Kevin Rennie
@kevinrennie.bsky.social
BoonWurrung/Bunurong country. Citizen journalist and blogger. Global Voices author https://globalvoices.org/author/kevin-rennie/
A great thread of @globalvoices.org stories from over the weekend, showing the range of coverage: articles and essays on #statelessness; community #climate action in #Nepal; Emancipation Day in #Trinidad, language preservation in #Nigeria ⬇️
Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 2d agoIn case you missed the important & interesting stories we covered this weekend, a quick 🧵, starting with this story from our Statelessness Spotlight about difficult, delayed citizenship processes in Assam, India.
There is still much we can learn from indigenous innovation, a number of articles from @theconversation.com included here too, with more details ….
Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 3w ago"The creation of the fish traps, and the Aboriginal Lore governing their use, helped shape the spiritual, political, social, ceremonial, and trade relationships between Aboriginal groups from across the greater landscape."
Through August, our newsroom and contributor community will collaborate with different Indigenous activists, civil society groups, and collectives to tell stories about their challenges and strategies for asserting and preserving their rights. #GVSpotlight globalvoices.org/2026/07/26/s...
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Through August, our newsroom and contributor community will collaborate with different Indigenous activists, civil society groups, and collectives to tell stories about their challenges and strategies...
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Art for Free #BaiZhaoDong Journalist Bai Zhaodong at imminent risk of forced return to China: More than 50 NGOs, including RSF, urge Thailand not to bow to Beijing's pressure.
Stateless people are not political abstractions. They are not legal anomalies. They are not clerical problems waiting for administrative correction. They are people. Support our #GVSpotlight coverage on Statelessness: globalvoices.org/2026/06/17...
Nowhere to belong: After the USSR collapsed, I became stateless in Estonia
Stateless people are not political abstractions. They are not legal anomalies. They are not clerical problems waiting for administrative correction. They are people.
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“Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”
Cricket’s greatest all-rounder, Barbados’ Sir Garfield Sobers, dies at 89
“Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”
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A very cool article by our Down Under writer for @globalvoices.org !
Kevin Rennie@kevinrennie.bsky.social · 3w agoAustralia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world Pre-colonial aquaculture system a spectacular example of Indigenous innovation and social complexity globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
Brewarrina fish traps remain '...a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation, an ability to understand and exploit the natural landscape and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.' globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world
They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.
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Really interesting article.
Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 3w agoAustralia’s Brewarrina fish traps remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation, and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived. globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world Pre-colonial aquaculture system a spectacular example of Indigenous innovation and social complexity globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world
They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.
globalvoices.org
New story from @kevinrennie.bsky.social about the Brewarrina fish traps #Australia: "It has been suggested that these fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world, dating back thousands of years." globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world
They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.
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Multiple volunteer-led relief efforts can physically be seen across Venezuela, in the form of collection points, refuge camps and more, in the immediate aftermath of the two back-to-back earthquakes.
Citizens lead relief efforts after major twin quakes in Venezuela
Efforts from volunteers and SaR teams had rescued least 6,000 people alive from stricken areas, according to June 30 numbers from the government.
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NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social
Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency
The New South Wales (NSW) Parliament is currently holding an inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025. The Bill proposes to establish a statutory human rights framework for NSW (for non-Australian r…
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Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems Indigenous people farmed eels at the site for thousands of years, upending what archeologists knew about early populations via @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/04/26/a...
Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems
“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems Indigenous people farmed eels at the site for thousands of years, upending what archeologists knew about early populations via @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/04/26/a...
Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems
“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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A gas export tax would drive down domestic gas prices & fund vital public services at a time when Australians are feeling the pinch. @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss taxing gas, plummeting aid spending & the upcoming federal budget. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4mI9HSy
Don't miss on May 8 at #rightscon Zambia: This dynamic, hands-on workshop draws on the narrative analysis methodology developed by Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory to help participants decode complex media ecosystems and uncover the framing strategies shaping public debate.
Important reminder of linguistic inequality on the Internet and how LLMs are exacerbating that. Also, fantastic opening sentence: "Bereket Tsegay spent his days watching videos he did not understand."
Africa has 2,000 languages. AI content moderation covers fewer than 20
The data-labelling industry relies heavily on workers in Kenya and Nigeria to annotate what AI systems learn. Those same workers rarely see their languages reflected in the systems they help train.
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A fascinating film, with depth and quirk, that sneaks up on you
Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 4mo agoIgor Bezinović’s film portrays the “pioneer” of Italian fascism, Gabriele D’Annunzio, through a critical lens, as befits the role model for the fascist leader Benito Mussolini.
From stories of resistance in Afghanistan to cultural battles in Russia, and from farmers in Cameroon to activists in Vietnam, this month GV brought together voices navigating crisis, resilience, and change. These are not distant headlines: they are lived realities, told by those closest to them.
Just so you know, any time you post anything online that includes the phrase "From the river to the sea" or "Globalise the intifada", you may be committing a criminal offence in Queensland. There are "reasonable excuse" defences (ours is that we're doing this for a "genuine legal purpose").
Kids, there’s never been a better time to watch Dr Strangelove
A global community of editors, publishers, and writers have come together to offer a 1-month only bundle of books in digital format to raise awareness and money for the translation of storytelling. The bundle will be sold through @storybundle.bsky.social lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
StoryBundle's In Translation bundle to benefit Global Voices Lingua: Interview
My primary goal was that the bundle be representative of our broader world, without a focus on the regions most already represented in collections of translation.
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Enjoying my first book ‘Sunshine City’ 📚
Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 6mo agoLast week, @storybundle.bsky.social launched a global storytelling bundle focused on translated books which will support @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, our network of volunteer translators who bring underreported stories into dozens of languages. lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...
