'A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat.' The Pacific Ocean is running a fever. Why that’s an ominous sign. - by Ben Noll #climate #weather www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

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alfredtom_nyc: Al: The Big Lie Part 4, The Panopticon. Jeremy Bentham could not have dreamed where digital surveillance could take it. #Instagram #surveillance #tech #AI www.instagram.com/reel/DY6e18y...

Historian, academic, author of the unforgettable 'Bloodlands' on WW2, and 'On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century' during Trump's first term: On Tyranny: Special 250th Edition - by Timothy Snyder #USPolitics open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Is Mother Nature trying to tell us something?

Federal officials ordered thousands of people to evacuate the National Mall in Washington on Saturday night ahead of a speech by President Trump and a fireworks display to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. Crowds were told to seek shelter as severe storms approached the city.

This powerful speech by Martin Pollack. The Austrian writer/academic on his Nazi upbringing, his separation from his family postwar, and assessment of those times, aftermath and parallels today. 'The Long Shadow of a Sinister Past. A Never-Ending Story' #fascism youtu.be/w7AQrtc92h4?...

In a yearlong investigation led by ICIJ, reporters from more than 37 countries found Keytruda’s high price impacts patients and health systems differently, from Finland to Brazil, India, Malta, Mexico and beyond. Read the stories:

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bloombergpodcasts: "We are in freefall off a cliff." Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore tells @mishalhusain on Instagram the rule of law is "in crisis" under Donald Trump. #USPolitics Watch the whole Mishal Husain Show at bloomberg.com/video

Sydney records hottest June since 1859 as expert warns new high a ‘signature’ of global warming

Wow, Sami Shah, you've made this a beauty. How to become a right-wing grifter: a practical guide for Australia’s brave elite battlers. - by Sami Shah @crikey.com.au #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/03/k...

El Nino will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations' weather and climate agency warned Friday. u.afp.com/SKY7

Opinion guest essay: The World Has Failed the Uyghurs - by Tahir Imin #China #Uyghurs @nytimes.com 🎀 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/o...

The Scandal Over a Revised Gaza Death Toll Is Actually an Attack on Journalism - by Etan Nechin #Israel #journalism @haaretzcom.bsky.social 🎀 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Breaking news: Senior U.S. officials feared that Israel intended to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators as the Trump administration pursued a high-stakes deal to end the war there and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

'Exclusive: Claims against Israel Defense Forces incl deliberate targeting/destruction of residential buildings in 2023/2024 without military justification' AFP assessing Gaza war crimes committed by Australian citizen serving in IDF - by Ben Doherty #Gaza www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Why can't the 🇦🇺 Right place our surging cost-of-living within the global surge? All via the pandemic & its aftermath, wars & oil/freight costs, climate & crops, US policies, tech monopolies, etc ... Bc they don't get economics? Or bc they're politically manipulating history? And which is worse?

Note this was from Senate yesterday, Pocock called on Labor to do more, speak out, increase sanctions We’ve barely heard a thing from the govt after this report was released. The media has been silent too Parliament should stop, have a moment silence, recognise, push for action

David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel “IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children” “…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔 Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally?

This is a startling piece: "Although CPR has become synonymous with medical heroism, nearly eighty-five per cent of those who receive it in a hospital die, their last moments marked by pain and chaos." The Hidden Harms of CPR - by Sunita Puri #medicine www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

EXCLUSIVE: US military deploys over 900 personnel to Venezuela for earthquake response reut.rs/4oYhltn

And in addition in the tech sector, "Across the technology sector, Meta opens new tab announced plans this year to cut 10% of its workforce, and ⁠Amazon opens new tab laid ​out plans to eliminate roughly 16,000 ​jobs globally." #tech #employment

“Do we really want an Australia where local voices and creativity are swamped by the global streaming and technology giants – a further Americanisation of our country?” The value of our institutions - by John Hewson #auspol #australianculture www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Donate to World Central Kitchen: donate.wck.org/campaign/815... #ChefsForVenezuela #Venezuela #VenezuelaNoEstáSola ‪

Checking in from Venezuela with WCK's Luis. 📍 Tens of thousands of meals served since the June 24 earthquakes—and we are scaling up by the hour. #ChefsForVenezuela #FoodIsLife

Wonderful audio of this on RN this a.m. But the rescuers weren't shouting so joyously in Spanish. They were Jordanians who had flown in to join the rescue. See? Great people still live in this decaying world. #Venezuela #VenezuelaNoEstáSola www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

'Afghan asylum seekers fled a crisis the US had a direct role in fomenting—only to become targets in Trump’s immigration crackdown.' The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum - by Tanvi Misra #USPolitics #refugees www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

'Why we need to take One Nation seriously, as the fragmentation of class, identity and nationhood has left all sides of politics taken over by anti-elites populism' Perfect storm - by Christos Tsiolkas #auspol 🎀gift article www.themonthly.com.au/share/d61a97...

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The news orgs calling out that which the 🇦🇺 MSM barely dare name: "This heatwave is the most severe ever recorded in Europe, and would have been "virtually impossible" this early in the summer without climate change, the World Weather Attribution group of scientists said."

IDF Says Troops Came Under Fire in Southern Syria Amid Reports of Expanding Israeli Military Presence @haaretzcom.bsky.social 🎀 Gift article www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way - Olivier De Schutter, Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth and Jason Hickel #economists #economics #thefuture www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'A House bill ostensibly aimed at protecting children will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.' Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing - by Caitlin Vogus and Aliya Bhatia #USPolitics #freepress #surveillance theintercept.com/2026/06/28/a...

The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover: How democratic socialists, boosted by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, swept the Democratic establishment in Tuesday’s primaries. #USPol (Listen) theintercept.com/2026/06/25/m...

Spending billions on war and pennies on peace - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/spending-bil... By Andrew Hassett

#JournalismFail - ABC News report on extreme heat in Europe tonight - not a single mention of #ClimateCrisis #AusPol #PublicHealth

I proudly accept your nomination for the United States Senate.

'Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.' Damming the Big Ocean - by Quinn Slobodian www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

'It hasn’t done what its supporters promised—but it has reshaped politics not only in the U.K. but across Europe and in the United States.' How Bad an Idea Was Brexit? - good read by Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor.bsky.social #Europe #ukpolitics www.newyorker.com/news/global-...

All the good people are now bad & all those that everyone once knew were bad are now the arbiters of good & evil I call it insanity, others may have different names for it

Interesting how civil disobedience has gone from a basic requirement of civilisation to the perceived terrorism of most every "civilised" nation in the world What should that tell you?

First complete map of world's seagrass offers warnings and hope for conservation phys.org/news/2026-06...

God, the headline says it all. All these fake Christians ....

Compulsory viewing for #Auspol on the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London. Plenty of our 🇦🇺 politicians, Religious right, terfs, Murdoch journalists networking with wealthy and connected fossil fuel/fascistic forces. 💰 available. Will import far right 🌎 voices. @theguardian.com

BREAKING: The BBC has turned Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against them into a January 6 trial against Trump The BBC is arguing that to win his defamation case, Trump has to prove he did not foment or incite the riot.

Effects of the ME wars are reaching deep: “The ongoing conflict and instability in the Middle East has resulted in massive increases in international freight and airfares, making it impossible to bring the large scale production to Adelaide,” Ticketek says. limelight-arts.com.au/news/epic-ai...

Venezuela has been hit by a devastating earthquake while the USA are holding their President hostage and stealing their oil. The USA should pay with all their stolen money to rebuild Venezuela.