Reposted by Andrew HedgeDjinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Well done sir, they're calling it your best interview yet 19296661514
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Coincidentally, YouTube recommended I watch this documentary from 1992 called Fires of Kuwait last night. Putting out oil fires takes some interesting creativity. youtu.be/-tUzkF_Dp8M?...youtu.beFires of Kuwait (1992) HDYouTube video by NLX78 000
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I for one am glad that Angus is promising to get to the bottom of the Ustaša capture of the NSW Liberals for decades 020
Reposted by Andrew HedgeLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 09/02/2026You’ll hear it said that Jon Kudelka was a genuinely wonderful and generous man, this was undeniable, and the interactions I had with him bore that out, he was also a fucking punisher of hypocrites, he adored fighting bad people, and he had picked some quality enemies 432354
Reposted by Andrew HedgeFiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn. 12564133
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I don't think federal Labor ever recovered from this one. Vale Jon. 161
Reposted by Andrew HedgeWes Mountain @therevmountain.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Vale Kudelka. An incredibly generous and warm cartoonist, open to supporting new cartoonists (he DMed in the early days of my twitter tooning to suggest I pitch places) and justifiably savage to those who deserved it, all with a light pen that carried a heavy impact. What a loss. Jesus.theguardian.comJon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by the Australian, the Saturday Paper and the Hobart Mercury 1425
Reposted by Andrew Hedgemuch like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.social · 03/10/2025These leaked Taylor swift lyrics go crazy 11914160
Reposted by Andrew HedgePossum @pollytics.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Imagine being a journalist in 2025, where you've spent your entire life witnessing <points around at pretty much everything in the information space> and you fall for an Israeli foreign influence operation. At this point, it's not about being a mark, it's about being a willing participant. 718340
Reposted by Andrew HedgeBen Eltham @handle.invalid · 14/08/2025This is ghoulish nonsense from the Bendigo Writers Festival 411727
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Sometimes it's nice to think of Trump just dropping dead overnight, from an embolism or something. 150
Reposted by Andrew Hedgemuscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 30/05/2025the crisis over, his wars won, cincinnatus returns to plow flight attendants in exchange for horses 429731
Reposted by Andrew HedgeEl Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 28/05/2025“He was disabled and on the NDIS. He was hungry. He was under state guardianship - under the care and protection of the Minister. And it was the state that killed him,” said Debbie Kilroy, a leading prison abolition advocate with the National Network. www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...sbs.com.au24-year-old disabled Indigenous man dies after police restraint inside Alice Springs supermarketWitnesses say he stopped breathing while still on the ground. Despite emergency efforts from paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene. 24127
Reposted by Andrew HedgeAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...australiainstitute.org.auThe Australia Institute - We Change MindsThe Australia Institute is an independent think tank based in Canberra. We conduct high-impact research for a better Australia. 37420209
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 20/05/2025To address a recent post of mine about the Nationals: I was wrong 030
Reposted by Andrew HedgeNick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Huge step forward for AI as a computer-driven Tesla masters the famous 'Turning Test'. 1181
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 20/05/2025"Nationals consider split from Liberal coalition for exactly the 5 seconds it takes for the nats on the coalition front bench to realise they will lose $60k+ in salary entitlements" 140
Reposted by Andrew HedgeDr. Gabagool and the Salami of Secrets @jimpjorps.bsky.social · 14/05/2025apparently Elon's gotten so mad about Grok not answering questions about Afrikaners the way he wants, xAI's now somehow managed to put it into some kind of hyper-Afriforum mode where it thinks every question is about farm murders or the song "Kill the Boer" 226113793031
Reposted by Andrew HedgeMignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I'm taking a screenshot for the next time I talk about hyphens! (This reminds me of all the great #whyhyphensmatter posts by @madamgrammar.bsky.social on Twitter in days of yore.) 26116
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Another exhibit for a key plank in my policy platform: "Ban all regular op-ed columns" 030
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 05/05/2025We see this article after every single election and nothing changes 093
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Everyone reporting that the federal labor party can get things through the senate with only greens support is missing that they can also get things through (probably with less electoral pain, mostly) with Coalition support. 030
