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Megan Herbert

@meganjherbert.bsky.social

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Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things / She/her. On Bunarong land. http://linktr.ee/meganjherbert

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · Nov 25

If you like the sound of a cartoon appearing every weekday in your inbox then boy oh boy have I got a newsletter for you:
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Megan Herbert's Dispatches | Substack

Cartoons every weekday. And sometimes other things. Click to read Megan Herbert's Dispatches, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like an excellent plan

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8d

Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 9d

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 9d

Ladies and gentleman, presenting the tiniest, most fragile ego ever known to humankind good LORD

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 10d

Working in the Australian media? even if you're not a MEAA member, filling this survey in will help in MEAA's efforts to secure better pay and conditions for media workers. Only takes a couple of minutes.

meaa.io/FL25survey!

2025 Freelance journalists, photographers and media workers survey

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 11d

Law unto himself.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

A political cartoon by Megan Herbert of a courtroom scene. On one side of the court, is an attorney standing in front of a collection of objects - the escalator from the UN building in New York, a teleprompter, a box of Ikea flatpack furniture, some solar panels, a wind turbine, a stack of newspapers, a cupful of paper straws, an EV plugged into a charging station, a box of Tylenol, and a legal file box labelled "Epstein Files" - his clients. On the other side of the court is Donald Trump, looking ill-tempered, frowning and arms crossed, with a female attorney, and a large crowd of political advisers and supporters behind him. A female judge, standing at the bench, is bringing court to session by saying (in a speech bubble): "All rise in the case of Donald J Trump v various inanimate objects that are out to get him. Yes, you too, escalator..."

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 17d

"If you look on a graph, the amount of people diagnosed with autism has risen ever since this file was created so clearly it is to blame." chaser.com.au/world/releas...

"Releasing the Epstein files causes autism" claims Trump

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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 17d

Kanopy.com is free with a public library card. So is www.hoopladigital.com

Support your local library and ditch these complicit corporate clowns.

Kanopy is better than Netflix.

Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 17d

Oh 100%. I am not one to make fun of accidental slips or speech impediments... but wilful ignorance wears a target as far as I'm concerned.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 17d

none of this anti-science nonsense is remotely funny except perhaps for this bit

onion person @junlper.beer · 17d

genuinely crying at this one

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 20d

Look it's a very low bar but I sure didn't expect this guy to slither over it

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20d

The US senator has labelled Carr’s comments ‘dangerous as hell’ and something ‘right out of Goodfellas’.

Ted Cruz breaks with Republicans, slams ‘mafioso’ threats to broadcasters

The US senator has labelled Carr’s comments ‘dangerous as hell’ and something ‘right out of Goodfellas’.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 21d

For everyone looking on aghast at what's going on in the US, as if they're the only ones silencing free speech, hate to break it to you but non-violent acts of dissent are being extinguished all over the place:

Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 21d

Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 23d

Union members at the ABC and across the media industry stand with John Lyons and reject the US President’s unfounded attacks on our colleague.
#MEAAmedia

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 22d

Spot. On.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 23d

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 23d

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 24d

A great way to make action on climate change cost less would be to deny any government-funded assistance to that 28% when they inevitably experience a climate change-related impact

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 NEW: 37% of Australians want the government to increase its action on climate change, compared to 28% who want action to "slow down" and 25% who want it to remain at the same level

Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 25d

Front row seats and corporate boxes
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

An editorial cartoon by Megan Herbert in the form of a poem. The top half of the panel shows a series of vignettes of depictions of violence (clashing protesters, people attacking each other, screaming at each other from opposing sides, and arguing online or being in thrall to online arguments). Beneath these vignettes is verse reading: "They couldn't bear our stance on guns; We hated how they voted./ They blamed us for their problems; We claimed we'd been scapegoated./ They doubted our humanity; We shunned their point of view./ The only thing uniting us was Us v Them and Me v You." The bottom half of the panel features a line-up of politicians and corporate billionaires watching these scenes. Beneath them more verse: "Pausing to survey this scene could make one stop and wonder... Who is set to profit most from keeping us asunder?"

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 27d

Just bought this book for my Lin-obsesssed teen and was big enough to admit that I want him to read it fast so I can be next

NPR @npr.org · 27d

The secret to his success isn't just genius — it's collaboration a lot of creative friends. Author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner interviewed more than 150 people for his biography about the Hamilton creator.

A new biography zeroes in on Lin-Manuel Miranda's superpower

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you so much for the notification! My absolute favourite time of year 🤍

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · Sep 9

Was thinking the same thing this morning. It would be wall to wall coverage