I've never been more convinced by the simulation theory than during every moment of the Trump presidency

The fruit shop owner, Ahmad al Ahmad, who risked his life to end the shooting? What an absolute legend. He may have saved so many families, and—even if he should never have had to—eased the polarisation in racialised discourse.

We don't have a motive yet, but the event is already being used by powerful people to further divide us, justify violence in Gaza, deny Palestinian statehood and police people based on their identity. Jewish communities are afraid. We have to find stronger ways to resist antisemitism & Islamophobia.

I grew up in Sydney and there have been a few memorable cases of mass violence like this. I've seen growing polarity but also many movements for racial and religious harmony. People who peacefully marched for Gaza, who politicians have already taken the chance to blame, included Jews and Muslims.

Authoritarianism needs the death of academic institutions because it needs the death of free discourse. And in a lot of places in the world, including where I’m from, they *did* destroy it with awful consequences. Here too it’s been a steady progression of turning universities into hedge funds.