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mr dog
@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social
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guardian cartoonist - anarcho-marsupialist - lovely fellow - i have written a number of very important books you can buy some of them (also cartoons) here

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Today's cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Should Australia welcome Isaac Herzog? | First Dog on the Moon
Will banning protests keep us safe?
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February 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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We finally understand what we are seeing... forever shocked no longer surprised. Today's cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How many nameless trafficked children… how many… how many | First Dog on the Moon
Can I somehow unknow this? Is that OK? Please
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February 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Gen X Dads! Are they our biggest threat to social cohesion? What does that even mean?! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Have we suddenly become a nation of gullible xenophobes overnight? | First Dog on the Moon
No, of course not. We were always a nation of gullible xenophobes
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February 2, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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oh shut up
January 30, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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Are you doing too much? Are you not doing enough? Yes! Me too. Here are some tips that will not help at all. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some handy hints on doing a tiny bit less this year | First Dog on the Moon
Chaos! Disaster! Even if it’s not your fault, whatever you’ve been doing up until now hasn’t worked has it
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January 30, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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fyi i'm over at u*scrolled it is very nice tku @ firstdogonthemoon
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Here is a cartoon about the heatwave and are we allowed to blame anyone for it. Also Gina Rinehart's turtle. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s getting hotter thanks to climate change. Seriously though what will it take? | First Dog on the Moon
What if we started holding the government accountable
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January 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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hi everyone this is your regular reminder that @lyrebirddream.bsky.social is this guy: newmatilda.com/2020/06/28/a...
ABC’s Fake ‘Anonymous Youth Worker’ Promoted To High Commissioner To Ghana
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January 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Almost all salmon in Australia is from Tasmania, and the industry there is essentially unregulated - and dangerously unhealthy.
Do not eat it.
Four million salmon died prematurely at Tasmanian fish farms in 2025, government data reveals
Death toll sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare legislation over mass fish deaths
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January 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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I'm back! Here is a cartoon about Australia Day but also not. With bandicoots! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia! I quite like bits of it | First Dog on the Moon
But this is not a day for celebration
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January 26, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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@decryption.bsky.social hello! is macfixit your go to for refurbished macs these days?
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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hope 2026 is not as 2025 as 2025 was
December 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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maybe it was the same person who moved a whole hive of gigantic feral bees into the garden
brontelee.bsky.social bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · Dec 29
gee i wonder how this chicken knows to come into the house and beg for food and jump up at you when you get the bag of cheese from the fridge @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social any ideas? 👀
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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BEES!
brontelee.bsky.social bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · Dec 28
this is a particularly funny joke if you know me irl you know i am already a hermit
December 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2025 | Fiona Katauskas
The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2025 | Fiona Katauskas
From Trump hype to the new Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, revisit five of the best cartoons from Australian political cartoonist Fiona Katauskas * See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
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December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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ooh look everyone i got one of these! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The best of: First Dog on the Moon cartoons 2025 | First Dog on the Moon
From Moo Deng’s birthday to how to leave Spotify, revisit five of the best strips by the Guardian Australia cartoonist
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December 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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merry seasonal whatevers to you
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Santa’s making a list but who’s checking it twice? | Fiona Katauskas
Santa’s making a list but who’s checking it twice? | Fiona Katauskas
Not everyone understands the spirit of Christmas * See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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brontelee.bsky.social
finished trimming maple’s face fur (for now) and when she left this guy came and sat down in her spot like “my turn at the spa please!”
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Mince pies! Everyone loves mince pies and also Christmas.
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A Christmas message from the First Dog on the Moon Institute | First Dog on the Moon
Yes things are certainly grim all over but let us take a moment
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December 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Sport! It's bad don't do it. A cautionary tale. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I got smashed in the face by a cricket ball – a true story about physics and hardened leather (and a cartoonist) | First Dog on the Moon
It was suggested (as a joke?) that I join the local cricket team – what?! Never! But then …
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December 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Take a look at @nickfeik.bsky.social 's writings, including and especially this one (pictured).
nickfeik.substack.com/p/a-rare-win
There’s a meta version of “stories of powerlessness that are apparently too difficult or niche for a national audience”. It’s called Tasmania. I’ve lost count of the number of stories I’ve encountered in the island state that should have scandalised the nation, but have been met with a shrug by the mainland media. For example, did you know that the Tasmanian government recently paid $75 million in a class action settlement to 129 victims of child sexual abuse at the hands of dozens of government employees in its only youth detention centre? Probably not. Amid the lack of national attention, the Ashley Youth Detention Centre is still open, and this year almost 50% of its detainees reported they’d been victims of abuse. There is now a second class action in train for the many further Ashley victims who missed the first one. The impoverished state has estimated its total liability for child sexual abuse claims at over $600 million. Six. Hundred. Million. Dollars. You cannot tell me that this didn’t deserve national attention, or that they wouldn’t have been leading national bulletins for weeks if they broke in Melbourne or Sydney. Did you know that Tasmania has a functional adult literacy rate of 50%? I’ve written about these and so many other scandals. Local Tasmanian reporters have also written about the horrific environmental impact of the salmon industry; about the clusterfuck of the biggest infrastructure project in the state’s history, the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels; about the dire state of the health system; about the cost of housing and the madness of building an unaffordable AFL stadium, and the ballooning government debt. In terms of ongoing national coverage, though, all of these stories have been outweighed by the annual nude swim that happens in Hobart’s River Derwent during Dark Mofo.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Teen social media ban! Ban teens! Ban social media! Ban bans! All of it now! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s kids are saved! The social media ban is here and all the teens are outside touching grass | First Dog on the Moon
(Vaping, shoplifting Labubus and getting bullied in person)
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December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Has the Albo government gone too far this time? Or not far enough? Dan Murphy opening hours www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Algorithms! Robots! Hubris! Is robodebt-style cruelty coming to the NDIS? | First Dog on the Moon
Of course the NDIS ‘costs’ the government a lot of money – but that is what money and governments are for! Spend my taxes on someone who needs it
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December 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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brontelee.bsky.social
kiln finally cool enough to unpack and omg i want to keep all these to myself. so many favourites!!

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December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM