Miriam Cosic

Economist and academic Nicholas Stern at Hay Festival, yesterday Monday time. On the dreadful consequences of climate change ...

And the 36,000+ replies (on Instagram) are great ...

Whatever tf happened to freedom? International waters are areas of the ocean that don't belong to anyone. They are governed by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which ensures the freedom of the high seas.

Something cute to see before returning to the horrors of the wider warring world. The Illustrating Botanist celebrating the tenth birthday of Eloise. "Since I raised you from a tadpole, you've given me a decade of joy and free pest control." 🥰

World Food Programme: 'Afghanistan: 2.5M people were forced back from Pakistan & Iran last year, returning to a country at breaking point. 'Humanitarian assistance is a lifeline for these people, along with millions more already living in Afghanistan. 'WFP's Carl Skau explains.' @wfp.org

They've atomised us, and isolated us, superceding our attachment to truth and love and beauty and community, just in time for the rise of AI to the Singularity.

Yes, white phosphorous is used by soldiers to create smoke screens and is described solely as such for military use in many sources. It is also used by "the most moral army in the world" to burn people to death. And reporters are meant to report what is happening. This from Tracy Chamoun.

Posted on April 13 by mr_gerald_wayne: 'Ten minutes. That was all it took. 1,530 dead. 4,812 wounded. 130 children gone. Doctors killed. Hospitals shut down. 'When even medics and emergency rooms become targets the word defense loses all meaning. 'This is slaughter by another name.' #Lebanon

So many people think this is just wrong. 🙄 Many think it's right, but what can we do? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Those who think it is right and are working to prevent or limit it are seen by everyone else to be hysterics. 😵‍💫 Meanwhile, we humans continue to make the world hotter. #climate #fossilfuels

'In 1948, armed groups, which would become the Israeli military, massacred thousands of Palestinians, forcing nearly 75% to flee their homes in order to establish Israel on top of stolen land. 'Palestinians call this the Nakba, the "catastrophe" in Arabic. 'Israel hasn't stopped since ...'

And so it continues in Venice, after a strike by cultural workers on Friday. (And don't forget the dock workers and others striking off and on in the past.)

No idea what he's saying, but riveted by what he's showing us. elparcerobotanico on Instagram #environment #nature #botany

Never a dull moment in Venice ... #VeniceBiennale #PussyRiot

How is it the hyper-Christians in the Middle-East-meddling US govt never have anything to say about the Christians attacked - from religious to churches to whole villages - by Israeli IDF, settlers, ordinary citizens, whatever?

We know he's impossibly vulgar, yet thinks he knows everything. But couldn't he take some basic briefing before dealing with royalty? It's extraordinary seeing the King extend his hand twice to no avail. Then he and his wife just waiting around for their host ... 🤷🏻‍♀️

'Charles was the first British monarch to address Congress since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991. 'He stressed the principle that executive power is "subject to checks and balances," a vital part of the United States' constitutional government.' #NewsHour #USPolitics

And here's a brief excerpt about Hegseth's Holy War and Trump's Messiah complex, God help the world ...

bobbrownfoundation: 'This week, Forestry Tasmania lit 41 post-logging burns across the state, incinerating more than 1,000 hectares of native forest. Deliberately lit infernos clear what's left after industrial logging, killing all wildlife in their path & emitting toxic fumes.' Watch this 👇

davidshoebridge: 'You need to know about these laws. You don't have to do anything wrong and ASIO can question you for 24 hours. You can be strip searched, put in restraints. If you don't answer the questions you can go to jail. It you tell anyone they questioned you, you can go to jail.'

greens4palestine: PM Meloni looks nervous... @bonelli.angelo and The Italian Greens have the courage to call her out. We must see where the world is heading, where war is dictated by two men. Netanyahu and Trump. Bombíng civilian infrastructure and schools, violating the Geneva Convention.

AJ Plus: 'What do football fans, a TV anchor, a rollerblader and more have in common? ⁣ ⁣ 'Using their platforms to thank Spain for refusing to allow the U.S. to use their military bases for illegal attacks on Iran, and for its support for Palestinians amidst Israel's genocide.⁣' ⁣ #Spain #Iran

'reclaim_narratives': Avi Shlaim is an Arab Jewish historian, a leading scholar of modern Palestinian and Israeli history. One of Israel's "New Historians", Shlaim has critically reexamined the foundations of Zionism and the Israeli state, reshaping international debate through archival research.

How blasé the IDF has become. Those three journalists who were killed in a single strike. The IDF told Fox News that they'd photoshopped the one shown in a Hezbollah uniform. This grab from Antony Loewenstein's most recent podcast. #Israel

declassifieduk: Former UN director Craig Mokhiber rejects the notion that resistance groups across the Middle East, including Hezbollah and Hamas, are Iranian proxies. He says this ignores the context of occupation, oppression and violence that Lebanon and Palestine have faced from Israel and the US

Some threads in history just go round and round in circles ... Reporter questioning him: The Age's renowned Moscow correspondent, Robert Haupt #Israel

This is not the US. It's Australia. In 2026. #NickHanna

This 1990 speech by Carl Sagan is timely times two: #war #climate

David Shoebridge: 'The Albanese Government banned Iranians with valid Australian visas from entering the country, to stop them claiming asylum because of the war their Government supports. 'Up to 7,200 people with visas had the door slammed shut when they most needed our help.' #auspol

A beautiful and calming start to our day, for those of us living far from zones of murderous destruction, a day which will nonetheless be filled with the horror of the world's news ... #gardens

Here's something you need to see/hear/know: greetings on the day from our future sovereign 🇬🇧

This is inspiring: Michael Pollen on the way social media and AI are hacking our consciousness - this space of interiority where we can talk to ourselves, where we have complete mental freedom to think about whatever we want, and no one else can peer in there... @NewsHour /1

NATO members know that Donald Trump would not value their contribution if they became involved in the Strait of Hormuz, Anne Applebaum argues: "What you're hearing from America's European allies is not cowardice. It's a calculation." #USPolitics ($$) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...