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The hero who tackled an armed madman in Australia was Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43yr old Syrian Muslim
He saved countless lives
Netanyahu🇮🇱-a racist, murderous monster-describes the man as Jewish
Ahmed’s act of heroism was about humanity
Not religious bigotry
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi shooters.
Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness.
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Stimulating article by former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor, Soli Middleby and Suli Vunibola on “recent disruptions in international aid, including geopolitics, technological innovation, and budget cuts.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Aid in the Age of Amazon: Imperial Logics, Pacific Resistance and an Alternate Paradigm - Taylor - 2025 - Development Policy Review - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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“Andor” is a political thriller about living under a fascist state—one built on casual brutality, quota-driven slave labor, the destruction of minority culture, and the needs of endless war. foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/22…
It's a once in a eight-generation chance to return a sacred unceded Site to its traditional owners. 🙏
The sale of Ginninderra Falls is a once-in-a-generation chance to create a national park & protect this iconic place forever.
This is a long-standing local ambition, with deep community support.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
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The impact of an unpopular American president on a foreign election is stunning. We’ve never seen anything like the seismic political shift Trump triggered in Canada to deliver a stunning Liberal win.
Trump’s toxicity is rewriting global politics.
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one of the few benefits of Musk giving me the blue-check without having asked for it is that I can post long videos, so here's the full Louis Theroux documentary on the genocidal Zionist Israeli settlers and their pathological death-cult mania:
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96% of Australians want more done to protect nature. Meanwhile, just 0.06% of the budget went to on-ground biodiversity programs.
We’re losing species we love & major parties are sleepwalking through it.
Australians care. It’s time politicians did too.
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Meanwhile in the AI-corner of the internet something Ghibli seems to be going on, which is quite dark since Miyasaki has called AI art 'an insult to life itself'.
There is something creepy about the whole thing...
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David Lynch’s “most uncanny talent,” Howard Fishman writes, was his “ability to plug into the socket of our collective unconscious, generating sparks that light up the dark of our waking lives, offering glimpses of the great unknown we carry within.” nyer.cm/Pm663Qh
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Check out this sobering and pointed reflection by @SoliMiddleby on the state of aid in the #Pacific. lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
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"Reduce dependency altogether"
Is this the end of aid as we know it? | Soli Middleby ift.tt/IyRHFsG
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“If there is a lesson in the collapse of #USAID, it is this: the Western aid-industrial complex is inherently fragile, self-serving and unpredictable,” writes @SoliMiddleby 👇🏽
#rethinkdevelopment
Is this the end of aid as we know it? | Soli Middleby ift.tt/IyRHFsG
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Is this the end of aid as we know it? | Soli Middleby ift.tt/IyRHFsG
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JD Vance, a Yale-educated lawyer and sitting VP, claims judges can’t check executive power. That’s literally their job. Courts overturned Nixon, Bush, and Trump. If judges couldn’t rule on executive actions, presidents would be kings.
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The call for papers for the AAPS 2025 conference themed "Pacific Discourses and Destinies" at University of Sydney (3-6 June 2025) is now open. The deadline for submissions is Friday 28 February 2025. See link for details of the open sessions:
sydney.edu.au/arts/study/con…
Performance of #DeepSeek raises questions about the unintended consequences of #USA #traderestrictions. "Controls forced researchers in #China to get creative with a wide range of tools that are freely available on the internet." nytimes.com/2025/01/27/techn…