Dan Ilic
@danilic.bsky.social
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Investigative Humourist.
Host @ARationalFear Podcast.
Winner 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Australian Podcast Awards Best Comedy Podcast.
🏆🏆🏆
Investigative Humourist.
Host @ARationalFear Podcast.
Winner 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Australian Podcast Awards Best Comedy Podcast.
🏆🏆🏆
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
What a day to read this by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 AM
What a day to read this by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
The US bombed Hugo Chavez' mausoleum —
Finally, Chavez will no longer be able to traffic drugs from his underground grave.
Finally, Chavez will no longer be able to traffic drugs from his underground grave.
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The US bombed Hugo Chavez' mausoleum —
Finally, Chavez will no longer be able to traffic drugs from his underground grave.
Finally, Chavez will no longer be able to traffic drugs from his underground grave.
Trailer for Season 2 of The Last Frontier just dropped.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Trailer for Season 2 of The Last Frontier just dropped.
Today is January 3, 2026
36 years ago today the USA removed Noriega from Panama.
January 3, 1990.
36 years ago today the USA removed Noriega from Panama.
January 3, 1990.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Today is January 3, 2026
36 years ago today the USA removed Noriega from Panama.
January 3, 1990.
36 years ago today the USA removed Noriega from Panama.
January 3, 1990.
After removing Maduro, the USA will finally be able to bring freedom to millions of barrels of oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
After removing Maduro, the USA will finally be able to bring freedom to millions of barrels of oil.
Well … the lesson is don’t Nationalise your oil unless you can beat America in a gun fight.
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Well … the lesson is don’t Nationalise your oil unless you can beat America in a gun fight.
The US has “Captured” Maduro and his wife….
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The US has “Captured” Maduro and his wife….
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"We live inside a billionaire-operated media landscape where every little & big thing that happens is part of a struggle to shape what we think & how we act and most of the time we don’t realise how we are being played. And look, even realising it doesn’t help."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
In your heart of hearts, you know this wrong
So what?
tdunlop.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM
"We live inside a billionaire-operated media landscape where every little & big thing that happens is part of a struggle to shape what we think & how we act and most of the time we don’t realise how we are being played. And look, even realising it doesn’t help."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
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Mongabay's investigative journalism logged 870+ impacts in 2025—exposing Amazon crimes, driving indictments in Brazil, and empowering Indigenous communities to protect their lands.
How Mongabay’s journalism made an impact in 2025
The guiding star at Mongabay isn’t pageviews or clicks; it’s meaningful impact. As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at some of the ways Mongabay’s journalism made a difference this year. Empowering...
buff.ly
January 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Mongabay's investigative journalism logged 870+ impacts in 2025—exposing Amazon crimes, driving indictments in Brazil, and empowering Indigenous communities to protect their lands.
Can’t stop thinking about abloke I saw at the resort buffet in Bali rocking a Bustleton Builders high viz polo — on holidays — in Bali.
Anyway hope he picks up a few more clients.
Anyway hope he picks up a few more clients.
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Can’t stop thinking about abloke I saw at the resort buffet in Bali rocking a Bustleton Builders high viz polo — on holidays — in Bali.
Anyway hope he picks up a few more clients.
Anyway hope he picks up a few more clients.
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Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
The Aunty’s and Uncle’s table at Christmas was just a table of people yelling “what?”
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The Aunty’s and Uncle’s table at Christmas was just a table of people yelling “what?”
This job has been the top of my LinkedIn new jobs list for over a year—— have they filled it?
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This job has been the top of my LinkedIn new jobs list for over a year—— have they filled it?
Sitting on a tropical beach thinking about all the media releases that I made people sign over a career.
I hope they’re safe in a binder on a shelf, and read occasionally by a lawyer for posterity and nostalgia.
I hope they’re safe in a binder on a shelf, and read occasionally by a lawyer for posterity and nostalgia.
December 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sitting on a tropical beach thinking about all the media releases that I made people sign over a career.
I hope they’re safe in a binder on a shelf, and read occasionally by a lawyer for posterity and nostalgia.
I hope they’re safe in a binder on a shelf, and read occasionally by a lawyer for posterity and nostalgia.
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Thanks everyone, for making #SIZZLETOWN Ep 100 our most downloaded for the year. For those who like lists, cheap jokes, and Warren Perso, there will be a new 'Unplugged' episode out on New Year's Day. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
Ep 100: The National Noise
Podcast Episode · Tony Martin’s SIZZLETOWN · 03/12/2025 · 1h 23m
podcasts.apple.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Thanks everyone, for making #SIZZLETOWN Ep 100 our most downloaded for the year. For those who like lists, cheap jokes, and Warren Perso, there will be a new 'Unplugged' episode out on New Year's Day. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
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The gas industry lobby group spends more on advertising its exaggerated claims than many of it foreign owned gas exporting members pay in tax #climate
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
How little the fossil fuel industry gives to Australia
As Christmas is the season of giving, it is perhaps an opportune time to check how much – or how little – the fossil fuel industry actually contributes to the Australian economy and government revenue...
thepoint.com.au
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The gas industry lobby group spends more on advertising its exaggerated claims than many of it foreign owned gas exporting members pay in tax #climate
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
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For those with Binge, @mitchmctaggart.bsky.social's seventh annual 'Last Year of Television' is now available. And all the old ones, too, of course.
December 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For those with Binge, @mitchmctaggart.bsky.social's seventh annual 'Last Year of Television' is now available. And all the old ones, too, of course.
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Seasons Greetings from the team at @tonymartin.bsky.social’s #SIZZLETOWN.
Artwork by GROB: tiny.cc/qaldyz
Artwork by GROB: tiny.cc/qaldyz
December 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Seasons Greetings from the team at @tonymartin.bsky.social’s #SIZZLETOWN.
Artwork by GROB: tiny.cc/qaldyz
Artwork by GROB: tiny.cc/qaldyz
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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
Holding complexity amidst catastrophe
I didn't want to write this.
I don't want to write this.
I feel like I need to write something.
I am writing this.
I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience.
I am still writing this, ei...
in-between-days.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
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“People keep telling me what Bondi was about…”
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December 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“People keep telling me what Bondi was about…”
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It's important _not_ to give up on podcasts — because their concept is radical, and fights back against big tech (and fascist policy makers) being able to control people's voices through their platforms: www.anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's important _not_ to give up on podcasts — because their concept is radical, and fights back against big tech (and fascist policy makers) being able to control people's voices through their platforms: www.anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
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Bari Weiss ❌
Weis Bar ✅
Weis Bar ✅
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Bari Weiss ❌
Weis Bar ✅
Weis Bar ✅
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December 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM