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Kate Doak
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Investigative & Football Journalist in Australia – 10 Football, A-Leagues, Matildas, Socceroos & Star Trek fan ⚽🖖 – Thoughts = mine - 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧
If you know, you know. 😏🍹

Good piece as always, @meadea.bsky.social. Jordan Baker will make an interesting Editor-In-Chief of the Sydney Morning Herald.
Bevan Shields steps down as Sydney Morning Herald editor, chief reporter Jordan Baker named as replacement
Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his life
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Okay, now I'm officially pissed off. 🤬⚽🔥

Mary Fowler is one of the most talented, smartest & kindest Football players to ever pull on a jersey for @the-matildas.bsky.social.

That her former club in France, Montpellier, gave her f'n Bananas is bloody despicable. 😡

www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
‘Treated differently’: Mary Fowler claims she was given bananas instead of flowers on leaving French club
The Matildas star said her tenure at Montpellier made her consider quitting soccer.
www.smh.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@arimelber.bsky.social @ms.now @msnowcomms.bsky.social - there's what sounds like a major grounding issue with the audio on the international feed. Alex & @mollyjongfast.bsky.social sound good, but Ari & the studio audio are sounding a bit tinny & crackly.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Kate Doak
! Chuck @schumer.senate.gov asks unanimous consent that the Senate immediately read and pass the bill to release the Epstein files, un-amended, "as soon as it comes over from the House." No objections. Motion succeeds. Bill is deemed to the Senate unanimously, will go to Trump to become law.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Recipe for a great episode of @therestpolitics.bsky.social:

1. Great questions
2. Live, spicy breaking political news
3. Somebody stuffing around in ways that leave @rory-stewart.bsky.social or @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social insightful & struggling to keep things G-rated
4. Bagpipes & Captain Solo!
Is Starmer's Leadership Under Threat?
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Well worth a listen on the BBC shenanigans, but @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social missed an interesting case study on this...

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) had a similar blow up a few years ago. MD & Chair ejected over politics. @therestpolitics.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I'll do that @barryglendenning.bsky.social... If you & @maxrushden.bsky.social give an update on @footballweekly.bsky.social on how your training for the Half-Marathon you promised to run for charity with the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital is going...

Just think of the children, Barry! 😊
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So... @restispoliticsus.bsky.social...
A follow-up for both @kattybkay.bsky.social & @scaramucci.bsky.social, based on my livestream question on the US culture wars...
If Donald Trump is "Yosemite Sam", then who is his "Bugs Bunny"? 🐰👀
cc @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @therestpolitics.bsky.social
MAMDANI WINS New York Election: Trump’s WORST NIGHTMARE?
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics US
youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
If it's possible to win a huge referendum but still take a hit politically, I think that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just pulled it off.

#Prop50 win is big, but after listening to @governor.ca.gov's victory speech a few times... There's no energy in it meeting the occasion. That matters in POTUS race.
Video FULL SPEECH: California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks Prop 50 win
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a victory speech after voters were projected to approve Proposition 50 — a redistricting measure that could net Democrats five House seats.
abcnews.go.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
WANTED!

SPF 50+ sunscreen before watching @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social take to Michael Gove with an intellectual flamethrower! 🔥🧨🚒

Highly Recommended: Aloe Vera & a fire extinguisher be sent to @therestpolitics.bsky.social Leading studio! 🍿👀

youtu.be/gwrm1wkuO4Y?...
The Man to Blame For Brexit? | Michael Gove
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Enough of the "Karen" shit... People who have that name don't deserve it, particularly some wonderful women I know, like @kjbar.bsky.social.

Call bad behaviour like this what it actually is: i.e. "Being a real bitch"

Don't sugarcoat it, @jakelahut.writes.news & @wired.com. Just call it what it is.
Scoop: Nancy Mace went Full Karen on airport police in South Carolina during the govt shutdown.

No paywall, since this was from a FOIA request.

"She repeatedly stated we were ‘Fucking incompetent,’ and ‘this is no way to treat a fucking US Representative."
www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report
At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
To quote Paul Keating... "In your guts, you know he's nuts!"

And to quote another P-K-ism I think that @scaramucci.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social will all approve... "He's Gone Troppo!"

