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Kevin Rennie

@kevinrennie.bsky.social
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BoonWurrung/Bunurong country. Citizen journalist and blogger. Global Voices author globalvoices.org/author/kevin-rennie

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 01/10/2026
Bringing context to the chaos. Support journalism that explains the world from the inside out. Support our next #GVSpotlight thematic coverage with a donation today! globalvoices.org/special/bi...
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Big Tech and Authoritarianism · Global Voices
With these stories, we aim to pull back the camouflage that Big Tech uses to obscure their connection with oppressive governments, and to highlight cases of technological authoritarianism — and resistance — around the world.
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@danilic.bsky.social Takes me back to heady days of 2007 and GetUp get-together at Sydney Uni.
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"It amazes me to sometimes think how much knowledge must be hard-wired into these animals’ DNA. I mean … no-one teaches them they need to roll their eggs to ensure the embryo gets enough albumen and doesn’t stick to the shell. But … they just know." globalvoices.org/2026/09/14/n...
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‘Nest-flix’ peregrine falcons become streaming stars of the 34th floor in Australia
"Get ready to watch as the chicks hatch and their parents raise them high above the hustle and bustle of Melbourne city life."
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘Nest-flix’ peregrine falcons become streaming stars of the 34th floor in Australia ‘Melbourne’s favorite high-rise power couple are back, and this year they’ve laid four eggs!’ globalvoices.org/2026/09/14/n... @globalvoices.org
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‘Nest-flix’ peregrine falcons become streaming stars of the 34th floor in Australia
"Get ready to watch as the chicks hatch and their parents raise them high above the hustle and bustle of Melbourne city life."
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 05/09/2026
We're working hard because we care about what GV does in amplifying voices under-represented in the digital sphere. But we are still struggling to fully fund our newsroom and Lingua budget for 2026. If you appreciate our work, please donate to support it.
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The Struggle
The Struggle Protest in Georgia, a Hausa martial art, fighting international poultry industry in Croatia, top translations this year, and more! View this email in your browser The Struggle Dear Readers, As you may have noticed if you have visited our d...
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 31/08/2026
A photo-based report captures #Nepal’s devastating avalanche-floods through loss, survival, and absence, as families search for loved ones, homes, and certainty after torrents of mud transformed lives in moments. Story republished from Nepali Times.
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Nepal floods: Reporter’s diary, August 27, 2026
A photo-based report captures Nepal’s devastating avalanche-floods through loss, survival, and absence, as families search for loved ones, homes, and certainty after torrents of mud transformed lives in moments.
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“These penguins are part of what makes our community so special. We are lucky to share our home with them, and we’re going to do our best to protect them.”
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Thousands of little penguins will be vaccinated against bird flu down under
“These penguins are part of what makes our community so special. We are lucky to share our home with them, and we’re going to do our best to protect them.”
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 24/08/2026
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Donate · Global Voices
Support freedom of expression for everyone, everywhere, by donating to Global Voices.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 26/08/2026
Thousands of little penguins will be vaccinated against bird flu down under ift.tt/oBuqKO6
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Thousands of little penguins will be vaccinated against bird flu down under
“These penguins are part of what makes our community so special. We are lucky to share our home with them, and we’re going to do our best to protect them.”
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
When @globalvoices.org started the Spotlight series, it was an experiment. We weren't sure how it would work out. So far, every Spotlight - on AI, local climate action, gender diversity, statelessness, and Indigenous rights- has exceeded our expectations.
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Global Voices Spotlight · Global Voices
With these special, thematic issues, we will bring our readers new understanding, raise the profile of important topics, and illuminate connections across regions, borders, and languages.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 11/08/2026
The bleak picture of how Indigenous youth are treated in Australia’s justice system ift.tt/XeYpm4o
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The bleak picture of how Indigenous youth are treated in Australia’s justice system
"From coast to coast across our lands, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being criminalised and imprisoned at alarming rates because of political point-scoring rather than evidence-based reforms."
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The bleak picture of how Indigenous youth are treated in Australia’s justice system Young Indigenous people continue to be ‘locked up at alarming rates and for alarming amounts of time’ @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/08/11/t...
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The bleak picture of how Indigenous youth are treated in Australia’s justice system
"From coast to coast across our lands, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being criminalised and imprisoned at alarming rates because of political point-scoring rather than evidence-ba...
