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Peace negotiations are important in their own right. Even if they do not lead to a lasting peace, the process itself is an opportunity to resolve urgent humanitarian issues. If, of course, the human dimension is a priority for the negotiators.

NEW: The Russian Northern Grouping of Forces and high military command are likely lying to the Kremlin about the extent of Russian gains in northern Ukraine to further the narrative that Russian forces are actively advancing across the entire theater. 🧵(1/8) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar073126

Editorial: Angus Taylor’s answer to the consensus-shattering rise of the far right in Australia is like a house cat’s response to a draught. He has moved a little and gone back to sleep. trib.al/1p9VykI

Every time fossil fuel shill Chris Wright lies to the public about renewable energy, I will repost this op-ed: www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/08/...

AUKUS only makes sense if the parameters are distorted

Journalists at The Australian break “news”, which is then amplified by other Murdoch outlets, tabloid television and shockjock radio, and which then spreads on social media, writes Stephen Long. trib.al/zCOsd7C

Moscow threatened Kyiv again. Ukraine answered behind the front. ㅤ Ukraine struck Russian fuel, logistics, airfields, and command posts, as the war moved deeper into Russia’s rear and Europe’s security debate.

BHP files: leaked memo shows miner backtracking on key climate projects in Australia – video

Hundreds of pages of internal BHP documents reveal how the company sold itself as a climate leader while internally finding reasons to put off action in the Pilbara.

"Electric trucks are more expensive up front and you have to pay for charging infrastructure, but the benefits on the other side are so huge, that the overall cost, we believe, is now lower than diesel.” satpa.pe/yOK0CFr

“.. it is up to the US to fix the problem it created. .. It cannot be up to others to save it .. “.. Yes, the US will threaten not to come to the rescue of its Nato allies in a crisis. But the sad truth is that very few of its allies expect it to do so in any case.” www.ft.com/content/86be...

The art of the deal.

"Reynolds looks forever like someone about to send her main back to the kitchen. She has been victimised by life. Everything is an injustice and all of it done to her. According to court documents, her middle name is Karen."

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Editorial: Linda Reynolds took legal action against a woman who was raped in her office. In his judgement, Western Australian Supreme Court Justice Paul Tottle found Brittany Higgins “was the victim of one of the most serious crimes known to the law”. satpa.pe/qOqUaEK

Not worth the hassle of reading

JD Vance blames homeless people for not accessing the services that no longer exist.

This is what corruption does - it normalises the immoral.

I'll be taking part in this online event tonight. www.crossroadsconver...

MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Council condemns FM Wong’s endorsement of US military strike on Iranian nuclear targets, which threatens to escalate a dangerous regional conflict and lead to more death and suffering

For those too young to remember... yes the coverage and the politics are worse than they were in 2003. Don't let anyone tell you things were worse back then. These same people who were awful back then are still here being awful, except they have learned they don't even need to pretend to care.

Hello all, just released my free weekend update. It’s partly an appeal not to stop focussing on Ukraine with the Israel (US)-Iran air war raging. Ukraine is still fighting hard, Putin has restated his maximalist demands, Ukraine has viable strategic options… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

The way that some people just jumped on the Minnesota shooter being a committed leftist, and gleefully used it to attack people opposed to MAGA, only to go completely silent when it turns out he was a Trump supporter, tells you all you need to know about how we have ended up with this catastrophe

Trumps Tariffs illegal: "The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder."

Exclusive: Liberal MPs reveal how the former prime minister and his close confidante have been at the centre of a string of decisions that led to the party’s election rout and the collapse of the Coalition.

I have said it and am gonna keep saying it. The coalition voted for holding a referendum and then campaigned against the question to generate granular seat-by-seat data - all publicly funded - for their targeted racism strategy in this federal election campaign.

34 dead and 117 injured and this is what U.S. Secretary of State Rubio comes up with on the Russian missile strike in Sumy: "A tragic reminder of why President Trump has pushed to end this war." No Marco, it is a tragic reminder of how ineffective your administration is in 'resolving' this war.

There was a time, not now, when the US was a beacon for freedom.

Europe could blow the west apart, writes John Bolton. www.prospectmagazine...

"It not only may have a bearing on Trump's attitude about the sweeping tariffs he is putting in place but also for what it says about how his second term could play out."

It’s surely time to call the game. Trump has only served to make it clearer, but it’s been the same for "yonks". A one-way street, loyalty one way, and "sweet bugger all" the other. #auspol #AUKUS

"Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online" www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Breaking News! Code Yikes! Arctic sea-ice extent is once again back to lowest on record for the date, as of Mar. 25, 2025. Hello, is anybody out there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is anybody home?

CRISIS: Jeffrey Goldberg likely possesses evidence of high crimes committed by the very top Executive branch officials, who now viciously attack him for it. The Legislative branch's Capitol Police could protect Goldberg since US adversaries like Russia have an interest for Goldberg to disappear.

Hey friends: it's time for the fact check that no one asked for but I did anyone because it's fun 📈🍾 Not only is this anecdote amusingly far from reality, it's part of a long-running blame-shifting meme used by the US' fossil fuel advocates A little 🧵 4 u 🆒🆗🆕 ketanjoshi.co/2025/03/19/t...

Can readers help me assemble a short list of GOP reps who may not grasp this, might be persuaded to behave differently if they did, and whose votes could help to impeach him? (And also, Dem. reps laboring under the fantasy of cooperating with him?)

If you’re calling Mark Kelly (U.S. Navy combat pilot, NASA astronaut, and U.S. Senator) a traitor and Donald Trump (convicted felon, rapist, and Russia’s KGB agent “Krasnov”) your president, it might be time for a long look in the mirror.

As everyone with any brain cells has now been saying for years, unless Russia is actually defeated in Ukraine, the risks of a world war skyrocket. www.19fortyfive.com/2025/03/how-...

Putin owns Trump. He doesn’t own us. youtube.com/shorts/LVTuF...

1/8 I think this article misses the point in at least two ways. First, the Chinese economy will indeed seem "resilient", but only as long as Washington's flailing trade policies fail to resolve the US trade imbalance. www.reuters.com/business/tra...

I really really really cannot recommend strongly enough that you watch @pollyjhemming.bsky.social's speech at @australiainstitute.org.au "We've been conditioned to believe that we're powerless......everyone person in this room holds power"

Iryna "Cheka" Tsibukh, a combat medic. Now decorated with the Hero of Ukraine title. Posthumously...

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

Jan 31: Putin's ex-advisor Illarionov said Putin's goal in ongoing talks with Trump is to end US security umbrella over Europe to pave the way for a Russian invasion. Feb 11: Def Sec Hegseth announced the US is no longer Europe's primary security guarantor. igorsushko.substack.com/p/russian-st...

A senior U.S. official has stated that the U.S. has not ruled out NATO membership for Ukraine or a return to its pre-2014 borders. John Coale, President Trump’s former deputy Ukraine envoy, confirmed these options remain on the table, despite recent comments. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

I've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful. The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action. The truth is bad enough!

Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view? Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago. Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it

You know, it just may be—I know it’s hard to believe, but please, hear me out—that our felonious president and premier digital rapist may be an gullible, easily manipulated dumbass.