James Thom

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

It’s 978 days since Peta Murphy called for a ban on betting ads. What happened to Labor’s pledge to respect parliament? | Josh Butler From gambling to ‘jobs for mates’ and reports left to gather dust, the teals have a shopping list of thorny topics to talk about

It’s 978 days since Peta Murphy called for a ban on betting ads. What happened to Labor’s pledge to respect parliament?

The People vs. The Gambling Industry

It seems Albo has chosen his side.

#AusPol

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Louise Adler sets the record straight on Adelaide Writers' Week The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations. But as w...

Thank you Louise Adler!
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Such a good piece here by my colleague Louise

"Proponents argue CCS requires public funding to scale. But the public is already underwriting the sector through the liability framework embedded in federal law"

Sure CCS sucks money from taxpayers, but at least it also burdens taxpayers with risk

“With this scaling up of carbon dumping ambition, the fossil fuel industry conversation has shifted in tone,” writes Louise Morris, Advocate at The Australia Institute.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OYn6ZT

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

This is why we march and protest against the #genocide
#arrestherzognow
#fromtherivertothesea
#auspol

And a large percentage of Australian gas that Japan buys they re-export at a profit.
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The Zionist lobby, antisemitism and Herzog Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.

Like our politicians, "So much of our media, including, shamefully, the ABC is intimidated by the Zionist lobby
...Palestinians and Muslims are treated as much less human and less valuable than white Jews and white Christians."

Must read from @johnmenadue.com
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How is this not terrorism?

Australia! I quite like bits of it | First Dog on the Moon But this is not a day for celebration

I'm back! Here is a cartoon about Australia Day but also not. With bandicoots! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Board of Peace - Season 1

ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

'No One Should Call This Place Home' | Always Was Tonight YouTube video by ABC Indigenous

Maybe @qantas-official.bsky.social can use this version from now on.

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The last time we had catastrophic fires was when this bin fire of a Government was in power who only cared about photo ops & secret Hawaii holidays.

Now they have dropped the climate target of net zero! FMD! #auspol

Randa Abdel-Fattah—

"My statement in response to the racist decision to cancel me from Adelaide Writers' Week."

#BoycottAdelaideFestival

Anyone having trouble with Australia's community battery plan?

To me a community battery is literally a battery in my community that I feed all my excess solar in for people in my community to access for a massive discount. I don't get why they can't build batteries like this, especially in small towns like mine.

These batteries are run by private companies, even though getting govt grants, rather than govt/community agencies. Can only be for private profit. Where, exactly, is the benefit to the community/household?

Bernie Sanders on FB re what anti-semitism is and is not.

Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

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Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon Do we even want or need all these datacentres? That is apparently none of your business * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon

🚨BREAKING: Greenpeace Luxembourg activists have delivered a message to Amazon on their European headquarters.⁣
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Activists are exposing Amazon’s tax avoidance AND their reported provision of crucial cloud computing services and data storage to Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli Defense Forces 😡

110: The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate Before there was English, or Latin, or Czech, or Hindi, there was a language that they all have in common, which we call Proto-Indo-European. Linguists have long been fascinated by the quest to get a

How are we still making discoveries about the 5000-year-old ancestor to English, Latin, Czech, Hindi and many other languages?

In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about figuring out Proto-Indo-European with @dannybate.bsky.social!

This is great. Listen to 374 bagpipes playing AC/DC's It's A Long Way To The Top, breaking the bagpipe world record in Melbourne a few hours before AC/DC's first show in Australia in 10 years.

Watch the full video here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#60mins #60minutes #auspil #nauru #albanese

Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline YouTube video by thejuicemedia

The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

Pollies so bought by the gambling industry that they kicked out of their sports club the guy who was a top professional athlete

It's funny, in a "laughing at" sort of way

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand! YouTube video by thejuicemedia

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!