‘The first obligation we all have is an epistemic one: It’s to know what kind of reality we are actually inhabiting..:Because once we discern that we are living in a dual state, it becomes obvious that compliance won’t save us, and that some kind of action is called for.’

‘Bootlicking is one of the few industries seeing any real growth’.

The end point of this is hard to avoid:

Intriguing reporting from Nine here - the objection to former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead the royal commission apparently relates to a previous decision where she upheld the democratic right to protest www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.

Frightening

Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder

Have been struggling with what it means to be an American citizen in this current moment. When will we learn from the sins of our fathers?

“The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself”.

Come for a great show looking back on the year. Stay for @bridie.bsky.social 's last ever day in the hosting chair!

More grateful than ever for @onthemedia.bsky.social @micahloewinger.bsky.social keeping me tethered to reality every single week.

Last day of a short break. Went for a small run. Had a nice time.

This is a real concern… finally someone brave enough to ask the question: “What will Mr. Mamdani do to protect New Yorkers who are increasingly worried about encountering Arsenal fandom whenever they venture outside their homes?”

Members of the federal government’s own expert advisory panel on sexual violence have called for “urgent” independent national oversight of police following Guardian Australia's Broken Trust Series.

Train Dreams is the most powerful piece of art I have seen in a long time. A reminder that what you do matters… even when the cruelty you are surrounded by makes you feel powerless.

Part 2 is out today. Why are so many domestic and family violence deaths followed by silence? Brilliantly reported by Ben Smee. His final lines in this episode have been ringing in my ears for months. I hope they stick with all those who spend the time to listen.

If you listen to one thing today, spend some time with this. Not always the easiest listen, but I think this crisis deserves our attention.

Today we launched a multimedia investigation based on two years of reporting by our tenacious Queensland correspondent Ben Smee. www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

If you listen to one thing today, spend some time with this. Not always the easiest listen, but I think this crisis deserves our attention.

A fun and important conversation about our relationship with the US ahead of Albanese sitting down with Trump.

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions, by @milespherbert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t look back and wonder.

A stain on all of us:

Targeting journalists is a war crime. As colleagues, we remember them. meaa.io/45A4vZ5

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths

Every day

It is a pink moon, brother: www.tiktok.com/@mrjasongore...

Why are so many progressive MPs echoing one of the Lefts favourite podcasters? @lenoret.bsky.social , @miketicher.bsky.social , and @nourhaydar.bsky.social dig into the Abundance agenda and lay it all out:

3rd rent rise in as many years... I have come to dread the day in early July when I get the email. Sad thing is...this time around my first thought was "it could have been worse". Things are just no longer viable for people... and by 'things' I mean the human right to be housed.

Statement from Arsenal Supporters Against Sexual Violence.

People will ask - why did you not say anything about this? You knew - everybody knew! And the reason is the same as it has always been: because to have said anything would have not just broken the law, but prejudiced proceedings and harmed all the individuals involved in the case.

A little jog around sacred and unceded land:

it’s really easy actually. when i write about this stuff for my newspaper column, i try to capture the nuances and i am using whatever authority i have as a person in the business to criticize my peers for not doing the same

Paradise will only come when all left of center writers cede all major platforms to conservatives.