the phantom

I am an dog

[the phantom @phantomime]

"Abortion is women’s business"

Group identity again

*If* you said "abortion is A womAn's business", you'd have an argument

If you want to include "women" then you need to include *men* and *babies*

It is a community issue - not "women's business"

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Abortion is not the business of legislators, especially those trying to buy a stairway to office (and heaven) on the back of women’s suffering. Abortion is women’s business. Their body, their right, their choice. https://t.co/1J6oGYP3yt

[the phantom @phantomime]

It's not a "start" - it's a *lie*

A male peacock's tail feathers are an embuggerance that achieve virtually nothing but inconvienience

With one exception - peahens love them

Women are evolved peahens and are no less suckers for decent tail feathers

[Lisa Britton @LisaBritton]

Sharon Stone just said (in @Variety) “men are entitled to an equality that isn’t being talked about":

"From an empathetic point of view, I think, 'Well, men always have to be the best.' They have to have the best job, the best car, the prettiest girlfriend, the cutest wife. It’s all status in a man’s world, and that will make you crazy. The difference is, in our female world, we don’t have to have the best car or the most handsome boyfriend to be confident, successful and have boundaries. Our world, the female world, isn’t making these demands on us…

I think men are entitled to an equality too that isn’t being talked about. This is why men feel lonely and left out. Because guess what, men? We don’t need you to have the cutest girlfriend, the best car, the best job. We also don’t need that. We think that’s crazy."

I guess it’s a start, Hollywood.

[the phantom @phantomime]

"childcare 4th most expensive"

You want it three ways - cheaper childcare delivered by women whom you demand higher wages for when childcare is free - mums & dads do it

Look at the disaster that is the NDIS - totally predictable blowout due to fraud and bureaucratic bloat

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Reducing taxes reduces services. What you used not to pay for, you now do. See toll roads, schools (now most expensive to parents in OECD), tertiary education, childcare (4th most expensive). Reducing taxes benefits those who can afford to pay & penalises those who can’t.

[the phantom @phantomime]

He could have kept them

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

Actress Sharon Stone’s husband walked out when she chose a bilateral mastectomy . Not scared of losing her, furious about losing her breasts.

[the phantom @phantomime]

Do you know about this?

I see little reason for hope when the peak psychology body of the entire anglosphere is attempting to pathologise masculinity

https://t.co/1zyPOgEwca

[TheTinMen @TheTinMenBlog]

The sad thing about these stories, isn't how prevalent they are, or the gaslighting you get in response...

The worst part, is how these male-deficit, shaming frameworks come from inside the house, from "masculinity experts", and therapists, working directly with vulnerable men.

[the phantom @phantomime]

Family - the prime target of neoMarxists, postmodernists and feminists

When the family is undermined, children are more easily opened to indoctrination

Many feminist/Marxist writers have openly attacked the family

Some of it was required reading in 1970s Australian schools

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

Last night St Thomas More Parish held their 21st Annual Dinner, and the speaker was His Eminence Cardinal Mykola Bychok from Melbourne. The main theme of this lecture was on the importance of families, to all areas of society. Cardinal Bychok also spoke about his close connections to the Catholic Church in Ukraine, which was very moving.

In October 1997, during a General Audience, Pope John Paul II said that “Whoever promotes the development of the family promotes the development of the person; whoever attacks the family attacks the person.” These words, spoken almost 30 years ago, are extremely relevant today. Today, when society is experiencing a profound moral crisis, it is precisely around the family and life that the decisive struggle for the human person and his dignity is unfolding.

The teachings of the Church have repeatedly emphasised that a strong family is the foundation of a healthy society. It is in the family that a person first discovers God, learns to pray, and learns to respect their neighbours, their native land, and their Church. All of this is part of the deep spiritual roots that the family passes on to its children. Therefore, the family is not just a “centre of formation” but a source of Christian tradition and spiritual continuity between generations.

His Eminence Cardinal Mykola Bychok was consecrated as a Bishop in 2020, and elevated to the dignity of a Cardinal in 2024 by His Holiness Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. His current role is to serve as Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

This event held in the Inner North of Canberra was a sell-out, with a very diverse audience that appeared to be split equally to women and men. There was healthy discussion and debate, along with a warm reception.

[the phantom @phantomime]

"Women will never stop fighting for their right to control their own bodies and lives"

............and those around them

@DrDaniS

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Women will never stop fighting for their right to control their own bodies and lives. We are not containers or mere portals through which other people enter the world. We are sentient human beings and there is no liberty without bodily autonomy. https://t.co/Sg2o5bAJnk

[the phantom @phantomime]

Educators need to read this and act on it

I doubt they'll do either

@DavidMaywald @TheTinMenBlog @JamesLNuzzo @drfionagirkin @RoadknightThe @DrDaniS @TheRealMenToo @Rach4Patriarchy @Mothersofsons1 @JenKteach @drwarrenfarrell @sapinker @LisaBritton

[theantigynocentrist @theantigynocen1]

https://t.co/Mebu9ZwtSZ

[the phantom @phantomime]

You can be born with a genetic predisposition to Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)

We all have the seeds of good and evil - the pandemic was quite edifying in that regard

[TheTinMen @TheTinMenBlog]

Nobody is really born bad.

We are all, in many ways, the product of our experiences, our environments, and childhood.

Even those in prison, many of the men are victims in their own right too; victims of abuse, of neglect, of bullying, violence, and criminal exploitation.

Hurt people, hurt people, as they say.

It is no coincidence that 98% of the U.S. prison population have at least one Adverse Childhood Experience.

And so until we can see men, even many of those who we dislike most, as simultaneous victims and perpetrators, I fear nothing will change.

