‘Police sources and the Anadolu state news agency said about 500,000 people took part in the march.’ aje.io/mw7wx5

Winter Road

Happy 2026! I wish everyone a strong community and hope that more people tell the fascists to go fuck themselves.

‘As mothers, we do not accept a future where our sons will either be the killed or the killers,”… Despite their grief and backlash, both women remain determined to send a message to global leaders about the urgency of including women in peace negotiations.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

If AUS PM @albomp.bsky.social wanted to know what's happening in Gaza, the West Bank & East Jerusalem, he could've invited UN Special Rapporteur @franceskalbs.bsky.social to visit the Lodge. Instead he invites Israeli President Herzog, who signed bombs to be dropped on Gaza. 😠 #auspol #FreePalestine

So sad to see any state but especially Australia and its ‘allies’ condoning such an atrocity and then running their own #incarceration crisis for Australian #youth that has become a global scandal about #abuse. How can we #sustain and #care for future #generations. #auspol #justice #responsibility

I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization. Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.

Everything has vessels www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...

Does anyone else feel like the terrorists are winning every time we lose a civil liberty because of an incident, escalate the amount of weapons on the street, or start a new war? I know there are arguments as to why these things happen… but I still feel like they win, we lose… and lose.

Julia Margaret Cameron stands as one of the most innovative photographers of the 19th century, a status she achieved despite a career that lasted only a dozen years. She did not pick up a camera until the age of 48, yet she produced a body of work that defied the conventions of Victorian photography

“It’s time to hold our leaders to the speed of physics. If the climate can shift meaningfully in 2 yrs, then “net zero by 2050” without strong near-term cuts isn’t a plan - it’s just a slogan!” #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social gov for ecocide

Calling out Israel for its genocide in Gaza isn’t antisemitism. Just like criticising ISIS, Hamas and the Taliban isn’t Islamophobia. It’s the human thing to do. What is wrong, is the dog whistling and hate coming from the Right and the Left!

‘removing monster utes’ exemption from the luxury car tax; strengthening pedestrian safety standards & visibility requirements for all-vehicles; using weight & size in registration & parking pricing (if you take more space, you should pay more)..set rules for where oversized vehicles can & can’t go’

‘Criticise governments and their actions. Defend communities. Refuse racism and human rights abuses in all directions. And do so peacefully and respectfully. Without hate.’

Israel is blocking almost 40 humanitarian organisations from operating in Gaza, including Médecins Sans Frontières. At the same time, hundreds ofPalestinians have been killed since the so-called ceasefire began. This is not what a ceasefire looks like. #Gaza #Ceasefire

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

bye 2025👋

In the process of moving the family from Spotify to Qobuz. The app is slightly less slick, but the ethics tilt the scale in its favour. Sound quality is noticeably better. Overall v satisfied.

‘Tasmania has more than 332,000 volunteers, making it the state’s largest workforce.’ Wow, the total population of Tasmania is only 576,000‼️ pulsetasmania.com.au/news/tasmani...

‘Coogee resident Anna said conditions started to deteriorate on New Year's Eve, saying she had never seen the beach "quite this rough". "I swim each day, I was with mates and freak waves were coming and washing our clothes away … which has never happened,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

‘Sharing a toilet with 1,000 people …. They have to manage menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth & illness while living in overcrowded shelters, tents, or the open air, without the basic necessities needed to sustain life.’ aje.io/0jgoke

‘Israel’s new ban on dozens of aid organisations working in Gaza will have “catastrophic” consequences for the delivery of vital services in the devastated territory & will put Palestinian lives “at imminent risk”, diplomats, humanitarian workers & experts say.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

‘“all of our many, many requests to bring our humanitarian goods into Gaza since March this year have been denied, including very recently, and those items include food in Jordan, sanitary pads for women, very basic and essential items,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Gaza City's landscape was once packed with concrete residential blocks. In the weeks before a ceasefire in October, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found reut.rs/49fw0cd

Outstanding commentary from the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network's Nasser Mashni. Intelligent, informed, nuanced. Clear and factual. Opposing Zionism or critiquing Israel is not antisemitism #auspol #nswpol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

Anthony Lowenstein is an interesting inclusion. He's anti-Zionist for sure, but isn't it a bit of a stretch to call the descendent of Jewish Holocaust victims an antisemite? Surely being critical of the Netanyahu government has not now become shorthand for antisemitism? Has it?

How did one woman take on the brutal colonial King Leopold II in Congo with her camera? Who was Alice Seely Harris and why should we remember her name? How did she smuggle her photographs of the horrors going on in the Congo out of the country? linktr.ee/empirepoduk

#NewYearsEve #Glimmer There are 2 out of pouch joey pademelons chasing each other around and through a grevilla shrub in our yard. Sooo cute! Have a peaceful night everyone! May 2026 be less batshit crazy than 2025🤷🏻‍♀️

Not surprising that Israel’s list of most “antisemitic” Australians is only a list of people against genocide and contains not one far-right/Nazi. 🫡 to those on the list

‘As MLC Ruth Forrest pointed out, signing up to a big co‑funded transport project in that context, without a clear plan for how the State’s share will be paid for, is a genuine fiscal risk – not just for capital budgets, but for essential services.’ tasmaniantimes.com/2025/12/peop...

“As winter draws in, civilians in Gaza are facing appalling conditions with heavy rainfall and temperatures dropping,” the ministers of Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland said in a joint statement..” NOT Oz😢 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

“I am the first UN official to be sanctioned. For what? For exposing a genocide?” —Francesca Albanese

‘The decision creates sailing ⛵️ history, with Min River becoming both the first 🙌 double-handed yacht and first 🙋‍♀️ female-skippered vessel to win the overall handicap in the iconic race.’🎉 pulsetasmania.com.au/news/history...

Very brave‼️Some of those crocs are HUGE 👇 ‘Senior police have praised an officer who ignored the threat of crocodiles in a tragic bid to help a driver submerged in floodwaters in Queensland's drenched far north.’ The region is enduring its 4th day of torrential rain’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

‘“Palestine,” Francesca says, “has opened a portal to history, to where we come from and to what we risk if we don’t pull the brakes.”’ chrishedges.substack.com/p/francesca-...

Again ACMA⁉️… ‘The ABC can reveal the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) changed a draft media statement announcing action against Sportsbet after lobbying from the gambling giant.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

‘The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) successfully convinced a key regulator (The Australian Communications and Media Authority) (to delay telling the public.. “that they were one of the worst corporate spammers that Australia's ever seen,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

‘Queenslanders from the north-east coast to the outback are entering their fourth day of torrential rainfall as floodwaters continue to rise in the north-west.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

‘temperature gets hotter due to climate change, the atmosphere can hold more moisture. As a result…there will be more intense periods of rainfall, leading to more major flooding events. …“What are they going to do then? You can’t house people in waist-deep water.”’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

‘Local authorities said strong sea currents likely contributed to the grounding, and boat operators typically avoided the area due to the high reef.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

A male Green Honeycreeper, San Vito #CostaRica #birds #nature

A Keel-billed Toucan in my garden this morning. At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #ToucanoftheDay #toucans #birds #nature

My wife and I attended a wedding where half the people got covid. We did not. We attended an Xmas Eve party where half the people got the flu. We did not. We may be the mask-wearing weirdoes, but we're also the ones who aren't spending the holidays sick in bed.

Bank RC - Widespread criminal behaviour revealed - Not one exec has faced a Court Robodebt RC - Clearly corrupt & negligent behaviour exposed, 6 names in the sealed section - not one has faced a Court Two Deaths in Custody RC's - It's got worse RC's without consequences are a waste of $

probably going to get hammered for this but I’m with Albo - we know what happened in Bondi, we know how these blokes became radicalised, we know warnings weren’t heeded, we know communications between agencies was sloppy and gun laws need tightening - Royal Commission would just confirm all this…

A few lovely members of the Sydney muslim community came up to do volunteer work during and after the bushfires up our way (Northern NSW) We've never forgotten how kind they were, helping feed and clothe our bushfire refugees, regardless of race or prejudice. Really lovely Aussies, all of them.

When my father refloored the verandah a few months ago, he left one plank out long with no explanation. We didn't ask, it's his verandah, after all. Harmless. We just found out why. #dragon #lizard Today:

‘“It is disgusting to think that anyone could blame a young person, a young member of our community, a young Islamic girl, for the actions of two people in Bondi a couple of weeks ago," "That is appalling. It'd be like blaming Ahmed Al-Ahmed..”’ www.sbs.com.au/news/article...?

‘“This is not her responsibility, it's ours🎯 "It's not just 60-year-old blokes anymore🙏, which is a wonderful thing 🎯to have more differences in representation. I think that comes with also finding ways to make it possible,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

‘“It's been very difficult for the community in having to deal with that and confront such hatred, sadly in part flowing from the divisive rhetoric of some politicians and statements made in some quarters of media,"’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...