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PhD in economics (Monash) and DPhil in religious ethics (Oxford). Yoga teacher. Working on spirituality, ethics, politics, development, climate, and Al (he/him)
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16.09.2025 22:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An excellent interview with Australian @UNICEF.org spokesperson James Elder. "A War on Children": A Generation in Gaza at Risk on The Rest is Politics Leading @therestpolitics.bsky.social
youtu.be/NsAo2j6aih0?...
or:
open.spotify.com/episode/0BAu...
Journalists in Gaza are starving. How have we come to this?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
There are no words, and it hurts like hell, but we mustn't look away. The perpetrators need our apathy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
There is one uncomfortable truth that undoes the zionist lie that Judaism is inextricably linked with Israel.
If it was as they say, then Josh Burns, Julian Leeser, Dave Sharma, and all the other Jews that are and were in Parliament would be ineligible under Section 44.
Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children, hospital says
Nasser hospital said one of Dr Alaa al-Najjar's children and her husband were injured, but survived. Graeme Groom, a British surgeon working in the hospital, said he had operated on her surviving boy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Violent Israeli settlers under UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost, 23 May 2025
Exclusive: Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah witnessed visiting base set up to drive Palestinians from homes
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
This is beyond obscene. As to Netanyahu's last point - deliberate starvation and targetting of civilians is a war crime, regardless of a regime's military objectives.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
Who will be next? Gaza is disappearing, and so are my friends and colleagues
Rachel Coghlan, 10 April 2025
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/10/g...
Some Americans are saying, "No one ever stood up for America". In fact, 40 different countries sent troops to help the US in that war in the aftermath of 9/11, including over 1600 troops from Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-N...
#SlavaUkraini
#Ukraine
Disgusting, divisive, gutter "journalism" from News Corp - again.
News Corp team confronted after alleged attempt to provoke staff at Sydney Middle Eastern restaurant
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How is the IHRA definition of antisemitism being used to silence criticism of Israel? Prof. Ian Lustick (University of Pennsylvania) breaks down how this definition blurs the line between antisemitism and legitimate political debate.
12.02.2025 15:00 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Thousands of investors in Trumpβs crypto scheme lost $2 billion in just weeks while the Trump Organization racked up $100 million in trading fees.
Just so happens that the CFPB, which Trump is trying to kill, recently announced new regulations for the crypto industry.
Hello?
A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was cut off when Trump announced his federal funding freeze.
12.02.2025 21:02 β π 3442 π 1264 π¬ 249 π 125How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
This US administration is such a toxic clown show π π€‘ Musk is a fox in the henhouse.
#ElonMusk #Trump
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Conflicts of interest much?
Elon Musk's Business Empire
Scores Benefits Under Trump
Shake-Up
"Government investigations into Mr. Muskβs companies are stalling amid President Trumpβs firings and Biden administration resignations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Musk & Trump want to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It costs about US$758 million to run annually and has saved US consumers around $21 billion.
Springtime for Scammers
Paul Krugman
Financial predation now has friends in high places
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
"No right of return" for Gazan's under Trump's insane plan.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Exactly right @neurorebel.bsky.social
10.02.2025 18:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ebola Breaks Out in Uganda as US Halts Foreign Aid
By Nakisanze Segawa
@GlobalPress.bsky.social #USAID
"At least one person has died in the country's latest outbreak. US aid has been key to containing previous outbreaks. How will Uganda fare without it?"
globalpressjournal.com/africa/ugand...
Stuck in Zimbabwe: African Refugees Grounded by US Executive Order
By G. Masiyiwa
@GlobalPress.bsky.social #USAID
"Some refugees at a settlement camp were about to board flights to new futures. Trumpβs policy decisions mean they are starting over yet again."
globalpressjournal.com/africa/zimba...
Ugandans Fear Resurgence of AIDS as Health Clinics Close
@GlobalPress.bsky.social #USAID
"As US President Donald Trump ends nearly all foreign aid funding, access to medicines that have suppressed an epidemic for decades will disappear."
globalpressjournal.com/africa/ugand...
Without USAID Support, Refugees in Uganda Lose Food, Job Training
@GlobalPress.bsky.social #USAID
"Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees and asylum-seekers ... But without US funding, basic services like food distribution are likely to end."
globalpressjournal.com/africa/ugand...
The deaths from the decimation of USAID have already begun.
"Staff from the International Rescue Committee came and gave an order to shut down the hospital immediately ... multiple patients who had been relying on oxygen support died."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Well done @time.com - showing who the real power is behind Trump's failing presidency.
#MuskOwnsTrump
Careful - if you don't support ethnic cleansing, you're anti-Semitic. π
"Solving Gazaβs problem through migration means ... also signaling to West Bank Arabs that without a viable peace, their future might be similar. This β the antisemites must not agree to."