Don Sinnamon (he/him)
@donsinnamon.bsky.social
Writer/editor from Brisbane. 20+ years in progressive politics. Former music journo, campaigner for refugees, public broadcasting & environment. FOD
Tripped over a robot apocalypse and started writing historical fiction that's looking for a home
Tripped over a robot apocalypse and started writing historical fiction that's looking for a home
Pinned
Post a ship that’s neither Star Wars nor Star Trek:
The brigantine Zelig at anchor off Isla de Providencia, from my upcoming book, painted for me by Colin Baxter who can be found here www.instagram.com/colinmbaxter...
The brigantine Zelig at anchor off Isla de Providencia, from my upcoming book, painted for me by Colin Baxter who can be found here www.instagram.com/colinmbaxter...
Slowest of slow claps for the ALP and LNP
"Australia’s bottom-tier ranking reflects decades of bipartisan policy failure: reliance on extraction rather than production; property speculation, not innovation; privatisation over public investment; and political capture by fossil capital." #renewables #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
'A national humiliation': Australia at bottom of new renewables ranking
As the Coalition abandons net zero, Andrew Forrest has quietly moved on not just to net zero, but to real zero.
johnmenadue.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Slowest of slow claps for the ALP and LNP
Remember, he was shortlisted to play Captain Jean-Luc Picard in TNG.
Somehow I don't think Code of Honour would have played out the same way if he'd been cast in the big chair.
Somehow I don't think Code of Honour would have played out the same way if he'd been cast in the big chair.
Remembering the late 🇺🇸American actor #YaphetKotto (15 November 1939 – 15 March 2021) born #OnThisDay in New York City
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Remember, he was shortlisted to play Captain Jean-Luc Picard in TNG.
Somehow I don't think Code of Honour would have played out the same way if he'd been cast in the big chair.
Somehow I don't think Code of Honour would have played out the same way if he'd been cast in the big chair.
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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It's Transgender Awareness Week. We acknowledge the Transgender, Intersex & Non-Binary individuals of our community.
Every person who comes out or lives their true selves in today's climate of scapegoating hate has more courage than many will ever know.
You are welcome & you are loved. 🖖🏻💚
Every person who comes out or lives their true selves in today's climate of scapegoating hate has more courage than many will ever know.
You are welcome & you are loved. 🖖🏻💚
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's Transgender Awareness Week. We acknowledge the Transgender, Intersex & Non-Binary individuals of our community.
Every person who comes out or lives their true selves in today's climate of scapegoating hate has more courage than many will ever know.
You are welcome & you are loved. 🖖🏻💚
Every person who comes out or lives their true selves in today's climate of scapegoating hate has more courage than many will ever know.
You are welcome & you are loved. 🖖🏻💚
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While everyone’s having fun laughing at the Coalition’s ‘climate policy’ Labor is munching popcorn and enjoying the complete lack of scrutiny of its failed ‘Safeguard Mechanism’.
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
OECD report shows LNP climate irrelevance, while Safeguard Mechanism among least effective emissions reduction schemes in world
The report demonstrates that Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains one of the least effective programs for reducing emissions, and relies the most on carbon credits.
thepoint.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
While everyone’s having fun laughing at the Coalition’s ‘climate policy’ Labor is munching popcorn and enjoying the complete lack of scrutiny of its failed ‘Safeguard Mechanism’.
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
17 years of Oglaf and I knew almost nothing about them, even the title’s origin
AND I was a fan of Platinum Grit before that, the oddball 90s comic partly set in a fictional Scottish castle that had been moved from Scotland to the end of a bus route that passes my house
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
AND I was a fan of Platinum Grit before that, the oddball 90s comic partly set in a fictional Scottish castle that had been moved from Scotland to the end of a bus route that passes my house
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
17 years of Oglaf and I knew almost nothing about them, even the title’s origin
AND I was a fan of Platinum Grit before that, the oddball 90s comic partly set in a fictional Scottish castle that had been moved from Scotland to the end of a bus route that passes my house
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
AND I was a fan of Platinum Grit before that, the oddball 90s comic partly set in a fictional Scottish castle that had been moved from Scotland to the end of a bus route that passes my house
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
Watching The Birds for the first time in decades and forgot how good Hitchcock is at setting up completely different films from the ones he delivers.
I am totally charmed by the romantic comedy this is not, like I was intrigued by the workplace crime thriller that Psycho wasn’t either.
I am totally charmed by the romantic comedy this is not, like I was intrigued by the workplace crime thriller that Psycho wasn’t either.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Watching The Birds for the first time in decades and forgot how good Hitchcock is at setting up completely different films from the ones he delivers.
I am totally charmed by the romantic comedy this is not, like I was intrigued by the workplace crime thriller that Psycho wasn’t either.
I am totally charmed by the romantic comedy this is not, like I was intrigued by the workplace crime thriller that Psycho wasn’t either.
Waiting for Lucky’s final trip to the vet after 3pm.
Taking the day with her is harder than I imagined.
At first I thought she was going to sleep through the day and it might be better to let her - her legs were twitching and she was clearly running somewhere.
Taking the day with her is harder than I imagined.
At first I thought she was going to sleep through the day and it might be better to let her - her legs were twitching and she was clearly running somewhere.
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Waiting for Lucky’s final trip to the vet after 3pm.
