Dame JillyvonKopfvol

Feel the wind on your cheeks, enjoy the laughter of your kids, Julian. Thanks, @Stella_Assange for sharing this with the community here.

This is timely for Australia, after recent years, months, days. The Canadian PM says that ‘we knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically. And we knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused, and the victim.’ ‘This fiction was useful’, he goes on to say, admits that Canada ‘participated in the rituals’, and ‘largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality.’ This breakdown in international law has implications for Australia now, and in future, since no country will be constrained by a rules-based order that has no authority, no credibility, no consistency. And we cannot continue to pretend to the world that we are fair, while showing that we are not. That means rebuilding a genuine, equal system of State conduct in the only ways possible: through reform, consistent application, and a steadfast refusal to excuse any crimes. Instead, we are criminalising people who point them out. It’s a long and challenging path ahead to national integrity, consistency, credibility and security, sadly. And we will certainly need a new generation of leaders. With a brain, a heart and crucially, a backbone. All three will be required to help Australia navigate a fast-changing world. And all three, are too rare.

A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/lgmqhgCewxFE

Refresher on the rules for discussing Israeli wars: Rule 1: Israel is never the aggressor. If Israel attacks someone it's either a response to an aggression that happened in the past, or a preemptive attack to thwart an imminent aggression in the future. Rule 2: History automatically restarts at the date of the last act of aggression against Israel. If someone attacks Israel it was completely unprovoked, because nothing happened before the attack on Israel. Rule 3: Anything bad that Israel does is justified by Rule 2. This is true even if it does things that would be considered completely unjustifiable if it were done by a nation like Russia or China. Rule 4: Israel has a right to defend itself, but nobody else does. Rule 5: Israel never bombs civilians, it bombs Bad Guys. If shocking numbers of civilians die it's because they were actually Bad Guys, or because Bad Guys killed them, or because a Bad Guy stood too close to them. If none of those reasons apply then it's for some other mysterious reason we are still waiting for the IDF to investigate. Rule 6: Criticizing anything Israel does means you hate Jewish people. There is no other possible reason for anyone to oppose acts of mass military slaughter besides a seething, obsessive hatred for a small Abrahamic faith. Rule 7: Nothing Israel does is ever as bad as the hateful criticisms described in Rule 6. Criticisms of Israel's actions are always worse than Israel's actions themselves, because those critics hate Jews and wish to commit another Holocaust. Preventing this must consume 100 percent of our political energy and attention. Rule 8: Israelis are only ever the victims and never the victimizers. If Israelis kill Iranians, it's because the Iranians hate Jews. If Iranians kill Israelis, it's because the Iranians hate Jews. Israel is an innocent little lamb that just wants to mind its own business in peace. Rule 9: The fact that Israel is literally always in a state of war with its neighbors and with displaced indigenous populations must be interpreted as proof that Rule 8 is true instead of proof that Rule 8 is ridiculous nonsense. Rule 10: Muslim lives are much, much less important to us than western lives or Israeli lives. Nobody is allowed to think too hard about why this might be. Rule 11: The media always tell the truth about Israel and its various conflicts. If you doubt this then you are likely in violation of Rule 6. Rule 12: Unsubstantiated claims which portray Israel's enemies in a negative light may be reported as factual news stories without any fact checking or qualifications, while extensively evidenced records of Israeli criminality must be reported on with extreme skepticism and doubtful qualifiers like "Hezbollah says" or "according to the Hamas-run health ministry". This is important to do because otherwise you might get accused of being a propagandist. Rule 13: Israel must continue to exist in its current iteration no matter what it costs or how many people need to die. There is no need to present any logically or morally grounded reasons why this is the case. If you dispute this then you are likely in violation of Rule 6. Rule 14: The US government has never lied about anything ever, and is always on the right side of every conflict. Rule 15: Israel is the last bastion of freedom and democracy in the middle east and therefore must be defended, no matter how many journalists it has to assassinate, no matter how many press institutions it needs to shut down, no matter how many protests its supporters need to dismantle, no matter how much free speech it needs to eliminate, no matter how many civil rights its western backers need to erase, and no matter how many elections its lobbyists need to buy.

First Trump wanted to absorb Canada & #Greenland & take control of the #PanamaCanal. Now he wants US to take over the #Gaza Strip and develop the real estate. This outburst is yet another major setback to peace in a destabilised region. It’s not his land! cnn.com/2025/02/04/pol…

Where all waiting, wheres our National Parks? @Steve_Dimo @JacintaAllanMP timeout.com/melbourne/news…

Keep Up The Fight For Victoria's Native Forests chuffed.org/project/keep-u…

I’m quittin’: youtu.be/SI4ZTXOi6Ew?si… C U round.

Indonesian commentator Connie Rahakundini accidentally exposes Indonesian hypocrisy on Palestine. War Criminal President Prabowo condemns genocide and occupation in Gaza – but commits genocide and occupation in West Papua. How dare you talk about freedom when you crush ours!

Haha, I’ve avoided all sycophantic royals media coverage till now - oh, but the avalanche of hand wringing;-( Turn off the Tele again, she will continue to get my vote.

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Please support campaign to save #Wallum wetlands: local community needs your signatures and donations to cover costs of hiring expert ecologists to continue Legals: chng.it/s2dYwWwTYd

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I just signed the petition to stop Dutton's dangerous nuclear agenda. Will you join me? getup.to/VO2jsK88h9xKU2

What do we know about the climate impacts of shipping our goods around the world? Please RSVP (zoom & live) Global shipping and the climate crisis melbournefoe.org.au/global_shippin…

@anth0888 @RonniSalt Yes, we wouldn’t want to meddle with all the surplus value the capitalists / shareholders are deriving - that would have a whiff of socialism

@RonniSalt And the audacity of men like Steve here, to come for Tracey and say to "stay in your lane". When Tracey is pointing out important deficiencies in our economic governance.

This #WombatWednesday, we are delighted to celebrate #Biodiversity Month! Wombats are #ecologicalengineers and shape #ecosystems through their #burrowing activities, which aerate the soil, promote seed dispersal, and create #microhabitats for other #organisms. #womsat

HEFEWEIZEN!!!

Gewurz traminer! Pick me

ACAB ?! Haha #guymontspellingbeeabc doesn’t disappoint, again! Hee hee

Protect Australia's Dingoes chuffed.org/project/111365…