Ed Miliband has finally shared the substance of a Joint Intelligence Committee report on how ecological disruption undermines security.
My take on this encouraging moment:
dansmithsblog.com/2026/09/24/e...
My take on this encouraging moment:
dansmithsblog.com/2026/09/24/e...
Ecological security: an important moment
The UN General Assembly high-level week is an uber talkfest, so it’s important to use the opportunity to say something important. While most of he media attention has been on some more rambli…
dansmithsblog.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Ed Miliband has finally shared the substance of a Joint Intelligence Committee report on how ecological disruption undermines security.
My take on this encouraging moment:
dansmithsblog.com/2026/09/24/e...
My take on this encouraging moment:
dansmithsblog.com/2026/09/24/e...
Why weren't the Australian people notified at the time?
This is OUR data, personal medical data that could be used to negate future private health insurance and/or life insurance assessment.
Keeping it under ya hat for leverage at some talkfest is poor form.
This is OUR data, personal medical data that could be used to negate future private health insurance and/or life insurance assessment.
Keeping it under ya hat for leverage at some talkfest is poor form.
September 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Why weren't the Australian people notified at the time?
This is OUR data, personal medical data that could be used to negate future private health insurance and/or life insurance assessment.
Keeping it under ya hat for leverage at some talkfest is poor form.
This is OUR data, personal medical data that could be used to negate future private health insurance and/or life insurance assessment.
Keeping it under ya hat for leverage at some talkfest is poor form.
𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗: 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦 ＃𝟭 | 𝗝𝘂𝗻 '𝟬𝟴
The twisted - and extremely hot - Caliginous starts to lay out a plan to set Stephie against Milo and Captain Valor, even as Milo and his super-heroic twin visit a therapist - in an endless talkfest that Giffen and DeMatties,...
BOOM! Studios | 📖
The twisted - and extremely hot - Caliginous starts to lay out a plan to set Stephie against Milo and Captain Valor, even as Milo and his super-heroic twin visit a therapist - in an endless talkfest that Giffen and DeMatties,...
BOOM! Studios | 📖
September 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗: 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦 ＃𝟭 | 𝗝𝘂𝗻 '𝟬𝟴
The twisted - and extremely hot - Caliginous starts to lay out a plan to set Stephie against Milo and Captain Valor, even as Milo and his super-heroic twin visit a therapist - in an endless talkfest that Giffen and DeMatties,...
BOOM! Studios | 📖
The twisted - and extremely hot - Caliginous starts to lay out a plan to set Stephie against Milo and Captain Valor, even as Milo and his super-heroic twin visit a therapist - in an endless talkfest that Giffen and DeMatties,...
BOOM! Studios | 📖
It's not a competition. The British empire is dead and buried. The commonwealth is nothing but a talkfest with no significance in the real world either
September 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM
It's not a competition. The British empire is dead and buried. The commonwealth is nothing but a talkfest with no significance in the real world either
While this is true, I would argue that taking the "Sunday Politics Talkfest" model and having it for 8 hrs on every news station has created a level of BS dreck that has pushed out any mainstream investigative work. The indies who are doing good work have to fight idiot talking heads to be heard.
Fun part about David Ellison destroying CBS News, 60 Minutes and his late-night show is that he'll never be able to get any of it back. You could argue that latter was heading toward obsolescence anyway, but the Weiss-ification of the news has led to a permanent erosion of trust.
September 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
While this is true, I would argue that taking the "Sunday Politics Talkfest" model and having it for 8 hrs on every news station has created a level of BS dreck that has pushed out any mainstream investigative work. The indies who are doing good work have to fight idiot talking heads to be heard.
Communist China’s President Xi Jinping is so eager to sit down with President Trump at the White House on September 24 that he’s skipping the annual talkfest at the UN General Assembly at which he, like Mr. Trump, would be expected to give a major address
www.nysun.com/article/chin...
www.nysun.com/article/chin...
China’s President Xi, Skipping UN, Looks Ahead to White House Summit With Trump Covering Wide Range of Thorny Issues | The New York Sun
Trump says ‘love to have him’ and ‘a lot of good things to discuss,’ but hopes for real deals are slim.
www.nysun.com
September 4, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Communist China’s President Xi Jinping is so eager to sit down with President Trump at the White House on September 24 that he’s skipping the annual talkfest at the UN General Assembly at which he, like Mr. Trump, would be expected to give a major address
www.nysun.com/article/chin...
www.nysun.com/article/chin...
The $150 million it's costing to stage this climate summit "talkfest" would have been MUCH BETTER SPENT @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social on the federal GOV buying a "huge swathe" of native habitat somewhere down the east coast of Australia for a new national park.
@australia.theguardian.com @crikey.com.au
@australia.theguardian.com @crikey.com.au
Exposed: Labor's secret climate summit guest list
Labor’s pre-COP climate summit has received just five RSVPs from government leaders outside the Indo-Pacific.
www.news24.com.au
September 2, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The $150 million it's costing to stage this climate summit "talkfest" would have been MUCH BETTER SPENT @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social on the federal GOV buying a "huge swathe" of native habitat somewhere down the east coast of Australia for a new national park.
@australia.theguardian.com @crikey.com.au
@australia.theguardian.com @crikey.com.au
The @albomp.bsky.social GOV should have saved Australian taxpayers $20 million for what is shaping up to be a WASHOUT, a "snubbed talkfest", and instead channeled that money into the government purchase of even just ONE HUGE parcel of private land to create a NEW national park.
@mistym.bsky.social
@mistym.bsky.social
Who’s coming?: Labor blocks Bowen’s $20m climate summit guest list
The Albanese government has blocked the release of documents that could reveal if any world leaders will attend its $20m taxpayer-funded pre-COP climate summit.
www.news24.com.au
August 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The @albomp.bsky.social GOV should have saved Australian taxpayers $20 million for what is shaping up to be a WASHOUT, a "snubbed talkfest", and instead channeled that money into the government purchase of even just ONE HUGE parcel of private land to create a NEW national park.
@mistym.bsky.social
@mistym.bsky.social
"Just maybe" @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social should heed the message from being snubbed by world leaders to attend this $20 million "climate talkfest" that he needs to stay in Australia and worry about protecting forests from being destroyed by errant mining and wind farm projects.
@dianedee.bsky.social
@dianedee.bsky.social
Bowen turns to unions to fill seats at $20m taxpayer-funded climate summit
Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has turned to an international union federation to help fill the seats at his taxpayer-funded Pre-COP climate summit in Fiji.
www.news24.com.au
August 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"Just maybe" @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social should heed the message from being snubbed by world leaders to attend this $20 million "climate talkfest" that he needs to stay in Australia and worry about protecting forests from being destroyed by errant mining and wind farm projects.
@dianedee.bsky.social
@dianedee.bsky.social
Albo's brainfart talkfest is seriously considering arming fundamentalist death squads with machine guns to roam the suburbs. #auspol
Royal commission hears support for arming of security guards at Jewish events
Inquiry hears support for arming of security guards at Jewish events
A royal commission on antisemitism has pressed a risk and security consultant on his belief that the private security sector should be armed when protecting open air events.
www.abc.net.au
July 27, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Albo's brainfart talkfest is seriously considering arming fundamentalist death squads with machine guns to roam the suburbs. #auspol
#Labors National conference today, same old talkfest to avoid actually doing ANYTHING.
Honestly why do they bother? Australia’s a one party country.
Enough with the pretence, put troops on the street & own it, you know you want to, #TrumpLight is chomping at the bit to receive his rightful adoration
Honestly why do they bother? Australia’s a one party country.
Enough with the pretence, put troops on the street & own it, you know you want to, #TrumpLight is chomping at the bit to receive his rightful adoration
July 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM
#Labors National conference today, same old talkfest to avoid actually doing ANYTHING.
Honestly why do they bother? Australia’s a one party country.
Enough with the pretence, put troops on the street & own it, you know you want to, #TrumpLight is chomping at the bit to receive his rightful adoration
Honestly why do they bother? Australia’s a one party country.
Enough with the pretence, put troops on the street & own it, you know you want to, #TrumpLight is chomping at the bit to receive his rightful adoration
“Hanson’s address to the Conservative Political Action Committee in London drew a modest crowd, with only about 130 turning up to a hotel function room that was less than 1/3 full.”
Hanson flies across the world to a right wing talkfest and hardly anyone turns up.
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Hanson flies across the world to a right wing talkfest and hardly anyone turns up.
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
‘Stupid’: Hanson blasts trans rights, renews attack on immigration
Pauline Hanson used a small right-wing conference in London to attack Australia’s stance on trans rights, net zero and migration.
www.smh.com.au
July 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“Hanson’s address to the Conservative Political Action Committee in London drew a modest crowd, with only about 130 turning up to a hotel function room that was less than 1/3 full.”
Hanson flies across the world to a right wing talkfest and hardly anyone turns up.
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Hanson flies across the world to a right wing talkfest and hardly anyone turns up.
