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‘Every life is a universe’: The ceasefire must hold Whoever destroys a single life, the Torah considers it as if they destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a single life, the Torah considers it as if they saved an entire world. Talmud, Sanhedrin 37a 1/10

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The Daily Star this morning is brutal.

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"So ein herrlicher Tag, und ich soll gehen. Aber was liegt an unserem Leben, wenn wir es damit schaffen, Tausende von Menschen aufzurütteln und wachzurütteln" (Sophie Scholl) Heute vor 82 Jahren wurden Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl und Christoph Probst von den Nazis ermordet.

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#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed, alongside her brother and a friend, for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory 🗃️ 1/2

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What a petty little thing he is. Not a man. A mutant.

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The very conservative NY Post takes Trump to task on Ukraine nypost.com/2025/02/20/o...

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That chilli leaf has got legs

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I can’t stop laughing when I look at the latest polls that give the Liberals a 180 seat majority govt under Carney. The Cons and their friends in the media rabidly pushed Trudeau out… and he’s replaced now by a monster 100x more lethal to the Poilievre loser brigade.

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All of this is insane & evil but the new part of this to me is when he says this “cost Trudeau the election”. In actuality the Liberals are surging in the polls. He’s thinks he’s influencing the Canadian election too, but he’s failing at it.

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Bannon knew what he was doing. He meant it. He acknowledged the audience’s applause when he did so. You saw it. The fascists are in control.

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listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now.

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It’s happening …

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Yes, but why does anyone need a ball-wheeled bike? Talk about useless over-engineering.

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Actual headline in the WaPo today www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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It’s also corruption/malfeasance in public office, an offence punishable by imprisonment.

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Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal. X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers. That’s extortion.

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Thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, firefighters who just finished weeks of around-the-clock shifts fighting dangerous fires were given a note from their Commander in Chief: "Please quit." That’s a hell of a way to say thank you.

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One of the chooks is having some rear end issues so jo has got her sitting in a bucket of warm bath salts. The chook is very happy and relaxed. Jo has calming music playing. It's a chicken day spa.

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This is flat-out unethical - and unnecessary.

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#auspol

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POTUS abolishes the independence of all independent agencies. /1 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil

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Every day as we walk the beach we see at first hand the impact plastic pollution is having on the natural world. These photos, taken over the last week, show kelp stipes growing through/entangled with the remains of plastic bottles. #Anthropocene

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"Watching Musk, I thought of my father’s words: “Fascism must never again be allowed to rear its ugly head.” "Pundits and commentators will fiercely debate whether it’s appropriate to use the “F” word. Whatever you choose to call it, I’ve seen enough to be deeply concerned." – Stephen Long

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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of Cathy Harris atop the Merit Systems Protection Board, ruling that Trump's decision to fire her exceeded his authority. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Judge taps back request by 14 US states to halt DOGE’s extraordinary, and possibly illegal, intervention in federal bureaucracies (saying not sufficient evidence) BUT suggests it might be UNCONSTITUTIONAL. That’s a green light to a SCOTUS suit. Are the states holding fire?!?

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Blistering.

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Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

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Excellent overview here. Razor-sharp. wapo.st/4hGbAfh

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www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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This is so bizarre, it's hilarious. Dimon has presided over J.P. Morgan Chase as chairman & CEO since 2006 - 19 yrs. It's all on his watch. But he's apparently oblivious to what he has sanctioned, delegated, approved, rejected, ignored. Net worth: $US 2.7 Billion www.theage.com.au/business/com...

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More "OMG, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME" content about amazing things in nature. This time, little fish whose job it is to clean big fish and happily massage them. OMG. Seriously. I am here for this content. All day. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I live for these “OMG WUT?!” moments.

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Repairing the damage #Trump (& his grasping acolytes) cause to the US bureaucracy, US foreign relations, global security, cross-border relations, international alliances, global trade stability, and somehow restoring decency, will take decades. And cost many trillions of dollars & countless lives.

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“There’s also a lot of Québécois who would usually fly the Québec flag are now flying the Canadian flag.” You Americans will never appreciate how pissed we are at your country that Quebecois are flying Canadian flags.

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🚨 WHOA!!! Sen. Whitehouse: Mark my words. This Patel guy will come back to haunt you. Every piece of evidence shows that.

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#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure. The group calls for them to be reinstated.

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Love this. Big men. Big hearts. Extraordinary strength in an absolute crisis. www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/bl...

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Amazing business story: www.wsj.com/finance/comm...

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Phew. Temperature here in #Melbourne plunged 10C in a matter of minutes as that cool change gusted in. Pity we won’t get much rain from it…

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