Michelle Smith 🎄
@michelle65sj.bsky.social
Lefty, social democracy, teaching background, bibliophile, cPTSD, nature therapy, neurodiversity.
📍Living on Wurundjeri land, Naarm, Melbourne.
“𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.” - 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦
#auspol #resist
📍Living on Wurundjeri land, Naarm, Melbourne.
“𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.” - 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦
#auspol #resist
Pinned
“Palestinian and Israeli campaigners for peace know that security for any nation is not abstract; neither is it exclusive. It depends on the security of others; it depends on mutual respect and trust. Indeed,.. none can be at peace while others wallow in poverty and insecurity.”
-Nelson Mandela
-Nelson Mandela
“Palestinian and Israeli campaigners for peace know that security for any nation is not abstract; neither is it exclusive. It depends on the security of others; it depends on mutual respect and trust. Indeed,.. none can be at peace while others wallow in poverty and insecurity.”
-Nelson Mandela
-Nelson Mandela
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Palestinian and Israeli campaigners for peace know that security for any nation is not abstract; neither is it exclusive. It depends on the security of others; it depends on mutual respect and trust. Indeed,.. none can be at peace while others wallow in poverty and insecurity.”
-Nelson Mandela
-Nelson Mandela
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"As long as most Israelis don't perceive Palestinians as equal human beings, nothing will change."
The always on point Gideon Levy nails the fundamental racism underlying the Israeli occupation.
Western nations who enable Israel are supporting racism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The always on point Gideon Levy nails the fundamental racism underlying the Israeli occupation.
Western nations who enable Israel are supporting racism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy educates his audience on the deep-rooted sickness of being israeli — killers who cry “victim” | from umyaznemo
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"As long as most Israelis don't perceive Palestinians as equal human beings, nothing will change."
The always on point Gideon Levy nails the fundamental racism underlying the Israeli occupation.
Western nations who enable Israel are supporting racism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
The always on point Gideon Levy nails the fundamental racism underlying the Israeli occupation.
Western nations who enable Israel are supporting racism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
“ #Scholasticide manifests through three components: targeted killing or detention of educational staff and students; physical destruction of educational facilities; and systematic disruption of educational processes..”
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/23/s...
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/23/s...
Scholasticide in Gaza: A Need for Recognition of Systematic Educational Destruction as Genocidal
[Kate May is an LLM international human rights law and practice student at the University of York] As Palestinian scholar Nabulsi warned over ten years ago, “Israel is seeking to annihilate an educ…
opiniojuris.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“ #Scholasticide manifests through three components: targeted killing or detention of educational staff and students; physical destruction of educational facilities; and systematic disruption of educational processes..”
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/23/s...
opiniojuris.org/2025/07/23/s...
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Yesterday, Girri gave some thought to her potential future as an adult female by trying out some incubating. She did well! #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yesterday, Girri gave some thought to her potential future as an adult female by trying out some incubating. She did well! #OrangeNSW #PeregrineFalcons
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Good morning. Sea eagle with lunch, a couple of days ago.
I’m playing this Sunday at Carrington Bowling Club, 3pm.
Have a great day.
I’m playing this Sunday at Carrington Bowling Club, 3pm.
Have a great day.
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Good morning. Sea eagle with lunch, a couple of days ago.
I’m playing this Sunday at Carrington Bowling Club, 3pm.
Have a great day.
I’m playing this Sunday at Carrington Bowling Club, 3pm.
Have a great day.
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"Let us be clear: grieving for one’s own dead is human. Condemning the crimes of one’s enemies is human. But celebrating the deaths of civilians – children, neighbours, strangers walking to school – is something else entirely."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
Celebrating war crimes is a moral failure, not cultural pride
From ancient Rome to modern Melbourne, societies have repeatedly transformed civilian suffering into spectacle. Celebrating violence against the innocent is not a cultural quirk – it is a profound mor...
johnmenadue.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Let us be clear: grieving for one’s own dead is human. Condemning the crimes of one’s enemies is human. But celebrating the deaths of civilians – children, neighbours, strangers walking to school – is something else entirely."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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Sarah Wilkinson—
"Some of horrific images of the israeli massacre on family tents in al-Mawasi which burned an entire family to death including two children"
"Some of horrific images of the israeli massacre on family tents in al-Mawasi which burned an entire family to death including two children"
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sarah Wilkinson—
"Some of horrific images of the israeli massacre on family tents in al-Mawasi which burned an entire family to death including two children"
"Some of horrific images of the israeli massacre on family tents in al-Mawasi which burned an entire family to death including two children"
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Bruce Springsteen on surviving depression and his strategy for living through the visitations of the darkness www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/20/b...
Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the Visitations of the Darkness
“If you can acknowledge it and you can relax with it a little bit, very often it shortens its duration.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Bruce Springsteen on surviving depression and his strategy for living through the visitations of the darkness www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/20/b...
