TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA won the queer palm at cannes! gillian anderson gave jane schoenbrun's speech for them as they couldn't be there:
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Novelist A&U Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge & Cracked. RMIT PWE teacher. Editor-IPED member. MSS assessor @ KYD. La Trobe PhD candidate. Wants green peaceful life for all. Saddened. I donate to UNHCR & ASRC & not individuals sorry.
One of the nation’s biggest power companies has paused the rollout of five-storey power poles through suburban Melbourne streets following a fierce community blockade that has opened a fresh front in the fight against the data centre boom. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
This is one exceedingly brave dame... good on her!
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · last wk.Elon Musk is sowing 'deliberate division' via his social media platform X that will be catastrophic unless regulated, the mother of one of the 14 confirmed children fathered by the world’s richest man has warned.
Melbourne & Adelaide! We’re excited to share that author and experienced teacher Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford_author will be hosting two special in-person sessions of our popular Writing Boot Camp, designed to kickstart your writing routine. Learn more: bit.ly/3V2B2Fn
Jamaican delegates arrive in UK to hand slavery reparations petition to King Charles
Jamaican delegates arrive in UK to hand slavery reparations petition to King Charles
Slavery’s legacy continues ‘to deprive our country and our people’, says minister, as group prepares to appeal to Jamaica’s head of state A landmark petition is to be handed to King Charles by Jamaican over slavery reparations, aiming to confront historical crimes that still disadvantage former British colonies, the Caribbean nation’s culture minister has said. The petition will be lodged with Charles, Jamaica’s head of state, on Monday. Continue reading...
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Can someone please put Laura Tingle in charge?
Michael Pascoe@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 2w ago@latingle.bsky.social telling it how it is: "Marles turned up in Washington this week beaming like a kid in a lolly shop next to Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth, announcing that the US was going to be escalating even further its military presence in Australia" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Top U.S. military leaders have reportedly advised Pete Hegseth against extending the war on Iran because operations in the Middle East have degraded the Pentagon’s ability to confront threats elsewhere. This comes after multiple reports have revealed the U.S. is facing a critical munitions shortage.
The Real Reason There’s a Munitions Shortage? Too Many Wars & a Dysfunctional Pentagon: William Hartung
Top U.S. military leaders have reportedly advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against extending the war in Iran because ongoing operations in the Middle East have degraded the Pentagon’s ability to...
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Australian right-wing politicians & media copy this Red Scare playbook demonising a fairer deal. Our “centrist” Labor government is shackled by this playbook Reich exposes. Our conditions aren’t as bad as the US, but the Right of #Auspol (like the Gina Machine) wants exactly that. Watch the video.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w agoThe House voted to condemn “socialism” earlier this week. Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before. Here’s what’s really going on.
why are only leftist protestors arrested beaten up pepper sprayed etc? it's almost as if those in power felt an affinity with protecting so-called 'far right' masked arseholes*
Rosamundi@rosamundi.bsky.social · 2w agothey're not protestors, they're far right thugs.
In Gaza, children are coping with the psychological trauma of war and poverty through breakdancing. For many students at a local dance school, breakdancing is not just a hobby, but a way to release the stress and negativity built up over years of conflict.
where are the posties? U S midterm elections
Kevin Costner Looks Through Binoculars in The Postman
ALT: Kevin Costner Looks Through Binoculars in The Postman
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Why stop there, Premier? Let's see this logic extend across all of Victoria's public monuments – did you know that they're 97% male? The good people at She Shapes History ask: How many women who shaped Melbourne can you name? sheshapeshistory.com/melbourne/ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: Victorian premier calls statues of state leaders ‘stupid waste of money’ after Daniel Andrews tribute scrapped
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This year Radio National is running a poll asking people to vote for their top Aussie books: People can vote for up to 10 different Australian titles. Let's get some Blak books on this list! Voting closes October 1 2026. Vote here: ab.co/4cm7aK1
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Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2w agoMalaysian speaker refused visa to attend Ecosocialism 2026 conference - this is plain wrong - a young capable Tamil voice from the Malaysian Socialists is being excluded from an important political dialogue in Australia www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/ne...
Rest in peaches, Wendell Berry. And because I am not as well adjusted as he: God dammit, cosmos, take the destroyers and leave us the artists.
Wendell Berry is gone after a long life. I dare you to read or listen to this and not be overwhelmed by something
The Peace of Wild Things
A poem by Wendell Berry.
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Dolly Parton‘s version of Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens’) Peace Train with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Dolly produced the @cbsnews.com TV special, which aired in 1996, to promote her album, Treasures. Yusuf Islam talks about why he wrote Peace Train.
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula: Dolly Parton (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton HD
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These data centers are having a devastating impact on humanity. If they weren’t so incredibly selfish, they’d find a way to use solar, recycle water and make these massive creations smaller and silent. Hopefully, the public outrage will force them to comply.
Is the environmental impact of datacentres finally cutting through?
In this week’s newsletter: Anti-datacentre sentiment is growing across the political spectrum in the US – and the public is only just finding out about the potential effects on their energy bills
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One of the things I miss the most about both Kentucky and Wisconsin is their amazing state fairs; this thread did my heart good!
Tim Hirschel-Burns@timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 3w agoLive report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops
