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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did. We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.

This is just amazing and powerful from @tomtanuki.bsky.social and I urge you all to watch and share

After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, rather than political point scoring, Labor Oppn Leader Kim Beazley & Democrats Leader Cheryl Kernot supported Liberal PM John Howard, incl. his gun reforms. In 2025, after the #BondiBeachAttack, Oppn Leader Sussan Ley is attacking PM Anthony Albanese. 😔 #auspol

So minute organisms on the ocean floor are between us climate destruction and filthy capitalist fuckers want to mine it flip.it/wl82le

Urgh It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here. That was a very easy “blocked “ decision

Josh Frydenburg climbing over a pile of bodies to launch his political comeback is genuinely one of the most repulsive things I've witnessed in Australian politics. Have some shame.

lol flip.it/0SEABx

What would you do? #auspol flip.it/q9Dk.E

Just legalise it already #auspol #ausecon flip.it/BS3IxR

Now the sensible thing to do would be to mandate that all data centres for AI have to be powered by renewable energy #auspol #ausecon

THAT’S WHEN SHIT STARTED TO GO SERIOUSLY WRONG

This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.

Brittany Higgins has been declared bankrupt, thanks to Linda Reynolds' vengeful legal actions. What an atrocity. And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault. Powerful people always win. Justice is a myth.

Strong argument at @alhr.bsky.social that a key missing element in protecting a healthy environment would be a Human Rights Act in Australia - this is core work for us and we will be pushing for meaningful progress on it in 2026. This can’t wait.

What’s the point of a human rights charter then? #auspol

So, Queensland ditches the Human Rights Commissioner who called out detention of children in watch houses and… appoints a cop #auspol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...

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First post, bit of a travel diary ramble

This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

There is no such thing as a “good” billionaire eh @zerobillionaires.bsky.social

Gave a paper at the Digital Humanities Australasia conference yesterday in Canberra, about my unfolding plan to make a digital archive service for artists and small arts organisations. The idea is they can be self sufficient and not rely on institutions.

Disgusting

As detailed in a book I recently edited, The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives, mainstream journalism does not simply cover far-right politics from a critical distance, it also helps define what counts as politically acceptable.

Nice story #ausmusic flip.it/7zmYi8

MBV are touring again. I have been ultra lucky to have seen them twice, in 1991 and 2012. Both times a cathartic experience flip.it/A47jCN

Just in case you have a rello oir friend banging on about youth crime on, the rise, it’s complete BS #aupol

The Camp Sovereignty First Peoples contingent has arrived at the Melbourne #Naarm anti-racist protest. We’re strong together. Work out who is networking the Neo Nazis, the Cookers and the grievance crowd. Watch the organisers. #Auspol

More on Epstein as Zionist flip.it/rv2tv8

Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news. Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters Down by 140k isn't thought to be. Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.

Good thread - and I don’t disagree. The post on the blog makes the same broader point - if not as well. But also policing is a racial issue

Oh noes Labor does a deal with the Greens what will the broekns do. No more whining about 2009 pls

Struggling to settle on a nominee for Crikey’s 20th anniversary of Arsehat of The Year? Join me in a slow clap for Linda Reynolds and ensure she gets the recognition she deserves. www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/25/a...

I’m just impressed that turkeys can make that turkey noise with a beak and a freaky little bird tongue. Like that thing is not nimble enough to make a gobblegobblegobble if you ask me. Real impressive sound work on those turkeys.

The Albanese Labor Government has betrayed us all. Despite all evidence to the contrary they think a single piece of legislation can solve issues with social media - but ignore evidence on solutions for gambling harms. We’ve been betrayed! 😞😞 #auspol #qt

I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life) Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on. www.edge.org/conversation...

Watching The Harder They Come was life changing flip.it/OUIlh8

Labor has its head in the sand #auspol flip.it/a52KFU

Colour me Socialist. In other words: colour me someone who actually cares about the 'fair go'. Also, colour me someone who believes in science and not building infrastructure which is only used by fossil fuel companies who pay little or no tax.

youtu.be/EDq1hX2NGEE?.... Ridiculous decision to cut him from Collingwood

This one gave me a giggle. 🤭

Another stolen generation, right after signing a treaty Of the 66 newborns, 57 of them were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander — making up 86 per cent of that cohort — Ms Sweet said.

The richest 5 Australians hold about $120 billion. That’s the same wealth as roughly 3.3 million of the poorest households... around 8 million people. Five people = the bottom third of the country! #EndCapitalism #degrowth #UBI #auspol

Yikes. #climatechange

"I have never been so disgusted by a group of people in my life as I am by Israelis. Everyday I witness their utter disregard and disdain for Palestinian life. It is shameful and sets humanity further backwards with every vile act like this." – Guy Pearce, 21Nov2025 #IsraeliTerrorism #FreePalestine

Glencore is spruiking the benefits of “thermal coal” on SBS On Demand for gods sake

You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.

Paging @danherb10.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social ⬇️😳🤭 Artist not known

Did you know that the world’s first Green Party started in Australia in 1972? the United Tasmania Group formed to try to stop the flooding of Lake Peddar, led by Bob Brown #AusPol www.utas.edu.au/library/comp...