Systemic poverty is a deliberate political and moral choice. I came home today to a lobby full of cops and was pulled into a meeting room for questioning. My next door neighbour’s body had been found in her apartment and they were trying to build a timeline of her movements leading up to her death.

Instead of the daily stock market - we could have an indicator for the number of homeless people?

"Turns out roughly a hundred thousand people wanted to cross the bridge at the time of the march" said one organiser Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

I took some time off social media to take care of my brain meats. It’s so lovely to jump back on here today and see my fellow Sydneysiders out there marching for justice, for empathy. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to join you, but I am cheering you all on really loudly from home 🍉 #marchforhumanity

It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity

The singularity is awesome

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

The Ayatollah’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

The law is not going to jump out the books and save us from people who are intent on destroying everything in their path and who are willing to kill us all in the process. Please understand this.

Mahmoud Khalil has been released after being held as a political prisoner for over 3 months!!!

No baby formula has entered Gaza for four months because of Israel’s genocidal blockades. There is nothing left to feed babies and their mothers can not produce milk as they themselves are starving. There is no defending what Israel is doing. No justification.

Many years ago, before I started following politics, I worked at a winery cellar door. Two women came in for a tasting, one of whom gave off such a creepy vibe (despite being perfectly polite) that I noted her name on her credit card and Googled her after they left. That woman was Peta Credlin.

This is incredible

Australia needs to stop being America's deputy sheriff. We should be peacemakers who uphold international law, not enablers of endless conflict.

#protests #LA #ICE #immigrants #billionaires

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

How to be an ally 🖤 www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/...

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

I am laughing so hard. Australians don’t want AUKUS. The Australian government is too cowardly to pull out. In a wild twist, it seems that the US government might sort it out for us anyway. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I have a new hero. This owl stole a child's hobby horse and flies around with it!

You can feel how you want about spray painted walls or stereos going missing during unrest, but if you're directing *any* attention to that instead of the injustice that the unrest is addressing, then your priorities are out or order and your false equivalence is giving comfort to the oppressors.

For those forever asking is this a constitutional crisis? How will we know? Yes. The military is being mobilized to the 5 largest D democratic cities to quell protest before a military parade to celebrate dear leader. Ok? Got it? Act accordingly.

Never change, LA 🧘🏻‍♀️🌱

god i just cannot imagine giving a shit about what gender strangers live their lives in. like we get really wrapped up in layers of using science and poetry to defend ourselves but holy shit are transphobes just fucking busybody creeps

Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

How the fuck is a curfew supposed to stop the cops from rioting?

Wow turns out after 18 months of gaslighting every protestor and activist and saying there was nothing Australia could do, it turns out there’s some stuff Australia can do! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

“The world needs more young angry women.”

Yesterday I flagged some solid Australian journalists worth following, but forgot about Crikey! I can’t afford a subscription (broke, disabled student) but the gifted articles I’ve read are always solid. I particularly appreciate their critique here given the absolute bullshit reporting coming out.

Gotta love an 86-year-old woman with the heart of a poster

**Madleen is in Ashdod Port** We have just received confirmation that all 11 volunteers and one Al Jazeera reporter from the ‘Madleen’ are currently at Ashdod Port. They are being processed and transferred to detention. They are expected to be moved to the Ramleh detention facility unless ...2/

What are these 'shared values' with our 'friends' Israel and the US? Is it white supremacy? Genocide? Corruption? Systematically murdering brown people? Or is it the 'democracy' thing, that we have two useless political options, both of which want to make things worse? Explain it to me like I'm 6.

Way to ratchet up the tension, for fucks sake.

Israel plans to force members of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to watch videos of Hamas attacks on Israel. This is psychological torture as defined by the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Is any government going to intervene?

Hey, it’s not all bad. We have some excellent journalists amongst the bullshit. @amyremeikis.bsky.social, @davemilbo.bsky.social, and @grogsgamut.bsky.social are my go-to fave journos who refuse to sacrifice their values, and @squigglyrick.bsky.social does fantastic investigative journalism.

If you condemn activists for civil disobedience because only peaceful protest is okay, ask yourself: how far does the state need to push before you think it’s justified? Because you know there’ll be no accountability for these cops, nor the others who have shot, beaten, and trampled people today.

Every time they say “we can’t afford that,” remember: they could afford armored tanks, a dictators birthday parade, and enough tear gas to choke a city. They just don’t want you fed, safe, or alive.

"We are sad that the journalist didn't dodge the projectile that chose to go towards her" said her employer. Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

I'm sorry but expecting civilians to follow the law when law enforcement is out openly committing crimes left and right is a joke. Either we have a system here or we don't. Pick one.

This might actually wake normie Australians up to police violence and corruption. Watch the cop on the left aim straight for her at the 15 second mark.

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YES God, the emotional whiplash between LA protests and following the Madleen (they’ve been boarded by Israeli forces, it’s not good)

Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"

Furthermore, again whether you approve of their actions or not, rowdy protesters are on the same side as peaceful protesters in a way that the police, systemically, will never be. To ally with the police over actual allies is disastrous strategy.

Super useful to know!