Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN Israeli forces have used sexual violence as weapon of war to ‘dominate and destroy’ Palestinian people, report also says Israel’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal acts”, and Israeli security forces have used sexual…

Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN

A picture of a grey and teal ribbon with the word long COVID typed in white on the grey part. The title of the image says "Long COVID Awareness Day" and is dated 15 March 2025 which is today.

It is #LongCOVID Awareness Day. At least 10% of people will experience symptoms for many months, even years after COVID. These can be debilitating & impact everyday things we all take for granted. We hear you! Our lab is studying the causes behind LC. We hope to find better diagnostics & treatments.

The sound of three hands clapping Further comments on why we need to rid ourselves of two-party politics

The two-party *system* has destroyed itself and damaged the country and needs to be buried at sea at the next election.
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the dog house on fire with an i voted sticker saying “they can’t do this it’s illegal”

Australia has gone from exporting military "items" to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to kill Yemenis to deploying Australian troops to kill Yemenis directly.

You guys at @australianlabor.bsky.social truly are deplorable.

#auspol

there's a new "astroturf" (fake grassroots) group in town… #Australians4Prosperity.

they're funded by the coal industry, deeply connected to the LNP and they're going to advertise a lot this election.

read on 👇

Thanks I was very lucky to survive terminal diagnosis due to amazing immunotherapy.

One reason I survived is because I was lucky to join a clinical trial, which meant travel $$ to Sydney.

Rural people die faster and younger from cancer due to lack of access to early diagnosis & new treatments.

Israeli lawmakers call on military to destroy food, water and power sources in Gaza ***

It’s genocide.

It’s not even an argument.

Israel will wear this stain for generations to come.

It will never rub off.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

On that, being in the midst of Breast Cancer stuff, pathology has been the big cost. Breast care nurses here work in our public cancer care centre which private patients tend to us. They should be public employees. We should not have to rely on charity.

During treatment, I had to request financial help from cancer charities and was shamed for asking for too much by their local rep ("its other people's turn now"). I stopped asking and I wonder now if that was the goal. I agree it should be government funded so there is good governance & equity.

When you film yourself committing war crimes, you must feel confident you will get away with those. Thanks, Biden!

Text Shot: This week, in an announcement that stunned New Zealand’s research community, the country’s center-right coalition government said it would divert half of the NZ$75 million Marsden Fund, the nation’s sole funding source for fundamental science, to “research with economic benefits.” Moreover, the fund would no longer support any social sciences and humanities research, and the expert panels considering these proposals would be disbanded.

One of the philistines

the philistines are in charge now: Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
www.science.org/content/article/amid-cut...

an hour ago, france connected its first nuclear reactor to the grid this century.

construction was to take 56 months.

timeline:
• decision: 2004
• initial works: 2006
• reactor concrete: 2007
• grid connection: 2024
• commercial operation: 2025Q1

…20+ years end to end.

Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions - Pearls and Irritations China's global greenhouse gas cuts matter as rising global consumption drives emissions. Planned degrowth is essential for climate action.

Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions johnmenadue.com/consumption-is-driving-g... #Auspol

#Auspol #MacquarieSt #NSWPol

Taxing multi-national gas extractors commensurately & stopping free ride on capital gains for property investors could eliminate student debt burden of Higher Education Contribution Scheme & fund non-cosmetic dental care under Medicare.
Yet incumbent govt choses to maintain the status quo
#auspol

24 community independent candidates!

24!!!!

And another launches tomorrow!!

This is hope.

Here they are #auspol > linktr.ee/CommunityInd...

Forget the Rich List, I came in at #5 in @crikey.com.au ShitStirrer Index 2024. It recognises 10 Aussies who became nuisances to powerful institutions.
I’d like to thank God, those who voted for me & of course WhatsApp Groups for making this dream possible

www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/17/c...

We did it. Thanks to a stellar legal team and the members, delegates and officials of the mighty TWU.

Hey corporate media,

Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.

Whistleblower Richard Boyle enters plea deal - Michael West Tax Office whistleblower, Richard Boyle, stripped of any defence by broken whistleblower laws, has entered into plea deal negotiations.

Strike a plea deal for doing the right thing .. or go to jail?
#auspol
@Richard_D_Boyle

michaelwest.com.au/whistleblowe...

Australia’s housing affordability crisis is not that difficult to solve: increase supply and lower demand by ending the incentives that treat housing as an investment vehicle rather than someone’s home. Now if only we had a government brave enough to do it.

A reminder the Albanese Government is paying a private American prison company with an appalling human rights record $2.3 billion over 5 years to run our onshore detention centres. Appalling especially now with the power to strip search people without a warrant & to take their phones for any reason.

The electricity mafia…
#auspol

Australia’s treatment of whistleblowers is downright dystopian. Heroes like Richard Boyle and David McBride face jail for exposing the truth, while billionaires and corporations dodge accountability. We need to do better. #auspol #RichardBoyle #DavidMcBride

As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist

What a gorgeous cat!