Megan Herbert
@meganjherbert.bsky.social
Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things /
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Megan Herbert
@meganjherbert.bsky.social
· Nov 25
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This sets out the clear, bullet-point agreed plan that, if funded by Australian governments, would stop most ongoing family violence & make women & children way safer. Governments choose not to, while spending $60m on PNG men's rugby, $96m on crap BOMsite, millions on dicky consultants, etc.
Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis, writes Katherine Berney.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...
Australia knows how to end violence against women. What we lack is the will to pay for it.
Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis.
womensagenda.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This sets out the clear, bullet-point agreed plan that, if funded by Australian governments, would stop most ongoing family violence & make women & children way safer. Governments choose not to, while spending $60m on PNG men's rugby, $96m on crap BOMsite, millions on dicky consultants, etc.
Is it too much that we reserve a shred of intelligence for the dictionaries at least? A morsel? A crumb?
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including Ozempic face, blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire
AI slop is here, it’s ubiquitous, it’s being used by US president Donald Trump and now, it’s the word of the year.
The Macquarie Dictionary dubbed the term the epitome of 2025 linguistics, with a committee of word experts saying the outcome embodies the word of the year’s general theme of reflecting “a major aspect of society or societal change throughout the year”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Is it too much that we reserve a shred of intelligence for the dictionaries at least? A morsel? A crumb?
Fossil fool's errand.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Fossil fool's errand.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
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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
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
Strong "look what you made him do" vibes
Q: Trump accused Democrats of seditious behavior punishable by death. Does the president want to execute members of Congress?
LEAVITT: No
LEAVITT: No
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Strong "look what you made him do" vibes
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LET'S GO!
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.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
LET'S GO!
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
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.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
in other news, water is wet
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
in other news, water is wet
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
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...
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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
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25
#auspol
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“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
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25
#auspol
I'll let him know xx
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'll let him know xx
Brace for impacts.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Brace for impacts.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
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
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 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.
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
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.
Sounds like an excellent plan
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sounds like an excellent plan
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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
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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Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.
October 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.
Ladies and gentleman, presenting the tiniest, most fragile ego ever known to humankind good LORD
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
Ladies and gentleman, presenting the tiniest, most fragile ego ever known to humankind good LORD
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Law unto himself.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Law unto himself.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social