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What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

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A prime-time hit job on renewables falls apart under basic facts Spotlight's TV report on renewables and EVs collapses under basic fact-checking, highlighting how misinformation is shaping Australia’s energy debate.

7 Spotlight’s TV report on renewables and EVs collapses under basic fact-checking, highlighting how misinformation is shaping Australia’s energy debate.
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Picture of the Canal Saint Martin in Paris at sunset on a warm day, the banks are filled with people sitting outside in groups talking and drinking.

A run of sun and warm days sent everyone mad, myself included. It was a collective psychosis the likes of which I've never experienced. Plus my advice on making friends in Paris: just stay still. rick-morton.ghost.io/thirst-du-so...

Not a word of this is true

Save the date. Palestine Solidarity Conference 2026 is coming to Sydney on 15–16 August. Two days of strategy, discussion, and solidarity with activists, advocates, and community members from across…... Save the date. Palestine Solidarity Conference 2026 is coming to Sydney on 15–16 August. Two days of strategy, discussion, and solidarity with activists, advocates, and community members from across ...

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Chris Minns' overreach backfires – time to stop the crackdown The NSW government’s anti-protest laws crossed a line, Greens MLC writes.

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Don't let Trump drown our future He’s trying to force governments to reject a key climate proposal. Speak up now!

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What does "best budget" mean?
Surely the main criterion should be how it is spent? From the outside it looks as if a hell of a lot is being spent on "defence" commitments leaving the remainder of the pie to be cut into ever diminishing slices.

Farrer Michelle needs your help to win in Farrer.

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The Pope is not feeding Jesus' sheep at the moment - he's trying to deliver them from evil.

Lovely photo Sandy! Thanks for posting it. My mum would have been 96 this year. She died in a car accident in 1963. My cousins recently found a bunch of her letters and photos that my grandmother had kept, and gave them to me on Friday so I'm looking forward to going through them.

Don't worry - just do something nice for yourself instead.

The Pope is not feeding Jesus' sheep at the moment - he's trying to deliver them from evil.

Why global stocks keep heading into orbit The Australian Securities Exchange is within striking distance of new records as economists issue worst-case warnings of a close call for a global recession.

Why no mention of ARMAMENTS, DEFENCE CONTRACTORS etc, which ARE listed on the Nasdaq & ASX ?
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THE LAST SKY: Official Trailer (2024) YouTube video by The Last Sky Film

Filmed in Lebanon and Occupied Palestine, The Last Sky is a must-see documentary for anyone interested in understanding the current Gaza war and the escalating conflict in the region.
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🤡 Are you sick of hearing Donald Trump's BULLSHIT...

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The #FuckitBucket is fitted with Trump-proof news cancelling technology!

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Video shows Israeli police confiscating and destroying footballs that were being played with by children in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, in what mosque authorities described as part of ongoing restrictions on Palestinians inside the holy site.

The inability of most journalists, even in “our” ABC, to report on the multiple assassinations of fellow journalists by Israel is a shame that all should carry for the rest of their lives.

And just for the record, I am an atheist, and have a pretty dim view of most religions and their exponents, especially faux Christian Americans and faux Jewish Israelis. Which is why I think the Pope is exceptional.

No, that is not what I'm saying.

That's exactly right.

The Pope is absolutely justified and appropriate as the institutional head of a Christian church, in speaking out against the crimes against humanity by the USA and Israel. We should be glad that he is doing it because none of our politicians has the guts, except the Greens.

2. The only institution the Royal Commission did NOT look at was the family - where it happens just as much, and where the immediate response to a disclosure by a child is disbelief and denial, similarly to the other institutions. I know this because I worked in both family and criminal law.

Bob, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse revealed that the Catholic Church was not the only one. They ALL DO IT. Not only religions, but the scouts, teachers, most recently child care workers.

Amazing! This is the line to get into Peter Buttigieg’s town hall in Tulsa tonight.

No longer surprised by the numbers of friends and acquaintances saying ' never thought I'd agree with the Pope'. All secular Australians.

Mural of Jules Verne, Le Crotoy

People playing boules

The beach at Le Crotoy

Day two of our French road trip. Some gentle pottering along la Côte d'Opale today. We had lunch in Le Crotoy, a town on the Bay of the Somme. Jules Verne lived and wrote here, understandably besotted by the place.

We're soaking in it Human waste is overwhelming rivers, oceans and ecosystems worldwide, driving pollution, disease and ecological breakdown on a planetary scale.

Human waste is no longer just a sanitation issue – it’s a growing planetary crisis.
Untreated sewage is polluting rivers, oceans and ecosystems, fuelling disease and environmental collapse, @JulianCribb writes.
#auspol #Environment #Climate #Pollution #Water