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 03/05/2025If I could control the Secret, I would manifest a fatal myocardial infarction for Rupert Murdoch this very day. Alas. 010
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Just so you know: the last two times Port has played on election day, they've predicted the winner. If they win, the coalition does. They just got smashed by the mighty bulldogs by 91 points 010
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Random assortment of thoughts about Thunderbolts*: -Florence Pugh and David Harbour accents good enough but still distracting - finale was a bit Eternal Sunshine - where did they spend the money because it wasn't the a-list cast, lighting or CGI - casting depression/trauma as a villain is novel, but 100
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Mark Carney should launch a surprise attack on the USA 020
Reposted by Andrew HedgeJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025An election campaign that started in part with a focus around fighting antisemitism ending with "were the neo-nazis right in their heckling at Anzac Day?" 5290101
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Ausgrid are selling small plots with active electricity substations to would-be homeowners in Sydney. Prices are predictably absurd, but you wouldn't catch me living here. These are the things that explode in sparks when the EMP gets activated www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘Sad indictment’: shockingly small blocks of electrical substation land selling north of $1m in SydneySites attracting hot competition from first-home buyers, builders and neighbours looking to expand their landholding 110
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Flattered, but unavailable for the papacy at this time 031
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Whenever I watch the NBA I see the world's most celebrated players travel like it's not even a rule. Is that a thing people talk about like AFL fans talk about throws, inconsistent 15m estimates, or has the travel rule changed since I played? 100
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I watched Slow Horses S1 over the past few days and am finding it more difficult than usual to ignore the gigantic plot holes and implausible scenarios. Good premise, characters, Kristin Scott-Thomas, there's a lot to like. 010
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The turmoil Star Entertainment is facing doesn't get much play outside the financial pages, but I've been dipping a toe because it's a fascinating natural experiment asking "How does a casino make money when anti-money laundering regulators actually do their job?" Answer appears to be "It doesnt." 010
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Can anyone think of a word in English with more suffixes than 'maddeningly'? 000
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Helpful PSA from @purplepingers.bsky.social for landlords in the short-term rental market. Such community-minded content! youtu.be/QKk-qx9lrjs?...youtu.beSomething's up with all those airbnb locksYouTube video by PurplepingersTV 010
Reposted by Andrew HedgeJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/04/2025I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors. 387156652908
Reposted by Andrew HedgeJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 11/04/2025A Melbourne cinema cancelled a Jewish Council of Australia screening of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land after saying threats were received. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...theguardian.comMelbourne cinema says threats caused it to cancel fundraising screening of Oscar-winning Palestinian displacement filmExclusive: Jewish Council of Australia’s Sophia Kagan says she was told there were protests planned against the screening of No Other Land in Elsternwick 03834
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Algorithms are mostly shit, but sometimes you'll go months forgetting a person exists and then the algorithm will say "remember this guy?" And it's nice but it must suck for them I reckon 010
Reposted by Andrew HedgeAdam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Long mooted and should be significant. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comLabor targets cost of living and climate with $2.3bn household battery pledgeEnergy package could save households with a solar and battery system up to $2300 a year, according to departmental analysis 48828
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The tariffs situation is worse than anyone thought for Australia, I just read in the AFR that Australia's closest 'Trump-whisperer' is Joe Hockey. We're going to end up on 34% like China 000
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025One thing this will do is bring "autarky" rocketing back into popular usage. 010
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Today's had a lot of great news to be thankful for. Nice to have those days 020
Andrew Hedge @andrewhedge.bsky.social · 01/04/2025One of the best things about Reddit is you typically don't know a soul IRL, which makes it very weird when you realise you do. 130