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Former ABC broadcast journalist, presenter. Pioneered Australian *national* radio talkback on ABC Radio National. Podcaster: https://rss.com/podcasts/transitzone/
THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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"AWAKENING OUR BETTER ANGELS": NICHOLAS GRUEN | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Nicholas is CEO of Lateral Economics, a policy economist, and a frequent commentator on mainstream and independent media.Over the last couple of years, Nicholas has been working on a video series, wit...
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PODCAST @ngruen.bsky.social in conversation with @mediaactive.bsky.social about Gruen’s online video series, “Awakening Our Better Angels”. #democracy #sortition rss.com/podcasts/tra...
“Juan Orlando Hernández, whom #Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.” The Huckster pardoned him while simultaneously murdering alleged drug smugglers out of #Venezuela. Makes no sense? flip.it/ZtKdb9
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November 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
“Juan Orlando Hernández, whom #Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.” The Huckster pardoned him while simultaneously murdering alleged drug smugglers out of #Venezuela. Makes no sense? flip.it/ZtKdb9
OPINION “ #Israel is a single state, half of it Jewish and half of it Palestinian, each side hating the other. Despite this, there are islands of coexistence”. flip.it/u5-cDW
Nothing about a hijab-wearing Palestinian Israeli woman driving a bus is normal | Opinion
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November 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
OPINION “ #Israel is a single state, half of it Jewish and half of it Palestinian, each side hating the other. Despite this, there are islands of coexistence”. flip.it/u5-cDW
“ #GOP -led Senate & House committees say they will increase scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report said Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth ordered the killing of all crew members of a vessel suspected to be carrying drugs”. Extra judicial murders. #Trump #USA #ruleoflaw #fascism flip.it/uiG.FR
US Congress Orders Probe of Hegseth Boat Order: Washington Post
Republican-led Senate and House committees say they will increase scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of all crew members of a vessel suspec...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“ #GOP -led Senate & House committees say they will increase scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report said Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth ordered the killing of all crew members of a vessel suspected to be carrying drugs”. Extra judicial murders. #Trump #USA #ruleoflaw #fascism flip.it/uiG.FR
The execrable brutality. But we already knew that in general. Finer grain details are always more horrifying. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Netanyahu www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
A leaked video showed an alleged abuse. It has sparked a political fight in Israel
Israel's top military lawyer is behind bars after leaking a video of shocking alleged abuse of a Palestinian man in a military jail. This is why the case has shaken politics and the military to the co...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The execrable brutality. But we already knew that in general. Finer grain details are always more horrifying. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Netanyahu www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
My fave from this gallery. Pallas’s Cats from Mongolia. It’s amazing how many global cat species there are from the smallest to the biggest. Evolution has refined #cats to be the most skilful predators. I feel our domesticated varieties never really become “ours”? #cats #wildlife #photography
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My fave from this gallery. Pallas’s Cats from Mongolia. It’s amazing how many global cat species there are from the smallest to the biggest. Evolution has refined #cats to be the most skilful predators. I feel our domesticated varieties never really become “ours”? #cats #wildlife #photography
Growing up in Brisbane, we never bought mangoes. I don’t think shops sold any. But we ate them all the time in season. From local trees. And in those days, parents popped their kids in the bath to eat their #mangoes. Juice everywhere. Sweet, tangy, stringy. The best. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fancy a sweet, juicy mango? Here's all you need to know about them
What's the difference between a big R2E2, a delicate Honey Gold, and an iconic Kensington Pride? Find out before biting into a mango this season.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Growing up in Brisbane, we never bought mangoes. I don’t think shops sold any. But we ate them all the time in season. From local trees. And in those days, parents popped their kids in the bath to eat their #mangoes. Juice everywhere. Sweet, tangy, stringy. The best. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
“ #Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as those of medieval Europe. But how and why did these rise, flourish and decline?” #Indigrnous #history #USA flip.it/3veA1M
Step inside the lost Native American city that rivalled medieval London
Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as those of medieval Europe. But how and why did these rise, flourish and decline...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“ #Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as those of medieval Europe. But how and why did these rise, flourish and decline?” #Indigrnous #history #USA flip.it/3veA1M
The #Trump #Musk DOGE scam. Hugely destructive. And then there’s the extensive data acquired? #democracy #fascism #USA flip.it/_zmrxd
The Greatest Victims of Trump's Greatest Grift Are America's Greatest Heroes
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) no longer exists, but its negative impact on veterans will last for decades.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The #Trump #Musk DOGE scam. Hugely destructive. And then there’s the extensive data acquired? #democracy #fascism #USA flip.it/_zmrxd
“The latest plan … calls for a ballroom much larger than the West Wing & the Executive Mansion. Mr. #Trump has said publicly that he would like a ballroom big enough to hold a crowd for a presidential inauguration.” The Huckster wants an indelible, grandiose legacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
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November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“The latest plan … calls for a ballroom much larger than the West Wing & the Executive Mansion. Mr. #Trump has said publicly that he would like a ballroom big enough to hold a crowd for a presidential inauguration.” The Huckster wants an indelible, grandiose legacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
“just over two hours after Mr. Trump’s announcement of a pardon for Mr. Hernández, Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth posted on social media: ‘We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.’” (Extra judicial murders) #Trump will conjure a war with #Venezuela? The #USA 2026 midterm elections loom.
“The two posts displayed a remarkable dissonance in the president’s strategy, as he moved to escalate a military campaign against drug trafficking while ordering the release of a man prosecutors said had taken ‘cocaine-fueled bribes’ from cartels”. #Trump #Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
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November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“just over two hours after Mr. Trump’s announcement of a pardon for Mr. Hernández, Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth posted on social media: ‘We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.’” (Extra judicial murders) #Trump will conjure a war with #Venezuela? The #USA 2026 midterm elections loom.
