Good to see the Ombudsman injecting some reality.
“Victoria's prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan's crime crackdown, warning it leads to less humane treatment of young inmates, less effective rehabilitation, and no improvement in community safety.”
“Victoria's prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan's crime crackdown, warning it leads to less humane treatment of young inmates, less effective rehabilitation, and no improvement in community safety.”
Extraordinary intervention by ombudsman in Victorian youth crime crackdown
Marlo Baragwanath warns the state government's crackdown on youth offenders will result in less humane treatment in detention centres.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Good to see the Ombudsman injecting some reality.
“Victoria's prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan's crime crackdown, warning it leads to less humane treatment of young inmates, less effective rehabilitation, and no improvement in community safety.”
“Victoria's prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan's crime crackdown, warning it leads to less humane treatment of young inmates, less effective rehabilitation, and no improvement in community safety.”
Apple Music be trolling
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Apple Music be trolling
If cops had any interest in preventing the nazi rally, they'd have told their sons not to attend.
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
A neo-Nazi rally overtly targeting Jewish people was allowed to go ahead in Sydney on Saturday morning, sparking the New South Wales premier to say he would consider giving police more powers to shut down racist and hateful demonstrations.
“It’s likely the case that we need to give police more legislated powers to stop this kind of naked racism and hatred on Sydney streets,” Chris Minns said after the rally. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
If cops had any interest in preventing the nazi rally, they'd have told their sons not to attend.
May it be infested with crabs.
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
May it be infested with crabs.
It’s just depressing how much this is going to break search in Australia with how dire and reliant on reddit comments search engines have become
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban
Reddit and Kick will be included in the world-first social media ban for children under 16, which begins next month.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It’s just depressing how much this is going to break search in Australia with how dire and reliant on reddit comments search engines have become
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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🚨 NEW: 58% of Australians agree that a genocide is happening in Gaza, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza
88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza
October 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🚨 NEW: 58% of Australians agree that a genocide is happening in Gaza, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza
88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
It's going to be a wild time when Epic's KWS has a security breach.
Protecting young people online is a shared responsibility. Here’s how Bluesky is approaching new age assurance laws with pragmatism and flexibility. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's going to be a wild time when Epic's KWS has a security breach.
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Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
You would have hoped Australian Labor would have understood how poorly this sort of approach is fairing for UK Labour on every single measure
'Anthony Albanese has warned against demonising everyone who participated in Sunday’s immigration protests, saying it risked pushing people with legitimate concerns down the “rabbit hole” towards extremism'.
Racism was the universal thread on Sunday, and appeasing racism has a grand history.
Racism was the universal thread on Sunday, and appeasing racism has a grand history.
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
You would have hoped Australian Labor would have understood how poorly this sort of approach is fairing for UK Labour on every single measure
Go all in and add the signage:
“This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.”
“This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the entire wall along the border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make the metal hotter and harder to climb and deter illegal immigration. She credited President Donald Trump with the idea.
DHS Secretary says entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the entire southern border wall with Mexico is being painted black to deter illegal immigration.
bit.ly
August 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Go all in and add the signage:
“This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.”
“This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.”
Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub, indeed
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft, as CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns. GitHub is now moving to Microsoft's AI engineering team, CoreAI, with a new structure for GitHub's leadership team. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub, indeed
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Recognition of Palestine MUST be combined with actions to stop the genocide.
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
August 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Recognition of Palestine MUST be combined with actions to stop the genocide.
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!
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It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity
As ever, the biggest threat to public safety at a protest is the presence of police
August 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
As ever, the biggest threat to public safety at a protest is the presence of police
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Faruqui is right: past time for Labor to do, not just say. What is happening in Gaza is so obscene a “progressive” government must step up. What line has to be crossed before Labor do, rather than say something? What is Albanese waiting for? What’s the line? How much worse does it have to get?
I voted for Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
I stand with Senator Mehreen Faruqi. 🇵🇸
And fuck you, @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social.
#auspol #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
I stand with Senator Mehreen Faruqi. 🇵🇸
And fuck you, @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social.
#auspol #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
July 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Faruqui is right: past time for Labor to do, not just say. What is happening in Gaza is so obscene a “progressive” government must step up. What line has to be crossed before Labor do, rather than say something? What is Albanese waiting for? What’s the line? How much worse does it have to get?
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⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️
July 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️
What is it with Australian Labor and Elbit? There was the Victorian dealings prior to this
Exclusive | The government claimed it had nothing to do with handing $900 million to an Israeli company steeped in the Palestinian genocide.
New documents show that's false, writes Bernard Keane.
New documents show that's false, writes Bernard Keane.
The truth on Elbit: Government signed off $900m deal with Israeli company used in Gaza genocide, after insisting it didn't
New documents contradict the Albanese government's claims about its links to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. It in fact directly signed a $900 million contract with Elbit and closely vetted all stages of its engagement.
www.crikey.com.au
July 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What is it with Australian Labor and Elbit? There was the Victorian dealings prior to this
If Segal remains in this role the only conclusion is that @albomp.bsky.social and @tonyburkemp.bsky.social weren’t merely played for fools and that this is the agenda they seek to promote
🚨Antisemitism boss Jillian Segal and her husband are the second biggest funders of far-right group "Advance". The extremist lobby group spreads online racism and xenophobia, including directly targeting Palestinians...
theklaxon.com.au/hrgd
theklaxon.com.au/hrgd
Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.
theklaxon.com.au
July 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If Segal remains in this role the only conclusion is that @albomp.bsky.social and @tonyburkemp.bsky.social weren’t merely played for fools and that this is the agenda they seek to promote
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Solidarity with the AEU members rallying against the Victorian Labor government’s decision to cut $2.4 billion from public schools in the State.
June 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Solidarity with the AEU members rallying against the Victorian Labor government’s decision to cut $2.4 billion from public schools in the State.
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You were offered Chaos with Ed Miliband
Playing Warhammer is one of the most patriotic things you can do as a British person. I'd like an MP to state this in parliament. I don't even mind which faction says it.
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
You were offered Chaos with Ed Miliband
My cynical guess is that the post mortem will show that Labor harvested centre right voters repulsed by Trumpism away from the Liberals and, rather than take the opportunity to be bold, will attempt to consolidate those votes.
I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
May 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My cynical guess is that the post mortem will show that Labor harvested centre right voters repulsed by Trumpism away from the Liberals and, rather than take the opportunity to be bold, will attempt to consolidate those votes.
I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
England’s cis supremacism is every bit as entrenched as America’s white supremacism.
There’s a reason you find nazis and terfs shoulder to shoulder so frequently. They share common ground
There’s a reason you find nazis and terfs shoulder to shoulder so frequently. They share common ground
The U.K. Supreme Court rules that Britain's equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female. The ruling means a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes.
UK Supreme Court rules that equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female
The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.
bit.ly
April 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
England’s cis supremacism is every bit as entrenched as America’s white supremacism.
There’s a reason you find nazis and terfs shoulder to shoulder so frequently. They share common ground
There’s a reason you find nazis and terfs shoulder to shoulder so frequently. They share common ground
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.