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A song for the times
Gnarls Barkley, Cee Lo Green and Danger Mouse
'Tomorrow Died Today'
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So take cover, all Gods children
Even the sun has gone to hide
Oh
The sky is raining bullets
And I'll never forget the day that tomorrow died
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This afternoon, I’m interviewing @Senatorpayman for my investigation into one of the most barbaric practices still permitted in Australia: incarcerated women being shackled during childbirth and immediately afterwards.
I was deeply moved by Senator Payman’s powerful contribution to the Senate debate nearly two weeks ago. Having given birth herself just four months earlier, she spoke about how unimaginable it would have been to endure labour, childbirth and those first precious moments with her newborn while chained to a hospital bed.
Imagine enduring the pain and vulnerability of childbirth while handcuffed or shackled, with correctional officers watching. Imagine being unable to move freely, respond to your baby's needs or hold your newborn without restraints. Leading obstetricians have warned that shackling during childbirth is medically dangerous, potentially putting BOTH THE MOTHER AND BABY AT SERIOUS RISK. In an obstetric emergency, seconds matter. Restraints can restrict movement and delay lifesaving medical intervention.
It is cruel. It is degrading. It is medically unnecessary. And it is utterly indefensible. Yet the Australian Government and Opposition voted against Senator Lidia Thorpe’s legislation to prohibit this practice.
Think about that. In 2026, our federal Parliament failed to pass legislation designed to stop women giving birth in chains. I’m requesting comment from Minister for Women @SenKatyG and Health Minister @Mark_Butler_MP. What do they have to say about women being shackled during childbirth and immediately afterwards?
Obstetricians warn this puts BOTH mother and baby at serious medical risk. Why is this still permitted in Australia in 2026?
I want to acknowledge the extraordinary determination of @SenatorThorpe Lidia Thorpe, who has driven this campaign, alongside Senators @DavidShoebridge, Fatima Payman and @Davidpocock, who have spoken out against this appalling treatment.
Their fight is far from over. And neither is the fight for the women whose voices have been ignored for far too long.
Being incarcerated does not strip a woman of her humanity, her right to safe medical care or her dignity during childbirth. And her baby has committed no crime.
#auspol #HumanRights #WomensRights #PrisonReform #MaternalHealth #EndShackling #FirstNationsJustice #UnitedNations #sistersinside #unitednationswomen
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Lula has won a fourth term in spite of Meta, after Brazil’s electoral court had to order platforms to stop throttling his reach while they boosted his Trump-backed opponent. Big Tech tried to rig this but the Brazilian people had the final say ✊
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Former footballer Ryan Crowley will face four more charges when he goes to trial on domestic violence offences next year.
He is now on three more strangulation charges and another assault charge with all allegations related to attacks on his former partner Lauren Dunn.
Crowley is now looking at 17 charges in total and he is scheduled for trial in March of 2027.
The alleged offending happened between 2019 and 2023.
Crowley is on bail.
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Only 28.2% of parents in Japan say they want a second child amid cost of living pressures, according to a survey published this month. 👉 ebx.sh/LjFFsf
Jailing children fails on every measure. So why do we persist? Ive found some eye-opening excerpts from this paywalled article.
"Yet despite these massive outlays (imagine how we could support a child in the community and change their trajectory with $1.3 million), the evidence overwhelmingly shows that jailing is failing." Saul Easlake.
Prison incarceration in Australia has surged. This is largely due to more people on remand (including for minor offences) and tougher policy/legislative settings—not higher crime rates. This creates overcrowding, higher staffing/maintenance costs, and limited access to education, rehabilitation, or post-release support.
Recidivism is very high: 84% of children released from detention return to sentenced supervision within 12 months (and 45% of adults return to prison within two years).
The author argues that our approach is fiscally nonsensical. Early intervention targeting a small high-risk group of young people can cut large future justice and social-service costs. Eraly intervention will reduce costs.
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He's always worth listening to.
'In an address this week, Mr Kirby argued that poverty wasn’t simply an economic issue but a fundamental human rights matter that was holding people back from participating in democracy and having their voices heard.
“When institutions become more responsive to the powerful than to the vulnerable, public policies inevitably reflect that imbalance,” he said.
“The result is a vicious cycle. Poverty weakens democracy. Weakened democracy allows poverty to persist and even to get worse.”'
[bang on]
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/new/261023-f…
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The Catholic Church is the world's worst ever child sexual assault perpetrator...
New York Archdiocese Agrees to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million
nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/ar…
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Of course @JulianAssange is right. Sovereignty not colonialism. Europe itself is at this point a US colony.
Lula vs. Bolsonaro: I was held in solitary confinement for 1,901 days for revealing the truth about the U.S. government's killings and espionage, including against Brazil and its industries. Out of power, Lula fought for my freedom. In power, Lula discussed my persecution with Pope Francis, who decided to meet with my family and offer help. After my release, Lula and I met in Rome to mourn the Holy Father's passing. Lula was kind to my children and asked for nothing in return. In contrast, Jair and Flávio Bolsonaro did nothing and said nothing. Yet without the ability to say no to Washington and Tel Aviv, there can be no domestic policy, only foreign instructions. Those orders are always the same: "Expand our theft of resources and wages, and keep your mouths shut about us murdering children." Sellouts will surrender everything in exchange for a cut, even their own tongues.
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The person who said sexuality is a choice is now the Minister responsible for Queensland’s LGBTQIA+ policy.
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There’s a saying: “If one innocent soul is murdered, it is like the whole of humanity is killed” Now I don’t have to tell you, there are no souls more pure and innocent than babies and children. And they’re the biggest victims of this war on Gaza; the pure souls of children, who did nothing to deserve the horror and bloodshed surrounding them and hunting them down, every day and night of their fragile life here on earth.
As smart suited, politicians order their men in uniforms to go forth and destroy our humanity, the future looks over for many chidren before it’s begun.
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Palestinian Culture must and will survive. Its natural beauty is indestructible, as is the spirit.
Sliman Mansour was a leading Palestinian artist whose work captured the Palestinian people’s culture of steadfastness in the face of their ongoing struggles for recognition, rights, and freedom.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 23, 2026 ~ So it goes.
"In just a year, the projections for how much temperatures will rise even if governments keep their pledges has risen by two tenths of a degree Celsius"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/…
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“It’s happening folks! Trump is once again trying to overturn the results of an election before it even takes place.”
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New York's City Council voted to ban horse-drawn carriages, ending a Central Park tourist staple dating to the 19th century after years of debate over the horses' place on city streets. ebx.sh/oWECkh
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Defense chief Shinjiro Koizumi will meet his Finnish counterpart next week, with the two to discuss Helsinki's decision to revise a law allowing nukes into Finland — a decision that came as Japan weighs a similar shift. ebx.sh/u4sn06
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#BREAKING: The looming rape trial of former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been postponed amid a bitter courtroom clash between lawyers. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/b…
