James Boyce

Such a brave and loving testament. Thankyou x

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

Read @sarahschwartz.bsky.social personal letter in The Guardian today | When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

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Worth moving to Newy for this ( if a reason is needed!)

Israel-Palestine two-state solution summit to be held as recognitions surge Israel and the US are boycotting the UN-hosted event, but other countries are building on an earlier declaration.

I hope we can assume @albomp.bsky.social that if Israel annexes any part of occupied Palestine , sanctions will finally follow.

Charlie Kirk memorial mixes rally and revival as mourners vow to spread Maga message Emotions were raw as service began with Christian worship songs – and ended with a political speech from the president

Stephen Miller says all opposed to Kirk’s ideology ‘have nothing… ARE nothing.’ Once upon a time, evangelicals emphasised that, without grace, that was true of us all. Miller says his side is ‘good. virtuous.. noble’ Once, only God was so. How far from their founding faith evangelicals have fallen

Trump says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch likely part of US TikTok deal US president tells Fox News ‘a man named Lachlan is involved … that’s a very unusual name, Lachlan Murdoch’

That Trump thinks Lachlan Murdoch ‘is a very unusual name’ confirms his total lack of curiosity or interest in his mother as a separate human being. Lachlan , from land of lochs, was one of the most common names in Mary Trump’s homeland of the Hebrides. Murdoch not far behind

How to burst the Israeli bubble | Noam Sheizaf Recognizing a Palestinian state is a limited but welcome step that addresses an enduring blind spot: Palestinian rights cannot be conditioned on Israeli interests

Here is an analyst who understands how history works

Why is the Australian national broadcaster continually leading its news with the murder of a far right activist in America that few Australians had ever heard of before his death? Given all else that is happening in the world, it is ethically obscene.

'Revolving door' between politics and lobbying rings transparency alarm bell Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.

This is how broken our lobbying laws are.

Every resources minister since 2001 went on to work for fossil fuel companies & 8 ex-ministers & senior advisers now lobby for gambling💰

It's time for complete reform of lobbying rules + independent watchdog.
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Nauru sells first passports to help fund relocations as sea levels rise Australia's Pacific neighbour Nauru has sold its first passports as part of a program raising funds for the relocation of residents affected by rising sea levels.

The poor people of Nauru had 90 per cent of their once fertile Pacific paradise turned into a barren wasteland in order to fertilise Australian farms. Now the little inhabitable land left is being inundated by sea level rise. Surely a warning to the world

Why is it so much harder to simply watch channel 2 with a smart tv than it used to be in the good old dumb old days?

According to the Productivity Commission, writers giving away our property to big corporations will increase productivity. But so would giving away any other input - land, labour etc. Why should writers, artists and musicians alone be denied protection by the state?

I wonder if the Productivity Commission has any idea how personally depressing it is for writers not just to have our work stolen by what are the biggest corporations in world history, but that a major institutional body of our nation has their back not ours

Excellent article in this months Australian Book Review by Clinton Fernandes highlighting strong evidence Japan’s surrender decision was made as soon as USSR declared war, BEFORE destruction of Nagasaki, and how it’s suited US and Japan to always maintain the surrender was because of the bomb

Israeli army kills 56 aid seekers as 22,000 aid trucks stuck outside Gaza Israeli forces killed 56 aid seekers in Gaza on Sunday as just 36 aid trucks entered the besieged enclave on Saturday.

Israeli forces killed 56 aid seekers in Gaza on Sunday as just 36 aid trucks entered the besieged enclave on Saturday.

New faces on Tasmanian cross bench are more progressive but also all white men aged over 65. Join 2 existing white fellas over 55 with just one independent a woman. If this was outcome with Greens or ALP there’d be scrutiny. For those who see indies as answer to democracy woes, worth thinking about

Is information gathered by the US from the spy base at Pine Gap being shared with Israel? Given this base is supposedly a joint defence facility on Australian soil, don’t we have a right to know?

The wrong way to respond to antisemitism • Robert Manne Jillian Segal’s proposals won’t only erode free speech but could also worsen the problem she was asked to tackle

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Truth that cuts between the marrow and the bone

Productivity has hardly shifted in the past 20 years. Proof what a con the so called IT revolution has been. Done nothing for efficiency but a lot for concentrating wealth. More like old fashioned feudalism than real human progress

Still has the Federal Group. Still paid to keep the ALP in line …

Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions

As one of eight states ensuring the IDF can continue to fly its F-35s, being used for the first time ever, according to the truthful Albanese, in its so called ‘beast mode’, the other Albanese can longer deny Australia is an active partner in genocide.

New #CoalWire:

👉 Russian #coal mine suspends production

👉 Insurance policies hit coal sector

👉 Bangladesh eyes axing capacity payments

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A one in ten year chance to elect a chancellor who stands up for nature, peace and justice for Cambridge University. @willdalrymple.bsky.social @polarrobs.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social @peaceandjustice.bsky.social @crispinflintoff.bsky.social

‘They attack us without provocation’: West Bank town mourns its dead after settler raid

Historically the biggest threat to respect for international law come not from criminals like Trump who are open in their contempt but decent leaders like Starmer, Carney and Albanese who claim to be defenders of a rules based order but fail to show up when it counts

Important to keep the slaughter in Gaza in context . Many more people have been killed than died during the Blitz despite Gaza having a small fraction of Britain’s population. Yet the western world remembers what happened in London over 80 years ago better than what happened in Palestine yesterday.

What’s this talk from the US Chief of State about the ‘package’ sent to Iran even mean? War mongers are always coming up with new words for their death and destruction

A beautiful day at the Cam - reading the rights of our chalk rivers to be clean and free to run. Wonderful music, singing, art, and hearing about local campaigns. @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @polarrobs.bsky.social @bonkersbusway.bsky.social @lizcotton.bsky.social @jamesboycebooks.bsky.social

Is Trump Our Cyrus? The Old Testament Case for Yes and No - Christianity Today Christians’ eagerness to understand God’s will in real time can cause them to overlook fundamental biblical and divine principles.

For the extreme Christian and Jewish right, Trump is Cyrus, one time Supreme leader of Iran. Who knows, maybe the man himself believes so too and all this madness is just him reclaiming his rightful throne