“The two posts displayed a remarkable dissonance in the president’s strategy, as he moved to escalate a military campaign against drug trafficking while ordering the release of a man prosecutors said had taken ‘cocaine-fueled bribes’ from cartels”. #Trump #Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
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November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“The two posts displayed a remarkable dissonance in the president’s strategy, as he moved to escalate a military campaign against drug trafficking while ordering the release of a man prosecutors said had taken ‘cocaine-fueled bribes’ from cartels”. #Trump #Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
ARCHIVE “‘Lügenpresse,’ which means “lying press.” The phrase rose to infamy during the Nazi era & was resurrected in 2014 as a watchword with Germany’s anti-immigrant activists who wanted the media to ‘tell the truth’ about refugees in their country”. #Trump #fascism time.com/4544562/dona...
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ARCHIVE “‘Lügenpresse,’ which means “lying press.” The phrase rose to infamy during the Nazi era & was resurrected in 2014 as a watchword with Germany’s anti-immigrant activists who wanted the media to ‘tell the truth’ about refugees in their country”. #Trump #fascism time.com/4544562/dona...
“ #Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on #USA #journalism”. Key to Trump’s #fascism project & evolving #dictatorship is cowing, controlling, crushing the #media. #freepress #democracy #GOP www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
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November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“ #Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on #USA #journalism”. Key to Trump’s #fascism project & evolving #dictatorship is cowing, controlling, crushing the #media. #freepress #democracy #GOP www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We have a Red Heeler. Now nine but still very vigorous. And the smartest of the #dogs we’ve had. Ivan Pavlov demonstrated classical conditioning using dogs, treats & a bell. Our dog has flipped those experiments. She rings some bells we have hanging. We provide the treats. She trained us.
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We have a Red Heeler. Now nine but still very vigorous. And the smartest of the #dogs we’ve had. Ivan Pavlov demonstrated classical conditioning using dogs, treats & a bell. Our dog has flipped those experiments. She rings some bells we have hanging. We provide the treats. She trained us.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth is declining to comment on a report that he ordered the military to kill all passengers aboard a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September.” These are brutal, profoundly immoral, extra judicial murders. #Trump #Venezuela #USA flip.it/ZgPCaf
Hegseth declines to comment on report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military
According to The Washington Post, the boat strike initially left two survivors. A second strike was reportedly ordered to comply with Hegseth's directive.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth is declining to comment on a report that he ordered the military to kill all passengers aboard a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September.” These are brutal, profoundly immoral, extra judicial murders. #Trump #Venezuela #USA flip.it/ZgPCaf
The ambiguity & subjectivity around the phrase “Australian values” make it emininently manipulable rhetorically & easy to dog whistle with. Sussan Ley is sounding more than a touch Trumpy & #MAGA like. #immigration #bigotry #auspol theconversation.com/sussan-ley-t...
Sussan Ley talks about ‘Australian values’ in assessing migrants. What exactly does that mean?
The opposition leader is the latest in a long line of politicians who speak of ‘Australian values’. But it has long been a problematic idea.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The ambiguity & subjectivity around the phrase “Australian values” make it emininently manipulable rhetorically & easy to dog whistle with. Sussan Ley is sounding more than a touch Trumpy & #MAGA like. #immigration #bigotry #auspol theconversation.com/sussan-ley-t...
Another #Trump pardon. Of a criminal. I am sure somebody is doing a deep analysis of all The Huckster’s pardons to chart their character, similarities & differences, especially in terms of advantages to him personally. Another glaring dimension of his grift? #fascism #ruleoflaw #USA flip.it/Wdn9iN
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 ye...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Another #Trump pardon. Of a criminal. I am sure somebody is doing a deep analysis of all The Huckster’s pardons to chart their character, similarities & differences, especially in terms of advantages to him personally. Another glaring dimension of his grift? #fascism #ruleoflaw #USA flip.it/Wdn9iN
OPINION “For years Australia has relied on near-universal access to claim success in the digital sphere. Yet the ITU makes it clear that the old divide based on access is being replaced by a new one based on quality, affordability, speed & skills.” #internet independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Online but outpaced: Australia’s digital drift
Australia may be online, but a growing gap in speed, skills and strategy shows we’re losing pace with global digital leaders.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
OPINION “For years Australia has relied on near-universal access to claim success in the digital sphere. Yet the ITU makes it clear that the old divide based on access is being replaced by a new one based on quality, affordability, speed & skills.” #internet independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
The #Trump family’s crypto currency grift. Blatant. Avaricious. Shameless. #democracy #fascism #USA www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine
The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found. Much of that cash came from foreign sources.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The #Trump family’s crypto currency grift. Blatant. Avaricious. Shameless. #democracy #fascism #USA www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Trump the malignant narcissist, could not for even a moment find it in himself to be a decent, empathetic person. He made it all about him. The implication is that if the National Guard who lost her life was from a blue state he lost, he wouldn’t attend her funeral. Ugh. #GOP #fascism
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards…for a rousing speech that reminded media in the ICC Sydney ballroom of the ‘clear & present danger for a strong, free, effective & independent media everywhere’”. #democracy
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Kerry O’Brien sounds the alarm for Australian media in thunderous Walkleys address | The Weekly Beast
Former 7.30 host takes Labor government to task for record on press freedom and pays tribute to Palestinian journalists. Plus: a roo in the news
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November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“Former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards…for a rousing speech that reminded media in the ICC Sydney ballroom of the ‘clear & present danger for a strong, free, effective & independent media everywhere’”. #democracy
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