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According to experts from @unimelb and @sydney_uni we need to get ready for an alarming future, where truth and science no longer matter. theconversation.com/if-trump…
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"X is no longer a social-media site with a white-supremacy problem, but a white-supremacist site with a social-media problem," Charlie Warzel writes. theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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The tyrant doesn’t need a pretext for tyranny. And there is no point in appealing for justice when the oppressor intends on being unjust. True in Aesop’s time. True now
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Thanks for sanewashing & normalising Trump, western media. You failed to honour basic journalism & delivered potential, indescribable chaos to the world. But hey, there’ll be plenty to write about. “Hold truth to power,” my arse.
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Michael Wolff, the explosive chronicler of Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, has released what he says is a recording of Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019, discussing Trump’s then White House team in detail.
trib.al/cmP7tv9
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Jeffrey Epstein details close relationship with Trump in newly released tapes dlvr.it/TFyCwH
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Tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s social media posts have had a ‘sudden boost’ since July, new research reveals.
theconversation.com/tech-bil…
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Excessive but very generous……
'One of the greatest pieces of political analysis regarding American history ever.' Justin Pereira
The Forever War from @NickBryantNY tells the story of how America’s extreme polarisation is 250 years in the making.
Get your copy now.
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My interview today with @PatsKarvelas on @RNBreakfast talking about the toll for Palestinians of Israeli violence in Gaza and beyond and the need for sane Jewish voices (ie. @jewishcouncilAU) in a time of mass slaughter:
abc.net.au/listen/programs/r…
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It should not, and I would hope, will not come down to the debate. People need to look more deeply.
Why not invite Maddow onto your show?
youtu.be/VeVhHNSe9Ks?feature…
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SA Libs want to amend state abortion law forcing those seeking a late abortion, which is rare & carefully managed, to have their pregnancy induced. That means a forced birth & a hard abortion ban past 28 wks. Abortion is a health issue. Keep your culture wars off our bodies.
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"If you read only one book about America, what drives it and what pulls it apart, make it this excellent work by Nick Bryant." What a lovely review from @johnmenadue who calls The Forever War "masterful."
johnmenadue.com/the-forever-…
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David Crisafulli to silence Indigenous Truth-Telling. The Qld LNP OL reiterated on Monday that he will repeal the Path to Treaty Act if he becomes premier in October. It's legislation he helped enact in 2023 but reneged on just 5 months later. #qldpol nofibs.com.au/crisafulli-to-…
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Of all the schisms which cleave contemporary America, few are more stark than the divide between those who consider themselves to be victims of US history and those who fear they will be casualties of the country’s future.
My long read.....
abc.net.au/news/2024-09-15/u…
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For only the second time in our 179-year history, the editors of Scientific American are endorsing a candidate for president. That person is @KamalaHarris. | Editorial bit.ly/4daH36q
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The headline speaks of the crassly cyclic nature of campaign coverage. We get bored of the same storyline - Kamala unexpectedly good has run for a few weeks now - so we pivot to negative framing. Reporting should prominently reflect that Trump’s craziness is constant.
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“Most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.”
Michelle Obama
The “affirmative action” of “generational wealth”
Four words that spun around, shredded and blew away the DEI straw man
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It's now incredibly clear; Israel's goal in Gaza is long-term occupation and the building of small settlements, slowly building into something far more substantial.
The editor of @haaretzcom outlines the grim state of play:
"The public discourse in Israel is focused on the hostages and their fate, but Netanyahu considers them to be a media nuisance, a battering ram by his political opponents, and a distraction from the goal: A prolonged occupation of the Gaza Strip, or - as he has repeatedly declared since the outbreak of the war - "Israeli security control.
"Control of the Philadephi route and the "security corridor" along the border allows Israel to surround Gaza's land borders and isolate it from Egypt. Control of the Netzarim road route in practice divides northern Gaza, where few Palestinian remain with destroyed homes and infrastructures, from the southern part of the coastal enclave, overflowing with refugees from the entire Strip.
"In practice, a long-term arrangement for "the day after" is being drawn up. Israel will control the northern Gaza Strip and drive out the 300,000 Palestinian still there. Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, the war's ideologue, proposes starving them to death, or exiling them, as a lever with which to defeat Hamas. The Israeli right envisions a Jewish settlement of the area, with vast real estate potential of convenient topography, a sea view, and proximity to central Israel.
"The 57-year experience of the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem indicates that this is a long process that requires a lot of patience and diplomatic maneuvering capability. No large Jewish city will be built in Gaza tomorrow, but progress will be made acre by acre, mobile home by mobile home, outpost by outpost - just like in Hebron, Elon Moreh, and Gilad Farm.
"The southern Gaza Strip will be left for Hamas, which will have to care for the destitute residents under Israeli siege, even after the international community loses interest in the story and moves on to other crises. Netanyahu believes with certainty that, after the U.S. elections, the influence of pro-Palestinian demonstrators on American politics will wane, even if Vice President Kamala Harris wins."
haaretz.com/israel-news/2024…
