«Tech billionaires want the public to believe they’re making the world a better place and enhancing our individual and collective capacities. But they’re actually harming people’s ability to learn and to think for themselves, if not disrupting the course of their very existence.» @parismarx.com

A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week.

all and all wasn't a bad day..,

This is a short interview (less than an hour) that is like having a glass of ice water poured down your back. Good to be woken up, even if it is a shock.

"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it" modelthinkers.com/mental-model...

Don’t debate with liars. Liars love debating because they count on not being fact-checked, and know that those of us burdened with integrity and telling the truth won’t be able to keep up with their lies. If you have to debate them, don’t say they’re “wrong,” tell the truth and say they’re lying.

The FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone even after the app was removed. Here’s how to change your notification settings to keep chats private. Read: hackread.com/fbi-recover-... #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Single #FBI #Cellebrite #iPhone

I complain about terrible journalism and journalists in Australia all the f'n time. Fortunately, there are also exceptions to the rule. This morning on Sunday Shot we're chatting with the excellent @amyremeikis.bsky.social and Stephen Long. Join us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFiv...

This is a terrible idea. It essentially means people with disability or their carers have to run down their assets before accessing the NDIS. Which means living in poverty permanently

Today marks 78 years since the massacre of Deir Yassin, an atrocity that came to define the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to establish the state of Israel on stolen Palestinian land.

I was taught to speak up about injustice. Thank you to Caitlin Cassidy and The Guardian fir taking me for a walk and allowing me to shine a light on the glaring injustice of how we fund public and private schools. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Look out for interviews, articles with Molly Crabapple this week. This artist has just written a book about the history of the Jewish Bund. Very moving in its detail about these stalwart supporters of Jewish/labour rights & anti zio. dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo... zeteo.com/p/radical-hi...

ICC docs show prosecutor dropped the war crime probe into Australia’s army command while investigated for sexual abuse. A Stuart McCarthy exclusive. #auspol #benrobertssmith michaelwest.com.au/how-icc-pros...

Keeping up its reputation for murder and genocide

so, what's the argument going to be when you CAN charge an #EV in 5 minutes? i cant imagine where this tech is going to be in just 10 yrs from now. youtu.be/TeEdKAYTqxU?...

"In response to FOI request for the fuel gouging policing plan, the ACCC advised that the requested document does not exist!" @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on fuel gouge response #auspol michaelwest.com.au/fuel-price-g...

Shifts like this don’t happen by accident - it’s a choice, usually made by the oppressors, to change what would otherwise be a peaceful demonstration.

Starmer needs to explain WTF is going on here. youtube.com/post/UgkxTKj...

Humanity first, not country first "A sustainable international order cannot be built on the country-first principle alone. It must begin with a different commitment: a humanity-first approach, placing the protection of human life at the centre of decision making" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

In memory of: Ashraf Mohammed Ahmed Radwan / اشرف محمد احمد رضوان Age: 51 We will not forget you.

Lebanese Health Ministry says people killed in Israeli attacks since March 2 rises to 1,953 with 6,303 wounded.

‘Sally Carson wasn’t writing with the involved intensity of authors whose lives had been threatened, or irreparably damaged, by fascism. Like Michael, she is watching from a place of safety.’ Dinah Birch on novels that tackle the rise of fascism. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

UNICEF Says Children 'Being Pulled From Under Rubble' in Lebanon After Israeli Bombardment www.commondreams.org/news/unicef-...

Increased exposure to air pollution, such as particulates from fossil fuel combustion, correlates with increased rates of suicide. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In memory of: Abdel Razzaq Fuad Mousa Abu Jabal / عبد الرازق فؤاد موسى ابوجبل Age: 30 We will not forget you.

Gorgeous work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

The “blasphemy of war” and “brutality of business” ✌🏽

kakaruai are so friendly and chubby on long legs with huge eyes. they fill me with joy.

The phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" finishes with "is oftentimes better than a master of one" for exactly this reason. People who are really smart at one thing immediately think they're smart at everything.

As I'm fond of saying, we could justify the clean-energy transition on health savings from particulate air pollution *alone*, without even mentioning climate change!

“When barbarism is normalised so completely, when the line between the permissible and the unthinkable is erased, it cannot simply be redrawn.”

Thinking of those who are waking up every day to check if family and friends are safe, and who are having to endure our government continually failing to acknowledge, call out and act on war crimes, genocide.

GLOW WORMS IN LONG BEACH HOLY SHIT!!!

David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.

just had a thought...

Did you kids know that Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House in 1979 in an effort to show how important it was to move away from reliance on foreign oil for energy? Reagan ripped them off. And here we are.

“What’s happened to the countries and organizations that have caved to Trump? All have strengthened Trump’s leverage over them.” Australians voted pretty clearly against Dutton’s Trumpian pitch, yet the-wrong-Albanese has sold us to the US anyway.

In memory of: Hassan Mohammed Hussein Abu Obeid / حسن محمد حسين ابو عبيد Age: 41 We will not forget you.

I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is. This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple. April 8. Never forget.

Seahorses are masters of camouflage😶‍🌫️….but if you 🔎spot one, don’t forget to 📷 snap a photo and 💻 share your sightings with the #iSeahorse Project on 🔗 iNaturalist.org to help our scientists fill research gaps! Learn more at www.iSeahorse.org#iSeahorse

I choose instead to: - offer career advice that shows how scicomm'ers can work in community - guide folks to resources that support power/agency THIS is how we build a better career, for ourselves & prospective science communicators, so articles like what's linked above won't even need writing.

No suffering on Hegseth's part Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth's war mongering just inflicts pain on others anntelnaes.substack.com/p/no-sufferi...

🧵Missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and poor medical care are driving record deaths in ICE custody. @kolyncheang.bsky.social and I spent months investigating the deaths of ICE detainees across the US. Over and over again, we found lapses in treatment that proved fatal.

You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello?

Defense for Children – Palestine announces that has ceased operations due to "operational challenges resulting from Israel's targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations." #Palestine https://x.com/DCIPalestine/status/2041511884549988771

That’s Smee in the corner

‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient: Housing corporations are adopting rainwater storage in garden fences, reducing pressure during downpours and preserving water for times of drought Good fences make good neighbou...

More than 260 journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza since the start of the genocide in October 2023.

In memory of: Ibrahim Hamed Mohammed Al-Astal / ابراهيم حامد محمد الاسطل Age: 22 We will not forget you.