Dr Kim Stewart
@drkimscrolls.bsky.social
Social worker, community radio trainer, anti-fascism, academic UniSQ. Living on stolen Yagera land, Tulmur. Projects I'm involved in with peeps with disability. https://crisponairblog.wordpress.com/
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November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is a hard read. AI Chatbots can't be tweaked to have empathy or even understand what they are saying. They should be banned just like hard drugs are. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This is a hard read. AI Chatbots can't be tweaked to have empathy or even understand what they are saying. They should be banned just like hard drugs are. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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❤️ COVID infection poses a higher heart risk in children than vaccination, according to the largest study of its kind involving 14 million kids in England. Read more - www.thelancet.com/jo...
#COVID19 #Vaccines #HeartHealth #ChildHealth #Research
#COVID19 #Vaccines #HeartHealth #ChildHealth #Research
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
❤️ COVID infection poses a higher heart risk in children than vaccination, according to the largest study of its kind involving 14 million kids in England. Read more - www.thelancet.com/jo...
#COVID19 #Vaccines #HeartHealth #ChildHealth #Research
#COVID19 #Vaccines #HeartHealth #ChildHealth #Research
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OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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'In Australia...Ministers for the Environment are also there to speak up for environmental exploitation, and that needs to change."
- Bob Brown unpacks just some of the issues with proposed changes to our environment laws #auspol
- Bob Brown unpacks just some of the issues with proposed changes to our environment laws #auspol
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
'In Australia...Ministers for the Environment are also there to speak up for environmental exploitation, and that needs to change."
- Bob Brown unpacks just some of the issues with proposed changes to our environment laws #auspol
- Bob Brown unpacks just some of the issues with proposed changes to our environment laws #auspol
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6PR talkback radio listeners are having none of it – they say allowing police & ministers to cut Centrelink payments before conviction is "hypocritical", "the government can't arbitrarily impose punishments on people" and that "this is the thin end of the wedge".
Full interview:
Full interview:
Radio interview on move to give police and ministers new power to cancel Centrelink payments
YouTube video by Antipoverty Centre
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November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
6PR talkback radio listeners are having none of it – they say allowing police & ministers to cut Centrelink payments before conviction is "hypocritical", "the government can't arbitrarily impose punishments on people" and that "this is the thin end of the wedge".
Full interview:
Full interview:
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Oh, so another Melbourne Cup Day has rolled around.
Just remember—
Just remember—
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Oh, so another Melbourne Cup Day has rolled around.
Just remember—
Just remember—
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“It just gives you a sense that there are some people for whom the whip is being used so relentlessly, they can’t escape it” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org
Was #robodebt, now #robodole. The Albanese govt continues to punch down on the most vulnerable, to profit dodgy employment services. #auspol
Was #robodebt, now #robodole. The Albanese govt continues to punch down on the most vulnerable, to profit dodgy employment services. #auspol
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful
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Centrelink has been issuing payment suspension notices to jobseekers and those on disability support pensions at a rate of more than five a minute, new analysis suggests, amid concerns over the legality of the troubled system.
In total, government data collated by the Antipoverty Centre shows there were 2,683,605 suspension actions between June 2024 and July 2025. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“It just gives you a sense that there are some people for whom the whip is being used so relentlessly, they can’t escape it” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org
Was #robodebt, now #robodole. The Albanese govt continues to punch down on the most vulnerable, to profit dodgy employment services. #auspol
Was #robodebt, now #robodole. The Albanese govt continues to punch down on the most vulnerable, to profit dodgy employment services. #auspol
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In the wake of the release of Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, Renew Australia for All is holding a Melb launch of a plan to make climate adaptation & resilience a national priority.
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actionnetwork.org/events/clima...
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In the wake of the release of Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, Renew Australia for All is holding a Melb launch of a plan to make climate adaptation & resilience a national priority.
actionnetwork.org/events/clima...
actionnetwork.org/events/clima...
Run monkeys!!!!
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Run monkeys!!!!
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I only knew the modern meaning of "Luddite" until recently. Turns out, the Luddites were badass, actually. So you get a thread! And now you'll know too!
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I only knew the modern meaning of "Luddite" until recently. Turns out, the Luddites were badass, actually. So you get a thread! And now you'll know too!
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A Queensland court has overturned the state government's freeze on puberty blockers. Sanity prevails!!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Court overturns Queensland's controversial puberty blocker ban
Queensland controversially barred public doctors from prescribing puberty blockers to patients aged under 18 earlier this year.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A Queensland court has overturned the state government's freeze on puberty blockers. Sanity prevails!!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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'The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago.'
www.innovationaus.com/robodebt-tec...
www.innovationaus.com/robodebt-tec...
Robodebt tech reforms fade from focus
The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago. Despit...
www.innovationaus.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
'The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago.'
www.innovationaus.com/robodebt-tec...
www.innovationaus.com/robodebt-tec...
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Smart people keep saying…
“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”
“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”
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
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Help, the bot I fed on racism has turned out to be a racist. theconversation.com/historical-i...
Historical images made with AI recycle colonial stereotypes and bias – new research
Generative AI is known to mirror sexist and racist stereotypes, but it also carries a colonial bias that is reinforcing outdated ideas about the past.
theconversation.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Help, the bot I fed on racism has turned out to be a racist. theconversation.com/historical-i...
AI still harming people despite assurances. #NoEthicalAI #AcademicSky
Is ChatGPT-5 a truly “safer” version of ChatGPT?
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o & found that GPT-5 actually gave MORE harmful responses.
Our research in @theguardian.com 👇
https://bit.ly/4oseis2
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o & found that GPT-5 actually gave MORE harmful responses.
Our research in @theguardian.com 👇
https://bit.ly/4oseis2
ChatGPT ‘upgrade' giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find
Campaigners ‘deeply concerned' about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
AI still harming people despite assurances. #NoEthicalAI #AcademicSky
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Australia’s chief statistician, David Gruen, has defended the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ recent public debunking of far-right claims of “mass migration”, as he said the agency “stands ready to respond” to “egregious misrepresentations” of its data.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations
Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is ‘trying to take the side of truth’ after misuse of overseas arrivals figures
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Australia’s chief statistician, David Gruen, has defended the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ recent public debunking of far-right claims of “mass migration”, as he said the agency “stands ready to respond” to “egregious misrepresentations” of its data.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s. n.pr/3JeW2Dj
'Broadcasting' has its roots in agriculture. Here's how it made its way into media
The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s.
n.pr
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s. n.pr/3JeW2Dj
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While professionals continue to insist that ABA is the gold standard for supporting autistic kids, "most autistic participants who had experienced or observed ABA view it negatively, with only a small minority mentioning neutral or positive effects.” At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
When You Have No Choice But ABA Therapy — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
You may know that ABA is a questionable therapy. But since not every parent can avoid ABA, what can those parents do to protect their kids?
thinkingautismguide.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
While professionals continue to insist that ABA is the gold standard for supporting autistic kids, "most autistic participants who had experienced or observed ABA view it negatively, with only a small minority mentioning neutral or positive effects.” At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
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obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏
October 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏
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Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay 💚
Really thankful you decided to stay, my friend! You are enough ✨
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Really thankful you decided to stay, my friend! You are enough ✨
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Taking a Page From ‘Reading Rainbow’: How Mychal ‘The Librarian’ Threets Turned His Pain Into Purpose
Viral star Threets gets honest about his new role hosting the iconic children’s series, surviving dark days, and finding purpose in the new ‘Reading Rainbow.’
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October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay 💚
Really thankful you decided to stay, my friend! You are enough ✨
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Really thankful you decided to stay, my friend! You are enough ✨
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Wait until they see the correlation between global temperature rise and declining numbers of pirates...
Correlation does not indicate causation ffs
Correlation does not indicate causation ffs
October 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Wait until they see the correlation between global temperature rise and declining numbers of pirates...
Correlation does not indicate causation ffs
Correlation does not indicate causation ffs