Harry Saddler

I’m seeing people reacting by pointing out that he’s obviously wrong. I appreciate that, but it’s also a pointless exercise. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. The problem is that this is normal in American politics — and it’s been normal for a while.

A nice piece about the challenges Australia's bigfeet, aka macropods, face. Great to see a cracking photo of Australia's best macropod, the antilopine wallaroo/kangaroo, in the article. Some comments from me too. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/worl... - @cooperwilliams.bsky.social @mongabay.com

“Officers attended and engaged with those involved. There were no arrests. Campaigning and demonstration are a legitimate, necessary and vital part of life" Interesting tactic from Police Scotland who routinely kettle antifascist groups while they attempt to peacefully protest. shorturl.at/QCf7N

Very nice work @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social / @ghostpanther.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJyQ...

"The report found Israeli authorities and forces had continued to 'commit genocidal acts' even after the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, 'with the intent to destroy the Palestinian people'." No surprise that this got hardly any mainstream coverage. #GazaGenocide www.nine.com.au/world-news/m...

Anthony Albanese is such a vindictive, spiteful PoS

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

We knew it was a new record for the region, with no lampreys known from Moreton Bay, though had no idea we'd stumbled on a new species. When I moved to Hobart, I connected David up with Fisheries Tas for lamprey DNA samples & the real discovery work began!

This research is the ~25 year on tail of a single moment from my first 'scientist' gig doing fish surveys with David. We were electrofishing in the Great Sandy Nat Park when I realised the "elvers" we'd picked up were ammocetes: larval lampreys. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Few people like killing animals, & nobody who likes it should work in conservation. But sadly, as Euan explains, it can be necessary. Some people think that choosing not to kill invasive animals is a passive kindness, but it’s a cruel choice to not help the native animals killed by invasive animals.

I don't want these people to utter a completely insincere apology, I want them to be driven from public life by a tidal wave of votes.

A potential new data center in West Virginia is “almost certain to kill” 1.2 acres of American Chestnuts that have thus far managed to survive the chestnut blight and produce chestnuts, according to the American Chestnut Foundation. wvpublic.org/story/energy...

Victorian Liberals vow to ban 'globalise the intifada' if elected in November

🚨 If you have received a message like this today please understand your mutual obligations HAVE NOT CHANGED. The government is trying (poorly) to inform you that they have resumed payment cancellations for certain mutual obligations breaches. I have attached the information you actually need:

And, most importantly, thanks to the vital mobilisation of young people. Students took to the streets the day after the first round elections, kickstarting massive movements that saw the largest public demonstrations in Brazil since the days of Diretas Já at the end of the military dictatorship.

We condemn the political threats made by Opposition Leader Jess Wilson on Sunday and reject her misleading connection between protest of Israel’s genocide and the horrific Bondi attack. Protesting a livestreamed genocide is not antisemitic. Our release: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/10/jewi...

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

Reminder: This upcoming election, Victoria's Treaty is at risk

There are unemployed unions, renters unions etc as well as traditional worker unions, for anyone who doesn't have one. Other options? I'd like to join a 'Residents Who Want to Live in a Decent Place Union.' Like: let's be nice to migrants and teenagers and make sure there's somewhere to sit down.

I’ve just finished writing a (brief) chapter in my next book about this. DDT, too! We have in living memory collectively, as a planet, got together and said “we need to stop doing this.” And we’ve stopped doing it! (Granted the DDT thing took a few decades to happen planet-wide BUT NONETHELESS)

seems like "on the orders of a nazi every major news outlet on the planet hounded an innocent man to death because he's black" should be one of the biggest stories of the year

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erm that’s a fact not a warning

very strange detail in this piece about American Moment, one of the organizations trying to train MAGA youth.

There is gaslighting and there is straight-up bullshit, then there's a secret third thing (both at the same time)

I can’t express just how absolutely grotesque it is to take a very recent and horrific crime which, if anything, can be tied to our culture’s ongoing indifference to male violence against women, and try through anguished mental gymnastics to blame it instead on people who want to stop a genocide

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying. No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.

Let me get this straight. Colonisation, The Black Wars, murder, dispossession, the Stolen Generation, the over-representation of Aboriginal prisoners in jails, none of this was political violence? Or is this another one of those transgressions that can only be applied to white people?

We are now stocked right around the country! Check out our list of stockists to see if your local bookshop has a copy of issue 260. Want to stock us for future issues? Email Emma at ecaskey@overland.org.au.

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...

The IDF just detained the man who’s about to be elected US Congressman for NY’s 10th district, per his social media.

Never go full scroggie

#BREAKING 🚨 Phil Haines, the husband of Helen Haines, has confirmed the Indi MP has now lost both of her legs following Monday's vehicle attack He says the good news is that she is alive and stable and "her heart and her mind are in good shape"

I wanted to demonstrate to someone who is using GenAI to "unblur" hidden handles that they.....cannot do this. But also a fun demonstration of how GenAI always returns **ANY** answer instead of returning "ERROR: This software cannot do that" A design choice by greedy little tech goblins