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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 13h

www.echo.net.au/2025/10/worl... #climateemergency #coralreefs #greatbarrierreef #reefdeaths #climatetippingpoints #climatecrisis #auspol2025 #australia #pacificocean #atlanticocean #indianocean

World hits first tipping point

As politicians in Australia, and around the world, continue to push back against climate change action we have reached our first climate change tipping point.

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 19h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #californiacity #corecivic #icedetention #usaprisons #usadetention

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 20h

thepoint.com.au/news/251016-... #australia #environmentalchaos #auslabor #climateemergency #wattpoint? #thepointonline

In a step backwards for the climate, Labor is close to a deal with the Coalition on environmental laws

Australia’s environment laws are so “broken” they now scrutinise more solar farms than coal mines.

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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 1d

Queenslanders miss out on $400 million in royalty payments as Adani sells coal offshore at "mates rates"

Queenslanders miss out on $400 million in royalty payments as Adani sells coal offshore 'for cheap'

At a time where Queenslanders are struggling with record energy prices, Queensland has missed out on a staggering amount of royalties due to mining giant Adani selling coal essentially at “mates rates...

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #climatecrisis #supertyphoonrai #philippines #shellbeingsued #odettelawsuit #philippinosurvivorssueshell #climateemergency

Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #australia #nswpoliceofficercharged #greenscandidateassaulted #

NSW police officer who allegedly assaulted former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas charged with grievous bodily harm

Senior constable will now face two charges, including grievous bodily harm which carries maximum penalty of 14 years

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... #smalltalk #artofconversation #changinghabits #conversationcanbefun #gettingpastsmalltalk

A moment that changed me: I gave up small talk for a month – and the world came alive

I was fed up with discussing the weather, so I started to ask unexpected questions. The conversations that resulted were revelatory

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #australia #environment #ausgreens #greensaus #environmentlawaus #auspol2025 #auslabor #environmentalprotectionactaus #EPAaus #climatecrisis

Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

⭕️ New: Mental Health Program in Gaza Says Armed Group Stormed Its Last Operating Clinic

An unidentified armed group raided the sole remaining clinical facility in Gaza operating under The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP)—an independent, non-profit Palestinian civil society...

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #sanctionisrael #jewswantingsanctions #genocide #warcrimes #gaza #westbank #demandeuact

Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel

Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 2d

informationrights.org/take-action/... #davidmcbride #informationrightsproject #freedavidmcbride #australia #tellthetruth #whistleblowerprotection #journalism

Fund David's Fight | The Information Rights Project

The Information Rights Project protects freedom of communication and access to information.

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 2d

www.echo.net.au/2025/10/mand... #australia #domesticviolence #dvperpetrators #mandynolan #lookwhatyoumademedo #dvepidemic #reclaimthenight #lismorensw

Mandy Nolan's Soapbox: Why she stays

Someone said to me once: ‘I can’t believe a woman like you would have stayed in domestic violence. I would have left. I wouldn’t stand for it.’

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 2d

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_donati... #australia #australiainstitute #aukusaustralia #australiandefence #pmstarmer #aususcodependency

Expose AUKUS Flaws with a Matched Donation!

The Australia Institute’s International & Security Affairs team is preparing an urgent, high-impact research and polling program, designed to expose the economic and security flaws of the AUKUS agreem...

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 3d

A tale of two chants: Why Starmer now casts even the British police as antisemitic open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... #racistchants #pmstarmer #ukfootball #ukbirmingham #starmerantisemitic

A tale of two chants: Why Starmer now casts even the British police as antisemitic

Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!'

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 4d

Israel Flipped Out And Killed 45 Palestinians After Running Over Their Own Bomb

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Israel Flipped Out And Killed 45 Palestinians After Running Over Their Own Bomb

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... #ecocideinternational #ecocidecrime #extinction #environment #ecology #climateemergency #climatecrisis #climateaction #

Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?

Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #screaming #screamclubs #therapeuticrelease #poptherapy #tensionrelease

‘A kind of therapy’: scream club brings Londoners together to ‘let it all out’

Viral trend sees (mostly) young people meet to ‘release pent-up energy’ and relieve stress in fun, social setting

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 5d

'The Uzbek government had invented “Akromiya” in reaction to mounting frustration among the Uzbek public. When protests erupted, Akromiya became the all-purpose label slapped on any Uzbek who dared to dissent...

Q: Can an Uzbek participate in a demonstration in Uzbekistan?
A: Yes, but only once.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 5d

I really wish @sarahkendzior.bsky.social hadn’t been so prescient, for a decade now. Makes this article particularly chilling.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 5d

"I've told the story of Akromiya for 20 years. I’m telling it again now, because today is No King’s Day, and I am afraid that 'Antifa' is the American Akromiya: a fabricated entity made by state propagandists to persecute anyone who opposes the government."
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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... #nokingsusa #usaprotests #nokingsrally #ralliesagainsttrump #millionsprotestusa #trumpnokings

No Kings protest live updates: millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest

Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock and Chuck Schumer among protesters

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Avaaz @avaaz.org · Sep 9

For the first time in history, 270 media outlets from over 70 countries joined together to make themselves heard. Front pages, websites, social media profiles, and broadcasts went dark to demand a stop to the killing of journalists and call for press freedom in Gaza.

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 7d

www.ynetnews.com/magazine/art... #israelisuicides #suicideinisrael

500 people commit suicide in Israel annually, yet we stay silent - I was almost a statistic

Noam Nov, a mental health advocate, shares her decades-long struggle with suicidality, calling for open dialogue and societal action to confront Israel’s suicide crisis, which claims hundreds of lives...

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #australia #nswaustralia #chrisminns #protestlawsaustralia #nswsupremecourt

Chris Minns was warned anti-protest laws shouldn’t be passed in an atmosphere of panic. The supreme court has struck them down

At almost every opportunity, the NSW premier chooses a conservative path: get the cops on side and let nobody fault Labor’s toughness on crime. It’s not working

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #westbankpalestine #palestine #israel #settlercolonialism #genocide #oliveharvest

While the eyes of the world are on Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank still behave with impunity | Ofer Cassif

As the harvest season begins, attacks on Palestinian farmers and their land are spiralling. The words of peace following the Gaza ceasefire ring hollow, says Knesset member Ofer Cassif

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 7d

'It is thanks to this enormous civil movement that a ceasefire has been signed, the hostages released and the people of Gaza can enjoy safeguard from annihilation. ...The world has turned a blind eye to the atrocities in Gaza for too long; it must not repeat the same mistake in the West Bank.'

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Param Only @onlyparam.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc... #cinema #movie #houseofdynamite #kathrynbigelow #thehurtlocker #nucleararmageddon

‘Our world is combustible’: Kathryn Bigelow on AI, Andy Warhol and nuclear Armageddon

The record-breaking Oscar winner explains how her new film, A House of Dynamite – starring Idris Elba as the US president – is rooted in her cold war childhood and the urgent threats we all face today

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