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A country gal from the Goulburn Valley As linguistic geniuses, we all learn and create language to build meaning, communities & art if we want #DEI #auspol #kimchi #kdrama No dms
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Next week will be the Parliament's last chance to spare voters from an onslaught of outright lies in political ads. 87% of Australians support truth in political advertising laws. Our Government should do its job. Sign and share > theaus.in/TIPApetition

Go ahead and stay silent. Let fear rule you. Watch injustice happen. Just don’t act like you did not know and accept that you are the latest in a long line of cowards who learned nothing from the past. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

💥 UPDATE: Apple shareholders voted today by a margin of about 98-2 percent to uphold diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) — @droste.bsky.social reports. Costco shareholders voted by the same margin on an identical anti-DEI proposal brought by the same shareholder activist group, NCPPR, last month

Roberta flack was not just a pop star. Respect youtu.be/65lVYE38MzI?...

An ad put up at a bus stop in London today.

Opinion | "My Asian, African and Aboriginal ABC colleagues are now on notice: complain about something to do with your race and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility the ABC will ask you to prove you have a race in the first place." @janfran.bsky.social Read it: www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/04/a...

The Australian Public Service is not as culturally diverse as Australia, esp at senior levels Given the kids of NESB migrants are more likely to outperform non-immigrants educationally, it means our APS is likely missing out on talented staff We need MORE of a focus on diversity, not less #auspol

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali

The legend that is Grace Tame, with AUS Prime Ministers Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. #auspol

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.

One of France's most prominent newspapers, Le Monde, is abandoning Elon Musk's X “The alliance between Donald Trump & social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information” www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

I hadn’t heard ‘broligarchy’ before this moment, but I am all in now (for the word, not the concept).

In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.) The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.

It’s heartbreaking to see both Islamophobia and antisemitism on the rise in Australia. We need the police to hold those responsible to account. These acts of hate don’t reflect the country we want to be. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

"South Korea: The Deeper Story Behind the Unrest" UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.

Excellent work by the @koreapro.bsky.social team compiling this detailed timeline of the self-coup. koreapro.org/2024/12/time...

The two Australian case studies in the Five Eyes release today about youth radicalisation are both white supremacist/far right radicalisation examples... The spy agencies tend to be a bit reluctant to call this out in isolation because of the politics around it. www.asio.gov.au/system/files...

It’s quite extraordinary that Newscorp papers are publishing front page stories, pushing gas, which are being sponsored by Santos, Tamboran, Jemena, and Australia Energy Producers, without attribution. The Newscorp media are utterly compromised.

#EYDC2024 just joined Bluesky so I’m a little late to this Day 1 Which types of dramas do you prefer? Slice of life Relationships/romance/familial Political/spy Dramas that create characters, landscapes and communities that broaden and enrich our conceptions and sympathy for lived experiences.

BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:

In South Korea they sent a former president to jail because ‘No one is above the law’. Can’t say the same principle applies in so-called advanced democracies lead by white patriarchies.

youtube.com/watch?v=d1mU... Is Kyle kulinsky on Bluesky? Here’s his take on the real Kdrama failed coup.

youtube.com/watch?v=8kj8... Snapshot of what led to this real Kdrama. What a disastrously embarrassing own goal by Yoon: abuse of power, poor judgment, lies. He’s done for So impressed by the S Koreans spirit If only we could purge our own wannabe fascist Aust politicians & media toadies

Great article. Real Kdrama unfolding and we saw it here first on Bluesky. learnt so much about SKorean politics, society, culture

"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie." My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:

Welcome to WA on Bluesky as requested by you xx 'Breathing Space' by Janis Goodman

UK-based Yemini artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks

Photographer Beth Moon undertook a 14 year quest to photograph ancient trees of the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa

Ñandutí, 'spider web' in Guaraní-indigenous language of Paraguay, is a traditional embroidered lace

Leslie Nichols, artist who creates her work on a manual typewriter, creating portraits of women using a variety of relevant appropriated and original texts relevant to the subject's life

Photographic series by artist Maxine Helfman recreating typical Flemish portraits using contemporary models as subjects

'Our land' by Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak

Self Portrait, 1943 by Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor known for her innovative abstract work

Windows of the Soul, 2009 by Bolivian artist Sonia Falcone, installation with extract of oils from fresh flowers, glass

Faith Ringgold, 'Maya's Quilt of Life', 1989 commissioned for Maya Angelou's 61st birthday