#OTD in 1943, young Sophie Scholl was beheaded together with her brother Hans and Christoph Probst. Found guilty of, ..., distributing leaflets. #WeisseRose #FreedomOfSpeech #LestWeForget

Two things are simultaneously true: 1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it. 2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... Woman after woman is killed by men in Aust. Children are doused in petrol,are thrown off a bridge, female partners killed and dismembered and put in rubbish bins. But we are told to fear immigrant (read non-white) people.

Adorable and fuzzy-haired Maned Three-toed #Sloths 🦥 are so slow they gather algae. Vulnerable in #Brazil 🇧🇷 due to #cocoa 🍫 #palmoil 🌴 meat 🥩 #deforestation. Help them to survive, be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔☠️⛔️ #Boycott4wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-192

Palestinian-American Teenager Shot by Israeli Settlers in West Bank Dies of Wounds www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

Happy #WorldPangolinDay. Celebrate the largest and heaviest #pangolin in the world is the Giant Pangolin of #Uganda #Congo. Endangered by #palmoil and #cocoa #deforestation and #poaching Help them survive #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7jM

Sleek and elegant wild #Cats 🐱🐆 of #Indonesia 🇮🇩 and #Malaysia 🇲🇾 Sunda Clouded #Leopards are #vulnerable due to #PalmOil #Deforestation and #poaching Help them when you 🌴🩸🔥⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-anN

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham home – latest updates

I would want to know who, among Aust politicians, public commentators and keyboard warriors, will accept and justify - and own - the death of Austn children in Syria caught between warring armies and the holier-than-thou of Australia.

You owe it to yourself to read the 2001 obituary (republished today) for Rose Freedman, the last survivor of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. An incredible woman. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

The Australian Liberal Party looking for direction. Angus Pigeon Taylor #auspol

On this day in 1868, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 9 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 19 Oct 1942 to Treblinka extermination camp where she perished. Her name was Adéla Fischelová

Maned Wolves are #SouthAmerica's tallest canids with long slender legs to help them navigate grasslands. Now 'Near Threatened' by #palmoil #meat and #mining #deforestation, Fight for them and #Boycottpalmoil #BoycottGold #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7Pv

Please click on and repost Kerrie's outstanding post. 👇 #auspol #LibSpill

John Howard brought in a tax policy that delivers 59% of the benefit to the richest 1%. It truly is time to ditch the Capital Gains Tax 50% discount www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

“Hitler Methods”: Israel Accused of Using Aerosol Bombs An Al Jazeera investigation alleged that Israel used U.S.-supplied heavy thermobaric munitions to “vaporize” thousands of Palestinians, leaving no recoverable remains. 1/4

Take note @albomp.bsky.social

Dr Assal Rad— "Words they avoid: Occupation, Illegal, Annexation, International Law, Land Theft, Palestinian. "This is how you normalize Israel’s decades-long occupation."

Proud to be a signatory. This open letter is in SMH and Age.

The Jewish community speaks:

On this day in 1932, a Czech Jewish girl was born. She was deported to Theresienstadt, with her parents, and on the 4 Apr 1942 and on the 28 Oct 1944 to Auschwitz where they perished. Her sister survived the Shoah. Her name was Eva Liana Kirschnerová Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

Powerful message in today’s SMH and Age.

Perhaps being a tad disingenuous Ben. This part of the world has been subject to fires of huge size and ferocity - of global singularity - at least as long as colonial records. There's no question of the significance of climate change but the article is about what makes Victoria as it is for fire.

They DO have scary bills, long necks and, if they have young and you come too close, they are not at all restrained in making a dash towards you. Not sure, though, whether they would actually bite.

On this day in 1882, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstad Then, on the 9 May, to the Sobibor extermination camp where she perished. Her name was Flora Ehrmannová Please support @sobibor.org

On this day in 1915, a Jewish woman was born in Paris. A clerk, she was interned in Drancy from where, on the 7 Dec 1943, she was deported to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Jeanne Blaustein Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

#BlackSwan #GippslandLakes #Australia Wonderful birds. Loving partners and dutiful parents. Wonderful honking voice.

Editorial: Tell me Australia, which is worse: signing bombs or making anti-bomb signs? preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

Israel has destroyed the Kuwait Secondary School for Girls near the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza. The demolition was filmed by an Israeli engineering battalion, boasting about the destruction. I wonder if Albo will ask Herzog about this. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #GirlsEducation

A very pretty animal but In Australia it is a major destroyer of native animals. It is hunted, trapped and has a bounty on it.

Yes,, VERY pretty!

Had literally *any* other nation done this the anger being heard across the media airwaves and from politicians would be deafening and unending.

Next Monday 09Feb2026, Australians will protest Israeli President Herzog visiting Australia. Herzog has actively promoted genocide against the Palestinian people, even signing bombs to be dropped on Gaza. Please attend if you can. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

I remember the days we fought apartheid - via sit-ins, marches, pamphlet distributions, disruptions of rugby matches - and were called "gang-rapists of democracy". That a Labor government would support such a policy and program as this is shameful. Utterly shameful.

Probably will also judge them on how much support they give to the bigots in Advance. This is truly gross stuff.

We detest Putin We detest the Russian military We detest the Russian government None of this has anything to do with the Russian Orthodox Church.....unless they support Putin.

Maybe Penny Wong could ponder whether someone associated with a genocidal regime is the appropriate person to come along to mourn a mass murder. The reason for a person coming do not erase who that person is

BREAKING: Israel has launched airstrikes on the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in south Gaza. Al-Mawasi is one of the most densely overcrowded areas sheltering displaced families in tents in Gaza. #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

#Moroka River #Gippsland #Australia

UN special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned Israel’s ban on Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from Gaza, saying “Israel has NO authority to block anyone from entering the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies.”

Sussan asks Albo if he's seen her Party anywhere. Albo just smirks quietly to 'isself. And Dan's not tellin'.

Dr Assal Rad— "Gaza belongs to Palestinians, you have no legal authority to determine its future, symbols, or how it is administered. "Absolutely insane that these statements receive no attention from Western media, who help to normalize occupation."

I want an invite to her next party!

This is such a strange insect, isn't it? Meet the giraffe weevil, one of Madagascar’s most bizarre and iconic creatures! That absurdly long neck isn’t just for looks. Males use it to fight rivals and help females roll leaves into perfect nests for their eggs. #insects #animals #nature #strange #wild

Sussan asks Albo if he's seen her Party anywhere. Albo just smirks quietly to 'isself. And Dan's not tellin'.

If AUS PM Anthony Albanese wants to give Israeli President Isaac Herzog a gift during his visit, I wonder if Herzog likes history? Or trains? 🤔 #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

NSW Minns Govt has intro'd laws cracking down on "hate-speech" in NSW schools. It applies to all govt, independent & Catholic schools. I wonder if it applies to #sexism & #misogyny in private boys schools. Or gay-hate speech in religious schools. Or are they exempt? #auspol #nswpol #education

My take on the interest rate rise. The RBA wants unemployment to rise to prevent high wages growth at a time when wages are growing slower than inflation. Yeah that makes sense. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...