A small Australian 2026 #flu update.
22APR2026
🦠It is *not* an early start to the 2026 season. That is a really nice change from several past years.
In the ~12 days since my last update (10APR), detections have risen by 1,602. That's a daily rate of 134.
AOC: In some ways, you kind of want this guy on a golf course more than you want him in the Oval Office. But that also calls into question the 25th Amendment, because if the determination is that Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room, then he's not fit to be president.
📉 Visiting and posting on X and Facebook has collapsed: nearly 50% drop!
On X, it is mostly Democrats who have become inactive.
Many still occasionally log on, but rarely and quietly.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has evolved from a theocratic wartime force into a dominant military-economic power. Over decades, it expanded regionally, reshaped Iran’s internal balance of power, now standing at the centre of a shifting political structure amid leadership changes and consolidation.
Captain Kathryn Janeway and her Voyager crew are thousands of light-years from home, with their backs against the wall of a failing starship. Across the Unknown faithfully re-creates that feeling in a way that is as maddening as it is satisfying to overcome. satpa.pe/Xumw0fD
Chart showing trends for top five issues for UK voters
If you’re looking for a possible explanation for the steady decline in Reform polling, it’s here:
The economy has replaced immigration as the top issue for Brits in the latest Ipsos poll.
Nov
Immigration top issue 50%
Reform share 33%
April
Immigration 32%
Reform share 25%
🚨 Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy says it has seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz "which had endangered maritime security without the necessary permits and by manipulating navigation systems" and has escorted them to the Iranian coast
Queen Elizabeth II (left: wearing a yellow gown, blue sash, & long white gloves) dances with President Gerald Ford (right: white tie tuxedo with tails) during a State Dinner. 📸 White House (1976)
Queen Elizabeth II (1926~2022).
Royal Princess, World War II Vet, Queen of the United Kingdom & Commonwealth.
Born 100 years ago today, in London.
"The right to change the government by the ballot box & not the barrel of a gun, perhaps the best definition of a democracy."
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A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding
A detailed, symbolic painting inspired by the movie "Pulp Fiction," featuring Samuel L. Jackson's character depicted as a Jesus-like figure with a glowing halo and radiant hands, blessing a sick man lying in a hospital bed. Surrounding them are other characters from the film—John Travolta and Uma Thurman—both praying, and a nurse and another man watching solemnly. Above, three cherubic angels with the faces of other "Pulp Fiction" characters float in the sky. The background includes iconic American symbols such as the U.S. Capitol, the Statue of Liberty, an American flag, flying bald eagles, military jets, and fireworks, blending religious imagery with patriotic and cinematic elements.
This is great! 😂
They laughed at us because Americans were stupid enough to "vote" him back into office. Now they look at us with disgust and distrust.
🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄🇬🇧🙄
We now have an entire media who would rather see a Farage govt, leading to the demise of the NHS and an alliance with the far right US Christian Nationalist fuckers than support the govt we elected And its drift towards EU alignment
Putin must be laughing his head off.
Impeachment, not the 25th. He is unfit for office, but his problems now are because he has surrounded himself with enablers and thinks he has no restrictions or consequences.
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, NEIL.......
Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up.
I love how people in the US says AOC can't win in 2028, but they keep putting her name next to other candidates as their choice. Sometimes as president with a "supporting" vice president, or as vice president.
Come on. Who are you trying to fool?
AOC will be president.
Winners ignore the haters.
At least 34 tankers linked to Iran, including vessels carrying crude oil, have successfully bypassed the U.S. blockade, per FT
Q: Can you say definitively that you have not been intoxicated or absent during your tenure as FBI director?
KASH PATEL: I can say unequivocally I never listen to the fake news mafia. This FBI director has been on the job twice as many days as every one before me. I've taken half as many days off
A major victory for Moldova’s justice system.
The oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for the biggest banking fraud in the history of the Republic of Moldova.
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Only recently viewed the mini series. Disaster is an understatement, the USSR leaders never held accountable and Ukrainians suffered as they do today at the hands of Russians.
AOC represents EVERY WOMAN in America right now who is sick and tired of misogyny & misinformation.
She represents us and the rage we feel.
By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.
NEW: The United States extended its ceasefire with Iran “until such time as [the Iranian] proposal is submitted and discussions are concluded.” Trump confirmed that Washington will maintain its blockade of Iranian ports. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate04...
WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?
KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
CONGRATULATIONS VIRGINIA!
CONGRATS DEMOCRATS!🌊
CONGRATS AMERICA!🇺🇸
Suck it, MAGA. 😏
Congratulations to the voters in Virginia who understood the assignment.
Texas redistricts without a vote, Republicans cheer.
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
Great piece, @robbieb.bsky.social
He's SO right.
What a legacy for Uni bosses... to lay waste to our cultural landscape? Silence the voices of the next generation?.
Is this what you signed on for??
WRONG WAY!
GO BACK!
Apple announces new CEO, deliberately slows down old one
Watchdogs say the previous CEO model suspiciously started slowing down immediately after the announcement
chaser.com.au/business/app...