Lunacy!! @therestpolitics.bsky.social @restispoliticsus.bsky.social
Trump to reduce tariffs on Beijing amid resumed US nuclear weapons testing
The United States last tested a nuclear weapon in 1992, and appears to be making the move in reaction to Russia successfully testing a Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Actually by law they are under the ‘‘Government Employee Fair
Treatment Act of 2019’’, which is an amendment of the "Anti-Deficiency Act" that governs funding lapses. It covers all shutdowns "on or after December 22, 2018".

cc @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

www.congress.gov/116/statute/...
October 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Huge story by Mon Schafter tonight on unethical studies involving non-consensual youth conversion therapy of Trans Kids in the 1970's & 1980's in Australia, on ABC 7.30.

Anti-Trans Activists have been relying heavily yet subtly globally on this now debunked & highly unethical paper for decades.
'Conversion therapy' survivor speaking out against trans health study
A decades-old psychiatric study is influencing current debates over transgender youth health care. But a new analysis led by a survivor says the findings were deeply harmful and dangerously misleading...
www.abc.net.au
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Some thoughts.
@jessesingal.com likely knows if he doesn't do illegal stuff, he's safe on social media & can be a legal/media issue if banned without cause. @jay.bsky.team likely knows Jesse knows & views ban requests over transphobia as risky, hence #waffles.
Also #Toast with #Vegimite is superior.
two slices of toast with peanut butter on them on a plate
Alt: two slices of toast with vegimite on them on a plate,up in the clear blue sky under a balloon, twisting around in the sunlight...
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If you're even somewhat interested in the Transphobia & Intersexphobia that's gripping global sport nowadays, my friend @traceyholmes.bsky.social has lit a fire under the IOC & World Athletics Presidents on these issues, while doing a deep dive on shady agendas involved.

youtu.be/2is7WH27X_A?...
EXPLAINER: TRANS, INTERSEX, AND THE WOMEN'S SPORT CATEGORY
YouTube video by The Sports Ambassador
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reposted by Kate Doak
The next generation of #Socceroos awaits.... ⚽🦘

#Italy vs #Australia in the FIFA #U20WC...

5:50am AEST Monday morning, live on #SBS.

How To Watch - www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...
September 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
No "Memphis Trousers", @crikey.com.au? 🤦🏼‍♀️

C'mon @theshufflediary.bsky.social... surely a former Prime Minister doing a full on "Eagle Rock" deserves a "mention in dispatches" at least! 😂👖
September 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The next generation of #Socceroos awaits.... ⚽🦘

#Italy vs #Australia in the FIFA #U20WC...

5:50am AEST Monday morning, live on #SBS.

How To Watch - www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...
September 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
They legally can't do that @bloomberg.com, as Fully Self Driving vehicles are illegal in all parts of Australia. 🙄
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is a really, really good piece by @melissagiragrant.com. It's also worth noting the level of political cover individuals like Martina Navratilova & JK Rowling have given discriminatory groups like these too & just how dangerous it is. Hate, like love, isn't limited to any one side of politics.
I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.
The Right​’s Baseless​ Project to ​Link Trans People​ With Extremism
A campaign for the FBI to adopt a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism” is less about law enforcement than politics.
newrepublic.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Soo.... Who is going to be getting up at 5am on Monday morning with me to watch the Young @socceroos.bsky.social on #SBS? ⚽😁

@simonhill1894.bsky.social? @vincerugari.com? @battledinosaur.bsky.social? @kieranyap.bsky.social? Any takers? 😄 #U20WC

www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Just saying... Zelensky was a comedian, while Reagan was an actor... JFK & Harding meanwhile were journalists...

A late night talk show host having a shot at becoming POTUS doesn't sound outlandish after that monologue from Kimmel... Democrats could do far worse.
Yeah, Kimmel is back. And Trump made him much stronger.

This was excellent.

410K views on YouTube in the first 30 minutes. youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by Kate Doak
New Zealand prevaricates on whether to recognise Palestine as a state, or not.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Palestine #Gaza
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Every village needs their idiot, and this one appears to be a retired one from the US Navy's Medical Corps... 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks for the allyship, Mr @georgetakei.bsky.social. It was an honour to meet you at Network 10 in Australia a couple of years ago. 🖖🏼🚀
September 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM