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@slangtongue.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hey I’m Slang.
Just here to talk to my frens and question the world.
Very interested in Australian NatSec, International Politics and Human Rights. Somewhat of an isolationist.
Act in good faith and I will do the same. 🫶
Just here to talk to my frens and question the world.
Very interested in Australian NatSec, International Politics and Human Rights. Somewhat of an isolationist.
Act in good faith and I will do the same. 🫶
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New UK coin will show an eye/camera lens & quote Orwell's 1984: 'Big Brother is Watching You'"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
A tribute or a warning?
Police in the UK have widened & normalized the use of facial recognition surveillance technologies...
www.hrw.org/news/2023/09...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
A tribute or a warning?
Police in the UK have widened & normalized the use of facial recognition surveillance technologies...
www.hrw.org/news/2023/09...
George Orwell to be honoured on new £2 coin by Royal Mint
Author of Nineteen Eighty-Four to be commemorated on coin to coincide with 75th anniversary of his death
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New UK coin will show an eye/camera lens & quote Orwell's 1984: 'Big Brother is Watching You'"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
A tribute or a warning?
Police in the UK have widened & normalized the use of facial recognition surveillance technologies...
www.hrw.org/news/2023/09...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
A tribute or a warning?
Police in the UK have widened & normalized the use of facial recognition surveillance technologies...
www.hrw.org/news/2023/09...
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We’re seeing the state capture of political parties by fossil fuel companies. They’re putting short term profits ahead of protecting the people and places we love.
We need the moral courage to end this and legislate a duty of care to young people.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
We need the moral courage to end this and legislate a duty of care to young people.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Fossil fuels are back with a vengeance! And the world is cooking
The fossil fuel industry is fighting back harder than ever against those who would seek to curtail it to protect the climate. Profits are up, political pressure for change is down. Meanwhile, the plan...
www.smh.com.au
January 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We’re seeing the state capture of political parties by fossil fuel companies. They’re putting short term profits ahead of protecting the people and places we love.
We need the moral courage to end this and legislate a duty of care to young people.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
We need the moral courage to end this and legislate a duty of care to young people.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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A Navy report shows many shipbuilding programs are years behind schedule, largely due to worker shortages. Warship production is at its lowest level in 25 years.
Companies spend millions on recruitment, but “the domestic workforce is just not there.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Companies spend millions on recruitment, but “the domestic workforce is just not there.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase the pace of U.S. military shipbuilding. But his pledge to also clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing…
propub.li
January 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A Navy report shows many shipbuilding programs are years behind schedule, largely due to worker shortages. Warship production is at its lowest level in 25 years.
Companies spend millions on recruitment, but “the domestic workforce is just not there.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Companies spend millions on recruitment, but “the domestic workforce is just not there.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Under US law, the US Navy can’t transfer #AUKUS subs to Australia unless the President certifies to Congress the transfer “will not degrade the US’s undersea capability”. New Congressional Budget Office modelling shows it will be impossible for a President to do so. 1/3 #auspol
January 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
That’s my guy I know him!!
November 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
That’s my guy I know him!!
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“Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices* said.”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palest...
www.ohchr.org
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 AM
“Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices* said.”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
This is only going to get worse considering the people Trump has nominated.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has said the escalation of settler violence in the occupied West Bank requires an international response, according to the Wafa news agency.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/feb4v9
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/feb4v9
November 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
This is only going to get worse considering the people Trump has nominated.
Has anyone done an analysis on the way the genocide in Gaza has affected peoples perceptions of International Law and its enforcement? Or can refer me to some writing?
I’m looking to see if it’s had a significant effect on trust in the current system and the potential consequences of that. 🫶
I’m looking to see if it’s had a significant effect on trust in the current system and the potential consequences of that. 🫶
November 16, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Has anyone done an analysis on the way the genocide in Gaza has affected peoples perceptions of International Law and its enforcement? Or can refer me to some writing?
I’m looking to see if it’s had a significant effect on trust in the current system and the potential consequences of that. 🫶
I’m looking to see if it’s had a significant effect on trust in the current system and the potential consequences of that. 🫶
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Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!
November 15, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!
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the best part about bluesky is that, unlike twitter, it isn’t putting annoying bull shit designed to piss me off in front of me every 3 minutes
November 15, 2024 at 11:19 PM
the best part about bluesky is that, unlike twitter, it isn’t putting annoying bull shit designed to piss me off in front of me every 3 minutes
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If we won’t radically reverse course or accept the reality looming before us, then we need to be honest with ourselves that we have always been willing to accept Russia occupying Ukraine.
Because that is really the only other possible outcome.
Because that is really the only other possible outcome.
November 14, 2024 at 2:10 PM
If we won’t radically reverse course or accept the reality looming before us, then we need to be honest with ourselves that we have always been willing to accept Russia occupying Ukraine.
Because that is really the only other possible outcome.
Because that is really the only other possible outcome.
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A very wise college professor once told me:
If you don't know what kind of day you're going to have until you know another person's mood, leave that boyfriend, leave that boss, leave that wife.
If you don't know what kind of day you're going to have until you know another person's mood, leave that boyfriend, leave that boss, leave that wife.
Do not EVER, no matter what gender you are, let a man or a woman tell you the limits of what you can do and who you can be.
That is the beginning of death.
NO ONE defines you but you. NO ONE gets to tell you who you are. NO ONE gets to defeat you before the battle begins.
That is the beginning of death.
NO ONE defines you but you. NO ONE gets to tell you who you are. NO ONE gets to defeat you before the battle begins.
November 16, 2024 at 2:20 AM
A very wise college professor once told me:
If you don't know what kind of day you're going to have until you know another person's mood, leave that boyfriend, leave that boss, leave that wife.
