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Extraordinary testimony today from Prof. Marcia Langton to the Royal Commission.
As an Indigenous leader who has faced abuse and ostracism for standing against antisemitism, her solidarity with Australia’s Jewish community, and her courage & moral clarity, was so deeply moving.
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Christina Koch is a mission specialist, meaning she has trained for all roles to jump into action wherever needed. Koch is a well-seasoned astronaut, having served as flight engineer for Expeditions 59, 60, and 61. youtu.be/Lo7mR44sqCQ
ALT NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch poses for a portrait in her orange Artemis flight suit with blue trim around the neck and shoulders, and three patches: one with the U.S. flag on her left shoulder, one with her name and a pair of wings on her chest, and one with the NASA \u201Cmeatball.\u201D The background is dark, and the photo is lit to focus on Koch\u2019s face.\u2063 Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel\u2063
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This is my favourite photo taken by Artemis II so far.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This image is fake and is not from Artemis II nor Japan's Himawari-8 weather satellite.
This image is not found in NASA's Image and Video Library.
images.nasa.gov
Himawari-8 is located in a geostationary orbit over the Pacific.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himawari_8
The southern part of the African continent is missing.
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Cathy Wilcox — one word: ‘Pathetic’
We are not mindless drones.
We are independent, critical thinkers who love Australia 🇦🇺 Our Australia.
Many of us spoke publicly after this national tragedy out of a commitment to justice and a determination to confront terrorism, not excuse it.
To portray Australians from across professions who call for accountability as agents of Jews or Israel is vile, dehumanising, and deeply insulting to families who watched their loved ones & innocent people hunted with military-grade weapons by Islamist terrorists.
These families did not lose loved ones to a cartoon. They lost them to real violence. Real hatred. Real evil. Here. On our shores. At our iconic Bondi Beach.
This is how it has always begun.
With the lies. With mockery. With cartoons that strip Jews of humanity and agency, insinuating that Jewish suffering is exaggerated, manipulated, or politically manufactured.
This is the language of libels. And libels have always preceded pogroms.
For centuries, Jews were depicted as schemers and manipulators, as bribers, controllers, sub-human caricatures blamed even for their own deaths. These lies were never harmless. They created permission. And permission led to violence.
This cartoon sits squarely in that tradition.
It mocks the dead, grieving families, and Australians who stand up by portraying calls for accountability as obedience, corruption, and manipulation. Depicting supporters of a Royal Commission, including grieving families, next to a dog holding a sign ‘Dogs for RC’ being “rewarded” by unseen hand giving a bone is unmistakable dehumanisation. It’s sickening.
Mockery in the face of terror is not political insight. It is moral collapse.
History has seen this before. And it never ends well.
Do better for goodness sake and importantly for the safety and love of this great nation.
#RoyalCommission #Antisemitism #Terrorism #extremism #radicalislam
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This never gets old; I always delight in this tribute, on West 57th between 8th and 9th, however briefly and in difficult circumstances he lived here; have been listening to his music a lot these days (esp. 2nd piano concerto):
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“'Globalise the intifada' is received by and seen as support for terrorist action"
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is asked whether use of the slogan “globalise the intifada" should be made unlawful.
#Newsnight
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Last night’s terrorist attack on families celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions. My heart goes out to the loved ones of all those killed and injured. After yesterday Australia will never be the same.
Every Australian has been attacked by this evil and hateful act of violence. It was all too predictable and so many of us said so. The Director General of our national security and intelligence agency ASIO even rang the alarm bell himself warning that the dangerous rise in antisemitism was his ‘number one priority’ in terms of threats to life. Why didn’t our leaders listen and why didn’t they act?
The massacre we have seen at one of our nations most inconic landmarks is the culmination of an unprecedented failure of leadership to heed the warning signs that were so obvious to every Australian who opened their eyes. From the disgraceful scenes on the steps of the Opera House just hours after Hamas’s attack on October 7 to the firebombing of synagogues and child care centres, the doxxing of Jewish artists, harassment of jewish students and daily violent protests on our streets, the last two years has seen a tsunami of hate that has left the local jewish community feeling abandoned and alone.
In response we got little more than hollow words from our leaders as they stood by and watched the flames of hate burn.
The Prime Minister’s public pledge after October 7 that he would not let antisemitism ‘find so much as a foothold here’ in Australia, is now fully exposed for the failure it has been. The fact is Australia is no longer safe for Jews.
Everything must now change from here. Everything must be on the table. The law must be enforced. Those who spew hate must no longer be tolerated. We cannot as a country continue as we have done. Our leaders must now finally stand up, accept responsibility for what has happened on their watch and close this shameful chapter in our nation’s history.
Every Australian must demand nothing less.
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Just announced! David Szalay’s Flesh wins the #BookerPrize2025
Tracing the path of a life brought low by outside events, this at once panoramic and intimate novel ranges from communist Hungary to the London of the super-rich: waterstones.com/category/cul…
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Much will be said and written about James Watson over the next few days and that’s fair enough. However I urge anybody interested in the groundbreaking scientific discovery he will forever be associated with to also look at the life and career of Rosalind Franklin.
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Some thoughts on the late Diane Keaton: theguardian.com/film/2025/oc…
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Congratulations to 2025 Nobel laureate Laszlo Krasznahorkai and also his translators into English, @caringerel, @george_szirtes, and @JohnBatki and his US publisher @NewDirections!
nytimes.com/2025/10/09/books…
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On this day, the second anniversary of Hamas’ horrific October 7 attack, we have Australians openly supporting terrorism on Melbourne’s streets.
These extremists do it because they are allowed to get away with it.
Prime Minister and Premier, do something now!
Whatever you think you have done, it’s not enough and it’s clearly not working.
Stop the violence. Stop the hate. Save our state and save our country from this descent into darkness.
We, Victorians and Australians, deserve better.
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When 600 Jewish creatives were doxxed, my name appeared as one of the ‘top 30’, singled out for special, more insidious harassment, deplatforming and career destruction. But the worst betrayal came from people I once admired and trusted.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of legendary Australian film critic and historian David Stratton. David's infectious passion for film and deep commitment to Australian cinema were unrivalled in this country. Vale David Stratton.
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We at the Review mourn the loss of Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025). In celebration of his life and work, we’ve unlocked his Art of Fiction interview from our archive.
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This looks like the first #auslaw case in which a solicitor has been referred to the professional regulator for submitting AI generated written subs which contained "hallucinations" (aka authorities which do not actually exist): jade.io/article/1092470
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Breaking News: Maggie Smith, the award-winning British actor whose memorable roles ranged from the Hogwarts School’s stern but fearless teacher in the Harry Potter movies to the acid-tongued dowager countess on “Downton Abbey,” has died at 89. nyti.ms/3XYKQ2f
ALT A photo of Maggie Smith looking to the right. Photo by Tom Jamieson
