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Be open. Be curious. Be present. Eat kosher salamis.
Residing on Noongar boodja
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🪪 My concerns about the Online Safety Act remain the same as when I last wrote about it nearly decade a decade ago when it was proposed as the Digital Economy Bill:

1) It normalizes uploading sensitive documents such as ID scans to random websites, which will likely increase identity theft.

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July 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Peter Dutton DOES NOT want people to see this
May 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Given how much more fucked up the world is about to get, the question isn't are you better off than you were three years ago - it's what do you think the next three years are going to be like and who do you want making the decisions? And that's not just about a PM, but the whole parliament.
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Brian Eno: Statement On Arrests At A Quaker Meeting House www.stopwar.org.uk/article/bria...
March 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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wrote about how phoneworld is killing our political imaginary and making us profoundly miserable in this, a moment when we need to be stronger than ever www.late-review.com/p/the-eterna...
the eternal present
or: we need to destroy phone
www.late-review.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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It is both telling and alarming that it has taken an independent member of parliament to state the obvious - except that @zoedaniel.bsky.social also brings considerable expertise to the subject www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a plan B | Zoe Daniel
The president has trashed the longstanding principle of collective security with Nato. How can we be confident the US will continue to be our defensive shield?
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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The amazing thing about Peter Dutton's claim here is that while he make it sound like a difficult task, this would actually be a slower roll-out than what was likely achieved in Australia 2024.

A quick thread with numbers:
January 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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It's Blue Monday, which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday
January 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Apropos of nothing
Ignorance is not blissful
And yet steeping
In whatever
The ur-narrative
today
hours
weeks
years
Corrodes the soul
January 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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📚 After a 40-year quest, @davidallengreen.bsky.social found a long-lost book thanks to "librarians, archivists, cataloguers, and indexers," including @tambourine.bsky.social & Internet Archive. A reminder of why preserving & lending books matters: davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
January 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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The Aust. Govt. gives 72% of WA’s gas to foreign-owned gas exporters for FREE.

That means no royalties were paid on $111 billion worth of gas exported from WA.

Tell the Government to stop giving away our resources & make gas corporations pay.

✍️ https://theaus.in/collect_gas_royalties #auspol
January 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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My son just turned 18 a month ago. Since then he has been flooded with gambling ads on every device and in every app making any purchases at all.

Oh but we should ban kids off social media.
January 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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As a tactic to make myself stop admin, I wondered what this Beast Games was, never having seen Mr Beast but knowing that he's toxic.
So does anybody want me to write a piece on the architecture & neoliberal endgame politics of his "Beast City" & the Tatti/prison/factory farm warehouse?
December 28, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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I... am going to suggest some vendor sold a load of bullshit to Australia's eSafety Commissioner.

www.npr.org/2024/12/19/n...
December 20, 2024 at 12:03 AM
ABC promoting moral panic du jour with almost no critical analysis. May as well label it as a promoted ad. @mmasnick.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Exposing children to smartphones before 14 is 'insanity', US expert says
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt is calling for parents and policymakers to roll back the "phone-based childhood", which he says is "hurting" child and adolescent mental health.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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This is another banger of an apartment design by Sahar Kamaleddin and Nima Safdari in Iran (Urmia)
December 12, 2024 at 7:51 AM
I’m out! #whamageddon
December 8, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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Textures of brick and tile and arches galore in another banger by Sahar Kamaledddin and Nima Safdari

This is under construction in Sirjan, Iran
December 6, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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Multi-storey rammed earth walls seem to be a thing - and I’m all for it!

Facade renovation of 1970’s office buildings in Lyon using prefab rammed earth walls, by Maud Caubet Architects
December 7, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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Dutton and co don’t want this fact becoming widely known, people might begin to think they are liars.
December 3, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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It’s on bitches! Whamageddon starts today.
whamageddon.com
WHAMAGEDDON
Avoid 'Last Christmas'. Join the fun. Last until Christmas. Become the envy of your friends and family. Enjoy being a Christmas grinch.
whamageddon.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:18 AM