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Don’t do huge doses of ketamine and then try to reorganise the government, kids

It’s striking that the board is still refusing to explain why they cut Sabsabi, and Burke is still denying political interference. They’ve been busted badly, and the train wreck won’t go away until someone clears the tracks. Own up, if you have any self-respect or any inclination to save CA.

Dept of Social Services disclosed private legal letters with the Catholic Church which were then leaked to The Australian newspaper and used in concert to try and silence survivors of abuse by a senior Church member. Yeah, it's nuts. But they admitted it. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...

Just found the most American paragraph ever written

Unidentified chunks update: “Most likely explanation” is that it was oil that had been “liberated” from dead fish, and congealed. Yum!! Thanks for giving this the environmental green light, Albo

The Israelis cultivating MAGA support obvs don’t remember the parable of the leopards eating faces

if you’re still eating tasmanian salmon what the fuck is wrong with you

The National Science Foundation fired … all of its experts.

Unidentified chunks update: “Most likely explanation” is that it was oil that had been “liberated” from dead fish, and congealed. Yum!! Thanks for giving this the environmental green light, Albo

Thanks again, Labor

It is. Pure and simple. Utterly embarrassing by the NGA. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

incredible exchange, @marisakabas.bsky.social

“In Australia’s Westminster system of government, ministers are responsible for their portfolios – and Tanya Plibersek is Minister for the Environment. It is Ms Plibersek, not Mr Albanese, who promised zero extinctions under a Labor government and who is accountable to Parliament.”

“Did Creative Australia honestly think they could just ring up the next artist on the shortlist? ... No artists worth their soul will touch that pavilion now. They can’t. It’s totally tainted." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Prius at 0:16 doing the ope let me sneak by you real quick

The Raygun of airline pilots

“Chunks” of “unknown biological material” wash up near salmon farm. Don’t worry though, Albanese has already given these operators the all-clear.

A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system

This sounds like they’ve launched an “independent review” into why Sabsabi was selected in the first place. Ummm, that’s not the problem here. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

In Crikey, Catri Menzies-Pike and I wrote about Creative Australia's decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi from the Venice Biennale. If conservative media is going to dictate cultural policy, Creative Australia might as well pack up and call it a day www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/17/k...

These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...

Has the 2PP polling number ever been so pointless? With a third of voters now rejecting the major parties, safe seats being most likely to fall to indies, and the indie vote being dispersed v unevenly, the 2PP number might as well be a coin toss.

The not-environment minister Albanese promises to abuse environmental laws. Environment minister Plibersek goes missing again. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Feb 4:

Of course Albo promises to put salmon and big business that pays stuff all tax australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-tas... ahead of environmental health and preventing extinction www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02.... Of course he does... How's that Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) going?

PM @albomp.bsky.social pre-empts Env Minister @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social's ongoing reconsideration of salmon farm licences over concerns of their impact on the critically-endangered Maugean Skate—unilaterally promises laws to guarantee the future of salmon farming in Tassie's Macquarie Harbour

The pressure exerted by LEAN on the Labor party is so minuscule it would need an entirely new unit to measure it

The not-environment minister Albanese promises to abuse environmental laws. Environment minister Plibersek goes missing again. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Should you have any thoughts about the Creative Australia board's recent decision: [email protected]

Quintessential Labor hack oversees quintessential modern Labor move www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...

Too funny. “An official website of the United States government.” Ok bro x.com/doge

haha, the additions are still live

News Corp in Australia are running campaigns to try and incite violence towards Jewish people, and film / report on the incidents - this attempt was botched and now the internal documents planning the provocation in News Corp's system are leaked @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/n...

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

Was it really??