Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉
@clembastow.bsky.social
Featuring an 8-page colour photo insert of thrilling images from the hit movie!
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Critical Autism & action studies researcher and screenwriter in Naarm. We wish to stay at the inn; our opinions are our own.
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Critical Autism & action studies researcher and screenwriter in Naarm. We wish to stay at the inn; our opinions are our own.
Mmmm that review of The Vines (and more specifically Craig Nicholls' performance/behaviour) has sure aged like milk in light of Craig's Autism diagnosis www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Mmmm that review of The Vines (and more specifically Craig Nicholls' performance/behaviour) has sure aged like milk in light of Craig's Autism diagnosis www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Deeply loved PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the film that dares to ask "What if we made a coming-of-age movie about the importance of found family, starring a Yautja?"
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Deeply loved PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the film that dares to ask "What if we made a coming-of-age movie about the importance of found family, starring a Yautja?"
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For background information read our statement here:
Growing calls for Labor to abandon police involvement in stopping Centrelink payments
Civil society organisations representing welfare recipients, First Nations people, survivors of family violence, disabled people and legal experts are calling on the government to scrap a proposed law...
apcentre.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
For background information read our statement here:
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Now @justiceandequity.bsky.social has added its name to the list of groups opposing this draconian and underhanded move.
These are the groups @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social has dismissed. She refuses to address concerns about separation of powers, due process and unintended consequences.
These are the groups @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social has dismissed. She refuses to address concerns about separation of powers, due process and unintended consequences.
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Now @justiceandequity.bsky.social has added its name to the list of groups opposing this draconian and underhanded move.
These are the groups @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social has dismissed. She refuses to address concerns about separation of powers, due process and unintended consequences.
These are the groups @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social has dismissed. She refuses to address concerns about separation of powers, due process and unintended consequences.
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It is imperative that I share this clip of Rie Ôta's intimidating rawr inside Baragon's suit from Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It is imperative that I share this clip of Rie Ôta's intimidating rawr inside Baragon's suit from Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
Fifteen years since Australian television peaked with the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA 2010 grand final episode’s opening sequence
So You Think You Can Dance Australia 2010 Grand Final: Opening Dance Routine.
YouTube video by Kit McDee
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fifteen years since Australian television peaked with the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA 2010 grand final episode’s opening sequence
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We should never be surprised by the cruelty of humans - anyone who has read about Rhythm O, the 1970s performance art piece created by Marina Abramović could tell you that. She still bares the scars of people's glee at permitted punishment
The Boaty McBoatface side of human nature is always there, the instinct to troll, to mock, to turn sincerity into a joke. Now it’s just got better tools, & sometimes that means people making tasteless things like Sora2 videos of Stephen Hawking being horribly brutalized. futurism.com/artificial-i...
People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized
People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.
futurism.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We should never be surprised by the cruelty of humans - anyone who has read about Rhythm O, the 1970s performance art piece created by Marina Abramović could tell you that. She still bares the scars of people's glee at permitted punishment
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[Butthole Surfers thru a megaphone voice]
RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…
RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…
trumps nazi goons trying to pepper ball a frog
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
[Butthole Surfers thru a megaphone voice]
RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…
RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The episode of the Middletown Centre for Autism podcast about Someone Like Me is up!
Cat @naturetable.bsky.social Hughes, always an excellent host, interviews the editors @clembastow.bsky.social and @jocaseau.bsky.social.
I've been looking forward to this!
www.middletownautism.com/social-media...
Cat @naturetable.bsky.social Hughes, always an excellent host, interviews the editors @clembastow.bsky.social and @jocaseau.bsky.social.
I've been looking forward to this!
www.middletownautism.com/social-media...
October 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The episode of the Middletown Centre for Autism podcast about Someone Like Me is up!
Cat @naturetable.bsky.social Hughes, always an excellent host, interviews the editors @clembastow.bsky.social and @jocaseau.bsky.social.
I've been looking forward to this!
www.middletownautism.com/social-media...
Cat @naturetable.bsky.social Hughes, always an excellent host, interviews the editors @clembastow.bsky.social and @jocaseau.bsky.social.
I've been looking forward to this!
www.middletownautism.com/social-media...
Any of you nerds know of a good CD hifi repair person in Naarm? Looking to get a turn of the century (lmao lmao) Telefunken system serviced. I think it's too modern for Multisonics.
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Any of you nerds know of a good CD hifi repair person in Naarm? Looking to get a turn of the century (lmao lmao) Telefunken system serviced. I think it's too modern for Multisonics.
