Eithne
@efrl.bsky.social
Always was always will be
Living on Wiradjuri land
Ally to those seeking justice, equality, recognition, climate action & safety
Aspiring nemesis to those opposite.
Despise lies (aka misinformation) & those that weaponise them.
❤ Snarky Humour
Ozland
.
Living on Wiradjuri land
Ally to those seeking justice, equality, recognition, climate action & safety
Aspiring nemesis to those opposite.
Despise lies (aka misinformation) & those that weaponise them.
❤ Snarky Humour
Ozland
.
Pinned
Eithne
@efrl.bsky.social
· Dec 15
I'm not always ready to listen.
I may not be talking on phone,
I may not be writing or messaging,
I might look as though I'm ready..
But
I could be day-dreaming
I could be trying to recapture a word or memory
I might be savouring the silence
If I try to listen but fail, it's not personal.
I may not be talking on phone,
I may not be writing or messaging,
I might look as though I'm ready..
But
I could be day-dreaming
I could be trying to recapture a word or memory
I might be savouring the silence
If I try to listen but fail, it's not personal.
Gotta protect the bottom line!
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Gotta protect the bottom line!
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
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Looking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Looking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
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Brilliant reporting here by Gareth Hutchens on the Atlas Network and its insidious work across the world, including Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Brilliant reporting here by Gareth Hutchens on the Atlas Network and its insidious work across the world, including Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
We hear #politicians applaud each other for their many years dedicated to public service.
Self service more likely.
People like these listed nominees and the thousands of volunteers around Australia are way more worthy.
#AOTY
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Self service more likely.
People like these listed nominees and the thousands of volunteers around Australia are way more worthy.
#AOTY
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Meet the 2026 Australian of the Year nominees
Life-saving underwater amputations, decades of healthcare in refugee camps and fundraising campaigns for Australia's first astronaut – these are just a few of the achievements of the 2026 crop of Aust...
www.abc.net.au
January 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
We hear #politicians applaud each other for their many years dedicated to public service.
Self service more likely.
People like these listed nominees and the thousands of volunteers around Australia are way more worthy.
#AOTY
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Self service more likely.
People like these listed nominees and the thousands of volunteers around Australia are way more worthy.
#AOTY
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01... %26 Irritations
“But there can be no doubt that what mattered was that she was an effective critic of Israel. Powerful and influential leaders of the main Zionist organisations wanted to silence her. And they succeeded. They must have been pleased with their work.”
“But there can be no doubt that what mattered was that she was an effective critic of Israel. Powerful and influential leaders of the main Zionist organisations wanted to silence her. And they succeeded. They must have been pleased with their work.”
Cultural “cohesion” becomes censorship, and a festival falls apart
Adelaide Writer’s Week was derailed after the withdrawal of an invited speaker, triggering mass author withdrawals and a board resignation. The episode raises hard questions about free speech, institu...
johnmenadue.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 AM
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01... %26 Irritations
“But there can be no doubt that what mattered was that she was an effective critic of Israel. Powerful and influential leaders of the main Zionist organisations wanted to silence her. And they succeeded. They must have been pleased with their work.”
“But there can be no doubt that what mattered was that she was an effective critic of Israel. Powerful and influential leaders of the main Zionist organisations wanted to silence her. And they succeeded. They must have been pleased with their work.”
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"Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. .. nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn"
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
Mourning Bondi. Australia's hierarchy of grief - Michael West
Australia suffers from selective empathy. And nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who can mourn.
michaelwest.com.au
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
"Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. .. nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn"
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
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NSW Labor MP Anthony D’Adam deserves to be commended. His letter to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is worth reading. He asks the minister to investigate potential foreign interference by Israel in Australia after Israel published a dossier conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. #auspol
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 AM
NSW Labor MP Anthony D’Adam deserves to be commended. His letter to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is worth reading. He asks the minister to investigate potential foreign interference by Israel in Australia after Israel published a dossier conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. #auspol
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland: First of all, nobody other than Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark have the mandate to make deals or agreements about Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark without us. That’s not going to happen.
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland: First of all, nobody other than Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark have the mandate to make deals or agreements about Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark without us. That’s not going to happen.
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The Federal Court has found a Victoria Police move to give officers greater powers in Melbourne's CBD for six months was invalid and unlawful.
Extended police stop-and-search declaration unlawful, court finds
The Federal Court has found a Victoria Police move to give officers greater powers in Melbourne's CBD for six months was invalid and unlawful.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The Federal Court has found a Victoria Police move to give officers greater powers in Melbourne's CBD for six months was invalid and unlawful.
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From the very beginning King was a political radical whose aspirations went far beyond reform, a Christian revolutionary who dedicated himself to creating a culture of social justice that would give substance to the freedom and equality the U.S. political system merely talked about.
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 AM
From the very beginning King was a political radical whose aspirations went far beyond reform, a Christian revolutionary who dedicated himself to creating a culture of social justice that would give substance to the freedom and equality the U.S. political system merely talked about.
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‘The leader of the government party negotiated with the leader of opposition party and she agreed to his terms, so this is very much Albanese’s fault’ is a cognitive dissidence not even my ex could manage
Hate to hand it to Albanese, but he's turned a month of horrid and unfair treatment at the hands of the Libs and media into another Coalition break up.
Dastardly masterful politics.
Dastardly masterful politics.
