Atticus

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Israel: You guys need to evacuate that hospital or you'll get killed.

Palestinians: We can't evacuate the hospital, it's a hospital.

*powerful missile hits hospital*

Israel: ...

Israel: ...

Israel: It was the Palestinians.

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Even if you have committed to a side – Israel's or the Palestinians' – you can and should stand back, every now and then, to look at the bigger picture.

There are reasons the West is continuously waging wars, or fuelling them. Think of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza – all of them just in the last two decades.

One is because there is *lots* of money to be made from war – or there is if you belong to the ruling class. There's money in the weapons and technology that make the fighting possible; money in the resources, largely hidden from view, that are being quietly fought over; and money in persuading you and me that we must tighten our belts to support the war effort.

But there's another reason.

If we weren't at war, if a new war wasn't always dominating the headlines and our passions, making us either outraged or fearful for the future, we would have the mental space and energy to think about other things.

Such as how badly our societies are run, how the wealth gap just keeps growing, how incompetent our leaders seem, and how little is being done to solve the biggest problems facing us, like ecological collapse.

If we weren't so convinced that we are the good guys, if we weren't so eager to cheerlead another war, we might start to understand that we are all the same, that we share one planet, that our future hangs on cooperation not conflagration.

Which is precisely why we will always be at war.

[marquelawyers @marquelawyers]

Is our parliament going to pass a motion calling on hospitals everywhere to stop exploding

[MercurialJester (ジェスタ)🌡| PNGTuber ✊ 🇵🇸🍉🇱🇧✊ @MercJestr]

There is no such thing as "mutual" obligations in this country.

There is only "Do as we tell you poor person, & if we fuck up, it's still your fault."

I will not be paid. Again. Because THEY fucked up, THEY fucked me over, and *I* get to suffer as a result.

Burn.
It all.
DOWN!

[THE POPE…C R A W! ..not craw. 😇 @CharlesSzulc]

Here’s something you won’t see on @abcnews ! 😇😇😇

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

After being called out, the Prime Minister of Israel's office just deleted this extremely racist tweet.

But the internet does not forget.

[Nick Schadegg @nickschadegg]

why do palestinian people keep exploding 😩

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

We're the only species who must pay to exist.

In a private property system where all the land was claimed by others before we were born, and all we need to stay alive costs money, unconditional basic income is a basic 👏 human 👏 right 👏 to the resources we all need to exist.

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

the question "How I Bought It" usually has a common answer:

[Max Chandler-Mather @MChandlerMather]

I sat in parli yesterday as Labor and the Liberals refused to agree to a Greens amendment to condemn Israeli war crimes and call for ceasefire, instead the Gov insisted "Israel has a right to defend itself". Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza, it's not "defending itself"

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

Kinda feels like I could say I'm philosophically against bombing hospitals and someone on here will get upset about that

[Atticus @AtticusFound]

@sdoyle64251821 @6NewsAU @zdaniel Not at all. They should be charged and tried before the Hague.

[Atticus @AtticusFound]

@RichmondRCMP Absolute psychopathy.
Immediately remove whoever came up with this and those who authorised its release.

[Atticus @AtticusFound]

@AmyRemeikis Terrorism by any other name is still terrorism.
Israel's terrorism needs to be called what it is as well as condemned.

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

The Greens did condemn Hamas. They just also asked for the parliament to condemn war crimes against Palestine and call for a ceasefire to protect civilians

[Atticus @AtticusFound]

@AmandaRishworth Its be nice if you start delivering

[Pedro Lérias 😷 https://t.me/COVIDzeroPortugal @RPLerias]

This week I learned of the death in hospital of two patients of mine with cancer. Neither was protected by mask use by staff. One died due to contracting COVID during the hospital stay. Is there a point where the criminal insanity of all this becomes apparent to those in charge?

[Brent Hodgson @BrentHodgson]

Manipulating the electorate to keep out minor parties and independents is a bigger priority for Labor than:

- Truth in political advertising
- Murdoch Royal commission
- Media reform
- Transparency in ICAC
- Stopping coal mine approvals
…

I wonder why 🤔

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

The future of all the people and places we love is at stake.

We need leadership and bold action from the Australian government to reduce emissions. We cannot continue to expand the fossil fuel industry.