magpiemags

Nature lover, Ocean lover, writes, teaches, sings.

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

@SpartaJustice @elonmusk And if they release the list the other ‘they’ have nothing to bargain and blackmail with. They do what they’re told.

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

@elonmusk Ask the Wonderful Company where all the water is.

[Hannah Berrelli @HannahBerrelli]

So I looked into this. I thought maybe I should feel sorry for the woman, athletes can choke, and maybe it was cruel for people to be making fun of her. Alternatively, I thought it may be possible she was led up the garden path, told she was good break dancer when she wasn’t, and I can’t imagine anything more humiliating than realising you are in fact not a talented athlete on the world stage.

Turns out Rachael Gunn here has a PhD in cultural studies, with a speciality in the gender politics of movement and breakdance. She has written about how including break dance in the Olympics changes it from a practice within an alternative subculture, to a hegemonic one that incorporates the dance into what she sees as Australia’s settler colonialist project. I am 100% certain what she is doing here, in wearing the Australia kit even, is trying to make some subversive point she can later write journal articles about.

This whole episode is demonstrative of the supreme selfishness of woke identity politics studies. Her little stunt diminishes Australia on the world stage. Hundreds of Australian athletes who will have dedicated their entire lives to athletic excellence will be forgotten, because Rachael wanted to bulk up her ResearchGate profile. Rather than their medals and efforts, this is what Australia will be remembered for.

Not to mention the disastrous effect this will have on break dancing as a sport. Its position in the Olympics is not secure, and surely won’t be taken seriously after this. Good job Rachael, you really showed those chauvinist nationalists, hundreds of women and girls will not get their Olympic opportunity now.

Rachael represents so much of what is totally lecherous about cultural studies academics. Pick a subject area that will be under-studied in your context, so you can rise through the ranks quickly (how many break dancing academics will there be in Australia?), and wreak absolute havoc in lives of the people you want to study. There is no limit to the sheer disrespect they will dole out, purely for self-advancement.

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

@BBCWorld Murdered

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

"This is how Israeli agents behave and they seek to intimidate you. So, we must not be intimidated."

South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Naledi Pandor says she spoke to the Minister of Police following threats by Israeli agents against her and her family.

[Phillip Adams @PhillipAdams_1]

Vale Lowitja. Friends for decades. My mentor - and Australia’s- on Aboriginal issues. I always hoped she’d be our first President.

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

Spotted in Berlin, Germany.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Here is a list of the names we know from the more than 11,500 Palestinian children killed during Israel’s continuing war on Gaza ⤵️

Know their names: https://t.co/l9T4EJlRKT

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

https://t.co/qpVEgfQvlF

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Middle Arm must now go.

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

This is the whole problem stripped down to its essence. Thank you @GeorgeMonbiot

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

@LibertariansAus *form government

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

@LibertariansAus How can a party of government be libertarian? You want to be ungovernable but for government? Sounds undemocratic to me.

[💧Bee - Difficult 🐝🌿❤ @BelindaJones68]

Dutton & Joyce are getting on Newcastle's offshore wind farm bandwagon bcuz they see votes in scaring the bejesus out of ppl (again), it's about politics & crushing Labor

So, let's debunk their arguments🧵

1. It'll be an eyesore & kill tourism.

It's 20km offshore.
🐝
#auspol

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

So Peter Dutton is saying that Israel belongs to the Hebrews because their ancestors once lived there, but Australian Aboriginals don't have the same rights? Some curious mental gymnastics there. #auspol

[stranger @strangerous10]

Clare O’Neil doesn’t hold back & stuns Peter Dutton following his failures as outlined in the Nixon Report
“The truth is, what this report shows is not only that we have a broken migration system but that the Opposition Leader is 100% a complete Fraud!”💥🔥#QT

[magpiemags @Magdalen2Sleep]

@DancingDanB Well she’s a true Aussie now- content to ignore history.

[PRGuy @PRGuy17]

We of course now know all the scare campaigns against this thing are false. Lies designed by politicians who think Australians can be scared and fooled into backing down and voting No. Well I think they've underestimated the good nature of Australians. It's a YES from me.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Yes.

[Julian Hill MP @JulianHillMP]

🔥🔥 Worst moment in Parliament this week. The party of Robodebt really hated hearing this: #auspol