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Former ABC broadcast journalist, presenter. Pioneered Australian *national* radio talkback on ABC Radio National. Podcaster: https://rss.com/podcasts/transitzone/
THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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I am shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden passing of the clockmaker, Will Matthysen, on the last day of 2025. He generously gave of his time & insights for this podcast. #creativity #design #clocks www.woodreview.com.au/profiles/val...
OPINION @brianstelter.bsky.social The Jeff Bezos owned, @washingtonpost.com is undergoing drastic staff cuts, reportedly including sports & the foreign desk. #journalism #democracy #USA
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 PM
OPINION @brianstelter.bsky.social The Jeff Bezos owned, @washingtonpost.com is undergoing drastic staff cuts, reportedly including sports & the foreign desk. #journalism #democracy #USA
“It’s been incredibly sad to see my beloved news industry struggle so publicly with whether & how to tell the truth about the wanton, brutal killing of Alex Pretti, someone who did absolutely nothing wrong, at the hands of the masked federal agents terrorizing his city.” #journalism #Trump #fascism
Dan Froomkin, "Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing." presswatchers.org/2026/01/mome... [no paywall]
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“It’s been incredibly sad to see my beloved news industry struggle so publicly with whether & how to tell the truth about the wanton, brutal killing of Alex Pretti, someone who did absolutely nothing wrong, at the hands of the masked federal agents terrorizing his city.” #journalism #Trump #fascism
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
“UK ticket sales for Melania are so far ‘soft’, according to Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, one of the country’s biggest cinema operators. Just one ticket has been sold for the first 3.10pm screening on Friday at its flagship Islington branch.” #Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:33 AM
“UK ticket sales for Melania are so far ‘soft’, according to Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, one of the country’s biggest cinema operators. Just one ticket has been sold for the first 3.10pm screening on Friday at its flagship Islington branch.” #Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
As usual, it’s hard to read the #Trump moves. After his Davos failures & humiliations, he appears to have run out of road in #Minnesota for the moment. Bovino (dumped), Noem (shaky), @jd-vance-1.bsky.social (lies galore) Miller (repugnant), all caught in their own sticky web of mendacity. #fascism
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 AM
As usual, it’s hard to read the #Trump moves. After his Davos failures & humiliations, he appears to have run out of road in #Minnesota for the moment. Bovino (dumped), Noem (shaky), @jd-vance-1.bsky.social (lies galore) Miller (repugnant), all caught in their own sticky web of mendacity. #fascism
. @governorwalz.mn.gov grabs & amplifies the narrative of his phone call with #Trump. #Minnesota #ICE #fascism x.com/calltoactivi...
CALL TO ACTIVISM on X: "🚨BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz shares details of his call with Trump. Trump blinked. The good people of Minnesota are pushing aside Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem. Walz had asked for the call a while back, but today Susie Willes called Walz to say that Trump wants to speak with him, https://t.co/VJAYZgwrl3" / X
🚨BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz shares details of his call with Trump. Trump blinked. The good people of Minnesota are pushing aside Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem. Walz had asked for the call a while back, but today Susie Willes called Walz to say that Trump wants to speak with him, https://t.co/VJAYZgwrl3
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January 27, 2026 at 8:17 AM
. @governorwalz.mn.gov grabs & amplifies the narrative of his phone call with #Trump. #Minnesota #ICE #fascism x.com/calltoactivi...
#Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent keeps peddling the regime’s totally contorted line about Alex Pretti carrying a gun to a protest? What? I mean WHAT? First January 6 2021? Exhibit A. The Second Amendment is woven deep into the #GOP DNA. But only for THEM? #fascism youtube.com/shorts/Tj_S6...
Scott Bessent gets weirdly stuck on one point!
YouTube video by longevity
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January 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
#Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent keeps peddling the regime’s totally contorted line about Alex Pretti carrying a gun to a protest? What? I mean WHAT? First January 6 2021? Exhibit A. The Second Amendment is woven deep into the #GOP DNA. But only for THEM? #fascism youtube.com/shorts/Tj_S6...
“The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his stance clear on #vaccines…& that stance was so alarming that the American Medical Association was compelled to respond with a scathing statement.” Insane. flip.it/5cpyBA #Trump #RFKJr
Doctors face-palm as RFK Jr.’s top vaccine advisor questions need for polio shot
Kirk Milhoan's comments come as federal vaccine policy slides to insignificance.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:13 AM
“The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his stance clear on #vaccines…& that stance was so alarming that the American Medical Association was compelled to respond with a scathing statement.” Insane. flip.it/5cpyBA #Trump #RFKJr
The Pipeline? I hope the good folks of #Minnesota have the requisite currency ready to welcome Tom Homan? #Trump
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 AM
The Pipeline? I hope the good folks of #Minnesota have the requisite currency ready to welcome Tom Homan? #Trump
“Over the weekend, #Trump took note of conservative media figures, incl Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, who criticized the rhetoric from officials such as Noem & White House adviser Stephen Miller, who called Pretti a ‘domestic terrorist.’” How long for Noem? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump softens tone on Minneapolis violence amid calls for accountability
The White House changed leadership in Minnesota and softened its tone on dead protesters as polls show Americans turning against ICE.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 AM
“Over the weekend, #Trump took note of conservative media figures, incl Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, who criticized the rhetoric from officials such as Noem & White House adviser Stephen Miller, who called Pretti a ‘domestic terrorist.’” How long for Noem? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I agree. I have spent a lot of time on K’gari over the years from 1970s. We could be at Lake McKenzie & not see another soul. Then the #tourism influx increased. A lot. Too many visitors fed #dingoes. Ultimately, that becomes a death sentence. They face a fairly tough existence diet wise. #wildlife
January 27, 2026 at 5:37 AM
That “irrational exhuberance” about #AI is colliding with quite a few obstacles, from “hallucinations” to vast environmental pollution? This profoundly consequential, already ubiquitous technology was developed, helter skelter, far too rapidly. Technology hare, #democracy tortoise.
