by Benjamin Wolf

Redundant. So as of yesterday I'm on 2 weeks gardening leave. Government defunding of disability/accessibility support services (where I worked) continues. They are doing so much damage for little gain.

What industrial policy, tariff wars, economic coercion and trade blocs mean is not only a reversal of globalization but recognition that the West is not willing to accept convergence of incomes & lessening of global inequality b/c it sees it as a threat to its dominant role.

McClay should be ashamed of himself. Farms, homes, beaches, roads and bridge approaches are still littered with forestry slash and he wants to let the greedy forestry bastards to keep doing it. Minister wants to roll back 'unworkable' forestry rules rnz.co.nz/news/country/5…

Not everything The Labour Party is doing is a cock-up. Much of it already looks very like a part of a neoliberal conspiracy against the most vulnerable in favour of those with wealth.

Anti-Macron protests have begun in Paris after the French President appointed former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as Prime Minister. The parties of the left are angry after their candidate was 'overlooked'. John Sparks has the latest. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501

Unbelievable: according to jean-michel aphatie, one of France's most famous journalists, most of Macron's main ministers will remain in the government under the new PM Michel Barnier. They don't even bother to make it look like it's a change.

This was amazing Brazilian artist João Brutto Adnet used his art to express solidarity with G۸Z۸ in a creative way in Dublin.

⚡️ 🚨#Hezbollah launches drones from southern #Lebanon, and air raid sirens sound repeatedly near Safed and in a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine.

Re Ukraine, our "shared security" depends on negotiations instead of WWIII, where you are taking us. Maybe you should go back to your board position at Raytheon (RTX) to cash in on the billions you have stolen from US taxpayers to fuel an unsuccessful war in Ukraine to "weaken

“Ice cream is happiness condensed” 😁– Jessi Lane Adams I gotta agree with you on that ms. Adams You can’t imagine how magical those popsicles 🍓🍋were and how happy they made us.. Especially in a 34 C weather ☀️ Distributing these was extra special, as they are produced locally

From German soldiers vacating their base in Niger, to anger at the petrol pump in Nigeria, here’s our weekly photo dump. 1. Wunstorf, Germany – German soldiers return home after vacating their airbase in Niger. Following unsuccessful negotiations with Nigerien authorities

Auckland University of Technology survey uncovers concerning law school workplace; higher staff bullying rates - NZ Herald nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-un…

Tui call 5:45

Penny, hanging out by the front door

Just checked the BBC homepage. There’s an article about “tens of thousands of people protesting” but it’s about France. Apparently 120,000+ marching in London to protest 11 months of Palestinian slaughter is not newsworthy enough.

💥This is a picture of about 1/2 the Tel Aviv protest. If police estimates are accurate and there are 500,000 just on the streets of Tel Aviv, that's the equivalent of 15 million Americans.

AUSTERITY ONLY WORKS FOR THE ALREADY RICH. COMMUNITIES NEED “NICE TO HAVES.”

I keep forgetting to wear my helmet in the field. If I’m honest it’s because I hate it, it’s so heavy & when my peers remind me to wear it I snap back, “what? You think it’ll protect us? Didn’t Shireen (Abu Aqleh) get shot in the neck?”  In our profession as war journalists we

The spokesperson for #Yemen's Armed Forces announced early Sunday that the Yemeni army had shot down a US MQ9 drone on Saturday. The drone was reportedly conducting hostile activities in the airspace over Maarib.