Good intentions won't save us on this slippery slope www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

This is what I’ve been watching today. So impressive, I don’t want to watch the Bergman version. Clem was concerned though about the darling King Charles Spaniel (English Toy Spaniel dep where you live) pup whining. youtube.com/watch?v=UYmt...

I've lived in the UK for better part of 25 years and have read British literature for longer than that, and it's only TODAY I learned that Americans frown with our mouths and the British frown with their foreheads. You freaks.

It’s time to post this quote again… “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” ― James Baldwin

A terrific read about a super impressive Indigenous teenager and their supportive school leadership & community

Facts matter.

Women in Poverty's petition to federal parliament to Hold Robodebt Culprits Accountable has gone live Sign here and don't forget to click the confirmation in your emails! www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

walking around a city that is deeply unaccustomed to the idea that people would voluntarily do such a thing is a fascinating experience

Brisbane Folk: come along and hear from Executive Committee member, Bart Shteinman at this event we're pleased to co-host! events.humanitix.com/should-anti-...

This is a great piece by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social with helpful tips for addressing COVID misinformation. As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.

'Banksia & Dryandra' hand coloured linocut by Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart

How Plate Tectonics was Discovered "Produced in 1970, this magnificent and historically significant documentary walks the student through the overwhelming evidence that convinced geologists during the 1960's and 1970's to adopt Plate Tectonics"

No more blood for empire. No war on Iran. Freedom for Gaza.

And we are live! @asrc1.bsky.social World Refugee Day Telethon kicks off with a powerful Welcome to Country from Uncle Tony Garvey. Today is World Refugee Day but we honour and acknowledge the Wurundjeri people whose country we work on.

theconversation.com/saving-speci... #ICCB2025

When you’ve lost almost everything as a refugee being able to step into our two Foodbanks at the ASRC to access food for your family to get through winter is vital. It’s Refugee Week, show your support by donating to our appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday

It’s Refugee Week! Help the ASRC support refugee families to survive this winter that the Australian Government has abandoned. Donate to our appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday

Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!

Bouquet de fleurs devant une fenêtre à Saint-Bernard,1926 by French painter Suzanne Valadon #WomensArt

This life saving insulin pen for Type 1 Diabetes should cost people seeking asylum on low incomes/no income $7.70 for a month’s supply. It. costs the ASRC Health Program $157 for each person it treats without a Medicare card and a Health Care Card for a month’s supply.

I’m so pleased that PDTE have restarted their podcast. PDTE folks are good guides to a care- and relationship-based way of living with dogs, and letting go of training. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/d...

I love this album.

Gail Kellet's linocut studies of the Australian flora and fauna around her home in Southern Australia #WomensArt

If you could only recommend one book to me, what would it be?

Yes! Yes! 🙌 ♥️

National leaders gathered this week under the banner Australians for Humanity to turn talk into action on the genocide. View the webinar and download the e-book. Vote for Humanity. #auspol

We really need to do something about this Australia

Join Australians for Humanity in a public webinar on Monday 28 April at 7:00 PM AEST Vote for humanity: Caring for Palestine Chaired by Mary Kostakidis with Margaret Reynolds, Stuart Rees and guest speaker Peter Slezak Register here johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...

"In whitewashing Israeli crimes and showing little concern over the slaughter of journalists in Gaza, Western media have failed their Palestinian colleagues ..." — Dr Assal Rad institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/artic...

Want change? We deserve better than fear campaigns, fake flyers, and divisive politics designed to manipulate and mislead. When political campaigns resort to dirty tricks, it’s a sign they’re worried. And they should be—because communities like ours are waking up. Want change? Vote for it.

Finches Norbertine Bresslern-Roth.

I’ve signed this petition and if you’re #Australian I urge you to do so too Petition EN7163 - Asylum for Gender and Sexual Minorities from the United States www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #auspol #asylum

#BanjoAunti checking in! Playing an 18th century tune here “Pompey Ran Away” that I shared with Niwel Tsumbu, which reminded him of a song his mom taught him, “Pipi Danga”.. It’s beautiful when worlds collide like this - from the 1700s to our childhoods. What does this remind you of?

Last year I spent three days in North Carolina with fellow Carolina Chocolate Drops member Justin Robinson to record 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,' an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music, which is now coming out April 18 on @nonesuch.com.

Melbourne the ASRC have four candidates forums coming up. All candidates invited, the ones represented here are those who have confirmed attendance. RSVP here under events: action.asrc.org.au/election

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre election website is live! Find out where all the major parties stand on refugees and how you can help encourage people this election to vote with refugees for freedom, fairness and safety. Go here: action.asrc.org.au/election

One I did earlier for @theshot.net.au

moving from forums to social media was one of the greatest internet mistakes we made as a whole and i will die on this hill

This week on #TheSundayShot its a budget special as @davemilbo.bsky.social and @instanterudite.bsky.social are joined by @nickihutley.bsky.social and @grogsgamut.bsky.social. Plus interviews with Cassandra Goldie and @squigglyrick.bsky.social Tune in live on Sunday morning or catch up via youtube

To give you context for just how cruel the #budget is for people seeking asylum in Australia. The Albanese Gov has budgeted for a total of 70 cents a day per person seeking asylum as income support. Not a single extra dollar. Keeping it at the levels Dutton who savagely cut it to