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desouzarn.bsky.social
She/her. Critical RN. PhD, FACN. Editorial Board JAN. Cultural Safety in health and in the arts. Diasporic Goan via East Africa and Aotearoa on Bunurong country. Gardening, reading, surfing and cooking. Free Palestine. Podcaster http://www.ruthdesouza.com
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Quite possibly the best Portuguese tart in Melbourne. There I said it @breadclubofficial

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“No artists worth their soul will touch that pavilion now. They can’t. It’s totally tainted. And it’s so tragic.”https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/18/australia-venice-biennale-sabsabi-dumped-former-museum-contemporary-art-head-says-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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"Moral clarity demands that we reject all forms of dehumanisation, including institutional silence, but it also requires that we recognise when condemnation becomes a tool for reinforcing existing hierarchies" www.abc.net.au/religion/sup...

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Pressing native grevilleas

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Kookaburra visitor at ours. Bass Coast, VIC.

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Just look at what they did to Rho sland

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I have spent a lot of my life working. But this year I want to create more spaciousness to play, experiment and try new things. The agenda for the next few weeks is to have a go at making cyanotypes. Today was the first workshop.

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This looks really ugly but it’s yummy. Charred zucchini with tinned cannelloni beans, toasted walnuts and a sizzle of shallots and garlic with red wine vinegar on top. A sprinkle of mint from the garden on top and voila!

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Pretty excited about cooking up this tambdi bhaji (red spinach or red amaranth). Keen to also grow some in the garden. Your fave recipe? I’m thinking either the typical Goan version (simple sautee with onion, chilli turmeric and coconut) or with Hing, mustard etc.

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We are having a go at growing Oaxaca Green Corn to grind and make corn tortillas with. They’ve survived very hot days while they germinate.

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Books to read for Invasion Day as recommended by Magabala Books. magabala.com.au/collections/... @austlit.bsky.social #alwayswasalwayswillbe

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Invasion Day 2025: a guide to protest marches and events across Australia on 26 January

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Karel Williams on birthing on country www.buzzsprout.com/1798765/epis...

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Gina Bundle & Storm Henry on trust in hospitals www.buzzsprout.com/1798765/epis...

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Cherisse Buzzacott on opening the door for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander midwives www.buzzsprout.com/1798765/epis...

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If you can’t make it to a march you can listen to First Nation nurses and midwives. Cath Chamberlain on transforming intergenerational trauma. www.buzzsprout.com/1798765/epis...

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A good day to listen. Jacynta Krakouer and Indigo Willing on how colonisation and the idea of the “white saviour” have shaped responses to child welfare www.buzzsprout.com/1798765/epis...

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Big love, strength, and solidarity to all mob today. 🖤💛❤️💙🤍💚 To all the non-Indigenous allys, activists, & co-conspirators - your presence and solidarity is appreciated ✊🏽 #NotaDateToCelebrate #InvasionDay #ChangeTheDate

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How settler/immigrant occupier nurses can be better allies on Invasion/Survival day and every day

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This was first published 5 years ago. Republished in the current issue of NEJM. Cannot believe this is happening. But at least NEJM is doing something to speak up. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Sara Ahmed notes that when you point out a problem, you become identified as the problem. I am profoundly grateful for the leadership shown by the Carumba Insititute at QUT in organising the National symposium on ‘Unifying Anti-Racist Racist Research and Action’.

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Fun at the beach!

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Every billionaire is a policy failure Every billionaire has extracted their wealth from the poor and the middle and the Earth Every billionaire is proof that capitalism is a destructive system that needs to be ended before it ends us Every billionaire should be taxed out of existence

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

Continuing the summer of salad. Today’s delights, tomato and strawberry salad with basil and balsamic vinegar. Fennel salad with lemon, parsley, thyme, olive oil. Shavings of Parmesan on top of both and some crostini.

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Thank you for this Emmy. I've been looking for an analysis of the importance of place in all this, with Auckland being my old home town. It's a necessary analysis.

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Tea drinkers unite! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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If you're not in the path of danger right now, my advice is to figure out how to bring some kindness to this moment. There are many reactions and opinions on offer, most of which are neither helpful nor needed. Kindness, however, is essential right now and will continue to be.

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Something I keep in mind regularly is that we don't all need to be fighting the same battles. There are too many fronts for that anyway. Engage those fights most meaningful to you and leave the others to other people.

submitted 47 days ago • 67 comments

Global climate change worsens disasters, but blaming climate change alone deflects responsibility from effective local governance, infrastructure, and warning systems to multinational corporations and international climate mitigation efforts. Time to re-read @frediotto.bsky.social.

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Reminiscent of how police quickly recognized the photograph could create public records and reproductions of criminal types — the state is disposed to immediately seize any means of visualizing and reproducing our likenesses to produce biometric data for its nasty carceral ends.

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