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Africa Is a Country
3 days ago
What it sounds like on the ground in Morocco at the 2025 edition of Africa Cup of Nations.
africasacountry.com/2025/12/soun...
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Sounds of the Africa Cup of Nations
What it sounds like on the ground in Morocco at the 2025 edition of Africa Cup of Nations.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/12/sounds-of-the-africa-cup-of-nations
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Prisonculture
1 day ago
To claim that mass mobilizations "don't work" or "are useless" doesn't negate the fact that THEY HAPPENED and most people commenting on them DID NOT TAKE PART. LOL.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot
1 day ago
How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
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How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
The frog has become a frequent symbol at protests against the Trump administration.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn987yqnee9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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Fadhel Kaboub
2 days ago
An alternative ābargain of the century,ā which Kaboub sketches out in a recent paper, relies on African nations banding together to forge more equitable partnerships with countries in other parts of the world.
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
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Wild Horses ā®ļøššš
1 day ago
@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
thank you for speaking up on MS now.
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Ketan Joshi
2 days ago
The idea that we simply have to kill off a bunch of animals because it's a net benefit to climate is a false dichotomy that serves corporate interests trying to avoid having to put in the effort of finding good, well-chosen sites Really wish media would consider breaking through this thinking
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Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say
As the green energy boom gathers pace, experts say climate change is a bigger threat to biodiversity than wind farms and other renewables projects.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/renewable-energy-impacts-kentbruck-wind-farm/106157018
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Peter Murphy
2 days ago
Israel has ranked lowest in the Nation Brands Index. Again. Australia's own reputation would improve if we actively opposed Israel's crimes with sanctions (rather than selling them arms). Long-term: it'd benefit Israel, Palestine, Lebanon too. It'd benefit our trade & tourism
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#SanctionIsrael
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Dr Monique Ryan
2 days ago
Large SUVs and utes are 82% more likely to kill children in collisions- 44% more likely to kill adult pedestrians or cyclists. They damage our roads and add to air pollution, harming our health.
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Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the stateās roads this year as of Saturday ā the most in any calendar year since 2008.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/pedestrian-fatalities-reach-17-year-high-this-trend-could-be-why-20251227-p5nq8x.html
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Bill McKay
2 days ago
Scrolling through Sorosās articles in the NYRB is just him being right again and again.
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Prisonculture
2 days ago
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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Mongabay
3 days ago
As climate and resource crises grow, Indigenous & local communities lead on conservation but remain sidelined in global governance. An analysis says BRICS+, with its multipolar, South-South framework, may open space for Indigenous leadership in shaping policy from within. ** Views are author's.
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BRICS+ offers Indigenous & local communities ways to advance environmental and social goals (analysis)
As the world grapples with climate change, biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, Indigenous and local communities (IPLCs) remain at the forefront of conservation, yet are often sidelined in globalā¦
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/brics-offers-indigenous-local-communities-ways-to-advance-environmental-and-social-goals-analysis/
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David Roberts
3 days ago
Today on Volts: you've probably heard that Australia has cheap rooftop solar power. You've probably also heard some rumors & myths about it. (Is it destabilizing the grid?) I called my favorite Australian energy expert to clear it all up. This is a fun one!
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
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What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-real-story-with-australian
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London Review of Books
3 days ago
āPerhaps one in ten West Papuans has been a refugee in the last five years. By clearing Indigenous people from their land, the TNI both eases the extraction process and seeds future conflict: displacement allows extraction which leads to further displacement.ā
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Douglas Gerrard | Escalation in West Papua
The conflict in West Papua may be the worldās most unequal war: raids on military bases have improved the West Papua...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/december/escalation-in-west-papua
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) āš
5 days ago
Your car is too big.
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Paul Gregoire
4 days ago
Albanese's decision to implement the envoy's hasbara plan at Netanyahu's behest is at odds with the truth-telling long called for by First Nations, but it would be in keeping with the local settler colonial project š
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/austral...
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Australia Needs First Nations Truth-Telling Not Hasbara Hiding Israelās Colonial Crimes
The Albanese government has reneged on its election promise of First Nations reform and is now adopting Israelās program of disinformation about its ongoing atrocities.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/australia-needs-first-nations-truth-telling-not-hasbara-hiding-israels-colonial-crimes/
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Deepcut News
4 days ago
On Wednesday the Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece by Cumberland City councillor Ahmed Ouf about Muslim-Jewish solidarity in the wake of Bondi. The piece was quickly taken down. We're publishing it here in full.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/ahmed-ouf-...
