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How Trump's mass deportations targeted men with tattoos In a surreal propaganda video released by the Trump administration, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stands in front of a prison pen filled with gaunt, shirtless men. The US government is...

This is a truly shocking story about deportations in the US at present. 7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/how...

Very proud of my daughter who refereed her first football games today - complete with a yellow card for a coach who wouldn’t stop shouting about a decision when warned. He was quiet after that (probably shouldn’t take that to stop an adult from shouting at a 16 year old ref in a pre-season game).

Victorian Ombudsman calls for better support to respond to child sexual abuse in schools | Victorian Ombudsman Victorian Ombudsman Marlo Baragwanath’s report Support when children are sexually abused at school: The Department of Education's response to abuse in a Victorian primary school was tabled in Parliame...

New investigation report tabled by the Victorian Ombudsman on the handling of child abuse by the Department of Education.

A tough read but an important one.

www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au/our-impact/n...

Good piece on an interesting new Charter case from the High Court.

(Not sure how many Charter nerds there are left in the wild)

Exciting news that @sellingamirror.bsky.social is now posting here

Unusually cosmopolitan Australian trade unionist Andrea Maksimovic’s great impact was on the social fabric of Australia’s left. Her talents for friendship and building unlikely communities inspired many in the movement that survives her.

Andrea Maksimovic died a few weeks ago. She was fierce and funny and so smart. Her life was too short but she made such a difference on things that mattered. www.smh.com.au/national/unu...

‘Pleading and begging’: prison guards switched off water to cell of mentally ill, dying inmate held at Silverwater jail Exclusive: Simon Cartwright’s family is taking legal action against NSW government after coroner finds his death was preventable

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Must read. Very, very hard to read.

Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Chhoeung Chheng, a journalist covering environmental issues for local online news outlet Kampuchea Aphiwat News, has died of his injuries after being shot in Siem Reap province o...

The killing of Chhoeung Chheng is the first murder of a journalist in Cambodia for 10 years. Like the last two journalists who were killed, Chheng covered illegal logging and environmental issues.

His suspected killer is believed to be a logger.

Me & @vantha.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social

Guidance for the safe and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in the Victorian public sector Guidance for the safe and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in the Victorian public sector.

Vic gov has released guidance for the "safe and responsible use of Generative AI in the Victorian Public Sector" www.vic.gov.au/guidance-saf...

Very hard to describe what a beautiful night it was at the football last night.

First North Melbourne AFLW flag, first ever invincible team, 5th flag for North Melbourne.

To top it off, a young cancer survivor and fan lifts the cup with the captain and coach.

www.nmfc.com.au/news/1699661

And avenge it we did.

Cmon Roos it is time to avenge 2007

In prime time no less

Perth test is awesome

This is great, thank you

Let’s go socceroos

For anyone interested, I have created a feed for the greatest league in the world - The Australian A-League (men + women)

Feel free to follow / share it around, hopefully we can create a community over here on this app 😀

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Good. Has anyone done a #sokkahtwitter starter pack yet?

So today, like every year on 12 November, I reflect on the courage of those young people at Santa Cruz and the role they played in winning freedom against the odds. Viva Loriko Aswain! (pic via ETAN)

While the massacre was devastating to the youth resistance movement in the short-term, it is widely acknowledged as one of the turning points in the occupation and in the struggle for East Timorese independence.

The iconic image at the end of the footage, of the young man cradling his injured friend, is now memorialised in a statue on Dili's waterfront.

Astonishing, the injured young man survived and saw his country become independent in 2002.

The protest at which the massacre took place was the culmination of the first uprising of young East Timorese people that started in 1989 with the visit of the Pope.

Those brave young people became known as the Lorikeet Warriors, or Loriko Aswain.

East Timor Dili Santa Cruz Massacre, November 12th 1991 YouTube video by meeniz m

33 years ago today - 12 November 1991 - Indonesian soldiers opened fire on protestors at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor, killing at least 271 people.

Warning, graphic footage.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkxe...

Hello everyone, giving this new place a go and feeling hopeful. Same handle as the old place.

Also clearly I chose something on the way in so now there is a lot of American football in my feed.