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
‘The leader of the government party negotiated with the leader of opposition party and she agreed to his terms, so this is very much Albanese’s fault’ is a cognitive dissidence not even my ex could manage
Making criminals out of children?
#Australia does this!
Listen/Watch
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyfp3C...
#Australia does this!
Listen/Watch
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyfp3C...
abcindigenous on Instagram: "I shouldn't call this place home.Warning: This video contain themes that may be distressing to viewers.Always Was Tonight - Stream …"
I shouldn't call this place home.Warning: This video contain themes that may be distressing to viewers.Always Was Tonight - Stream now on ABC iview#ABCIndigenous #AlwaysWasTonight #Indigenous #FirstNations
www.instagram.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Making criminals out of children?
#Australia does this!
Listen/Watch
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyfp3C...
#Australia does this!
Listen/Watch
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyfp3C...
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It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
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Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Incredible and inevitable—
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty.
A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.
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Laws rushed through in the name of protection often land hardest on dissent. Silence is never neutral in the face of genocide, and it’s not something I’m ever willing to offer.
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Laws rushed through in the name of protection often land hardest on dissent. Silence is never neutral in the face of genocide, and it’s not something I’m ever willing to offer.
A must read !
Also, I like how @ronnisalt.bsky.social refers to the #Israel #lobby groups rather than #Jewish lobbyists.
One day they'll be identified individually.
ICYMI @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
The dark arts theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Also, I like how @ronnisalt.bsky.social refers to the #Israel #lobby groups rather than #Jewish lobbyists.
One day they'll be identified individually.
ICYMI @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
The dark arts theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The dark arts - The Shot
The ideology of the Israel lobby in Australia is this - burn it to the ground rather than ever allow an opposing voice.
theshot.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 AM
A must read !
Also, I like how @ronnisalt.bsky.social refers to the #Israel #lobby groups rather than #Jewish lobbyists.
One day they'll be identified individually.
ICYMI @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
The dark arts theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Also, I like how @ronnisalt.bsky.social refers to the #Israel #lobby groups rather than #Jewish lobbyists.
One day they'll be identified individually.
ICYMI @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
The dark arts theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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“Peter Malinauskas now holds the dubious position in Australian history as the man who attempted to uphold social cohesion and his own moral reputation while simultaneously destroying both.”
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 AM
“Peter Malinauskas now holds the dubious position in Australian history as the man who attempted to uphold social cohesion and his own moral reputation while simultaneously destroying both.”
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“So high was he on his own supply of self-congratulatory high moral values, that even when given the opportunity to publicly apologise to Dr Abdel-Fattah for his potentially defamatory remarks, his fatuity and inability to think independently kept him locked inside his McCarthyite bubble.”
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“So high was he on his own supply of self-congratulatory high moral values, that even when given the opportunity to publicly apologise to Dr Abdel-Fattah for his potentially defamatory remarks, his fatuity and inability to think independently kept him locked inside his McCarthyite bubble.”
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It's not that complicated @albomp.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 AM
It's not that complicated @albomp.bsky.social
One for the history books...
'. the middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.' #Carney
#DAVOS2026
'. the middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.' #Carney
#DAVOS2026
Long read but worth it.
Woah!
#Carney
Best and desperately needed #nofilter speech from a world leader.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Woah!
#Carney
Best and desperately needed #nofilter speech from a world leader.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada
Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.
www.weforum.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
One for the history books...
'. the middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.' #Carney
#DAVOS2026
'. the middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.' #Carney
#DAVOS2026
Long read but worth it.
Woah!
#Carney
Best and desperately needed #nofilter speech from a world leader.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Woah!
#Carney
Best and desperately needed #nofilter speech from a world leader.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada
Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.
www.weforum.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Long read but worth it.
Woah!
#Carney
Best and desperately needed #nofilter speech from a world leader.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Woah!
#Carney
Best and desperately needed #nofilter speech from a world leader.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
The #Nationals may as well merge with #OneNation, they're a mirror image of themselves!
Barnaby and Pauline will be wetting themselves with excitement.
#HateSpeech #XRW
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Barnaby and Pauline will be wetting themselves with excitement.
#HateSpeech #XRW
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Future for three Nationals in doubt after defying shadow cabinet on hate speech
The future of three senior Nationals who voted against the Coalition's official position on hate speech reforms is in doubt, as both camps mull whether the trio must resign for breaching cabinet solid...
www.abc.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The #Nationals may as well merge with #OneNation, they're a mirror image of themselves!
Barnaby and Pauline will be wetting themselves with excitement.
#HateSpeech #XRW
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Barnaby and Pauline will be wetting themselves with excitement.
#HateSpeech #XRW
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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proudly anti-snitch cam from day one.
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
proudly anti-snitch cam from day one.
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"Justice Department leadership ordered prosecutors about to start a major bribery trial to reach a more lenient deal with Puerto Rico’s former governor -- who had endorsed President Donald Trump -- and a billionaire represented by Trump’s personal lawyer..."
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Overruled Prosecutors in Deal for Trump-Linked Governor (1)
Justice Department leadership ordered prosecutors about to start a major bribery trial to reach a more lenient deal with Puerto Rico’s former governor, who had endorsed President Donald Trump, and a b...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:46 AM
"Justice Department leadership ordered prosecutors about to start a major bribery trial to reach a more lenient deal with Puerto Rico’s former governor -- who had endorsed President Donald Trump -- and a billionaire represented by Trump’s personal lawyer..."
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...