Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The Press Club cancelled Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges after he submitted a speech on the killing of Palestinian journalists, then booked Israel's ambassador instead. If you wonder why media reporting on Gaza genocide has been so disappointing this is what they think is normal.

"Seven stolen village dogs in… China captured the hearts of millions… after breaking free from thieves… "A video of [the] dogs walking along a busy highway [showed them] surrounding an injured German shepherd, while a Corgi… looked back to ensure none were left behind." amp.scmp.com/news/people-...

Don't use the services of Kennards Hire or Kennards Self Storage. Sam Kennard is a major donor to Advance, so that is where your money will be going. #auspol

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours in mine, and Pauline and Barnaby are mine…. youtu.be/gROSA4P2apc?...

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

In Nazi Germany, Goebbels picked an infant picture for a magazine cover to show the ideal Aryan baby. The only hitch? The baby was Jewish. Hessy Levinsons Taft's amazing story by @mikerosenwald.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world. It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office. Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

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Rabbi Eli Schlanger is STILL being praised on the ABC News website. This Zionist hate preacher openly celebrated Israel's #GazaGenocide, raised funds for illegal Israeli settlements in the #WestBank AND called for the ethnic cleansing of "Arabs" from Palestine bc "it's our land, it belongs to us." 😲

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

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🕯️Oleksandra Polishchuk was only 12. She should’ve been laughing with friends, dreaming about life. Instead, Russia ended her story forever today. Russia is a terrorist state!

"You have to stand up to bullies and you have to tell them straight, ‘you are stupid.'" Former Irish president Mary Robinson tells Matt Frei that Donald Trump's comments about climate change are "incredibly reckless". Read and watch here:

This one's straight to the point !! ☠️

And now .. gas.

Let’s be clear, Klein is really just telling Black and Brown Americans and trans people to be nice to the people who think they should be removed from society.

They are!

@rory-stewart.bsky.social c’mon

🕯️Yaroslav Bazylevych shared a heartbreaking tribute to his youngest daughter, Emilia, who was murdered by a Russian missile together with her mother and two sisters. Today, Emilia would have turned eight.

Meanwhile in the real world, the daily russian🇷🇺aggression on civilians does not stop. Yesterday there were 510🇷🇺n attacks across the Zaporizhzhia region. A staggering 364🇷🇺n fpv drone attacks. People's homes were also targeted by 🇷🇺n artillery, rockets & guided aerial bombs.

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

This is abominable and everyone involved in the series of events which led to it, from the Home Office to the police, should be ashamed of themselves. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

At schools of higher learning in Germany, they taught us how to recognize fascist propaganda lies. Nobody is teaching Americans how to spot them. That's why so many MAGA yokels fall for Trump's toxic lies. Trump is literally using the same lies Hitler used to turn normal Germans into Nazis.

India's aviation regulator had warned the airline about a number of safety issues involving other planes in its fleet before last week's fatal crash.

10 of 17/ You may have also noticed a particular tell in Driscoll's body language – throughout most of this video, when his verbal messages were full of glowing affirmations, Driscoll's was shaking his head side-to-side (i.e., "No" / in disagreement with).

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

If starving and bombing children to death doesn’t warrant sanctions what will? For 19 months children have born the brunt of the war in Gaza. It is a war on children. There is no excuse for the brutality being inflicted on the innocent lives of Palestinian children & families. It must end 💔

Just heard @steveinskeep.bsky.social’s interview with Bannon on @npr.org. I suspect there was more pushback in the raw footage but the edited version was very watered down. I continue to be incredibly disappointed in all legacy media.

welcome to country. #Auspol #Australia #racism

A reminder that you don't have to dig all that deep to find anti-black racism in Indian migrant communities in Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Because he is a psychopath in the purest clinical sense - he cannot experience empathy nor does he attempt to feign it. He is a monster who must make everything about himself.

X is 110% wholeheartedly FUCKED!

🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Kid Rock makes music for dudes who are only allowed to see their kids on weekends, but don’t ! 😂😂😂

This isn't The Art of the Deal. It's insider trading with a bad comb-over. Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’ Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.

Russia state media pretty happy at least

Don’t call them tariffs. Call them import taxes.

The rise in russian🇷🇺long range drone attacks. 4198 in march. Where does the graph go now? What will it look like in a year's time? The🇷🇺ns are also dropping about 1000 guided FABs a week, released as far as 70km out. Aerial warfare is evolving. Other Europeans are not in a position to sit and watch.