Asher Wolf
@asherwolf.bsky.social
Amnesty Media Award 2014. Cryptoparty. Anti-Robodebt campaigner. Digital rights. Mutant network node herder. Completing a Master of Social Work. Devouring entropy https://www.patreon.com/asherwolf
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a bumper crop at the tadpolery
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
a bumper crop at the tadpolery
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What an $800 per week rental looks like in sydney these days
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What $800 per week gets you in sydney rentals these days
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November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What an $800 per week rental looks like in sydney these days
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📢 It has been fifty years since the dismissal of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by Governor General Sir John Kerr - one of the most consequential chapters in Australian political history. The Prime Minister described the sacking as a partisan political ambush as leaders past and present…
The legacy of Whitlam's dismissal fifty years on
www.sbs.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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The things you do to get a state funeral from the federal Labor Govt.
Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The things you do to get a state funeral from the federal Labor Govt.
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“The 21st-century algorithmic gaze dissolves both patient and doctor alike into never-ending streams of automated data.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“The 21st-century algorithmic gaze dissolves both patient and doctor alike into never-ending streams of automated data.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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More information on the Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group: usyd-sact.github.io
Good salary and benefits, dynamic and collegial environment, wonderful place to live in. Join us!
(We also have PhD positions available, as detailed there!)
Good salary and benefits, dynamic and collegial environment, wonderful place to live in. Join us!
(We also have PhD positions available, as detailed there!)
Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT)
usyd-sact.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
More information on the Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT) group: usyd-sact.github.io
Good salary and benefits, dynamic and collegial environment, wonderful place to live in. Join us!
(We also have PhD positions available, as detailed there!)
Good salary and benefits, dynamic and collegial environment, wonderful place to live in. Join us!
(We also have PhD positions available, as detailed there!)
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The SACT group at #USyd 🇦🇺 has a number of postdoc positions available (2+ years) in all areas of TCS, with one focusing on streaming and one on planning and synthesis. Expected start mid- or end 2026.
Excellent candidates are encouraged to contact us by email, or during #FOCS2025 #TCSSky
Excellent candidates are encouraged to contact us by email, or during #FOCS2025 #TCSSky
Sydney Algorithms and Computing Theory (SACT)
usyd-sact.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Happy 50th anniversary of the day Australia came fully under the US' imperial control
Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Happy 50th anniversary of the day Australia came fully under the US' imperial control
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Just a reminder that Itamar Ben Gvir is a terrorist.
Ben Gvir passes out sweets to Knesset members after the first reading for the new law to execute Palestinian prisoners is approved.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just a reminder that Itamar Ben Gvir is a terrorist.
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SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
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Idk how Threads can be growing... I checked in on there for the first time in ages and it's dead.
'A NYT zine piece in DEC 2024 said despite the post-election surge in Bluesky traffic, the platform never became as “robust (read: fun)” as X, where the “jokes & ideas are more polished” & users can find “more up-to-the-minute analysis” on news & cultural moments.'
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Bluesky Usage Down Nearly 40% Year After Election—Threads, Trump’s Truth Social See Gains
Bluesky, a liberal-leaning social platform that welcomed hordes of users disillusioned by Elon Musk’s X, hasn’t sustained its surge in activity after President Donald Trump won a second term.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Idk how Threads can be growing... I checked in on there for the first time in ages and it's dead.
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Some astonishing details in here. It’s like reading a recipe for pure corruption.
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Some astonishing details in here. It’s like reading a recipe for pure corruption.
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I’m sure it’s all perfectly fine and doesn’t explain a great deal of this gigantic ongoing fuckup. pulsetasmania.com.au/news/spirit-...
Spirit of Tasmania operator was insolvent, Auditor-General says as board hits back
He made the finding after going through the ferry operator’s accounts…
pulsetasmania.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I’m sure it’s all perfectly fine and doesn’t explain a great deal of this gigantic ongoing fuckup. pulsetasmania.com.au/news/spirit-...
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Find her here substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I’ve been suspended from BlueSky. I don’t know why. I wasn’t online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explana...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Ooh, okay, that’s a development
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Ooh, okay, that’s a development
So Kid can’t go to work, go on ses call-outs, do school sports, gym, etc until the 15 dec cos of his arm. Somehow got caught up in his fantasy spiel about the dream of long distance bike camping and bought him a second hand 2023 Marin Gestalt X10 (well, with partial help of family) off Gumtree
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
So Kid can’t go to work, go on ses call-outs, do school sports, gym, etc until the 15 dec cos of his arm. Somehow got caught up in his fantasy spiel about the dream of long distance bike camping and bought him a second hand 2023 Marin Gestalt X10 (well, with partial help of family) off Gumtree
Little moment outdoors
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Little moment outdoors
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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So, I nominated myself for a SA Socialists' council position.
Not expecting to win a position, there's only 9 ordinary member positions and I'm up against ppl with extensive careers organizing but I thought it was probably good to have a nominee who's not aligned with SAlt or SAll.
Not expecting to win a position, there's only 9 ordinary member positions and I'm up against ppl with extensive careers organizing but I thought it was probably good to have a nominee who's not aligned with SAlt or SAll.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
So, I nominated myself for a SA Socialists' council position.
Not expecting to win a position, there's only 9 ordinary member positions and I'm up against ppl with extensive careers organizing but I thought it was probably good to have a nominee who's not aligned with SAlt or SAll.
Not expecting to win a position, there's only 9 ordinary member positions and I'm up against ppl with extensive careers organizing but I thought it was probably good to have a nominee who's not aligned with SAlt or SAll.
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'Med school is a walk in the park if the park is on fire and you're being chased by wild dogs'. Michelle Leech, president of Medical Deans ANZ notes multiple factors causing 60% of medical students to be on Centrelink. The success of widening access, needs to be matched by SUPPORT. #MedEd #MedSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Influencer starts illegal fire, flies drone over campers on K’gari
www.smh.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status due to ongoing outbreaks as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America.
Canada loses measles-free status after year of continuous spread
Canada has lost its measles elimination status due to ongoing outbreaks as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status due to ongoing outbreaks as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America.
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📢 Brisbane City Council recently expanded its use of high-tech parking cameras, with 2443 fines handed out on three streets alone.
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The three Brisbane streets where you can’t escape the parking inspector
www.theage.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
📢 Brisbane City Council recently expanded its use of high-tech parking cameras, with 2443 fines handed out on three streets alone.
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Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
Australian expert stumbled across new species when surveying a critically endangered wildflower in 2019
As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “Lucifer” bee with devil-like horns.
The species – dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer – was found in the state of Western Australia, Curtin University announced on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...