Doug
@dougincanberra.bsky.social
Interested in public policy, irregular theology, Geelong Cats, Green politics. Also found on @Dougincanberra
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The early Quaker movement represented a peculiarly universalist understanding of the Christian faith. This...has developed in quite different ways over time, meaning that a rather small group now holds within it a significant diversity of belief and practice.
The Quaker Faith, p.52.
The Quaker Faith, p.52.
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The early Quaker movement represented a peculiarly universalist understanding of the Christian faith. This...has developed in quite different ways over time, meaning that a rather small group now holds within it a significant diversity of belief and practice.
The Quaker Faith, p.52.
The Quaker Faith, p.52.
A memorial for refugees who died at sea - affirming their humanity & a testimony of Australians who did not allow them to be forgotten - a beautiful community generated memorial - if you come to Canberra it is a must for a visit
Remembering SIEV X www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Dedicated volunteers have extended the lifespan of national memorial to asylum seekers - ABC listen
The SIEV X memorial in Yarralumla is now reaching the end of its expected 20 year life span. Volunteers are working to extend its life with regular painting and filling of cracks in the wooden poles, ...
www.abc.net.au
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A memorial for refugees who died at sea - affirming their humanity & a testimony of Australians who did not allow them to be forgotten - a beautiful community generated memorial - if you come to Canberra it is a must for a visit
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On Tuesday morning, just a week after a young boy was found dead on the shores of Samos, another shipwreck put 35 lives at risk. Hours later, a man was found dead, while 2 people remain missing, including a pregnant woman carrying twins.
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On Tuesday morning, just a week after a young boy was found dead on the shores of Samos, another shipwreck put 35 lives at risk. Hours later, a man was found dead, while 2 people remain missing, including a pregnant woman carrying twins.
Remembering SIEV X www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Dedicated volunteers have extended the lifespan of national memorial to asylum seekers - ABC listen
The SIEV X memorial in Yarralumla is now reaching the end of its expected 20 year life span. Volunteers are working to extend its life with regular painting and filling of cracks in the wooden poles, ...
www.abc.net.au
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Remembering SIEV X www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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We need to teach necropolitics in grade school social studies.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, internal documents obtained by The New York Times show, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We need to teach necropolitics in grade school social studies.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.
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January 26 in NSW is gonna be Very, Very, Interesting.
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
January 26 in NSW is gonna be Very, Very, Interesting.
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I totally agree with the Jewish Council here.
I will continually speak out against the Netanyahu Govt’s killing of 20,000 innocent children in Gaza.
That appalling action has caused so much anti-semitism around the world.
I will continually speak out against the Netanyahu Govt’s killing of 20,000 innocent children in Gaza.
That appalling action has caused so much anti-semitism around the world.
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I totally agree with the Jewish Council here.
I will continually speak out against the Netanyahu Govt’s killing of 20,000 innocent children in Gaza.
That appalling action has caused so much anti-semitism around the world.
I will continually speak out against the Netanyahu Govt’s killing of 20,000 innocent children in Gaza.
That appalling action has caused so much anti-semitism around the world.
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2/ I mean, I dunn0 about Chris Minns but, leaving aside the fact that NSW Police were happy to authorise a nazi rally to 'Abolish The Jewish Lobby' outside the NSW state parliament on *checks notes* "November 8", I've never considered the Indigenous movement in AUS as being packed with antisemites?
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
2/ I mean, I dunn0 about Chris Minns but, leaving aside the fact that NSW Police were happy to authorise a nazi rally to 'Abolish The Jewish Lobby' outside the NSW state parliament on *checks notes* "November 8", I've never considered the Indigenous movement in AUS as being packed with antisemites?
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it’s the Swiss Army knife of policy in an age of austerity. It signals you that take something seriously without having to spend anything.
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
it’s the Swiss Army knife of policy in an age of austerity. It signals you that take something seriously without having to spend anything.
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whatever the problem, in nsw banning protest will be the solution
“The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has opposed the proposed changes to protest laws.
Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Protests had nothing to do with the attacks’: activists condemn premier’s plan to restrict rallies after Bondi shooting
Pro-Palestine activists, some Jewish groups and civil liberty campaigners criticise NSW Labor for ‘eroding our democratic freedoms’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
whatever the problem, in nsw banning protest will be the solution
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In the first consideration of widows in early Christianity, Rebekah Yurong Zhao explores the social-economic situation of widows, their means of support, and their contributions to the church.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
In the first consideration of widows in early Christianity, Rebekah Yurong Zhao explores the social-economic situation of widows, their means of support, and their contributions to the church.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48iv9qs
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48iv9qs
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Yeah, making it illegal to protest a genocide is going to help 🙄
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Yeah, making it illegal to protest a genocide is going to help 🙄
I should point out that troops with a gatling gun were deployed by the squatters to break a shearers strike in Queensland - violence in intifadas is frequently initiated by those seeking to keep the people down
The union movement in Australia conducted an Intifada in the 1890s through strikes & industrial action to throw off the unjust power of employers & achieve justice for workers
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I should point out that troops with a gatling gun were deployed by the squatters to break a shearers strike in Queensland - violence in intifadas is frequently initiated by those seeking to keep the people down
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It’s concerning that we’re enabling a police and surveillance state of unprecedented scale at the same moment when the veracity of any textual or visual document has become structurally suspect
“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It’s concerning that we’re enabling a police and surveillance state of unprecedented scale at the same moment when the veracity of any textual or visual document has become structurally suspect
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Note: there are religious groups — including entire Christian denominations — that hold deeply held religious views that could be classified as some of these “agendas”.
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Note: there are religious groups — including entire Christian denominations — that hold deeply held religious views that could be classified as some of these “agendas”.
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I’m happy with that, but I expect that the government will face plenty of hostility once this becomes clear. And, given their track record, they will buckle, perhaps by trying to make anti-semitic hate speech a special category.
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I’m happy with that, but I expect that the government will face plenty of hostility once this becomes clear. And, given their track record, they will buckle, perhaps by trying to make anti-semitic hate speech a special category.
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A law that banned speech of this kind would also capture attacks on, for example, the “indigenous industry”, “African gangs”, Pauline Hanson’s burqua stunts and so on. And it would presumably affect media organizations that platformed racial hatred, most obviously Sky.
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A law that banned speech of this kind would also capture attacks on, for example, the “indigenous industry”, “African gangs”, Pauline Hanson’s burqua stunts and so on. And it would presumably affect media organizations that platformed racial hatred, most obviously Sky.
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For example, the Nazi rally outside NSW Parliament used a banner saying “Stop the Jewish Lobby”, which the police judged was inside existing law.
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
For example, the Nazi rally outside NSW Parliament used a banner saying “Stop the Jewish Lobby”, which the police judged was inside existing law.
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Hate speech directed against ethnic and religious groups should be restricted by law. But it's important to note that any law strong enough to restrict anti-semitic hate speech will affect lots of people, mostly on the political right. That's why they have opposed such laws until now.
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hate speech directed against ethnic and religious groups should be restricted by law. But it's important to note that any law strong enough to restrict anti-semitic hate speech will affect lots of people, mostly on the political right. That's why they have opposed such laws until now.
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Proposal to allow use of Australian copyrighted material to train AI abandoned after backlash
Proposal to allow use of Australian copyrighted material to train AI abandoned after backlash
Productivity Commission recommends waiting three years to establish review into technology after furious response from creative industries
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The Productivity Commission has abandoned a proposal to allow tech companies to mine copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models, after a fierce backlash from the creative industries.
Instead, the government’s top economic advisory body recommended the government wait three years before deciding whether to establish an independent review of Australian copyright settings and the impact of the disruptive new technology. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Proposal to allow use of Australian copyrighted material to train AI abandoned after backlash
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"Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development" #ThePoint
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Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development
The annual list of Australia’s planned resource and energy projects has been released by the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
thepoint.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development" #ThePoint
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It's over five months since Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal made headlines for being one of the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right political lobby group "Advance".
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.
theklaxon.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's over five months since Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal made headlines for being one of the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right political lobby group "Advance".
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
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Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...