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OII Europe @oiieurope.bsky.social · 3d

Today on October 7th, in a watershed moment, the Council of Europe’s 46 Member States have unanimously adopted the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Equal Rights for #Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard in Europe. Read the full PR here: bit.ly/4gWrr9X

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WHO @who.int · Aug 22

More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution & preventable deaths, according to a new @theipcinfo.bsky.social analysis released today.
Read the full release: www.who.int/news/item/22...

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza

More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths. FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and ...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid

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www.haaretz.com

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) @accr.bsky.social · Jun 5

The science is clear: no fossil fuel projects can be opened if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Despite this, a slew of polluting gas projects are either poised to begin operating in Australia, or lie firmly in the sights of industry.
theconversation.com/woodsides-no...

Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch

Despite warnings of a climate catastrophe, a slew of polluting gas projects are either poised to begin or lie firmly in industry’s sights.

theconversation.com

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · May 30

What was the outcome? So much court time must be wasted by this stuff

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · May 22

What do you call it?
My @smh @theage cartoon.

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · May 21

It's still also our page for people in Australia and Aotearoa wanting to access the pro peer-led psychosocial support service

ilink.net.au

INTERLINK – PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICE

ilink.net.au

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · May 21

The InterLink website is relaunching as an information hub for people with innate variations of sex characteristics and our families. Check out the information and the posters!

@interaction.org.au

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A colourful blocky image showing all kinds of bodies with the words "All bodies are beautiful" and "All bodies deserve respect"

A colourful image with a body in the middle of a sunburst, with the words "Respect my body" and "Ask for consent"

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · May 18

Half a million people in Gaza on the brink of famine with no food or aid since March 2, AP reports, while bombing and ground operations intensify: apnews.com/article/hama...

Israel has launched a new offensive in blockaded Gaza. Here's what to know

The war in Gaza has reached one of its darkest periods. Israel has launched another major offensive against Hamas that includes ground operations.

apnews.com

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Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social · May 12

1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw.org report "The Gig Trap" is finally out. It documents how companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Shipt, Favor, and Amazon Flex created a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵https://hrw.org/node/391214

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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · May 7

“While States debate terminology - is it or is it not genocide? - Israel continues its relentless destruction of life in Gaza, through attacks by land, air and sea, displacing and massacring the surviving population with impunity,” the experts said.

Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · May 7

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

End unfolding genocide or watch it end life in Gaza: UN experts say States face defining choice

GENEVA – Escalating atrocities in Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza – an out...

www.ohchr.org

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · May 6

Hi there, it looks like you don’t realise that intersex is not trans. While populations overlap, intersex folk have very different needs and circumstances. Consider reframing your work, and reading more about the population. Here’s a UN report

www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Background Note on Human Rights Violations against Intersex People

www.ohchr.org

Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · May 6

Hi there, it looks like you don’t realise that intersex is not trans. While populations overlap, intersex folk have very different needs and circumstances. Consider reframing your work, and reading more about the population. Here’s a UN report

www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Background Note on Human Rights Violations against Intersex People

www.ohchr.org

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InterAction for Health and Human Rights @interaction.org.au · May 5

“We congratulate the Albanese Labor government on its re-election, with the promise to reform & build, to leave no-one behind, & to promote fairness, equality & respect for one another.” -Dr Morgan Carpenter
Read our statement including our call to action here-
interaction.org.au/41786/call-f...

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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · May 4

theconversation.com/dutton-and-t...

Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood

The former federal director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane, used to tell media companies that their practice of commissioning expensive opinion polls right through a parliamentary term was a wa...

theconversation.com

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · May 4

Laura: “The Coalition resorted to anti-immigration sentiment, attempted to fuel irritation with welcomes to country…spoke about a woke school curriculum & raged about hate media. It prosecuted all these points with.. support of News Corp's newspapers &..Sky News. newsapp.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

This election result shows Labor learned a lesson that the Coalition did not - ABC News

The comprehensive nature of this win gives Anthony Albanese the chance to change the narrative of our politics.

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Democracy Sausage @democracysausage.org · May 3

Just putting it out there... you don't have to be a citizen to go and get a #DemocracySausage (though the Haloumi bites look delicious too!)

Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · May 3

I’m in Australia, where #DemocracySausage is on the menu today, though my #RecipeOfTheDay is Halloumi Bites, suitable for election-night viewing here or long-weekend festivities at home! www.nigella.com/recipes/hall...

Halloumi Bites

These are great for a gathering, for all that they can be a bit messy to eat! While they're probably best as part of a table spread rather than as a tray-bound snack, I wouldn't count them out as fing...

www.nigella.com

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 29

and a point being made is that, here, the PHON vote appears to have increased in recent polling, and the LNP are seeking PHON preferences

Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 29

"The former German chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised Friedrich Merz, her eventual successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, for pushing through proposals on migration and asylum with the backing of the far-right AfD party."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Angela Merkel rebukes CDU leader for alliance with far-right on immigration

Ex-chancellor makes rare intervention to criticise her own party for passing asylum policy with support of AfD

www.theguardian.com

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 29

I feel it’s important to acknowledge a finding from European elections: if the centre right adopts far right messaging, they just make it more acceptable for people to support the far right

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 29

Tim Flannery expresses both pragmatism and vision in this great interview

Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · Apr 29

A walk and talk interview (on a very pleasant beach) published a few days ago.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Tim Flannery: ‘What we’re seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchy’

The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 27

I don’t know this one!

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 27

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · Apr 26

Wait so, men and women can’t share spaces “because it is unsafe”, so a trans man can’t go in the men’s room because he “is not a man”, but he can’t go in the women’s room because “he looks like a man”, so he needs a segregated “mixed sex room” that men and women will *safely* share

IM SORRY WHAT?!

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Apr 26

🆕️🚨 To comply with last week's Supreme Court ruling the EHRC has said UK public single-sex spaces should segregate Trans+ people, and create new mixed-space bathrooms and changing facilities for them to use

www.wearequeeraf.com/interim-ehrc...

Interim EHRC guidance instructs UK orgs to segregate Trans+ people in public single-sex spaces

The UK's equalities watchdog has recommended that to comply with last week's Supreme Court ruling, public single-sex spaces should segregate Trans+ people

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Morgan Carpenter @morgancarpenter.com · Apr 26

I’m definitely impressed by her survival skills!