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The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and How to Recover, Bruce Pascoe

"Pascoe’s argument (drawn from a First Nations perspective) is that western religion’s view of “other” spiritual beliefs as inferior, Europe’s innate sense of moral and racial superiority, and capitalism’s insatiable appetite for natural resources drove global First Nations dispossession as equally as a yearning for exploration and mercantile expansion....We need to talk – to find common ground.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/26/author-bruce-pascoe-interview-new-book-the-european-mind-ntwnfb
#SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #eurocentrism #mindsets #christianity #colonialism #capitalism #IndigenousPeoples #books

The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and How to Recover, Bruce Pascoe

"Pascoe’s argument (drawn from a First Nations perspective) is that western religion’s view of “other” spiritual beliefs as inferior, Europe’s innate sense of moral and racial superiority, and capitalism’s insatiable appetite for natural resources drove global First Nations dispossession as equally as a yearning for exploration and mercantile expansion....We need to talk – to find common ground.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/26/author-bruce-pascoe-interview-new-book-the-european-mind-ntwnfb
#SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #eurocentrism #mindsets #christianity #colonialism #capitalism #IndigenousPeoples #books

The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and How to Recover, Bruce Pascoe

"Pascoe’s argument (drawn from a First Nations perspective) is that western religion’s view of “other” spiritual beliefs as inferior, Europe’s innate sense of moral and racial superiority, and capitalism’s insatiable appetite for natural resources drove global First Nations dispossession as equally as a yearning for exploration and mercantile expansion....We need to talk – to find common ground.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/26/author-bruce-pascoe-interview-new-book-the-european-mind-ntwnfb
#SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #eurocentrism #mindsets #christianity #colonialism #capitalism #IndigenousPeoples #books

The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and How to Recover, Bruce Pascoe

"Pascoe’s argument (drawn from a First Nations perspective) is that western religion’s view of “other” spiritual beliefs as inferior, Europe’s innate sense of moral and racial superiority, and capitalism’s insatiable appetite for natural resources drove global First Nations dispossession as equally as a yearning for exploration and mercantile expansion....We need to talk – to find common ground.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/26/author-bruce-pascoe-interview-new-book-the-european-mind-ntwnfb
#SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #eurocentrism #mindsets #christianity #colonialism #capitalism #IndigenousPeoples #books

The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and How to Recover, Bruce Pascoe

"Pascoe’s argument (drawn from a First Nations perspective) is that western religion’s view of “other” spiritual beliefs as inferior, Europe’s innate sense of moral and racial superiority, and capitalism’s insatiable appetite for natural resources drove global First Nations dispossession as equally as a yearning for exploration and mercantile expansion....We need to talk – to find common ground.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/26/author-bruce-pascoe-interview-new-book-the-european-mind-ntwnfb
#SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #eurocentrism #mindsets #christianity #colonialism #capitalism #IndigenousPeoples #books

Vanishing Australian native wildlife

"The Invasive Species Council said... findings revealed the growing disconnect between Australians and wildlife, as local species declined while introduced animals – like cats, foxes and rabbits – became an increasingly familiar sight."

"About 10% considered cats wildlife."

"About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced."

"One in five thought cane toads were native."

“Sadly Australia is a world leader in extinctions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/20/outfoxed-how-well-do-you-know-your-native-animals-australians-questionable-quoll-knowledge-exposed
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NativeWildlife #conservation #illiteracy #ignorance #KnowledgeShortfalls #agnotology#education #pets #pests #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #extinction #ecocide #UnknownCountry #BiodiversityLoss

Vanishing Australian native wildlife

"The Invasive Species Council said... findings revealed the growing disconnect between Australians and wildlife, as local species declined while introduced animals – like cats, foxes and rabbits – became an increasingly familiar sight."

"About 10% considered cats wildlife."

"About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced."

"One in five thought cane toads were native."

“Sadly Australia is a world leader in extinctions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/20/outfoxed-how-well-do-you-know-your-native-animals-australians-questionable-quoll-knowledge-exposed
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NativeWildlife #conservation #illiteracy #ignorance #KnowledgeShortfalls #agnotology#education #pets #pests #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #extinction #ecocide #UnknownCountry #BiodiversityLoss

Vanishing Australian native wildlife

"The Invasive Species Council said... findings revealed the growing disconnect between Australians and wildlife, as local species declined while introduced animals – like cats, foxes and rabbits – became an increasingly familiar sight."

"About 10% considered cats wildlife."

"About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced."

"One in five thought cane toads were native."

“Sadly Australia is a world leader in extinctions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/20/outfoxed-how-well-do-you-know-your-native-animals-australians-questionable-quoll-knowledge-exposed
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NativeWildlife #conservation #illiteracy #ignorance #KnowledgeShortfalls #agnotology#education #pets #pests #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #extinction #ecocide #UnknownCountry #BiodiversityLoss

Vanishing Australian native wildlife

"The Invasive Species Council said... findings revealed the growing disconnect between Australians and wildlife, as local species declined while introduced animals – like cats, foxes and rabbits – became an increasingly familiar sight."

"About 10% considered cats wildlife."

"About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced."

"One in five thought cane toads were native."

“Sadly Australia is a world leader in extinctions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/20/outfoxed-how-well-do-you-know-your-native-animals-australians-questionable-quoll-knowledge-exposed
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NativeWildlife #conservation #illiteracy #ignorance #KnowledgeShortfalls #agnotology#education #pets #pests #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #extinction #ecocide #UnknownCountry #BiodiversityLoss

Vanishing Australian native wildlife

"The Invasive Species Council said... findings revealed the growing disconnect between Australians and wildlife, as local species declined while introduced animals – like cats, foxes and rabbits – became an increasingly familiar sight."

"About 10% considered cats wildlife."

"About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced."

"One in five thought cane toads were native."

“Sadly Australia is a world leader in extinctions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/20/outfoxed-how-well-do-you-know-your-native-animals-australians-questionable-quoll-knowledge-exposed
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NativeWildlife #conservation #illiteracy #ignorance #KnowledgeShortfalls #agnotology#education #pets #pests #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #extinction #ecocide #UnknownCountry #BiodiversityLoss

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Bandicoots

* Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction

"Tragically, since European colonisation, eight of the 15 existing bandicoot (Peramelidae) species have become threatened or gone extinct. The populations that remain have all declined in numbers due to pressures from invasive predators, such as cats and foxes, as well as habitat destruction. However, humans have also directly contributed to their decline." >>
https://theconversation.com/our-new-research-shows-humans-have-maligned-bandicoots-for-decades-making-them-more-vulnerable-to-extinction-291653

* As miserable as a bandicoot’: 150 years of human-wildlife conflict with bandicoots in New South Wales, c. 1804–1954

"Our study shows that humans, as predators and persecutors, have negatively impacted bandicoot populations more than previously considered." >>
https://connectsci.au/pc/article/32/5/PC26059/276048/As-miserable-as-a-bandicoot-150-years-of-human
#biodiversity #wildlife #bandicoots #hostility #SettlerSociety #NSW #extinction #bushfires #cars #pets

Bandicoots

* Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction

"Tragically, since European colonisation, eight of the 15 existing bandicoot (Peramelidae) species have become threatened or gone extinct. The populations that remain have all declined in numbers due to pressures from invasive predators, such as cats and foxes, as well as habitat destruction. However, humans have also directly contributed to their decline." >>
https://theconversation.com/our-new-research-shows-humans-have-maligned-bandicoots-for-decades-making-them-more-vulnerable-to-extinction-291653

* As miserable as a bandicoot’: 150 years of human-wildlife conflict with bandicoots in New South Wales, c. 1804–1954

"Our study shows that humans, as predators and persecutors, have negatively impacted bandicoot populations more than previously considered." >>
https://connectsci.au/pc/article/32/5/PC26059/276048/As-miserable-as-a-bandicoot-150-years-of-human
#biodiversity #wildlife #bandicoots #hostility #SettlerSociety #NSW #extinction #bushfires #cars #pets

Bandicoots

* Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction

"Tragically, since European colonisation, eight of the 15 existing bandicoot (Peramelidae) species have become threatened or gone extinct. The populations that remain have all declined in numbers due to pressures from invasive predators, such as cats and foxes, as well as habitat destruction. However, humans have also directly contributed to their decline." >>
https://theconversation.com/our-new-research-shows-humans-have-maligned-bandicoots-for-decades-making-them-more-vulnerable-to-extinction-291653

* As miserable as a bandicoot’: 150 years of human-wildlife conflict with bandicoots in New South Wales, c. 1804–1954

"Our study shows that humans, as predators and persecutors, have negatively impacted bandicoot populations more than previously considered." >>
https://connectsci.au/pc/article/32/5/PC26059/276048/As-miserable-as-a-bandicoot-150-years-of-human
#biodiversity #wildlife #bandicoots #hostility #SettlerSociety #NSW #extinction #bushfires #cars #pets

Bandicoots

* Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction

"Tragically, since European colonisation, eight of the 15 existing bandicoot (Peramelidae) species have become threatened or gone extinct. The populations that remain have all declined in numbers due to pressures from invasive predators, such as cats and foxes, as well as habitat destruction. However, humans have also directly contributed to their decline." >>
https://theconversation.com/our-new-research-shows-humans-have-maligned-bandicoots-for-decades-making-them-more-vulnerable-to-extinction-291653

* As miserable as a bandicoot’: 150 years of human-wildlife conflict with bandicoots in New South Wales, c. 1804–1954

"Our study shows that humans, as predators and persecutors, have negatively impacted bandicoot populations more than previously considered." >>
https://connectsci.au/pc/article/32/5/PC26059/276048/As-miserable-as-a-bandicoot-150-years-of-human
#biodiversity #wildlife #bandicoots #hostility #SettlerSociety #NSW #extinction #bushfires #cars #pets

Bandicoots

* Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction

"Tragically, since European colonisation, eight of the 15 existing bandicoot (Peramelidae) species have become threatened or gone extinct. The populations that remain have all declined in numbers due to pressures from invasive predators, such as cats and foxes, as well as habitat destruction. However, humans have also directly contributed to their decline." >>
https://theconversation.com/our-new-research-shows-humans-have-maligned-bandicoots-for-decades-making-them-more-vulnerable-to-extinction-291653

* As miserable as a bandicoot’: 150 years of human-wildlife conflict with bandicoots in New South Wales, c. 1804–1954

"Our study shows that humans, as predators and persecutors, have negatively impacted bandicoot populations more than previously considered." >>
https://connectsci.au/pc/article/32/5/PC26059/276048/As-miserable-as-a-bandicoot-150-years-of-human
#biodiversity #wildlife #bandicoots #hostility #SettlerSociety #NSW #extinction #bushfires #cars #pets

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

“They can get to incredible numbers and you see the whole landscape gets denuded."

"Though they were introduced on the first fleet during the British invasion in 1788, research has traced the species’ continent-wide spread to one consignment of 24 rabbits brought in to the country by settler Thomas Austin in 1859."

"By the 1920s, rabbits had reached plague proportions with estimates numbering them in their billions. More recent counts put the current population at closer to 200 million but the true number is unknown as there is no formal monitoring.Their impact on the landscape has been measured. One study found rabbits were having negative effects on 329 threatened species in Australia – more than any other invasive pest."

“Peri-urban areas have become a breeding ground because it is more difficult to have people control them there, mainly because the rabbits can be under buildings, for example, or in gardens." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/14/rabbits-austraila-population-native-species-threat
#biodiversity #wildlife #pests #EuropeanLegacy #CoffsHarbour #PeriUrbanAreas #pets #NSW #SettlerSociety
#Image: Pet bunny with own real estate at Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour. Many (ex-pet) rabbits hopping around the CBD.

"Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit."
"A planned dismantling of everything."

"Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like." - Rebecca Solnit

"The Trump administration’s ruthless efforts to turn over public lands for mining and logging and fossil fuel exploitation while it also dismantles the US Forest Service and National Park Service is about turning long-term wellbeing for the many, human and more than human, into short-term profit for an elite."

"To give away a piece of land is one form of harm to the parks, to take away the park’s workers, whose labors protect endangered species, waterways and land, prevent fires and provide public services from search and rescue operations to education to clean restrooms is another." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/trumps-plan-to-sell-off-a-part-of-yosemite-is-what-oligarchy-looks-like
#biodiversity #conservation #NationalParks #FastTrack #redistribution #FirstNationsPeoples #SacredSites #SettlerSociety #NPWS

"Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit."
"A planned dismantling of everything."

"Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like." - Rebecca Solnit

"The Trump administration’s ruthless efforts to turn over public lands for mining and logging and fossil fuel exploitation while it also dismantles the US Forest Service and National Park Service is about turning long-term wellbeing for the many, human and more than human, into short-term profit for an elite."

"To give away a piece of land is one form of harm to the parks, to take away the park’s workers, whose labors protect endangered species, waterways and land, prevent fires and provide public services from search and rescue operations to education to clean restrooms is another." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/trumps-plan-to-sell-off-a-part-of-yosemite-is-what-oligarchy-looks-like
#biodiversity #conservation #NationalParks #FastTrack #redistribution #FirstNationsPeoples #SacredSites #SettlerSociety #NPWS

"Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit."
"A planned dismantling of everything."

"Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like." - Rebecca Solnit

"The Trump administration’s ruthless efforts to turn over public lands for mining and logging and fossil fuel exploitation while it also dismantles the US Forest Service and National Park Service is about turning long-term wellbeing for the many, human and more than human, into short-term profit for an elite."

"To give away a piece of land is one form of harm to the parks, to take away the park’s workers, whose labors protect endangered species, waterways and land, prevent fires and provide public services from search and rescue operations to education to clean restrooms is another." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/trumps-plan-to-sell-off-a-part-of-yosemite-is-what-oligarchy-looks-like
#biodiversity #conservation #NationalParks #FastTrack #redistribution #FirstNationsPeoples #SacredSites #SettlerSociety #NPWS

"Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit."
"A planned dismantling of everything."

"Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like." - Rebecca Solnit

"The Trump administration’s ruthless efforts to turn over public lands for mining and logging and fossil fuel exploitation while it also dismantles the US Forest Service and National Park Service is about turning long-term wellbeing for the many, human and more than human, into short-term profit for an elite."

"To give away a piece of land is one form of harm to the parks, to take away the park’s workers, whose labors protect endangered species, waterways and land, prevent fires and provide public services from search and rescue operations to education to clean restrooms is another." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/trumps-plan-to-sell-off-a-part-of-yosemite-is-what-oligarchy-looks-like
#biodiversity #conservation #NationalParks #FastTrack #redistribution #FirstNationsPeoples #SacredSites #SettlerSociety #NPWS

"Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit."
"A planned dismantling of everything."

"Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like." - Rebecca Solnit

"The Trump administration’s ruthless efforts to turn over public lands for mining and logging and fossil fuel exploitation while it also dismantles the US Forest Service and National Park Service is about turning long-term wellbeing for the many, human and more than human, into short-term profit for an elite."

"To give away a piece of land is one form of harm to the parks, to take away the park’s workers, whose labors protect endangered species, waterways and land, prevent fires and provide public services from search and rescue operations to education to clean restrooms is another." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/31/trumps-plan-to-sell-off-a-part-of-yosemite-is-what-oligarchy-looks-like
#biodiversity #conservation #NationalParks #FastTrack #redistribution #FirstNationsPeoples #SacredSites #SettlerSociety #NPWS

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

Mowing down children and the racist feeding frenzy that followed.
Alabama in the 1930s?

"* Two children, who were riding a motorised pushbike and left with serious injuries, were allegedly pursued and mowed down by 56-year-old Gol Gol man Andrew Brien.."

"Mr Brien allegedly pursued the children through the pedestrian-only mall in the belief they were involved in vandalism at his partner's real estate business. However, the court heard the children were "blameless" of any offending on the night."

"The amount and volume of racist and violent comments surged after the incident, with hundreds of social media posts laying blame on the boys and praising the driver."

"The act alone was shocking, but what followed on social media revealed a distressing and damaging ugliness...What we've seen lately in terms of social media is that anger is coming out in really primal responses, in ideas and thoughts and beliefs which do not have a place in a civilised society."

"It is not OK to hurt children. It is never OK to hurt children. It's not OK to call this man a hero."

"No-one should see violence against their children or community being celebrated or joked about...I don't want to see comments that I think would be better placed in 1930s Alabama". >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/mildura-leaders-call-for-calm-after-boys-struck-by-ute/107032768

* "A 24-year-old hit and run driver who injured two pedestrians, one of them fatally, sped away and then bragged about it to his friends has been spared jail time in Darwin."
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRPw3srQeg
#children #cars #violence #dehumanisation #racism #harm #UTEs #motorists #pedestrians #malls #FirstNationsPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #incivility #SocialMedia #hate #governance

What is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

* "The Voice campaign...brought racism many First Nations people experience daily to the fore."

A parliamentary inquiry "follows several violent incidents, including the attack on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne in August 2025 (and importantly, a new attack on August 2 2026), and the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth."

"At public hearings around the country, First Nations people and organisations have described racism in workplaces, schools, public institutions and online. They have also warned racist abuse is becoming more open, more organised and easier to spread."

"...Political campaigns don’t just reflect existing prejudice. They can create moments when hostile ideas become easier to express, repeat and share.Around Anzac Day and the March for Australia, more than 96% of the hate detected directly targeted First Nations identity. White supremacist claims (that is, posts implying or explicitly asserting the superiority of White, settler or European Australians) and dehumanising language made up almost 90% of the total hateful posts.Around March for Australia alone, white supremacy accounted for 69% of detected hate."

"The findings show something important: online hate follows recognisable patterns. It builds around political campaigns, public controversies and events connected with national identity."

"The parliamentary inquiry now has an opportunity to move from recognising the problem to acting on the evidence. " >>
https://theconversation.com/what-three-million-online-posts-reveal-about-anti-first-nations-hate-in-australia-289052

* Understanding Anti First Nations Hate Online in Australia report >>
https://tacklinghate.org/lab-insights/understanding-anti-first-nations-hate-online-in-australia/
#FirstNations #dehumanisation #WhiteSupremacy #EthnoNationalism #NationalIdentity #racism #hostility #referendum #TheVoice #hate #TacklingHate #IndigenousPeoples #experience #SettlerSociety #violence

What is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

* "The Voice campaign...brought racism many First Nations people experience daily to the fore."

A parliamentary inquiry "follows several violent incidents, including the attack on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne in August 2025 (and importantly, a new attack on August 2 2026), and the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth."

"At public hearings around the country, First Nations people and organisations have described racism in workplaces, schools, public institutions and online. They have also warned racist abuse is becoming more open, more organised and easier to spread."

"...Political campaigns don’t just reflect existing prejudice. They can create moments when hostile ideas become easier to express, repeat and share.Around Anzac Day and the March for Australia, more than 96% of the hate detected directly targeted First Nations identity. White supremacist claims (that is, posts implying or explicitly asserting the superiority of White, settler or European Australians) and dehumanising language made up almost 90% of the total hateful posts.Around March for Australia alone, white supremacy accounted for 69% of detected hate."

"The findings show something important: online hate follows recognisable patterns. It builds around political campaigns, public controversies and events connected with national identity."

"The parliamentary inquiry now has an opportunity to move from recognising the problem to acting on the evidence. " >>
https://theconversation.com/what-three-million-online-posts-reveal-about-anti-first-nations-hate-in-australia-289052

* Understanding Anti First Nations Hate Online in Australia report >>
https://tacklinghate.org/lab-insights/understanding-anti-first-nations-hate-online-in-australia/
#FirstNations #dehumanisation #WhiteSupremacy #EthnoNationalism #NationalIdentity #racism #hostility #referendum #TheVoice #hate #TacklingHate #IndigenousPeoples #experience #SettlerSociety #violence

What is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

* "The Voice campaign...brought racism many First Nations people experience daily to the fore."

A parliamentary inquiry "follows several violent incidents, including the attack on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne in August 2025 (and importantly, a new attack on August 2 2026), and the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth."

"At public hearings around the country, First Nations people and organisations have described racism in workplaces, schools, public institutions and online. They have also warned racist abuse is becoming more open, more organised and easier to spread."

"...Political campaigns don’t just reflect existing prejudice. They can create moments when hostile ideas become easier to express, repeat and share.Around Anzac Day and the March for Australia, more than 96% of the hate detected directly targeted First Nations identity. White supremacist claims (that is, posts implying or explicitly asserting the superiority of White, settler or European Australians) and dehumanising language made up almost 90% of the total hateful posts.Around March for Australia alone, white supremacy accounted for 69% of detected hate."

"The findings show something important: online hate follows recognisable patterns. It builds around political campaigns, public controversies and events connected with national identity."

"The parliamentary inquiry now has an opportunity to move from recognising the problem to acting on the evidence. " >>
https://theconversation.com/what-three-million-online-posts-reveal-about-anti-first-nations-hate-in-australia-289052

* Understanding Anti First Nations Hate Online in Australia report >>
https://tacklinghate.org/lab-insights/understanding-anti-first-nations-hate-online-in-australia/
#FirstNations #dehumanisation #WhiteSupremacy #EthnoNationalism #NationalIdentity #racism #hostility #referendum #TheVoice #hate #TacklingHate #IndigenousPeoples #experience #SettlerSociety #violence

What is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

* "The Voice campaign...brought racism many First Nations people experience daily to the fore."

A parliamentary inquiry "follows several violent incidents, including the attack on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne in August 2025 (and importantly, a new attack on August 2 2026), and the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth."

"At public hearings around the country, First Nations people and organisations have described racism in workplaces, schools, public institutions and online. They have also warned racist abuse is becoming more open, more organised and easier to spread."

"...Political campaigns don’t just reflect existing prejudice. They can create moments when hostile ideas become easier to express, repeat and share.Around Anzac Day and the March for Australia, more than 96% of the hate detected directly targeted First Nations identity. White supremacist claims (that is, posts implying or explicitly asserting the superiority of White, settler or European Australians) and dehumanising language made up almost 90% of the total hateful posts.Around March for Australia alone, white supremacy accounted for 69% of detected hate."

"The findings show something important: online hate follows recognisable patterns. It builds around political campaigns, public controversies and events connected with national identity."

"The parliamentary inquiry now has an opportunity to move from recognising the problem to acting on the evidence. " >>
https://theconversation.com/what-three-million-online-posts-reveal-about-anti-first-nations-hate-in-australia-289052

* Understanding Anti First Nations Hate Online in Australia report >>
https://tacklinghate.org/lab-insights/understanding-anti-first-nations-hate-online-in-australia/
#FirstNations #dehumanisation #WhiteSupremacy #EthnoNationalism #NationalIdentity #racism #hostility #referendum #TheVoice #hate #TacklingHate #IndigenousPeoples #experience #SettlerSociety #violence

What is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

* "The Voice campaign...brought racism many First Nations people experience daily to the fore."

A parliamentary inquiry "follows several violent incidents, including the attack on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne in August 2025 (and importantly, a new attack on August 2 2026), and the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth."

"At public hearings around the country, First Nations people and organisations have described racism in workplaces, schools, public institutions and online. They have also warned racist abuse is becoming more open, more organised and easier to spread."

"...Political campaigns don’t just reflect existing prejudice. They can create moments when hostile ideas become easier to express, repeat and share.Around Anzac Day and the March for Australia, more than 96% of the hate detected directly targeted First Nations identity. White supremacist claims (that is, posts implying or explicitly asserting the superiority of White, settler or European Australians) and dehumanising language made up almost 90% of the total hateful posts.Around March for Australia alone, white supremacy accounted for 69% of detected hate."

"The findings show something important: online hate follows recognisable patterns. It builds around political campaigns, public controversies and events connected with national identity."

"The parliamentary inquiry now has an opportunity to move from recognising the problem to acting on the evidence. " >>
https://theconversation.com/what-three-million-online-posts-reveal-about-anti-first-nations-hate-in-australia-289052

* Understanding Anti First Nations Hate Online in Australia report >>
https://tacklinghate.org/lab-insights/understanding-anti-first-nations-hate-online-in-australia/
#FirstNations #dehumanisation #WhiteSupremacy #EthnoNationalism #NationalIdentity #racism #hostility #referendum #TheVoice #hate #TacklingHate #IndigenousPeoples #experience #SettlerSociety #violence

"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship."

"Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continent

Introduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords

"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship."

"Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continent

Introduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords

"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship."

"Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continent

Introduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords

"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship."

"Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continent

Introduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords

"Timothy Neale’s How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent
critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship."

"Each year, Australia faces increasingly unprecedented wildfires, marked both by their scale and by the intense public disagreements about their political, cultural, and ecological causes. How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent is a critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia and the technoscientific systems of control that shape its current and future possibilities. Timothy Neale observes how two seemingly opposing forces—an entrenched sense of crisis and widespread normalization—combine to form an apparatus of institutional fire management that increasingly centers technical control and militarization. While sympathetic to the double binds many fire management professionals find themselves in, Neale ties contemporary wildfire problems to ongoing colonization and Indigenous dispossession, exploring Indigenous-led land management and cultural burning as a practical assertion of sovereignty. Through dialogue and collaboration with professional fire managers and Indigenous environmental stewards, Neale calls for a collective movement beyond control thinking by fostering new alliances and modes of coping with, rather than commanding, our flammable world." >>
https://www.dukeupress.edu/how-to-control-fire-on-a-burning-continent

Introduction >>
https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-002a-a423-84e111d5b498/8a052eb4-c8e4-4655-aab9-0a8efa3514cd/978-1-4780-3879-5_601.pdf
#fires #bushfires #FossilFuels #LoggingIndustry #extractivism #climate #book #IndigenousPeoples #SettlerSociety #Australia #europeancolonisation #control #ClimateFiasco #HeatRecords

Have you at any time... rewritten the settler narrative?
Foundational narratives facing the murder board

“When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we don’t mean erasing it...We mean adding the evidence, the voices, the objects, that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves reflected in the national story.” >>
https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-history-museum-trump-white-house-criticism-99fff0e5911b4dc01905713d19a73e32

Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961Mclohmi8&t=2099s

#SettlerSociety #ethnonationalism #AmericanDream #FoundationalNarratives #ReshapeThePast #history #museum #culture #diversity #examination #MurderBoard #zeitgeist

Have you at any time... rewritten the settler narrative?
Foundational narratives facing the murder board

“When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we don’t mean erasing it...We mean adding the evidence, the voices, the objects, that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves reflected in the national story.” >>
https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-history-museum-trump-white-house-criticism-99fff0e5911b4dc01905713d19a73e32

Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961Mclohmi8&t=2099s

#SettlerSociety #ethnonationalism #AmericanDream #FoundationalNarratives #ReshapeThePast #history #museum #culture #diversity #examination #MurderBoard #zeitgeist

Have you at any time... rewritten the settler narrative?
Foundational narratives facing the murder board

“When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we don’t mean erasing it...We mean adding the evidence, the voices, the objects, that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves reflected in the national story.” >>
https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-history-museum-trump-white-house-criticism-99fff0e5911b4dc01905713d19a73e32

Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961Mclohmi8&t=2099s

#SettlerSociety #ethnonationalism #AmericanDream #FoundationalNarratives #ReshapeThePast #history #museum #culture #diversity #examination #MurderBoard #zeitgeist

Have you at any time... rewritten the settler narrative?
Foundational narratives facing the murder board

“When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we don’t mean erasing it...We mean adding the evidence, the voices, the objects, that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves reflected in the national story.” >>
https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-history-museum-trump-white-house-criticism-99fff0e5911b4dc01905713d19a73e32

Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961Mclohmi8&t=2099s

#SettlerSociety #ethnonationalism #AmericanDream #FoundationalNarratives #ReshapeThePast #history #museum #culture #diversity #examination #MurderBoard #zeitgeist

Have you at any time... rewritten the settler narrative?
Foundational narratives facing the murder board

“When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we don’t mean erasing it...We mean adding the evidence, the voices, the objects, that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves reflected in the national story.” >>
https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-history-museum-trump-white-house-criticism-99fff0e5911b4dc01905713d19a73e32

Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961Mclohmi8&t=2099s

#SettlerSociety #ethnonationalism #AmericanDream #FoundationalNarratives #ReshapeThePast #history #museum #culture #diversity #examination #MurderBoard #zeitgeist

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

"The town capitalists and plantation patriarchs are in the saddle – while our revolutionary inheritance, Paine’s “universal struggle for liberty”, awaits its next reinvention."

""Emancipation and expansion are twin pillars of the American revolutionary narrative."

"Rather than finding new sources for expansion – moral or material – our American age is one of attrition and low expectations, small yards, high fences, new trade barriers, rising mid-life mortality, border walls and prison bars."

The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/28/america-250-origin-myth-narrative-power
#expansion #empire #EuropeanColonisation #FoundationalNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #dispossession #SettlerSociety #AmericanDream #systemic #inequality #EthicalInfrastructure #emancipation

"The town capitalists and plantation patriarchs are in the saddle – while our revolutionary inheritance, Paine’s “universal struggle for liberty”, awaits its next reinvention."

""Emancipation and expansion are twin pillars of the American revolutionary narrative."

"Rather than finding new sources for expansion – moral or material – our American age is one of attrition and low expectations, small yards, high fences, new trade barriers, rising mid-life mortality, border walls and prison bars."

The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/28/america-250-origin-myth-narrative-power
#expansion #empire #EuropeanColonisation #FoundationalNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #dispossession #SettlerSociety #AmericanDream #systemic #inequality #EthicalInfrastructure #emancipation

"The town capitalists and plantation patriarchs are in the saddle – while our revolutionary inheritance, Paine’s “universal struggle for liberty”, awaits its next reinvention."

""Emancipation and expansion are twin pillars of the American revolutionary narrative."

"Rather than finding new sources for expansion – moral or material – our American age is one of attrition and low expectations, small yards, high fences, new trade barriers, rising mid-life mortality, border walls and prison bars."

The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/28/america-250-origin-myth-narrative-power
#expansion #empire #EuropeanColonisation #FoundationalNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #dispossession #SettlerSociety #AmericanDream #systemic #inequality #EthicalInfrastructure #emancipation

"The town capitalists and plantation patriarchs are in the saddle – while our revolutionary inheritance, Paine’s “universal struggle for liberty”, awaits its next reinvention."

""Emancipation and expansion are twin pillars of the American revolutionary narrative."

"Rather than finding new sources for expansion – moral or material – our American age is one of attrition and low expectations, small yards, high fences, new trade barriers, rising mid-life mortality, border walls and prison bars."

The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/28/america-250-origin-myth-narrative-power
#expansion #empire #EuropeanColonisation #FoundationalNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #dispossession #SettlerSociety #AmericanDream #systemic #inequality #EthicalInfrastructure #emancipation

"The town capitalists and plantation patriarchs are in the saddle – while our revolutionary inheritance, Paine’s “universal struggle for liberty”, awaits its next reinvention."

""Emancipation and expansion are twin pillars of the American revolutionary narrative."

"Rather than finding new sources for expansion – moral or material – our American age is one of attrition and low expectations, small yards, high fences, new trade barriers, rising mid-life mortality, border walls and prison bars."

The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/28/america-250-origin-myth-narrative-power
#expansion #empire #EuropeanColonisation #FoundationalNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #dispossession #SettlerSociety #AmericanDream #systemic #inequality #EthicalInfrastructure #emancipation