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735 - Karen Wyld 🍉: "This is an interesting video r…" - Aus.Social
This is an interesting video re extreme racism within the state of Israel. (video link is safe, and content doesn't need a CW) As an Indigenous person in so-called Australia, some of this racially-based violence is chillingly familiar (especially late 1700s - mid 1900s). Australia is a nation built on racially-based violence towards First Peoples, but there's been some gains for justice and equity. This is not the case for the state of Israel. As evidenced in this video. As seen in the gov...
971 - John Pilger quote: Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to...
Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole set of assumptions, and one of the most potent assumptions is that the world should be seen in terms of its usefulness to the West, not humanity. This leads journalists to make a distinction between people who matter and people who don't matter.
2278 - Flipboard Science Desk: "Zambia relies on rain for its …" - disabled.social
Zambia relies on rain for its food, energy and economy. The southern African nation hasn’t received enough this year and may not in the future, either. Inside Climate Science explains how Zambians have become a victim of a climate crisis it didn’t cause. https://flip.it/zp1zzu #Science #ClimateChange #Africa #Zambia
3001 - Accessibility Awareness: "The same photo could appear on…" - disabled.social
The same photo could appear on three different pages and require different alt text for each instance. The alt text for an image can vary, depending on the context of the image, its role on the page, and the intended message.
4708 - Ged Maheux: "“The road to fascism is paved …" - disabled.social
“The road to fascism is paved with people telling you not to overreact.” - My motto for the next four years
5462 - clairegcoleman
I still don't understand why people were warned of the NSW border with Vic closing and people in hotspot suburbs were warned they would be restricted so they could prepare but people in the public housing had no warning of the strictest restrictions imposed in Australia.
7072 - Replacing the old white boys' club with the new white girls' club': Report shows organisation boards need more cultural diversity
Inclusion of culturally diverse and Indigenous Australians is lacking on boards of organisations, despite a gender balance of 40% female.
9303 - Hitler did to europeans what they did to colonise