Bill Standen
@billstanden.bsky.social
Spoilt Victorian child.
Human News, an index of news organisations dedicated to human produced editorial content – https://human-news.leaflet.pub
Human News, an index of news organisations dedicated to human produced editorial content – https://human-news.leaflet.pub
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Bill Standen
@billstanden.bsky.social
· Dec 21
Launching Human News
An effort to collate news organisations dedicated to human produced editorial content.
human-news.leaflet.pub
Announcing a little personal project that I hope may also be of interest to others. I'm going to attempt to compile a listing of news orgs that are unambiguously taking a stance against AI editorial content. Categorised, and with links to those policies or statements.
To be expanded in the new year
To be expanded in the new year
A GOTV effort is not possible if those voters feel unsafe attending polling places.
Dems have to act to remove both the threat and the perception of a threat.
Dems have to act to remove both the threat and the perception of a threat.
This is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms.
"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."
Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t."
Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A GOTV effort is not possible if those voters feel unsafe attending polling places.
Dems have to act to remove both the threat and the perception of a threat.
Dems have to act to remove both the threat and the perception of a threat.
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Submission from Anne Twomey on the Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill now up - it’s a must read for journalists and policy makers
Quite the burn here too 🔥
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Quite the burn here too 🔥
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Submission from Anne Twomey on the Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill now up - it’s a must read for journalists and policy makers
Quite the burn here too 🔥
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Quite the burn here too 🔥
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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1/8 Malinauskas has misappropriated cultural safety. Cultural safety cannot be invoked without racial literacy or it is a meaningless exercise. Racial literacy requires that BOTH the interpersonal AND structural/systemic nature of racism is examined. Cultural un-safety is a form of racism. #auspol
January 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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the greens should have the spine to call this out for what it is. follow the lead of palestinian + jewish voices like @apan4palestine.bsky.social @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social who competently articulate why enabling genocide supporters to capitalise on grief to increase repression is bad, actually.
Every civil liberties group, lawyers, the pro-Palestine movement, the Socialists: Please don’t vote for this bill, it’s very bad.
The Greens: What if we expanded it so the most contentious parts were even worse?
The Greens: What if we expanded it so the most contentious parts were even worse?
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
the greens should have the spine to call this out for what it is. follow the lead of palestinian + jewish voices like @apan4palestine.bsky.social @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social who competently articulate why enabling genocide supporters to capitalise on grief to increase repression is bad, actually.
Good to see The Greens not backing this draft. The haste is unwarranted and dangerous.
Labor needs to come back and do it properly, over reasonable timescales. The legislation's own explanatory memo clearly states that advocacy of terrorism and genocide are already covered under the Criminal Code
Labor needs to come back and do it properly, over reasonable timescales. The legislation's own explanatory memo clearly states that advocacy of terrorism and genocide are already covered under the Criminal Code
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Good to see The Greens not backing this draft. The haste is unwarranted and dangerous.
Labor needs to come back and do it properly, over reasonable timescales. The legislation's own explanatory memo clearly states that advocacy of terrorism and genocide are already covered under the Criminal Code
Labor needs to come back and do it properly, over reasonable timescales. The legislation's own explanatory memo clearly states that advocacy of terrorism and genocide are already covered under the Criminal Code
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Sharing my submission to the committee overseeing the rushed hate speech bill.
I encourage you to submit by 4pm today(!).
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
I encourage you to submit by 4pm today(!).
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
January 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Sharing my submission to the committee overseeing the rushed hate speech bill.
I encourage you to submit by 4pm today(!).
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
I encourage you to submit by 4pm today(!).
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again? | Anne Twomey
Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again? | Anne Twomey
As the government brings its new hate laws to parliament, it’s worth remembering past attempts suggest legislation used to outlaw political groups have been neither wise nor necessary
Australia’s history of banning political groups gives pause for thought as to whether we really want to go down this route again.
During the first world war, the Unlawful Associations Act 1916 was enacted and used to ban a group called Industrial Workers of the World. Membership was made a criminal offence. Members could also be deported if they were not British subjects born in Australia.
Anne Twomey is a Professor emerita in constitutional law at the University of Sydney Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again? | Anne Twomey
One has to wonder how Herzog’s incitement of the commission of genocide squares with the ”Aggravated offence for preachers and leaders“ provisions in the Albanese government’s draft Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
Cultural safety according to “The Australian” and the Albanese government they lead by the nose
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM
One has to wonder how Herzog’s incitement of the commission of genocide squares with the ”Aggravated offence for preachers and leaders“ provisions in the Albanese government’s draft Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
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A good reminder that cultural power - like all power in any area - is exercised by those who do it if they choose to, and not by those who presume to police and administer it.
Didn't take long to need an update. Marian Wilkinson is out as well.
Well over half now of the "big names" the Festival wanted to highlight to people thinking about buying tickets.
Well over half now of the "big names" the Festival wanted to highlight to people thinking about buying tickets.
January 10, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A good reminder that cultural power - like all power in any area - is exercised by those who do it if they choose to, and not by those who presume to police and administer it.
@helen-karakulak.bsky.social a question about your Adelaide Fesitival reporting if I may.
Who is the “Dr Thomas Freedman” Malinauskas refers to? The report repeatedly uses that title and spelling, and mentions InDaily sighted the correspondence.
Who is the “Dr Thomas Freedman” Malinauskas refers to? The report repeatedly uses that title and spelling, and mentions InDaily sighted the correspondence.
January 10, 2026 at 4:14 AM
@helen-karakulak.bsky.social a question about your Adelaide Fesitival reporting if I may.
Who is the “Dr Thomas Freedman” Malinauskas refers to? The report repeatedly uses that title and spelling, and mentions InDaily sighted the correspondence.
Who is the “Dr Thomas Freedman” Malinauskas refers to? The report repeatedly uses that title and spelling, and mentions InDaily sighted the correspondence.
The responsibility to refuse an illegal order extends to every individual.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The responsibility to refuse an illegal order extends to every individual.
@graysky.app a suggestion, though not entirely sure it’s a good one.
Would it make sense to be able to swipe left and right on the My Feeds pill to flick through favourite feeds? Retaining the current tap to get the full list.
Would it make sense to be able to swipe left and right on the My Feeds pill to flick through favourite feeds? Retaining the current tap to get the full list.
January 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@graysky.app a suggestion, though not entirely sure it’s a good one.
Would it make sense to be able to swipe left and right on the My Feeds pill to flick through favourite feeds? Retaining the current tap to get the full list.
Would it make sense to be able to swipe left and right on the My Feeds pill to flick through favourite feeds? Retaining the current tap to get the full list.
Oh yeah, that'll lower the temperature...
Australia invites Israeli President Herzog for official visit
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he called Israeli President Isaac Herzog and invited him to visit Australia, expressing his shock and dismay over the attack at the Jewish co...
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Oh yeah, that'll lower the temperature...
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The censored 60 Minutes' segment, Inside CECOT, is now available.
Download from @ddosecrets.com: data.ddosecrets.com/Inside%20CEC...
Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi...
The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
Download from @ddosecrets.com: data.ddosecrets.com/Inside%20CEC...
Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi...
The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The censored 60 Minutes' segment, Inside CECOT, is now available.
Download from @ddosecrets.com: data.ddosecrets.com/Inside%20CEC...
Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi...
The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
Download from @ddosecrets.com: data.ddosecrets.com/Inside%20CEC...
Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi...
The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
Starlink can be a destructive orbiting cloud of shrapnel just fine on its own.
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Starlink can be a destructive orbiting cloud of shrapnel just fine on its own.
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Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
jewishcouncil.good.do
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Get on board. The @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is a great and important organisation
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
Announcing a little personal project that I hope may also be of interest to others. I'm going to attempt to compile a listing of news orgs that are unambiguously taking a stance against AI editorial content. Categorised, and with links to those policies or statements.
To be expanded in the new year
To be expanded in the new year
Launching Human News
An effort to collate news organisations dedicated to human produced editorial content.
human-news.leaflet.pub
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Announcing a little personal project that I hope may also be of interest to others. I'm going to attempt to compile a listing of news orgs that are unambiguously taking a stance against AI editorial content. Categorised, and with links to those policies or statements.
To be expanded in the new year
To be expanded in the new year
Fuck it. I'm going to start compiling a list of news organisations that are undertaking to do their own journalism.
It is maddening watching orgs adopt tech and make partnerships when their own newsrooms have detailed the threat they pose.
It is maddening watching orgs adopt tech and make partnerships when their own newsrooms have detailed the threat they pose.
Al Jazeera Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI 'from passive tool to active partner in journalism'.
Al Jazeera launches new integrative AI model, ‘The Core'
Al Jazeera Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI 'from passive tool to active partner in journalism'.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fuck it. I'm going to start compiling a list of news organisations that are undertaking to do their own journalism.
It is maddening watching orgs adopt tech and make partnerships when their own newsrooms have detailed the threat they pose.
It is maddening watching orgs adopt tech and make partnerships when their own newsrooms have detailed the threat they pose.
Minns talking about "the implications" when he can't or won't see what his own fallacious position implies is every bit as stupid as it is incredibly dangerous.
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Minns talking about "the implications" when he can't or won't see what his own fallacious position implies is every bit as stupid as it is incredibly dangerous.
My first real recollection of a VicPol action is the Richmond Secondary College baton charge. 32 years later and I feel it gave a pretty accurate representation of the force, and the governments that leverage it.
This off the back of yesterdays racial profiling data is on brand, for both parties.
This off the back of yesterdays racial profiling data is on brand, for both parties.
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in move criticised by human rights groups
Victoria police will have the power to conduct warrant-less pat-downs, search cars and move people on in Melbourne’s CBD for six months, in a move human rights and legal groups have described as a “vast overreach”.
Police on Tuesday declared the CBD, Docklands, Southbank, the sporting and entertainment precinct and parts of East Melbourne and South Melbourne as a “designated area” from Sunday, until 29 May 2026. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
My first real recollection of a VicPol action is the Richmond Secondary College baton charge. 32 years later and I feel it gave a pretty accurate representation of the force, and the governments that leverage it.
This off the back of yesterdays racial profiling data is on brand, for both parties.
This off the back of yesterdays racial profiling data is on brand, for both parties.
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NEW: I have obtained, under FOI, a secret Department report that initially recommended the Targeted Compliance Framework - aka, the unlawful "mutual obligations" scheme
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW: I have obtained, under FOI, a secret Department report that initially recommended the Targeted Compliance Framework - aka, the unlawful "mutual obligations" scheme
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
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