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
"Islamo Green Party" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is worth listening too - thanks. A real analysis of CPAC
echo chamber talkfest of RW nutters
This is worth listening too - thanks. A real analysis of CPAC
echo chamber talkfest of RW nutters
July 18, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"Islamo Green Party" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is worth listening too - thanks. A real analysis of CPAC
echo chamber talkfest of RW nutters
This is worth listening too - thanks. A real analysis of CPAC
echo chamber talkfest of RW nutters
Apropos of nothing: I was thinking about how there really aren't any movies about the Supreme Court except for 1980's "First Monday in October"
I don't mean movies that centers a case that's argued before the court, but movies about the actual experience of being a justice
I don't mean movies that centers a case that's argued before the court, but movies about the actual experience of being a justice
First Monday in October
Amiable talents of Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh make First Monday in October a mildly engaging talkfest in which all serious issues serve as window dressing for an almost-romantic comedy.
variety.com
June 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Apropos of nothing: I was thinking about how there really aren't any movies about the Supreme Court except for 1980's "First Monday in October"
I don't mean movies that centers a case that's argued before the court, but movies about the actual experience of being a justice
I don't mean movies that centers a case that's argued before the court, but movies about the actual experience of being a justice
She's been over there with Gina learning the ropes, she made a speech at that mad RW CPAC talkfest, during that speech she trashed Australia. Why was that ignored by Australian media, they have plenty of content space, just ditch the trite rubbish that they focus on
June 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
She's been over there with Gina learning the ropes, she made a speech at that mad RW CPAC talkfest, during that speech she trashed Australia. Why was that ignored by Australian media, they have plenty of content space, just ditch the trite rubbish that they focus on
Fox has a broadcast booth at the fair, and is holding a red, white, and blue talkfest overlooking an empty lawn with no irony at all.
June 28, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Fox has a broadcast booth at the fair, and is holding a red, white, and blue talkfest overlooking an empty lawn with no irony at all.
Barnaby Joyce and Bridget McKenzie apparently discovered Parliament is optional if there’s a UK talkfest on. Truly inspiring leadership from the “public service” party.
Nothing says “serious about governing” like sneaking off to a UK talkfest while Parliament’s sitting.
Nothing says “serious about governing” like sneaking off to a UK talkfest while Parliament’s sitting.
June 26, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Barnaby Joyce and Bridget McKenzie apparently discovered Parliament is optional if there’s a UK talkfest on. Truly inspiring leadership from the “public service” party.
Nothing says “serious about governing” like sneaking off to a UK talkfest while Parliament’s sitting.
Nothing says “serious about governing” like sneaking off to a UK talkfest while Parliament’s sitting.
It’s cringeworthy to think the Brits are seeing these two as prime examples of Australian pollies. All the sophistication of Sir Les Patterson & the deluded selfbelief of Dame Edna 🙄 www.theage.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
Barnaby Joyce and Bridget McKenzie snub parliament for UK talkfest
The politicians were among a large Australian contingent who travelled to the UK this week for Jordan Peterson’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event.
www.theage.com.au
June 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
It’s cringeworthy to think the Brits are seeing these two as prime examples of Australian pollies. All the sophistication of Sir Les Patterson & the deluded selfbelief of Dame Edna 🙄 www.theage.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
The two B's, Bridget and Barnaby are better than truffle dogs at sniffing out money. #auspol
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
Barnaby Joyce and Bridget McKenzie snub parliament for UK talkfest
The politicians were among a large Australian contingent who travelled to the UK this week for Jordan Peterson’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event.
www.smh.com.au
June 25, 2026 at 4:05 AM
The two B's, Bridget and Barnaby are better than truffle dogs at sniffing out money. #auspol
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
Right wing senators skip Parliament to pal around with Jordan Peterson and others in London.
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
Barnaby Joyce and Bridget McKenzie snub parliament for UK talkfest
The politicians were among a large Australian contingent who travelled to the UK this week for Jordan Peterson’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event.
www.smh.com.au
June 25, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Right wing senators skip Parliament to pal around with Jordan Peterson and others in London.
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/cbd/barnaby-...
"It was only weeks ago Pauline Hanson was facing scrutiny for her low parliamentary attendance.."
"But the criticism doesn’t appear to have done much to deter her party colleague Barnaby Joyce and her chief-of-staff James Ashby from travelling to the UK, during a sitting week.."
"But the criticism doesn’t appear to have done much to deter her party colleague Barnaby Joyce and her chief-of-staff James Ashby from travelling to the UK, during a sitting week.."
June 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
"It was only weeks ago Pauline Hanson was facing scrutiny for her low parliamentary attendance.."
"But the criticism doesn’t appear to have done much to deter her party colleague Barnaby Joyce and her chief-of-staff James Ashby from travelling to the UK, during a sitting week.."
"But the criticism doesn’t appear to have done much to deter her party colleague Barnaby Joyce and her chief-of-staff James Ashby from travelling to the UK, during a sitting week.."