Anathema Device (Brisbane)

This godforsaken idiot piece of shit.

Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.

This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.

44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#SideProfiles for #BirdOfTheDay
Thanks Rob

March 8, 2026 Yesterday, President Donald J.

March 8, 2026

MP Dr Brian Walker to introduce LGBTIQA+ law reform bill Cross bench MP Dr Brian Walker will introduce two private members LGBTIQA+ law reform bills - saying the government as taken too long to act.

It’s great to see pressure on the WA state government to enact long-overdue LGBTIQA law reforms in areas like hate speech and school discrimination. It’s also great to see Tasmania cited as a precedent.
www.outinperth.com/mp-dr-brian-...

‘The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein’s chief enabler. Maxwell’s conviction was only the start of the quest for justice, she says

‘The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell

"We don’t need more articles or books saying: ‘Ooh, Jeffrey Epstein, how do we understand him?’ ... This is a story about grooming and the girls who lived through it.”

Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

there are good reasons to be cautious about this story, for which the MRFF is the only source

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

um, maybe read this?

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

Two cats sitting on a bench in a porch watching the rain.

When it's a rainy day & you want to go into the garden but it's just too wet! Bored kitties! #Cats #Caturday #AdoptDontShop

Beetrooter says what?

Labor to “blame” for any fuel crisis ….??!!!!!

Er …..under his “ watch “ all but two refineries ( one in Bris, one in Melb) closed

#AngusMcAnus’s solution was to “store” apx 100 klm,per car, worth of fuel IN THE U.S. at a cost of $MA95 in advance

Your mates “war” Barns….

A tan dog with white feet and chest standing on concrete pavement and looking at the camera from a dark face. Floppy ears.

Here's our neighbor dog, Sage, hoping I'll go for a walk with him.

😹

just comes naturally to them, doesn't it?

My husband is working out at Springfield today and just sent me this photo 😍

Bush stone-curlews (Burhinus grallarius) are not actually a curlew, confusingly. Wikipedia cites Gould (1845) as stating a WA indigenous (rather onomatopoeaic) name for them: ‘weeloo’

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_st...

yes, I saw. But the players are saying they want to go home. Not that they can say anything else, publicly

I’m amazed horse racing is still a thing, let alone something that celebrities/politicians etc. are willing to be photographed attending 🤮

Horse racing (and the associated gambling normalisation) are a part of Aussie culture that needs to die 💩

Ella Baron on Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran – cartoon The conflict has now entered its second week, spreading death and chaos

possibly the meanest, sharpest cartoon I've ever seen
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Ella Baron on Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran

The Airport-Lounge Wars When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?

h/t @ianbetteridge.com
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The Airport-Lounge Wars | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Picture of a medium-sized dragonfly resting on a piece of dry grass. The dragonfly has black and yellow markings along its abdomen, translucent wings, and reddish, black eyes

Archaeosynthemis leachii - Twinspot Tigertail

A dragonfly endemic to Western Australia. The Twinspot Tigertail is most likely found near streams and swampy areas.

#ausinverts #wildoz #Odonata #inaturalist #nature

There is something to live for!

Wow! #FungusSky #MushroomSky

Close up of a delicate, pale yellow flower against a darker background that has numerous, blurred green stems

Drosera subhirtella - Sunny Rainbow

One of the scrambling, carnivorous sundews endemic to Western Australia. The Sunny Rainbow's delicate yellow flowers can be seen between August and October.

#ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #sundews #Drosera #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

❤️ It's a brilliant role, and exploited very well by a number of excellent actors!

Amadeus | National Theatre

The movie version is very different from the play, which was a revelation when I saw the UK National Theatre production via NTLive:
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/...

'Good character' references for serious offenders to be scrapped in Tasmania Tasmania will introduce new laws to stop the use of "good character" references by serious offenders. Advocates say the state has joined a broader national shift to support victim-survivors.

'Good character' references for serious offenders to be scrapped in Tasmania: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/good-character-references-to-be-scrapped-serious-offenders-tas/106431148

what a stunning insect!

Photo of a very large mosquito in brown and cream with striking gold bands on its abdomen, and gold and blue on its legs and proboscis.

Australian Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites speciosus).
A most welcome sight in my garden. The adults don't drink blood at all (they prefer nectar and sap), while the larvae consume other types of mosquitoes!
#insects #invertebrates

I’m just so bloody tired

Not of life

Not of maintaining the rage

Not of actively advocating and working for social justice for all Ozzie’s

But ….i is a fucking “Boomer”

Lumped in with the negative gearing,Franking credit,Capital Gains tax family trust owning “Minority”of a certain generation