Simon

Aussie in China. China rugby, surfing China.

[Simon @Dookihippi]

@pretentiouswhat Great thread David. I was in Shimei Bay and Shenzhou Bandao last weekend. Beautiful area - reminds me of Byron Bay in Australia

[Bob Carr @bobjcarr]

More Jewish settler violence supported by IDF directed at Palestinians. Question for Royal Commission: does the behaviour of this ethno-nationalist state fuel antisemitism? It must. It’s why 80% of Australians now have negative views of Israel.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is, unsurprisingly, a complete inversion of reality.

Netanyahu says the ICC under Khan went after him to distract from the sexual misconduct allegations against Khan.

But the truth is that the allegations suddenly started surfacing a couple of weeks AFTER Khan informed the US of his decision to seek warrants, and after he was told - in the public record - by US senators (including Marco Rubio): "Target Israel and we will target you."

This is the actual timeline (source: https://t.co/9Y0jsxLVFy):

- 25 March 2024: Khan informs the US administration of his decision and that warrants would be sought by the end of April.

- 19 April 2024: A senior US official warns Khan by phone of "disastrous consequences" if he proceeds; Khan says he rejected this, citing Israel's lack of cooperation.

24 April 2024: 12 Republican US senators (including Marco Rubio) send Khan a letter warning "Target Israel and we will target you."

26 April 2024: Netanyahu publicly criticises the ICC on social media, saying: “Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defence.”

2 May 2024: The sexual misconduct/harassment allegations are first put to Khan in person by members of his team, on the same day, per his later ICC submission, that he had been planning to announce the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants.

Draw your own conclusion 🤷‍♂️

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

We are supposedly at war to stop Iran from enriching the uranium we “obliterated” over a year ago.

Yesterday we signed a deal to help Saudi Arabia enrich uranium.

The first time the United States has ever helped another country enrich uranium on foreign soil.

The Saudis refused the inspection protocol 140 other countries accept. Too intrusive, they said.

Trump agreed. He signed a national security waiver to get around the rule.

The Saudis paid Kushner $100 million. They put $2 billion into his firm. They put another $6 billion into LIV Golf, which pays Trump properties to host its tournaments. They signed ten billion dollars in Trump-branded real estate deals in Jeddah and Riyadh. All in just the last few years.

But sure. My paintings.

[Robert Barwick @RobbieBarwick]

Saudi Arabia was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York & Washington.

Iran was not.

Saudi Arabia sponsored Al Qaeda & ISIS; Iran did not.

So Trump supports Saudi Arabia getting nuclear power, because it's not a threat to the US, but not Iran, because it is a threat.

[ADAM @adamemedia1]

There’s no money to make healthcare or education free but there’s literally trillions available for endless wars…

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

It's only "dystopian" for OpenAI and Anthropic shareholders.

For the rest of us, the dystopia would be a world where the only AI models we can use are those from closed-source US labs that are increasingly part and parcel of the US security state.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

As usual, Australia's ABC blames the victim in an interview with a "supporter of the regime..."

[Gregory Andrews @LyrebirdDream]

@PeterCronau Australia’s paying sixteen times more for subs we’ll never get! 👇🏽

[Antony (Tony) Walker @tonywalker1]

So, Canada is purchasing 12 Mercedes submarines at one-fifth of the projected cost (no way costs will be contained) of fewer AUKUS subs. Something like a choice between a Merc with a 50-year warranty, and a British clunker on the never, never @BBC https://t.co/Know4HeVUb

[Parko @Parko23]

"You don't pick where you're born, you don't pick the colour of your skin, you pick to be a good human being. That's a choice."
I've never heard a better explanation of what being Australian means to me. "We've boundless plains to share."
Girt AF. 💚💛

[George Galloway @georgegalloway]

This man is a giant you know

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Australia’s use as a US military base being expanded in preparation for war with China, our biggest trading partner, one that has fuelled our nation’s prosperity and poses no military threat to our country (or the US for that matter but that is not what it’s about).

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

“My kids love insider trading and insider deals.”

- President of the United States @atrupar (2026)

[stranger @strangerous10]

David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel
“IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children”
“…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔
Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally?

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

Solar, wind, batteries, hydro: an audit of China’s electricity generation transition shows that cost effectiveness (it’s cheaper than fossil/nuclear) wins. 👇

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

Winning over the hearts and minds of the Greenlanders

[Richard @ricwe123]

"Anyone who has served in the Israeli Forces in Gaza since October 2023 should be considered a suspect in relation to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of genocide"

-Chris Sidoti, UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine

[George Galloway @georgegalloway]

Electoral insanity, voting the same way and expecting a different outcome

In China you can't change the party but you can change the policy whereas in the US and UK you can change the party but not the policy. As the last forty disastrous years prove

Follow #MOATS 562 #GeorgeGalloway #UK #US #China #realchange

[friendlyjordies @friendlyjordies]

Pauline and Gina want to give Israel free land in Queensland to make an Israel 2 - she actually said this, this is not a joke...