James Cox
@mrcoxy.bsky.social
Director of @peacifica. I tweet peacebuilding, development, the Pacific, social justice & geekery Wangal/Gadigal land Australia https://peacifica.org
TONIGHT 7PM, on The Mission. Yankunytjatjara woman and commissioner the on independent public inquiry into AUKUS, Karina Lester. On the lived experience of nuclear fallout and what the inquiry is discovering about the biggest defence gamble in our history. 102.7 FM in Naarm or rrr.org.au. DO LISTEN!
I'm a first generation Australian. In the 1970's, my Dad came from Britain and my mother came from India. We're not a monoculture and we never will be, so many of us (including myself) wouldn't be here without multiculturalism! T-shirts at www.jessharwoodart.com
BIG FEELINGS this World environment day. Lots of rage as we watch these people burn the world. A reminder that we must push back on apathy and despair and keep trying to make things better, otherwise we will certainly lose it all.
Brilliant. In a banging your head against the table kind of way. How to Write a Statement Condemning Violence Without Saying Anything open.substack.com/pub/nourhadi...
How to Write a Statement Condemning Violence Without Saying Anything
A practical guide for western governments and institutions
open.substack.com
There is a very small community out there who will be celebrating with me as I share the news that I solved today's #Quordle in 5 goes.
Freedom of speech for some, rubber bullets for others.
For any #birdoftheyear folk out there I can thoroughly recommend this book. Curlews on Vulture Street, by Prof Darryl Jones. Great stories about the birds who live where we do, and the science that has helped to understand them. @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
*8/26/2025 thread of noncooperation* I'm going to start with my own thread about all the people who have resisted American authoritarianism in the past - both the oppression AND THE OPPOSITION TO IT are our history. We need to learn from it. 2/
Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑@emilylhauser.bsky.social · 2y ago🧵This country has a deep history of resisting & rejecting oppression. It isn’t often taught or acknowledged. We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now. A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.
Google Fonts is using the Universal Declaraion of Human Rights as its display text. This seems new and a little pointed to me...
Absolutely perfect. What a gift to the world Tom Lehrer was.
Douglas Michael Massing@michaelmassing.com · last yr.Tom Lehrer, who just died at age 97, outlived his New York Times obituary writer.
Imagine living in a world where leaders announced a massive increase in spending on peace.
It’s really fascinating what happens when you remove diversity—white male incompetency is placed on full display and with no one to blame for their actions —so they just lie.
In The Age today. If you can't get the editorial parts of the paper to acknowledge this reality, at least you can buy an ad.
The birds showing us all how to resist.
Auke-Florian 🪹@aukeflorian.nl · 2y agoBird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯 Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke... A thread. 🧵
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
The White House backing away from its freeze on federal grants is a flat out win. As @choosedemocracy.bsky.social wrote in its email blast today: "It doesn't mean we will win every fight. But it does mean that anyone who is telling you it's hopeless is wrong."
Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.
How much is that in washing machines?
LadyBusiness@ladybusiness.bsky.social · 2y agoNot helpful, you guys
Australia’s Voice senator Fatima Payman has accused political leaders of a “double standard” after an Islamic college school bus was set on fire in Adelaide “There’s no outrage, there’s no pledges of support…why the double standard?” “Not all hate is treated equally”
