Off with the pixies:Musk’s X defectors discover their utopia

Off with the pixies:Musk’s X defectors discover their utopia

Millions of former tweeters have taken their spotless minds and ridden,on a butterfly’s wings,to an alternative reality:Bluesky,the microblogging site for progressive idealists.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness

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Please don’t send Kevin Rudd home,Mr Trump. He’s our favourite export
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Kevin Rudd

Please don’t send Kevin Rudd home,Mr Trump. He’s our favourite export

Donald Trump,Your Elective Majesty,you have much in common with our man in Washington. You just need to consider the “detailed programmatic specificity”.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
US War of Independence was a mistake. Consider Trump and be grateful for our King

US War of Independence was a mistake. Consider Trump and be grateful for our King

As a lower-case republican Australian,I’m discovering that the US election is giving me more reasons to be a monarchist.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Hating ‘elites’ is stupid,and it’s no crime to say so … yet

Hating ‘elites’ is stupid,and it’s no crime to say so … yet

We could pretend we live in a world where no one is smarter than anyone else,but I’d prefer we kept a grip on reality.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Reborn abortion debate could terminate a viable Dutton government
Opinion
Abortion

Reborn abortion debate could terminate a viable Dutton government

If this becomes an election issue,Peter Dutton knows it could significantly harm his chances of scraping into government.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Kamala is running as a ‘no-brainer’. What if voters object to the idea they have no brain?

Kamala is running as a ‘no-brainer’. What if voters object to the idea they have no brain?

The polls are so tight in the US that three weeks might be enough for Kamala Harris to work out what she stands for and deliver a Democrat victory.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
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Pity nuclear energy is powering politics rather than our homes

Pity nuclear energy is powering politics rather than our homes

The greatest regret with energy is that we didn’t start yesterday. We were too busy burning our personal energy on turning a technical discussion into a divisive debate.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
The Middle East conflict was never just about land. This is the oldest war

The Middle East conflict was never just about land. This is the oldest war

The region has erupted since the October 7 last year,but these conflicts are as old as the prophets.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
In some cultures,it’s OK to eat cats. Are we racist to condemn that?

In some cultures,it’s OK to eat cats. Are we racist to condemn that?

Donald Trump stoked racism by falsely claiming Haitians in Ohio were eating cats and dogs. But the pet-eating myth only grew legs because of a deeper sense of anxiety over immigration.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
How Dutton is recruiting Labor to do his job for him
Opinion
Bills

How Dutton is recruiting Labor to do his job for him

For Labor,talking about its own policy somehow keeps turning into an ad for the opposition.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
How a Q&A appearance revealed why some of my school teachers hated my guts
Opinion
Schools

How a Q&A appearance revealed why some of my school teachers hated my guts

Teachers recently huffed about me on my high school’s “old girls” page. They’re right:I was indeed a “Little Miss”.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness