About 90 per cent of New South Wales farmers have been victims of crime.

"The University of New England research shows theft, trespass and illegal hunting are the most common offences, while confidence in the courts is low. Few farmers report stock theft."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-01/farm-crime-survey-rural-theft-nsw-farmers/105953178
#rural #crime #ThinPolicing #law #TightKnitCommunity #reprisals #arson #neighbourhoods #hunting #pastoralism #community #farmers #theft #SettlerSociety #countryside #NSW

Three prominent professors have departed their tenured posts at #Yale, one of America's most prestigious #IvyLeague schools, for new #Edu jobs in #Canada.

They left #America clues, and basically cited the frightening #reprisals, threats to free speech, bullying and anti-intellectual fervor vowed against the #HigherEd world that has already seen students plucked off streets by secret police and institutions publicly denounced and #defunded by #FarRight thought policing.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03/27/three-prominent-yale-professors-depart-for-canadian-university-citing-trump-fears/

is the US still a viable #democracy in a world where autocracies (91) have just surpassed democracies (88) ?

Observers note that current situation in the U.S. is #unprecedented, mentioning Presidential pardons of 1,500 anti-democratic activists who supported violently overthrowing an election; firing independent agency #watchdogs without due process; purging apolitical police and military brass and numerous federal programs.

As exec branch blatantly challenges & defies #judiciary, and acolytes rapidly dismantle role of govt under leadership of President who expresses contempt at free speech and institutions, threatens unconstitutional #reprisals against political enemies, and has used his position to insure personal benefits for self and allies worries the world.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317