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 05/08/2026
Support #GVSpotlight today and help us amplify local stories worldwide through podcasts, newsletters, and cross-border journalism. globalvoices.org/2026/07/26...
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A great thread of @globalvoices.org stories from over the weekend, showing the range of coverage: articles and essays on #statelessness; community #climate action in #Nepal; Emancipation Day in #Trinidad, language preservation in #Nigeria ⬇️
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4everalearner.bsky.social @4everalearner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There is still much we can learn from indigenous innovation, a number of articles from @theconversation.com included here too, with more details ….
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 27/07/2026
Through August, our newsroom and contributor community will collaborate with different Indigenous activists, civil society groups, and collectives to tell stories about their challenges and strategies for asserting and preserving their rights. #GVSpotlight globalvoices.org/2026/07/26/s...
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Support Global Voices’ Spotlight: Indigenous Rights
Through August, our newsroom and contributor community will collaborate with different Indigenous activists, civil society groups, and collectives to tell stories about their challenges and strategies...
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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Art for Free #BaiZhaoDong Journalist Bai Zhaodong at imminent risk of forced return to China: More than 50 NGOs, including RSF, urge Thailand not to bow to Beijing's pressure.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 17/07/2026
Stateless people are not political abstractions. They are not legal anomalies. They are not clerical problems waiting for administrative correction. They are people. Support our #GVSpotlight coverage on Statelessness: globalvoices.org/2026/06/17...
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Nowhere to belong: After the USSR collapsed, I became stateless in Estonia
Stateless people are not political abstractions. They are not legal anomalies. They are not clerical problems waiting for administrative correction. They are people.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 19/07/2026
“Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”
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Cricket’s greatest all-rounder, Barbados’ Sir Garfield Sobers, dies at 89
“Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”
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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A very cool article by our Down Under writer for @globalvoices.org !
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Brewarrina fish traps remain '...a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation, an ability to understand and exploit the natural landscape and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.' globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
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Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world
They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.
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Sean Flaherty @sean-flaherty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Really interesting article.
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world Pre-colonial aquaculture system a spectacular example of Indigenous innovation and social complexity globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
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Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world
They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 14/07/2026
New story from @kevinrennie.bsky.social about the Brewarrina fish traps #Australia: "It has been suggested that these fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world, dating back thousands of years." globalvoices.org/2026/07/14/a...
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Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world
They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 08/07/2026
Multiple volunteer-led relief efforts can physically be seen across Venezuela, in the form of collection points, refuge camps and more, in the immediate aftermath of the two back-to-back earthquakes.
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Citizens lead relief efforts after major twin quakes in Venezuela
Efforts from volunteers and SaR teams had rescued least 6,000 people alive from stricken areas, according to June 30 numbers from the government.
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 21/06/2026
NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social
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Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency
The New South Wales (NSW) Parliament is currently holding an inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025. The Bill proposes to establish a statutory human rights framework for NSW (for non-Australian r…
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems Indigenous people farmed eels at the site for thousands of years, upending what archeologists knew about early populations via @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/04/26/a...
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Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems
“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems Indigenous people farmed eels at the site for thousands of years, upending what archeologists knew about early populations via @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/04/26/a...
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Australia’s Budj Bim features one of the world’s oldest aquaculture systems
“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 24/04/2026
What could we do with your support? 🎙️ Podcasts, 🌐 transnational collaborations, 📩 newsletters, and more. Help #GVSpotlight expand. Donate today! globalvoices.org/special/hu...
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Truly groundbreaking series on AI.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23/04/2026
A gas export tax would drive down domestic gas prices & fund vital public services at a time when Australians are feeling the pinch. @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss taxing gas, plummeting aid spending & the upcoming federal budget. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4mI9HSy
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NEW EPISODE | Ending Australia’s great gas giveaway
Listen to Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 22/04/2026
Don't miss on May 8 at #rightscon Zambia: This dynamic, hands-on workshop draws on the narrative analysis methodology developed by Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory to help participants decode complex media ecosystems and uncover the framing strategies shaping public debate.
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Important reminder of linguistic inequality on the Internet and how LLMs are exacerbating that. Also, fantastic opening sentence: "Bereket Tsegay spent his days watching videos he did not understand."
