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Megan Herbert
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Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things /
She/her. On Bunarong land.

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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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Fossil fool's errand.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
An editorial cartoon by Megan Herbert that depicts the end of the COP 30 negotiations in Brazil. The COP pavilion is represented as a dumpster on fire, a reference to the fire within the pavilion in the final days and the shambolic end to the negotiations that despite going into overtime ended with a weakening of the language of earlier agreements. Delegates leave the pavilion with heads bowed, some in tears, or with head in hands. The only departing delegates looking pleased are those representing the International Chamber of Commerce and the lobby for Big Oil, who are holding a draft agreement which originally said "We hereby agree to transition away from fossil fuels", and has been amended to read "We hereby agree to hope for the best and prepare for the worst." The Big Oil lobbyist is saying to the ICC delegate, "They tell us to cut the fossil fuels, then they complain when we cut them from the agreement. No pleasing some people..."
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Strong "look what you made him do" vibes
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Q: Trump accused Democrats of seditious behavior punishable by death. Does the president want to execute members of Congress?

LEAVITT: No
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Reposted by Megan Herbert
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LET'S GO!
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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This was the very first cartoon I did for @theageaustralia.bsky.social , back in 2021. The coalition's leaders may have changed but everything else has stayed the same.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Who wants to be a trillionaire?
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
An editorial cartoon by Megan Herbert depicting a mother and son watching the evening news on television. The living room they're in is modest; the coffee table is adorned with tax and other bills payable, a shopping list divided into three different supermarkets to maximise savings, and a fuel savings docket. The story they're watching announces "Elon's trillion dollar payday" with an image of Elon dancing with a robot on stage at the recent Tesla shareholders event. The child, playing with simple toys on the floor takes in this news story and asks his mother "How do you become a millionaire?" His mother replies, "Unchecked free market capitalism and not enough love as a child."
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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in other news, water is wet
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18d
Financial well-being can have an outsize imprint on older Americans’ quality of life, affecting their physical health, social life and even cognitive skills, new research shows.
What a poll of 9,000 adults reveals about aging in America
A Pew Research Center survey reveals how income levels can affect someone’s physical health, social life and even cognitive skills in retirement.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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As bad as these stories are (& theft of art & upended workforce, etc) the crux of the AI problem goes even deeper. Tune into the work from the Centre for Humane Tech. Have a listen to "Your Undivided Attention" podcast, and if you've not watched this, please do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJ...
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea... yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.”

- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25

#auspol
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I'll let him know xx
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Brace for impacts.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
An editorial cartoon by Megan Herbert that depicts a super ute (brand: RAM IT THROUGH), in the tray compartment of which sits and Australian family, an indigenous elder, a kangaroo, a koala with baby, and a sea turtle, all wearing crash test dummy stickers on various parts of their bodies and heads. Leaning out of the cabin's windows are passenger PM Anthony Albanese, who is waving a flag saying "Environment Protection Reform Bill", and driver MP Murray Watt, also adorned with crash test dummy insignia. A sign on the side of the ute reads: "DESIGNED BY INDUSTRY, POWERED BY FOSSIL FUELS". The ute is revving, exhaust fumes pluming from the rear, in readiness to be driven at speed headlong into a wall in a crash test facility, on which is written, in emergency colours, CLIMATE CHANGE. Murray Watt cheerfully invites Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Coalition leader Sussan Ley to "Hop in!" Senator Hanson-Young, walking away with arms crossed, says, "No thanks." MP Ley, smiling, hand on hip, and ready to negotiate, says, "Only if you lose the seat belts, airbags and cut the brakes."
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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It will never cease to amaze me that despite living in the time of climate collapse, democratic collapse, autocratic rise, genocide, and the reckless rollout of AI that will impact every aspect of our lives (plus insert everything else), *this* is what trends:
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A steal...
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.
janrosenow.bsky.social Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Oct 10
China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Sounds like an excellent plan
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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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."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.
October 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Ladies and gentleman, presenting the tiniest, most fragile ego ever known to humankind good LORD
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 30
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."
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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September 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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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..."
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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"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
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reposted by Megan Herbert
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Support your local library and ditch these complicit corporate clowns.

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September 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM