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Passion for human rights, and disturbed by their erosion. All threatened by climate change, & the way it is ignored. Born 313.0 p.p.m. CO2.
Jul 14 4 tweets 1 min read
@bobjcarr 1/3

‘Silence, Acquiescence, Complicity [in genocide]

Writer: Gregory Andrews
14 July 2025

‘I’m Outside DFAT as a Former Ambassador, a Dad and an Aussie Against Genocide.

Today I’m sitting on the ground outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and … @bobjcarr 2/3
…. Trade (DFAT) in Canberra with my mouth gaffer-taped shut.

I was an Ambassador for Australia and worked in this building. As Australia’s National Focal Point for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), my job was to advocate against genocide, war …
May 30 22 tweets 3 min read
@WhiteCorrela @MishGeek 1/n
Incorrect. This is mainly a #racist myth, with only a partially correct claim.

‘The Welcome to Country is a significant cultural practice rooted in the traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, reflecting … @WhiteCorrela @MishGeek 2/n
… their deep connection to the land and their role as its custodians for over 60,000 years. Its history and evolution can be traced as follows:

Pre-Colonial Origins
- **Ancient Tradition**: The practice originates from protocols observed by …
May 19 4 tweets 1 min read
@CalebDean82 @realMaalouf 1/3
‘Islamophobia tries to erase any exercise of Muslim critical agency. So to define Islamophobia as a form #racism recognizes that fact. Racism violates, denigrates and humiliates. Racism ultimately erases those who are racially marked. Racism erases them … @CalebDean82 @realMaalouf 2/3

…from the public sphere or subordinates them in some shape or form. Sometimes this erasure is total elimination like genocide the Holocaust, other times it’s apartheid like Jim Crow endorsed segregation. And in modern contexts the racially marked are …
Apr 27 4 tweets 1 min read
@jk_rowling 1/n

‘Biological sex is complicated. Before you discriminate against someone on the basis of “biological sex” & identity, ask yourself: have you seen YOUR chromosomes? Do you know the genes of the people you love? The hormones of the people you work with? … @jk_rowling 2/n

… The state of their cells?’

Open Ocean Exploration
@RebeccaRHelm, Twitter 5:45 PM - Thu 19 Dec 2019
Reposted at

So, what sex testing have you undergone to verify that you are actually female? …genderdysphoria.fyi/tweets/AF3D648…
Jun 1, 2024 4 tweets 1 min read
@rowandean 1/3

Except that’s not what he actually said:

Flannery’s quote in context is:

“We’re already seeing the initial impacts and they include a decline in the winter rainfall zone across southern Australia, which is clearly an impact of climate change, but also … @rowandean 2/3
… a decrease in run-off. Although we’re getting say a 20 per cent decrease in rainfall in some areas of Australia, that’s translating to a 60 per cent decrease in the run-off into the dams and rivers. That’s because the soil is warmer because of global …
Apr 14, 2024 4 tweets 1 min read
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“When it comes to sex:

You don't get to tell someone else what they are or aren't. It's just not in your remit,

Other people were not brought into the world, nor do they exist to make you comfortable,

There is nothing inherently predatory about … 2/2
… being different, and;

Mind your own business, anyhow, you gongoozling pervert.”

Kit Thornton, 14 April 2024

open.substack.com/pub/kitthornto…
Mar 12, 2024 11 tweets 2 min read
@abcnews Including genocide enabler Ziggy Marley? And the lie told by Ian Scobie about his fundraising for the IDF? Unchallenged on Radio Adelaide! @abcnews 1/n

Unchallenged lie by Ian Scobie (WOMADelaide) about Ziggy Marley

Claim: "Ziggy Marley's never performed at any fundraiser for the Israeli defence force, as is claimed by the spurious campaign that's been mounted," Mr Scobie said. …
Mar 7, 2024 4 tweets 1 min read
@soils1111 @slsandpet 1/3
“Victoria University professor Mario Peucker, an expert in multiculturalism and far-right extremism, said that while there was no doubt that Kerr’s alleged remark contained a racial element, it could not be classified as racist.
“Racism, in its briefest form, … @soils1111 @slsandpet 2/3
… is prejudice plus institutional power,” Peucker said.
“It’s very hard to communicate the complexity of systemic racism. She did [allegedly] call him a ‘stupid white bastard’ – so isn’t that wrong? Yes, that is wrong. She shouldn’t have done this. …
Sep 14, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
@jk_rowling Even turns out some XY women are able to conceive and give birth. iflscience.com/the-woman-who-… @patrickhays2 @IndiaWilloughby @jk_rowling Even turns out some XY women are able to conceive and give birth. iflscience.com/the-woman-who-…