Yet another SunHerald edition with zero #AFL coverage despite a sellout Sydney derby on Friday night, & Swans leading the comp by a mile. #Nine's NRL contract will lose it many more #SMH subscribers @australia.theguardian.com has fantastic coverage
New anti-smoking ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZ0...
Vale Andy Kershaw, 66, who along with Charlie Gillett & John Peel introduced me to a lifetime love of African & world music when I lived in London in the early 80s. RIP and many thanks. open.spotify.com/playlist/1L4...
Qld's absurd hate speech laws ban the expression "From the river to the sea". Street artist Scottie Marsh's John Farnham lyric from "Two strong hearts" has inspired a flash mob song protest. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=204...
Look ... I can actually explain how I got here ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=trc_...
Good morning
US MAGA voters lining up to vote for Christmas www.youtube.com/shorts/2cVgO...
#OneNation's apirant short-listed candidates at a recent third round interview. Collectively, an average IQ one point higher than it takes to grunt.
A data analysis by @ettemedia.bsky.social shows just how insane the Australian campaign against Randa Abdel-Fattah has been.
www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-me...
Single frame. Dark room with Trump sitting across a table from an Iranian leader. Between them sitting on the table is an elephant with the Israeli flag on its forehead.
Peace talks.
My @smh cartoon.
I wonder how many more of these we need to rub the faces of MAGA Christians in before the penny drops for them.
365 days of my desert island disk choices open.spotify.com/playlist/3OY.... (photo at Kep, Cambodia)
This post of mine yesterday is getting lots of attention from US @bsky.app accounts. Not happened before. Is the tide turning over there?
Toyota & Honda were very late to the EV party. Here's the Toyota boss saying they may not survive the Chinese revolution in EVs.
Rear of the Botany View pub
Sums it up ...
Street artist goes to town in Newtown, Sydney
Nicotine pouches maintain the nicotine market for tobacco companies
Nicotine pouches (like ZYN and on!) are being touted by some advocates as a "harm reduction" alternative to smoking cigarettes. Kelvin Choi and colleagues examined whether this happens in real life in their new paper "Patterns of…
Orbán fanboy, One Term Tony Abbott, gets cosy with British American Tobacco's Chief Corporate Officer to explain how Australia has got it all wrong on tobacco control. Says it all that BAT thinks Tone's gold might have some cut-through. x.com/smokelesswor...
Single frame. Left: Trump at his desk in the Oval Office, MAGA hat on, Macca’s drink cup beside, posting obscenities on his phone. Centre stage Vance with hands in pockets and shoes too big. Blonde functionary bringing huge bunch of flowers to Vance says, “Vice President Vance, the people of Hungary would like to thank you for your invaluable interference…”
Thanks JD.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
Angus Taylor,
My mother is rapidly approaching the end of her life, in aged care. This awful time is being made easier by the tender, thoughtful care by people from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Australia. How dare you talk about ‘Australian Values’ & reboot One Nation/Trump bs about migrants.
Reporter: “Do you expect other countries to help with a blockade of Iran?”
Trump: “Yeah, other countries are gonna.”
Reporter: “Which countries?”
Trump: “We don’t need other countries.”
He is absolutely insane.
video courtesy @dropsitenews.com
Brilliant.
Psychiatric ward staff are very familiar with delusional people with psychoses who believe they are Jesus Christ. This illustration was re-posted by Trump today. His party? Where are they?
Libs and #OneNation brainstrusts fly a "50% tobacco tax cut" idiocy kite. Clearly have not done the most basic of arithmetic. See simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...
and he says latest published AIHW data shows rate of fall in smoking is slowing. No -- fall between last 2 surveys was largest ever. see simonchapman6.com/2024/10/02/a...
New entrant in ill-informed comment about Oz smoking manofmany.com/culture/smok... "It's a fair bet" smoking is now rising. Said to be shown by UQld wastewater analysis. Ermmm... no. See summary chart. Too much to actually read it? simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...
