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Esther Linder
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photojournalist & writer in australia | becoming ungovernable | she/her
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marisakabas.bsky.social
ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!
The Rwanda arrangements were first reported by the Washington Post, which also cited work by an independent journalist who had uncovered the recent deportation from the U.S. of an Iraqi national to Rwanda.
May 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
josiegz.bsky.social Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Apr 24
In Gaza, World Central Kitchen @wck.org is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible.

mailchi.mp/wck/4-23-25-...
GAZA UPDATE | WCK among last organizations still cooking
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April 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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josepgoded.bsky.social
Acclaimed Palestinian photographer and photojournalist Fatma Hassona was killed this morning, along with several relatives, when an Israeli airstrike struck their home in Gaza City.
April 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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courtneymilan.com
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.

nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
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April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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ninobucci.bsky.social
Please take the time to read this piece. The mother who gave so much of her time to make it possible deserves it.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘A history of family violence’: in the NT, a mother’s loss and a police system in dire need of overhaul
No crime scene was established after Mona’s daughter died. She speaks publicly about the death for the first time to ensure it is not forgotten and to urge action
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
estherlinder.bsky.social
anyone else find labor/libs trying a bit TOO hard on the meme front? wrote about it here
The meme-ification of the 2025 Australia Federal Election
The 2025 federal election has seen the proliferation of the major parties dabbling in their own meme factories as the new method of online political communication.
missingperspectives.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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antipovertycentre.org
CW: mental ill health + suicide.

The welfare system kills people.

Politicians force us to live in poverty, then pretend to care with band-aid funding for services that do nothing to address the poverty & cruel welfare policies that drive us to despair.

Thx @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
From the Guardian blog: Following Labor’s promise to increase mental health funding by $1 billion this morning. Welfare advocates at the Antipoverty Centre have pointed out that data published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that around a third of adult suicide deaths are people on just two Centrelink payments. One in 5 people who die by suicide are on the JobSeeker payment, while 14% are on the Disability Support Pension. Antipoverty Centre spokesperson and DSP recipient Kristin O’Connell: We know that the welfare system – through appallingly low Centrelink payments, abusive “mutual” obligations and compulsory income control – is causing widespread mental ill health, and fuelling suicide. We know this because of the extraordinary number of people in distress who seek help from the Antipoverty Centre, and because the statistics tell us so. If people were not in such enormous financial distress, services would have more capacity for those of us who have complex psychosocial conditions – conditions that are also exacerbated by the fact that we are trying to survive without enough money to live. We need Centrelink payments above the poverty line. We need “mutual” obligations and parasitic (un)employment services providers abolished. And we need the government to support our mental wellbeing by acting instead of forcing us to tell them this over and over and over. Crisis support services can be reached 24 hours a day: Lifeline 13 11 14; Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467; Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800; MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78; Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
April 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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jinghuaqian.com
Really pleased to have this statement from MEAA today for #TDOV2025

"Trans & gender diverse people disproportionately experience unemployment and insecure work, making trans justice part of the work of our union"
#transdayofvisibility
withmeaa.bsky.social MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · Mar 30
Statement from the MEAA Diversity Committee for Trans Day of Visibility 2025:
meaa.io/426Fh2A
#TDOV #transdayofvisibility🏳️‍ #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights
March 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free."

- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

23 and he knew to leave a death note.
PRESS hossam_shbat 4h This is Hossam's team, and we are sharing his final message : "If you're reading this, it means I have been killed -most likely targeted-by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old-a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents -anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people's side. By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest-something I haven't known in the past 18 months. I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people. I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free." - For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
March 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
estherlinder.bsky.social
Contributed some photos for this excellent Story Lab feature 📸
February 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
estherlinder.bsky.social
“I asked them what they were doing coming into the operating theatre,” he says. “One of the soldiers pointed at me and said: ‘Are you Dr Issam Abu Ajwa?’ I said: ‘Yes, that’s me.’ And then the beating began.”
‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention
Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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jinghuaqian.com
“The arts & freedom of expression are closely intertwined... interference which seeks to prevent this must be unreservedly condemned. This is an industrial & workplace issue – one that goes to the very heart of the rights of artists not only as creators, but as workers.”
www.meaa.org/mediaroom/po...
Political interference in artistic expression must stop
Artistic and creative organisations across Australia must reaffirm their commitment to freedom of expression following a series of interventions over the past 12 months which have resulted in artists ...
www.meaa.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
Raising rental assistance will not fix this. Without reform and ending landlord incentives like negative gearing, renters will continue to be used as commodities
rachelwithers.bsky.social Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · Feb 9
Kept working until her knees gave out, close to having to live in her car, but doesn’t want to be a “burden”.

We’ve made it impossible for renters to survive retirement, and yet Lyn feels like she’s “letting people down”.

Can't do anything to upset the landlords tho!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Nearly 4 in 5 retired single women who rent are below the poverty line
Two-thirds of retired renters are in poverty, according to new analysis from the Grattan Institute, with calls for the major parties to increase Rent Assistance to ease the burden.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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nourhaydar.bsky.social
Being sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians, and sharing the injustices committed by Israel are not at odds with being a journalist or good journalism.

Our industry often awards/elevates journalists who speak unashamedly on human rights & social justice issues
February 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM