Collette Snowden
@drcollette.bsky.social
British/Australian - Communication and Media academic and writer interested in media effects on human society.
Everything interests me, especially communication, media, language, music, technology, complexity, and contradiction.
Everything interests me, especially communication, media, language, music, technology, complexity, and contradiction.
Finally the tea room squabble is over in #auspol
It's another LNP leader! Surprise!
Now could the Australian media get back to reporting news - the rolling coverage is incredibly self-indulgent. Yes, it matters, but to the detriment of all other issues?
UH OH now come the opinion pieces
It's another LNP leader! Surprise!
Now could the Australian media get back to reporting news - the rolling coverage is incredibly self-indulgent. Yes, it matters, but to the detriment of all other issues?
UH OH now come the opinion pieces
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Finally the tea room squabble is over in #auspol
It's another LNP leader! Surprise!
Now could the Australian media get back to reporting news - the rolling coverage is incredibly self-indulgent. Yes, it matters, but to the detriment of all other issues?
UH OH now come the opinion pieces
It's another LNP leader! Surprise!
Now could the Australian media get back to reporting news - the rolling coverage is incredibly self-indulgent. Yes, it matters, but to the detriment of all other issues?
UH OH now come the opinion pieces
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One of those 'apologies' that isn't really an apology
Nothing less than you would expect from this odious excuse for a human being
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Nothing less than you would expect from this odious excuse for a human being
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Ratcliffe says sorry his language 'offended some people' after criticism of immigration comments - live updates
The Man Utd co-owner says it's important to talk about
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
One of those 'apologies' that isn't really an apology
Nothing less than you would expect from this odious excuse for a human being
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Nothing less than you would expect from this odious excuse for a human being
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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I have written to Wes Streeting, following his private admission that Israel has been committing war crimes.
History will shame those who could have spoken out against the genocide in Gaza, but chose to serve in governments that aided and abetted it instead.
History will shame those who could have spoken out against the genocide in Gaza, but chose to serve in governments that aided and abetted it instead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I have written to Wes Streeting, following his private admission that Israel has been committing war crimes.
History will shame those who could have spoken out against the genocide in Gaza, but chose to serve in governments that aided and abetted it instead.
History will shame those who could have spoken out against the genocide in Gaza, but chose to serve in governments that aided and abetted it instead.
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3,028 billionaires now hoard $16.1 trillion—more wealth than 99.99% of humanity combined.
Let that sink in: a few thousand people own as much as billions of others. The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed by some self-serving politicians.
And it sucks!
We MUST change it.
Let that sink in: a few thousand people own as much as billions of others. The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed by some self-serving politicians.
And it sucks!
We MUST change it.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
3,028 billionaires now hoard $16.1 trillion—more wealth than 99.99% of humanity combined.
Let that sink in: a few thousand people own as much as billions of others. The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed by some self-serving politicians.
And it sucks!
We MUST change it.
Let that sink in: a few thousand people own as much as billions of others. The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed by some self-serving politicians.
And it sucks!
We MUST change it.
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I asked why the Albanese Government hasn't rejected Trump's invitation to join his so-called "Board of Peace."
The UK, France, New Zealand, Germany & others have refused to join, because it is cooked.
Minister Wong says Labor is still considering the invite. What's to consider?
The UK, France, New Zealand, Germany & others have refused to join, because it is cooked.
Minister Wong says Labor is still considering the invite. What's to consider?
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I asked why the Albanese Government hasn't rejected Trump's invitation to join his so-called "Board of Peace."
The UK, France, New Zealand, Germany & others have refused to join, because it is cooked.
Minister Wong says Labor is still considering the invite. What's to consider?
The UK, France, New Zealand, Germany & others have refused to join, because it is cooked.
Minister Wong says Labor is still considering the invite. What's to consider?
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The job.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The job.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.
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‘The elderly & people with disabilities were fair game.
The NSW premier & senior NSW police have been saturating the media in the wake of the most brutal 🥷 show of 🥷 force in recent memory, waxing lyrical about how it was justified. Their premise is all protest participants warranted a beating.’
The NSW premier & senior NSW police have been saturating the media in the wake of the most brutal 🥷 show of 🥷 force in recent memory, waxing lyrical about how it was justified. Their premise is all protest participants warranted a beating.’
The NSW police kettled in Sydney's pro-Palestinians and then let loose, brutalising them with the impunity the NSW premier and senior police had bestowed upon them
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www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-pol...
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www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-pol...
NSW Police Bash and Brutalise Herzog Protesters into Submission
New South Wales police officers unleashed their show of force against those protesting the visit of genocidal Israeli president Isaac Herzog.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
‘The elderly & people with disabilities were fair game.
The NSW premier & senior NSW police have been saturating the media in the wake of the most brutal 🥷 show of 🥷 force in recent memory, waxing lyrical about how it was justified. Their premise is all protest participants warranted a beating.’
The NSW premier & senior NSW police have been saturating the media in the wake of the most brutal 🥷 show of 🥷 force in recent memory, waxing lyrical about how it was justified. Their premise is all protest participants warranted a beating.’
this was the inevitable outcome of the normalisation of the brutal incarceration culture of the USA - now every other country can scoff at anything it says about "human rights" and "the rule of law"
This is the reality of the Detention Centers
Where people are held illegally in inhumane conditions with little food, water and no medical care
Where people are held illegally in inhumane conditions with little food, water and no medical care
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM
this was the inevitable outcome of the normalisation of the brutal incarceration culture of the USA - now every other country can scoff at anything it says about "human rights" and "the rule of law"
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Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,520 times (as of Feb. 1, 2026).
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,520 times (as of Feb. 1, 2026).
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Canada has announced it will buy up to a dozen conventionally-powered subs for around $CAD60 billion ($63 billion) – a fraction of what Australia has already begun paying for fewer nuclear subs – despite having a much longer coastline to patrol. satpa.pe/e784ucf
What Albanese could learn from Mark Carney
satpa.pe
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Canada has announced it will buy up to a dozen conventionally-powered subs for around $CAD60 billion ($63 billion) – a fraction of what Australia has already begun paying for fewer nuclear subs – despite having a much longer coastline to patrol. satpa.pe/e784ucf
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Journalist: Mainstream Media Complicit in Normalizing Epstein File Revelations truthout.org/video/journa...
Journalist: Mainstream Media Complicit in Normalizing Epstein File Revelations
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr says the “self-censorship” happening in the United States is “deeply worrying.”…
truthout.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Journalist: Mainstream Media Complicit in Normalizing Epstein File Revelations truthout.org/video/journa...
Remember when Americans just to make fun of and ridicule dictators and the whole cult of personality - instead of electing them.
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Remember when Americans just to make fun of and ridicule dictators and the whole cult of personality - instead of electing them.
Not just restrained but having his head forced into the light rails!
7/ In this footage, a protester viciously & repeatedly attacks a police officer's fist with his head & liver while forcibly restrained on the ground.
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Not just restrained but having his head forced into the light rails!
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In 1947 the US War Department released “Don’t Be a Sucker,” now archived by the National Archives. It shows how fascism grows through fear lies and scapegoating. This should not be history. It is a reminder our government once wanted remembered.
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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“We saw officers throwing punches at protesters, largely unprovoked for the most part” — SMH reporters
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Our reporters were at the protest. This is the moment it turned violent
There were violent clashes between protesters and police in Sydney's CBD as punches were thrown, capsicum spray used, and 27 people arrested. Our reporters were in the thick of it.
www.smh.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
“We saw officers throwing punches at protesters, largely unprovoked for the most part” — SMH reporters
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
... and we know that despite supposedly being professionals trained to handle conflict the ill-disciplined NSW police cannot manage their own behaviour or contain their emotional outbursts, so people have to surrender their civil and democratic rights
NSW Police Minister saying to the people please don't antagonise the cops by, you know, exercising your basic human rights
February 10, 2026 at 7:12 AM
... and we know that despite supposedly being professionals trained to handle conflict the ill-disciplined NSW police cannot manage their own behaviour or contain their emotional outbursts, so people have to surrender their civil and democratic rights
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"out of context" according to NSW police chief
What a distortion of what that means!
A child can see the use of force here goes beyond any necessity.
And remember they are supposed to be trained professionals not street thugs.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
What a distortion of what that means!
A child can see the use of force here goes beyond any necessity.
And remember they are supposed to be trained professionals not street thugs.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
"out of context" according to NSW police chief
What a distortion of what that means!
A child can see the use of force here goes beyond any necessity.
And remember they are supposed to be trained professionals not street thugs.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
What a distortion of what that means!
A child can see the use of force here goes beyond any necessity.
And remember they are supposed to be trained professionals not street thugs.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
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“I graduated with £42,000 of debt and even though I’m paying it off, it’s now £72,000.”
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
“I graduated with £42,000 of debt and even though I’m paying it off, it’s now £72,000.”
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
Protection for a war criminal
Beatings for people protesting genocide
Austrailan Labor Party has lost the plot
Completely captured by special interests
Unrepresentative swill.
Beatings for people protesting genocide
Austrailan Labor Party has lost the plot
Completely captured by special interests
Unrepresentative swill.
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Protection for a war criminal
Beatings for people protesting genocide
Austrailan Labor Party has lost the plot
Completely captured by special interests
Unrepresentative swill.
Beatings for people protesting genocide
Austrailan Labor Party has lost the plot
Completely captured by special interests
Unrepresentative swill.
Labor federal & state governments couldn't do anything more socially divisive than inviting the head of a genocidal state then using violence on peaceful protestors. What an insult to democracy, to political expression & to universal human rights #auspol
Bathurst Street a few minutes ago.
Not America, not Iran - Sydney
Chris Minns incited this police violence.
#auspol
Not America, not Iran - Sydney
Chris Minns incited this police violence.
#auspol
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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“I arrived at Sydney Town Hall to protest against the war criminal invited to Australia. I was given a lesson in how quickly our country can be transformed from a free and fair democracy to a police state. Lines of police blocked every access”
#Auspol
#Auspol
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
“I arrived at Sydney Town Hall to protest against the war criminal invited to Australia. I was given a lesson in how quickly our country can be transformed from a free and fair democracy to a police state. Lines of police blocked every access”
#Auspol
#Auspol