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Request Solarpunk at the Library I’m a huge fan of distributed action: a lot of people doing a thing in a lot of places can have huge impact, even if each action seems small.

Ok friends...if you want more people to know about #solarpunk, I've got a thing you can do: request solarpunk books at the library.

This page has details: HOW, WHY, 10 Solarpunk Books Every Library Should Have

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#hopepunk #libraries #ClimateChange

A satirical pop art piece styled like an IKEA instruction manual. The title reads “MK-84 BÖMB - Proudly supplying non-lethal bits.” Below it, a cartoon character resembling Penny Wong wears a blue IKEA-style uniform, smiling and holding a tiny hammer and instruction sheet. A large speech bubble says, “Just parts. Nothing lethal in nature. Parts!! :)” Below, an exploded diagram of a bomb is shown, with each part labeled “non-lethal”,including the guidance fins, bomb body, laser detector, and wing assembly. A sarcastic disclaimer reads: “Outcomes may vary - and are absolutely not our responsibility. All refund requests will be honoured with one (1) Deep Concern™.” The overall tone mimics cheerful retail branding to expose the absurdity of justifying war crimes through technicalities.

Nothing Lethal in Nature™

Quite a bit of research on how tourists/ignorant eyes think bleached white (ie often dead/dying) reefs are “prettier”

It's not just that the current crop of statements expressing horror and condemnation come so late, and so bereft of any kind of reparation for the harm done, but because it goes no further than token rhetoric. On the weekend, Israel illegally boarded a civilian humanitarian ship that was bringing aid to Gaza, kidnapping the crew aboard, including two Australian citizens, Tan Safi and Robert Martin. Australia's PM Anthony Albanese was doing press at the same time, using his strongest rhetoric to date about how "indefensible" Israel's actions are, how "heartbreaking" these images of starved kids are, while simultaneously continuing to express support for Israel. He said nothing about the two Australians who have been kidnapped. He said nothing about the fact that his government continues to supply Israel with critical jet parts, weapon parts, and weapons. Even putting that aside, where are the sanctions? The expulsion of Israeli ambassadors? The suspension of arms shipments? The closure of embassies? There is nothing, because this outrage is not genuine. It is theatre designed to gaslight the public into thinking they care. There is no truth to it.

“Where are the sanctions? The expulsion of Israeli ambassadors? The suspension of arms shipments? The closure of embassies? There is nothing, because this outrage is not genuine.” Stop falling for the rhetoric. Look at their actions. open.substack.com/pub/sakr/p/r...

What blows my mind is the candid disclosure of Israel bombing densely populated areas for more than 14 hours a day until now.

David Pope in Canberra Times

Just in case you missed this, this was the first week back in Parliament. It’s revealing to see what motivates @albomp.bsky.social’s government to act. The PM has released yet another statement today about Israel, but again no actual sanctions.

The last panel was harrowing to draw. #auspol

You may already know this but @claresoutherton.bsky.social is doing some super interesting work in this space.

Staff students and alumni tell of their distress at the Australian National University’s cuts

Shoesofanu.com

“Without immediate intervention, the last remaining reporters in Gaza are going to die.”

Ken Henry wants Australia's media to do a better job Ken Henry, a former treasury secretary, says the media has to hold Australia's political system accountable for its policy failures

If the media were better they wouldn’t be saying “your plan is great Ken”.
They’d be asking if “nature positive” actually means anything. And have offsets worked literally anywhere? And why try to privatise conservation efforts rather than simply funding them?
And what are your interests, Ken?

Ecodharma Leader Joanna Macy Has Died For more than half a century, scholar, Buddhist, ecologist, and "awake activist" Joanna Macy, PhD, worked tirelessly for personal, social, and planetary transformation.

“Forces and capacities are ready to birth inside each one of us if we keep our spunk and courage”

Rest in power Joanna Macy

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Watercolor. Partial circle of little paving stones, mosaic-like. Blues and greens. Growing out of one of the green blocks is a little blue-pink flower. Words by Julian Aguon: No offering is too small. No stone unneeded. All of us, without exception, are qualified to participate in the rescue of the world.

Comrade card for 6/17/2025.

I love direct action.

Every word of this. Thank you, @jennaprice.bsky.social

A cartoon person on a bicycle says “I’m about to sack a bunch of people better distract them. The next panel has this person putting a stick through their own spikes and a caption reading “do interview with canberra times about shoes”. The third panel has the person on the ground, clutching their leg and asking “why are they talking about my shoes?!?”

Self-spoking, as it were.

From r/anu IYKYN

Public education is public health.

"Public education has many virtues, the chief one being providing the tools of learning at no cost to families. But another of its traits is the way it breaks down homogeny, forcing children to be in a community with others unlike them."

Congratulations! I was telling someone in Berlin about your fish traps story in Multispecies Cities just recently! There’s some wonderful solar punks there…

My heart is hurting for the Torres Strait and the community who brought the historic legal challenge on climate grounds to the Albanese’s government and lost today. They say they are steadfast in their fight for Country and Culture. If only Albanese had an ounce of their courage.

Hello World,

the woman featured in the clip is Jillian Segal, Australia's taxpayer-funded, government-appointed Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism

How long will Australian PM @albomp.bsky.social permit her to keep embarrassing his majority Labor government?

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened. “I immediately wondered if this was real.”

“What if the emotional resonance of specific, concrete actions is precisely what builds the coalition necessary for systemic change?”

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Link via @prisonculture.bsky.social

I think we need to stop obsessing over the mushroom murders and turn our attention to the NT coroner’s inquest report into the police shooting and death of Kumanjayi Walker by policeman Zach Rolfe

Register your objection by going to this year’s @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade in Newie.

Hey thanks for posting that. I donated to the next family that came up in my feed. It’s not much but it’s something.

There are so many desperate hungry people in Gaza right now I know it's overwhelming but understand that nobody can do everything but everyone can do something

If you're overwhelmed and feel powerless / helpless please consider finding one ( 1 ) family in Gaza to adopt and try to help

Huge congrats Cristy !

Two Brown Bears Broke Out of Their Pen. Then They Ransacked the Honey Stash.

This is just a pretty nice story of some young bear siblings pulling a real life Winnie the Pooh caper.

I hope the Lattouf decision gives other board members decision makers around the country serious pause in the future.
Political opinions are still legal in this country. Facts and criticism about horrific human rights violations should be supported, not punished.

Ecocide’s evolving relationship with war - Rachel Killean, 2025 This article examines the evolving relationship between ecocide and the regulation of war, tracing its conceptual development from a war crime to a broader envi...

My article exploring ecocide's relationship with war is out! I use some sexy social constructivism to explore ecocide's conceptual evolution. Less sexily, I note that war continues to devastate nature with outrageous impunity. Check it out! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“significant concerns” have gone to TEQSA, the higher ed regulator.