Ian Mannix

I am now the co-chair of The Sturt Project, to elect a community independent in the seat of Sturt at the 2028 Federal Election. So my political comments come with an agenda. Openess, fairness, respect for women, wnvitonment reform. www.independentsturt.au

the unions could also join this campaign to stop prison guards from shackling women during childbirth. If prison guards wanted to refuse, they could make some noise. Same with strip searching. And solitary confinement of children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

More evidence that our #Aukus partners are in diabolical shape. #Auspol navalinstitute.com.au/all-five-ast...

#auspol #ASIO #humanrights #authoritarianism

@mark-carney.bsky.social

Australian anger began on Oct 6 1992. At Jeff Kennett's election to Premier the young male Lib members at the function told me point blank:"teachers are fucked. Public servants should walk into the sea and drown. Gays can go and die." I couldnt get my recorder out quick enough to get the hatred.

Remember today it was The Liberal Govt that authorised Snowy. Good economic managers my arse. #Auspol

Snowy engineering mess of gigantic proportions. Worse than defence procurement. Did anyone get sacked? Anyone had their engineering licence removed. #Auspol

I’m a journalist. "israel" detained me for documenting the olive harvest in the West Bank, Palestine israel is detaining international observers for one simple reason: to prevent us from reporting on its ethnic cleansing project in Palestine. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/im-a...

❗️Three waves of ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv since this evening. The russian “humanists” launched 21 missiles at Ukraine’s capital, according to President Zelenskyy.

How thick do you have to be as Anthony Albanese in 2026 to pretend you're suddenly not a dirt sheet guy? Why would you inflict this on yourself? There's zero upside.

Yikes. Tennessee is notoriously corrupt, but this seems bad.

Dont shame Americans. Aussie mps promise stuff to the electorates during elections and pay up afterwards. If they dont win, the electorate gets nothing.

Go you Canadians! You're not going to be sorry.

Air raid siren🚨in Kyiv😾 Jet-powered drone I've just arrived at the office

Worth a read. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

Why do we tolerate cruelty to awesome animals? Answer...for the money. www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2026/1...

I’m not sure how much lamb they eat in the US but prices there have rocketed. Makes Aussie lamb very cheap.

According to Cloudflare Data Explorer the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. yoda69 / twitter

In the absence of Albo leading like Keating … #auspol

#auspol

Matt Canavan posing for photos with White Nationalists at CPAC. Canavan knows this is Hugo Lennon.

At least seven injured in Russian aerial bombing of Sloviansk "There may be people trapped under the rubble," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social media post.

I realize foreign leaders think they got to do what they got to do to appease Trump and avoid angering the psychopath. But it should be pretty clear by now that when you kiss his ass you only make things worse for your country and don’t help the opposition to Trump in the US.

Serious winds smacking the northern suburbs #radelaide. This was forecast. If your car is under a tree, dont claim insurance!

Yep, that’s how tv presenters should do it…use graphics to make their point. #insiders

Sounds about right. In 8 days Trump is due to act on the Graham "Sanctions" Bill by putting Sanctions on Russia or blowing it off for 180 days. I thought he would bullshit and worm his way out of Sanctions until after the elections, instead he is going full Trump and blatantly aiding Russia.

1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️

Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.

#aflw crowds up to the highest in 4 years, but nothing like the pesk years yet.

Today in music: Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel from the 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Released 60 years ago tomorrow, it was the duo’s third studio album. #Music #ScarboroughFair #SimonGarfunkel #Parsleysagerosemaryandthyme #rock #rocknroll #pop #Folk #1960s #60s #1960smusic

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

Media outlets should pay freelancers the "kill fee" upon assignment — or at least for the 1st draft. It's guaranteed even if the piece isn't published, so why wait? As things stand, writers usually have to wait until final acceptance or even publication of their draft to get paid *at all*.

"Matching values!" Oh Australian leaders you are so out of touch! #Auspol

The Palestinian-led BDS movement salutes the Royal College of Nurses Unions for their moral courage and thanks all civil society groups who made this victory possible.

Air raid siren 🚨 in Kyiv 😾 I'm in the local supermarket buying cat litter

The death of test cricket? The first session of first test and the ground is almost empty. Aust struggling so of course a few mins before lunch Smith and Laba hitting out and taking risks! Aus 2/72

From Bunge…the harvest is on in SA. More casuals still needed. #Auspol

@meadea.bsky.social not my idea but people are suggesting that social media must block the hegseth firing squad because of their own rules.

Must be blocked, surely? #Auspol

The US has degenerated to the status of global torture centre. This should be stopped. I hope Australian government stands against this barbarism. #auspol www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

A not to be missed cortisol lowering real journalism in action discussions. This is the hope we desperately crave ,for as Dave says a less overtly shitty Australia. So incredibly grateful for all involved.

Accused of domestic violence choking & beating the victim’s head against the floor, our TV man claims depression, financial stress & that she was yelling at him. Defendant bingo! Truly, he is the victim here.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪

This year's El Niño continues its climb into uncharted waters; Niño3.4 region anomalies are now at a 3.4C above normal (how fitting!), higher than any prior El Niño event on record. September monthly Niño3.4 anomalies also set a record at 2.9C (beating 2015 and 1877's 2.75C).

Telegram channels report dozens of different types of ballistic missiles fired from multiple directions Kyiv and other cities are under attack