Miriam Cosic
@miriamcosic
Journalist. International relations, political philosophy, war. Press freedom. Unions. Art, music, botany. Post ≠ endorse
I just saw Sydney Chamber Opera's latest, The Oresteia, and I need a drink. Music: Liza Lim. Libretto:Barry Kosky. It was frantic, tumultuous, frenzied. The singers articulated wildly, moved wildly. Eiision played wildly. I think I may need to see it again, and quickly. #opera #contemporary
49°, ffs. Al Jazeera: 'Extreme heat and strong winds are fuelling a wave of wildfires across Nth Africa, with major fires burning in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. 'Tunisia has called in international firefighting aircraft as crews battle fires threatening forests, farmland and nearby communities.
The Weather Channel: 'In Biscarrosse, southwestern France, horses were set free into the wild to escape fast-moving wildfires. Massive blazes across the region have forced widespread evacuations as firefighters continue to battle the flames.' #France #wildfires
The people who hold power in the US today - hyper Right Wing, we mustn't confuse the issue by using the word 'conservative' for them - have disgusting morals. All of them: from corporate, tech, political circles, you name it. Here's Heidi Blake's story: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
FFS. Apple is torturing me. Now, it's lost all my doctoral papers & I need a footnote. Could a Hume expert remind me where he theorises on the thought process? I recall it as a continuous chain of moments, but can't find it near the three associative laws where I expected to. #philosophy
These terrifying photos of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. Posted 8 hours ago by Tara Aucoin on Instagram.
By the brilliant Birmingham from March. Reads well again this morning: SO YOU’VE DECIDED TO LOSE A WAR A Helpful Pamphlet for the Impulsive Commander-in-Chief - by John Birmingham via @jdevisser.bsky.social #USPolitics open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
Hard not to get a sense of panic sometimes, reading about one more horrifying act of a human, all power and no morality, trying to kill off the singular biological beauty of our planet for profit. #instagram #earthlyeducation #earth #marinepark #USPolitics
earthlyeducation: 'This is a a reckless attack on the world's greatest ocean sanctuaries - the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Park near Hawaii. #instagram #earthlyeducation #earth #marinepark #USPolitics
(Iran has not taken responsibility for the strikes in the strait.) #USmilitary #Iran
alfredtom_nyc: Al: The Big Lie Part 4, The Panopticon. Jeremy Bentham could not have dreamed where digital surveillance could take it. #Instagram #surveillance #tech #AI www.instagram.com/reel/DY6e18y...
bloombergpodcasts: "We are in freefall off a cliff." Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore tells @mishalhusain on Instagram the rule of law is "in crisis" under Donald Trump. #USPolitics Watch the whole Mishal Husain Show at bloomberg.com/video
Why can't the 🇦🇺 Right place our surging cost-of-living within the global surge? All via the pandemic & its aftermath, wars & oil/freight costs, climate & crops, US policies, tech monopolies, etc ... Bc they don't get economics? Or bc they're politically manipulating history? And which is worse?
Sue Higgonson, Greens: Using Israeli spyware, the NSW Police can extract every bit of information about you from your phone. #nswpol #surveillance #privacy
And here's an update from Carrick Ryan on the domestic scene from 11 hours ago: " I really hope more people are seeing exactly what's happening now... " @realcarrickryan.bsky.social #auspol #PaulineHanson
7ampodcast this morning: #auspol analysis with press gallery journalist Karen Middleton breaking down Pauline Hanson's big moment, and the fight now coming for One Nation. Full reel: linktr.ee/7ampodcast
