In thinking about what you can do this year, keep this in mind: showing up at protests has real impact - - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Crying over an Anglerfish that finally got to see light that she didn’t have to make herself was not on my 2025 Bingo card… And yet, on brand.

カドバリヒメマイマイ "Ainohelix editha var." Colored pencil, Kent pepar. #SciArt

nativenewsonline.net/opinion/nati... “One hundred percent of maternal deaths among American Indian and Alaska Native women were found to be preventable.”

After more than two months of ceasefire noncompliance, Israel has killed and injured more than 1400 Palestinians, and continues to severely restrict aid and critical supplies needed to repair water, and sewer infrastructure system.

The bombs may have eased, but Palestinian children are still dying. This time, not by Israeli airstrikes, but from cold, and collapsing damaged structures.

Israeli authorities prevent Palestinian vice president from attending Christmas Eve mass in Bethlehem - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-authorities-prevent-plo-official-attending-christmas-eve-mass

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Israeli settlers beat sheep to death and wound Palestinian farmers in Hebron attack - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/settlers-storm-palestinian-agricultural-land-hebron-killing-sheep

Thank you for speaking up @timhollo.bsky.social “Pitting Jewish safety against Palestinians, Muslims and migrant communities, and eroding all of our civil liberties, doesn't make Jews safer. It makes the real fight against antisemitism harder.”

Israel's propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet - including me - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-israel-behaviour-endangering-every-jew-on-planet-including-me

I'm sorry, but Cardinal Pizzaballa sounds made up and you can't convince me otherwise (apologies to His Eminence). I keep expecting to see Cardinal Fischenchips or Cardinal Hans Burgher next.

We are under serious pressure. As Gaza continues to face genocide, we’re being silenced. We need your help. Add your name to our email action. Link in Bio.

Sign the joint statement to defend democratic rights and reject laws that silence Palestine solidarity. 👊 Add your organisation’s name. Protest rights are under attack as genocide continues in Gaza. We are acting together. ✍️ Sign the petition 📣Email your NSW MP ✉️ Email your federal MP 🔗Links in bio

It's a sign of how debased our politics has become, that this challenge will be largely dismissed by the political and media class as just 'left wing activists', rather than people standing up for what used to be everyone's democratic rights. #nswpol #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

WHO Chief: More than 100,000 children and 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza are projected to suffer acute malnutrition by April next year.

In the Jewish Council’s call for allies to unite with them against antisemitism, racism & gun violence, they include this devastating summary of some of the depraved politics of the last week. The political binfire has robbed communities of their ability to grieve. Thankful for the Jewish Council 🙏🏽

“The Jewish Council of Aust joins 9 Jewish organisations in open letter urging Aust Govt to reject plan proposed by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism (ASECA plan). It warns plan risks undermining Aust democratic freedoms like freedom of expression and will not combat antisemitism.”

The Jewish Council of Australia. I ask everyone to read what the JCA advise to do about Bondi massacre & if you agree with the letter template, copy & paste it & send to your local member asap. Thank you. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/11/jewi...

I totally agree with the Jewish Council here. I will continually speak out against the Netanyahu Govt’s killing of 20,000 innocent children in Gaza. That appalling action has caused so much anti-semitism around the world.

Which was more likely to incite antisemitic violence: weekly pro-Palestinian marches attended by hundreds of thousands of citizens, or the televised devastation of Gaza? It's a fair question, but even asking it may soon be illegal.

@emhilton.bsky.social describing having to contend with the pain and grief from the massacre as well as the desecration of human dignity in the public response - a worthwhile read. “It is obscene how quickly the right has seized on this horror to advance an Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian agenda…”

Is Israel’s genocide economy on the brink? Israeli economist Shir Hever explains how the Gaza war mobilization propped up a ‘zombie economy’ that appears to function but lacks any future horizon. www.972mag.com/israel-genoc...

From cash brokers to crypto, Gazans struggle to stay financially afloat With banks and ATMs destroyed, and Israel blocking new banknotes, Palestinians face a liquidity crisis and an economy shattered by Israel’s war. Ahmed Ahmed reports. www.972mag.com/cash-brokers...

When I have posted this in the past, people inevitably have asked "Did she come home?" so I will not wait until the end of the thread to tell you she did (she's still a nomad, but less so, as she hits her middle years). The story can be found here: www.tom-cox.com/the-cat-who-...

“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

a computer-simulated instance of brassica oleracea is called a babbage

While none of these are acceptable in any way, shape or form, it's remarkable how many have no clear ideological motive, or are enacted by petty criminals or neo-nazis. It's directly counter to the idea that pro-Palestine marches are their sole and major cause. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@davemilbo.bsky.social leaves it unvarnished:“This is a dark moment for all of us. We must not make it worse by choosing to live with the genocidal lies ... We must choose truth, protect our peace and our rights, and seek justice for all humans everywhere.“

Im genuinely so befuddled by this; I DON'T LACK IDEAS. I have so MANY ideas and plans--its time, money, and energy I lack. I don't need genAI to make up stuff for me, my brain does that perfectly well, and I actually love that my brain does that for me.

🚨job alert🚨 I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes. Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.

I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. Here's why. gregpak.net/2025/12/19/i...

Still waiting for a Royal Commission into media ownership, its perversion of democracy, and the absence of truth in political advertising. But wait, let’s ride the populist wave… www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

“…This is a despicable display of political opportunism that undermines our democracy. In seeking to protect NSW citizens this way, the premier is undermining the legitimacy of the democracy that put him in power. To me, this shows he does not understand what social cohesion is or how to grow it.”

“The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has opposed the proposed changes to protest laws. Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The advocacy group founded by the late Jamal Khashoggi, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), has published a report which unveils the senior leadership of AIPAC— most of whom have not been previously disclosed.

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” ― James Baldwin Pic of the day #photography

A THREAD, which I am calling 'Some Of The Many Reasons Lichen And Moss Are Fucking Brilliant'. 1. They make public seating super comfy. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

We support gun laws, don’t understand why anyone in a city needs guns or why anyone anywhere needs lots of guns. If you’re pro-gun you’re pro-killing things and therefore you’re a weirdo.

One can say many things about the idea of prohibiting protests during a "terrorist incident", but the words "martial law" and "unconstitutional" spring immediately to mind.

‘The future of the Palestinians, like the future of their tormentors, looks bleaker now than it did when the book was published.’ Jeremy Harding on the reissue of Jonathan Dimbleby and Don McCullin’s portrait of Palestinian life in 1979. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Shadia. Shadia and her husband lived on a farm and grew their own crops prior to this. The farm and their home have been destroyed. Shadia is 72 years old and has both cancer and diabetes. She is trying to find her insulin and health needs.

The greatest art is being made today and tomorrow and next week by desperate and hungry human beings. They are alone, furiously labouring however they can to fulfill an unquenchable desire to communicate with YOU.

I'm not prepared to accept that some lives are more important than others, that only white people experience the horror of insane violence.

Israel is still deliberately subjecting Palestinians to conditions designed to bring about their suffering and collective destruction. That’s the definition of genocide.