Natasha
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my bank account is looking increasingly worse so i think i may open some flash minimal icon comms soon,,, something like $15-$20? in this kind of style
would anyone be interested? 👉👈
would anyone be interested? 👉👈
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
my bank account is looking increasingly worse so i think i may open some flash minimal icon comms soon,,, something like $15-$20? in this kind of style
would anyone be interested? 👉👈
would anyone be interested? 👉👈
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Israel does not believe any other country in the region has any right to sovereignty, or borders, or airspace, or protection from the Israeli military. Israel's posture, aka Israel's illegal occupation of Syrian territory and its repeat attacks towards Syria, is entirely consistent with this.
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Israel does not believe any other country in the region has any right to sovereignty, or borders, or airspace, or protection from the Israeli military. Israel's posture, aka Israel's illegal occupation of Syrian territory and its repeat attacks towards Syria, is entirely consistent with this.
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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"AI has its uses."
No, you don't gotta hand it to them. You don't need to moderate between "more AI" and "even more AI." Reject the false framing and just live your goddamned life already.
No, you don't gotta hand it to them. You don't need to moderate between "more AI" and "even more AI." Reject the false framing and just live your goddamned life already.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"AI has its uses."
No, you don't gotta hand it to them. You don't need to moderate between "more AI" and "even more AI." Reject the false framing and just live your goddamned life already.
No, you don't gotta hand it to them. You don't need to moderate between "more AI" and "even more AI." Reject the false framing and just live your goddamned life already.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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I've long criticised the dehumanising and patriarchal partner income test embedded everywhere in the Australian welfare state. The tax on love really does hurt families, and has a real impact on relationship formation or termination.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I've long criticised the dehumanising and patriarchal partner income test embedded everywhere in the Australian welfare state. The tax on love really does hurt families, and has a real impact on relationship formation or termination.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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The changes to the social security bill, tabled in the lower house on Wednesday morning, could allow the Home Affairs Minister to cancel the welfare payment of someone on an outstanding warrant. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Power grab': Labor under fire over new move to cut off Centrelink payments
The last-minute additions have been called into question, with advocates arguing they set a "dangerous precedent".
www.sbs.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The changes to the social security bill, tabled in the lower house on Wednesday morning, could allow the Home Affairs Minister to cancel the welfare payment of someone on an outstanding warrant. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Labor are sneaking through extraordinary powers to let police and ASIO cut peoples welfare if they’ve been charged with a crime.
This is an unacceptable power grab, and will harm families and partners of people reliant on payments to survive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This is an unacceptable power grab, and will harm families and partners of people reliant on payments to survive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Power grab': Labor under fire over new move to cut off Centrelink payments
The last-minute additions have been called into question, with advocates arguing they set a "dangerous precedent".
www.sbs.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Labor are sneaking through extraordinary powers to let police and ASIO cut peoples welfare if they’ve been charged with a crime.
This is an unacceptable power grab, and will harm families and partners of people reliant on payments to survive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This is an unacceptable power grab, and will harm families and partners of people reliant on payments to survive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Everyone has the right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty in this country, no matter what.
Labor pulled this seemingly out of nowhere. Yet welfare changes designed by the Robodebt Royal Commission 2+yrs ago to limit harms to welfare recipients, they’ve just rejected.
Labor pulled this seemingly out of nowhere. Yet welfare changes designed by the Robodebt Royal Commission 2+yrs ago to limit harms to welfare recipients, they’ve just rejected.
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Everyone has the right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty in this country, no matter what.
Labor pulled this seemingly out of nowhere. Yet welfare changes designed by the Robodebt Royal Commission 2+yrs ago to limit harms to welfare recipients, they’ve just rejected.
Labor pulled this seemingly out of nowhere. Yet welfare changes designed by the Robodebt Royal Commission 2+yrs ago to limit harms to welfare recipients, they’ve just rejected.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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If you like Australian-made games with weird little bugs in them, might I recommend another one store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...
Save 20% on Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off on Steam
You're a tiny pill-bug in a big world! Roll, zip, and slam your way through the gorgeous landscapes of the Australian bush, unite your fellow bugs, and fight back the greedy Fire Ant Conglomerate!
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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If you like Australian-made games with weird little bugs in them, might I recommend another one store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...
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AWS outages are interesting because each time it affects more and more disparate things, each is a snapshot scan of the metastatic cancer infecting the internet.
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
AWS outages are interesting because each time it affects more and more disparate things, each is a snapshot scan of the metastatic cancer infecting the internet.
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At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza, closes Rafah crossing
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
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it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone
October 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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It is government policy for at least 4% of people to be unemployed at all times.
When there are not enough unemployed people, they punish mortgage holders with interest rate increases until the economy gets bad enough that people start losing their jobs again.
When there are not enough unemployed people, they punish mortgage holders with interest rate increases until the economy gets bad enough that people start losing their jobs again.
Labor's employment minister rep admits that payment suspensions "cause harm", but they're "an important part" of the (unlawful) mutual obligations system, because
"At the end of the day we want ppl to get off payments and find a job"
gross 'best form of welfare is a job' stuff from the ALP here
"At the end of the day we want ppl to get off payments and find a job"
gross 'best form of welfare is a job' stuff from the ALP here
October 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It is government policy for at least 4% of people to be unemployed at all times.
When there are not enough unemployed people, they punish mortgage holders with interest rate increases until the economy gets bad enough that people start losing their jobs again.
When there are not enough unemployed people, they punish mortgage holders with interest rate increases until the economy gets bad enough that people start losing their jobs again.
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I also think Jay's position that "we're just an engineering project" is deeply uneducated at best & given that she's a smart person, more likely just extraordinarily disingenuous. Technology is a social phenomenon and the ATP has been designed specifically for a social network. It's a people thing.
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I also think Jay's position that "we're just an engineering project" is deeply uneducated at best & given that she's a smart person, more likely just extraordinarily disingenuous. Technology is a social phenomenon and the ATP has been designed specifically for a social network. It's a people thing.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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I paid for Pocket Casts because it was a great app.
Now there's a banner ad at the top of every page that can only be removed by paying an additional £40 a year.
Now there's a banner ad at the top of every page that can only be removed by paying an additional £40 a year.
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I paid for Pocket Casts because it was a great app.
Now there's a banner ad at the top of every page that can only be removed by paying an additional £40 a year.
Now there's a banner ad at the top of every page that can only be removed by paying an additional £40 a year.
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@pocketcasts.com Neat! There's intrusive banner ads in the application THAT I PAID FOR.
Like I shouldn't be surprised, Pocket Casts has been undergoing enshittification for a while now. Who cares about your users when you've gotta pump that ARR?
Like I shouldn't be surprised, Pocket Casts has been undergoing enshittification for a while now. Who cares about your users when you've gotta pump that ARR?
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@pocketcasts.com Neat! There's intrusive banner ads in the application THAT I PAID FOR.
Like I shouldn't be surprised, Pocket Casts has been undergoing enshittification for a while now. Who cares about your users when you've gotta pump that ARR?
Like I shouldn't be surprised, Pocket Casts has been undergoing enshittification for a while now. Who cares about your users when you've gotta pump that ARR?