Margery Cass
@margerycass.bsky.social
Human rights are universal rights.
There is no planet B.
There is no planet B.
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It's "culturally unsafe" to have a Palestinian Aus author advocate against the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of her people, but it's
"a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.
"a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
It's "culturally unsafe" to have a Palestinian Aus author advocate against the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of her people, but it's
"a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.
"a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.
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Does this include the Trump organization, whose Azerbaijani property laundered money for oligarchs with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
So a new 25% tariff on China and India effective immediately? When do these new tariffs start getting collected? This is on all goods from those countries immediately? What about the limited trade deal we just made with China? That’s over now or is this just more bs?
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Does this include the Trump organization, whose Azerbaijani property laundered money for oligarchs with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
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How in the goddamned fuck do we live in a world where the United States is about to go to war with NATO over Greenland yet our Australian govt still intends to pay the US almost 400 BILLION dollars of OUR MONEY to protect an alliance which instead now shames us all?
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 AM
How in the goddamned fuck do we live in a world where the United States is about to go to war with NATO over Greenland yet our Australian govt still intends to pay the US almost 400 BILLION dollars of OUR MONEY to protect an alliance which instead now shames us all?
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
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Japanese Encephalitis is present in southern NSW. Eligible people are encouraged to contact Aboriginal Health or their GP for vaccination against JE
#MosquitoBorneEncephalitis #Vaccination #Encephalitis
#MosquitoBorneEncephalitis #Vaccination #Encephalitis
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Japanese Encephalitis is present in southern NSW. Eligible people are encouraged to contact Aboriginal Health or their GP for vaccination against JE
#MosquitoBorneEncephalitis #Vaccination #Encephalitis
#MosquitoBorneEncephalitis #Vaccination #Encephalitis
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What is the end game here? No publicly funded cultural events that aren’t approved by Israel? No arts boards that aren’t pro-Israel? The sections of our political class and media who are active in this attempted gutting of our cultural landscape need to ask wtf they are doing here.
Exclusive: pro-Israel campaign seeks removal of Palestinian DJ from WOMADelaide
After ruining the Adelaide and Bendigo writers festivals, pro-Israel supporters are now targeting WOMADelaide’s inclusion of Sama’ Abdulhadi
www.deepcutnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
What is the end game here? No publicly funded cultural events that aren’t approved by Israel? No arts boards that aren’t pro-Israel? The sections of our political class and media who are active in this attempted gutting of our cultural landscape need to ask wtf they are doing here.
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Some reflections on Adelaide Writers' Week from this Adelaide writer. Deep disappointment all round, and some big questions:
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
'If it was the board’s decision, why did half its members resign?': Boycotting author reflects on Writers' Week wake - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Author and InReview editor Walter Marsh tells how Writers' Week furore leaves "our small literary pond feeling just as toxic" as algal bloom.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Some reflections on Adelaide Writers' Week from this Adelaide writer. Deep disappointment all round, and some big questions:
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...
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Israel continues its #GazaGenocide.
Bombs, rockets, drones and snipers' bullets have largely been replaced with continuing deprivation of the means of life.
Bombs, rockets, drones and snipers' bullets have largely been replaced with continuing deprivation of the means of life.
A week after Drop Site shared an initial update, Israeli authorities are still blocking the entry of education supplies, arguing education is not a critical activity for Palestinian children, per OCHA.
UN stated that it disagrees. But 3 months into the ceasefire, Israel is still blocking pencils...
UN stated that it disagrees. But 3 months into the ceasefire, Israel is still blocking pencils...
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Israel continues its #GazaGenocide.
Bombs, rockets, drones and snipers' bullets have largely been replaced with continuing deprivation of the means of life.
Bombs, rockets, drones and snipers' bullets have largely been replaced with continuing deprivation of the means of life.
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
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Heart Failure Deaths Have Accelerated in US Since Covid Pandemic
"The Covid pandemic didn’t just kill people directly. It appears to have accelerated a long-brewing reversal in US heart failure deaths, with mortality climbing faster since 2020 after years of decline, new research shows."
"The Covid pandemic didn’t just kill people directly. It appears to have accelerated a long-brewing reversal in US heart failure deaths, with mortality climbing faster since 2020 after years of decline, new research shows."
