arbilp3 @ arbilp3 @aussie.zone

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Michael West Media charged for breaching antisemitism laws.

Have you got a link. I can't find one. Or are you saying that MWM will be charged?

Couldn't agree more with making our streets more walkable and cyclable and I'd add promoting people-powered native tree and shrub planting and community garden projects in suburbs and surrounds and creating more small green spaces for people to enjoy and rest in.

Your centralising website idea ⭐

Imo it would be very useful for readers but also for the diverse news groups. For example, if there were an event or situation in which some or all of them agreed upon they could make group representations, open letters, etc and make their voices better heard and save on resources. To soothe (or stop) the slow burn, perhaps discussing your idea with MWM or another independent news group their opinion might help. If you got them on side they might support you via their networks.

Thank you for the list. There are some I had not heard of so I'll have a look at them. I think we need independent media more than ever.

🩷 They deserve our support. They seem to be the only media group that are pretty fearless and go beyond just reporting.

Thanks again.

So if there are so many people struggling now...

Wow, that's pretty early in the piece!

Not for sexing echidnas 😆 Zg is teaching me how to use this page better.

Thanks zg. I'll see if I can manage next time.

Echidnas are difficult to breed in captivity at the best of times because of their mating habits (I've put up a post about this before). Being an albino makes this little echidna very vulnerable in the wild because he has no camouflage so I imagine he will remain in captivity at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney (the young woman who brought the echidna to the vet had the name on her cap). Because he is a young echidna I guess they will try and see if he mates in general. He is healthy and he should have a chance to exercise his natural instincts.

No, I did not understand it that way. In order to intentionally breed an albino animal both parents must be albino. They wanted to know what gender it was. I'll have a look again. How did you get that impression?

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I'm sure they could manage a bit of doublespeak Stewart. .

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I agree. And it needs to come from people who really have the experience to know what they're talking about.

If I'm overdoing the posts with my particular point of view, I am happy to be told and I'll post less. I just find there's so much that's interesting and relevant to share and people in this community are generally thoughtful so sharing is really attractive.

Have you seen this interview of Grace Tame by Antony Lowenstein? It is a month old or so and before the 'difficult' comment. It is on AI, Power, and the Normalisation of Child Sexual Abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8cKJ3zeJPw.

I found her admirable. We need more voices like hers.

But yeah, whether i agree with the advertisement or not isn’t the point. I’d rather know theres a uniform approach to these matters to prevent situations of bias by moderators whether knowingly or not.

I agree with you and I also regret a bit that I put up the post. It may be offensive to some. I also agree about having an AI label and/or rule.

I forgot to mention that if you are interested in a Jewish point of view which differs from the mainstream one we are being made to believe applies to all Jews, have a look at Antony Lowenstein on YouTube. He is an Australian Jewish journalist who grapples with the issues that affect his community and all of us in the current world situation.

The swastika goes further back than Buddhism. The difference in using the swastika symbol as used in recent history to displaying a watermelon picture for example, is that the former was used to entrance people to take part in beliefs and actions that actively sought to destroy other people for the sake of racial and national self-aggrandisement. In my view the Palestinian symbols and phrases indicate taking back what was yours in the first place and being free to enjoy it. The swastika is about colonising by force of which you could say the same about the Israeli flag yet no one seems to care about that.

I do understand your argument but cannot be convinced. And btw, some Jews are offended by the pro-Palestinian freedom slogans and symbols but some Jews agree with them. Let's not put all Jewish people in the same basket. The Jewish community is very diverse. Zionists loudly object because it goes against their political and colonialist agenda but many Jews don't.