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For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

Congratulations Brazil! You have chosen to make the world a better place!

the right want Helen Haines' attacker to be left wing. the left want him to be right wing. the picture that is emerging is far more complicated. what it doesn't change is that this was an act of gendered violence, and that exists across the political spectrum.

The IDF is addicted to murdering children, aid workers, and journalists. Anyone with any links to the IDF or Israeli govt should be regarded as a war criminal.

I'm old enough to remember when ISIS would live stream executions. And they were the bad guys.

New report shows Germany generated as much solar energy by end of September as in whole of 2025 – and almost three times more than Australia over the same period https://reneweconomy.com.au/germany-smashes-pv-record-produces-three-times-more-solar-power-than-australia-so-far-this-year/

Did you know rooftop #Solar provided 47% of Australia’s energy needs, utility scale solar provided 22%. Total renewable energy was 80% And this happened 2 days in a row now. How long now before we see periods of 100%? Or will coal’s inability to shut down stop it?

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

in ireland, we don't say 'serial killer', we say 'he's a divil for the aul' murder' & i think that's beautiful.

Because nothing engages a 14 year old boy like Western philosophy and indoctrination. #Education #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

“Rupert Murdoch has done more than any living person, I’ve come to believe, to prevent governments from acting on the emissions that are heating the planet.” So true. Murdoch has poisoned climate policy for decades in Australia and globally. www.smh.com.au/national/how...

This is a highly perceptive and relevant point - many governments around the world seem to have learnt the same (bad) lesson!

Once upon a time, this would have been the weirdest story about a British politician that month.

I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!

Headline "Education Standards going to Hell: AGAIN!" Same headline for last thirty years. Most significant finding in #NAPLAN ? Students in disadvantaged areas are still not achieving - cf: students in wealthy areas. That's the tragedy of Australian #Education . www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Something that’s been lost in the NAPLAN reporting today: the equity gap in our school system is growing. First Nations kids, kids living in poverty, and those in regional, rural and remote communities are falling further behind. Most of them attend an underfunded public school.

#Tariffs.

This is a crime against humanity - premeditated and deliberate. No excuses should be accepted. #Gaza

#Electrification action plan aims to make Europe world’s first electric-powered continent #energysky #Europe #renewables #solar #wind www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/20/e...

That time of year again: Glossy ads for private schools in a 24 page colour supplement. Our class system on proud display. If Labor governments didn’t funnel so much revenue to these wealthy schools, public schools would be better able to deliver “excellence” to the majority of students. #auspol

If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.

If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️

My timeline appears to be split on whether this Binface is funny or naff. In the avoidance of doubt, it's a joke that's became naff through overuse, but has come round to wonderful relevance again in these specific set of circumstances. So yes, if you're not team Binface now, you're losing.

Robust analysis challenges the likely population of Australia at European settlement (current estimates out by a factor of 10). #australiancolonisation British #FirstFleet brought smallpox to Australia—and may have killed millions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How good are #gondwana plants! These massive #treeferns are hundreds of years old. See human for scale They are also being logged and sold in garden centres for #garden decorations. Don't buy into #rainforest destruction. Boycott #tastreefern sales

There's a lot of bad things in this world, dude. Like fucking skunks, dude?! Hell no. Scratching your eye but it's still fucking itchy, dude?! Hell no. Like getting paid not a lot of money, dude For fucking working?! Hell no. But Cape Verde at the fucking World Cup dude?! Hell yeah, hell yeah bro

Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...

Where the #Auspol political parties stand on policy

“They’ve voted against cheaper electricity. They’ve voted against cheaper childcare. They’ve voted against free TAFE. And they’ve got a leader who while she’s saying workers should be easier to sack and paid less is flying around the country on Gina Rinehart’s private jet.” #auspol #RangaTemuTrump

"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

Fascists always come for educators first—we know why. We teach students to think for themselves, solve problems, question & analyze. We teach them the world's a big place with all kinds of people—and there’s beauty in diversity. They come for us because education is the foundation of democracy.

"Questions that have long structured our thinking about China—will it democratize? Will it converge with Western norms? When will its contradictions catch up with it?—may be entirely irrelevant. New questions must take their place: What kind of world power should China become?"

“The very last thing Ireland needs…is another self-inflicted crisis. Yet, the government is gearing up for it by embracing militarism… wading into wars with what little spending Ireland is capable of, would represent a significant threat to our security” #SpéirGhorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...

No better outcomes, no net national gain, taxpayer supported ... and bankruptcy.

Teachinge young people how to reade literature and poetrye and novels ys teachinge them how to access an olde and goode and powerful system for sharinge messages yn tymes of emergencye. Readinge literature ys key to the ongoing struggle for a bettir and more just worlde.