It is becoming increasingly evident that one should never :

- get old
- become disabled

Bessie Coleman was an American civil aviator and the first African-American woman to earn an international pilot's license.
www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

It gets worse. Pocock continues to smash Wake on Shell’s “tricky accounting”, who provides how much Shell invests, but refuses to provide revenue.
“You can’t even tell me that part of the equation, which I find very odd. You can tell me all your expenses, but not your revenue”💥

Ok, here’s my starter pack! go.bsky.app/4ASwaLv
Non-exhaustive list!

He's not wrong, @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social.

25% tax on gas exports, now.

This is what fossil fuel top execs get paid the big bucks for:
to dissemble, obfuscate and evade accountability in public.

While privately lobbying to ensure government ministers are far more attentive to their profits than to the national interest. #auspol

Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

Utterly shameful, 160,000 Australians to be cut off the #NDIS, with $15 billion to be cut by 2030 from its annual projected budget. While we don’t tax foreign gas companies which would raise at least $17-$18 billion annually with a 25% levy. Help it make sense!

This should be a mandatory test for wannabe politicians.

Put them on front of a class of 4 year olds and see if they inspire them.

The politicians inspiring the children.

But more importantly the children inspiring the politician.

The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city? | Brigid Delaney As individualistic as this place often is, I thought there still existed minimum standards when it came to how we see each other

Thought-provoking.
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The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city? Brigid Delaney
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/2...

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Lead us not away from temptation;
but deliver us to evil.
For thine is the spray tan,
the dour and the hoary,
Until the midterms.
Amen.

The Fraud's Prayer:
Our Father, who art in the White House,
hallowed be thy combover;
thy blingdom come;
thy will be dumb;
In Washington as you are in Florida.
Give us this day our daily round of golf.
And forgive us our insider trading,
as we refuse to forgive those who investigate against us...

In a nutshell. 😊

According to the data
we are currently seeing
the lowest level
of daily COVID infections
that we have seen in years:
217,000 new daily infections,
and though I know
this is good news,
I can’t help but feel that
217,00 new daily infections
is still very bad news.

#RISEUP We must be what they fear. The #USA is an evil Empire of corporate interests. There is no republic, no great leader coming to our rescue. Just regional managers as far as the eye can see.

Graphic titled “COVID-19 vaccinations in the last 6 months.” Three age groups shown: Ages 75+: 278,000 people vaccinated (13.4%) Ages 65–74: 128,900 people vaccinated (5.2%) Ages 18–64: 121,500 people vaccinated (0.7%) Each group is displayed with an icon and percentage, highlighting significantly lower vaccination uptake in younger age groups compared to older adults.

Australia: COVID-19 vaccine rollout update – 10 April 2026

COVID-19 vaccination uptake in the past 6 months:

🔹Only 13.4% aged 75+

🔹Only 5.2% aged 65–74

🔹Only 0.7% aged 18–64

Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

I will say it again. Warfare in the technological age has changed everything.

We don’t need to spend $380bn on subs.

Excellent piece

Values. Today’s Age and SMH cartoon

Australian Government media release page titled “Free RSV vaccine for older Australians.” Banner includes a photo of Health Minister Mark Butler. Text states the government is introducing free RSV vaccinations for older Australians to protect against severe illness. Details show media event date and publication date: 19 April 2026. Media type: Media release. Audience: General public.

Free RSV vaccine for older Australians.

From 15 May, a $445.3 million investment will fund free Arexvy RSV vaccines for Australians aged 75+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 60+, with doses otherwise costing around $300 without NIP listing.

www.health.gov.au/ministers/th...

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

It’s wild that the leader of the Coalition has just told 1.7 million Australians from China & Vietnam that they are less worthy migrants than others because they did not come from a liberal democracy. You do know these “less worthy migrants” vote too Angus Taylor and they won’t forget what you said

I keep hearing people say
that this pandemic
broke our society,
that this pandemic
profoundly broke our society,
and while that may be
I cannot help but think
that what this pandemic
has truly done to our society
is reveal
just how profoundly broken
it already was.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

"You matter. You're here for a reason. Find your reason and do your bit."

May these words guide you – today and every day.

Video: Hugo van Lawick / Jane Goodall Institute

And on reading social media posts?
Good job Angus, well done.

Angus Hanson

Black background graphic with WHN branding in white and pink. At the top: “whn.global”. Large headline: “COVID-19 is in its 7th year”. Below: “Science and medicine have learned a lot about COVID in the past six years—how it affects the body, brain, and immune system, both short and long term.” In pink text: “We also now know far more about how to prevent and reduce its impact.” At the bottom: “World Health Network — Science for a safer, healthier world.”

We’re in year 7 of COVID, and a lot has changed. We now understand far more about its long-term impact on the body and how infections can build over time. If you’ve been rethinking your approach to protection, you’re not alone, and it’s not too late to start again.

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.