Slavery is white history, how we survived it is Black history. - Malcolm Jamal Warner Pic of the day #photography

“Sure Angus is presentable, a great CV. But does he have the rhetorical skills, the interpersonal skills, or the strategic vision to get a team in the right direction?” one Liberal insider said. “The last 13 years are not encouraging on any of those fronts.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

James Paterson's stark warning: Almost 5 million Australians voted for us. Over the last 9 months, 2.1 million of those people have deserted the Coalition. That's more than 200k votes a month. If it goes on, there'll be nothing left of the Libs by the next election. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Dick Smith, Graham Marr and Richard Barnes were the only three Australians among the nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires who signed an open letter last month calling on all governments to increase taxes on the super rich. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

And I’m afraid we’re deluding ourselves if we think we have not gone past the point of no return here in the former freedom loving America. Elections won’t save us. The midterms won’t save us. Only a nationwide, painful, extended strike by the working class and that’s just a maybe now.

Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups. Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency. The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.

@lenoret.bsky.social Thank you! All your hard work & successes are much appreciated, I am grateful to The Guardian every day for its balanced and considered coverage. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

We've shut down the busiest pedestrian intersection in Naarm/Melbourne because our government invited a genocidal war criminal to our country

Ghislaine Maxwell helped launch Clinton Global Initiative, donated $1 million. "She... attended Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding.... Ms. Maxwell told the [DoJ]... that she last saw Mr. Clinton sometime between 2016 & 2018, when... they had dinner together in L.A.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

The WaPo cuts are devastating. And to cut the Books section entirely makes the already bleak critical landscape even more bare. This was all preventable but Bezos, who could find the post I perpetuity without noticing it, is hellbent on destroying the Post. And for what?

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Dude, on behalf of myself and all other SA survivors, please don't use the word "diddling". No, seriously, it's ABUSE - rape, assault, pedophila. It's not some cute little word like that. Please.

How mens' attitudes to tofu reflect their attitudes to women www.instagram.com/reel/DUZN_UF...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For those keeping score at home:

Here's at least some of the ones we know about. "Thirty-two people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in 2025 – making it the agency’s deadliest year in more than two decades"

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“Elon Musk Asked Jeffrey Epstein to Invite Him to the ‘Wildest Party’ on His Island” Prem, for Zeteo, on how the Tesla & Twitter boss lied about his relationship with the pedophile financier, according to new emails released by the Department of Justice.

In case you missed it, a Republican in *checks notes* … Texas — who Trump endorsed — just underperformed Trump by 30 points and lost a special election. The panic is going to be delicious.

Again. The way you conduct yourself with women is quite clear. It's misogynist. And yes, misogyny is not only unpleasant, it's unacceptable. So, again - - do some reflecting. The other women you conduct yourself with will surely thank you.

Alex Pretti's parents have retained Steve Schleicher, a former prosecutor who helped convict George Floyd's murderer. Schleicher is taking on the Pretti case PRO BONO.

Every accusation is a confession, Chapter 3,527.

Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why do we still call them the Epstein files? He’s dead. We want the Trump files to be released. In full.

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Edith Clarke, the first female electrical engineer in the US, invented a calculator (the Clarke calculator) to solve electric power transmission problems, a precursor to modern smart grid technology. It was patented in 1925. #WomenInSTEM It's International Day of #CleanEnergy!

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...

Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.

The US has officially terminated its partnership with the World Health Organization.

ICE Is What Happens When America Refuses to Learn from Black History • The tragic case of Renee Good and the lessons we missed

"This is the diplomatic equivalent of a wronged spouse telling their partner: No, I am not asking for a break or a trial separation. It’s time to move on."

Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.

Norway is one of the largest foreign investors in the United States, shall we sell out? Denmark supplies 74% of U.S. insulin imports, 100% of Ozempic, and handles 15% of all container traffic. Want it to stop? That's just 2.. Nobody can isolate on an island; the world knocks anyway...

Trump's USA entrenching racism at every level. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Jacob Frey told ICE agents to get the fuck out of Minneapolis, a hugely popular viral moment, and the media has been browbeating him over it ever since. Trump flipped a guy off and told him fuck you and it’s barely acknowledged.

Prof. Timothy Snyder is clear: when the state normalizes violence, our responsibility sharpens. We answer brutality with disciplined, non-violent resistance—and we deny authoritarians the chaos they crave. #ChoosePeaceNotChaos

The LNP is incompetent at federal level & at state level. Why can't the Liberals attract talented, competent politicians? One obvious reason is the penchant by the pale, stale, male party members for pale, stale, male candidates. This is terrible for democracy. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...

BREAKING: TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record." "Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."

That’s simply not true. We should call out other men’s sexism and be examples for other men and boys by showing respect and assuring opportunities wherever possible. We should also acknowledge the predacious nature of many men and help assure women’s safety in response to those men. Be an ally.

Study links men with higher intelligence to fewer abusive relationship behaviors www.psypost.org/study-links-...