Tinariwen is a musical group from Mali. They play a genre of music called Desert Blues (or tishoumaren or assouf). They will be touring Australia and New Zealand in 2027 including performances at Womadelaide and Womad NZ. Tour — TinariwenThe official website for Tinariwen. New album 'Amatssou' out now.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" had its worldwide premiere last week. It has been a huge success, breaking box office records. And it has created a niche IMAX following, as it was shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras. There was a faux controversy stirred up by right
* First Peoples are advised that this page may contain voices, images, and names of people now passed and content of cultural significance. No Fixed Address and Coloured Stone were pioneers of reggae music in Australia in the 1980s. No Fixed Address appeared in a 1980 semi-biographical film, Wrong Side
Tāme Iti is a Māori activist and artist from Aoterea New Zealand. I first noticed him in the documentary Patu! by the film maker Merata Mita. The documentary charts the anti-Apartheid protests that took place across Aoterea New Zealand in the winter of 1981, before and during a South
“The world’s biggest oil and gas companies have been retreating from their climate commitments and are planning to increase fossil fuel production. They’re doing this in the service of their largest shareholders — firms that most people have never heard of, but which wield enormous power behind the scenes.
Sam Bamford is an Australian Army Combat Veteran and former Paratrooper who deployed to Afghanistan (thank you for your service Sam!). He is a good looking guy, husband, and father, who speaks well, and has a growing online presence and audience. His podcast, 2 Worlds Collide, and daily short videos
Leo Puglisi's 6 News reported on 29 September 2025 that the number one issue facing voters in Victoria today is crime and safety. 🚨 NEW: Asked to name "the biggest issue facing Victoria today", voters say crime, according to a poll from DemosAU just over a year
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Where we invest our money, the companies, the goods, the services, the infrastructure, where the capital flows, will shape how our future unfolds. Superannuation (pension funds) are currently worth approximately USD 63 trillion. This is around 55% of market capitalisation of all listed domestic companies (USD 114 trillion). An amount
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, University of St Andrews, 1867 "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" - Republican poster, Spanish Civil War, 1930s A supposed "March
I listened to a bonus episode of the podcast Drilled this week, "The 'Carbon Dominance' Strategy Driving Trump's Anti-Renewable Spree". The link to the podcast is included in its accompanying article, "Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere", found here: Trump
"The only minority destroying America is the billionaires. Transpeople are 1% of the population. Muslims are 1% of the population. Undocumented people are 1% of the population. We are focused on the wrong 1%! Transpeople aren't taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren't defunding our schools.
Last Sunday (31 August 2025) I attended the counter protest against the anti-immigration rally in Melbourne that involved the neo-Nazi organisation, the National Socialist Network. Due to me not wearing any identifying clothing, and being white, once the police had dispersed us, I was able to move among
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this." - Omar El Akkad The Overton window, or window of discourse,
Gary Stevenson, a British economist, financial trader, and YouTuber, says that in UK politics (and in other western economies) there are essentially 2 leading voices in what we need to do to solve our economic problems. His group that wants to tax the rich more, and the much louder group
No. Margaret Thatcher's statement above is another in the list of things she was wrong about. Modern monetary theory (MMT) is a macroeconomic theory that describes how monetary systems work and it advocates that government spending should not be restrained due to the fear of rising debt. 1
Sunk costs are costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. 1 The sunk cost fallacy causes people to stick with a failing decision just because they've already invested in it. 2 Psychological biases like loss aversion and commitment bias make it hard to walk away
Are you a techno-phile, techno-optimist, techno-solutionist, techno-fantasist, techno-utopiast? Do you think technology and artificial intelligence (AI) will solve all our problems? "Socialism didn't work did it, we tried that didn't we? The extreme right and left are as bad as
Bill Gates recently announced that he would give away most of his fortune to Africa by 2045. A total expected to be USD 200 billion, or roughly USD 10 billion a year. Whilst admirable, this amount is dwarfed by the net financial flows of USD 2 trillion that is extracted
People often conflate running a government with running a household like this man... He doesn't realise that his expenditure is independent of his income. So when he reduces his expenditure, his income remains the same, and he gets to keep the savings. Whereas for a nation, it'