I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.

Yes, I've been disturbed by the US-focus of so many commentators here. It's all about how many American soldiers are dying, how much it's costing US taxpayers, how it's affecting US oil prices.

And the rest of the world is watching America careening out of control, smashing everything in its path.

Why are you being purposely obtuse?
YOU are the one who posted it. AI didn't do anything by itself.

Single frame. Karoline Leavitt on the press briefing lectern with a US flag and a large “chocolate wheel” with coloured panels showing: “REGIME CHANGE -YAY!; THEY’RE TERRORISTS!; THEY HAVE NUKES!; THEY DOT HAVE NUKES YET; WE WANT TO REPLACE THE LEADER; WE KILLED THE REPLACEMENTS; ARMAGEDDON!!!; PRE-EMPTIVE SELF-DEFENCE; BIBI IS OUR FRIEND; (SOME SCHOOLGIRLS MAY HAVE DIED); WHAT OIL?!; MID-TERMS - YIKES!” Leavitt says, “Next question?”

Spin.
My @smh cartoon.

Australia’s GDP growth is partly due to government spending. So why isn’t the Coalition complaining? | Greg Jericho After such a long period of miserable figures, seeing the economy grow closer to 3% is a relief

My take on the GDP figures, Libs complain about govt spending... the big federal boost in govt spending was for defence... I thought the Libs liked that.... whoops

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Public ed is good for social cohesion. Public funding for religious private schools divides us.
It's extremely depressing how our system & pol leaders encourage a belief that sending your kids to private, esp "Christian" schools gives them a better future. We need pride & investment in public ed

Exclusive: NDIS algorithm designed to put scheme back on track at 'critical risk' Documents seen by Crikey show that senior staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency have warned that the policy design of the so-called New Framework Planning is in disarray.

Of course, the only people who will suffer (apart from the bureaucrats and ministers if they miss their budget savings targets) will be the people who use the NDIS having the biggest reform since it began thrust on them in this way. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/r...

Exclusive: NDIS algorithm designed to put scheme back on track at 'critical risk' Documents seen by Crikey show that senior staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency have warned that the policy design of the so-called New Framework Planning is in disarray.

I've been shown NDIS agency documents that warn the introduction of a support needs assessment and 'robo-planning' is a mess with every element of the tech listed as off track and now at 'critical risk'. Agency booked savings, but they're figuring it out as they go. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/r...

By Jen Sorensen.

Fancy being led into world conflict by such a mob of hateful, reprehensible people. That’s what feels even more devastating this time around. Even in the disaster of the Iraq invasion, while we knew they were lying, they hadn’t been going out of their way to be the most vile, venal criminals.

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

I saw a bumper sticker with this on it about 20 years ago and have thought about it when I am in/ am being traffic ever since

Wonder why she decided against it.
Hilariously I had someone insisting she wasn't conservative.

Marsupials in the news again? Yes! And this time it’s good news | First Dog on the Moon Lazarus taxa

Lazarus taxa?! Is that good? Yes it is! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australian gas producers reap windfalls as Iran war chokes global supply Santos, the country’s second-biggest listed oil and gas producer, finalised a deal with a commodities trader at more than double recent market rates.

We should be taxing the fuckers into the ground.

War profiteering used to be a bad thing…

www.afr.com/companies/en...

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NSW Labor have always been useless.

As always, NSW Labor shows how right wing they are.
#nswpol

That's something I can't understand. The Labor party got their highest ever majority precisely because they were to the left of the increasingly cooked COALition. Logically they should have moved to the left where the voters are but they went right, towards the people we rejected.

Evicting homeless campers violated human rights, Supreme Court rules The Supreme Court has found a south-east Queensland council violated the human rights of homeless campers.

Evictions of homeless campers by City of Moreton Bay violated human rights, Supreme Court rules www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Gambling on War Is MAGA’s Latest Gold Rush Some lawmakers want to ban the prediction-market manipulations.

'Like dogfighting, gambling on war is the sort of hobby that is best described in simple, direct moral terms. ("Satanic" was the one that came to my mind.)'

We're close to wars being launched because someone's got a bet somewhere...

www.thebulwark.com/p/gambling-o...

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Go C & A!!!!

A lot do blame their short comings on the 'other'.

essentially the entire problem with doctoring is that two totally different professions— medicine and care— have been combined into one, and people who want to do medicine broadly resent the expectation to perform care, to disastrous results.

i work with words for a living, so I am biased, but I really think we've got to bring back words. really useful if you imbue them with meaning and arrange them properly!

What Does Russia Have on Trump? Americans Deserve an Answer As Russia reportedly shares intelligence with Iran that could endanger American forces, the White House chooses to ease pressure on Moscow instead of confronting it.

Ukraine offers to help defend the West from Iranian drones.

Russia helps Iran track American forces.

And the White House eases sanctions on Russian oil.

Explain that to the families of U.S. troops. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

I'm white too. And I'm just so tired of white people.
I don't understand their hate. Lack of empathy and ignorance?