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From voluntary assisted dying to climate change and liberal values, Peter Baume tackles the hardest issues with clarity and humanity, writes Ian McPhee.
#Auspol #BookReview #PublicPolicy
#Auspol #BookReview #PublicPolicy
Book review: Things that concentrate the mind, by Peter Baume
Drawing on a lifetime of public service and reflection, Peter Baume addresses decision-making, medicine, death, liberalism, climate change and social justice with clarity, compassion and intellectual rigour.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
From voluntary assisted dying to climate change and liberal values, Peter Baume tackles the hardest issues with clarity and humanity, writes Ian McPhee.
#Auspol #BookReview #PublicPolicy
#Auspol #BookReview #PublicPolicy
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A $171m federal–NSW investment will see solar panels manufactured in the Hunter Valley, signalling a shift from coal to clean energy industry. #Auspol #Energy #Renewables
From coal to solar: a new manufacturing bet in the Hunter
A company headed up by one of the legends of Australian solar research and development has won more than $150 million in federal Solar Sunshot funding to build a commercial-scale PV panel manufacturing plant in one of the nation’s biggest coal hubs – the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A $171m federal–NSW investment will see solar panels manufactured in the Hunter Valley, signalling a shift from coal to clean energy industry. #Auspol #Energy #Renewables
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The Pantone color of the year is apparently 🎐🎐🎐🎐🎐
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Pantone color of the year is apparently 🎐🎐🎐🎐🎐
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The Pantone Color of the Year for 2026 is the color of the flag of surrender, in case you needed a message about the current gestalt
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Pantone Color of the Year for 2026 is the color of the flag of surrender, in case you needed a message about the current gestalt
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Supermoon tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Supermoon tonight.
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As a Sociologist I feel comfortable saying Marx is needed right now. What we have is a new bottling of The Rich 'Individual' Vs Necessary Collectivism. Bring it on!
I got a column out tomorrow on The Shot. I think it's the most Marxist I've ever gone, lmao. Genocidal pedophiles running a depraved empire will do that to your worldview, I guess 🤷♂️ Here's Hop eating some kale.
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As a Sociologist I feel comfortable saying Marx is needed right now. What we have is a new bottling of The Rich 'Individual' Vs Necessary Collectivism. Bring it on!
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The media is aiding neo-Nazi's and the far-right through platforming and sham "balance", says criminology expert Imogen Richards...
theklaxon.com.au/g21f
theklaxon.com.au/g21f
Euphemisms and false balance: how the media is helping to normalise far-right views - The Klaxon
Parts of the media are aiding neo-Nazis and the far-right through platforming, sensationalism, and "fake balance", says criminology expert Imogen Richards.
theklaxon.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The media is aiding neo-Nazi's and the far-right through platforming and sham "balance", says criminology expert Imogen Richards...
theklaxon.com.au/g21f
theklaxon.com.au/g21f
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“A smartphone game is part of a push to save critically endangered Nyiyaparli in the Pilbara, while an NT radio station helps keep Yolŋu matha strong”. Upper edtimate of number of #Indigenous languages upon European arrivals: 360+. Today, only about 120 “in use”. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Nyiyaparli leaders are saving their language by taking it to young people where they are – on their phones
A smartphone game is part of a push to save critically endangered Nyiyaparli in the Pilbara, while an NT radio station helps keep Yolŋu matha strong
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“A smartphone game is part of a push to save critically endangered Nyiyaparli in the Pilbara, while an NT radio station helps keep Yolŋu matha strong”. Upper edtimate of number of #Indigenous languages upon European arrivals: 360+. Today, only about 120 “in use”. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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Did we learn nothing from #robodebt? #NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Did we learn nothing from #robodebt? #NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Do yourself a favour….🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 entertainment.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Do yourself a favour….🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 entertainment.
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Spot on. The Fog of War is not actual smoke covering a war crime but the words of the politicians who commit the crimes and cover it all up in a "fog of words".
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Spot on. The Fog of War is not actual smoke covering a war crime but the words of the politicians who commit the crimes and cover it all up in a "fog of words".
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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WIP under the boardwalk
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
WIP under the boardwalk
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Linda Reynolds is rumoured to be starting legal action against Bruce Lehrmann for trying to make it all about him being the victim not her. 😳
#AusPol
#AusPol
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Linda Reynolds is rumoured to be starting legal action against Bruce Lehrmann for trying to make it all about him being the victim not her. 😳
#AusPol
#AusPol
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Should we put this up on the Montague Street Bridge, Melburnians?
#montaguestbridge #clearance #howmanydays
#montaguestbridge #clearance #howmanydays
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Should we put this up on the Montague Street Bridge, Melburnians?
#montaguestbridge #clearance #howmanydays
#montaguestbridge #clearance #howmanydays
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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Fog.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Fog.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.