Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. Forgive yourself for giving away your power. Forgive yourself for past behaviors. Forgive yourself for the survival patterns and traits you picked up while enduring trauma. Forgive yourself for being who you needed to be.”
~Audrey Kitching
Mexico gang leaves 19 bodies, some hanging from bridge, as a warningVia Mark Stevenson
Pope Francis says recent political speeches sound like 'Hitler in 1934'
Roger Faligot, Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi JinPing. A sobering account of how much spying — indeed spying on a mass level — has been central to Chinese history since the advent of communism. I found some parts of this book too detailed for me to read the entire thing, but arguably that ought to scare you all the more. Note that the narrative essentially ends around 2008.
As a former public servant I can tell you that notoriety is definitely a career-limiting trait to acquire. Perhaps this is even worse for the public servant whose notoriety lives on after he or she has left the service.
In 2010 I was outed by the Australian newspaper as the pseudonymous blogger of Grogs Gamut – a blog covering politics and economics, written while I was a public servant.
Social media is now a dangerous space for public servants – they are being locked out of modern life
Former public servant Michaela Banerji loses High Court free ...
New social media guidelines for public servants have been dubbed laughable, unworkable and backward.
The Canberra Times
The new rules, released by the Australian Public Service Commission, state that public servants have the same right to freedom of expression as other members of the community - with a few exceptions.
Workers are not allowed to make comments about the government or government policy "so harsh or extreme" that their impartiality would be compromised.
This includes comments which are made outside of office hours and unrelated to the employee's area of work.
Proponents of the guidelines say they merely lay the groundwork for how public servants should conduct themselves in an online forum, not whether or not they participate.
The changes have been dubbed the ''Jericho amendments'' by some staff, after The Australian newspaper outed then public servant Greg Jericho in 2010 as the author of an anonymous political blog.
Social media rules for public servants 'laughable'
The head of Parliament's powerful intelligence committee has warned Australia is facing an unprecedented economic and national security test, likening the world's approach to containing China to the "catastrophic failure" to prevent the rise of Nazi Germany.
In comments that represent the strongest condemnation of Beijing by any member of the Morrison government, Andrew Hastie said "choices will be made for us" unless Australia confronted the reality of China's ambitions.
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China condemns Liberal Party MP Andrew Hastie's 'Cold War mentality' - The Age
Striking right balance is vital in China relationship
China condemns Liberal Party MP Andrew Hastie's 'Cold War mentality' - The Age
Striking right balance is vital in China relationship
Australia Debates: Communist Party China the New Nazi Germany?
A row Down Under as a prominent and well placed MP says some not-nice things about China