Ray Chatterji

Buried detail in Labor's bill reveals how the government wants to override laws — and never tell you why Labor's reforms to environmental law establish a new power to wave through any project a government wants, for any reason. And it can do so in secret.

But don't worry, Graeme Samuel is waving his finger at us and telling us it's all good...

"Labor’s reforms to environmental law establish a new power to wave through any project a government wants, for any reason. And it can do so in secret."

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/l...

BREAKING: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza by Israeli attacks since the ceasefire came into effect less than two weeks ago, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z1q2d3

I really wanted to like it, but that end like third did not land for me at alll

I am deeply concerned about the treatment of people living in tents in the Southern Parklands in Adelaide. People are having their homes rolled up and removed while away, returning to find their important personal possessions gone. This is wrong, and unjust. 🧵

If you are AFAB in the US and concerned about abortion rights and know you never want kids, AT LEAST FOR NOW the ACA mandates insurance companies fully cover your sterilization procedure. I had a bisalp done and would highly recommend it (tho I don't think this applies to vasectomies unfortunately)

THE CUT They Want the Shooter to Be Trans By Lex McMenamin, a writer and editor at Teen Vogue.

“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞

👉🏻 archive.ph/ewBhT

btw Costco seems to have the cheapest updated COVID vax. You can get it without a card at the pharmacy and they do take walk-ins. If you’re also uninsured due to the massive amounts of layoffs this year, they also take this goodrx coupon to lower the cost of www.goodrx.com/comirnaty?sr...

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻

They're definitely worth the watch, just a very different story to the original series

The rebuilds next?

Those of us in STEM must vocally affirm that the humanities are our allies, and no department is expendable. Arguing we can survive by cutting whole disciplines isn’t just inhumane, it’s nonsensical. The humanities tell us why we’re here in the first place, and what to do about it! This isn’t hard!

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.

TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!

Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

The march for Australia on August 31 is a Nazi rally, organised by Nazis. If you’re planning on going to this, you’re planning on going to a Nazi rally.

Diet affects not just skull shape but bone quality too. In rabbits, tougher diets changed stiffness & hardness in jaw bones—but not braincase—suggesting region-specific plasticity. Implications for reconstructing feeding behavior!
Ravosa & Franks: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Want to do a PhD on White Sharks using high-powered imaging to analyse form and function of their teeth and jaws?

You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni

🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!

We see you, Penny.

cactuscloudsart Today I discovered a woman called "Angie the ICE Chaser" on TikTok and she literally just follows ICE vehicles in her car. They become increasingly erratic in their attempts to lose her (breaking sooo many laws on camera) and they never do. She is single handedly striking terror into ICE agents across LA. She also follows them through neighborhoods honking her horn and shouting "THEY ARE ICE!" out her window. There is a GFM for gas money and the legal fees she is fully expecting to come around.

Hero

'They are using their power to destroy us': Elder’s urgent appeal to PM Warlpiri elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves joins growing calls for federal intervention into law and justice policies in the Northern Territory.

Step up, @albomp.bsky.social. Words from politicians are cheap & disappear with the news cycle. Your actions now could save lives.

"The NT government is acting from a criminal mindset — like an illegal occupying foreign power" - Warlpiri elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Hard to overstate how hideous the Northern Territory govt's regressive 'tough on crime' legislation is

NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro wants to
🚨remove the principle of 'detention as a last resort' for children
AND
🚨"include stronger powers for the use of force & spit hoods on children"

JFC🤬

Snow-free tundra in Ny-Ålesund during February 2025, following exceptional warmth and rain. Credit: James Bradley

The Arctic winter is no longer reliably frozen ❄️
While Arctic amplification has been predicted for decades, it’s another thing to stand in it — watching ecosystems shift and field methods fail under your feet 🌧️
These are no longer future scenarios.
They’re our present conditions.

Israeli Military Attacks Handala in International Waters, Abducts 21 Unarmed Civilians The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that its civilian vessel Handala, en route to break Israel's illegal, genocidal blockade on Palestinians in Gaza, has been violently intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters about forty nautical miles from Gaza. At 11:43 Palestine time the Occupation cut the cameras on board Handala and we have lost all communication with our ship. The unarmed boat was carrying life-saving supplies when it was boarded by Israeli forces, its passengers abducted, and its cargo seized. The interception occurred in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law. Handala carried a shipment of critical humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza, including baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. All cargo was non-military, civilian, and intended for direct distribution to a population facing deliberate starvation and medical collapse under Israel's illegal blockade.

