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So excited you’re considering getting a friend 😻

Arts Minister Tony Burke made some remarks earlier this week about Creative Australia’s decision to ditch Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as the pick for the 61st Venice Biennale.

They didn’t get much coverage but I can’t get them out of my head.

So here you go.

People who don’t include disability liberation in their understanding of social justice will never make sense to me.

Like what do you MEAN you oppose sexism, racism, and classism, but the minute the lived reality of that oppression starts showing up physically, all your energy just evaporates?

"australians are sick of racial division" okay i will try to multiply it then

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

It’s very funny that some of the people most vocal in telling me to love it or leave it are other Vietnamese Americans. The mental colonization is strong.

yup, my experience as well in so-called "Australia". not wanting to jump into any conclusion, but the south Vietnamese flag is often seen alongside hardcore nationalist, "patriotic" events/rally 🙄...

A pattern on an embroidery hoop. It features 7 different knives with the words "no spoons left only knives " written around them. The pattern is drawn in blue washable pencil.

And now to start a needlepoint project for a friend.

Remember: SILENCE = CONSENT

DO NOT self-censor

DO NOT comply in advance

ALWAYS speak truth to power

ALWAYS build strength in community

Another world is possible!

A professional headshot of a woman in a navy suit with long black hair.

I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.

Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.

I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.

What an immense loss

has anyone else found it hard to be creatively productive this month hahahahahaha no i know i know

good night Bluesky. here is Otis, one of my twin #cat

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30 MILLION! Congrats @bsky.app. Onward!

nice! wish I'd have that too 😁

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

Great job, #ScienceSky!

that's a lot of shows 😯 nice wrap-up!

🚨 BREAKING: VICPOL FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM PRIDE MARCH 🚨

Following years of grassroots community action, campaigning and organising, Victoria Police have been forced to pull out of Pride a week before the march!! 🌈

alright you wanna know how to support trans people?

hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.

Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

One of the thrills of hosting Áccented: Dialogues in Diaspora is getting to talk with exciting new writers. In this week's episode on Thursday, I'll be speaking with Vivian Pham and Steven Duong.

I’m not watching. The 13th Amendment specifically says that I do not have to listen to white people on MLK Day. And I respect the Constitution.

lets plaaaaaay!!! love civ

It’s much easier to separate the art from the artist when the artist is dead.

Looking forward to ditch Insta soon! 🤞

The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake. Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the develo...

Bhattacharya has gone under the radar but would be a disaster. He spread disinformation about COVID, opposed lifesaving public health measures, and encouraged mass infection. As Trump’s NIH head he plans to cut research on vaccines and infectious diseases.

Gaza tag spotted on a McDonald's billboard in Wales, UK

Chart: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS? Spoiler alert: it's not you. In order of most emissions: Shell, Chevron, BO, Exxon, Aramco

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meanwhile, I struggle writing 500 words 😅

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

when you're on Gadigal land but immediately reminded we live in a colony... #abolishaustralia