Reposted by Maggie GardenerIndependent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026Kids in jail: Victoria is heading down Queensland’s road pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspolpearlsandirritations.comKids in jail: Victoria is heading down Queensland’s roadQueensland has legislated remote camps for children, while Victoria has made it easier to sentence young offenders as adults. Victoria once kept more kids out of jail by investing in community alternatives. That hard-won approach is being lost in the race to sound tough. 005
Reposted by Maggie GardenerRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 28/09/2026Australia’s most powerful battery has finally been given approval to run at full capacity and act as a giant shock absorber to the grid reneweconomy.com.au/australias-most…reneweconomy.com.auAustralia's most powerful battery finally completed, and acting as giant shock absorber to the gridAustralia's most powerful battery has finally been given approval to run at full capacity and act as a giant shock absorber to the grid. 0147
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 28/09/2026Trump says freedom is coming to Cuba. But what might that mean for an island already struggling under US economic pressure? The history of American interference in Cuba gives his latest warning a troubling context, Richard Broinowski writes. #Cuba #USPoliticspearlsandirritations.comWill Cuba be next?Trump’s latest warning to Cuba revives a long history of US hostility towards the island. From the Batista era to today’s economic pressure, the question is how far Washington might go in seeking political change. 075
Reposted by Maggie GardenerRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 28/09/2026I first realised there was a problem with coal productivity when looking at diesel consumption, which is up about 70% per saleable tonne reneweconomy.com.au/productivity-ha…reneweconomy.com.auProductivity has been weak. Mining and construction are the main culprits, just look at diesel and LNGI first realised there was a problem with coal productivity when looking at diesel consumption, which is up about 70% per saleable tonne. 025
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Australia halved its public housing in a generation and handed the young a voucher instead. michaelwest.com.au/australias-housi… 34725
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 28/09/2026Economic growth, sound public finances and social progress are not competing goals. Brazil and Spain’s finance ministers make the case for delivering all three – and putting better lives for ordinary people at the heart of economic policy, Dario Durigan and Carlos Cuerpo write. #Economy #Brazil #Sp…pearlsandirritations.comWho says economic growth and social justice can’t go together?Brazil and Spain’s finance ministers reject the idea that economic growth, fiscal responsibility and social investment must compete. They point to their governments’ records to make the case for an economic model that puts people’s lives at its centre. 02612
Reposted by Maggie GardenerAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lone voice pleads for action in unfolding catastrophe - how are we so good at delivering missiles, but not climate action asks Nepal’s PM at UN www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...thenewdaily.com.auA lone voice pleads for help addressing this global catastropheAs the world wrings it's hands over AI, which it seems to be enabling, a lone voice called for help fighting a true global catastrophe. 3251103
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Graeme Keyes @KeyesGraeme on #AI - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 0157
Reposted by Maggie GardenerBen Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBen Jennings on smart glasses and AI hacks – cartoonThere are growing fears about ‘perv glasses’ being used to film people without their consent 0239
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social on #Trump #XiJinPing #China @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 01711
Reposted by Maggie GardenerNick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026National Security, Part 2 For @rawstory.com For a behind-the-scenes look at my creative process, sketches, videos, and works in progress, subscribe at: nickanderson.substack.com. 5342140
Reposted by Maggie GardenerChappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Free speech, my way - © Chappatte in The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com via @globeopinion.bsky.social 👉 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/o... 35436
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Graeme Bandeira @GraemeBandeira on #Burnham and #Trump having a cosy meet this week, enjoying 'Lunch atop a Skyscraper' @thenorthernagenda – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 0136
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #Trump #XiJinPing #China #AI @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 0129
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #Trump #XiJinPing #China @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 01610
Reposted by Maggie GardenerJonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's a @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon to start the weekend. #zoo #pandas #marketing 0479
Reposted by Maggie GardenerChappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Un pape à Paris - © Chappatte dans Le Temps, Genève @letemps.ch 👉 chappatte.com 👉 www.letemps.ch/chappatte 14519
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPolitical Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Brighty @Brighti on #Trump #XiJinPing #AI #AndyBurnham @TheSun – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com 084
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMorten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla... 35817
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing and that is that i know nothing. " Plato. 1231253
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming. 16155791915
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026deadline.com/2026/09/adam... Thank you, Adam!deadline.comAdam Brody Declares Support For "Free Palestine"As Netflix prepares to release another season of 'Nobody Wants This', leading man Adam Brody is using his platform to speak up for Palestinians. 1065986
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026deadline.com/2026/09/naza...deadline.comThreats Against 'NAZA' Directors Must Stop, IDA Tells IsraelIsrael's government must stop threatening 'NAZA' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the IDA is urging in a public letter. 6356105
Reposted by Maggie Gardenertonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Politics “a game to Ashby”… 147929
Reposted by Maggie GardenerQuentin Dempster @quentindempster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Please Senator Jane Hume don’t sell out Australia’s original content creators to US AI with your “getting the balance right” response. Our American friends will walk through our Copyright Act with Trump’s support. Time for our ALP/LNP duopoly to demand fair compensation for local AI training. 57525
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Australia has become fluent in women’s survival strategies, but has very little to say about the men." Andrew Brown on failure of domestic violence responses by authorities/govt #auspol michaelwest.com.au/domestic-vio...michaelwest.com.auDomestic violence crisis needs more than words and flowers - Michael WestSo far this year, 52 women and 21 children have died from domestic violence in Australia, an epidemic that cannot be stopped by words alone. 310049
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 27/09/2026We’re quick to call people who vote differently from us selfish or brainwashed. But what shapes our own choices – and whose interests do we consider when we vote, Adrian Rosenfeldt writes. #vicpol #auspolpearlsandirritations.comThe rational fool, the cultural dope, the stranger and the voting boothIt’s easy to dismiss people who vote differently from us as selfish or brainwashed. But our own choices are shaped by self-interest, values and culture too. As Victorians prepare to vote, whose lives and interests are we willing to consider beyond our own? 143
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 27/09/2026Solar imports are surging across Africa, but the global transition is still too slow. Meanwhile, Australian groups unite behind ten principles to protect native forests – and a tiny wallaby makes a rare appearance, Peter Sainsbury writes. #Environment #RenewableEnergy #NativeForestspearlsandirritations.comEnvironment: Wind and solar are increasing but so are fossil fuelsSolar panel imports are surging across Africa, but the global shift away from fossil fuels remains too slow. Meanwhile, Australian environmental groups unite behind ten principles to protect native forests, and a tiny wallaby makes a rare appearance. 01114
Reposted by Maggie GardenerAmanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Regrets? Even three decades on from Rats in the Ranks, legendary film-maker Bob Connolly has a few www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comRegrets? Even three decades on from Rats in the Ranks, legendary film-maker Bob Connolly has a fewDocumentary screened at more than 40 international film festivals and won multiple awards for its depiction of the Shakespearean skullduggery of local politics 132
Reposted by Maggie GardenerPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 27/09/2026As we mark a century since the birth of reforming SA Premier Don Dunstan his cookbook reminds us a of his broad and expansive political ideas. #DonDunstan #reform #SouthAustralia #AusPol #Democracy #Change #Cookbook #Asiapearlsandirritations.comDon Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracyOne hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a charming eccentricity of the era. It was actually a small expression of a much larger political idea. 66721
Reposted by Maggie GardenerStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comAI psychosis for dummies: the Stephen Collins cartoonNot everything is fake, it turns out 512632
Reposted by Maggie GardenerThe Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you enjoyed learning this incredible information, please click this link. theoatmeal.com/blog/science... 31237
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMartin Rowson @martinrowson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Latest Graun toon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMartin Rowson on Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping – cartoonThe US president touted his ‘truly great friendship’ with his Chinese counterpart after hosting him at the White House 3249
Reposted by Maggie GardenerMegan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ready to go. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social 917436
Reposted by Maggie GardenerThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/09/2026In a new paper, researchers argue that changes in the brain associated with aging aren’t a sign of decline, but a new phase of development that supports perspective, emotional regulation, and passing on knowledge to the next generation.washingtonpost.comNew study suggests the aging brain is adapting, not decliningAs we get older, the brain prioritizes wisdom over remembering details for good reason, according to researchers. 57816