Hearing that the chances of talks happening are dwindling from sources….

Vic landlords flee as government reforms, rising costs bite Alesha Capone, Property Journalist Updated 21 Apr 2026, 5:02am First published 21 Apr 2026, 5:00am Herald Sun

Oh dear! As we all know, housing ceases to exist if sold.

In 2025, renewables overtook coal in global electricity generation for the first time in over 100 years.

Renewables: 33.8%
Coal: 33.0%

Coal fell below a third of global electricity generation for the first time in history.

Trump: expect to be bombing iran, we're ready to go. military raring to go

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook.

Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking:

"Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

He is incapable of making a deal. He is a fuckwit.

Iran Update Special Report, April 20, 2026 US and Iranian delegations will reportedly meet in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second round of talks in the coming days.

3/ US and Iranian delegations will reportedly meet in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second round of talks in the coming days. US and Iranian demands appear to have largely stayed the same, however.

w/ @criticalthreats.bsky.social: isw.pub/IranUpdate04...

I’m baffled by the ABC’s approach to reporting on EV ownership. People might have actually learned something from some factual reporting, relevant statistics and informed opinion. Instead, this article mostly focuses on the self declared ignorance of the author alongside a handful of random facts.

The Forces of Scarcity Hitting Asia May Soon Spread Across the World

“When the war..started on Feb. 28, Asia expected to see serious, gradual impacts from losing access to a huge portion of the world’s oil & gas. But the conflict’s economic & social impacts have hit the region harder & faster than officials & experts expected”

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...

Great work Trump.

BYD announces extra 30,000 EVs and hybrids for Australia to support essential workers Just a day after delivering it's 100,000th car in Australia, Chinese car giant BYD has announces plans to bring an extra 30,000 vehicles to Australia in coming months.

Big announcement by BYD.

30,000 EVs and hybrids prioritised for "essential workers who need cost-effective transport to get around.

These include doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, teachers, social workers, police, fire, ambulance and SES volunteers."

Wow missed this.
“Norway reached 117% renewable electricity use in 2023, producing more than it consumes and exporting the surplus. “

And the third world is about to run out of food as a result

how the war in Iran could have dramatic effects on worlds food security:

Farms need NPK fertilizers. Without Gulf's natural gas, ammonia and urea—key Nitrogen fertilizers—cannot be produced. Same with Diammonium phosphate (Phosphorous)

Without them, crop yields collapse
www.ft.com/content/3634...

Tom Elliott sucking up to Pauline Hanson on 3AW. (sadness in his voice as he accepts this is who they have to get behind now that his beloved Liberals are down the shitter)

'You may not like her, but at least she has a plan'.

Fuck knows what it is. I couldn't understand a word she was saying.

This

Is the success in the room with us now?

Aerial view of large scale devastation inflicted on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, with an Israeli tank parked in the center of the photo.

This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon

The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran threatens higher crude prices and could weaken the rupee.

Nicely done by the Age. Already wrong.

BREAKING NEWS: Iran says it has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz because of the American blockade.

Australia’s oldest panic is now its most expensive one The migrant cycle has run every generation since Bonegilla. In an era of Chinese trade coercion, the country can no longer afford to keep running it.

Good piece by Kos here on the groundhog day anti-immigration fears of Australia.
open.substack.com/pub/redbridg...

Does he think the world won’t notice the lack of.. fuel and other things.. ?!?

Despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, nearly every ship attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz today turned back.

Sánchez to Trump: Spain won’t ‘applaud those who set the world on fire just because they then show up with a bucket’ Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of the European Union's leading critics of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

Sanchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, on the ceasefire, says Spain 'will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they turn up with a bucket.”
www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/s...

Sánchez defies Trump in political gamble as Madrid say no to war As audacious as opportunistic, the Spanish PM clashes with Trump and revives the 'no to war' movement. Sánchez bets on a Villepin moment that can energize his progressive base and crown him leader of ...

Sánchez: “You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.

“We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.”
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

If U.S. naval blockade persists, Tehran will consider it a violation of the ceasefire and will close the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official tells Fars News.

So… open if you play by our rules. Well done Trump.

Impressive amount of solar in the Chinese countryside