Taking the day with her is harder than I imagined.
At first I thought she was going to sleep through the day and it might be better to let her - her legs were twitching and she was clearly running somewhere.
Taking the day with her is harder than I imagined.
At first I thought she was going to sleep through the day and it might be better to let her - her legs were twitching and she was clearly running somewhere.
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It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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I thought it was just because I’m a middle-aged nerd that I was put off by the Bureau of Meteorology’s website changes last week, but no, it caught a lot of people out. Including w/ critical changes to the rain radar.
(The other thing is true, too, though)
(The other thing is true, too, though)
Extreme weather lashed the south-east on Sunday afternoon with golf ball-sized hail falling across Brisbane. Read more: tinyurl.com/2hbjz5wc
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I thought it was just because I’m a middle-aged nerd that I was put off by the Bureau of Meteorology’s website changes last week, but no, it caught a lot of people out. Including w/ critical changes to the rain radar.
(The other thing is true, too, though)
(The other thing is true, too, though)
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October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Isn't this your party, Minister Watt? Looks like it www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
October 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Isn't this your party, Minister Watt? Looks like it www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The IMF's World Economic Outlook report is titled ‘Global Economy in Flux, Prospects Remain Dim.’
Which is really just a polite way of saying 'Donald Trump is causing chaos, and it's not looking good.'
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
Which is really just a polite way of saying 'Donald Trump is causing chaos, and it's not looking good.'
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The IMF's World Economic Outlook report is titled ‘Global Economy in Flux, Prospects Remain Dim.’
Which is really just a polite way of saying 'Donald Trump is causing chaos, and it's not looking good.'
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
Which is really just a polite way of saying 'Donald Trump is causing chaos, and it's not looking good.'
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
22 years ago, I was secretary of the QLD Peace Network that ran the Feb 16th peace rally here, one of the largest worldwide protests, against the imminent invasion of Iraq.
One of the biggest protests since Vietnam, it saw about 5% of the country on the streets.
The press downplayed it, the govt…
One of the biggest protests since Vietnam, it saw about 5% of the country on the streets.
The press downplayed it, the govt…
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
22 years ago, I was secretary of the QLD Peace Network that ran the Feb 16th peace rally here, one of the largest worldwide protests, against the imminent invasion of Iraq.
One of the biggest protests since Vietnam, it saw about 5% of the country on the streets.
The press downplayed it, the govt…
One of the biggest protests since Vietnam, it saw about 5% of the country on the streets.
The press downplayed it, the govt…
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I have stolen
the jewels
that were in
the museumcase
and which
you were probably
saving
for visitors
forgive me
they were expensive
so shiny
and so old
the jewels
that were in
the museumcase
and which
you were probably
saving
for visitors
forgive me
they were expensive
so shiny
and so old
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I have stolen
the jewels
that were in
the museumcase
and which
you were probably
saving
for visitors
forgive me
they were expensive
so shiny
and so old
the jewels
that were in
the museumcase
and which
you were probably
saving
for visitors
forgive me
they were expensive
so shiny
and so old
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Its the media being tested here and you failed btw
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Its the media being tested here and you failed btw
And the Tories looked back along the beach and asked why sometimes there were only one set of prints, and the Labor Party replied, "That was when I carried you."
Sorry kids, believe us, we tried, really hard, to push our political leaders to do better.
"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And the Tories looked back along the beach and asked why sometimes there were only one set of prints, and the Labor Party replied, "That was when I carried you."
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🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality
povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Realised this week when I kept failing to finish a document that I have not slept properly since Operation Roof Fall, and had to have a talk with my supervisor about taking a break.
She couldn’t have been nicer but it was still hard.
And hard to recognise when your brain’s misfiring because… brain
She couldn’t have been nicer but it was still hard.
And hard to recognise when your brain’s misfiring because… brain
October 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Realised this week when I kept failing to finish a document that I have not slept properly since Operation Roof Fall, and had to have a talk with my supervisor about taking a break.
She couldn’t have been nicer but it was still hard.
And hard to recognise when your brain’s misfiring because… brain
She couldn’t have been nicer but it was still hard.
And hard to recognise when your brain’s misfiring because… brain
Elon and Trump's game of Fantasy Government Budget is going to kill millions, which is one of the reasons they recruited so many kids with no real world experience to implement the cuts.
With so many horrors going on, don't let these ones go unnoticed
With so many horrors going on, don't let these ones go unnoticed
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Elon and Trump's game of Fantasy Government Budget is going to kill millions, which is one of the reasons they recruited so many kids with no real world experience to implement the cuts.
With so many horrors going on, don't let these ones go unnoticed
With so many horrors going on, don't let these ones go unnoticed
‘People Found Me Creepy As A Child And Now That’s Your Problem’ - the life story of every prominent figure on the modern right, and the sequel:
‘I Am Making Them All Pay, Why Won’t They Applaud More Loudly?’
‘I Am Making Them All Pay, Why Won’t They Applaud More Loudly?’
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‘People Found Me Creepy As A Child And Now That’s Your Problem’ - the life story of every prominent figure on the modern right, and the sequel:
‘I Am Making Them All Pay, Why Won’t They Applaud More Loudly?’
‘I Am Making Them All Pay, Why Won’t They Applaud More Loudly?’