Dr Emu, Graham Pringle, PhD

Coercion in adventure therapy - Conference workshop My accepted abstract for the 10th International Adventure Therapy conference in Taiwan We will discuss the slippery slope of coercive practice and question whether academics who accept/enable human rights violations should present at conferences

“The intentional killing and injuring of Palestinian civilians and destruction of homes in the West Bank combined with Israel’s persistent denial of responsibility form part of a broader strategy to exterminate and displace Palestinians and impose conditions of life that are unliveable,”

RFK is the epitome of an idiot

What kind of government reduces human rights? First they exempt 10 years olds from human rights to put them in jail Now they will exempt all prisoners so they can overcrowd prisons without recourse to Human Rights Crissafossilfueli's LNP govt is inhumane www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

The former New Zealand prime minister has been appointed a professor of practice, with a focus on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust.

Israeli election commences in a few hours 3 for 3? Let's hope so!

DARVO is now in the dictionary. That’s a win for abuse survivors Essay in Salon by @sarahharsey.bsky.social, Ashley Judd, and me. www.salon.com/2026/10/26/d...

André Janones! Be like Brazil, and get some Janones Defeat the algorithms, en masse Let the people vote despite Broligarchs

Rioting orchestra's ... Seems implausible Perhaps the story is that most protestors, are protestors

Hope and energy from students ... as always

Sooo much, this

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Big hopes for this election What chance he'll cry 'election steal' if he loses?

The political discourse threatens more than politicians It has has already enabled genocide, insurrection, mass deportation, incarceration of minors, destruction of an equity-making referendum, race riots, and human rights violations both by govt and non-state actors And this, in under a decade!

"All countries where Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has weakened journalism coincidentally share many of the same societal issues as Australia."

A presxious ancient dwelling place, and the fossil fuel miners blew it up Thankfully, under the rubble, the history remains

Apparently Melanie's ceasefire deal was actually organised by the Pope Seems a PR theft by the Trumps ahead of the mid term elections Typical

The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) is closing Substantially reduced membership, and legal cases against them, have made the organisation untenable Revenge of the clients www.instagram.com/p/Deuk6lyCSR...

Horrific

It may be interesting to see how NSW Police were instructed Why did the protests get such different Police responses across boarders?

Poverty is a policy decision. Concentrated wealth is a policy decision. Inequality is a policy decision. Economic inequality is not some naturally occurring phenomenon. It is the consequence of choices. One question I always urge my students to ask: who is the market organized for — and why?

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Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat French mayor in the occupied West Bank

🔴 BREAKING - Israeli settlers beat French mayor, attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank

Final assignments for the semester are submitted, so camping we go Good luck to all the other student possums cramming this week

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

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Democrats accuse Donald Trump of "abusing his power" as immigration agents carry out a pre-dawn raid on the home of Ilhan Omar, a naturalised US citizen born in Somalia.

Elon Musk committing election fraud agan. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/10/p...

I'd vote for Ilham Omar just because she is being bullied Are bullies respected in the US? Does the electorate vote with a bully, or against them? Do that in Australia, and you'd virtually guarantee her re-election

Is the energy ceasefire in the room with Trump right now, I wonder?

In the horror of a Genocide this is a moment of hope. 15 of the children from the Gaza Nipper’s program got back in the surf this week. 30 of the other nippers can’t be found, many have been killed. How has the world made the decision to send so many bombs and so few lifesavers?

Best ever critique!

“...young people who are committing less serious crimes go on to commit more serious crimes the longer that they’re in contact with the criminal justice system” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Live action of the state shooting and killing a disabled person. What could go wrong?

My state government was voted in on racism and a false youth crime crisis So when a kid gets himself filmed doing low key redbull stunts and taunts police on his socials, but stops in carpark, police run him down and throw him 5 metres A stationery naughty boy... www.facebook.com/share/v/1JAR...

The voting public will stop him Amongst other issues, his plan will reduce foreign students by 8% and they each pay substantially higher fees than domestic students Each one pays double what a domestic student pays They will lose 2.16% of their total budget Good job. Well done Angus!

Morning street Roo Springfield Lakes, Qld, 6 Oct 26

Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.

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Regarding questions about Israel's war on Lebanon: "There's an inevitability baked into such questions, an assumption that further escalation is simply going to happen, and that the onus sits with Lebanon to prepare for it rather than with Israel to stop it"

Australian National Outdoor Education Conference 2026, Cairns Qld Speaker gifts are donations to Great Barrier Reef Foundation Walking the talk on ecological care Delighted to contribute my time!

Australian National Outdoor Education Conference (NOEC) 2026, Cairns Qld HOPE in the curriculum. A suggestion for Australian curriculum revision and development What do we think about this positioning?

Sunny Australia has a lot of windy coastline Scotland doesn't'

A critical read about dodgy wilderness therapy research Simpsons rule is new to me! adultsintheroom.substack.com/p/stats-by-h...

“A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity.”