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The antisemitism envoy told the Royal Commission that Gaza’s death toll was “grossly inflated” and that the UN accepted this. The UN said otherwise. When I asked she said she “notes” the UN’s views.

Older people have been saying this for months. Labor's automation of aged care assessments has been a disaster, under-assessing need and priority, denying care and driving up waitlists. It's past time to bin the whole thing and put humans back in charge of decision-making.

Shoebridge rips into Jillian Segal over her false claims at the antisemitism RC on the Gaza death toll & asks what she has to say now that the UN has called her out Segal says her role is to give views of the Jewish community Shoebridge “Your role is to give truthful evidence”💥

Bluesky has four kinds of users

Your country might be great but does it follow Australia’s lead by colour-coordinating its currency with the nation’s favourite snack foods?

How about just pay fucking tax.

Sunset from behind my studio. And a hawk in the dead tree. 10”x8” oil

This Mark Nicholson bloke seems like a complete prick www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

There’s a significant shortage of blood right now and Lifeblood Australia is running a donation drive. The folks at Lifeblood donation centres are fantastic so please talk to them about any queries or concerns. You’re in good hands. #donateblood #donateplasma🩸 www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-sto...

Cocktails with the eldest for his birthday. At Thornbury Crawl. It’s chockers here. And the previous bar was just crammed.

And we don’t have a National Anti-Corruption Commission that is effective…

There’s a significant shortage of blood right now and Lifeblood Australia is running a donation drive. The folks at Lifeblood donation centres are fantastic so please talk to them about any queries or concerns. You’re in good hands. #donateblood #donateplasma🩸 www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-sto...

If you’re wondering what you could do to show your support and thoughts for Helen Haines but are uncomfortable with supporting a large charity like Save the Children with a reputation for a white saviour culture, I encourage you to donate blood or plasma if youre able to. 🩸 www.lifeblood.com.au

The last few days was seersucker weather. I’m looking forward to wearing more seersucker this summer.

Scoop: ABC has wiped staff devices exposed to malicious ads from an Israeli company that used digital advertising to hack and track devices without a click. ABC is just one of many Australian government/critical infra/media orgs reportedly targeted www.abc.net.au/news/...

I cannot believe the life lessons I’m getting from a murder bot…

Sometimes people do things to you that you can’t do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.

Raye wins 2026 Mercury prize for This Music May Contain Hope

OMG I just got a Vietnamese iced coffee and after 3 sips I can feel my heart racing and my blood sugar spiking. No regrets.

Someone's doing ok out of this cost-of-living crisis... www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

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 coroner called on the federal government to consider banning all gambling ads on mainstream and social media’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Having a presenter on the ABC, who maintained a list of left-leaning people and called it “Lobotomised Shitheads”, talking about what has happened to Helen Haines, and wringing her hands about how people can lower the political temperature, is more than I can stomach. #AusPol

Lots of respected Australian authors now know that someone at the ABC hates them. They put a cookbook, and then another cookbook in the top 100 list just so you know how much they hate you…

I'm old enough to remember when Pauline Hanson was so offended at being lampooned by drag artist 'Pauline Pantsdown' that she took her application for an injunction against PP all the way to the High Court. Seems the admonishment to 'have a laugh' only goes one way.

As ever, today is a good day not to no longer be on Twitter

Humans are nervous of me because I’m a terrifying murderbot, and I’m nervous of them because they’re humans.

So yeah Aussie Bird Count starts tomorrow. But there’s nothing stopping you from starting early, and I’ve already done three counts. #AussieBirdCount

michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-... Palantir has been lobbying the Government to control the National Disability Insurance Scheme”s (NDIS) data, potentially exposing Australia’s most vulnerable. Claudia Weisenberger reports.

Recommendations please: Are there any good accounts on BlueSky reporting and explaining what’s going on with the student protests in France?

The first in a series of restaurant nocturnes. These are so much fun. 8”x6” oil

On 16Oct1975, 51 years ago today, 5 journalists were murdered by Indonesian troops in Balibo, East Timor (now Timor Leste). • Greg Shackleton • Tony Stewart • Gary Cunningham • Malcolm Rennie • Brian Peters Remember the #BaliboFive. #auspol #JournalismIsNotACrime

Happy Friday folks. I'm drinking white wine and eating corn chips with dip in my courtyard and listening to the birds. Hope your Friday evening is nice and chilled.

Labor pledges to provide free abortion care if it's re-elected in Victoria next month

Fluorescent + neon + led

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

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I didn’t even know how to react to that. For one thing, it was a terrible idea.

Parisian grandfathers got game.

♈️ Why be beige or vanilla when you can be absolutely magnificent? The Moon and Jupiter crank up your appetite for fun, flirting and creating something people notice. Wear the ridiculous outfit, send the risky text, or make something.

Holy shit.

Bounce Guardians patrolling the paths…

A more accurate headline regarding Hanson and Rinehart's relationship