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Not a single one of those people give a flying ****

"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."

PS. - Calgacus

A headline reads: "She Heard Women’s Pain. Then She Transformed How It Was Treated." A woman sits on a red metal bench, smiling. Photo by Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times.

Ghada Hatem-Gantzer built a center that centralized social, legal and medical assistance for women in one building. It was a labor of love that almost failed, but the project has become a revolutionary template in France for treating female victims of violence. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/w...

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON —  January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.

This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

This is authoritarianism, plain and simple.

The Trump administration is targeting states that didn’t vote for him — including my home state of Vermont.

Using federal power to punish political opponents is anti-democratic and blatantly illegal.

Marge Downey as the SBS presenter on Fast Forward

Coming up on SBS
A Slovenian model with a penchant for plagiarism and rich narcissistic old men claws her way to power in the three hour bioepic Melania.
I shall be gluing my eyelids open with Tarzans Grip so I don’t miss a minute of that one

Lazy Sussan Left Spinning

#auspol

It's going to be particularly difficult for the Albanese govt to adapt to the new reality of a fascist Trump regime, and adjust our foreign policy accordingly
- when they are still pretending it's business as usual. #auspol

It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now.

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I am so glad I didn't stay home!
Totally worth the drive!
It blew a gale which made it very difficult, but I persevered.
Aurora Australis near Truro, South Australia.
#aurora

Home 🤎

THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY ABOVE MY HEAD!! STRAIGHT UP!!

#aurorasaurus

HOLY MOLY

#aurorasaurus

The Point Live: Liberals to pass government hate speech laws, Greens warn of impact on democracy Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley are negotiating once again on what is left of the hate speech laws, in a parliamentary day dedicated to the passage of just two bills. All the day's events, as it happe...

The only two parties voting FOR the hate group legislation, Labor and the Liberal party, are spending the debate sledging it out over who is the bigger hypocrite and who supports the laws harder
live.thepoint.com.au

Amid ICE clashes, New Hampshire bishop urges clergy to prepare their wills The Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire told priests protesting ICE to get their wills and affairs in order. Some praise the bishop, while other priests say they never signed up to be martyrs.

"I've asked them to get their affairs in order to make sure they have their wills written... because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable..."

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Donald Trump needs helpers for his appalling neocolonialist project. What else is this ‘board of peace’? | Owen Jones Blair, Putin, Erdoğan, Orbán: the names of those invited to serve say it all. And it’s about so much more than Gaza, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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The fate of the Palestinian people offers a warning about the future of humanity. When I recently visited the West Bank, Palestinians kept impressing the same point on me: Israel has turned their land into a laboratory

Plot showing days of year on x axis and counts per minute of cosmic rays on y axis at the Antarctic Mawson station. The arrival of the coronal mass ejection from the sun has caused a sudden and large volatile response in soar Cosmic rays

Let’s check in on the solar cosmic ray count at Mawson station following the big CME event and everything looks norm—

Oooooft.

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Gum leaves with kangaroo paws flowers.

My mum would have passed away 31 years tomorrow. She was here 35 years ago so this visit connected us

A water dragon on a tree stump.

Today is the first day of the last Lunar month of the Year of the Wood Snake. It's apt to see a water dragon first thing at the Botanic Gardens

"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity." ~ #SunTzu

'The painting depicts specters emerging from darkness, rendered with mask-like imagery and bright color punctuations on a dark background.'

Paul Klee, Demonic Puppets, 1929

Only boldness can deliver from fear. And if the risk is not taken, the meaning of life is somehow violated, and the whole future is condemned to hopeless staleness.

- #CarlJung

WOW! The level of detail in this edible creation is absolutely breathtaking. Larissa May has a phenomenal talent for translating intricate embroidery textures into stunning confectionery designs that I want to devour!

“Evil Eye Heart Cake”

#beautifulbizarre #evileyecake #cake #art

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Good morning 👹

UNARMED WOMAN: “Shame on you.”

ICE GOON: “Have you not learned from the past few days?”

UNARMED WOMAN: “Learned what? What’s our lesson?”

ICE GOON: *VIOLENTLY SNATCHES HER PHONE*

(H/T @Mollyploofkins)

Wonder Woman defends herself from a Nazi as portrayed by Lynda Carter.

Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.

We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes