Beryl Gale

Retired Librarian. Believer in the power of libraries in democratic societies. Pro ethics and compassion in politics.

[David Attenborough @fandom_david]

Canada is on fire.
Europe is on fire.
The Amazon is on fire.
Cities are breaking heat records.
Rivers are drying up.
Other countries are drowning in floods.
Storms are getting stronger.
Seasons don’t feel like seasons anymore.

And somehow…
climate change is still a debate.

[Beryl Gale @BerylGale]

@Richthegood @missrobinson Same in Frankston. Never feel in any danger.

[Jon Ossoff @ossoff]

Tonight I heard a failed and desperate president who as war spirals and prices rise is as always focused on his grievances, his shame, and above all his fear of the accountability that will come with defeat.

I also heard a president signaling his unmistakable intent to attack these elections and our voting rights, just as he tried to throw out our votes and seize the presidency in 2020.

Our answer will be overwhelming.

Across Georgia a wave of defiance is building to rebuke him so decisively that no president ever again dares such brazen corruption and abuse.

The power of the presidency is nothing compared to the power of the people.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise for Americans across the country. I expect the president to reheat debunked conspiracy theories about the repeatedly litigated and audited and confirmed 2020 presidential election in Georgia, an election that Donald Trump lost. And let me be very clear about this: if the President declares Georgia's election illegitimate, or if the President declares Georgia's sitting United States Senators illegitimate, he is declaring Georgia voters illegitimate. It's Donald Trump who tried to defraud Georgia voters in that election, Donald Trump who tried to commit election fraud when he called Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger -- and it was caught on tape, and you should play the tape to your viewers today -- and badgered and bullied Georgia's top election official to 'find him' the votes that he needed to win in a state where he had lost."

[David Marler @Qldaah]

US President Donald Trump's speech beamed live into Australian households via Australia's ABC. That's fine & we don't want to get into censorship. What would improve the coverage is a panel to one side where journalists can add real time fact checking to what he's claiming.

[Jeli 💉x 7 ….. VOTE YES ......... Schnauzer mum.❤️ @skyeliner]

This should be Australia.
Legislation passed unanimously by the Italian parliament.
It applies to the murder of women motivated by gender hatred, discrimination, domination, or when the victim is killed for attempting to exercise personal freedoms such as ending a relationship.

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

Interesting fact post-budget:
The number of new private sector companies registered in June was a record month at 43,000.
For 2025-26, there were 386,000 business registrations, also a record high

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

Grifter extraordinaire Pauline Hanson has been holidaying at an exclusive resort in Sicily with bosom buddy Gina Rinehart.

The exclusive resort costs $100k per night and Hanson has been lapping it up, while her “battlers” back home struggle with the cost of living.✈️☀️
#auspol

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

In 2020, Trump lied before the election, lied after the election and -- when he lost in court -- incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol.

Right now, he is lying and losing in court ahead of 2026. He is going to escalate and we need to be ready.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Jen Psaki reads Democracy Docket. Shouldn't you?
https://t.co/8iFP5fL7em

[💧 Johny Miller ([email protected]) @jmil400]

#CathyWilcox

[Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters]

Michelle Pini calls out legacy media's 'unhinged disdain' for Vic labor Premier Jacinta Allan & the govt's reforms: 121 new schools, 12 new hospitals, free TAFE, work from home laws, new rail system, & first statewide First Peoples Treaty #auspol #springst https://t.co/wbgnM12q57

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

🚨BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll has just received Donald Trump's $5 million — plus interest.

Despite Donald Trump's repeated attempts to block Carroll from receiving the money, $5,625,005.48 was disbursed to Carroll's legal team this week.

Congratulations to E. Jean Carroll! 👏🏽👏🏽

[Alison Pennington @ak_pennington]

Private actors are increasing their control over energy, fuel, housing, food, healthcare & education. They drive inflation & drag down living standards. We need price controls & more public delivery to protect Australia from inflation & profiteering. My op-ed w @smh #auspol

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

95% of the world's most highly respected climate scientists have spent decades researching the causes of climate change, and determined it is caused by human activities. Pauline Hanson, an uneducated individual who never finished high school, claims they are all lying. Who should we believe?

[Jacinta Allan @JacintaAllanMP]

The Footy, Aus Open, Grand Prix, and soon NFL.

Best night life in the country. Best coffees in the world.

NGV, live theatres and the world's biggest IMAX screen at Melbourne Museum.

Great public healthcare. And great public schools.

All in a days work for the most liveable city in Australia.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

My July 5th Diatribe after Returning from Europe again:

The weirdest thing about leaving America is realizing how much of America is just a sales pitch.

You spend your whole life hearing “greatest country on Earth,” then you go overseas and see clean trains, safer streets, affordable medicine, cities where people can walk without playing Frogger with an SUV, and workers who take vacations without acting like they committed treason.

And then you come home.

You come home to potholes, medical debt, school shooting drills, $17 airport sandwiches, people living in tents under highways, politicians wearing flag pins (or worse, gun pins) while doing absolutely nothing for the people standing in food bank lines, and billionaires being treated like they’re the fragile ones.

And somehow we’re all supposed to stand there, hand over heart, and pretend this is normal.

I don’t hate America. I hate what America has been taught to tolerate.

I hate that we call basic things “radical.” Healthcare? Radical. Paid leave? Radical. Clean air? Radical. Kids not getting shot in math class? Somehow political.

Meanwhile, the loudest “patriots” are usually the same people telling struggling Americans to shut up, stop complaining, and be grateful.

Grateful for what? A flag doesn’t pay rent. A bald eagle doesn’t cover insulin. Fireworks don’t fix bridges. And chanting “USA” doesn’t make a broken system less broken.

America has incredible people. That’s the tragedy. The people are better than the system they’ve been forced to defend.

So no, I’m not going to call America the greatest country on Earth just because it has the best marketing department.

Real patriotism isn’t pretending the country is perfect.

Real patriotism is being angry that it isn’t, and blaming minorities and immigrants for your own piece of shit life that you created.

[Jim Chalmers MP @JEChalmers]

The minimum wage has gone up $12,000 a year under Labor.

Around 3 million workers just got another pay rise.

And every taxpayer just got another tax cut.

This is the cost of living relief that millions of Australians need and deserve.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Here’s your periodic reminder: The worst is yet to come from Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.

And that’s by design. Republicans wanted some of the worst impacts to take effect AFTER the midterms. We won’t be fooled.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Let's be clear: Trump's administration is not "America First."

It is "Trump First."