Fiona Katauskas
@fionakatauskas.bsky.social
Cartoonist for the Guardian (amongst others) , political junkie, best-selling author of The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made. Sweary.
Gadigal Country. Australia
Gadigal Country. Australia
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Screenshots from thread posted on Twitter today by @willdalrymple.bsky.social
From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Screenshots from thread posted on Twitter today by @willdalrymple.bsky.social
From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
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On the topic of speech-to-text: Norway's national broadcaster NRK is cutting pay for subtitlers bc they're replacing manual translation w/ machine outputs
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
NRK kutter i honoraret til tekstere – skal bruke mer KI
NRK skal effektivisere tekstingen ved hjelp av kunstig intelligens (KI). For teksterne betyr det et heftig kutt i honorarene.
www.kampanje.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
On the topic of speech-to-text: Norway's national broadcaster NRK is cutting pay for subtitlers bc they're replacing manual translation w/ machine outputs
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
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Been noticing a lot of this Dark Side behaviour from @bsky.app lately, including booting UN human rights groups investigating and prosecuting war crimes. It took #BlueSky 12 months to plumb depth #Twitter to 12 years to reach. #censorship
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Been noticing a lot of this Dark Side behaviour from @bsky.app lately, including booting UN human rights groups investigating and prosecuting war crimes. It took #BlueSky 12 months to plumb depth #Twitter to 12 years to reach. #censorship
monstrous, ghastly narcissist. Utterly shameful and shameless
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
monstrous, ghastly narcissist. Utterly shameful and shameless
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Two Torres Strait Islander uncles are appealing a federal court ruling that the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to protect their people from the impacts of climate change.
'We want a better future': 'Climate-ravaged’ communities launch court appeal
Two Torres Strait Islander uncles are appealing a federal court ruling that the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to protect their people from the impacts of climate change.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Two Torres Strait Islander uncles are appealing a federal court ruling that the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to protect their people from the impacts of climate change.
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
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Some astonishing details in here. It’s like reading a recipe for pure corruption.
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Some astonishing details in here. It’s like reading a recipe for pure corruption.
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"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
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COMING DECEMBER 2025 #PoveratiXmas
Start prepping those wishlists and setting up paylinks
Get ready to share widely and hopefully some Xmas Angels will make some wishes come true!
Start prepping those wishlists and setting up paylinks
Get ready to share widely and hopefully some Xmas Angels will make some wishes come true!
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
COMING DECEMBER 2025 #PoveratiXmas
Start prepping those wishlists and setting up paylinks
Get ready to share widely and hopefully some Xmas Angels will make some wishes come true!
Start prepping those wishlists and setting up paylinks
Get ready to share widely and hopefully some Xmas Angels will make some wishes come true!
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This is an excellent social experiment.
All ages are discussing it
The implications are very important imo
All ages are discussing it
The implications are very important imo
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This is an excellent social experiment.
All ages are discussing it
The implications are very important imo
All ages are discussing it
The implications are very important imo
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@mikepbowers.bsky.social "I felt like I knew the Prime Minister, ridiculous I know I really didn’t, but he called me ‘young Bowers’
I stopped telling my friends at school that I knew the Prime Minister, they used to give me too much grief."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
I stopped telling my friends at school that I knew the Prime Minister, they used to give me too much grief."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@mikepbowers.bsky.social "I felt like I knew the Prime Minister, ridiculous I know I really didn’t, but he called me ‘young Bowers’
I stopped telling my friends at school that I knew the Prime Minister, they used to give me too much grief."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
I stopped telling my friends at school that I knew the Prime Minister, they used to give me too much grief."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Aerial footage of one of the many displacement camps in Gaza, a heartbreaking reminder that nearly the entire population remains homeless, even with a ceasefire in place.💔💔💔💔😢
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Aerial footage of one of the many displacement camps in Gaza, a heartbreaking reminder that nearly the entire population remains homeless, even with a ceasefire in place.💔💔💔💔😢
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What? Why?
Nauru's president has made a secretive visit to Parliament House in Canberra amid allegations that bikie gangs won a lucrative contract to provide security for former immigration detainees.
Nauruan president makes secretive parliament visit amid bikie contract claims
Nauru's president has made a secretive visit to Parliament House in Canberra amid allegations that bikie gangs won a lucrative contract to provide security for former immigration detainees.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What? Why?
50 years on- my #Dismissal cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How would the major players look back on the dismissal 50 years later? | Fiona Katauskas
Heaven knows
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
50 years on- my #Dismissal cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War', is about to air on ITV in UK:
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers
By Julian Borger (lr)
#Gaza #IDF
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers
By Julian Borger (lr)
#Gaza #IDF
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War', is about to air on ITV in UK:
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers
By Julian Borger (lr)
#Gaza #IDF
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers
By Julian Borger (lr)
#Gaza #IDF
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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John Laws is getting a state funeral. Really?
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
John Laws is getting a state funeral. Really?
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I assume someone's also done a few deep dives into the democratic decline in Nauru that such policies under the likes of Peter Dutton and his predecessors have partly helped engender. Things were already rickety after they squandered their phosphate boon, but I gather we've just made things worse.
The sad thing is I doubt that anyone believes the NACC will actually address this with anything approaching the level of rigour and independence that it deserves. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I assume someone's also done a few deep dives into the democratic decline in Nauru that such policies under the likes of Peter Dutton and his predecessors have partly helped engender. Things were already rickety after they squandered their phosphate boon, but I gather we've just made things worse.
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Around the world, people who seek asylum are unable to get protection because governments remain hostile to their presence. We need to challenge politics that treats refugees as threats or inconveniences. Governments need to treat them as people entitled to safety and freedom. It’s just that simple.
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Around the world, people who seek asylum are unable to get protection because governments remain hostile to their presence. We need to challenge politics that treats refugees as threats or inconveniences. Governments need to treat them as people entitled to safety and freedom. It’s just that simple.