Calliope, living in interesting times

Theatre worker, proud MEAA member

[Calliope, living in interesting times @Calliope1925]

@ShadowofEzra Another US base in Europe?

[Toilet Paper Australia @toiletpaperaus1]

Hanson’s attendance at work is much, much worse than we thought. As it turns out, she attends Senate estimates 12% of the time…

…in the last DECADE.

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

Chris Sidoti, UN Human Rights investigator, Law expert:

"Every Australian citizen who has dual nationality and who has served in the IDF in the GENOCIDE in Gaza since 7/Oct/2023 must be investigated as war criminals and prosecuted."

All of them. Who else agrees with Chris?

[Calliope, living in interesting times @Calliope1925]

@ACTBrigitte Win what? Isn’t the government of the people by the people and for the people? Isn’t that winning?

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

holy crap this is easily the best Tony Award speech of the entire night. hell yes to all of this

"This is dedicated to the beautiful tapestry of immigrant families who make this country really special. May you one day not have to audition for the empathy that should be freely given by this country that benefits from your beauty. To the queer and trans communities that always will exist, no matter what people in power try to take away from them. To the people of Palestine who deserve to live a free life – a full life – without occupation. ... If there's one thing we can learn from vampires, it's that life is short, but that's its gift. Find beauty in the ephemeral and gratitude in what is not promised."

—Ali Louis Bourzgui, winning Featured Actor in a Musical for The Lost Boys

[Calliope, living in interesting times @Calliope1925]

@EddyJokovich @Judith54Nunn Current politicians aren’t leaders, should be, but aren’t even followers. They should respond to citizens & constituents & act accordingly. Sadly current incumbents ignore us. I suspect there’ll be repercussions next election & we’ll end up where we really don’t want to be. @albo

[eLLi @aloeareyouokay]

@MrRexPatrick @CorruptNSW My quant has spoken. And I knew it all along. We have been utterly betrayed

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How in the goddamn do we live in a world where wind and solar farms are bad because they’ll ruin the countryside but data centres bigger than the MCG apparently … don’t?

#NewsCorpse

[Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd) @ProfGLongMIA]

Vale Richard.

I am deeply saddened to lose such a cherished colleague. Richard was a truly extraordinary pathologist - the 'pathologists' pathologist' - who also made generous time for clinicians navigating complex diagnostic cases, understanding that an accurate tissue diagnosis was critical to patient care. His knowledge was vast, his skill exceptional, with an unparalleled eye for accurate tissue diagnoses, and the precision to apply decades of experience where it mattered most.

He shared his expertise widely: through consultation on external specimens, through diagnostic and classification frameworks now used worldwide, and as a devoted teacher and mentor. Richard has left an indelible mark on all who had the privilege of working alongside him. 

My thoughts are with Richard's family during this difficult time, particularly his wife Katie and children Emily, Matthew, and Lucy.

See tribute on @MelanomaAus website >  https://t.co/cAYaKPl2oA

[GregMarScience @GregMarSci]

There can be NO doubt that Albanese knows the nuclear waste component of AUKUS would be totally on the nose with the electorate. The secrecy behind this deal with USA shows just how bad the deal is. Labor is f*cking the country with AUKUS. https://t.co/b5tYifzNnE

[Donna @simpsubhswf]

Waleed Aly makes an excellent point on #insiders The debate about AUKUS submarines is a smokescreen to hide the wider debate about the integration of USA/ Australian military. Australian sovereignty could be compromised

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Britain’s responsibility in Palestine
Britain has a direct responsibility for the creation of today’s situation in Gaza, says UK author William Dalrymple in an interview with Ahram Weekly"
https://t.co/gOFDk2SZfW

[The Daily Britain @dailybritainonx]

Lawyer Peter Stefanovic - whose political films have been watched over a billion times - breaks down Reform's Great Repeal Act line by line: strip day one sick pay, legalise fire and rehire, lift zero-hours protections, repeal the Renters' Rights Act, abolish the Equality Act, and leave the ECHR.

He also notes that almost half of Britons believe net migration has increased when it's fallen 48% to 171,000.

His conclusion: if the media explained Reform's policies, nobody would support them.

Full story at the link below 👇

[Calliope, living in interesting times @Calliope1925]

@marlene4719 @JamesTate121 2 boys in military uniform, all four boys proceeded the girls. No manners at all.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Trump has just destroyed the US beef industry. No country in their right mind is going to import US beef.

After Trump cut funding for Screwworm monitoring programs, the dangerous flesh-eating parasite has been found in US cattle for the first time since 1966.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Así es la esclavitud en las minas en el este del Congo, de donde sale más del 70% del cobalto del mundo, miles de esclavos diariamente extraen el mineral por apenas 2$ al dia para llenar los bolsillos a las multinacionales capitalistas.

El capitalismo que no te enseñan, así es como se sostiene el nivel de vida y de consumo en Occidente, en estas minas al menos hay 40.000 niños esclavizados que pican piedra para que Apple saque 4 modelos de Iphone cada año.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Misinformation Fact Checker. @MisinfoFact]

Barry Cassidy has hit the nail on the head: One Nation can’t win in the cities with its policies.

Labor, Liberals, Greens and Teals hold an effective electoral wall in metropolitan areas, making it impossible for One Nation to win enough seats to form government.

#auspol

[Team Ossoff @TeamOssoff]

Ossoff: Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal.

Six days later, six days after Prince Eric and Prince Don get their stake, Kazakhstan announces this company will get, “The largest known undeveloped tungsten resource in the world.” A few more weeks go by, and then the U.S. government, run by their father, sets aside 1.6 billion of your tax dollars to fund and finance their mining project. In Kazakhstan.

All this while you pay more for gas, for groceries, for health care, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

Haha, hilarious.
The con is exposed!

The whole #AUKUS scam is now stripped bare.

It has always been a con to enable the US to get its hands on more Australian territory for their US military bases.

Bases for their subs, ships, bombers, marines, drones, spy bases, weapons storage, and getting an extra flag for their forced anti-China alliance.

Australia has been conned big time — and was taken there by a pack of traitorous collaborators. You know who I mean.

#AUKUS is dead in the water — but the occupation of Australia continues.

@ICAN_australia
@NuclearBan
@IPAusNet
@WagePeaceAU
@BaseWatchAU
@OzAntiBases
@MAPW_Australia @WarPowersReform @DeclassifiedAus

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