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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.

One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.

Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.

(Published Dec. 2025)

‘Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing Proceedings brought to halt as protesters condemn Russ Vought for slashing Pepfar program amid sweeping aid cuts

estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter.

I will never understand why policy decision makers are not held accountable for the deaths of people when funding is ceased......
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WA Police won't remove racist comments on its social media posts Racist comments are being published on WA Police social media posts with little moderation, but the force says it is not prepared to switch off comments.

Given this states hx, not surprised....remove them .....
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What the fuck was that?! - The Shot As psychopaths trade human lives for regional control, the dominance of the Petro-Pedo Dollar teeters like the mental health of witnesses.

Here's me. "What the fuck was that?!"

#BOTD 1942. Remembering singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and arranger Leon Russell. (d.2016)

Jordon Steele-John fires up at Labor & the Coalition for once again rejecting a proposal requiring parliament approval before Aus troops are sent off to war
“The Albanese govt has led Australia into an illegal & an immoral war started by a tyrant President on a whim.”🔥 #auspol

Apparently it's controversial to say that we shouldn't allow Federal Government funding to be used to torture kids. I'm still going to keep saying it.

Walid Khalidi obituary Historian who played a key role in persuading the Palestinian leadership of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict

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May you find the courage to disappoint people who expect you to stay small. Michell C. Clark / Her Empowering Mindset

#HealingHearts

As you heal from trauma, you will encounter pushback from those in your life who benefit from you continuing just as you are. That's for them.

It's time to do the things for you that bring you peace and so much more. You deserve peace.

#CSASurvivor
#CPTSD
#Pinks
#ProudBlue

💛💚💜

Turns up in a Lebanese mosque for EID while supporting Israel bombing the fuck out of south Lebanon and says he was booed because he banned the radical Islam preacher the Muslim community has been asking him to ban for 3 years!!

Adorable alert! A Tasmanian possum has fallen asleep among the soft toys in an airport gift shop | First Dog on the Moon The little guy just needed somewhere to nap

says it all 🌻www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/20...

Time to take Trump up on his offer - we matter so little to the US and they dominate our entire defence and foreign policy - time to end this damaging dependent relationship and have an independent foreign policy.

Millions of children dying from preventable causes, report reveals Premature birth, pneumonia and malaria among leading causes of death in under-fives worldwide, as UN experts warn aid cuts are slowing progress on survival rates

when it is one death its a tragedy when it is a million its a statistic and called "slowing progress on survival rates" .....dont understand why those that make the decisions aren't charged with these atrocities ....
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

exactly what John Lyon said at the beginning......
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Shame that wisdom wasn't around in 2019 - when the then Coalition resources minister, and Barnaby buddy, said this about Bill Shortens plan to safe guard Australia's fuel supplies

"The resources minister, Matt Canavan, claimed the plan sounded “like a thought bubble”

'Life-changing' dance school celebrates 50 years and 5,000 students Australia's longest-running First Nations dance academy has helped to shape the cultural fabric of the nation.

"The world looks to us as the blueprint. We're so unique, not just to Australia, but the world," he said.

"An institute in Canada is setting up something similar to NAISDA because they're so inspired.

Yothu Yindi - Treaty (Original Version) YouTube video by Yothu Yindi

youtu.be/Jf-jHCdafZY?.... #Music #Indigenous #Aus. Awesome 👍😎

Go gently stay strong

Commissioners call on government to support efforts to bring back Australian women and children from Syria The Australian Human Rights Commission’s President and Commissioners for children and women’s rights have called on the Australian Government to support efforts to enable 34 Australian women and child...

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s President and Commissioners for children and women’s rights have called on the Australian Government to support efforts to enable 34 Australian women and children held in the al-Roj camp in Syria to return to Australia humanrights.gov.au/about-us/med...

Indigenous Australians share the racist messages they receive online: ‘No one’s feeling safe’ Australia has announced an inquiry into racism and hate directed at First Nations people, as Lidia Thorpe says racism has ‘never been this bad’

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How the internet reacted to the Matildas' 4-0 win over Iran The Matildas sealed a spot in the knockout stages of the AFC Women's Asian Cup with a 4-0 win over Iran, and the internet went wild.

Dear The ABC, "The Internet" ≠ the fascist bar formerly known as Twitter.

I can't believe this still needs saying. 🙄

Dave and Gary Foley

I had the pleasure of hanging out and interviewing the legend that is Gary Foley this week

She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm

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I'll Make You Happy YouTube video by Divinyls - Topic

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicSky 🎶
#MusicChallenge

Day 4 - A song by a band/artist that starts with D

Divinyls!

I’ll Make You Happy

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Australia’s timid response to the US and Israel’s attack on Iran risks being seen as complicity | Donald Rothwell It is up to countries like Australia to stand up against aggression and make its position clear in support of international law

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‘Diversionary war’: Trump wants to distract Americans from scandals at home | Christopher S Chivvis Iran strikes are attempt to hijack the global narrative and drown out Epstein and tariffs with the thunder of cruise missiles

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Australia’s broken aged care home support system is ensuring that loved ones live and die without dignity Alan Nicolle was already approved for urgent aged care supports, but delays and confusion under a ‘Kafkaesque’ system made his final days exhausting and painful

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Albanese wants us to turn the temperature down. He should start by showing kindness not contempt for those in Syria | Julianne Schultz Those who know the Australian prime minister well say that he is an empathetic person, but all too often his public language masks this

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