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Someone once suggested a new name for #mecfs: Post-Exertional Neuro Immune Syndrome. After all, it is a bit of a d**k.

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...

"A tribute to Helen Haines" a cartoon by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social View the cartoon on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/new/261020-a-tribute-to-helen-haines

Coalition and One Nation’s plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds

It’s worse than supine bothsidesism … a media starved for numbers is salivating at the prospect of tapping into hanson’s apparent popularity. They don’t want to hold her to account: they want her audience.

That not one journalist in the room pushed back hard on Hanson’s utterly repugnant line about migrants is shameful.

Richard Marles is not inspiring confidence in any aspect of #AUKUS or his management of it. #ABC730 #AusPol

Our #MECFS Awareness Symposium is starting now. The Symposium, “The Hidden Harm of “Trying Harder”, is being recorded and will be available on our website in the coming days.

Liegenddemo in Hamburg für Menschen mit ME/CFS: Für bessere Versorgung, mehr Forschung, mehr Aufklärung und mehr Kompetenz im Gesundheitssystem. #liegenddemo #mecfs liegenddemo.de

“Australia Institute research shows if Labor had introduced a 25% export tax back in 2022, we would have collected $69 billion by now, and every week we delay introducing such a tax is costing us $350 million." - Dr Richard Denniss Read more: https://theaus.in/4cwYwYk

What stood out in #SAvotes tonight is how often ON came second. Out of 47 seats, ON came second in 26 seats. That’s a lot of votes and preferences. The final two-candidate contests across the 47 seats: ALP v ON: 21 ALP v Lib: 15 Lib v ON: 4 ALP v Ind: 3 Lib v Ind: 3 Ind v ON: 1 #AusPol

Great to see this issue in Design getting some attention www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

To see which #AtlasNetwork orgs are operating in your country, see resources, links to spreadsheets, and member directories on page 6 of my report to the 🇦🇺Senate (links to full document above). 👆 Pls let me know in replies if you are or know who is investigating which Atlas orgs in your country🌎🔥💰.

Jewish people represent roughly 0.4%–0.5% of the total Australian population. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, represent 3.2% of the total Australian population. One of these groups has no voice in parliament.

Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores. TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti. Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret. Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.

if “people don’t want that conflict brought here”, why would “people” want the head of the state causing the “conflict” brought here is my question.

Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia

Long shot. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Extraordinary article from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. But I’m going to say this again, where are the Democrats saying that any illegal or forced annexation of Greenland will be reversed as soon as they take power. Why aren’t they making this clear www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

I stand with @cathywilcox.bsky.social who, once again, has hit the nail on the head. Astonishing, but not surprising, that SMH has apologised for this cartoon. #AusPol

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide

"Australia is told [of] an unprecedented wave of antisemitism, a crisis requiring extraordinary measures, including a Royal Commission. But police data, court findings, and parliamentary evidence tell a very different story" #auspol michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...

If the Royal Commission is to investigate issues of social cohesion it cannot ignore the implications of Israel’s genocide in Palestine and the role of all religious extremism. The RC must ensure the separation of church and state and not preference any religion or group.

The bullies that went after first the Bendigo and now Adelaide writers festival for daring to include a Palestinian voice don't give a fuck that this will wreck the festival. They just want to make it clear they'll do this again and again, so you're best complying in advance.

Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.

Remarkably, Alem Matthees, the Australian patient whose freedom of information request liberated the raw data from the PACE TRIAL, has reported some improvements in his condition: virology.ws/2026/01/02/t...

If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up. But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.

If X represents pre-existing anti-Semitism. And Y represents any increase following Israel's genocide in Gaza; - The difference between X and Y is the anti-Semitism caused by Benjamin Netanyahu around the world. No one demanding a RC wants this in the terms of reference.

Matt Corby has a stunning voice #ABCNYE

Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi. Add your name: jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...

Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate. Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.

'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.” Hear more from Richard Denniss - pre-order 'A Time for Bravery' (code SAVE5 for $5 off) australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...

“Disclosure without consequences. A smoke alarm without batteries - installed when the house is already ablaze”. Carmen Lawrence 👇 exposes the Faustian “trigger” PM Albanese proposes in his EPBC Act. Coal/gas: let ‘er rip.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Some healthcare providers are still referring to #mecfs and #longcovid as psychological or "functional" despite considerable research to the contrary. Here, I review the latest findings and expert thinking, with potential for treatment: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Gift horse. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Remember during oral argument on the presidential immunity case when conservative justices scoffed at and mocked the hypothetical that a president with immunity could just start killing whoever he wanted and there was nothing that could be done if he has immunity?

This announcement leaves so many unanswered questions: - Why is Brereton still a Major-General in the ADF? - What happens to all the defence referrals he has been working on, and making decisions on, until now? - Why is he paid over $800k a year not to work on defence referrals?

If you missed Emerge Australia’s Action Forum at Parliament House today, you can read the thread below. #mecfs #longCOVID

The USA has a President who is breaking laws, abusing human rights and behaving like a King. He got lost three times walking around a room in Japan. Surely Sarah Ferguson could find more pertinent questions to ask Kamala Harris about than Joe Biden’s competence as President. #abc730

The government sending their "we're not complicit, but..." talking points to APAN is fucking hilarious www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

The biggest problem with the ALP right now is it is led by someone who irrationally hates the Greens. He doesn't really like to "fight Tories"; he loves to fight the party that reveals his actual lack of "left-wing" positions. Someone needs to tell him to get over his uni politics crap.

Covid is not over. People are still dying and becoming disabled every day. We rushed “back to normal” for the economy, not because the threat had passed. When you wear a mask, you’re not only protecting your health, you’re saying you don’t believe anyone is expendable.