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Sanctions, Recognition & Peace for Palestine We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of I...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...

Illustration of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings standing overlooking water. Text reads “"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring”

Tiny houses provide a home for those struggling with housing instability In 2023, Minnesota lawmakers passed legislation authorizing religious institutions to provide permanent housing to chronically homeless or extremely low-income people. Two area churches have built nin...

In 2023, Minnesota lawmakers passed legislation authorizing religious institutions to provide permanent housing to chronically homeless or extremely low-income people. To date, two Twin Cities area churches have built nine tiny homes in what are called sacred settlements.

Barnaby cockatoos on driveway natives

My front neighbour took a photo of Barnaby cockatoos feasting on native plants in our shared driveway

Person in wheelchair with graphic of an ear, an eye, and a speaker crossed off

The State of Digital Accessibility

Digital accessibility remains lacking across the tech industry, despite decades of progress and guidelines.

Learn More: https://f.mtr.cool/cueebkuooj

#DigitalAccessibility #IAAP #A11Y

Pride ~
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– E.E. Cummings

#PrideMonth #Pride #Rainbow

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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

My morning balcony view. A fiery red dawn. The changing of the night sky into the morning sky has provided a perfect mix over the city of Marseille.

“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.”
- Leonard Cohen.

#photography

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

"Everything we have ever needed to do in Australia to fix the housing crisis has been done here in this country before."

"The only difference today is that we are a richer country than we've ever been, so we can do it again."

Maiy Azize on our new podcast⤵️
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Graphic with a stethoscope and a doctor’s arm, displaying the text 'CLINICAL CARE GUIDE Managing ME/CFS, Long COVID, & IACCs.' The Bateman Horne Center and MERC logos are at the bottom, with a background of a deep blue gradient.

The Clinical Care Guide for #MECFS, #LongCOVID & IACCs is here! Download, share, and use it to support better care. BHC's approach is now freely available—designed to help providers manage complex conditions with clarity & compassion. Download it. Share it. Use it. bit.ly/432YdzF

I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin As an oceanographer, I study how the ocean shapes our world. For Australia and other nations, the lesson is urgent Antarctica is often viewed as the last truly remote place on Earth – frozen, wild and untouched. But is it really as untouched as it seems? This vast frozen continent is encircled by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the only current in the world that connects all the oceans, showing how closely linked our planet really is. Continue reading...

I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin

Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.

Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

SO MUCH THIS
PUT THIS ON A BILLBOARD

'Incredibly special': Cricket-ball sized meteor lights up sky over parts of Western Australia A bright light that lit up the sky over parts of Western Australia was most likely from a small meteor not much bigger than a cricket ball, experts say.

A bright light that lit up the sky over parts of Western Australia was most likely from a small meteor not much bigger than a cricket ball, experts say.

Yeah. In Australia the Liberal Party are very right wing. Fortunately they lost the recent election to the Labor party..,left leaning but centralist

Deque Axe Assistant - First impressions Testing Deque's axe Assistant for accuracy and ability.

A few days ago, Deque launched axe Assistant, an AI chatbot trained specifically for accessibility. I spent a few days playing with it and a wild Saturday night writing up my findings for anyone that’s interested. www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/deque-a...

#ai #axeAssistant #accessibility #a11y

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ’and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
#Tolkien

@tolkiensociety.org

#Art by Tom Jung

Trashing a treasure – re-elected government called on to act quickly to save Murujuga Campaigners say time is running out to save Murujuga, irreplaceable rock art in the Pilbara.

A 40,000-year-old collection of rock engravings is under threat of destruction from acid rain, caused by fossil fuel extraction.

One of the earliest tests of Albanese’s re-elected Labor Government will be a decision on whether or not to extend the lease of the gas hub that is causing the damage.

Happy to be woke

The first major finding of a new soil study: Intervene as little as possible. The second unexpected finding was that whether a farm is organic or conventional is not necessarily a strong predictor of soil health.

“On farms where soils were tilled infrequently, or not at all, and where farmers also practiced non-invasive management methods like cover cropping with grasses and legumes, the soil functionality was higher and therefore healthier.”

🌎🧪
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/the-...

David Attenborough enters his 100th year with a plea for our futures 'If we save the sea, we save our world.' David Attenborough says in his latest documentary released on his 99th birthday.

Attenborough enters 100th year with plea our futures

www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.

They graded it.

Bwahahaha.

"We call on the Parliament of Australia to recognise that the integrity arm of government deserves independence, resourcing and recognition."

We've coordinated this open letter with Fairer Future, published in the Canberra Times ⤵️