Critics Highlight Western Residences of Iranian Officials’ Children Amid Domestic Repression

📰 Original title: Members of Iran’s elite accused of hypocrisy over children’s lives in west

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#politics #iran #politicalelite #westerncountries

Aussie driver’s licence change coming from this week prompting ‘longer wait times’ fears

Permanent residents who drive on foreign licences from select countries will soon be joining the queue of learner…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #drivingtests #ExperiencedDriverRecognition #licence #RossRivalland #WesternAustralia #Westerncountries
https://www.newsbeep.com/209072/

Huge huge war crimes. How can Western countries continue to refrain from imposing severe sanctions against Israel, which would be the bare minimum? Much more needs to be done. The complicity of the West is absolutely appalling.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital

#gaza #warcrimes #genocide #israel #westerncountries

#TheGuardian editorial: "countries are forcing #refugees back to #Taliban rule"

"#Pakistan and #Iran should not force #Afghans home – endangering lives and ending #education for #girls. But other governments too bear responsibility for this crisis. … #WesternCountries must live up to their promises to the #Afghan people."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/31/the-guardian-view-on-the-other-afghan-scandal-countries-are-forcing-refugees-back-to-taliban-rule

Let them have dogs

"Forty-eight percent of Australian households own dogs; to those of us on the outlay for food, treats, toys, grooming, kennels, vets and puppy school, $500 seems like a rare bargain."

"Australians have always been pet people, but we are now living in the wake of a post-pandemic pet proliferation that between 2019 and 2021 raised the proportion of Australian households with pets from 61% to a goggling 69%, marking the largest increase in decades."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/02/our-obsession-with-spoiling-pets-has-gone-too-far-your-dog-doesnt-care-if-its-collar-is-from-burberry
#pets #dogs #PetOwners #WesternCountries #consumption #PetIndustry #accessories #petfluencer #puppycation #DogAttacks #cars #meat #fossilfuels #biodiversity #wildlife #BiodiversityCrisis

People find relationship with their dog more satisfying than with best friend, study shows

"The study suggests owners rate their relationship with their dogs as being as satisfying or more satisfying than their closest human relationships. Owners also rated their dogs higher than their best friends and closest relatives for areas including affection, reliability and support....They reported greater relationship satisfaction with their dogs than with their closest kin or best friend."

“Dogs offer a highly positive relationship with minimal conflict, strong social support, and the unique opportunity to have full control over another living being’s life."
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/22/owners-closeness-to-dogs-study
#dogs #pets #relationships #PowerAsymmetry #control #interaction #companionship #friendships #WesternCountries #BestFriend

The process of crafting narratives about environmental destruction

"We are currently living with bushfires, floods, pandemics and the extreme challenges of the climate crisis; the future is our present and the ways we think about it will dictate the ways we act and cope." >
https://theconversation.com/cli-fi-might-not-save-the-world-but-writing-it-could-help-with-your-eco-anxiety-218801

"Eco-anxiety
is the distress caused by climate change where people are becoming anxious about their future." >
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000444
#writing #literature #narratives #climate #FossilFuels #ClimateImpact #anxiety #EcoAnxiety #WesternCountries #LivedExperiences #EnvironmentalDestruction #ClimateCrisis