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NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
The NDIS supports transition period is ending | NDIS
The 12-month transition period for adjusting to the NDIS support lists ends on 2 October 2025.
ndis.gov.au
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
Watching the Particle6 AI-generated "comedy sketch"--which was the debut of "Tilly Norwood"--is particularly bleak when you realise how much of the "humour" hinges on notions of consent (or lack thereof). It also looks like hot garbage
AI Commissioner | Comedy Sketch | Particle6
YouTube video by Particle6 TV
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Watching the Particle6 AI-generated "comedy sketch"--which was the debut of "Tilly Norwood"--is particularly bleak when you realise how much of the "humour" hinges on notions of consent (or lack thereof). It also looks like hot garbage
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We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
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Tapping the sign for the nth time this year.
October 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Tapping the sign for the nth time this year.
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In a time when children need to learn how to be a part of a community and what that means, these Caucasian men are going into schools and teaching white supremacy.
'A former deputy head of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, McInerney has also argued the White Australia Policy did not go far enough and that white Australians may need to live in separate neighbourhoods as a form of “tactical retreat”.'
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
The far-right figures teaching students at a Sydney college
The dean of studies says the country will need political parties for white Australians. A senior lecturer wants an Anglo-Celtic club to inspire fear in “leftist thugs”.
www.smh.com.au
October 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
In a time when children need to learn how to be a part of a community and what that means, these Caucasian men are going into schools and teaching white supremacy.
FANTASTIC NEWS: some heroic local VHS-ripper has uploaded a good quality version of the 1994 SFX doco MASTERS OF ILLUSION, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis. My brother and I watched our taped-off-TV version until it broke.
Masters of Illusion The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
YouTube video by Prince of Darkness
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
FANTASTIC NEWS: some heroic local VHS-ripper has uploaded a good quality version of the 1994 SFX doco MASTERS OF ILLUSION, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis. My brother and I watched our taped-off-TV version until it broke.
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AI has ruined all comms. Here's the SEO slug for Arnott's Biscuits:
"Delighting Aussies for 150+ years, Arnott's Biscuits is the go-to treat for every cherished moment. From Tim Tam to Shapes, embrace the classics that define…"
– 'embrace' is a top 10 ChatGPT word
– 'from X to Y'
– 'Biscuits is' ?
"Delighting Aussies for 150+ years, Arnott's Biscuits is the go-to treat for every cherished moment. From Tim Tam to Shapes, embrace the classics that define…"
– 'embrace' is a top 10 ChatGPT word
– 'from X to Y'
– 'Biscuits is' ?
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AI has ruined all comms. Here's the SEO slug for Arnott's Biscuits:
"Delighting Aussies for 150+ years, Arnott's Biscuits is the go-to treat for every cherished moment. From Tim Tam to Shapes, embrace the classics that define…"
– 'embrace' is a top 10 ChatGPT word
– 'from X to Y'
– 'Biscuits is' ?
"Delighting Aussies for 150+ years, Arnott's Biscuits is the go-to treat for every cherished moment. From Tim Tam to Shapes, embrace the classics that define…"
– 'embrace' is a top 10 ChatGPT word
– 'from X to Y'
– 'Biscuits is' ?
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This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
God I would love the energy to write literally anything
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
God I would love the energy to write literally anything
Nightmare update from the Show 2025: presumably AI generated “songs” plugging various products (ie chips on a stick) blasting from stalls
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Nightmare update from the Show 2025: presumably AI generated “songs” plugging various products (ie chips on a stick) blasting from stalls
Hooray!!! SOMEONE LIKE ME is out in the UK!! Thank you Verve for filming the IRL launch at Lighthouse starring two of our amazing new contributors @fergus.oolong.co.uk and @juliefarrell.bsky.social !!
Someone Like Me: Launching an Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers
YouTube video by Lighthouse Bookshop
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hooray!!! SOMEONE LIKE ME is out in the UK!! Thank you Verve for filming the IRL launch at Lighthouse starring two of our amazing new contributors @fergus.oolong.co.uk and @juliefarrell.bsky.social !!
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Some people here love to dismiss ‘sportsball’ but S. African teams being banned from international competition was an important factor in ending Apartheid because it made their crimes real for non-political folk.
It appears that there is an increasingly high chance Israel will be banned next week from UEFA due to its genocide in Gaza, which would in turn effectively end its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup.
I have heard this independently confirmed from another source.
www.thetimes.com/article/11e9...
I have heard this independently confirmed from another source.
www.thetimes.com/article/11e9...
September 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Some people here love to dismiss ‘sportsball’ but S. African teams being banned from international competition was an important factor in ending Apartheid because it made their crimes real for non-political folk.
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the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse