Making life easier for massive vehicles

"Australians are hooked on tax perks while road fatalities and emissions are surging and spending on petrol and insurance increasing."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/17/the-cars-eating-australia-should-we-be-trying-to-reverse-our-attraction-to-suvs-and-utes
#RoadViolence #SUVs #harm #SocietalCosts #governance #australia #WayofLife #RoadTrauma #pedestrians #wildlife #ClimateBreakdown

The wombat outcry :
An (illegal) selfie with wildlife
vs systematic wildlife destruction and wilful neglect

"The irony of our country’s leaders condemning the actions of a young tourist’s treatment of a wombat while shamelessly sanctioning their slaughter is impossible to overlook...Kangaroos, native birds, possums, black swans and emus are just a few of the many native animals that landholders are granted licences to kill under the ATCW list."

"Our leaders have a lot to answer for and must confront the uncomfortable truth of their own involvement in wildlife destruction. They can no longer ignore the role they play in enabling the harm of native animals while lecturing others on respect for wildlife."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/14/attacking-a-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-of-a-wombat-is-hypocritical-and-misses-the-point
#biodiversity #WildlifeCrime #Australia #culture #EPBCAct #ecocide #governance #roadkill #deforestation #logging #harm

#DonaldTrump Comes Out In Favor Of #Prison #Rape.

Least surprising endorsement ever. One of the planks of Trump’s campaign was #bashing #trans #people. And he wasted no time delivering on his #vow to inflict #maximum #harm on #minorities.

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/01/trump-comes-out-in-favor-of-prison-rape/

On my blog: Devils, in Detail https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/15/devils-detail.html
Musings about the (pretty goofy) idea that watching Elphaba gives us fascists.
#ethics #harm #media #rant

→ Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/

“Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that #Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the #Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to #destroy #Palestinians in #Gaza. These acts include #killings, causing serious bodily or mental #harm and deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical #destruction.”

Whats do you expect from a country that make millions peddling coal. See others, past and future who talk ‘a good game’ including the UK, Norway, US….

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/18/australia-accused-of-exporting-climate-destruction-on-tiny-pacific-neighbours-with-massive-gas-expansion-plans

#ClimateChange #Harm #Hypocrisy