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Alt text: Screenshot of an Ici news article with the headline, “The family of a man who died from Covid-19 at La Rochelle hospital in 2021 is seeking compensation in court.” Below the headline is a photo showing rooftops and hospital buildings in La Rochelle, France. The caption notes the 85-year-old man was likely infected with COVID in his hospital room. The article is by François Petitdemange, published 11 February 2026.

France: First court case over death linked to hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection.

Awarded €8,000 for the harm suffered by the victim; €15,000 for the widow’s emotional distress, €4,000 for funeral costs, and €4,000 each for the 4 children’s emotional distress.

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The next era of conservative politics will make John Howard look woke (Angus) Taylorism is just another word for nothing left to lose

this might further support this point of view:

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Gina Rinehart, Rupert Murdoch, James Packer, Sam Kennard, Jillian Segal - all named as funding/supporting some of these think tanks pushing climate disinformation - by Dr Jeremy Walker 'agressive propaganda vehicles' #auspol

Antisemitism training. Labor's march to authoritarianism - Michael West State and Federal Labor governments are becoming authoritarian. Next in line is the thought police entering campus.

Compulsory Zionist training for university staff is next step down Labor's road to authoritarianism. It's dangerous mind control writes Nick Riemer
#auspol

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A weathered stone archway frames an open, ornate metal gate on the right and a tall, narrow evergreen on the left. Beyond the arch, a shaded stone path leads down toward a calm pond, bordered by grasses and wildflowers, with mature trees casting dappled sunlight across the lush green landscape.

The Secret Garden
Hever Castle

#PalacesAndGardens #SecretSpaces
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin

Police watchdog to probe handling of Sydney CBD protest The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission on Friday said it would investigate the police response to the demonstration at Town Hall on Monday night.

Terrific news - #Minnsolini's blackshirts won't be investigating and exonerating themselves, the LECC is on the job. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... #NSWpol #auspol #HerzogOutOfOz

The lovely people of Melbourne have come out in force to protest the unforgivable decision by PM @AlboMP to invite the criminal leader of the terrorist state of israel currently committing genocide in Palestine #IsraeliNazis #FreePalestine #auspol #IsraelIsATerroristState

I asked why the Albanese Government hasn't rejected Trump's invitation to join his so-called "Board of Peace."

The UK, France, New Zealand, Germany & others have refused to join, because it is cooked.

Minister Wong says Labor is still considering the invite. What's to consider?

Thousands of people come out again and again to show they’re on the right side of history.

I asked Penny Wong today how hosting President Herzog in Australia when UN experts have found he incited genocide, when he has signed bombs used on Gaza, and right now Israel is stealing more Palestinian land, how could that ever be about peace?

In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:

“If Orwell wrote 1984 by following the threads of what politicians were sewing in 1948, then the ‘social cohesion’ our leaders are threading now are only forming a tighter net to trap us all.” - @amyremeikis.bsky.social, The Australia Institute

Read more: https://theaus.in/4tvQ3fF

🔴🇵🇸 In Jenin, in the West Bank, yesterday, “Israel” expelled a Palestinian family and beat its members during the demolition of their homes.

In just 40 days in 2026, more than 900 Palestinians have been driven from their homes.

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One thing that’s cool about our current system is how it creates things that people don’t want or need, and also those things are bad for us.

We will decide who gets beaten by police and the manner in which they will be beaten The shameful official response to the protests in Sydney

The Australian political class is increasingly legitimizing unaccountable state violence, says @timdunlop.bsky.social.

“This is precisely the path the US took to its current state of authoritarian governance.” #auspol
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Textbook. If you are surprised, it is because this shit usually, at least not in the last 150 years, does not happen in the US. And the past is mild in comparison

Australia’s Federation Guard of honour for bomb signing Herzog in Canberra today.

Australian diggers/Federation Guard giving a guard of honour at Government House to the Head of State of Israel who is responsible for the bulldozing of the graves of Australian and Allied war dead #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget #auspol #HerzogNotWelcome

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Israel's President Herzog given official welcome in Canberra

📢 Israeli President Isaac Herzog has enjoyed a ceremonial welcome and a lunch with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra. President Herzog and his wife, Michal, were given a ceremonial 21-gun salute by the Federation Guard before attending a garden function at the...
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Breaking: Sophie Scamps will boycott QT in parliament today in protest against Isaac Herzog’s visit. Says he should not be in our parliament - “with the entrance being officially lined with Israeli flags” bcoz it “normalises” Israel’s “atrocities” in Gaza. #auspol

Once it was convenient to have a conscience. #auspol

#Auspol I won't be watching #QT today, given @albomp.bsky.social has welcomed war criminal Herzog into the Chamber. He argued that his visit was to show support to our Jewish Community and meet with the Bondi Victims families. Ok fine, he already did that. He should be on his way back to #Israel

Single frame. Chris Minns stands beside a massive tonne weight marked NSW POLICE being lowered by a crane. Visible sticking out from under the weight are hands, legs, a woman’s face, a keffiyeh and placards saying “NO TO GENOCIDE”, “FREE PALESTINE”, “HERZOG OUT”, “NO TO VIOLENCE” Minns says, “Thst should socially cohere them nicely.”

Cohesion.
My @smh cartoon.

Albo is the ultimate status quo prime minister. Tinker enough so his supporters have things to point to, but never do anything to address root causes or take a meaningful stand on anything.

Watching Albanese tell us that we the Australian public need to bring the temperature down is gaslighting at its worst.

We didn’t invite Herzog. You were warned this would undermine unity and social cohesion yet you insisted.

Zomi Frankcom's brother seeks answers from Israel's president after she was killed in Gaza Mal Frankcom says "missing puzzle pieces" remain in the investigation into the killing of his sister, aid worker Zomi Frankcom.

#EXCLUSIVE: The brother of an Australian aid worker who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza is urging the prime minister to press for more action on her case during the Israeli President Isaac Herzog's state visit. #auspol

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Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese

Australian police violently dispersed peaceful protesters - including Muslims at prayer - during demonstrations against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, sparking outrage and calls for an independent inquiry into police brutality.

Our reporters were at the protest. This is the moment it turned violent There were violent clashes between protesters and police in Sydney's CBD as punches were thrown, capsicum spray used, and 27 people arrested. Our reporters were in the thick of it.

“We saw officers throwing punches at protesters, largely unprovoked for the most part” — SMH reporters

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ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds The 38-year-old hasn’t had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday.

Javier Abreu-Vasquez had a kidney transplant in 2023.

He was grabbed by ICE while delivering groceries to help his neighbours.

They’re refusing to give him his anti rejection meds.

Without them, he will lose the organ.

This is how people die.

I can't listen to Albanese without feeling sick.
#auspol