Miriam Cosic
@miriamcosic.bsky.social
Journalist. International relations, political philosophy, war. Press freedom. Unions. Art, music, botany.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we honour Afghan women and girls facing one of the world’s most systematic forms of gender-based violence: erasure from society.
But knowledge is power that cannot be erased.
But knowledge is power that cannot be erased.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we honour Afghan women and girls facing one of the world’s most systematic forms of gender-based violence: erasure from society.
But knowledge is power that cannot be erased.
But knowledge is power that cannot be erased.
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“For co-captain and defender Mursal Sadat, the newly branded Afghan Women United football team's comeback is all about hope. It is made up of refugee players from around the world — and, more importantly — has the backing of their compatriots back home”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Afghan women's football team's international comeback defies Taliban ban
After four years in exile, some of Afghanistan's female footballers have returned to the pitch, giving hope to those still in the country, fighting for basic rights.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“For co-captain and defender Mursal Sadat, the newly branded Afghan Women United football team's comeback is all about hope. It is made up of refugee players from around the world — and, more importantly — has the backing of their compatriots back home”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Australia politics live: Pocock to lead motion opposing CSIRO cuts as Labor insists it has not reduced funding; Shorten calls for property tax changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia politics live: Pocock to lead motion opposing CSIRO cuts as Labor insists it has not reduced funding; Shorten calls for property tax changes
Follow the latest updates
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Australia politics live: Pocock to lead motion opposing CSIRO cuts as Labor insists it has not reduced funding; Shorten calls for property tax changes
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Lawsuit alleges Campbell’s fired worker who reported a VP’s recorded rant belittling customers and making discriminatory remarks.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
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It’s being reported that the new laws will require large emitting projects to disclose their carbon emissions. Good news.
“The Albanese government has secured a historic deal with the Greens to pass major reforms to national environment laws.”
#auspol #auslaw
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
#auspol #auslaw
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Albanese strikes deal with the Greens to pass environment protection bill
The Albanese government has secured a historic deal with the Greens to pass major reforms to national environment laws.
www.smh.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s being reported that the new laws will require large emitting projects to disclose their carbon emissions. Good news.
Stephen Gageler warns the speed of AI’s devlt could be outstripping people’s ability to ‘comprehend its potential risks and rewards’
Chief Justice: Judges becoming ‘human filters’ in Australian courts as AI reaches ‘unsustainable phase’
- by Tom McIlroy
#law #AI
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Chief Justice: Judges becoming ‘human filters’ in Australian courts as AI reaches ‘unsustainable phase’
- by Tom McIlroy
#law #AI
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
Stephen Gageler warns the speed of AI’s development could be outstripping people’s ability to ‘comprehend its potential risks and rewards’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Stephen Gageler warns the speed of AI’s devlt could be outstripping people’s ability to ‘comprehend its potential risks and rewards’
Chief Justice: Judges becoming ‘human filters’ in Australian courts as AI reaches ‘unsustainable phase’
- by Tom McIlroy
#law #AI
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Chief Justice: Judges becoming ‘human filters’ in Australian courts as AI reaches ‘unsustainable phase’
- by Tom McIlroy
#law #AI
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Can't wait for Messiah tonight, the first of five performances by Pinchgut Opera, under the brilliant Erin Helyard.
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Australian opera today - Pinchgut and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from baroque to contemporary.
#opera
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Australian opera today - Pinchgut and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from baroque to contemporary.
#opera
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Can't wait for Messiah tonight, the first of five performances by Pinchgut Opera, under the brilliant Erin Helyard.
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Australian opera today - Pinchgut and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from baroque to contemporary.
#opera
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Australian opera today - Pinchgut and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from baroque to contemporary.
#opera
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The EU will accelerate its plan to use frozen Russian state assets to underpin a €140 billion loan to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today.
EU will speed up Ukraine’s €140B loan, vows von der Leyen
The financial scheme to aid Kyiv takes on new urgency as Russia and U.S. discuss conflict endgame.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The EU will accelerate its plan to use frozen Russian state assets to underpin a €140 billion loan to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today.
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With the work done in Geneva as Europeans, and with Ukraine and the US, we now have a starting point.
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
With the work done in Geneva as Europeans, and with Ukraine and the US, we now have a starting point.
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
Every time I see these stats, I'm horrified all over again. It's criminal, or should be.
'Four companies control more than 50% of the world's seed supply and have wiped out 93% of seed diversity in a century.'
*BASF
*Bayer
*Syngenta
*Corteva Agriscience
#hypercapitalism #oligarchy #seeds
'Four companies control more than 50% of the world's seed supply and have wiped out 93% of seed diversity in a century.'
*BASF
*Bayer
*Syngenta
*Corteva Agriscience
#hypercapitalism #oligarchy #seeds
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Every time I see these stats, I'm horrified all over again. It's criminal, or should be.
'Four companies control more than 50% of the world's seed supply and have wiped out 93% of seed diversity in a century.'
*BASF
*Bayer
*Syngenta
*Corteva Agriscience
#hypercapitalism #oligarchy #seeds
'Four companies control more than 50% of the world's seed supply and have wiped out 93% of seed diversity in a century.'
