Jonathan Green

Gosh … didn’t expect the ball to reverse this early.

🚨One Nation has been selling stickers attacking Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe, including depicting her as disheveled on all fours, yelling “you stole my land”. Yet Hanson's excuse for not removing Thorpe violence cartoons was they ran "years ago"... theklaxon.com.au/pdjh

Let me tell you a story about the politics of Australia: Over the last 28 years generally, but over the last decade particularly, I've done a lot of politics outside of Australia. Last week, an organisation I work with called me in for a meeting mostly among people like me around the world /n

AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett calls out violent political rhetoric such as Pauline Hanson’s car ramming video—for having a "direct correlation" to real attacks on politicians. Speers: “Like a cartoon that suggests someone should be hit by a car…?” Barrett: Yep.💥 #auspol

Laughable for the LNP to call on a Labor minister to resign over Snowy2. It's the LNP's dog of a project. It's the LNP that failed to do basic due dilligence (adequate geotech?), options comparisons. It was an LNP prime minister that lied about the project cost (as we ~immediately showed).

I pray you mar no more trees

Don't stop talking about Palestine 🇵🇸

Antarctica heartbreaking scenes as defenceless penguins and whales look on as huge industrial ships scoop up their food, they depend on to survive, vast amounts of krill BAN KRILL FISHING IN ANTARCTICA NOW 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Australians took $892m out of their super to access dental care in 2025-26. More than 39,000 people. Source: the Australian Dental Association

Polite and respectful political debate doesn't mean staying silent when you see someone being racist or bigoted.

The Liberal Party of Victoria is launching this advertising across Ben Carroll's seat. We need to have a serious conversation about political advertising reforms, including whether you can use someone's likeness for AI-generated advertising, before it gets out of hand. #auspol #ausnews

Richard Cooke’s brilliant new book is the lead review in the @nytimes.com book section today.

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

This is why the federal government is doing the right thing and regulating it. These sorts of operations are a grift now looking for a prayer. Like Firmus.

Continuing to tap the sign

‘Eco-activist’

Why are South African cricket commentators so shouty?

Bruce Conner / Visionary Portrait of Kenneth Patchen, 1960

First.

Very cool www.youtube.com/shorts/k1btm...

The shared anxiety of politicians for their own safety is legitimate and a problem. So is the appropriate funding of regional mental heath.

"There is no reading of these figures in which women are the problem. There is no reading in which men are the misunderstood party. The threat is male, it is domestic & it's growing. Anyone telling young men otherwise is either lying to them or is a wolf." Kos Samaras johnmenadue.com/post/2026/10...

The entire country is looking at the #Queensland - wanting some justice for this dear little girl. Will this disgraceful, literally unbelievable lowlife or anyone else be held to account in any way? #mackay

The War On Christmas™️ is heating up and it's not even Cup Day yet.

When everything has to be bad, always, dialled up to eleven - as your only functioning business model - you just end up with media organisations wandering around in hotdog outfits for a couple of days every six months eh

Increasing looks like the issue with Helen Haines attack will be one politicians can directly fix: Lack of mental health services particularly in regional Australia.

Quality- www.theage.com.au/national/wes...

You know, Elon, if you just paid your taxes, we could give those kids food and healthcare, things far more valuable than stock in a government-welfare-dependent company that is bound to go bankrupt eventually.

In the interests of mental well-being, please enjoy this little 🧵 of echidnas going about echidna business

Some quick thoughts on Helen Haines —

I dunno Prune, Brendan Nugent doesn’t sound like me an Islamic name.

Howard’s “legacy”. #auspol “he set the country up for 30 years of debilitating political conflict and energy-policy paralysis that is still going.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...?

Helen Haines is the most generous and kind person - a woman of warmth and great personal integrity.

Oh fuck right off …

As we move into a new fire season, the climate denier misinfo machine is already attempting to Pre-Frame the conversation: 'climate change is not real, its the fault of arsonists, climate claims are over stated', etc. Let's do our own Pre-Framing: www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

Made a little video about my reporting on “Tommy” from the viral @abdulelsayed.bsky.social town hall

"Do you denounce Fraggle Rock?"

The man behind the bar was watching Ironside on TV … #wheredotheseearwomecomefrom

Under observation

Dog at gate

The thing (IMHO) Williams was always good at was helping some boffin who may not be *a natural communicator to a general but engaged audience* and getting us to hear about important and interesting stuff.

Thing about people like Robin is that they made the thing their own, they defined the form. It’s not just a matter of replacement, it’s thinking of something else. I’m not sure we give people that freedom anymore. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

I always see groups of 'roos on my morning walk as they move from the open grassy areas into the bush. But today everyone was just quietly sunning themselves in the morning light. It felt like we were all appreciative of another glorious day. A magic moment of connection.

moments after saying leakers should be shot, Trump points at reporters covering his rally and says "they're almost as bad as a leaker"

Kudos to Sally Rooney and all who resist the Israel lobby's McCarthyism, and the craven governments who cave in to it.