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Day 1 Fundraiser #Photodump by @natematias.bsky.social during his Everest Roam: biking for 34 hours straight to climb the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest.

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Plan to combat antisemitism in Australia stirs wide-ranging debate “Under the guise of combatting antisemitism, new laws risk eroding core democratic principles, silencing legitimate dissent and redefining free speech as hate speech.”

"Her proposals would expand powers over universities, workplaces and digital platforms, coercing institutions into adopting an unchallenged definition of antisemitism that has been condemned by the very experts who authored it."

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Plan to combat antisemitism in Australia stirs wide-ranging debate “Under the guise of combatting antisemitism, new laws risk eroding core democratic principles, silencing legitimate dissent and redefining free speech as hate speech.”

Plan to combat antisemitism in Australia stirs wide-ranging debate - Fears that Special Envoy's blueprint would curb rights to protest and freedom of speech

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#KeepGVStrong: Global Voices advocates for a connected world at a dark time - Ethan Zuckerman For twenty years, Global Voices has connected writers and translators around the world. That work is harder - and more important - that ever.

Global Voices' co-founder @ethanz.bsky.social wrote about GV's unique work, history and how you can support it:

"Throughout it all, Global Voices has been here, presenting a wider world for anyone who’s wanted to learn about it."

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Plan to combat antisemitism in Australia stirs wide-ranging debate “Under the guise of combatting antisemitism, new laws risk eroding core democratic principles, silencing legitimate dissent and redefining free speech as hate speech.”

Plan to combat antisemitism in Australia stirs wide-ranging debate

Fears that Special Envoy's blueprint would curb rights to protest and freedom of speech
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Fundraiser: Climbing a virtual Everest with the Global Voices Community The ride is raising funds for Global Voices and in support of its mission.

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Creative Australia restores representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale in a win for freedom of expression "When Creative Australia tore up its contract with Sabsabi and Dagostino, it was widely seen as a betrayal of its fundamental purpose."

Creative Australia restores representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale in a win for freedom of expression - Creative Australia reverses its controversial cancellation of an artistic duo

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What 17 Years volunteering with Global Voices taught me And how a global community of storytellers and dot-connectors showed me that independent media works best when we’ve got each other’s backs. When Global Voices Director Malka Older wrote to our commun...

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The Venezuelan regime campaigns to cover up its human rights abuses A propaganda narrative humanizing and exalting the Venezuelan regime while the country’s economic and human rights crises deepen and elections are celebrated.

The Civic Media Observatory reports on a propaganda narrative humanizing and exalting the Maduro regime while #Venezuela's economic and human rights crises deepen and elections are celebrated.

the cover of THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES, purply-pinky stylized Jupiter in the background, two female silhouettes

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES comes out in TWO (2)! WEEKS! 🚄🪐🫖 🔍💞 🎓trains, tea, mysteries, romance, and academia on Jupiter, tons of lovely reviews, two previous books in the series please read them first, PRE-ORDERS = 💖 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Malka Older Returns with Space Detectives Mossa and Pleiti—and More SFF Links The new novel from Grace Lin, lesbian space detectives, excellent cover reveals, and more of the best recent SFF links!

"Everyone’s favorite lesbian space detectives are back!" 😎

Reintroduction: I am a reporter who has been focused on the far right for a decade. I am very accustomed to protecting sources with reasons to fear sharing information with reporters. You can contact me on jason.a.wilson@protonmail.com or on signal @jasonaw.75

Global Voices News Quiz: Week of May 12 2025 Try your luck on this week's News Quiz, where you can test your knowledge of topics and events covered in recent Global Voices stories!

Check your knowledge of global news and find out what you might have missed at @globalvoices.org over the last week with our News Quiz!

‘Tears blur my vision’: Australian writer jailed in Beijing thanks Albanese for support in emotional letter Yang Hengjun writes he can ‘only use a silent voice to thank you and all the people who care for and love me’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Jailed Chinese-Australian academic Yang Hengjun has written to Anthony Albanese from his prison cell in Beijing, thanking him for repeatedly expressing Australia’s “grave concerns” about his deteriorating health to Chinese officials. Yang, who was given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court in February 2024 after already serving five years in detention on espionage charges that he denies, told the prime minister “words are now failing me”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

‘Tears blur my vision’: Australian writer jailed in Beijing thanks Albanese for support in emotional letter

Between borders: The pervasive issue of statelessness · Global Voices An estimated 10 million people are considered stateless globally. This prevents them from accessing employment, education, healthcare, and a range of other basic human rights. Here are their stories.

At @globalvoices.org we have a new Special Coverage section up on #Statelessness, gathering our coverage on this growing and vital issue:
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Snarky Gherkin again if only because he expresses my opinion on Cookers. #Cookers

The Congo Basin, a vital home for global biodiversity is at risk If deforestation and forest degradation continue unchecked, at least 27 percent of the undisturbed rainforests in the Congo Basin that existed in 2020 will be lost by 2050.

If deforestation and forest degradation continue unchecked, at least 27 percent of the undisturbed rainforests in the Congo Basin that existed in 2020 will be lost by 2050.

Authoritarianism is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. Join us to hear voices from the future, discussing their experiences in Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, and Ukraine, live on Wednesday or watch the recording any time~

Palau president delivers barb at Peter Dutton over ‘water lapping your door’ hot mic joke Surangel Whipps Jr also strongly backs Australia’s bid to host a UN climate conference

The president of Palau has delivered a pointed barb at Peter Dutton while backing Australia's bid to host a UN climate conference

“For us in the Pacific... the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality"
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Trump's tariffs on penguins and pine trees feel like a late April Fools joke "The fact this isn't an April Fools spoof is just wild. He tariffed penguins."

Trump's tariffs on penguins and pine trees feel like a late April Fools joke

Uninhabited Heard and McDonald islands among puzzling Australian external territory targets

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Aranceles de Trump sobre pingüinos y pinos parecen una broma del Día de los Inocentes Que esto no sea una broma de Día de los Inocentes es simplemente una locura. Impuso aranceles a los pingüinos.

Aranceles de Trump sobre pingüinos y pinos parecen una broma del Día de los Inocentes

Las deshabitadas islas Heard y McDonald están entre los sorprendentes objetivos de territorios australianos externos. via @globalvoices.org
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Also in English: Trump tariffs...

Trump's tariffs on penguins and pine trees feel like a late April Fools joke "The fact this isn't an April Fools spoof is just wild. He tariffed penguins."

an Australian perspective on the penguin tariff, from @kevinrennie.bsky.social at @globalvoices.org