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The #GraveMatters podcast is live! Written & co-hosted by me & @NadineJCohen, produced @JeremyWilmo @SBSAudio, it’s v exciting to share this series abt all things #death w/u. In Ep 1 we chat to the indefatigable Bec Lyons abt #deathcare & death literacy tinyurl.com/ymbx4t5j

What we are seeing is the disintegration of the last remnants of the international rules-based order and the precarious dawn of a new era of might-is-right in international affairs. You might start the clock with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, or even earlier with the US war in Iraq, but the fact remains that the UN has lately proven itself both incompetent and irrelevant. Make no mistake, this is a troubling state of affairs- the world would be a more perilous place in the absence of international law. But to carry on as though this is not the case, to rail against the violation of international law which this war undoubtedly is and not to mention the fact that these same international laws and norms did not prevent the slaughter of 30,000+ innocent Iranians just 6 weeks earlier, nor stop the regime from terrorising its people and others in the region for decades... at best you a misdiagnosing the problem. At worst you are complicit in it.

So, it turns out that in 2024 Randa Abdel-Fattah along with nine other authors wrote to the Adelaide Writers Festival demanding that a pro-Israel author be removed. Story in SA’s InDaily just published.

Chills all over my body. This is Tehran right now, the masses screaming “azadi azadi azadi” (freedom freedom freedom). For reference, 48 hours ago, @PahlaviReza issued a directive to take to the streets today at 8pm (it’s now around 11pm). The video was viewed almost 90 million times. The population of Iran is about 90 million. They heard his word and poured into the streets, unafraid. To everybody that said the people of Iran don’t want regime change—echoing the regime’s propaganda that this was American imperialism or a “Zionist psy-op”—it’s time to disappear into the bushes like Homer. The Iranian people have trampled every lie under foot. They are coming for the terrorists. Stand back. It’s go time.

Hundreds of Israelis are now marching in the center of Tel Aviv against the starvation of Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government. Some are holding sacks of flour.

If you haven't already, please sign this petition calling for Reza's immediate and unconditional freedom: change.org/p/free-reza-kh…

Read this moving letter from Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh to her jailed husband Reza Khandan, who is languishing in Evin prison for the 'crime' of supporting women's rights. Both Nasrin and Reza helped me during my own time in prison. msmagazine.com/2025/04/24/rez…

@KateEmerson88 @GuardianAus Hi Kate. You are making a lot of assumptions about me in that statement. And thus appear to have missed all of the points I am making.

@AnthonyLevin @GuardianAus Hi Anthony. As a Jew whose Grandmother died with the Auschwitz Tattoo still glowing on her left forearm, i get the points you are making. But as an anti-Zionist, anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian Jew, i am saddened that you don't understand why people are hating Jews right now.

My opinion piece @GuardianAus about #antisemitism & carrying on my grandmother’s legacy 80 years after the liberation of #Auschwitz-Birkenau theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Does Donny know that the Tarpeian Rock is close to the Capitol?#TrumpInauguration

Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄? Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year. First up @DoctorVive's indispensable guide to talking climate action & fighting fossil fuel propaganda 🧵

It feels like the arc of the universe made a hard right away from justice this week 😞 #4moreyears #Dems

@caro_gates @signalawards @SBSAudio Thank you 🙏 couldn’ta done it without your expert oversight

@AnthonyLevin @signalawards @SBSAudio So good! Love this for you and Nadine. Yay all round 🪦

Thrilled that #GraveMatters has won Gold @signalawards in ‘Weird’ category! Shout out @caro_gates & @SBSAudio for making this show happen #deathaintweird sbs.com.au/audio/podcast/…

This week Australia led a joint statement at UNGA about serious human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet. They should continue to publicly call out grave human rights abuses in China and should not be bullied into silence @hrw and @amnestyOz ⬇️ hrw.org/news/2024/10/2…

@tzedekcollectiv The lack of context here is truly mystifying

"We’ve looked from Mount Everest to the deep sea, from the poles to the equator. We’ve found microplastics everywhere." Richard Thompson, who first discovered microplastics 20 years ago, explains why we urgently need a global treaty on plastic pollution. e360.yale.edu/features/richa…

Equally tickled that #GraveMatters has been shortlisted in the Weird Category @signalawards : voting is here vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/…

Thrilled that #GraveMatters has been nominated for Best Factual Podcast @AusPodAwards ! @NadineJCohen & I wanna shout out @caro_gates & @SBSAudio for your support! #deathliteracy

The Taliban will be taken to the International Court of Justice for gender discrimination by Canada, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands in a groundbreaking move -- the first use of the ICJ to challenge a government for systematic gender discrimination. theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

@LeighDoughty Yes I track!

Do you track your submissions through an excel sheet? Word doc? Or just hoping submittable tracks it well enough for you?