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If advocating for peace, justice & meaningful action on climate change is extremist. Consider me one. If being critical of growing inequality, tax loopholes & havens, corporations that don't pay taxes, breaches of international law & human rights & genocide is extremist. Then count me as one #auspol

The Tech Bros want to strip-mine Australia for their AI. Govt is letting them. Monte Dwyer reckons some serious oversight is in order. #auspol #Anthropic michaelwest.com.au/anthropic-ai...

Amy Remeikis, totally on point.

Jeff Sparrow, always on point. I was seriously considering a career in academia two decades ago, one of my tutors talked me out of it. He said universities were becoming privatised corporate hellholes and life for academics was precarious. One of the best pieces of advice I've ever received.

The fantasy novel I'm writing has hit 46,000 words and I feel like I'm close to two thirds of the story. This is uncharted territory for me. I've never been this far in with a story. The bad thing is it's progressing slowly. The good thing is it's progressing steadily every time I have time #writing

Few people make me feel sane in a world gone mad more than @naomiaklein.bsky.social Arundhati Roy and @karenhao.bsky.social. This was the highlight of my day today

Here's a photo of a helicopter landed on Joanne's 227 foot support yacht that follows around her 290 foot main yacht

New from @ronnisalt.bsky.social: theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

It’s not often that Basque culture features in the ABC or any mainstream media in Australia, apart from occasional articles praising Basque food and cheesecakes, for anyone curious here’s a little bit about the Basque community in Queensland that came out of nowhere today.

You're going to want this book, library folks! Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library, 2nd edition, by Jack Phoenix (@comicslibrarian.com) Available for pre-order now, drops February 2027 #libcomix 📚 www.bloomsbury.com/us/maximizin...

Anyone entering the U.S. with a visa is under surveillance and can be arrested and deported anytime. Another side of the authoritarian fascist state the U.S. has become but there are ways to fight it

As Madison says, she and her mother are already working so hard to ensure that their loved ones have a decent life and the government wants to push them into a situation where they will have to choose between having a home and continuing to provide that care. WTF are we doing here, Labor? #auspol

This is another side of the Albanese government's utter cruelty and inhumanity. When NDIS is slashed families will be destroyed, lives will be destroyed, so the Australian government can continue giving gas away and increase investing in submarines, weapons and the army. #auspol

The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon. And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability... live.thepoint.com.au

Three weeks out from her election Trump has sent Federal agents in to raid US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This is part of his attack on migrants, especially Somali migrants. We need to resist this racist authoritarian politics wherever it rises. Wrong in the US, wrong here too.

> The earliest account of [the hazards of] asbestos was provided by Lucy Deane [in 1898], one of the first Women Inspectors of Factories in the UK. [T]hese laywomen might not have been categorised as [experts] but they were competent observers [& t]heir reports were not refuted but simply ignored.

An important and provocative message to literary festivals and book awards. Should the ABIA Awards have a comics/graphic novel category? The UK counterpart does. Should the CBCA Awards have a comics category? Food for thought.

I think there's a lot of climate and energy people in Australia who'll laugh this off as impossible but the tech economy is not logical and renewables being cheap does not shave a single joule of enthusiasm for tech's seething desperation for fossil fuels right now.

Being part of the organising committee of MAKE has been easily the highlight of this year. A bloody amazing team to work with but there’s no festival without awesome comics creators and people coming in to check it all out. Today was amazing and we have an awesome festival in Melbourne #Comics

The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.

Melbourne! This weekend is the inaugural MAKE--Melbourne Alternative (K)Comics Expo! makecomics.com.au I will be at table C7 alongside @kellysketches.bsky.social This will be my first Melbourne event with more than two copies of Strange Bedfellows!!!! Please come and say hi!

Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”

For anyone in Melbourne Friday August 21, we're hosting a fun live comics reading event with fresh crepes and drinks at the venue. Join us, enjoy the live comics reading and help us get some funds for MAKE, the Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo! #comics #melbourne makecomics.com.au/make-fundrai...

Whoever is a comics creator in Australia and following me: applications for MAKE Comics Festival's Market Day is closing THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!! My friends and I will love to have you there!! makecomics.com.au/apply

This was a gargantuan task to make possible and now its here and I am so proud of comics librarians for MAKING. IT. HAPPEN! Forever proud to be part of @libcomix.bsky.social #libcomix #alaac26

I am running a brand new comics festival! Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo (MAKE) is a 3 day celebration of comics makers across Victoria and wider Australia! 🤩 In addition to organising, I designed the branding and this year's poster! Check us out: makecomics.com.au

There's a new comics festival in Naarm/Melbourne and applications for the Market Day are open now! #comics

Always dig Brian’s reporting, looking forward to binging the podcast!

Karl Stefanovic getting some practice pulling on the tight boots and practicing his straight arm salute

Science fiction has warned us for decades about this and we’re heading in the wrong direction

A Macquarie University lecturer in Middle East politics who has been the target of a pro-Israel media campaign claims to have been filmed, followed and threatened on campus. www.deepcutnews.com/p/macquarie-...

The pathetic performance of journos at #NPC might be because most "were more concerned about appearing to be unfair to Hanson". 🙄🤯 But as @scottmitchell.bsky.social notes, many outside the #NPC, like Barrie Cassidy, were appalled at the double standard. #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...

AUKUS has a big waste issue – and not only money www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

A Melbourne Symphony Orchestra board member has denied that Palestinian civilians were deliberately killed in Gaza, in astonishing remarks heard in three weeks of court proceedings. www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-shocki...

As I've been winding down tour, I've turned down most requests. But when @novaramedia.com asked me to return, I immediately said yes. My first conversation with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social was a favorite. Grateful we had a reunion to reflect on everything a year on. 💗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwK...

A few weeks ago we broke news Thales and the Australian gov are making explosives for the IDF. I assume you've noticed mainstream press hasn't followed this up? Anyway, I'm sure it has nothing to do with anything, but Thales is a sponsor of the National Press Club.

The French sports paper @lequipe-actu.bsky.social nails it. Translation in alt text.

We broke significant national news this week and not a single mainstream media outlet wanted to cover it or follow up. It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative. Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires. This is why indie media needs to exist.

With everyone, I am grieving the loss of Marjane Satrapi today. The world is not kind to artists nor are we always kind to ourselves. This makes being kind to each other even more important. Love your friends and family and make your beautiful books. These actions become more meaningful together.