Hmm, well, one of them is getting a shitload of money and access to data and I guess the other is amazed he is dealing with someone he thinks is "so important".

A very best friend is worth more, a home for both together is not much of an ask - and stop blaming Steve James for not having a home.

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Authors leave publisher after kids book cancelled for illustrator's comments Writers including Evelyn Araluen and Randa Abdel-Fattah have left University of Queensland Press after the publisher axed publication of an Indigenous kids book over its illustrator's past "anti-Semit...

The intellectuals and academics of Australia have proved themselves weak and easily manipulated.

Tertiary education doesn’t equal character. Why even bother getting educated if it doesn’t lead to courage and wisdom?

#AusPol

Why indeed, talk more about ditching the subs which we will pay billions for and never receive.

And as for all you fiscal warriors out there insisting on transparency and accountability with the NDIS, where were you Albanese signed us up with ZERO parliamentary scrutiny to the $370 AUKUS submarine boondoggle? You want to talk about our money down the toilet, well start there!!

This and all of this 👇🏽

How should we respond as Moneyland works to screw us ever further into submission? The ultra rich are crushing living standards and protest rights. There is a parallel in the brutality against Palestinians and in America's gulags. We do not have long to challenge the trajectory.

Great interview w @punterspolitics.bsky.social on 7am podcast this arvo. It’s worth understanding why the system doesn’t think Aussies own our mined resources. It’s a century of hard work to fight decolonized countries thinking we had a say in our wealth.
#auspol
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Bonus Ep: Punter’s Politics and the gas tax “ripping off” Aussies Podcast Episode · 7am · 23 April · 15min

I’ll link it when it’s posted on the website.
Apple is up obviously. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...

Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up.

University of Queensland Press cancels children’s book over illustrator’s post on ‘Zionist framing’ of Bondi attack Authors including Evelyn Araluen and Melissa Lucashenko say they won’t work with publisher after it dumps Jazz Money’s book illustrated by Matt Chun, who called Bondi victims ‘affluent beneficiaries o...

absolutely gutting news coming out of UQP. Imagine betraying Aboriginal poets and scholars and novelists on Aboriginal lands for an orchestrated pro-Israel grievance campaign.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

What gives, @albomp.bsky.social
@jimchalmers.bsky.social? Why are we being cheated out of *our* national wealth?

Democracies live and die on high expectations, and it is by design that we have been conditioned to expect low standards from our politicians. The lower the standard we expect, the less likely we are to hold them to account.

'listed on the Australian stock exchange'

See the problem? ASX

NDIS should look after the disabled not line the pockets of CEO's or shareholders

Profertering off the disabled is truly gross. Line these greedy cunts up against a wall

The Last Woman Who Knew Everything: The Omnivorous Mind of Clémence Royer. When Clémence Royer died on February 7, 1902, she took with her into oblivion perhaps the last human brain that believed in and aimed for Complete Knowledge. She had devoted her life to the propositio...

French polymath Clémence Royer was born 196 years ago today. Now she is most known for her 1862 translation of On the Origin of Species which pushed Darwin's ideas into the realm of human evolution, but in her day she was celebrated for her encyclopedic knowledge.

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#WomenInStEM

Labour MPs vent fury at Starmer’s ‘toxic culture’ Rebellion grows against PM after Olly Robbins reveals he was under ‘constant pressure’ to clear Lord Mandelson as ambassador to US

“At the heart of this is a toxic and dismissive culture at No 10. At some point we can not get away from it.

“That divisiveness has led us to this place. This is not a small administration breach, it is a matter of national security.”

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/0b76abd...

"We had a ceasefire before October 7th".

No, honey. You had no ceasefire since Zionism was invented, and you'll never have peace until Zionism is abolished.

#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

These headlines that just promote panic!😡 Our media could do so much good if they wanted. Eg add that there are ways to manage/mitigate the risk. Say it upfront. Might even manage to educate a few in the political class. #Auspol #ClimateChange

In a nutshell. 😊

Haunted by ‘Dark Thoughts,’ Louisiana Father Kills 8 Children

If this man had murdered eight strangers the story would lead every news outlet. But because they are his children, it's "family violence," "domestic violence" -- undeserving of the same attention. Even though this violence is much more common
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors On this day in Labor History the year was 1853. That was the day that Harriet Tubman led her first trip on the underground railroad, the clandestine network that helped enslaved people escape slavery and move north to freedom. One of the most remembered ‘conductors’ on the railroad, Tubman had herself escaped slavery in eastern Maryland.

April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors

On this day in Labor History the year was 1853. That was the day that Harriet Tubman led her first trip on the underground railroad, the clandestine network that helped enslaved people escape slavery and move north to freedom. One of the most remembered ‘condu

Pauline Hanson has a rant about Schrödinger's immigrant…

Excellent

“I said, events like Columbine are influenced far less by violent movies than by CNN, the NBC Nightly News and all the other news media, who glorify the killers in the guise of ‘explaining’ them.”

‘A white man’s fantasy’: if we want to rebuild social cohesion, we need to acknowledge where it all started to unravel Australia has a serious problem with social cohesion, but it’s no good pretending it’s recent. Koori civilisation has been torn asunder ever since the convict ships dropped anchor

A must-read for Australians from Melissa Lucashenko on the definition of 'social cohesion' & more. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

How should we respond as Moneyland works to screw us ever further into submission? The ultra rich are crushing living standards and protest rights. There is a parallel in the brutality against Palestinians and in America's gulags. We do not have long to challenge the trajectory.

There are a number of ways our governments are crippled from impeding profits by the neoliberal order that serves the tycoons & CEOs. But they seem content to extract from us and silence our resistance. Who will our governments choose to serve?
AUKUS?
#Auspol
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Palantir's summary of CEO Alexander Karp's manifesto is generating buzz. Read the 22 bullet points. Among the 22 points summarizing Palantir CEO Alex Karp's manifesto is the belief that the US should consider reinstating the military draft.

This company is out of control and its CEO appears in nearly every public appearance to be disturbed in some way.

There are companies our government should have nothing to do with anymore—e.g., those associated with Elon Musk—and Palantir is on that list.

Palantir wants a remilitarised West locked into a civilisational contest against its enemies. Sound familiar? This is exactly the logic driving AUKUS. We're not just buying nuclear submarines, we're buying into someone else's war with our neighbours.

Defence has handed Palantir more than $26 million in contracts since 2013, including a $7.6m deal awarded without competitive tender to its Cyber Warfare Division. Palantir staff are embedded in Defence. How the hell did Labor let these wolves inside?

Palantir is known to have provided technology that facilitated the Gaza genocide. They are facilitating mass ICE kidnappings in the US. These actions alone should trigger a review of Australian contracts. This latest manifesto only adds to the concern.