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2062 - These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza. ‹ Literary Hub
Since October 7, Israel has killed at least thirteen Palestinian poets and writers in Gaza. If we think of ourselves as a global literary community, then these people were our fellow travelers, our peers. They—just like the more than 66 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza in the line of duty; just like every one of the more than 21,000 innocent people massacred in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel over the past 75 days—deserve to be remembered. Here is who they were:
2064 - Anton Emmanuel en X
And all of the above is glaringly true for Black staff in health & social care. Look at the experience of black nurses & midwives (the red line) over the years that we have data. The least likely to be offered fair progression, the most likely to be discriminated against.
3292 - Potung Thul: "@futurebird Reminds me of this…" - disabled.social
Reminds me of this speech by Martin Niemoller, now seen at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. from Wikipedia: Like most Protestant pastors, Niemöller was a national conservative, and openly supported the conservative opponents of the Weimar Republic. He thus welcomed Hitler's accession to power in 1933, believing that it would bring a national revival. He only realized his mistake after Hitler had come to power. Let's not repeat history's mistakes. First they came for the Communists An...
7396 - Nearly half of top fashion brands unable to trace raw materials
7659 - Unpopular opinion: Hybrid conferences should be here to stay. This is an inclusivity and accessibility issue, particularly for attendees from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). üßµ1/11
10487 - In a country with a universal health care scheme, making people pay for self testing for Covid-19 is not an oversight but a deliberate contribution to inequity, especially where people on lower inc...
10724 - ABC Feeds: "One of Australia's first death…" - disabled.social
One of Australia's first deaths in custody explored in powerful new play
By Nicola Heath
Andrea James's powerful new play, The Black Woman of Gippsland, re-examines a problematic colonial legend and shows just how much work Australia still has to do to reckon with the past.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-12/black-woman-of-gippsland-mtc-yirramboi-andrea-james/105274582
11147 - Trump supporter complains shutdown is ‘not hurting the people he needs to be hurting’
A prison employee in Florida who voted for President Trump argued that Trump is to blame for the current government shutdown.
“I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” Crystal Minton told The New York Times in an article published Monday. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”
11542 - And now Karen Webb — a former NSW Police Commissioner with her entire career in New South Wales, no subject matter expertise in child protection, and no cultural knowledge of NT Aboriginal communit...
And now Karen Webb — a former NSW Police Commissioner with her entire career in New South Wales, no subject matter expertise in child protection, and no cultural knowledge of NT Aboriginal communities — has been appointed to lead the review. In a country with numerous Aboriginal people holding significant educational qualifications in child protection, lived experience of the system, and decades of practice in these communities, not one was appointed.