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Ahmed Ouf: I went to Bondi and hugged people who'd never spoken to a Muslim before
Read Cumberland councillor's deleted opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/ahmed-ouf-i-went-to-bondi-and-hugged
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Call for Consultants: Research Case Studies on Climate Reparations and Green Colonialism in Africa - African Futures Lab
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Call for Consultants: Research Case Studies on Climate Reparations and Green Colonialism in Africa | African Futures Lab
Call for Consultants: Research Case Studies on Climate Reparations and Green Colonialism in Africa at African Futures Lab
https://www.afalab.org/about-us/job-offers/2025/call-for-consultants-research-case-studies-on-climate-reparations-and-green-colonialism-in-africa/
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Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf
5 days ago
A light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. This Christmas we have to remember that love wins.
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Human Rights Watch
6 days ago
Africaās best football teams are competing in the much-awaited Africa Cup of Nations, known as AFCON, in Morocco. But while AFCON is underway, hundreds of young Moroccans are in jail ā many for taking part in peaceful protests. Learn more ⤵ļø
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Lucarne OpposƩe
5 days ago
à quelques semaines de plonger dans le football professionnel, South Melbourne a renoué avec son immense histoire
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South Melbourne, le retour dāun gĆ©ant
Vingt-six ans. Cāest le temps quāil aura fallu attendre avant de voir Ć nouveau le bleu et le blanc de South Melbourne soulever un trophĆ©e national, celui de lāAustralian Championship, avant de sāĆ©lan...
http://lucarne-opposee.fr/index.php/actualite/reste-du-monde/oceanie/10963-south-melbourne-le-retour-dun-geant
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Andy Fleming
5 days ago
#STRAYA
Multi-billionaire Gina Rinehart outlines three vital steps to curb violent extremism in š¦šŗ after ādeeply movingā visit to Bondi 'Speaking to Ms Marcus on Tues evening, Australian Jewish Association pres. David Adler recounted how Ms Rinehart reached out to him directly.'
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Khaled Diab
5 days ago
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating. At a time of rising antisemitism, remember Jesus was a Jew. At a time of rising anti-migrant sentiment, remember Jesus was a refugee. And don't forget that in Jesus's homeland, Palestinians continue to live under extreme subjugation.
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Jessie L
6 days ago
My god how quickly we have capitulated. This is a man who was happily photographed signing bombs to be launched on Gaza. Pandering to this man does not help Australiaās Jewish community one bit.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia after Bondi Beach attack
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the governor-general will issue an invitation to Herzog to visit Australia "as soon as possible".
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/israeli-president-isaac-herzog-to-visit-australia-after-bondi-beach-attack/jv4zl1ymv?cid=newsapp:socialshare:copylink
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Simon Rosenberg
6 days ago
This article mentions two things we rarely see in mainstream media: - a significant number of Australian Jews oppose Israel's apartheid & genocide. - if the nation is looking for enhanced social cohesion after the Bondi massacre, alliances between Jews, Palestinians & Muslims are a great example.
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Niall
6 days ago
I don't think you could come up with a more inflammatory, offensive & tone deaf move than inviting the president of Israel to Australia. This crosses just about every red line there is for maintaining social cohesion & highlights ALPs complete disrespect for international law & human rights.
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Valentenya š šāā¬
6 days ago
In the history of awful ideas this rates. Labor have lost the plot entirely on human rights. And thatās gonna turn out very badly for a lot of ordinary Australians, maybe even YOU.
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John Bistline
6 days ago
"Hard-to-abate" is sometimes code for "we haven't looked closely yet." This great new report shows opportunities for clean heat (low/medium-temp industrial process heat) through electrification, which also has public health benefits.
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Lucy Hamilton
6 days ago
As I fly out of the UK, I want to draw attention to the people in dire straits, hunger striking for justice after Keir Starmer handed UK speech to Israel to police. The proscription of Palestine Action will be judged brutally by history. Speaking out - & acting against - genocide is our moral duty.
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Asif Kapadia
6 days ago
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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Police end investigation into Bob Vylanās IDF chants at Glastonbury
Avon and Somerset police says there is āinsufficientā evidence for realistic prospect of conviction
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/23/police-end-investigation-bob-vylan-glastonbury-chants?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The New Arab
6 days ago
It was not the Australian PM or anti-war protestors who made this massacre happen. If someone espouses this view, they're either wilfully blind or deliberately & cynically using the murder of innocents to further their own agendas, writes Katerina Cosgrove š
www.newarab.com/opinion/we-m...
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International Energy Agency
6 days ago
On our new pathway, achieving universal electricity access by 2035 requires $23 billion of investment each year Another $4 billion annually is needed to reach clean cooking for all by 2040 Together, this is less than 1% of total energy spending today š
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Jonathan Portes
6 days ago
"The important question is not whether a genocide has been taking place in Gaza, but how it happened and how it was allowed to happen."
brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-r...
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israelās actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/gaza-the-reckoning
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The New Arab
6 days ago
Sexual abuse of Palestinians witnessed at Sde Teiman prison isnāt an anomaly, it's how Israel maintains a system of fear and domination, writes Omar Shabana ā¬ļø
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In Israelās prison system, raping Palestinians is not an anomaly
Sexual abuse of Palestinians witnessed at Sde Teiman prison isnāt an anomaly, itās how Israel maintains a system of fear & domination, writes Omar Shabana.
https://www.newarab.com/opinion/israels-prison-system-raping-palestinians-not-anomaly
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āPitting Jewish safety against Palestinians, Muslims and migrant communities, and eroding all of our civil liberties, doesn't make Jews safer. It makes the real fight against antisemitism harder.ā
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anticop
7 days ago
What does "intifada" mean? Governments in the UK and NSW are banning this Arabic word - why?
#Cops
#police
#palestine
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What does "intifada" mean?
YouTube video by anticop
https://youtube.com/shorts/bKK3tnfvp-8?si=JiRy28FJLH0IJ4ze
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Mondoweiss
7 days ago
READ: Palestinian women in Gaza have faced widespread sexual violence during the Israeli genocide. Despite mountains of evidence, human rights groups face difficulties pursuing justice, as women live in fear of social stigma and reprisal from Israel.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/afte...
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After the Rape: The challenges of monitoring sexual violence in Gaza
Palestinian women in Gaza have faced widespread sexual violence during the Israeli genocide. Despite mountains of evidence, human rights groups face difficulties pursuing justice, as women live in fear...
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/after-the-rape-the-challenges-of-monitoring-sexual-violence-in-gaza/
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Project Syndicate
7 days ago
African policymakers must move beyond the comforting illusion that simply producing more renewable electricity is enough to meet global emissions-reduction targets, argues Saliem Fakir.
bit.ly/3LfE0Sr
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How the Green Transition Can Support Africaās Development
Saliem Fakir outlines steps that governments can take to align sustainability efforts with broader economic objectives.
https://bit.ly/3LfE0Sr
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Fossil Free Football
7 days ago
We spotted League 1 side Wrexham taking ultra short haul private jet flights... āļø ...just as their celebrity owners spoke about sustainability at the UN! š¬
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Wrexham AFC criticised for flying to League One Wycombe match
Over two days, the plane travelled almost 1,200 miles to take the Wrexham team to Wycombe.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7v1z45d8o
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Jo Michell
8 days ago
Remarkable how little coverage this is getting.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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Palestine Action hunger strikers are ādyingā in prison, UK doctor warns
Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/18/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-are-dying-in-prison-uk-doctor-warns
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Greg Jericho
8 days ago
"Equating the hundreds of thousands of people who have protested for a stronger stand against a genocide...with supporting a massacre is just as insane as using the massacre for political point-scoring & to set up a fight about migration"
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
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Massacre as political theatre: our shameful national response to Bondi
Politicians and the media have seized on the Bondi tragedy to drag Australia further right
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-as-political-theatre-our
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Jewish Council of Australia
8 days ago
Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi. Add your name:
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
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Stanislav Vysotsky
8 days ago
This is just white nationalist rhetoric. This administration has moved from being fascist to straight up nazi.
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Team Talarico
8 days ago
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
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Lupita Nihongo
8 days ago
The housing problem doesnāt have shit to do with immigrants literally nothing does itās 100% a result of resource hoarding & eons of social engineering by capitalists. You can kick as many people out as you want & tons of folk still wonāt be able to afford a house cuz rich people donāt want them to
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Deepcut News
8 days ago
Politicians and the media have seized on the Bondi tragedy to drag Australia further right, writes
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www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-a...
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Massacre as political theatre: our shameful national response to Bondi
Politicians and the media have seized on the Bondi tragedy to drag Australia further right
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-as-political-theatre-our
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Ketan Joshi
8 days ago
This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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AI chatbots share climate disinformation to susceptible users
AI chatbots' personalised answers risk inflaming conspiracy and misinformation, as investigation shows climate disinformation shared to sceptic user personas
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ai-chatbots-share-climate-disinformation-to-susceptible-users/
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Liz Hicks
11 days ago
āThe NSW Council for Civil Liberties has opposed the proposed changes to protest laws. Timothy Roberts, the councilās president, said: āWe cannot have a āsummer of calmā and ātogethernessā with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.ā
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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āProtests had nothing to do with the attacksā: activists condemn premierās plan to restrict rallies after Bondi shooting
Pro-Palestine activists, some Jewish groups and civil liberty campaigners criticise NSW Labor for āeroding our democratic freedomsā
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/18/activists-condemn-premier-plan-restrict-rallies-protests-bondi-shooting-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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