Doug
@dougincanberra.bsky.social
Interested in public policy, irregular theology, Geelong Cats, Green politics. Also found on @Dougincanberra
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A fair, humane asylum system isn’t just right - it’s smart economics.
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
Together With Refugees new report 'Welcoming Growth: The economic case for a fair and humane asylum system' - Together With Refugees
Monday 17 November 2025 Britain’s refugee policies have been uncaring, chaotic, and costly for too long. They aren’t working for refugees, and they aren’t working for communities across the country. ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A fair, humane asylum system isn’t just right - it’s smart economics.
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
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Thank you for writing this, @timhollo.bsky.social. I've been very critical of COPs for a long time, and you've articulated the fundamental issues with precision.
"A globe of sovereign states is no true globe...a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
"A globe of sovereign states is no true globe...a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
All (climate) COPs are bastards.
I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is.
"Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is.
"Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
All (climate) COPs Are B*stards
On the need to "Defund the COPs"
The ACAB slogan has always jarred with me somewhat.
I understand (and respect) it as a systemic critique, intended to reveal that it's impossible for any individual,...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thank you for writing this, @timhollo.bsky.social. I've been very critical of COPs for a long time, and you've articulated the fundamental issues with precision.
"A globe of sovereign states is no true globe...a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
"A globe of sovereign states is no true globe...a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
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Not new information, apparently, but TIL:
"Australia arrests more climate protesters than any other country in the world"
"Australia arrests more climate protesters than any other country in the world"
Just here to remind you that, with “net zero”, we’re having a meaningless argument about a meaningless frame in order to distract from the single most important and meaningful issue confronting us.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
Net zero reality and the extinction of politics-as-usual
On words without meaning, meaning without worlds
The sheer inanity, the ecocidal banality of our current political discourse was encapsulated perfectly this morning on the floor of the House of Repre...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Not new information, apparently, but TIL:
"Australia arrests more climate protesters than any other country in the world"
"Australia arrests more climate protesters than any other country in the world"
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All (climate) COPs are bastards.
I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is.
"Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is.
"Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
All (climate) COPs Are B*stards
On the need to "Defund the COPs"
The ACAB slogan has always jarred with me somewhat.
I understand (and respect) it as a systemic critique, intended to reveal that it's impossible for any individual,...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
All (climate) COPs are bastards.
I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is.
"Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
I've been threatening to write this for years. Here it finally is.
"Just as communities, acting together in concert for common security, can make the cops obsolete, a globe of communities acting in concert for the climate can make the COPs obsolete."
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'Mutual obligations' are not mutual, but in adopting the Targeted Compliance Framework the Australian Government chose to abandon their legal obligations entirely.
This system harms, creates liability daily and it must cease. Minister can order it now, or be ordered to later in court.
This system harms, creates liability daily and it must cease. Minister can order it now, or be ordered to later in court.
These docs show that the Department knew many job providers' decisions are incorrect - and complain about the administrative burden of overturning them
Their solution? Give job providers new, automated powers to make harsher punishments w/ less government oversight. Legally disastrous
Their solution? Give job providers new, automated powers to make harsher punishments w/ less government oversight. Legally disastrous
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
'Mutual obligations' are not mutual, but in adopting the Targeted Compliance Framework the Australian Government chose to abandon their legal obligations entirely.
This system harms, creates liability daily and it must cease. Minister can order it now, or be ordered to later in court.
This system harms, creates liability daily and it must cease. Minister can order it now, or be ordered to later in court.
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New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since Oct. 7
Post-mortems & testimonies suggest many died from torture, medical neglect & food deprivation. According to leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Post-mortems & testimonies suggest many died from torture, medical neglect & food deprivation. According to leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
@mekomit.bsky.social
New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens we...
www.972mag.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since Oct. 7
Post-mortems & testimonies suggest many died from torture, medical neglect & food deprivation. According to leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Post-mortems & testimonies suggest many died from torture, medical neglect & food deprivation. According to leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens were civilians.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
@mekomit.bsky.social
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ACAB includes climate COPs
Want to read a piece I’ve been slowly working on for ages that explains why I say that? It’ll be going live tonight, I hope.
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In Between Days
Thoughts between the no longer & the not yet
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November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
ACAB includes climate COPs
Want to read a piece I’ve been slowly working on for ages that explains why I say that? It’ll be going live tonight, I hope.
