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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

You wouldn’t hand over one of the world’s best economies to Angus Taylor to run would you? #auspol #ausvotes

No, fascism doesn’t arrive in fancy dress

"At a time when the leadership of our US ally is erratic — to put it mildly — Australia has failed to join 79 signatories (including the UK) condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order of sanctions on the International Criminal Court...

Trump is incompetent and Musk is criminal

This is how YouTube is now categorising an ABC piece about Australia’s national housing plan: ‘Television Comedy and more’

Yes, this excellent piece by Alan Kohler is correct. Housing in Australia is positioned as an ‘investment’ instead of a basic ‘right’. And Howard made it so much worse when he introduced the capital gains tax discount.

Anyone else a bit sick of being appalled by everything all the time? Do you know something we can celebrate or be joyful about?

Why do so many brilliant women & their art or science or ideas have to rescued from obscurity after their deaths, I wonder? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?

💯 There’s always been an element of blaming the individual, but it grew exponentially once governments realised offering ‘case managers’ was so much cheaper than offering housing. AND there’s a bonus…it also serves as an employment program (except not for the folk who are homeless)