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FAFO War 🐷🖕

What we have known for years from independent and international news is finally newsworthy here.

With an ageing population and a record low fertility rate, Australia faces a huge demographic challenge. How did we get to this point, and what might help?

Every AI grifter needs to be put in a secure lab facility and studied to make sure future generations don’t end up like them.

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I don't think I ever watched an episode of Star Trek (science fiction isn't my thing), but I thought casting a Russian while the Cold War was still raging, to make the point that humans would get along better in the future, was a lovely touch.

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Great news 🗞️

No lies detected 😂

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, clashed over a directive to military which could “potentially spark an immediate conflagration with Iran by provoking a miscalculation by Iran. Zamir requested the directive, to be presented to him in writing.

He is so crass. So shallow. He’s just an idiot, really.

A group of European diplomats was assaulted in the West Bank, allegedly by Israeli settlers, a day after an attack by settlers that seriously injured Post photographer Heidi Levine.

it's Saturday, and it's time for "This Week in Stupid: October 17 edition" — Katie gets the axe, Donny fucks up his facts, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff.

Zelensky is awesome 👏👇

What on earth is Andy Burnham thinking? Is he deliberately trying to win an even bigger landslide than Labour win the last time around, whilst kneecapping Deform and Farage at the same time? Well Andy - you have my vote - today, tomorrow or whenever it's needed.. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 #RejoinTheEU 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

Jo is right. He’s made so many comments about men’s bodies. Remember that time he praised Arnold Palmer’s dick? I’m convinced he’s a self-loathing, closeted homosexual. He was also accused of raping little boys, too.

Hell of a first day, Katie

Well said Burnham. This is how we should expose the conman, the liar and the wrecker. He doesn't love this country and even the out of touch cultists who support him, he loves himself and the very rich who fill his pockets. Let's keep exposing him. #ExposeFarage #GetFarageOut

A public execution should not be for entertainment. How sick do you need to be for this to seem normal?

Extraordinary attack from ABC management against the most senior elected union representative at the ABC - Labor should be speaking out against threats by ABC management against Michael Slezak and the MEAA. Critical thinking, critical writing, should never be weaponised against staff at the ABC.

While belligerent US goes into meltdown and right wing fascist chaos, with AUKUS supposed to protect from… a country that is generally peaceable and is our biggest trading partner. China is saving the world with cheap solar, wind, EV car and trucks and electric trains.

Israel is doing all it can to destroy Judaism. Jews have to fight back!

Alan Kohler‘s final article. Howard was the worst Prime Minister ever, he ruined everything he touched. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

National Security.

Melanie is Right, don’t bother with Bezos….

Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show? Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️ https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

This needs to happen 👇

Australian taxpayer $ may be going to Trump's sons, through this military tech company Anduril. There's a long list of questions on #AUKUS that defence minister Marles refuses to answer. Here's another: How can you guarantee that AUKUS payments are not being used corruptly? #EndAUKUS #aispol

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...

"Israel failed to protect its people and demanded the world accept Gaza’s devastation as the price of their deaths." Andrew Brown "October 7 has become Benjamin Netanyahu’s shield." michaelwest.com.au/three-years-...

25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

Ignorance was shown the door!

The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Neoliberalism has never worked where it’s been tried, but the rich love it so it’s not going anywhere. Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts! ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism/