Megan Herbert
@meganjherbert.bsky.social
Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things /
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Megan Herbert
@meganjherbert.bsky.social
· Nov 25
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This was the very first cartoon I did for @theageaustralia.bsky.social , back in 2021. The coalition's leaders may have changed but everything else has stayed the same.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This was the very first cartoon I did for @theageaustralia.bsky.social , back in 2021. The coalition's leaders may have changed but everything else has stayed the same.
Reposted by Megan Herbert
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
in other news, water is wet
Financial well-being can have an outsize imprint on older Americans’ quality of life, affecting their physical health, social life and even cognitive skills, new research shows.
What a poll of 9,000 adults reveals about aging in America
A Pew Research Center survey reveals how income levels can affect someone’s physical health, social life and even cognitive skills in retirement.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
in other news, water is wet
As bad as these stories are (& theft of art & upended workforce, etc) the crux of the AI problem goes even deeper. Tune into the work from the Centre for Humane Tech. Have a listen to "Your Undivided Attention" podcast, and if you've not watched this, please do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJ...
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As bad as these stories are (& theft of art & upended workforce, etc) the crux of the AI problem goes even deeper. Tune into the work from the Centre for Humane Tech. Have a listen to "Your Undivided Attention" podcast, and if you've not watched this, please do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJ...
Reposted by Megan Herbert
Reposted by Megan Herbert
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea... yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.”
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25
#auspol
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25
#auspol
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea... yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.”
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25
#auspol
- @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the #RevenueSummit25
#auspol
I'll let him know xx
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'll let him know xx
Brace for impacts.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Brace for impacts.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
It will never cease to amaze me that despite living in the time of climate collapse, democratic collapse, autocratic rise, genocide, and the reckless rollout of AI that will impact every aspect of our lives (plus insert everything else), *this* is what trends:
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It will never cease to amaze me that despite living in the time of climate collapse, democratic collapse, autocratic rise, genocide, and the reckless rollout of AI that will impact every aspect of our lives (plus insert everything else), *this* is what trends:
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.
China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.
Sounds like an excellent plan
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sounds like an excellent plan
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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
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Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.
October 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.
Ladies and gentleman, presenting the tiniest, most fragile ego ever known to humankind good LORD
Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Ladies and gentleman, presenting the tiniest, most fragile ego ever known to humankind good LORD
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Law unto himself.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Law unto himself.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
Reposted by Megan Herbert
"If you look on a graph, the amount of people diagnosed with autism has risen ever since this file was created so clearly it is to blame." chaser.com.au/world/releas...
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"If you look on a graph, the amount of people diagnosed with autism has risen ever since this file was created so clearly it is to blame." chaser.com.au/world/releas...
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Kanopy.com is free with a public library card. So is www.hoopladigital.com
Support your local library and ditch these complicit corporate clowns.
Kanopy is better than Netflix.
Support your local library and ditch these complicit corporate clowns.
Kanopy is better than Netflix.
Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries
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Kanopy.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Kanopy.com is free with a public library card. So is www.hoopladigital.com
Support your local library and ditch these complicit corporate clowns.
Kanopy is better than Netflix.
Support your local library and ditch these complicit corporate clowns.
Kanopy is better than Netflix.
none of this anti-science nonsense is remotely funny except perhaps for this bit
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
none of this anti-science nonsense is remotely funny except perhaps for this bit
Look it's a very low bar but I sure didn't expect this guy to slither over it
The US senator has labelled Carr’s comments ‘dangerous as hell’ and something ‘right out of Goodfellas’.
Ted Cruz breaks with Republicans, slams ‘mafioso’ threats to broadcasters
The US senator has labelled Carr’s comments ‘dangerous as hell’ and something ‘right out of Goodfellas’.
bit.ly
September 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Look it's a very low bar but I sure didn't expect this guy to slither over it
Reposted by Megan Herbert
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
For everyone looking on aghast at what's going on in the US, as if they're the only ones silencing free speech, hate to break it to you but non-violent acts of dissent are being extinguished all over the place:
Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat
The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat
The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
For everyone looking on aghast at what's going on in the US, as if they're the only ones silencing free speech, hate to break it to you but non-violent acts of dissent are being extinguished all over the place: