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Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence

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No Devil Required Why conjure fiends with pitchforks drawn When envy burns in neighbour’s eyes?

Beneath the veil of righteous fire,
Wars are waged in virtue’s name,
Where evil thrives in false attire,
And innocence becomes the game.
No devil pulls the strings above –
It’s us who push, who feign the love.

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Just pitched a reality show: “Rich & Infamous – The Epstein Files Edition.” Because who doesn’t want front-row seats to the exclusive club of scandal?

Sofia Emuna, one of the Israelis working to block food and aid from entering Gaza, explicitly states that their goal is to exterminate Palestinian children: “When there is a war, it doesn’t matter who your enemy is—you need to destroy their offspring to prevent them from creating more offspring.” https://decensorednews.substack.com/p/israeli-blockade-activist-sofia-emuna-destroy-gaza-offspring

"This essay delves into the reasons supernatural devils prove essential."

I'm not convinced they are 'essential'. Yes, they are ubiquitous, but only as manifestations of human irrationality. I think a more accurate term may be 'inevitable'.

As for 'looking' evil... looks are invariably unreliable.

‘The AFP said it cautioned all Australians who seek to engage in hostilities overseas to carefully consider their legal obligations and ensure their conduct does not constitute a criminal offence.’

August 6 – Authorities in the Gaza Strip: About 20 civilians were killed when an aid truck overturned, and five died from hunger and malnutrition. Injured individuals and eyewitnesses reported that the driver lost control of the vehicle after shots were fired at the tires,

🏴‍☠️☠️ The banality of death
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Article in 🧵👇

Open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP from Australian former diplomats As pressure mounts on the Australian Government over Palestine, a group of highly respected Australians, who have represented our nation overseas, have gone straight to the top with a letter to the prime minister.

Open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP from Australian former diplomats https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08/open-letter-to-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-mp-from-australian-former-diplomats #Auspol

The Necessity of Invented Devils: Humanity’s Eternal Dance with Evil Concepts of supernatural devils act as bulwarks against evil, providing perspective to inspire positive change and hope.

Old rings: constant companions during my youth in a bike-riding fraternity. Reappeared while cleaning storage. Susan “she who must be obeyed" a psychiatrist, took one look and declared, "They look seriously evil!" Now pondering the true nature of evil. What say you?
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Sad loss

Headline in the AFR: Blow to Chalmers’ hopes for summit unity as BHP clashes with PC over tax

Oh no, one of Australia's biggest companies doesn't like a proposal that would see Australia's biggest companies pay more tax. What a blow.

Col Joye, Pioneering Australian Rocker Who Signed The Bee Gees, Dies at 89 — Rolling Stone AU/NZ Born Colin Jacobsen, Joye enjoyed national success in his homeland in the early days of rock 'n' roll with his band the Joy Boys

Col Joye, the music legend who was the first Australian pop star to hit No. 1, and who signed The Bee Gees to his own record label in the early ’60s, has died at the age of 89.

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Since Hamas carried out its deadly attack on Oct 7 & Israel began retaliating, a parallel war is being fought online

Two denialist narratives

1️⃣ It was Israel that killed its own civilians on 7 October, not Hamas‼️

2️⃣ Pallywood: Palestinian civilian casualties are fake crisis actors‼️

Both false‼️

Greed In the silence of reckoning, greed reveals its hollow core ...

Greed is a slow devourer –
corroding wonder,
dimming the light that once
pooled in laughter
or spilled in a shared glance.
It launders the world into currency,
measures souls by what they carry
rather than how they love,
or the warmth they freely lend.

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Everybody does

Why are there still asylum seekers being detained on Nauru?

A huge amount of good could be done with that kind of money

The greedy soul starves
on a banquet of abundance –
for appetite sharpens with every swallow
and fulfilment stays just beyond the tongue.
It builds walls around gardens,
until flowers wither for want of a breeze
and the music that once swelled
between neighbours
shrinks to a hush

The Perils of Greed: A Timeless Moral Hazard Greed poses a danger to social cohesion, necessitating policies that encourage equitable wealth distribution.

Humanity faces a number of existential threats climate change, the rise of populist politicians, but the overarching threat to humanity is greed … greed is that other green eyed monster set to devour humanity … it’s already has taken many a soul #Greed

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The Fool’s Reign In ancient halls where crowns held sway, The jester danced with bells a-chime, A fool by name, yet wise in play, Whispering truths through mimicry's rhyme. To monarchs blind in pride's embrace, He pie...

Witless fools in tailored guise,
Devious hearts with smiles so wide,
They spin deceit beneath the skies,
Where truth and honour long have died

Destructive hands that ravage lands,
With policies like thunder’s crash,
They sow division with empty plans,
Turning hope

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Luna Park Sydney is one of the most cursed yet blessed places in the country. Abe Saffron couldn’t kill it, despite it being the site of a national tragedy. It persists in defiance of cronyism and greed, a smiling face in the city’s heart.

A message for all the Republicans who were totally cool with Texas redrawing their maps, but are now freaking the fuck out because the blue states are gonna do it too…

Cry harder, bitches.
Cry. Harder.

Israeli Ex-security Chiefs Urge Trump To Help End Gaza War Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials including former heads of intelligence agencies have urged US President Donald Trump to pressure their own government to end the war in Gaza.

Antisemitic 🤔

Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials including former heads of intelligence agencies have urged US President Donald Trump to pressure their own government to end the war in Gaza.

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From Luna Park to the Halls of Power: The Folly of Fools, Past and Present Fools deliver news and shape destinies, but the modern equivalents no longer deliver the witty repartee.

My first proper job was a clown at Luna Park. My role was straightforward: to entertain the throbbing masses. It also left me with an affinity with the wise jesters of yesteryear. Now the fools are in government and they aren’t funny they’re destructive

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Israeli minister criticises Sydney march as PM seeks 'call' with Netanyahu — ABC News For Shamikh Badra, who left his homeland of Gaza for Australia, his attendance at Sunday's mammoth pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge was to show

The size of the march far exceeded organisers' expectations and has made international headlines in Israel, the UK and America.

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Krissy Barrett to become first woman to lead Australia's federal police Reece Kershaw is retiring early from his role as the Australian Federal Police commissioner, with the first woman to become top cop replacing him.

Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw will leave his role a year early, with the prime minister confirming he will be replaced by Krissy Barrett, who will be the first woman to lead the AFP.

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March for Humanity: Sydney’s Beacon of Solidarity in the Rain The March for Humanity, attended by an enormous crowd, highlights the depth of concern for the plight of Gazans in Sydney's community.

Sydney’s March for Humanity not antisemitic, just pro-humanity.

100s of thousands of people, despite shocking weather conditions, marched in support of the lives of people on the other side of the world. Those people, victims of a live streamed genocide.

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Beneath the Sunburnt Crown: A Requiem for Fragile Dominion In the vast, unforgiving expanse of the sunburnt country, where red earth stretches like an open wound under relentless skies, he emerges – the white Aussie male, heir to a fractured legacy. Born from...

He clings to symbols of rugged individualism –
the ute laden with tools, the esky brimming with stubbies,
the barbie where stories of triumph are grilled over coals.
Yet beneath the laconic banter lies a vulnerability unspoken,
a fear that the empire’s shadow no

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Absolutely yes 👍