Reposted by Simon PayneThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 15hHey guess what everybody? We’re doing a climate cartoon award again and we’re naming it in our dear, late friend Jon Kudelka’s honour! 17473116
Reposted by Simon Paynemarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 15hAmerica is in that part of the historical cycle where words and books are banned but executions are good clean entertainment and everyone is pretending not to notice the national leader eating his own poo. If only history offered a guide for where this all leads. 1227698
Reposted by Simon PayneJonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026'super dooper intelligence' was probably taken.' 5294
Reposted by Simon PayneSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station. 571473418
Simon Payne @simonpayne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Barnaby Joyce says he is not Jesus Christ. Just a naughty boy who can't explain his party's policy. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auUnder pressure to explain super policy, Joyce says he is 'not Jesus Christ'The One Nation Treasury spokesperson sidesteps questions about modelling the inflationary impact of the proposal, saying Australians are "not stupid" and can manage their own money. 000
Reposted by Simon PayneCaustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Yeah, great, let's get further up the arses of these Nazi dickheads www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auUS declares it will accelerate military presence in AustraliaDefence Minister Richard Marles has met with his US counterpart in Washington DC to discuss an expansion of the US military presence at Australian military bases. 1102
Reposted by Simon PayneDave - слава Україні #ScrapBrexit #FBPE - NAFO @krimisukrainian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In the UK we complain of heatwaves and yellow grass, but this is the real cost of a warming planet ... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comNepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil AcharyaNepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states, says Kathmandu-based climate policy ... 001
Reposted by Simon PayneBob @bobsully12.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. Israel’s refusal to investigate her death and its failure to apologise is despicable | Geoffrey Robertson www.theguardian.com/world/commen...theguardian.comZomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. Israel’s refusal to investigate her death and its failure to apologise is despicable | Geoffrey RobertsonThe Israeli ambassador has claimed ‘a court came to a decision that there’s no criminal liability’ but there is no evidence that any court has been involved 012
Reposted by Simon PayneBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Do we need to explain to GOP senators how 5th Amendment works? Disgusting lawless attack to scapegoat Dr. Fauci to score political points. Another distraction from the real issues our government should be addressing. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comSenate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt for Refusing to Answer QuestionsLegal scrutiny is mounting on the former top health official after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a hearing about the pandemic response. 39744951385
Reposted by Simon Payne Nick Raschke @nickraschke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A million bucks a year. That’ll do it. 1204
Reposted by Simon PayneAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/07/2026Wait. They're still having the correspondents dinner after the NYT subpoena thing? Seriously? 1018127171990
Reposted by Simon PayneIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration. 392394535
Reposted by Simon PayneDan @thesportress.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Winning is cool and all but it's not always perfect sportress.org/2026/07/18/r... #NRLRaidersSouths #UpTheMilk #WeAreRaiderssportress.orgRAIDERS REVIEW: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE PYRRHICThe Canberra Raiders 34-24 victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs is not proof they are back. It is not a repudiation of who they are either. In a game where they fought multiple foes; the opposit… 152
Reposted by Simon PayneAndrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Albanese government try to ignore gambling harms, but they can't forever. If you're one of the millions of people affected by gambling addiction, or even if you're just sick of all the ads, let your MP know that they need to do more. Go here: www.stopgamblingads.com.au #auspol 07635
Reposted by Simon PayneDavid Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 03/07/2026$18bn reasons why we need a gas export tax… www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... Go to ourgas.com.au and write to your local MP and tell them to stop the great gas scam.theage.com.auGas giants to reap $18 billion war windfall, reviving export tax callsAustralia’s gas companies are poised to cash in on a huge revenue surge in the fallout from the Iran war, intensifying calls for higher taxes. 416468
Reposted by Simon PayneThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A Statement on behalf of the Australia Cartoonists Association regarding the murder of exiled Russian cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov, aka Semyon Skrepetsky. 12439163
Reposted by Simon PayneLuke Buckmaster @skillhello.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Me and my running group are doing City to Surf and raising money for Rare Cancers Australia. If you can help, link is below city2surf26.grassrootz.com/rare-cancers...city2surf26.grassrootz.comNew Romantics Run Club in 2026 Voltaren City2SurfHi there We are trying to fundraise $1000 to help Rare Cancers Australia Ltd. If you can, please help by fundraising alongside us in New Romantics Run Club. If fundraising is not your thing then you... 212
