🚨 Indonesia is greenlighting one of the largest deforestation projects on Earth: 5 MILLION acres of Papua’s pristine forest cleared for sugarcane. That’s an area bigger than Wales, gone for bioethanol and crops.

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Exclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policy The University of Queensland has decided to pulp all 5,000 copies of a children’s picture book written by an Indigenous poet, after media queries from News Corp’s _The Australian_ newspaper that levelled accusations of anti-Semitism against the book’s illustrator. It’s a decision that also marks the first time a controversial definition of anti-Semitism, adopted by Australia’s universities last year, has been cited as the basis of a book cancellation. _Bila, a river cycle_ , was written by award-winning Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun. It’s an environmentally-focused book that tells the story of a river’s journey from mountain to sea and the people who pollute the waterways. Money and Chun began work on the book in 2022 and it was due for release this year. Jazz Money, the author of __Bila, a river cycle.__ In January this year, Dymocks announced that it was removing all of Chun’s books from its stores after he wrote an article titled “We don’t mourn fascists” in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack. After the Dymocks announcement, _The Australian_ approached University of Queensland Press (UQP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Queensland, to ask about _Bila._ The chair of UQP, Professor Heather Zwicker, told the newspaper that the publisher had, “put the proposed publication on hold pending the outcome of an internal review and external legal processes underway,” effectively suspending its publication. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".

In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley claimed to be a patriot, while his British Union of Fascists was secretly funded by the Italian government. We are just beginning to grasp how much of the far right in the UK today has been funded by Viktor Orbán and Russian oil money.
Their "patriotism" is always a con.

Wow this is incredible

This artist plays one of Vivaldi’s most difficult pieces on his accordion, a work that is normally performed by a whole orchestra 😲👏💙😎

Jacinta Price, Tony Abbott, John Howard, John Anderson, Amanda Stoker, Andrew Hastie.

🧵The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) is a conference org based in the UK that is Christian Nationalist: it wants their version of God’s law running your government. It’s also fossil fuel sector money. Who are these #Auspol figures on the Advisory Board alongside?

Screenshot "We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part." Yasmin Mahani speaking about her son Al Jazeera just released an investigation revealing how US-made bombs vaporized nearly 3,000 Palestinians. The thermal and thermobaric munitions, also known as vacuum or aerosol bombs, burn at over 6,332 degrees Fahrenheit (3,500 degrees Celsius). At that temperature, combined with massive pressure and oxidation, the human body evaporates leaving almost no trace. Because of the sheer scale of destruction-and the inability to distinguish between civilian and fighter when dropping these horrific bombs-these weapons are illegal under international law. And yet, the Israeli military deploys these US-made bombs with impunity, killing thousands and preventing Palestinians from even identifying and burying their dead. These are American weapons, manufactured, paid for, and shipped by the US government to the Israeli military in order to commit heinous war crimes and carry out genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. We demand an end to the impunity and an end to the ceaseless flow of bombs. STOP ARMING ISRAEL. jvpaction.org/callblockthebombs ALJAZEERA

Photo Two men complicit in Genocide 📷 joneshowdareyou.bsky.social

"Four of my children just evaporated," Rafiq Badran said, holding back tears. "I looked for them a million times. Not a
piece was left. Where did they go?" All that's left of a body is blood spray or small fragments of flesh.”
#Auspol

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Australian media gaslighting highlighting
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Let's get this straight.

Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.

After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.

Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

What a great idea

Art

Only one more day for this!

Statement from the Australia Institute announcing its withdrawal of support and sponsored events from the Adelaide Writers’ Festival

Statement from Amy Remeikis withdrawing from Adelaide Writers’ Festival

I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.

'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

What the KENNEDY Center used to be…

Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as Mayor of New York - what a great start to 2026!

Gordon Hookey, MURRILAND! | HOTA Collects | Home of the Arts YouTube video by HOTA, Home of the Arts

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Painting Culture
Painting History
Artist Interview Gordon Hookey
Video by Alex Chomicz
for HOTA Gallery Australia

MURRILAND!
2015-ongoing is a cycle of monumental paintings, depicting the history of Hookey’s Queensland through Aboriginal eyes.

The complicated life of Francesca Albanese: A rising figure in Italy but barred from every bank by Trump’s sanctions The UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories has become a leading voice in her country, but she is on a US blacklist as if she were a terrorist and can only use cash

"US sanctions have had sweeping consequences for Albanese. She has to live solely with cash: she cannot receive transfers or donations, collect her salary, or even buy a plane ticket online."

The price of standing up for international law and human rights.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...

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The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇

Screenshot from the Betoota Advocate: "Millions Of Kids Come Home From School Today, Flick On The Telly And Enjoy Some Wholesome Gambling Ads".

@thebetootaadvocate.bsky.social telling it like it is...
#auspol

Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.

Shameless lack of Integrity seems so common now ... at the BBC and most media outlets.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support

This is explosive stuff. Evidence that Jeffrey Epstein not only ran a child sex trafficking operation for powerful men, he also seems to have advised & supported Farage’s far right political projects in Europe and the UK, including Brexit, via Steve Bannon.

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I went to a zoom training tonight for doing school patrols to protect parents & kids from ICE who are showing up at local schools.

I cannot believe we live in a country where we as citizens have to patrol elementary schools.

I cried. And was equally inspired by my neighbors.