Here Jordan talks about ‘The Work’, an award-winning documentary, that reveals the humanity of men in a maximum security prison, to show that behind the angry mask, is so often a broken boy, desperate to be seen.

What do you think?

~
Listen to the full pod with @jordanfstephens below! 👇

https://t.co/EfCrlqs5KP

[the phantom @phantomime]

"Literally colonise"

Don't make me choke on my muesli Jane

*Her* body is already colonised - that's hardly the argument

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Funny how libertarians don’t have much regard for women and their rights, though. To force someone to gestate and birth against their will is to literally colonise their body. The opposite of liberty.

[the phantom @phantomime]

"Billionaires" - and where do you draw the line?

False equivalence Brad - property taxes are local, reasonably transparent and the only way to raise funds

Taxing unrealised gains is the politics of envy - and in practice has far reaching negative unintended consequences

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

If taxing unrealized gains is somehow “unfair” for billionaires holding stock, then why are middle class homeowners hit every year with rising property taxes based on the unrealized value of their home?

Most people haven’t sold their house. They haven’t “realized” anything. Yet the tax bill keeps going up anyway.

[the phantom @phantomime]

Have you seen @JamesLNuzzo 's work?

Gives the lie to what we're lead to believe

Example: Splitting women's healthcare into "women" and "maternity" - a psyop to minimise the grotesque imbalance with men's healthcare

Even then, *each* of those categories is larger than men's HC

[Lisa Britton @LisaBritton]

There’s a pervasive narrative today that women’s health is the one being neglected. Campaigns, billions in funding, and endless media attention pour into women’s issues globally. But the data tells a different story: men’s health is in crisis, and it’s being ignored. Read my latest over on S to kick off Men’s Health Month: https://t.co/GZ7sQpryOG

[the phantom @phantomime]

Great view of the forest David - let's look at the trees

There are two prevailing species:

1. Boys treated as badly-formed girls (we do that with men as well)

2. Fatherlessness

If every boy was *allowed* to be a boy and had an engaged father, we'd see a revolution

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

Australia has a serious boy problem during the first five years of life.

The 2024 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) barely mentions sex differences at all; boys and girls appear only in the demographic breakdown of respondents. Yet the federal Department of Education’s First Five Years project (released in December 2025), linking AEDC data with family, health, income and childcare records, reveals a stark reality: boys are twice as likely as girls to present with developmental vulnerabilities by age 5–6.

Within a year or two, researchers, bureaucrats and policymakers realised what many parents and teachers have quietly observed for years: the gap starts early, and it's boys who are way behind...

The evidence also points to which boys are most at-risk.

Risk rises for boys growing up with:
• parental mental ill-health, especially long-term mental ill-health
• single-parent households
• lower household income and socio-economic disadvantage
• lower parental educational attainment
• mothers under 20 years of age
• language backgrounds other than English or parents born outside OECD countries.

Childcare matters too, but there's nuance here. The First Five Years research found better outcomes with preschool participation, moderate childcare use, and high-quality care. But high hours of childcare were associated with elevated risks for emotional maturity and social competence outcomes. Quality matters quite a lot: “more hours” is not automatically better.

The broader AEDC picture is sobering. National developmental vulnerability has risen across all five domains, with social competence and emotional maturity worsening sharply.

If we care about our precious boys, the response should be practical, compassionate and evidence-based:
• support strong attachment between mother and child, with responsive caregiving during the first years
• improve access to high-quality early childhood education, not just more hours
• support parental mental health and family stability
• strengthen father involvement and parenting capability
• target vulnerable families early
• design early years policy that recognises genuine developmental differences between boys and girls.

By the time boys walk into their first classroom at school, many are already carrying a developmental burden. We can't wait until adolescence, school failure, disengagement or mental health crises to notice. Boys deserve a much better start in life than our society is providing them...

[the phantom @phantomime]

@sandyt0es @9sxs6 @Ne_zaha Minor detail

[the phantom @phantomime]

It's vultures Alan, not condors - and very appropriate when discussing anything relating to the Australian Taxation Office

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

My @abcnews column: for the first time, I'm optimistic that housing affordability will improve, but there's a dark side. Young families who bought a house with too much debt hoping, expecting, to build equity and wealth, will be devastated.
https://t.co/ZlMbXG7Dwh

[the phantom @phantomime]

Roger would agree

[dualbore @dualbore]

@Hot_Pepper76 Hmmm.... I looked at the comments and Sting and McCartney have been mentioned.
How about Roger Waters with Pink Floyd as a candidate?

[the phantom @phantomime]

Rocky Mountain A Bit Too High?

[🇺🇸Hot Pepper @Hot_Pepper76]

Not every music legend was surrounded by controversy.

This major 1970s star spent decades in the spotlight, supported countless charitable causes, stayed out of public feuds, and earned a reputation as one of the nicest people in music.

Can you name him?

[the phantom @phantomime]

OK Jane - looking at it from your point of view - Tinkerbell waves her wand and suddenly everyone has a Tesla, even big trucks have batteries and every roof is covered in solar panels

Your wish granted - in full

Now, where's the *other* 50% of Australia's power coming from?

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

@DoomieGirl Whose this ‘we’? Australians are voting for solar & batteries & EVs with their cheque books, hence us up there among the countries leading the world in solar adoption.

[the phantom @phantomime]

He was good friend of mine

[Doug Arnold @DougArn61297089]

@Hot_Pepper76 Jeremiah was a bullfrog

[the phantom @phantomime]

She has an interesting and unlikely background - descendant of exiled Russian aristocracy

[Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1]

All the way back at the very beginning of my long and glorious career... Remember me?