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"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed." — Denzel Washington

Quiet By Jeff Stanford, 2026

by Anette Björk Swensson

10 months ago.. Trump vs International Law Emma Shortis youtu.be/FSEWd38Ra1o?... #auspol

Four years ago today, Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated by an Israeli soldier. Since then, Israel has killed more than 275 journalists in Gaza and Lebanon. The world that let Shireen's killer walk free made all of this possible. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/from... #Palestine #Israel

The documentary that the BBC refused to air - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - won a Bafta last night. The documentary shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities. #Bafta #Baftas

"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" trailer ⬇️ Watch the full documentary on Channel 4's Youtube: 🔗 youtu.be/iv3wpeJ6Oco

"Back door to garden" Artist- Aldo Balding

Morning Sun. Jake Songer

Media reporting on the Antisemitism RC has been simply pathetic so far. After endlessly targeting protestors & bridge marches, they’ve gone silent now that Commissioner Bell hasn't mentioned them once. She blamed Israel’s wars instead. Where are the headlines? #auspol

Commissioner Bell challenges Frydenberg-led Dor Foundation CEO Tahli Blicblau on credibility of their research questioning if they ignore fact that spikes in antisemitism coincide with Israel’s wars, calls out Dor’s surveys that use “Zionism” as “proxy for being a Jew”💥 #auspol

Israeli airstrikes continue in southern #Lebanon despite the #ceasefire. Medical teams are working around the clock to treat people injured in the attacks. Read our response: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/lebanon-people-still-being-killed-by-israeli-forces-in-the-south-despite-ceasefire/#Lebanon

BHP is suing MWM to muzzle media coverage of a wage theft case. Why we are standing up to the $300b multinational colossus #auspol #pressfreedom michaelwest.com.au/bhp-is-suing...

Today is #WorldRadiotherapyAwarenessDay #WRAD. SCC-AFTER is #ClinicalTrial looking at adjuvant #radiotherapy in patients with high-risk primary cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma after surgery with focus on #Inclusvity ℹ️ www.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-t... @nihr.bsky.social @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social

Richard Lewer has been awarded the 2026 Archibald prize for his portrait of Pitjantjatjara elder, traditional healer and senior artist Iluwanti Ken. 🔗 👉 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

"This new version of Comfortably Numb that Roger Waters made for Palestine is absolutely gorgeous! "Waters sent it to Yanis Varoufakis, who showed it on May 4th during the speech of the great Francesca Albanese." — Témoris Grecko

Reminder that the war US & Israel are waging on Iran is creating a helium crisis. The Lever. Crucial for Tech. Med. Research. Australia & Timor had a deal over helium access brewing. Someone on the 🇦🇺 side dropped it from the deal. Gave helium &💰to corporates. johnmenadue.com/post/2021/06... #Auspol

60 Gy #radiotherapy

The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months. We analyzed ICE records from January-August 2025 and found thousands of parents in the data. Families that have been broken up by the administration's mass deportation machine

The IDF playbook is a continuous crime against humanity... And our playbook is pretending we did not see it while convincing ourselves this is only temporary.

I recently returned from a medical mission to Gaza, working as a neurosurgeon with the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association. I spoke to Croakey Health Media about my experience, and here is the interview. #neurosurgery #publichealth www.croakey.org/inside-gazas...

Countries worldwide sought to prevent the further spread of the hantavirus, after an outbreak on a cruise ship, by tracking those who had disembarked before the virus was detected and anyone who had close contact with them since reut.rs/4ddeqYn

These comments from NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie demonstrate two key tactics used in data centre PR: - TACTICAL VAGUENESS: 'Our data centre will run your life-saving surgery. No, we won't tell you what % of our huge energy consumption relates to AI surgery computation, that's secret business info'

“This is Israel – where they celebrate birthdays by wishing death upon others.” @dianabuttu.bsky.social writes about Ben-Gvir, the right-wing fascist Israeli minister who represents how genocidal Israeli society has become. Read: zeteo.com/p/israel-ben...

youtu.be/HLzFO6iWm8k?... #auspol

It is shocking how little people talk about the fact Elon Musk basically single handedly committed one of the largest genocides of the 21st century.

Marco Rubio explains that the Trump administration's goal now is merely to reopen the Strait of Hormuz -- the prevailing state of affairs before Trump launched his pointless war

Where is it Albo? Australia's legal determination on Israel's genocide? Kellie Tranter examines the legal risk #ICJ #auspol #herzog michaelwest.com.au/where-is-it-...

A combat surgeon who volunteered in Gaza during the genocide is one of the surprise leaders in the Democratic Party race to replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman in New Jersey's 12th district. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-... #Palestine #Israel

"Clearly linked to events in the Middle East." Commissioner Virginia Bell has just told the Commission that the “sharp spike in antisemitism" is "clearly linked" to Israel’s wars in the Middle East. “It’s important that people understand." Do politicians understand?💥 #auspol

Sometimes, just sometimes, people who do important work largely out of the limelight get the recognition they deserve. Congratulations to Julie K Brown for the Pulitzer special citation for her reporting on Epstein.

I missed this a few days ago: "On Friday, May 1, 2026, Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee officially declined an invitation to attend the 14th International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, delivering a forceful critique of the Israeli state and its intellectual community." iol.co.za/entertainmen...

Saher Alghorra (NYT) has won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for "his haunting, sensitive series showing the devastation and starvation in Gaza" www.pulitzer.org/winners/sahe...

Hind Rajab would've turned 8 this week. But Israel killed her. @premthakker.bsky.social spent a year demanding answers. Without justice, here we are now: the US-Israel War on Iran starting with the murder of 100 kids just like Hind. Watch and share: zeteo.com/p/hind-rajab...

Laura Tingle's' weekly report www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

If you'll permit me, a thread: On the weekend, former Age editor Michael Gawenda had a crack at @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social via The Australian. Jeff's supposed crime was organising and publishing an anti-genocide letter in 2023 while editor of Overland and senior lecturer in journalism at UniMelb.

THIS 👇 is how Australian media used to report Israeli atrocities. A 1948 account of Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Ronald Monson, the Sydney Daily Telegraph's Jerusalem correspondent. Factual reporting of Israel's crimes, with compassion for the victims. #IsraeliTerrorism #FreePalestine

Neil Young 'As time explodes' youtu.be/bK0erwyQUzA?...

Apparently this is Banksy’s new statue in London - perfectly capturing the mood of our times…

The birth of the World 1941. Joan Miró

In case you’re wondering, this is a real post.

Oh, the irony! We direct our Defence $$$ away from fuel storage and instead towards #AUKUS subs (that won’t be delivered) so we can one day join the US in a fight against China … and then when there’s a conflict elsewhere, we have to turn to China for our fuel security. #auspol

Our forefathers enshrined into our Constitution a right of citizens to challenge government, businesses and other citizens in independent courts. Little did they know that only the government and large businesses could afford the entry fee. #auspol