The nuclear industry never managed to solve its waste issues. Cigarettes were always carcinogenic. Its increasingly clear that AI chatbots have structural hazards that the tech industry can’t or won’t solve www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 AM
That “irrational exhuberance” about #AI is colliding with quite a few obstacles, from “hallucinations” to vast environmental pollution? This profoundly consequential, already ubiquitous technology was developed, helter skelter, far too rapidly. Technology hare, #democracy tortoise.
“we establish what we call ground truth: what happened, how it happened & who might be responsible. We follow the visuals wherever they take us, not to a predetermined conclusion. In doing so, this work can start to establish accountability.” #journalism #Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/i...
How We Determined That Minneapolis Videos Contradicted Federal Officials
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
“we establish what we call ground truth: what happened, how it happened & who might be responsible. We follow the visuals wherever they take us, not to a predetermined conclusion. In doing so, this work can start to establish accountability.” #journalism #Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/i...
Ohhhhh … @jd-vance-1.bsky.social isn’t at all good at political messaging is he? Referring to the #USA economy Vance said, “You don’t turn the Titanic around overnight!” Clumsy is as clumsy does. youtube.com/shorts/75jLg...
JD Vance on Trump's economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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January 27, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Ohhhhh … @jd-vance-1.bsky.social isn’t at all good at political messaging is he? Referring to the #USA economy Vance said, “You don’t turn the Titanic around overnight!” Clumsy is as clumsy does. youtube.com/shorts/75jLg...
Ugh. There is that small problem Penguins live in the southern hemisphere (except the Galapagos Penguin just north of the equator. None in the Arctic). But, hey, American ignorance is notoriously global.
January 27, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Ugh. There is that small problem Penguins live in the southern hemisphere (except the Galapagos Penguin just north of the equator. None in the Arctic). But, hey, American ignorance is notoriously global.
“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. …Today, we demand accountability.” #Trump #fascism #Minneapolis shorturl.at/wiVqH
AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist”
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.
www.afge.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. …Today, we demand accountability.” #Trump #fascism #Minneapolis shorturl.at/wiVqH
“Tom Homan, appointed by President Donald #Trump as White House Border Czar, is headed to #Minnesota amid escalating protests, political backlash & renewed attention on the Trump administration’s internal divisions.”
Yes he of the alleged bribe in a bag. #fascism www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-...
Yes he of the alleged bribe in a bag. #fascism www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-...
Inside Tom Homan–Kristi Noem 'Feud' As Trump Sends His Border Czar To Minnesota: ‘A Dog And A Bag of Cash’
As Tom Homan arrives in Minnesota, reports of a feud with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem resurface. Here’s what’s driving tensions inside Trump’s immigration team., US News, Times Now
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January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
“Tom Homan, appointed by President Donald #Trump as White House Border Czar, is headed to #Minnesota amid escalating protests, political backlash & renewed attention on the Trump administration’s internal divisions.”
Yes he of the alleged bribe in a bag. #fascism www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-...
Yes he of the alleged bribe in a bag. #fascism www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-...
“Trump’s efforts to deploy militarized immigration agents in #USA cities may finally be reaching a reckoning as he faces widespread opposition across the US, dissenting lawmakers in his own party, & impending court rulings”. So, is there a “line”? #Trump #fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s ICE crackdown faces reckoning as outrage mounts over Alex Pretti shooting
President says his administration is reviewing fatal shooting as Republicans and Democrats criticize ICE surge
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
“Trump’s efforts to deploy militarized immigration agents in #USA cities may finally be reaching a reckoning as he faces widespread opposition across the US, dissenting lawmakers in his own party, & impending court rulings”. So, is there a “line”? #Trump #fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Where I am, the temperature is nudging 40 degrees Celsius. We’re expecting a max of 45 degrees later plus bush fire smoke. Some parts of Victoria may hit 50 degrees. 50.7 degrees is the highest on record. Apparently, an upper level high is compressing the heated air to the earth’s surface. #heatwave
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Where I am, the temperature is nudging 40 degrees Celsius. We’re expecting a max of 45 degrees later plus bush fire smoke. Some parts of Victoria may hit 50 degrees. 50.7 degrees is the highest on record. Apparently, an upper level high is compressing the heated air to the earth’s surface. #heatwave
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
ARCHIVE OPINION On Ernst Fraenkel’s, “The Dual State”. #Trump #fascism #USA www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 AM
ARCHIVE OPINION On Ernst Fraenkel’s, “The Dual State”. #Trump #fascism #USA www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
OPINION The fallout from the Pretti & Good murders in #Minneapolis. Border Control commander-at-large, Geg Bovino, has been dumped. DHS Secretary, Kristi Noem is relatively vulnerable now. #Trump is busy stockading himself. Naturally. #fascism #USA #propaganda www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | ‘Kristi Noem Needs to Go.’ Three Columnists on ICE in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 AM
OPINION The fallout from the Pretti & Good murders in #Minneapolis. Border Control commander-at-large, Geg Bovino, has been dumped. DHS Secretary, Kristi Noem is relatively vulnerable now. #Trump is busy stockading himself. Naturally. #fascism #USA #propaganda www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...