Human Rights Defenders Aboard Handala, by country: United States: Christian Smalls - Amazon Labor Union founder; Huwaida Arraf - Human rights attorney (Palestine/US); Jacob Berger - Jewish-American activist; Bob Suberi - Jewish U.S. war veteran; Braedon Peluso - Sailor and direct action activist; Dr. Frank Romano - International lawyer and actor (France/US). France: Emma Fourreau - MEP and activist (France/Sweden); Gabrielle Cathala - Parliamentarian and former humanitarian worker; Justine Kempf - Nurse, Médecins du Monde; Ange Sahuquet - Engineer and human rights activist. Italy: Antonio Mazzeo - Teacher, peace researcher, journalist; Antonio "Tony" La Picirella - Climate and social justice organizer. Spain: Santiago González Vallejo - Economist and activist; Sergio Toribio - Engineer and environmentalist.

Australia: Robert Martin - Human rights activist; Tania "Tan" Safi - Journalist and organizer of Lebanese descent. Norway: Vigdis Bjorvand - 70-year-old lifelong justice activist. United Kingdom / France: Chloé Fiona Ludden - Former UN staff and scientist. Tunisia: Hatem Aouini - Trade unionist and internationalist activist. Journalists Aboard Handala Morocco: Mohamed El Bakkali - Senior journalist with Al Jazeera (based in Paris). Iraq / United States: Waad Al Musa - Cameraman and field reporter with Al Jazeera. The attack on Handala is the third violent act by Israeli forces against Freedom Flotilla missions this year alone. It follows the drone bombing of the civilian aid ship Conscience in European waters in May, which injured four people and disabled the vessel, and the illegal seizure of the Madleen in June, where Israeli forces abducted twelve civilians, including a Member

of the European Parliament. Shortly before their abduction, the Handala's crew affirmed that they would be hunger-striking if detained by Israeli forces and not accepting any food from the Israeli Occupation Forces. Israeli officials have ignored the International Court of Justice's binding orders that require the facilitation of humanitarian access to Gaza. The continued attacks on peaceful civilian missions represent a grave violation of international law. "Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard the Handala", said Ann Wright a member of the Freedom Flotilla's steering committee. "This is not a matter of internal Israeli jurisdiction. These are foreign nationals operating under international law in international waters. Their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end."

BREAKING: Israeli military attacks humanitarian aid vessel Handala in international waters 30 miles from Gaza — in violation of maritime law — and has abducted 21 people on board, including U.S. citizens.

The ship was carrying life-saving aid, which Israel has seized.

Israel’s parliament has approved a symbolic measure calling for the annexation of the occupied West Bank. Annexing occupied land is illegal under international law.

Calling people with some form of power and annoying the shit out of them is something worth doubling down on. There are more of us and our friends and allies than there are Australian fascist pseudo-feminists.

Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images 404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just point...

We need to grapple with how oppressive technologies are built & maintained. How might your work be co-opted?

Read @404media.co’s stunning piece on facial biometrics www.404media.co/inside-ices-... & @wired.com’s story on immigrant children’s DNA in criminal databases www.wired.com/story/dhs-an...

Week 26 July 14-18, 2025 - surveillance, sickness, and choices

Each Friday, I write a summary of what happened this week in science 🧪& higher ed:

- EPA shutting down office of research
- NIH selecting politically-preferred reviewers
- ICE surveillance tech
- unsnarling research funding news

This was Week 26, a marathon.
buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

I'd love to be added, thanks people for making it

I want to talk to you about Palantir and its expanding footprint in Australia. TLDR: You should be worried.

This US surveillance tech company has secured multiple Defence contracts worth over $11 million. We need transparency about what data they're accessing & why. 🧵

I'm bias but Cnemiornis, Chendytes, or any of the moa-nalo would be neat

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids ICE agents have been told to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about effects on the food industry.

it’s essential to never take these assholes at their word