It’s a lovely day here in the perfect state of Queensland. Donald Trump has crawled into a tiny hole in the White House floor and entered the Hollow Earth, where he will ride pterodactyls through crystal caverns forever. Joe Biden, meanwhile, merely gets to be president. Another tough break for Democrats!

Richard Cooke on Anthony Albanese and the decay of the Labor party. One of my favourite writers on one of my favourite topics.

Jenny Sinclair in Overland on changing the Aboriginal Heritage Act in Victoria to give traditional land owners more power.

Amber Frost asks if the Democratic party is losing on purpose. I’m sorry, but you’re getting more America content today. They’re cultural hegemons! I can’t stop them!

Uber’s ruthless assault on workers’ rights in California, and how gig workers have been organising to fight back. “This was a vile victory and a grim precedent. So what’s there to be hopeful about?”

Tarence Ray of the Trillbillies podcast on the political climate in the neglected valleys of Eastern Kentucky. I watched the TV show Justified so I know all about this already. It’s just gunfights basically.

Long Libcom piece about how cunning British soldiers wriggled out of having to fight in World War One, much to the frustration of their officers. I’ve been thinking recently that our psychotic ruling class gives off a very WWI-officer vibe, expecting the plebs to charge the trenches and die for them.

The hunt for Forest Fenn’s hidden treasure. This doesn’t have anything to do with politics, at all. It has to do with something more important than politics, which is hidden treasure.

And the People’s History of Australia - a new podcast for you to check out, on Australia’s forgotten radical history. For a while now I’ve wanted something exactly like this to come into existence - glad to see it happen.

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