Subscribe to my blogletter here:
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Want to read a piece I’ve been slowly working on for ages that explains why I say that? It’ll be going live tonight, I hope.
Subscribe to my blogletter here:
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Tasmania’s Macquarie Point Stadium by the (ruinous) numbers www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/t...
Tasmania’s Macquarie Point Stadium by the (ruinous) numbers
We've compiled the numbers to help you follow the coming — and supposedly final — stadium debate in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
www.crikey.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tasmania’s Macquarie Point Stadium by the (ruinous) numbers www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/t...
Why are members of the National Socialist Network unmasking themselves? www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/n...
Why are members of the National Socialist Network unmasking themselves?
The decision by neo-Nazis to identify themselves publically may reflect an internal sentiment that far-right radicalism is becoming normalised.
www.crikey.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Why are members of the National Socialist Network unmasking themselves? www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/n...
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FWIW, I've reached out to the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty — groups that have long touted their support for religious freedom — about things such as the treatment of clergy, alleged inability of ICE detainees to access religious rites, etc.
No response yet.
No response yet.
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
FWIW, I've reached out to the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty — groups that have long touted their support for religious freedom — about things such as the treatment of clergy, alleged inability of ICE detainees to access religious rites, etc.
No response yet.
No response yet.
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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Good column by Sean Kelly on the ALP needing to not waste the idiocy of the Libs
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
You thought climate was a Coalition problem, but Albanese may rue his enemy’s low ebb
Before Labor becomes too smug, it should heed the warning of its president, Wayne Swan: Complacency is “the handmaiden of decline”.
www.smh.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Good column by Sean Kelly on the ALP needing to not waste the idiocy of the Libs
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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"Chatbot Jesus is not the Christ who so loved the world that he became flesh and dwelled among us. He is a machine-induced hallucination. Like the demon-possessed man in the gospels, Chatbot Jesus is not one but legion..."
Following a wave of coverage on AI and religion this week, I decided to have a chat with AI white Jesus about Trump, immigration, and his own self-presentation.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
Conversations with Chatbot Jesus--What Could Go Wrong?
Plus the latest episode of The Convocation Unscripted
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Chatbot Jesus is not the Christ who so loved the world that he became flesh and dwelled among us. He is a machine-induced hallucination. Like the demon-possessed man in the gospels, Chatbot Jesus is not one but legion..."
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Politics 101: Any issue that unites your base and divides theirs is a good issue that you should keep pounding.
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Politics 101: Any issue that unites your base and divides theirs is a good issue that you should keep pounding.
Bruce Cockburn nailed it
Fashionable fascism dominates the scene ...
Tenants get the dregs and the landlords get the cream
As the grinding devolution of the democratic dream
Brings us men in gas masks dancing while the shells burst
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse
Fashionable fascism dominates the scene ...
Tenants get the dregs and the landlords get the cream
As the grinding devolution of the democratic dream
Brings us men in gas masks dancing while the shells burst
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bruce Cockburn nailed it
Fashionable fascism dominates the scene ...
Tenants get the dregs and the landlords get the cream
As the grinding devolution of the democratic dream
Brings us men in gas masks dancing while the shells burst
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse
Fashionable fascism dominates the scene ...
Tenants get the dregs and the landlords get the cream
As the grinding devolution of the democratic dream
Brings us men in gas masks dancing while the shells burst
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse
Bruce Cockburn "People See through you" very timely political commentary
"You've got anti-matter language
Contrived to conceal
You've been lying so long
You don't know what's real
You're a figment of your own imagination
And people see through you"
"You've got anti-matter language
Contrived to conceal
You've been lying so long
You don't know what's real
You're a figment of your own imagination
And people see through you"
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Bruce Cockburn "People See through you" very timely political commentary
"You've got anti-matter language
Contrived to conceal
You've been lying so long
You don't know what's real
You're a figment of your own imagination
And people see through you"
"You've got anti-matter language
Contrived to conceal
You've been lying so long
You don't know what's real
You're a figment of your own imagination
And people see through you"
Some revenue options for Chalmers
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open.substack.com/pub/johnquig...
Some revenue options for Chalmers
Alert: Produced by AI, not fully checked
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November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some revenue options for Chalmers
open.substack.com/pub/johnquig...
open.substack.com/pub/johnquig...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.