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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 1d

The first Australian war crimes case in 30 years is going to trial.

Schulz asks three times, “do you want me to drop this c***?” before firing three shots at Mohammad, a father of two girls.
Is Australia's commitment to international law more than just talk?
theconversation.com/the-first-au...

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 2d

Climate change though. Absolutely insane lack of panic about this www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 2d

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 2d

“They said steel needed fire.” Panatere said: “Try sunlight.” Switzerland just built a solar furnace that melts metal at 2,642°F. recycling stel without fossil fuels. what next, powering cars with sunlight! www.sustainability-times.com/energy/they-...

“They Said Steel Needed Fire”: This Swiss Solar Furnace Melts Metal With Pure Sunlight (and It’s Shattering an Entire Industry)

In a groundbreaking development, the Swiss company Panatere has unveiled the world’s first solar-powered furnaces designed to recycle luxury steel. These

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7 October not a day to abuse protesters

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 3d

The Victorian and NSW Premiers have no political nouse in abusing protestors on 7 October, or else they will do anything to support their financial donors.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

When it comes to the domestic political fallout from the Gaza conflict, there are no more reliable and uncritical friends of Israel than Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and her New South Wales counte...

A landmark conviction for war crimes in Sudan shows the wheels of global justice do turn – albeit slowly

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 3d

The ICC convicts Abd-Al-Rahman for war crimes in Darfur, Sudan.
theconversation.com/a-landmark-c...

It has taken over 20 years, and the ICC is under intense pressure, but this week’s conviction of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman is a major win for international law.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-gre...

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 4d

YES: A Wyoming librarian fired for refusing to pull LGBTQ books just won a $700,000 settlement for violation of her First Amendment rights. 👏 Let this be a warning to every censor-happy official in the country.

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Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 3d

NSW Greens and Civil Liberties Groups Are Aiming to Protect Citizens Rights in Law

The Greens and a coalition of legal groups are holding a forum with a view to progressing human rights legislation in New South Wales.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 3d

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NSW Government Resists Broad Calls for Drug Law Reform

The NSW government promised drug law reform on coming into office, but it has rejected all recommendations made at the Drug Summit that it arranged.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 3d

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Australian Politicians Ignore Israel’s Brutality Against Our Citizens

Australian politicians are more than happy to give the Israeli state a free pass when it comes to illegally detaining and brutalising our citizens.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 4d

Greenwashing gas, overinflating economic benefits, spreading lies about renewable energy, all while digging new coal mines and gas wells and paying nothing in tax.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...

Gas exporters pay no tax (again) | Between the Lines

The Wrap with Hayden Starr For the last five years I've worked behind the scenes, helping communicate the Australia Institute's research online and on

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Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 4d

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Holding the middle ground of the middle ground.

A short history of the Gaza Strip takes a long view of today’s conflict

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 6d

Historian Anne Irfan provides important background to Gaza.
theconversation.com/a-short-hist...

Anne Irfan’s history explains the complex background to Palestinian resistance in Gaza, allowing those who live there to tell their own stories.

Australia’s gambling harm is likely underreported – and authorities are still failing to act

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 8d

Corruption at the highest level.
Australians are the biggest suckers on earth....losing more $ per head to gambling than anywhere else.
"Authorities" are slow to act because they all get their cut, and it's "legal".
theconversation.com/australias-g...

New research shows Australian gambling harms, including suicide, may have been systematically under reported.

We’ve tried and failed to Close the Gap for 15 years. Research shows what actually works

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 8d

Closing the gap?
The Family Wellbeing Program actually works. Let's do it!
theconversation.com/weve-tried-a...

The Family Wellbeing Program has decades of evidence backing it to help Indigenous people live better lives. Here’s how it works.

New school funding agreements deny full funding for public schools

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Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 8d

Corruption begins in schools.
Why do private schools receive more public funding that public schools?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

The claim by the prime minister, premiers and their education ministers that public schools will be fully funded by 2034 is a blatant falsehood.

Inequality and the future of democracy

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 8d

Populist, right-wing governments everywhere follow extreme inequality, which is growing in Australia.
Can it be stopped?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Rising inequality and declining living standards have posed a threat to democracy in several democracies, but so far not in Australia. However, the increasing inequality of wealth, driven by housing b...

Hundreds of thousands flood cities across Europe to demand end to genocide in Gaza

Colin James PhD @colinj51.bsky.social · 8d

The irony of Israel's perpetration of genocide.
When is enough enough?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

An estimated 250,000 people dressed in red crowded into Museum Square in Amsterdam, demanding that the Dutch government end its support for Israel.