Aeveau
@aeveau.bsky.social
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Exciting thing alert - The next pilot of The Friday Paper comes out this very Friday, 7 November.
To get your hands on some quality South African journalism here's the link tally.so/r/mKbdeD
To get your hands on some quality South African journalism here's the link tally.so/r/mKbdeD
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tally.so
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Exciting thing alert - The next pilot of The Friday Paper comes out this very Friday, 7 November.
To get your hands on some quality South African journalism here's the link tally.so/r/mKbdeD
To get your hands on some quality South African journalism here's the link tally.so/r/mKbdeD
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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So heartily sick of the torrent of news from the US and Europe.
V. much like to see more from Indonesia, Vietnam,Malaysia,Japan,Philippines,
Thailand etc.etc. The ASEAN nations (and the Pacific too).
This is where our future lies. We are so uniformed when it comes to our closest neighbours.
V. much like to see more from Indonesia, Vietnam,Malaysia,Japan,Philippines,
Thailand etc.etc. The ASEAN nations (and the Pacific too).
This is where our future lies. We are so uniformed when it comes to our closest neighbours.
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So heartily sick of the torrent of news from the US and Europe.
V. much like to see more from Indonesia, Vietnam,Malaysia,Japan,Philippines,
Thailand etc.etc. The ASEAN nations (and the Pacific too).
This is where our future lies. We are so uniformed when it comes to our closest neighbours.
V. much like to see more from Indonesia, Vietnam,Malaysia,Japan,Philippines,
Thailand etc.etc. The ASEAN nations (and the Pacific too).
This is where our future lies. We are so uniformed when it comes to our closest neighbours.
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turns out mediating reality via screens may have had some side effects
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
turns out mediating reality via screens may have had some side effects
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The Israeli hostages will be received into Israel by well-stocked and highly functional hospitals with significant allied health supports. The same cannot be said of the Palestinian hostages when they return to Gaza.
Allan Elliott, Northcote
The Age, letters
Allan Elliott, Northcote
The Age, letters
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Israeli hostages will be received into Israel by well-stocked and highly functional hospitals with significant allied health supports. The same cannot be said of the Palestinian hostages when they return to Gaza.
Allan Elliott, Northcote
The Age, letters
Allan Elliott, Northcote
The Age, letters
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Listen, I have no time for debates about pronouns in bios but while answering emails this morning I twice had to google names as to not misgender ppl and honestly, pronouns had helped me save time here.
Very annoying that everything is culture war now and pragmatic solutions not a thing.
Very annoying that everything is culture war now and pragmatic solutions not a thing.
October 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Listen, I have no time for debates about pronouns in bios but while answering emails this morning I twice had to google names as to not misgender ppl and honestly, pronouns had helped me save time here.
Very annoying that everything is culture war now and pragmatic solutions not a thing.
Very annoying that everything is culture war now and pragmatic solutions not a thing.
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It is slightly funny that Türkiye and Australia are fighting over COP31 hosting rights while their biggest gas companies team up to see who be the worst climate criminals
naturalgasintel.com/news/woodsid...
naturalgasintel.com/news/woodsid...
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It is slightly funny that Türkiye and Australia are fighting over COP31 hosting rights while their biggest gas companies team up to see who be the worst climate criminals
naturalgasintel.com/news/woodsid...
naturalgasintel.com/news/woodsid...
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he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing
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Put another way, I wonder how many Trump supporters know that it was the position of Donald Trump himself in December 2015, less than 10 years ago—and every Trump supporter—that any request by the federal government for state government assistance should automatically be rejected as a legal nonsense
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Put another way, I wonder how many Trump supporters know that it was the position of Donald Trump himself in December 2015, less than 10 years ago—and every Trump supporter—that any request by the federal government for state government assistance should automatically be rejected as a legal nonsense
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Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
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What are my three favourite euphemisms for sex you ask?
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What are my three favourite euphemisms for sex you ask?
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Huge and important decision. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Woman awarded $93,000 in damages after 'humiliating' festival strip search
A Sydney woman subjected to an unlawful strip search at a music festival has been awarded $93,000 in damages, in a judgement that could see thousands of others also receive compensation.
www.abc.net.au
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Huge and important decision. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Climate scientist Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social has a message for younger scientists: Don't give up.
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
Michael Mann, on how the second US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement may alter the world’s climate change landscape
"We scientists and academics need to get a handle on the political atmosphere—the world of the larger electorate—and pay attention."
thebulletin.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Climate scientist Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social has a message for younger scientists: Don't give up.
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
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US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
Trump's 'climate hoax' comments are part of a well-worn playbook arriving on our shores
US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
www.abc.net.au
September 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
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🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Exclusive: Microsoft ends Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Exclusive: Microsoft ends Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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This article by @ronnisalt.bsky.social should be compulsory reading for those of us that are terminally online...
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This article by @ronnisalt.bsky.social should be compulsory reading for those of us that are terminally online...
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
Atlas/The Heritage Foundation: "Here's some rage baiting we prepared earlier..."
Seems like you can't trust anything from the FBI anymore-is that on purpose?
#uspol #epstein #auspol
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“Either we have copyright law or we don’t. Either plagiarism and the theft of intellectual property are anathema to higher education or they aren’t. We’re either modeling academic honesty and integrity to our students or we aren’t.” —@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Either we have copyright law or we don’t. Either plagiarism and the theft of intellectual property are anathema to higher education or they aren’t. We’re either modeling academic honesty and integrity to our students or we aren’t.” —@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
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As the UN General Assembly opens with flags, speeches, and talk of rights and democracy, a quiet coup unfolds — not in parliaments, but in the invisible infrastructure of the internet, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. Digital rights and free expression are under attack — who will defend them?
The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press
At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
www.techpolicy.press
September 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As the UN General Assembly opens with flags, speeches, and talk of rights and democracy, a quiet coup unfolds — not in parliaments, but in the invisible infrastructure of the internet, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. Digital rights and free expression are under attack — who will defend them?
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The fossil fuel industry is behind most of the climate disinformation you see and hear today.
Charlie Kirk was no exception.
Charlie Kirk was no exception.
Charlie Kirk's extremism was fossil fueled
Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.
heated.world
September 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The fossil fuel industry is behind most of the climate disinformation you see and hear today.
Charlie Kirk was no exception.
Charlie Kirk was no exception.
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If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.
We are so fucked.
Japan’s biggest shipping company is planning to increase its fleet of liquefied natural gas tankers by around 50% by early 2029 to meet rising global demand for the super-chilled fuel.
Japan’s top shipping company to expand LNG fleet as global demand climbs
Nippon Yusen is planning to boost its fleet to more than 130 vessels by early 2029, up from 89.
ebx.sh
September 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We are so fucked.
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Whoa! Elsevier fired @richardtol.bsky.social, longstanding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Energy Economics. Richard's side of the story should be ringing alarm bells. #EconSky
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Whoa! Elsevier fired @richardtol.bsky.social, longstanding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Energy Economics. Richard's side of the story should be ringing alarm bells. #EconSky
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...