timhollo

timhollo , 1 month ago to random

Oh my! Be still my beating heart!

Our spotted pardalotes are so comfortable in our garden now! This little jewel has spent the last 20 minutes chatting with me through the window and all is good in the world 💚

#birds #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureAsTherapy #SpottedPardalotes #ecology

A perfect, tiny bird, about 2 inches long, with a yellow fluffy belly, black cap with white spots, black cape with white spots and a red splash in the middle and grey and white over the shoulders, perches in a bush right outside my window

timhollo , 1 month ago to random

It is established fact that Australian soldiers in Afghanistan committed war crimes. Today, the man whose courageous act of whistleblowing brought these crimes to light has been sentenced to almost 6 years in gaol.

This is a dark day in Australian history. Democracy needs people to stand up when they see wrongdoing being committed by powerful people. We should be thanking and celebrating David McBride, not imprisoning him.

#democracy #WarCrimes #Afghanistan #Australia #DavidMcBride #Whistleblower

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/david-mcbride-former-army-lawyer-sentenced-to-five-years-for-stealing-and-leaking-afghanistan-war-documents

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

Come talk about strengthening #democracy with this incredible panel!

I’m delighted (and daunted) to be chairing this session with Canadian Greens leader Elizabeth May, Rwandan Greens Presidential candidate Frank Habineza & Aotearoa NZ Greens co-leader Marama Davidson to launch the new Global Greens Democracy Network, next Weds, May 8.

11am UTC
7am Ottawa
1pm Paris / Kigali
9pm AEST
11pm Wellington

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mt03s7RfRbCXXNyGtz_w8Q#/registration

Promo square for Global Greens Strengthening Democracy Network launch, with round photos and names of Marama Davidson (Aotearoa NZ), Dr Frank Habineza (Rwanda), Elizabeth May (Canada), Tim Hollo (The Green Institute)

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

Haha! Not so long term, after all!

Good riddance to this pseudo-intellectual excuse for selfishness. Effective arsehattery.

HT @ben_hr
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/28/nick-bostrom-controversial-future-of-humanity-institute-closure-longtermism-affective-altruism

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

“The Israel-Hamas war is horrifying. The atrocities committed by both sides illustrate the capacities of human beings for inhumanity and show the vile consequences of hate. For these reasons, it presents an opportunity for students to re-examine their preconceptions and learn from one another.

“If Columbia or any other university now roiled by student protests were doing what it should be doing, it would be a hotbed of debate about the war. Disagreement would be welcome; demonstrations accepted; argument invited; differences examined.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/israel-gaza-campus-protests

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

Bernie! Thank you, Bernie!

Netanyahu’s latest appalling weaponisation of the claim of antisemitism takes the politics of this war to a new low. It’s so important that Bernie has come out to decry it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-netanyahu-campus-protests-b2534966.html

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

Ah, the annual Anzac Eve peace vigil on Mount Ainslie with A Chorus of Women - truly one of the highlights of the Canberra calendar. Thanks to all who came and sang and grieved and marked the occasion with us.

image/png
image/png
image/png

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

The language Modi is using to refer to Muslims and his political opponents is horrifyingly similar to that used by the Nazis about Jews and communists. “Infiltrators”, gathering your wealth, trying to replace you.

Is the Aus govt awake to the fascism in our ally and trading partner?

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/asia/india-modi-muslim-hate-speech-allegations-intl-hnk/index.html?

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

Can I read you a bedtime story?

It’s about the end of the world as we know it.

And about #democracy and #ecology and #anarchism and #nonviolence and #sharing and #deliberation and #change and #transformation. And more. I’d love more people to hear it and discuss it, with me and each other.

https://m.soundcloud.com/green-agenda/sets/living-democracy-book

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

How do we actually change people's minds? How do we open ourselves to the possibility of changing our own minds?

These are, to me, the most crucial questions in change-making. And it feels like we're further away from even thinking about them, let alone responding, than we've been for ages. Our politicking is so wrapped up in being right that we've forgotten politics is supposed to be about making change.

Here's a fascinating and inspiring example of doing politics across difference. I encourage you to watch the video to see what "deep canvassing" is about.

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/29/21065620/broockman-kalla-deep-canvassing

timhollo , 2 months ago to random

“We are proud Jews who denounce the weaponization of Jewish identity and the memory of the Holocaust to justify what many experts in international law, including leading Holocaust scholars, have identified as a “genocide in the making.” We reject the false choice between Jewish safety and Palestinian freedom. We stand with all those calling for a permanent ceasefire, including the safe return of all hostages and the immediate delivery of aid into Gaza, and an end to Israel’s ongoing bombardment of and siege on Gaza.

“We honor the memory of the Holocaust by saying: Never again for anyone.”

Yes

https://www.screendaily.com/news/joaquin-phoenix-joel-coen-debra-winger-sign-letter-in-support-of-jonathan-glazers-oscar-speech/5192192.article