My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol.

friday column: After the show trial, there’s no way to know the truth afr.com/politics/feder…

Paul Keating (aka Jonathan Biggins). “Kevin Rudd was Tin Tin meets rain man and Tony Abbot thought misogyny was his third class teacher”

The party that kicked the hornets’ nest, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-party-that… Peter Browne gave my reporting a clever headline.

Several foreign tourists were kicked out of Bali Monday for breaking the Indonesian holiday island's stricter virus rules, as the country is slammed by its deadliest Covid-19 wave. thebalitimes.com/headlines/bali…

Beyond the politics, there is interesting data on the number of drinks and drunk-driving limits in various countries theconversation.com/how-big-alcoho… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

This is an outstanding argument about the concrete and practical ways that power works within organisations smh.com.au/national/if-we…

Mall visitors in Bali required to show vaccine certificates - The Bali Times shar.es/aWvfNk Wonder whether everywhere will have schemes like this soon.

I always wondered whether "being woke" came from old left ideas of consciousness raising. Turns out it does, despite right-wing sarcasm. vox.com/culture/214378… via Vox

To all the staff at Deakin, students are outraged at the decision to sack up to 220 staff. But many do not know how to show their outrage at the decision. (1/2)

On days like today, it is good to keep reminding ourselves why we need the submarines in the first place. youtube.com/watch?v=MTCqXl…

Good news so far from Denmark. Relaxed restrictions apart from border rules on Sept 10. They’re at 74.7% of the total population fully vaxed - 85% of the eligible population. 400-500 range cases per day. Hospitalisations and ICU admissions are declining. Need to watch Norway too.

Very interesting article by my friend. What’s the appeal of the extreme right? abc.net.au/religion/matth…

James Lovelock is 102 but obviously sharp as a tack. Beware: Gaia may destroy humans, before we destroy the Earth | James Lovelock theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Three little puddings ready to be steamed. Christmas is not so far away now.

Indonesia arrests 24 people over links to extremist financing - The Bali Times shar.es/aWxKvF

English language version of my OpEd is also available magz.tempo.co/read/cover-sto…

“Strange” took a while but otherwise it was surprisingly easy to read.

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