marklawrence

how ironic to see the state protect two people who sought to strip the state while working under the direction of elon musk, who has made it impossible to seek recourse when people get death threats and harassment on twitter

Labor has wasted $53 billion on tax concessions for wealthy property investors since 2022. A further $190 billion will be wasted if Labor fails to wind back the capital gains tax discount & negative gearing. This foregone revenue should have built public & affordable housing.

It is unconscionable that Israel is using the cover of war with Iran to obliterate Lebanon, all with the tacit approval of our government.

‘Worst thing I’ve ever seen’: CSIRO slashes climate modelling jobs Australia’s science agency is cutting more than 100 jobs in its Environment Research Unit, which critics say will crush our capacity to predict climate change.

CSIRO have now lost more jobs under the Albanese Governmet than under the Abbott Government.

We have to do better on research funding and backing our scientists.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...

The Albanese Labor Government has allowed a few women from Iran to seek safety here, then slammed the door on thousands.

Oil supply disruptions already influencing inflation expectations, says CBA chief economist YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

Bugger.

youtu.be/Son32Zef4F8

Jennifer Jason Leigh is 63.
Her Sahara dry takedown of Jon Hamm’s sadistic MAGA sheriff in Fargo S5 was one of the tv highlights of 2024.

Try being noisy kids

Universal Basic Income

Me in @crikey.com.au today:

Albanese leveraged high profile young women to build his reputation as a leader who "got it". Now those same women tell me they feel the trust is gone, they've lost their patience and believe the PM's mask has slipped.

#auspol

www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/10/a...

Black and white photo of a young light skinned man wearing a dark pea coat and white sailor cap. He has a shorthaired tabby and white kitten perched on his shoulder.

Pals! Page from a National Geographic in my collection, 1925.

Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran Several MPs question why the party rushed to endorse strikes that were likely in breach of international law

“Quietly alarmed” = too gutless to say it publicly

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

Daily Fuel Price Cap Now In Place To Stop Price Gouging With petrol prices set to rise, the Allan Labor Government is stopping Victorians getting ripped off at the pump.Premier Jacinta Allan announced that Labor’s anti-price gouging laws are in effect from...

Can’t find the app. Bravo.

www.premier.vic.gov.au/daily-fuel-p...

So wait, the Servo Saver app that the Victorian government touted in their media statement doesn’t seem to exist?

You know, in their big announcement about people saving on petrol and anti price gouging laws?

Can’t find the app on Apple Store. The link to it from Services Victoria app?
Borked.

Ben Kingsley as the elderly gay retired psychiatrist is 👌🏽
But Helen Miren? 🔥🔥 as usual

It’s a pretty good movie. I was salivating over the different genres of British interior design in the various apartments

Carrie Soaven. 3rd+ I build custom Al tools & systems that print money (and time) A... Follow View my services 3d One of the most fascinating conversations happening in Al right now is not about productivity. ...more P ANTHROPIC CEO SAYS CLAUDE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GAINED CONSCIOUSNESS

I am hereby calling for a return to the time (like, three weeks ago?) where this type of stuff stayed on LinkedIn and did not emerge here on bsky dot app

Littleproud resigns after realising he would have to have meetings with Angus Taylor

"I'm buggered. Can't we just tell him I'm sick or dead or something?" he said to staffers. chaser.com.au/national/lit...

Crooked House - with Glenn Close. Highly recommend

If your church is telling you that killing Iranians will bring about the second coming of Jesus, you’re in a cult.

Tuesday. Improve the morale of the herd. Extend the treatment. A magnetic trance. Tuesday.

Urgh

Part of living in a civil society is tolerating one another’s small annoyances, if only because we recognise our own bothersome existence.

Ironically, this editorial is the one breaking etiquette, because it’s having a tantrum about trivial inconveniences.

We queue. We accept. Calm down, mate.

Parents or kids?

‘A Culture of Fear’: Adelaide University Under Fire for Cancelling Event with UN Expert Francesca Albanese By Helen Reynolds   The decision by Adelaide University to withdraw a venue booking for an event featuring a leading United Nations human rights expert has ignited a fierce debate about academic freed...

“The decision by Adelaide University to withdraw a venue booking for an event featuring a leading United Nations human rights expert has ignited a fierce debate about academic freedom and censorship in South Australia.”

theaimn.net/a-culture-of...

Happy Saturday!

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But not for you?

That's some fkn excellent training our submariners are getting @albomp.bsky.social . Sinking an unarmed vessel AND LEAVING any survivors to drown. FAUKUS.