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Africa has 2,000 languages. AI content moderation covers fewer than 20
The data-labelling industry relies heavily on workers in Kenya and Nigeria to annotate what AI systems learn. Those same workers rarely see their languages reflected in the systems they help train.
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cirilism.bsky.social @cirilism.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A fascinating film, with depth and quirk, that sneaks up on you
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
From @timdunlop.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
A society prepared to abandon children's safety and that treats their pain as negotiable or necessary is confessing what it really values: not justice, but power; not care, but domination; not a future, but short-term advantage.

Tim Dunlop
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I write political science fiction torpublishinggroup.com/infomocracy/...
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Infomocracy
Book One of the Centenal Cycle
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 31/03/2026
From stories of resistance in Afghanistan to cultural battles in Russia, and from farmers in Cameroon to activists in Vietnam, this month GV brought together voices navigating crisis, resilience, and change. These are not distant headlines: they are lived realities, told by those closest to them.
This month on Global Voices Newsroom
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 30/03/2026
Just so you know, any time you post anything online that includes the phrase "From the river to the sea" or "Globalise the intifada", you may be committing a criminal offence in Queensland. There are "reasonable excuse" defences (ours is that we're doing this for a "genuine legal purpose").
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Stonecold Steve Baker — Afternoon nap advocate @dickierock.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Kids, there’s never been a better time to watch Dr Strangelove
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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
No War With Iran!
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 06/02/2026
A global community of editors, publishers, and writers have come together to offer a 1-month only bundle of books in digital format to raise awareness and money for the translation of storytelling. The bundle will be sold through @storybundle.bsky.social lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
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StoryBundle's In Translation bundle to benefit Global Voices Lingua: Interview
My primary goal was that the bundle be representative of our broader world, without a focus on the regions most already represented in collections of translation.
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Enjoying my first book ‘Sunshine City’ 📚
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 28/01/2026
"For me, cultural continuity is both a responsibility and a source of strength. It reminds me of why this work matters and who it is ultimately for." @kevinrennie.bsky.social
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Truth-telling and treaty: Australian Indigenous lawyer’s commitment to real change for First Nations People
"For me, cultural continuity is both a responsibility and a source of strength. It reminds me of why this work matters and who it is ultimately for."
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 26/01/2026
"For me, cultural continuity is both a responsibility and a source of strength. It reminds me of why this work matters and who it is ultimately for." @kevinrennie.bsky.social
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Truth-telling and treaty: Australian Indigenous lawyer’s commitment to real change for First Nations People
"For me, cultural continuity is both a responsibility and a source of strength. It reminds me of why this work matters and who it is ultimately for."
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brenda-bailey-86.bsky.social @brenda-bailey-86.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"National reconciliation will only move forward when governments stop seeking permission to do the right thing and instead act consistently with human rights standards and the wishes of First Nations peoples themselves."
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Truth-telling and treaty: Australian Indigenous lawyer’s commitment to real change for First Nations People Tekan Cochrane is a relentless advocate against injustice and inequality via @globalvoices.org globalvoices.org/2026/01/24/t...
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Truth-telling and treaty: Australian Indigenous lawyer’s commitment to real change for First Nations People
"For me, cultural continuity is both a responsibility and a source of strength. It reminds me of why this work matters and who it is ultimately for."
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Increase in Australia’s November inflation rate was 0.0%. All mainstream media reported the annual rate based on the preceding 12 months was 3.4%. None of their economists that I could find predicted this decline. Who benefits from this sloppy work? #followthemoney
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Venezuela after Maduro: Leadership of the South American nation seems uncertain While some celebrate the dictator's departure, it remains to be seen whether democracy will be restored globalvoices.org/2026/01/07/v... Via @globalvoices
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Venezuela after Maduro: Leadership of the South American nation seems uncertain
Since the airstrikes, there has been a huge sense of uncertainty, with long queues in local supermarkets and gas stations, and Caracas residents worried about basic necessities like groceries.
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Kevin Rennie @kevinrennie.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A new, terrifying sound Nothing compares to waking up to the sound of bombs falling in the darkness near your home A compelling story from the ground in Caracas, Venezuela globalvoices.org/2026/01/05/a...
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A new, terrifying sound
“I thought Venezuelans had already heard every sound the country’s violence had to offer. But this was something new — terrifying in its unfamiliarity.”
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