Caitlin Welsh
@caitlinwelsh.bsky.social
editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
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big things happening
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
big things happening
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For decades people have asked how do I order a pizza? How to get pizza to my house? Now we have the answer.
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
For decades people have asked how do I order a pizza? How to get pizza to my house? Now we have the answer.
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Ah yes, famously events with interstate attendees, book sales, coffee carts, wine bars, hundreds of employed artists, dozens of staffers, thousands of daily visitors to the city and, yes, ticketed events, generate "zero revenue". www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Ah yes, famously events with interstate attendees, book sales, coffee carts, wine bars, hundreds of employed artists, dozens of staffers, thousands of daily visitors to the city and, yes, ticketed events, generate "zero revenue". www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
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NEW: 1 in 10 teens going to headspace say the teen social media ban was a factor in their decision to seek mental health support.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
One in 10 teens seeking mental health support from headspace cite social media ban as an issue
Early data from Australia's national youth mental health service shows that the teen social media ban emerged as a prominent factor in why 12- to 15-year-olds were coming to them.
www.crikey.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 AM
NEW: 1 in 10 teens going to headspace say the teen social media ban was a factor in their decision to seek mental health support.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
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Happy for them 😊
World’s fattest parrots set for mating bonanza after bumper berry crop
After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding. Fewer than 300 of the parrots exist.
wapo.st
January 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Happy for them 😊
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Just when I think AI can't get worse...
The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/this-ti...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/this-ti...
January 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Just when I think AI can't get worse...
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A major Australian study finds standard antidepressants are not effective for around 20 per cent of people, who may need alternative treatments.
'Night owls' less likely to find antidepressants effective: new study
A major Australian study finds standard antidepressants are not effective for around 20 per cent of people, who may need alternative treatments.
www.abc.net.au
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A major Australian study finds standard antidepressants are not effective for around 20 per cent of people, who may need alternative treatments.
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Your semi-regular reminder from a dairy farmer: We need a giant subset of skim milk drinkers or we don't get nice things like butter and ice cream at a decent price.
Literally, the stupidest people doing the stupidest stuff and systematically dismantling our democratic norms and institutions
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Your semi-regular reminder from a dairy farmer: We need a giant subset of skim milk drinkers or we don't get nice things like butter and ice cream at a decent price.
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21st century nazis have made the 'are we baddies' sketch obsolete. It is very clear they know they're the baddies, and they love it. They think it's awesome. They worship evil, and are euphoric in disbelief that they're allowed to get away with it.
Demonstrators apparently retrieved from the cars belonging to ICE these "challenge coins" that ICE mercenaries receive when they carry out arrests.
This one is decorated with a skull wearing a crown.
ICE mercenaries serve king death. They are evil incarnate.
This one is decorated with a skull wearing a crown.
ICE mercenaries serve king death. They are evil incarnate.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
21st century nazis have made the 'are we baddies' sketch obsolete. It is very clear they know they're the baddies, and they love it. They think it's awesome. They worship evil, and are euphoric in disbelief that they're allowed to get away with it.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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It whips that not only is this guy absolutely going to get reinstated with back pay thanks to UNIONS but he’s already made nearly $1mil in a GFM which means many, many people are now incentivized to scream at Trump that he’s a pedophile
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
It whips that not only is this guy absolutely going to get reinstated with back pay thanks to UNIONS but he’s already made nearly $1mil in a GFM which means many, many people are now incentivized to scream at Trump that he’s a pedophile
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United Nations rightfully calling out Australia's human rights abuses of asylum seekers in offshore 'detention centres'.
"...Australia failed to... prevent torture & ill-treatment... or to provide adequate rehabilitation & medical care, amounting to 'torture & cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment'
"...Australia failed to... prevent torture & ill-treatment... or to provide adequate rehabilitation & medical care, amounting to 'torture & cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment'
Australia exposed Iranian asylum seeker to torture on Manus, UN says
United Nations says man experienced ‘serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
United Nations rightfully calling out Australia's human rights abuses of asylum seekers in offshore 'detention centres'.
"...Australia failed to... prevent torture & ill-treatment... or to provide adequate rehabilitation & medical care, amounting to 'torture & cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment'
"...Australia failed to... prevent torture & ill-treatment... or to provide adequate rehabilitation & medical care, amounting to 'torture & cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment'
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The degree to which being Palestinian is viewed as an act of violence within the public conversation in this country is breathtaking.
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The degree to which being Palestinian is viewed as an act of violence within the public conversation in this country is breathtaking.
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It is fucking wild that the board of a major cultural event decided to make a public statement that drew a direct link between an individual and a massacre they had nothing to do with, on the basis of their ethnicity. Interestingly not a feature of this contrition
Adelaide Festival board has retracted their statement of 8 January and have an extended an invite to Randa Abdel-Fattah for the 2027 Writers' Week
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
It is fucking wild that the board of a major cultural event decided to make a public statement that drew a direct link between an individual and a massacre they had nothing to do with, on the basis of their ethnicity. Interestingly not a feature of this contrition
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
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Did anyone else notice that Peter Malinauskas kept saying "Ms Abdel-Fattah" rather than "Dr Abdel-Fattah" on 7.30 tonight? Disrespectful.
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Did anyone else notice that Peter Malinauskas kept saying "Ms Abdel-Fattah" rather than "Dr Abdel-Fattah" on 7.30 tonight? Disrespectful.
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From the explanatory memorandum
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 AM
From the explanatory memorandum
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The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
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At the beach we found a seemingly injured penguin. Called Wildlife Victoria who told us to take it home and keep it somewhere dark and cool until they could get a volunteer out to collect it. So now there’s just a penguin sitting in the garage of this holiday house like this
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 AM
At the beach we found a seemingly injured penguin. Called Wildlife Victoria who told us to take it home and keep it somewhere dark and cool until they could get a volunteer out to collect it. So now there’s just a penguin sitting in the garage of this holiday house like this
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That no criminal conviction nor procedural fairness is required for the minister to desginate a hate group as such will invariably lead to the criminialisation of peaceful activism and protest groups. If you don't think Labor would do this, then imagine the Coalition salivating at the prospect.
The Albo government's antisemitism bill is a rushed hatchet job. Nobody has proper time to consider it carefully enough, and it will have all sorts of unintended consequences if passed. It is the worst kind of law-making: moral panic induced, pandering to powerful lobby groups' demands.
January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
That no criminal conviction nor procedural fairness is required for the minister to desginate a hate group as such will invariably lead to the criminialisation of peaceful activism and protest groups. If you don't think Labor would do this, then imagine the Coalition salivating at the prospect.
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Jeremy Strong or maaaaybe Jack O’Connell
So, which ‘phenomenal, phenomenal actor’ will play Ozzy Osbourne in his biopic? Ozzy’s son, Jack, teased a major casting decision for the upcoming film.
Which ‘Phenomenal Actor’ Is Batty Enough to Play Ozzy?
So, which ‘phenomenal, phenomenal actor’ will play Ozzy Osbourne in his biopic? Ozzy’s son, Jack, teased a major casting decision for the upcoming film.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Jeremy Strong or maaaaybe Jack O’Connell
Who had a take on here this week about how everyone posting the same “extremely online normie”comments (“I feel personally attacked”, “this is my first impression of you mind you”, “I built this fyp brick by brick”) are functionally indistinct from using genAI prewritten responses
January 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Who had a take on here this week about how everyone posting the same “extremely online normie”comments (“I feel personally attacked”, “this is my first impression of you mind you”, “I built this fyp brick by brick”) are functionally indistinct from using genAI prewritten responses