Chris Zappone
@chrizap.bsky.social
Senior journalist covering aviation @theage @smh / former digital foreign editor / Dark Shining Moment podcast
A story for our time...
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A story for our time...
I hope the pope does a speaking tour of Silicon Valley.
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I hope the pope does a speaking tour of Silicon Valley.
Imagine this on your city skyline...Russia’s Vologda Unveils 9-Meter Statue of Ivan the Terrible www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/03/r...
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Imagine this on your city skyline...Russia’s Vologda Unveils 9-Meter Statue of Ivan the Terrible www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/03/r...
"I'm not a Democrat, and I oppose the Democratic Party, but let me tell them what they need to do to win the next election." -- (An entire genre of rightwing operative writing.)
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"I'm not a Democrat, and I oppose the Democratic Party, but let me tell them what they need to do to win the next election." -- (An entire genre of rightwing operative writing.)
Look at how he walks, chest thrown out, swaggering into this holy site and then has a video made of himself to share on social media? Seems more like something an evangelical would do, frankly. x.com/VP/status/19...
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Look at how he walks, chest thrown out, swaggering into this holy site and then has a video made of himself to share on social media? Seems more like something an evangelical would do, frankly. x.com/VP/status/19...
A big chunk of space junk in the Pilbara, in Western Australia. (Per the Australian Space Agency).
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A big chunk of space junk in the Pilbara, in Western Australia. (Per the Australian Space Agency).
Qantas among 40 companies caught up in major extortion attempt by hackers www.smh.com.au/technology/q...
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Qantas among 40 companies caught up in major extortion attempt by hackers www.smh.com.au/technology/q...
Laughing at Americans’ misery: the GOP. (H/t @andyrosebrook.bsky.social )
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Laughing at Americans’ misery: the GOP. (H/t @andyrosebrook.bsky.social )
WTF? How is this normal? Will Republicans have the character to admit that Trump is unfit to be president of the US?
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
WTF? How is this normal? Will Republicans have the character to admit that Trump is unfit to be president of the US?
‘Investing from inside the rabbit hole’: Meet the companies ditching cash for bitcoin www.smh.com.au/business/mar... #Crypto #bitcoin
September 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
‘Investing from inside the rabbit hole’: Meet the companies ditching cash for bitcoin www.smh.com.au/business/mar... #Crypto #bitcoin
Yulia Navalnaya criticises ex-Victorian premier Dan Andrews photo op with Putin, Xi and Kim
September 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yulia Navalnaya criticises ex-Victorian premier Dan Andrews photo op with Putin, Xi and Kim
GPS jamming and spoofing: The threat airlines deal with every day www.smh.com.au/busin... #russia #vonderleyen
September 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
GPS jamming and spoofing: The threat airlines deal with every day www.smh.com.au/busin... #russia #vonderleyen
Taibbi's willful distortion...It wasn't claimed Russia attacked "infrastructure" during 2016 election. A brute-force attack on US public opinion via social media, and hacks and leaks - through intermediaries too, that happened...But conflate away. Such is the name of the game of "Russiagate"
July 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Taibbi's willful distortion...It wasn't claimed Russia attacked "infrastructure" during 2016 election. A brute-force attack on US public opinion via social media, and hacks and leaks - through intermediaries too, that happened...But conflate away. Such is the name of the game of "Russiagate"
Finally, a MoveOn petition with some edge...
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Finally, a MoveOn petition with some edge...
Vice President out hiking with uniformed Marines…Another norm and custom of the White House busted!
July 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Vice President out hiking with uniformed Marines…Another norm and custom of the White House busted!
Classic Aussie media headline
July 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Classic Aussie media headline
Depiction of Russia in 1910. What has changed?
July 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Depiction of Russia in 1910. What has changed?
From 2017- an idea that predates even the Trumpa admin www.nytimes.com/2017...
June 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
From 2017- an idea that predates even the Trumpa admin www.nytimes.com/2017...
Never forget the role Assange had in the foreign interference in the US election which helped Donald Trump win in 2016. Never.
June 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Never forget the role Assange had in the foreign interference in the US election which helped Donald Trump win in 2016. Never.
How Rightwing American weaned itself off anything resembling policy in favor of lurid, interlocking, conspira-fantasies.
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How Rightwing American weaned itself off anything resembling policy in favor of lurid, interlocking, conspira-fantasies.
Less than a year ago - NYTimes...
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Less than a year ago - NYTimes...
Who are these goons who want to militarize American life?
June 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Who are these goons who want to militarize American life?
Welcome to the era of the ‘affordable’ drone/cruise missile www.smh.com.au/business/com... #Russia There has been a “convergence” between the concept of cruise missiles and the concept of drones in the past few years.
June 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Welcome to the era of the ‘affordable’ drone/cruise missile www.smh.com.au/business/com... #Russia There has been a “convergence” between the concept of cruise missiles and the concept of drones in the past few years.