Unfortunately Tim didn’t give the same courtesy to Amanda Rishworth when it was her turn to speak. Shameful, I hope people of Goldstein see this embarrassing display, not his edited version.

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Sheryl Crow speaks out after Trump’s UFC 250 event: “To stay quiet means to turn a blind eye. And so I am saying this. What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency. Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment. All while the average American cannot afford healthcare, gas, and cost of living. Do not be fooled. This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people. It only cares about making money hand over fist at the expense and in spite of our democracy. If we continue to support this kind of distraction from reality, we are no better than them. Let's be better, America.”

The Crucified Soldier 🪖 He went to war. He never came home. And for a century, no one said his name. His name was Sergeant Harry Band. Most people know the story as legend — the Crucified Soldier — a tale so brutal it was raised in Parliament, printed in newspapers, and used to rally a nation to war. Historians called it propaganda. A ghost story dressed in khaki. But Harry Band was not a ghost. He was a man. He had a sister named Elizabeth. He had comrades who fought beside him in the mud of Ypres, who watched what happened to him — and who carried that weight home in silence. It was those men who eventually wrote to Elizabeth. Not to a newspaper. Not to Parliament. To his sister. Because she deserved to know. What they described was almost too terrible to write. Her brother, they said, had been found crucified on the door of a barn. Five bayonets. After the battle of Ypres. A nurse recorded the account. A filmmaker uncovered it a century later. And still — most people have never heard the name Harry Band. The war machine took his life and turned it into a symbol. Into a recruitment tool. Into a debate. Into a myth. But before all of that — he was someone’s brother. Someone’s comrade. A man who deserved to be remembered as himself, not as a story. Say his name. 🕯️ Sergeant Harry Band.

"THE LAWS OF HUMANITY" In 1940, in the midst of World War II, Italian submarine commander Salvatore Todaro made a decision that is still regarded as one of the most humane acts in the history of naval warfare. While on combat patrol in the Atlantic Ocean, his submarine, Comandante Cappellini, sank the Belgian merchant ship Kabalo. According to the laws of war, everything should have ended there. The submarine was expected to dive immediately and leave the area. Remaining on the surface meant risking the lives of the crew and jeopardizing the entire mission. But Todaro saw something else. Among the wreckage in the cold ocean were people fighting for their lives. Sailors. Shipwreck survivors. Men with little chance of being rescued in time. He did what no one expected. He ordered the submarine to surface and take as many survivors aboard as possible. There was not enough room for everyone, so some had to remain in a lifeboat. Then Todaro went even further: he ordered the lifeboat to be tied to the submarine and began towing it toward a safe shore. For several days, the submarine traveled almost defenseless — slowly, on the surface, constantly risking detection and attack. Crew members reminded their commander that he was endangering the entire operation for the sake of men who had been the enemy only hours earlier. Todaro's reply became legendary: "They are not enemies now. They are sailors." After delivering the survivors safely and handing them over to local authorities, the submarine resumed its military mission. More than 80 years have passed. Countries, borders, and wars have changed. Yet this story reminds us of something important: even in the darkest times, a person remains human. Sometimes a single act speaks of true greatness far more than any victory on the battlefield. For there are the laws of war. And then there are the laws of humanity. And it is those that are remembered the longest.

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“You gotta pick a pocket or two.”

Erdogan: "85 years ago, silence in the face of Hitler led to 80 million deaths. Today, the same mistake is being repeated. Gaza Butcher Netanyahu and his cabinet are committing genocide - and the world is watching with the same silence"

RETWEET if you still call it Twitter to this very day!

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali. The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

This man was banned because of his nationality and for no other reason. FIFA did nothing to help him, not even lodge a protest. Ugh bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Exclusive: Mike Catt departs Waratahs after failing to fix team’s attack woes ** Plus, Wallaby Nick Phipps firmly in the mix to return alongside Bernard Foley. 👉🏼theaustralian.com.au/sport/r…

🇳🇿 Brodie Retallick was asked if he could join Dave Rennie and make an All Blacks return.. Rennie jumped in first to say: “Absolutely!” #rugbyjp

The Govt was ordered to disclose politically sensitive #AUKUS nuclear waste site info, but @AlboMP’s has instead launched a nuclear strike on transparency with significant #FOI fallout. @DavidShoebridge has called it an “ugly precedent in secrecy”. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/foi-to-di…

Busy couple of Queensland Days including a tree fall at home. Quaint habit up here of planting trees on boundaries between homes. Not a fan. On Thursday pm we had our first experience of it unraveling. No injuries. Trunk and foliage impact. Lumberjack #Maureen kept me focused.

This man found a She-Puma, with her cub at her side, that a poacher had tied to a tree with a rope.....

Princess Anne in London today, ensuring a slightly soggy priest gets a brolly.

I love this! The Barack and Michelle Obama statue at the new Barack Obama Presidential Center

This is such a wonderful idea!! 🌳🪴☀️ 🌺💙 I think gardens in hospitals is a wonderful escape for patients and staff! 💕 Being stuck in hospital day in, day out on a ward is so bleak, this will give many, a much needed mental health boost as well as helping to reduce stress!