Simon Payne @simonpayne.bsky.social · 20/06/2026"If you call zero or negative a sort of “partially.” Because zero or negative is what their own graphs show." 000
Reposted by Simon PayneTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue. 10731671182
Simon Payne @simonpayne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I am staying in a nice motel. Modern equipment, spacious bathroom, spotlessly clean. But International Roast coffee. I will deduct 3 stars every time for that abomination. 000
Reposted by Simon PayneCaustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 19/06/2026* Writers you've somehow never read another book by even though you really liked the one you did read * Writers you don't read because you confused them with another writer * Writers you don't read because their author photo is so annoying * Writers you don't read because of petty personal animus 177511
Reposted by Simon Paynetonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Woman with 30 years of racism as her political totem talks racism to Australia’s Press Club and the media just wave it through….there’s headlines in racial tension apparently. m 2029999
Reposted by Simon PayneRosalind Franklin @odagar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comCervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccineA new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008. 011
Reposted by Simon PayneThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Pauline Hanson dog whistled her way through the entire Press Club speech and apparently nobody in the room heard a thing. 58654187
Reposted by Simon PayneAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/06/2026Trump is the same guy who negotiated the Afghanistan pullout too don’t forget 21440791004
Reposted by Simon PayneLisaZed 👩🏻🎨 🌏 🐨🌳🇪🇭🇺🇦 @lisazed.bsky.social · 15/06/2026David Pocock’s campaign to get a #Lobbyist register has succeeded, so now the 2200 unknown lobbyists wandering the halls of parliament & having unfettered access that the voters never know about will have to be on the register! #auspol www.facebook.com/share/r/1UXh...facebook.com 65621
Reposted by Simon PayneKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform. 214141182949
Reposted by Simon Paynemarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 10/06/2026What happened in Belfast will happen here if our politicians and media continue treating racism as a spectator sport. The "find out" phase is not far off. 1528290
Reposted by Simon PaynePossum @pollytics.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Imagine being outwitted by Andrew Bolt. It's going to be a long few years 1546
Reposted by Simon PayneDan @thesportress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Oh no we suck again sportress.org/2026/06/05/r... #NRLRaidersRoosters #UpTheMilk #WeReRaiderssportress.orgRaiders Review: EmbarrassmentBY DAN The Canberra Raiders 26-0 embarassment at the hands of the Sydney Roosters was revealing. For weeks we’ve been trying to get a handle on this team. Good weeks have been matched with ba… 041
Simon Payne @simonpayne.bsky.social · 02/06/2026"Experts warn..." must be one of the laziest journalistic tropes. 010
Reposted by Simon PayneDumb Beezie @dumbbeezie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026As a person who overreacts a lot we are still underreacting 323868
Reposted by Simon PayneDan @thesportress.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Good. Great even. Not good enough. #NRLRaidersPanthers #WeAreRaiders #UpTheMilk sportress.org/2026/05/10/r...sportress.orgRaiders Review: A Stand Against PerfectionIt was a shame that Seb Kris’ last pass to Jed Stuart was ruled forward. The Canberra Raiders had worked hard to have one last shot at the Panthers’ line, and the movement that got them… 221
Reposted by Simon PayneKate McNamara @kaydo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Imagine winning a by-election and declaring that the solution to cost of living was to get rid of renewable energy. Wild. 063
Reposted by Simon PayneSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate. 28292482198
Reposted by Simon PayneThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/04/2026J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who decoded the human genome, has died at 79.nyti.msJ. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races. 713743
Reposted by Simon PayneThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/04/2026CNN: “It’s a blowout… not even close… Pope Leo absolutely crushing Trump when it comes to how popular they are.” 24041051031
Reposted by Simon PayneGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/04/2026"I don't think people are sufficiently prepared notwithstanding what happened in 2021, for the possibility that he will try to fuck with this election. And he will. He's already basically telling us that's what he's going to do, just the same way he told us he would do that in 2020." 37478202767
Reposted by Simon PayneNudibranch @duckbytheoboe.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The Canberra toilet is getting weird 343
Reposted by Simon PayneDan @thesportress.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Just hanging on sportress.org/2026/04/11/r... #NRLSouthsRaiders #WeAreRaiders #UpTheMilksportress.orgRaiders Review: SurvivalBY DAN The Canberra Raiders’ 36-34 victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs was a loss in spirit but a victory on the scoreboard. Instead of vanquishing their demons, the Raiders embraced them… 011
Reposted by Simon PayneTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. 16673702571
Reposted by Simon PayneTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...snyder.substack.comThe president speaks genocideThe words, the law, the future 12044741686
Reposted by Simon PayneDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026At the very least someone (Jeffries) force an impeachment vote immediately and make the entire GOP support the clearcut threat of genocide 15772152