Fiona Katauskas
fionakatauskas.bsky.social
Fiona Katauskas
@fionakatauskas.bsky.social
Cartoonist for the Guardian (amongst others) , political junkie, best-selling author of The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made. Sweary.

Gadigal Country. Australia
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I saw some teens today. I asked them who represents them best. They told me that Gen Alpha and Zoomers are on Tiktok and Instagram demanding more and more clips of Alan Dershowitz. They can’t get enough of him. He is the voice of their generation. The voice America needs.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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David Pope in Canberra Times
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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"What sort of monster makes casinos pay tax and bans them from money laundering?" chaser.com.au/business/bil...
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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It doesn't get more egregious than this:
#auspol
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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excuse me..
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I haven't been able to get this out of my head all day...290.600 deportations, 65,140 people in detention . ....
By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US
The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Listening to @amyremeikis.bsky.social talk to @seankelly.bsky.social about how Albanese pretty much prevents cabinet ministers from doing anything he doesn’t want…. And pondering how long they will allow that to keep happening
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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“People often stop me in the street, at the airport, at footy games, and commend me for being brave,” writes Senator Fatima Payman in new book, A Time for Bravery, presented by Australia Institute Press.

Read the full extract of Senator Fatima Payman’s essay here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.

“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”

It's true👇
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Lots of great drummer shots in this video. rip Camp Cope, trail blazers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOI8...
Camp Cope perform "The Opener" | Live at Sydney Opera House
YouTube video by Sydney Opera House
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Might I humbly recommend the amazing Aussie drummer Stella Mozgawa who plays in the band Warpaint. She's awesome and so is this set.
Warpaint Full Set | From The Basement
YouTube video by From The Basement
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Have you met Viola Smith? Truly a legend who lived a glorious 107 years, apparently. if not, here's a sample of her prowess. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5c_...
Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes Featuring Drummer Viola Smith
YouTube video by verycoolsound
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
God I love a drummin' woman
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis

Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.

We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.

Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Can't help but love you some days, Naarm.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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The Overton Window has shifted and increasingly wanton overt bigotry and evil are mainstream. Don’t accept it. Fight and defy people like this.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-colu...
British columnist Melanie Phillips lashes out at Palestinians at pro-Israel NYC event
The controversial columnist and broadcaster also mocked Christianity and claimed the West is facing a 'death cult' in 'forces of Islam'
www.middleeasteye.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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“Wealth inequality is the most common and crucial element in societal collapse,” says Luke Kemp of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. “It corrodes the social fabric … hollows out societies, leaving them to be a brittle shell which can be cracked asunder by numerous different shocks.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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"silence in the face of injustice is itself an injustice"

"the floor I crossed that day wasn’t just in Parliament. It was the floor between fear and freedom. Between silence and truth. Between who I was and who I chose to be."

🙏 Sen Payman for embodying integrity and courage

✊🏼🇵🇸
Senator Payman: "The more I’ve lived and worked in public life, the more I’ve come to realise that bravery isn’t about never feeling afraid. It’s about recognising fear for what it is and choosing to act anyway. It’s a choice open to us all, not just those whose names end up in the history books."
The Floor I Crossed Was Between Fear and Freedom
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM