Jim Spriggs
@jimspriggs.bsky.social
Reader, lurker. Laugh or you would be curled in a ball on the floor sobbing
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Your correspondent (Letters, ″Not only in America″, 16/12) should point out to his American friends that when they can count the number of mass shootings in 30 years on one hand, they can discuss the complexities of Australian gun violence. I do.
Peter McGill, Lancefield
The Age, letters
Peter McGill, Lancefield
The Age, letters
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Your correspondent (Letters, ″Not only in America″, 16/12) should point out to his American friends that when they can count the number of mass shootings in 30 years on one hand, they can discuss the complexities of Australian gun violence. I do.
Peter McGill, Lancefield
The Age, letters
Peter McGill, Lancefield
The Age, letters
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Since the horrific events of the first night of Chanukah, we have been moved by the support that has come from across Australia for the Jewish community.
For those wanting to show their support, we invite you to join us and @GetUp and take a photo of a candle by your window.
For those wanting to show their support, we invite you to join us and @GetUp and take a photo of a candle by your window.
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Since the horrific events of the first night of Chanukah, we have been moved by the support that has come from across Australia for the Jewish community.
For those wanting to show their support, we invite you to join us and @GetUp and take a photo of a candle by your window.
For those wanting to show their support, we invite you to join us and @GetUp and take a photo of a candle by your window.
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Very few politicians are willing to state the obvious - a failure of Australia's intelligence apparatus.
Father/son terrorist attack, with long links to Islamic State characters and IS flags in the car?
Nothing to see here apparantly.
Father/son terrorist attack, with long links to Islamic State characters and IS flags in the car?
Nothing to see here apparantly.
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Very few politicians are willing to state the obvious - a failure of Australia's intelligence apparatus.
Father/son terrorist attack, with long links to Islamic State characters and IS flags in the car?
Nothing to see here apparantly.
Father/son terrorist attack, with long links to Islamic State characters and IS flags in the car?
Nothing to see here apparantly.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Will all their big data mining overreaching powers …. Why did ASIO’s machines not pick up a previous POI going to JI training in the Philippines?
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Will all their big data mining overreaching powers …. Why did ASIO’s machines not pick up a previous POI going to JI training in the Philippines?
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What is the point of giving up civil liberties if they can’t even stop this?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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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 …
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Sport! It's bad don't do it. A cautionary tale. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Minns moves to block peaceful protests in Sydney. Exporting weapons to Israel is still okay
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Minns moves to block peaceful protests in Sydney. Exporting weapons to Israel is still okay
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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Maybe I'm just old, but it might have been relevent to mention that CPC is the former Packer empire. Scant mention of the UK owners, but they are a private equity firm, so you don't really know who's in there. However the article could have named the firm. It's "Terra Firma" if I recall. #rural
Beetaloo Station sold in historic $300m deal to CPC
Consolidated Pastoral Company spends more than $300 million to buy the Beetaloo aggregation of stations in the NT.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Maybe I'm just old, but it might have been relevent to mention that CPC is the former Packer empire. Scant mention of the UK owners, but they are a private equity firm, so you don't really know who's in there. However the article could have named the firm. It's "Terra Firma" if I recall. #rural
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It's the murderers to blame for Bondi; not Muslims, Arabs, leftists, or peace marchers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
Taking Advantage of A national Tragedy | The West Report - Michael West
Who to blame for the Bondi Beach mass-shooting? Not Muslims, not Arabs, not peace protestors marching on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was the men who fired the bullets. In the aftermath of the Bondi...
michaelwest.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's the murderers to blame for Bondi; not Muslims, Arabs, leftists, or peace marchers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
#bondi #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/taking-advan...
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Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Counterpoint: physical scientists are wildly unqualified to provide insight on the social, political and technological shifts required.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
This is what happens when non-climate scientists write about the climate crisis without really understanding where we are or where we are headed
Unjustified optimism
If the world is just 2.5C hotter in 2100, I will eat my hat, or would if I wasn't 6ft under
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unjustified optimism
If the world is just 2.5C hotter in 2100, I will eat my hat, or would if I wasn't 6ft under
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Counterpoint: physical scientists are wildly unqualified to provide insight on the social, political and technological shifts required.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is absolutely correct: coal, oil and gas are not mandatory. Rampant capitalism is not inevitable. ExxonMobil isn't all-powerful.
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And how did that work out?
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
And how did that work out?
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What government gets wrong, private enterprise has perfected.
Right, Comrade* Albo?
#socialmediaban #onlinegambling #auspol
Right, Comrade* Albo?
#socialmediaban #onlinegambling #auspol
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What government gets wrong, private enterprise has perfected.
Right, Comrade* Albo?
#socialmediaban #onlinegambling #auspol
Right, Comrade* Albo?
#socialmediaban #onlinegambling #auspol
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It’s unbelievable that for all the wondrous inventions of modern science we still haven’t found a way to kill Dick Van Dyke
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s unbelievable that for all the wondrous inventions of modern science we still haven’t found a way to kill Dick Van Dyke
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Every time he opens his mouth about his unfitness for the highest integrity-driven office in the country, he demonstrates his unfitness.
The anti-corruption watchdog chief personally drafted lines in a media release saying his recusal from defence cases was "unnecessary". His deputies have publicly disagreed.
Anti-corruption boss in open dispute with deputies over defence recusal
The anti-corruption watchdog chief personally drafted lines in a media release saying his recusal from defence cases was "unnecessary". His deputies have publicly disagreed.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Every time he opens his mouth about his unfitness for the highest integrity-driven office in the country, he demonstrates his unfitness.
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Driving a steamroller over somebody is the most sincere form of flattery.
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Driving a steamroller over somebody is the most sincere form of flattery.
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every pro-stadium chud should have to come and sit in the royal hobart emergency department for the night and then tell me if a fucking stadium should be a priority
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
every pro-stadium chud should have to come and sit in the royal hobart emergency department for the night and then tell me if a fucking stadium should be a priority
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Incredible. Pro-teen social media ban group 36 Months was selling sponsorship to a United Nations event run by the Australian government with the promise of “influence” and “access” to heads of states, according to a leaked document.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/11/3...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/11/3...
'This is influence': Leaked 36 Months sponsorship document reveals promises to sell access to United Nations event
The Wippa-led pro-teen social media ban group was selling a 'United Nations General Assembly Sponsorship' for $150,000 in the lead-up to the Australian government-hosted event.
www.crikey.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Incredible. Pro-teen social media ban group 36 Months was selling sponsorship to a United Nations event run by the Australian government with the promise of “influence” and “access” to heads of states, according to a leaked document.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/11/3...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/11/3...
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez