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Impossible Beast
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I'm a media professor whose work focuses on the impact of digital media on democracy. Not strictly left, right, or centrist, I'm interested in conceiving new democratic futures. My avatar is the platypus, a beast once thought impossible. Opinions own.
“At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet.”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Waste is a part of the business model of fashion. A lot of brands overproduce by up to 40 per cent.”

www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08...
'Dead white man's clothes': The dirty secret behind the world's fashion addiction
For decades, the West's unwanted fashion has made its way to used-clothing markets in Africa. Now it's fuelling an environmental catastrophe.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Lots of NSN were face out yesterday but at least one seemed to be trying to retreat inside his bucket hat. Does Oscar Tuckfield not want his colleagues at the law firm knowing how he spends his weekends?
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Shooting of Charlie Kirk absolutely reprehensible and potentially momentous. We can only hope that rounds of retribution and copycat attacks don’t follow.
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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How can you not give this guy the Nobel Peace Prize?
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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September 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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On the Meanjin closing, just be careful in making defamatory accusations.
September 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I read a couple of news articles on last Sunday’s neo-Nazi demos here in Melbourne earlier today then opened up YouTube and the homepage vids included three far right videos.

They keep saying they are cleaning up their algorithms. Don’t believe them. They are gaslighting us.
September 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just in case you needed reminding that Musk boosts white supremacist disinfo.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Elon Musk shares post on X with incorrect attendance figures for Australia’s anti-immigration protests
The March for Australia demonstrations were promoted by neo-Nazis, anti-lockdown figures and other fringe groups
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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I posted this 20 months ago in an unmentionable place. It has become no less true.
August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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CDC staff held a “clap-out” on Thursday to honor three of the agency’s high-ranking officials, who resigned in protest after President Trump fired the director, Susan Monarez. nyti.ms/4oSxakJ
August 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wouldn’t it be amazing if some of our world leaders actually cared about this?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We need to stop fixating on senior university salaries - no CEO of an org with thousands of staff gets paid less than $1m - and address the real problem: chronic underfunding and punitive higher ed policy.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian universities to cut about 2,400 jobs and hundreds of courses as sector blames ‘confused’ government policies
Vice-chancellors say they’ve been forced to restructure but critics point finger at ‘unaccountable’ university management
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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“Putin would eat you for lunch.”

Today, exactly that happened.
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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"[President] Eisenhower’s concern was that the [US] war machine would effectively become sentient."

– Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars.

Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
August 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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August 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It really is sad, isn’t it, watching two neo-fascists horse trade the future of a small democracy.
August 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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August 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM