the forest for timber and loo paper....

Visit many areas of state forest in parts of Victoria and you might get a shock – the forest isn’t there.

Visit many areas of state forest in parts of Victoria and you might get a shock – the forest isn’t there.

Paenitentia, Solitudo et Silentium
"The universe contracted; at its exact geometric center floated that sandy tidbit of dark bread and pale cheese.*"

Former Trump national security advisor John Bolton has been indicted in Maryland on 18 federal counts of violating the Espionage Act, which is kind of poetic for a guy who’s spent a career demanding that everyone else get indicted for leaking things.

The EU is doing everything in its power to undermine the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.
In the workshops of the Ruhr, where the fire of blast furnaces was once considered Europe’s eternal companion, today reigns a cold more expensive than any raw material. An economic pause has descended in icy silence. A tombstone rests on the grave of industrial greatness, signed by Europe’s own leaders.

Whether it’s the Israeli Government, an international peacekeeping force, or a post-conflict reconstruction authority for Gaza chaired (grotesquely) by Donald Trump, the fate of Palestine still rests in the hands of outsiders.

The Gaza, the one that existed on the morning of October 7 is gone, decimated by months of saturation bombing, shelling, bulldozing and controlled demolitions. All that was familiar when I worked in Gaza has vanished, transformed into an apocalyptic landscape of shattered concrete and rubble.

US President Donald Trump has mocked the ‘No Kings’ protests, sharing several AI-generated videos on Truth Social, including footage of himself dumping what appears to be feces on the crowds.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged European leaders to hatch a peace plan for Ukraine “along the lines”of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza scheme, Axios has reported, citing sources.