If you don't know what kind of day you're going to have until you know another person's mood, leave that boyfriend, leave that boss, leave that wife.
Great points. Important to keep in mind atm. 👇
Still too timely I guess:
The careless use of illiberalism, populism or polarisation has led to a flattening and simplification of the complex nature of politics, pitting an ideal, fantasised version of liberalism against a caricatural, homogenous and exceptionalising 'evil'
shorturl.at/tfmm3
The careless use of illiberalism, populism or polarisation has led to a flattening and simplification of the complex nature of politics, pitting an ideal, fantasised version of liberalism against a caricatural, homogenous and exceptionalising 'evil'
shorturl.at/tfmm3
I Was Gonna Fight Fascism…The Need for a Critical Approach to Illiberalism | illiberalism.org
Aurelien Mondon on the risks of euphemizing reactionary politics by using new academic concepts.
shorturl.at
November 16, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Great points. Important to keep in mind atm. 👇
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next fight should be dick cheney
November 16, 2024 at 7:26 AM
next fight should be dick cheney
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“Afghan women & girls have faced some of the harshest consequences of Taliban rule, and they have led the difficult fight to protect rights in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, their pleas to the international community to stand by them have not been answered.” www.ipsnews.net/2024/11/huma...
Human Rights Violations Against Women Rises in Afghanistan, While Taliban Enjoy Impunity
It has been three years since the 2021 Taliban offensive and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan continues to grow more dire. Human rights violations are committed by the Taliban insurgent group on...
www.ipsnews.net
November 16, 2024 at 10:04 AM
“Afghan women & girls have faced some of the harshest consequences of Taliban rule, and they have led the difficult fight to protect rights in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, their pleas to the international community to stand by them have not been answered.” www.ipsnews.net/2024/11/huma...
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Afraid to say it, but the threat of mass migration seems at the moment to be more likely to shake Western European policy makers out of their cautiousness than the military implications of Ukraine losing.
German MPs have been briefed by the Federal Civil Protection Agency that if Ukraine crumbles within the next 6 months, millions of Ukrainians will head West. The official estimate: 10 million, 2 of them to Germany. Unofficial: up to 18 million, 3-4 million to Germany 1/
November 14, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Afraid to say it, but the threat of mass migration seems at the moment to be more likely to shake Western European policy makers out of their cautiousness than the military implications of Ukraine losing.
Hey I’m Slang.
Just here to talk to my frens and question the world.
Very interested in Australian NatSec, International Politics and Human Rights. Somewhat of an isolationist.
Act in good faith and I will do the same. 🫶
Just here to talk to my frens and question the world.
Very interested in Australian NatSec, International Politics and Human Rights. Somewhat of an isolationist.
Act in good faith and I will do the same. 🫶
November 14, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Hey I’m Slang.
Just here to talk to my frens and question the world.
Very interested in Australian NatSec, International Politics and Human Rights. Somewhat of an isolationist.
Act in good faith and I will do the same. 🫶
Just here to talk to my frens and question the world.
Very interested in Australian NatSec, International Politics and Human Rights. Somewhat of an isolationist.
Act in good faith and I will do the same. 🫶
Considering the state of US naval production I highly doubt that the SSN aspect of AUKUS will ever come to fruition.
November 14, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Considering the state of US naval production I highly doubt that the SSN aspect of AUKUS will ever come to fruition.
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I am not one of those people who imagined the United States was somehow immune to descending into authoritarianism, but I somehow never thought it would be this *stupid* when it came.
November 13, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I am not one of those people who imagined the United States was somehow immune to descending into authoritarianism, but I somehow never thought it would be this *stupid* when it came.
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Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in #Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2024/11...
New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2024/11...
November 14, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in #Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2024/11...
New Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2024/11...
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People will be like "Oh! These trans people want outrageous things!" and the "outrageous things" are literally just
• legal protections against discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare, public accommodations, etc
• the ability to update identity documents to accurately reflect name/gender
• legal protections against discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare, public accommodations, etc
• the ability to update identity documents to accurately reflect name/gender
November 11, 2024 at 2:40 PM
People will be like "Oh! These trans people want outrageous things!" and the "outrageous things" are literally just
• legal protections against discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare, public accommodations, etc
• the ability to update identity documents to accurately reflect name/gender
• legal protections against discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare, public accommodations, etc
• the ability to update identity documents to accurately reflect name/gender
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'Prominent far-right activist Thomas Sewell has told supporters he could "become a terrorist" and "start killing people" if child protective services intervene and remove children from neo-Nazi families.'
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
'I will become a terrorist': The dangerous escalation in rhetoric from prominent Australian neo-Nazi
An ABC investigation has uncovered a disturbing escalation in rhetoric from prominent neo-Nazis in Australia, including comments about encouraging violent crime.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2024 at 2:26 AM
'Prominent far-right activist Thomas Sewell has told supporters he could "become a terrorist" and "start killing people" if child protective services intervene and remove children from neo-Nazi families.'
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
I think gambling on elections should be illegal. But we have to make it illegal for wealthy individuals and corporations as well instead of calling it “lobbying” and doing intellectual backflips to justify it
Australia’s big online gambling operators poured at least $240,000 into Facebook ads promoting novelty bets on the US election last week, just weeks before the government is expected to announce its long-awaited plans to restrict wagering ads.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s gambling giants spent $240,000 on Facebook ads for US election bets
Guessing the colour of Trump’s tie among bets promoted by TAB, Ladbrokes, Sportsbet and Neds in the week leading up to the election
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:15 AM
I think gambling on elections should be illegal. But we have to make it illegal for wealthy individuals and corporations as well instead of calling it “lobbying” and doing intellectual backflips to justify it