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Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians

  • My Aussie mate back in England told me that the British killed the First Nations and took their land, like his ancestors just turned up here to find swathes of unoccupied land and were like “crikey, what’s been happening here!” and immediately started doing Acknowledgement Of Country at the start of every office meeting.

    • Snake on a plane delays a flight in Australia

  • I didn’t even know there were non-venomous snakes in Melbourne.

    • Bob Vylan Says 'We Are Being Targeted for Speaking Up' After Glastonbury Set Backlash

  • Jack Kirby was threatened for drawing Captain America punching Hitler. The difference back then was the mayor of NYC pot a protection detail on the Marvel offices instead of coming out to bat for Hitler.

    • Temperatures reach 46C in Spain as Europe heatwave continues

  • We have to put up with US-defaultism even in world@lemmy.world

    • UK police probe Bob Vylan's festival chants against Israeli military, as US revokes band's visas

  • “Have the Rolling Stones killed, Smithers.”

    • A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’

  • “We’re looking into that”.

    • Gunmen storm Mexican village hall and shoot dead mayor

  • It’s idiomatic English. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20dead

    • Israel warns ‘Tehran will burn’ as Iran fires drones and missiles in response to Israeli strikes

  • As long as we’re sure it’s only about stopping a weapon programme, obv.

    • Trump launches website for $5m ‘gold card’ granting US residency

  • “News” on Lemmy.world is for just US news, because course it is.

    • Israel strikes Iran, no US involvement, US officials say

  • The “dangerous silence” part rings alarmingly true, but not for the reasons protected.

    • World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

  • This is not because of fertility.

    • Japanese queue for hours as rice shortage deepens

  • AKA shopping trolleys

    • World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacre

  • US currently working on ways to top it.

    • Pro-Israel Figures Threaten to Kill Greta Thunberg Over Gaza Aid Mission - Quds News Network (2025-06-02)

  • At least they’re consistent in how they want to resolve conflict.

    • World Boxing to introduce mandatory sex testing for all boxers

  • To check whether they’ve had it recently or just ever?

    • Trump threatens new 'Dark Age' with policy of 'deliberate destruction'

  • I grew up with Reagan and Thatcher on the telly and there was always something bestial beneath the surface layer of civility. Maybe Trump merely shed the pretence.