Unicellular organisms consist of one cell that performs all the functions essential to life. Ciliates, such as this Paramecium, move about by beating their hairlike cilia. #Science#Biology
The five-year voyage of HMS Beagle began in Plymouth, England (star), in 1831. Observations made in the Galápagos Islands off the coast of S. America helped Darwin develop a satisfactory mechanism to explain how a population of organisms could change over time. #science#biology
It's with the saddest of hearts we learn of the death of one of the world's greatest journalists, John Pilger.
Rest in power John and thank you for the inspiration...
“Journalism is about holding power accountable, asking uncomfortable questions, and giving a voice to the voiceless”
“The real test of journalism is not just reporting what is happening but why it is happening”
"You’re working within a system that is inherently hostile to truth telling. One only has to see the media reaction to the truth tellers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange. The bitter reaction of people who shamed much of the media, almost at a stroke”
"The whole essence of media is not about information. It’s about power.”
“It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.”
“If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I’ve seen, if they’d watched children fry to death from Napalm and bleed to death from a cluster bomb, they might not utter the claptrap they do.”
“The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity, every dream, every decency, every hope. The main parliamentary parties are now devoted to the same economic policies – socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor – and the same foreign policy of servility to endless war. This is not democracy. It is to politics what McDonalds is to food.”
“In the end, it's about the people – those who suffer, those who are responsible, and those who care enough to take a stand”
"The role of a journalist is to challenge the status quo, not serve it"
"Official truths are often powerful illusions"
"Empathy is the fuel for investigative journalism"
"The powerful fear truth, for truth has the power to topple their empires"
"Our duty is to speak truth to power, regardless of the consequences"
"The greatest crime of war is not only the loss of life, but the loss of truth"
"There isn’t a war on terror, there is a war of terror”
"Journalism should be a beacon of hope in a world of darkness"
"Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what Orwell called the official truth. They simply cipher and transmit lies. It really grieves me that so many of my fellow journalists can be so manipulated that they become really what the French describe as functionaires, functionaries, not journalists"
"The true measure of a journalist is not their popularity, but their ability to challenge the powerful and give voice to the powerless"
"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity"
An excellent piece - highlights some important issues that are part of how we are interrogating #DefenceDiplomacy via the “Rules of Engagement” project @AnnaPowles@tedd_winn@USIP
'We propose the term 'multiplex' or 'multiplexity' as a better way of describing and analysing the world order'.
Watch @AmitavAcharya (@AU_SIS) unpack research from his latest #free article co-authored with @EstevadeordalA & Louis W. Goodman. Read here: https://t.co/uaaFnVOM5P
Proud of the work of this Kiribati brother. Many are called, few are chosen! Standing with you Rimon and with journalists all over the Pacific working in solidarity to address injustices in our region. #PacificAffairs
A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”
The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger,
“What would you want to talk about?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the man. “How about how they stole the election in 2020 and Donald Trump should be president.”
“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”
The man, visibly surprised by the old woman’s, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”
To which the old woman replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss politics, when you don’t know shit?”
@TNCPacific launching our @USIP supported Pacific Defence Diplomacy Project at the @USIP conference on the Pacific this week in Washington DC. Shout out to team members @tedd_winn and Arthur Doyle.
Great to see the @ForumSEC and @ASEAN strengthening ties. An opportunity for Pacific-SE Asia regional conversations about managing strategic competition and responding to transnational threats.
Pacific Islands Forum pens cooperation agreement with ASEAN https://t.co/AJFZMvE8Vq