*BASF
*Bayer
*Syngenta
*Corteva Agriscience
#hypercapitalism #oligarchy #seeds
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the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
- by Katie Rogers & Dylan Freedman
#USPolitics #Trump #ageing
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
- by Katie Rogers & Dylan Freedman
#USPolitics #Trump #ageing
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
OMG the new york times, which endlessly discussed Biden's age, has FINALLY discovered that Trump is... ALSO OLD.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
- by Katie Rogers & Dylan Freedman
#USPolitics #Trump #ageing
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
- by Katie Rogers & Dylan Freedman
#USPolitics #Trump #ageing
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
This is quite a roll call of climate specialists' feeds :
If you’re a climate/energy person, I will take your portrait pro bono.
After far too many years, I've got myself a new Guardian byline pic, very kindly taken pro bono by Nick Bowring. It was getting like The Picture of Dorian Gray in reverse.
Embrace the ravages of time!
Embrace the ravages of time!
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is quite a roll call of climate specialists' feeds :
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The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
Australian Conservation Foundation:
'More than 70% of the King Island's forest is gone. We've reported hundreds of cases like this for years while the authorities did nothing.'
@ausconservation.bsky.social #KingIsland #forests #conservation
'More than 70% of the King Island's forest is gone. We've reported hundreds of cases like this for years while the authorities did nothing.'
@ausconservation.bsky.social #KingIsland #forests #conservation
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Australian Conservation Foundation:
'More than 70% of the King Island's forest is gone. We've reported hundreds of cases like this for years while the authorities did nothing.'
@ausconservation.bsky.social #KingIsland #forests #conservation
'More than 70% of the King Island's forest is gone. We've reported hundreds of cases like this for years while the authorities did nothing.'
@ausconservation.bsky.social #KingIsland #forests #conservation
'Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain 'instrumental' in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.'
Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
- Morgan Liotta
#health #vaccines #cancer
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
- Morgan Liotta
#health #vaccines #cancer
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
'Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain 'instrumental' in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.'
Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
- Morgan Liotta
#health #vaccines #cancer
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
- Morgan Liotta
#health #vaccines #cancer
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Can't wait for Messiah tomorrow, the first of five performances by Pinchgut Opera, directed by the brilliant Erin Helyard.
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Sydney "classical" music today - them and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from the baroque to the contemporary.
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Sydney "classical" music today - them and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from the baroque to the contemporary.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Can't wait for Messiah tomorrow, the first of five performances by Pinchgut Opera, directed by the brilliant Erin Helyard.
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Sydney "classical" music today - them and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from the baroque to the contemporary.
Yes, I know I rave about them. But they're the best thing in Sydney "classical" music today - them and the Sydney Chamber Opera, jumping from the baroque to the contemporary.
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A popemobile once used by Pope Francis has been transformed into a mobile clinic for children in Gaza.
Outfitted with oxygen, vaccines, and medicine, the “Vehicle of Hope” delivers life-saving care — and the legacy of a pope who called Gaza’s parish priest almost every night before his death.
Outfitted with oxygen, vaccines, and medicine, the “Vehicle of Hope” delivers life-saving care — and the legacy of a pope who called Gaza’s parish priest almost every night before his death.
Pope Francis’s Popemobile Reborn as Gaza’s First Mobile Clinic for Kids
One of Pope Francis’s final wishes is hitting the road: a bulletproof popemobile reborn as a field clinic for Gaza’s war-scarred children. Blessed by Francis, it was delivered by Leo.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A popemobile once used by Pope Francis has been transformed into a mobile clinic for children in Gaza.
Outfitted with oxygen, vaccines, and medicine, the “Vehicle of Hope” delivers life-saving care — and the legacy of a pope who called Gaza’s parish priest almost every night before his death.
Outfitted with oxygen, vaccines, and medicine, the “Vehicle of Hope” delivers life-saving care — and the legacy of a pope who called Gaza’s parish priest almost every night before his death.
"As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just something else to doomscroll about."
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids
- by Peter Lewis
#climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids
- by Peter Lewis
#climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis
As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just one of many things to doomscroll about
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"As Australians face a maelstrom of interconnected disasters, the climate catastrophe has become just something else to doomscroll about."
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids
- by Peter Lewis
#climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids
- by Peter Lewis
#climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Why do so many MSM headlines blur the fact that those Dem lawmakers were encouraging troops to obey the law.
The constant use of "disobey" and "illegal" suggests sedition to readers looking for it.
And why is the fed enquiry "alleged", when the FBI has already requested interviews?
#journalism
The constant use of "disobey" and "illegal" suggests sedition to readers looking for it.
And why is the fed enquiry "alleged", when the FBI has already requested interviews?
#journalism
The Democrat lawmakers who encouraged US troops to disobey illegal orders are pushing back on an alleged federal inquiry into their actions.
Democrats who told troops to disobey illegal orders push back on alleged FBI probe
The six lawmakers say that they will not be intimidated by the Trump administration.
bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Why do so many MSM headlines blur the fact that those Dem lawmakers were encouraging troops to obey the law.
The constant use of "disobey" and "illegal" suggests sedition to readers looking for it.
And why is the fed enquiry "alleged", when the FBI has already requested interviews?
#journalism
The constant use of "disobey" and "illegal" suggests sedition to readers looking for it.
And why is the fed enquiry "alleged", when the FBI has already requested interviews?
#journalism
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM