Paul Long

When Hunger is Weaponized: The Age of Food Terrorism The difference between peak capitalism and late-stage capitalism is that “the customer is always right” suddenly becomes “the customer is always hungry”.

“As the climate crisis leads to more crop failures, more conflict and further inflation in an overpopulated world running out of resources, food terrorism becomes an irresistible weapon of control for any regime”
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"Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has taken the unorthodox step of writing to United States Republicans to reassure the Congress members that a Coalition government would withdraw recognition of a Palestinian state"

Here's another fuck you Sussan from. Me

#auspol

I remember the Myer Fire this day 22 September 2007. #hobart #nipaluna #tasmania @angusthornett.bsky.social

If housing the homeless was declared a sport, the problem in Australia would be solved overnight. Unlimited funds would be made available. #homelessness

Genocide is a business, and political depravity is an economic sector. The raw material they both use is human life itself.

“Thousands of years after the formation of religions we are still much better at remembering fake scenes from the Bible which took place in the distant past, than acknowledging the modern biblical climate catastrophes and genocides taking place right here right now”
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Silence, Acquiescence, Complicity I’m Outside DFAT as a Former Ambassador, a Dad and an Aussie Against Genocide.Today I’m sitting on the ground outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra with my mouth gaffe...

I was outside DFAT today with my mouth taped shut.

I worked here as Australia's focal point for preventing genocide.

Today I’m back. Not as a diplomat, but as an Aussie dad and citizen.

Gaza is a genocide.

Silence and acquiescence are complicity.👇🏽

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The trust is not "linked" to her husband.

The trust is run by her husband.

Her husband and his bother run the trust.

It's not some vague, arms-length operation they know very little about. They are literally the only 2 people running it and saying where the money goes.

Funnily enough, she's happy to attach herself to her husband's money when it suits

'John Roth & his wife Jillian Segal have bought their waterfront neighbour for $30,263,400.'

Now I'm going to censor all you plebeians helping out underprivileged Palestinians . . .

Gosh, will you look at my view

'No' to Jillian Segal's antisemitism action plan Representing Jews Against the Occupation ’48 (JAO48), I would like to share our response to Jillian Segal’s “antisemitism action plan”. In short: we reject it.

Segal does not represent Jews Against the Occupation ’48 views and experience in any way. She is viewed as a special envoy to protect Israel’s interests, not to combat antisemitism. #auspolo #SpecialEnvoy #IsraelPalestine

Single frame. Title: Relatable. Two well-groomed women in their après-gym gear at outdoor cafe table. One says: “Honestly, she was so busy monitoring anti-semitism, she could hardly be expected to notice her husband finding a racist propaganda outfit…” second woman: “I mean, give the poor woman a break!”

Relatable.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Go on Rupert, my old boss, why not pay her to 'drop the dirt' on the Epstein files?

I know ya got the coin to buy a story, so why not buy this one hey?

C'mon old Rupert, I know you. I worked for you.

Break this story in your newspapers and they'll fly off the shelf faster than you can print them

The point about the Advance donation issue is the hypocrisy. Jillian Segal wants to police everyone’s speech while defending her husband’s right to fund an organisation that propagates racism. Her position is untenable.

Wrasse Scotch egg

Marla Singer in Bellerive Tasmania. This is a wrasse Scotch egg with seared lemon. The menu is delicious.

It's hard to focus on Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon due to Israel's invasion of Syria, which is hard to focus on due to Israel's atrocities in the West Bank, which are hard to focus on due to Israel's genocide in Gaza, which is hard to focus on due to Israel's war on Iran.

Tasmanian native hen or Turbo Chook. Tribonyx mortierii. These birds are the best.

Turbo Chook (Tribonyx mortierii)

And normal people trying to live their lives were affected so strongly by this process they committed suicide.
That will never go away.

Reporter Gets Hit By Rubber Bullet At L.A. Protest, Sparking Shock Allegation Lauren Tomasi's outlet pointed out the "inherent dangers" that journalists face.

Dear Australia,

She was about 20 feet from the officer,
Holding a big blue microphone with a logo on it,
Talking into a camera.

YES! That officer did indeed intentionally target your reporter. www.huffpost.com/entry/austra...

In the extraordinarily unlikely circumstance that (1) I’d ever been nominated for an AO (2) actually accepted the nomination and (3) been given that award, I would be even more ashamed of myself to have the same award as that festering bag of shit Scott Morrison.

International Volkswagen Bus Day International Volkswagen Bus Day is a celebration of freedom, adventure, and the stories created on the road. On this day, people gather to share

Today, Monday 2 June, is International Volkswagen Bus Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/interna...

Also, Leave The Office Earlier Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/leave-t...

And it’s Happy 285th Birthday to Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis...

Vale Florian Willet

Juvenile Grey Butcher Bird

A very noisy juvenile a Grey Butcher Bird has been visiting. Such a character & very chatty.

Ambulance just heading up the Hill.

Traffic backing up on the Southern Outlet heading South 🤷 #Hobart #hobarttraffic

Turbo chooks moved into our garden and had babies without telling us! What a dilemma | First Dog on the Moon The chickens aren’t really happy about it either – whomst would be a chicken

Turbo chooks! Everyone loves turbo chooks! Especially the BABY ONES!!! omg so cute www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

You’d think that at some point a party of government might try identifying a problem with our society and working out a way of actually reducing that problem then explain it clearly. That would be a fine thing.

Moving better. Still no idea what happened, an Ambulance went down Macquarie. Might be in the Pulse Later 🤷

Traffic banked up the southern outlet to Davey Street entry.