australianlabor.bsky.social and state govs are normalising undemocratic powers that may deepen division rather than resolve it. Democracies are strongest not when they suppress conflict, but when they allow it to be argued, contested, and worked through in the open.

But here's the rub. When people are uncertain about what they can say, chant, post, or organise due to legal risk, they don't suddenly change their beliefs, instead they can migrate to private spaces where grievances can harden, radicalise, and erupt in less productive, and possibly harmful ways.

We've seen an accelerated push for expanded speech and protest powers. Yet these measures largely sidestep root causes of social tension: inequality, exclusion, injustice, financial stress, and collapsing trust in institutions, while creating new levers that far-right actors can exploit and provoke.

Here in Australia, much has already been said about the recent wave of "hate speech" and anti-protest laws. Speaking as someone who studies political communication and misinformation, I want to add my deep concern: how these rushed responses may backfire institutionally and politically. #auspol

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

Nothing says 'new world city' quite like encountering 5 separate footpath closures in one single walk home from the bus. I know the Brisbane LNP council hate active transport but this is next level even for them.

Can’t be said too often: Having the power to restrict protest indefinitely creates a very specific definition of “social cohesion”.

New Australia Institute research shows Australian high schools are the most expensive in the OECD.

"I can't see any policy case for taxpayers giving money to a school that can afford an air-conditioned equestrian arena."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

The 2026 DMRC Summer School is officially underway!

With 72 delegates in attendance, today's sessions explored a diverse range of topics with the highlight being a keynote address by Nina Jankowicz, internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization.

ICE's $100M ad campaign is using the same playbook as the Gestapo & Stasi. The goal? To make repression sound reasonable and patriotic.

We need to urgently reverse course, bans on these vehicles via updates to AU vehicle standards would be the ideal, but additional charges would be an immediate light touch approach. Perhaps introducing the "Small PENalty for Increased Size Vehicle Tax"?

The proliferation of gigantic US "wankpanzer" trucks/utes onto Australian roads is an absolute menace, but it also reveals how transport ministers at state and federal levels are completely asleep at the wheel and blind to cart culture. This follows from the perverse tax incentives for giant utes.

a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water . Alt: a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water being consumed by waves with the word 'emails' all over them.

Back to work today 🫠

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

"I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week" Louise Adler ✊

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Danke fürs Teilen. Es ist wichtig, dass die Welt versteht, dass niemals Fachexpert*innen konsultiert wurden.

You've got to be joking. So these grifters are getting rich promoting misery and suffering, breaking up families through problematic gambling, and then have the gall to pretend they care about kids.