William Gourlay

PhD; teaching @Monash_Arts, sometime researcher @MESF_Deakin; watching Kurds, Turkey & environs; Francophile, dog lover, Tigers fan, tree planter. Views my own.

[Waleed Shahid 🪬 @_waleedshahid]

Lamine Yamal grew up the son of a Moroccan house painter and an Equatorial Guinean waitress, in a neighborhood where he was taunted as a kid and where his own father was later stabbed. Nico Williams is the son of two Ghanaians who crossed the Sahara on foot, his mother pregnant, and entered Spain as asylum seekers. Today they won the World Cup in the same arena attended by men who've built careers keeping people like their parents out.

[S★ @xxyllinn]

I don’t want to "download the app" to pay for parking. I don’t want to "create an account" to see a menu. I don’t want to "provide feedback" on a 30-second interaction. I just want to exist in the physical world without a digital leash.

[Sue Doxat @SDoxat]

Plastic grass, paving and tarmac can't feed insects, birds or hedgehogs and will kill all soil dwelling organisms and will make the neighbourhood hotter. Please grow plants.

[Rachel Kryshak @RachelKryshak]

To be clear: Whether it is or isn’t a red to Balogun is now irrelevant. Government interference is a violation of FIFA Article 2 & 15, and the punishment is disqualification and suspension. Nepal was suspended.

This is an admission of the violation.

[𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙥 𝘼𝙞𝙧 🛫 @AncapAir]

So... A bribe.

[Abdullah Omar🇵🇸 @Abdullah_Om3r03]

In a rare moment that brings back a smile... The children of Gaza joyfully parade a dog on a chair, laughing with hearts weighed down by war.

When childhood is stolen, even the smallest reason to smile becomes something extraordinary. 🤍🐾

[WANA Visuals @wana_visualss]

🏓 A Syriac Orthodox church official and an Imam play table tennis, Mardin, Türkiye

[Barbara Flowers @BarbaraHFlowers]

Embarrassing that Australians, with our top notch drongo detection skills, have spawned a nincompoop like Pauline Hanson whose political party includes the numpties Malcolm Roberts and Barnaby Joyce.

[William Gourlay @GourlayWill]

@Nick_Ashdown Not yet, that I know of, but it's got your name written all over it.

Hadi bakalim!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Jordan left their dressing room spotless, along with gifts & thank you notes, after their match with Algeria

Respect

[Ishaan Tharoor @ishaantharoor]

The World Cup always offers an illustration of harmony in difference, of people being proud of their identities but also in full solidarity with others. It's why the far right has to bend itself into bizarre analytical pretzels like this to try to score their sad points

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

Yes, we’re considering running a new campaign protesting that one of @Channel9’s main “stars” is now interviewing violent fascists on his podcast.

We’d need support and assistance to run this campaign, but are up for it if we can get enough enthusiasm.

Please like, comment and/or re-tweet if you’re in favour.

Anyone?

[William Gourlay @GourlayWill]

@theiaincameron Turkey 'lost' the ancient city of Hasankeyf...

[Mohamed Kheir Omer @mkheirom]

A seven-year-old boy who was riddled with shrapnel during a deadly #US airstrike in #Somalia faces losing his ability to walk unless he has a £750 emergency operation. But Abdiqadir Salah’s family cannot afford the surgery and the US – which refuses to admit that any civilians were killed or injured during its attack six months ago – appears unwilling to pay compensation to those affected by airstrikes in Somalia. Shards of shrapnel are lodged in two places in Abdiqadir’s back and in his upper thigh after US airstrikes that killed at least 12 civilians, including eight children. https://t.co/TtxBy6c4F8

[Engelsberg Ideas @EngelsbergIdeas]

Once at the heart of great empires, the West African city has long loomed large in the imaginations of European explorers, both as a shining beacon of civilisation and a pitiful symbol of desolation.

In search of Timbuktu | @GourlayWill

https://t.co/i6hCkcHzue

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

By striking the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of the greatest holy sites of Christianity, Putin has forever put his name on the list of history’s worst barbarians.

He should be damned for centuries. And he will lose this war.

From the Horde in the 13th century to the Nazis and Bolsheviks in the 20th century, Kyiv’s sacred monasteries have suffered numerous barbarically attacks.

Now we are dealing with Russian terrorists who have already outmatched ISIS in their crimes against cultural heritage. Only Russian scum who have nothing sacred can deliberately damage the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a unique UNESCO heritage site under special protection.

We will be urgently initiating all relevant procedures within UNESCO and all other international mechanisms, demanding immediate and adequate responses to this state barbarism.

We expect strong reactions by international institutions and capitals. No vague words, silence, or weak steps. We need action now to stop Russian barbarism.

[William Crawley @williamcrawley]

Belfast ranks 32nd per capita for asylum seekers in the UK.

Northern Ireland hosts 2,379 in total. That’s 0.1% of its population.

NI is 97% white.

Asylum seekers are not “illegal migrants”; they’re going through a legal government process.

https://t.co/JPdeJFLpVv

[Sacha Pisani @Sachk0]

Mohamed Toure and Nestory Irankunda.

Both born in refugee camps.

Both grew up in South Australia.

Both played for Adelaide United.

Both are Socceroos.

They're making their World Cup debuts together.

💛💚

[William Gourlay @GourlayWill]

Stone the crows! Australia beats Türkiye!
Loving that our first goal scorer was Nestory Irankunda (born in a refugee family in Tanzania), making all Aussies proud.
Commiserations to friends in Türkiye. 🧿🦘⚽️

[Reuters @Reuters]

Protesters tear down Albanian development site fences, amid anger over coastal projects https://t.co/TUUme7Ggoy https://t.co/TUUme7Ggoy