A 7-year-old lioness reunites with the man who raised her after she was abandoned as a cub 🦁❤️ He slept beside her outside so she'd grow up as naturally as possible. Now she tackles him with love-hugs, face rubs, pure joy-until they collapse in a pile of trust. 🫶 #WildBond #HeartmeltingNature

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"The success of the early landings did not mean that the Allies were out of danger. The Germans were rushing reserves to Normandy." Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 by @rpriory.bsky.social

The Pope has died

How the fuck do we live in a country which might be about to elect an arsewipe who as recently as 6 weeks ago thought Trump was a clever guy and a great President and we should “cut him some slack”??? #NewsCorpse #TemuTrump

Has anyone noted the irony of Dutton wanting to abolish remote work for the APS and wanting to live at Kirribilli?

Carney gets it. Time for Australian politicians to catch up

How Trump administration accidentally texted a journo its war plans - no paywall 👇 archive.md/2025.03.24-1...

Me and countless other authors today…😂

People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.

The bone spur draft dodging white supremacist is erasing every American hero person of color under the guise of fighting DEI. It’s not going to stop with DOD websites.

Brick Lane, east London, seen yesterday.

. @albomp.bsky.social has said US-Canadian tensions are “a shocker”. But has he condemned the threats Trump has directed against Canada? Nope. Not a peep. He should speak up for democracy against the aggressor, not shuffle about hoping to avoid eye contact. #auspol

It’s not madness. It’s crony capitalism. It’s fascism. We’ve seen it before. Everyone has to snap out of the awe and wonder phase & get organising.

This is real! www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/...

Trump is putting a lot of federal workers out of work but he is providing lots of employment for at least one group of workers: fact checkers. It will take them days if not weeks to list all the falsehoods in this speech. All the faux facts about supposed waste rooted out by DOGE!

Trumps speech pure fascism + lies. We should walk away asap

🚨BREAKING: Trump halts all military aid to Ukraine [BLOOMBERG] The move will also include stopping all aid currently in transit to help Ukraine At this point, Trump might as well arm the Russians. An historic betrayal.

New research: More Australians consider Donald Trump a greater threat to world peace than Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping. 🔴 Trump (31%) 🟠 Putin (27%) 🟠 Xi Jinping (27%) Almost half (49%) said they felt less secure since the election of President Trump. 17% feel more secure. #auspol

We are all this cat right now.

‘More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach' bit.ly/4iddCU8 In advocacy, the Royal Historical Society works closely with fellow #history organisations. Today we release a statement with @histassoc.bsky.social, @ihr.bsky.social and History UK. #skystorians

"The humanities may be as necessary, or as dangerous, as any other set of disciplines. They do, however, offer at least a means and a store of evidence for diagnosing our present discontents." @kfullagar.bsky.social, Vice-President of the ‪@austhistassoc.bsky.social‬.

Sanjeev Gupta says GFG's efforts to raise emergency finance have "taken a bit longer than anticipated". Even if he's successful, Whyalla's steelworks will be left to limp on until his next financial crisis. He's the problem, not the solution. #auspol

The Australian Govt owns network company NBN, shipbuilder ASC, radar manufacturer CEA Technologies, and is prepared to buy airline Regional Express. But saving Whyalla's steelworks, a vital asset, is something @albomp.bsky.social won't even talk about.🤦‍♂️ #auspol

From 21 February @royalhistsoc.bsky.social will be closing and archiving its X account. From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky. Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians

My take, essentially, is that we could be weeks or maybe even days away from the disintegration of the rule of federal law in this country. At some point this administration is going to stop obeying court orders. What then? Nothing good.

My column on Trump's steel tariffs - so much for our glorious ASU-Aus Free Trade Agreement... www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Trump must not be appeased. We - the few decent counties left- must form a united front against what is rapidly becoming a fascist America We desperately need to do this - come on Penny Wong

“Sir Keith Park, if ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don’t believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgment and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world.” 50 years ago today Aotearoa lost a great warrior. #WaitangiDay

do we have a Canada FTA yet????? and why can't we have a proper relationship like with NZ ....for our citizens to travel and work with minimum fuss

Just cancelled the Guardian after 60 years continuous subscription. Moved to a new app and no help for me adjusting . My membership obviously Not valued. A sad day

The German letter ß used for double s nicely makes this look like they're calling Musk a Hitlergrub, and tbh, fair.

I think this is one of the best videos I’ve ever made.

Many people today just automatically call the Waffen SS but is this how those facing them in Normandy at the time think about? Watch the video below to find out. Elite? The Opinions of 12th SS Panzer Division's Enemies youtu.be/juzbU8bQLJM

Robin Prior @rpriory.bsky.social, Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain 1914-1945; Jonathan Strahan (ed), New Adventures in Space Opera #FridayReads

This article in the @SMH blows the nuclear nonsense apart. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

A few of my cds

Today’s article is up and it’s a look at the British authorities terrifying predictions for what would happen on the outbreak of war in 1939. What plans existed to keep people safe? What precedents were out there and how they impacted ordinary people’s plans?

Ha ha. Cool word of the year, Macquarie Dictionary. With, let’s face it, such a rich vein of application. I mean, pretty much the entire reason this here platform exists. Let’s hope, touch Laminex, it doesn’t fall prey. With thanks to @womensagenda.bsky.social.

Absolutely spot on 👇👇👇

As Operation CRUSADER started about 43 years ago, we are giving this a try. Let’s start with a picture of the best #tank of #ww2, the Valentine, which saw its first combat action in the #desertwar in 1941.