If you are in any way involved in civil society or progressive politics, you really need to read @kossamaras.bsky.social latest piece
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Progressives, aesthetics really matter. Grim, earnest or ironic are not what people crave. They want a vision that is beautiful in every way.
The ACTU is calling for a 25% tax on all gas exports and for the tens of billions it would raise to be invested in public housing…sounds good to me…what do you reckon we should spend all the money we’d get if we stopped giving our gas away for free? #climate
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ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today
In these apocalyptic times, a little project I'm working on with 2 of my favourite people: @sonyasemmens.bsky.social & @lerns10.bsky.social makes it all seem a little bit better.
We ask, when the 1st City falls, what does the 2nd City look like?
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Via The Palestine Project: "Amid bombs and blackout, Malak Hijazi finds refuge in books. From Simone de Beauvoir to Muin Bseiso, she reads to endure, to resist, and to remember. A moving account of life, loss, and literature under siege."
www.palestine-studies.org
Too many in media/politics frame Palestinian life only in the context of Israel & geopolitics. This not only dehumanises, it erases the richness, beauty, & diversity of Palestinian culture. This Israeli campaign of extermination is about more than the death of physical bodies.
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This week's #SundayShot is up!
@rachelwithers.bsky.social, @6newsau.bsky.social's @leopuglisi6.bsky.social & @auspoldaily.bsky.social join me to discuss the Big Why of the election result, and what the losers do next.
Watch and subscribe (and maybe even donate!)👇
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Guess who's getting up early just for you @rachelwithers.bsky.social, @leopuglisi6.bsky.social & @auspoldaily.bsky.social, that's who!
Make it worth their while by tuning in to the #SundayShot @ 9am AEST. A better bet than hate watching #Insiders.
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The #SundayShot is back on Sunday, people! We're looking forward to some hard core analysis with friends of the show @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @auspoldaily.bsky.social + @leopuglisi6.bsky.social from @6newsau.bsky.social making his Shot debut!
Watch & subscribe at www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
An Easter #SundayShot! We gave panellists the week off so I check back in with Alex Fein to assess the mood of the electorate and Dave has an extended interview with the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network's Nasser Mashni.
An Easter bunny makes an appearance.
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Thanks Julian!
Thanks so much, Emily!
The prerecorded interview by @instanterudite.bsky.social with @auspoldaily.bsky.social on today’s The #SundayShot is well worth a listen. It’s such a relief to hear women talk politics and polls and attitudes and campaigns. Highlight of the show today, no question.
🎙️NEW PODCAST: Jokes, Data and Election Predictions. @auspoldaily.bsky.social , @edcoper.bsky.social join @danilic.bsky.social and Lewis Hobba for the A Rational Fear podcast.
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are we seeing the birth of anarcho-sufism
Follow Spin Cycle - RRR on your fave pod platform. Last week we spoke to Alex Fein @auspoldaily.bsky.social about focus groups and the impact they have on election promises and policy.
“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action.
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I've always said: once they get opposable thumbs, we're fucked.
Imagine if all the ABC AM/FM broadcast towers were on foreign land. Or all the 7/9/10 TV transmitters were in international waters broadcasting into Australia.
@camwilson.bsky.social says it perfectly “You shouldn’t build your emergency broadcast systems in other people’s kingdoms.”
Thanks so much.
Facebook and YouTube have both put up barriers to people getting info during Cyclone Alfred, reminding us why governments shouldn’t be trusting closed, private platforms with crucial info during a crisis
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Love the show! So great to be on it.
Thanks so much, Peter!
If you missed this brilliant show, catch the podcast when it goes up (and hit subscribe - you won't regret it).
So fun! Thanks for having me, Spin Cycle folks!
The western world right now.