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Heart Failure Deaths Have Accelerated in US Since Covid Pandemic
"The Covid pandemic didn’t just kill people directly. It appears to have accelerated a long-brewing reversal in US heart failure deaths, with mortality climbing faster since 2020 after years of decline, new research shows."
"The Covid pandemic didn’t just kill people directly. It appears to have accelerated a long-brewing reversal in US heart failure deaths, with mortality climbing faster since 2020 after years of decline, new research shows."
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I have no problem with people not having access to guns but this is a scary basis to restrict them on.
There aren't many areas at all where we would want this thinking applied, and I am extremely wary of normalising it.
The recent pattern in western democracies is one of creeping authoritarianism.
There aren't many areas at all where we would want this thinking applied, and I am extremely wary of normalising it.
The recent pattern in western democracies is one of creeping authoritarianism.
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I have no problem with people not having access to guns but this is a scary basis to restrict them on.
There aren't many areas at all where we would want this thinking applied, and I am extremely wary of normalising it.
The recent pattern in western democracies is one of creeping authoritarianism.
There aren't many areas at all where we would want this thinking applied, and I am extremely wary of normalising it.
The recent pattern in western democracies is one of creeping authoritarianism.
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🚨“Irresponsible media” and political rhetoric are "actively fuelling" violence against Muslims, says top Islamic body, after alleged attack on Imam and his wife.
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
Media “actively fuelling” attacks on Muslims: Top body - The Klaxon
Political rhetoric and “irresponsible media commentary” are actively fuelling violence against Muslims, warns top Islamic body following alleged attack.
theklaxon.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 AM
🚨“Irresponsible media” and political rhetoric are "actively fuelling" violence against Muslims, says top Islamic body, after alleged attack on Imam and his wife.
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
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Is it just me, the history addict who thinks about history 24/7, or does this slogan remind you of something from the past as well?
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Is it just me, the history addict who thinks about history 24/7, or does this slogan remind you of something from the past as well?
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Amid Iran's internet blackout, there are concerning reports of large scale killings by security forces.
Hear from HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion on the emergency situation in Iran:
Hear from HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion on the emergency situation in Iran:
January 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Amid Iran's internet blackout, there are concerning reports of large scale killings by security forces.
Hear from HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion on the emergency situation in Iran:
Hear from HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion on the emergency situation in Iran:
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Are we going to pretend this is some post-Bondi consensus informed only by the current moment? When months ago we saw Creative Australia axe Khaled Sabsabi at the demand of Coalition lunatics and State Library Victoria axe Omar Sakr.
January 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Are we going to pretend this is some post-Bondi consensus informed only by the current moment? When months ago we saw Creative Australia axe Khaled Sabsabi at the demand of Coalition lunatics and State Library Victoria axe Omar Sakr.
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This isn't about "cultural sensitivity" - although Adelaide Festival might have axed Randa Abdel-Fattah for being a "controversial" anti-genocide advocate, consider:
SMH and The Age axed Ahmed Ouf for offering a olive branch
ABC News axed Antoinette Lattouf for factual reporting
SMH and The Age axed Ahmed Ouf for offering a olive branch
ABC News axed Antoinette Lattouf for factual reporting
January 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This isn't about "cultural sensitivity" - although Adelaide Festival might have axed Randa Abdel-Fattah for being a "controversial" anti-genocide advocate, consider:
SMH and The Age axed Ahmed Ouf for offering a olive branch
ABC News axed Antoinette Lattouf for factual reporting
SMH and The Age axed Ahmed Ouf for offering a olive branch
ABC News axed Antoinette Lattouf for factual reporting
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Minns announcing laws to empower councils to get utility corps to cut off power and water where premises are allegedly unlawfully used to pray for social cohesion purposes which as you can see from the pictures is already a wildly successful social cohesion initiative.
archive.md/2026.01.11-1...
archive.md/2026.01.11-1...
archive.md
January 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Minns announcing laws to empower councils to get utility corps to cut off power and water where premises are allegedly unlawfully used to pray for social cohesion purposes which as you can see from the pictures is already a wildly successful social cohesion initiative.
archive.md/2026.01.11-1...
archive.md/2026.01.11-1...
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Solving antisemitism by *checks notes* making a Jewish woman their scapegoat and target.
This headline is blatant misinformation. One guy quit because of Adler’s “anti-Zionist” program and zero people noticed or cared. The Board then acted against Adler and Randa, the whole festival collapsed and 4 board members quit rather than fix the mess they made. This upheaval is solely theirs.
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Solving antisemitism by *checks notes* making a Jewish woman their scapegoat and target.
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Cultural saftey has been adopted by other sectors, beyond health, such as education.
But the SA Premier's, and others in power, misappropriation & gaslighting of this Indigenous-developed, researched & practiced principle of First Nations people-centred care should not be left unchallenged
But the SA Premier's, and others in power, misappropriation & gaslighting of this Indigenous-developed, researched & practiced principle of First Nations people-centred care should not be left unchallenged
January 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Cultural saftey has been adopted by other sectors, beyond health, such as education.
But the SA Premier's, and others in power, misappropriation & gaslighting of this Indigenous-developed, researched & practiced principle of First Nations people-centred care should not be left unchallenged
But the SA Premier's, and others in power, misappropriation & gaslighting of this Indigenous-developed, researched & practiced principle of First Nations people-centred care should not be left unchallenged
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Cultural safety was developed by Irihapeti Ramsden, a Maori nurse, to improve provision of health services for Maori people. It's an interpersonal method of communication that starts with practitioners reflecting on their own biases. It's been adopted by First Nations peoples in Canada & Australia
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Cultural safety was developed by Irihapeti Ramsden, a Maori nurse, to improve provision of health services for Maori people. It's an interpersonal method of communication that starts with practitioners reflecting on their own biases. It's been adopted by First Nations peoples in Canada & Australia
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OK, so I used Google to search for the phrase "alleged antisemitism" across the entire ABC website...this phrase was only used 4x since Sept/2019.
site:abc.net.au "alleged antisemitism"
The ABC has over 24,000 references to "antisemitism" vs 4,480 for "islamophobia".
Inherent bias right there.
site:abc.net.au "alleged antisemitism"
The ABC has over 24,000 references to "antisemitism" vs 4,480 for "islamophobia".
Inherent bias right there.
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 AM
OK, so I used Google to search for the phrase "alleged antisemitism" across the entire ABC website...this phrase was only used 4x since Sept/2019.
site:abc.net.au "alleged antisemitism"
The ABC has over 24,000 references to "antisemitism" vs 4,480 for "islamophobia".
Inherent bias right there.
site:abc.net.au "alleged antisemitism"
The ABC has over 24,000 references to "antisemitism" vs 4,480 for "islamophobia".
Inherent bias right there.
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"Today, The Australian applauds Adelaide Festival for cutting a Palestinian author on the grounds of 'cultural sensitivity'. Whereas, in 2016, it denounced, as a matter of principle, any cultural infrastructure that might limit Leak’s ability to mock Indigenous peoples."
RW hypocrisy dial at 11.
RW hypocrisy dial at 11.
January 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"Today, The Australian applauds Adelaide Festival for cutting a Palestinian author on the grounds of 'cultural sensitivity'. Whereas, in 2016, it denounced, as a matter of principle, any cultural infrastructure that might limit Leak’s ability to mock Indigenous peoples."
RW hypocrisy dial at 11.
RW hypocrisy dial at 11.
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Australia and the world have failed to live up to their moral responsibility. There must be increased funding for displaced Rohingya refugees, holding perpetrators of war crimes to account, and, importantly, offering the Rohingya fleeing this devastation protection.
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Australia and the world have failed to live up to their moral responsibility. There must be increased funding for displaced Rohingya refugees, holding perpetrators of war crimes to account, and, importantly, offering the Rohingya fleeing this devastation protection.
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Unfortunately for Malinauskas, the internet remembers. Instagram user beccilove dug out this quote from a few years ago.
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Unfortunately for Malinauskas, the internet remembers. Instagram user beccilove dug out this quote from a few years ago.
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Sharing because this focusses on the Commissioner.
Virginia Bell appointed to lead antisemitism royal commission after Bondi terror attack
Anthony Albanese has announced the establishment of a Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in the wake of the Bondi attack.
womensagenda.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Sharing because this focusses on the Commissioner.