Michael Swanson
@affablehygge.bsky.social
Lawyers to birds, for birds and by birds.
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Albanese leaving Australian children to be massacred by the UAE is what? What is this man?
Labor is failing to meet even Scott Morrison’s moral benchmark here. He brought Australian children home.
Albanese is refusing to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us.’ Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese is refusing to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us.’ Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia refuses to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us’
US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Albanese leaving Australian children to be massacred by the UAE is what? What is this man?
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Agreed. Do it now @albomp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Get off your arse and Sanction Israel Now expel diplomats Freeze trade And clean out the Zioinst lobbyists
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
Get off your arse and Sanction Israel Now expel diplomats Freeze trade And clean out the Zioinst lobbyists
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Agreed. Do it now @albomp.bsky.social
Somehow the people calling for the defunding of the police are the extremists and not the people calling for public murders.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Somehow the people calling for the defunding of the police are the extremists and not the people calling for public murders.
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Every week a different loser freak from Palantir pops up, ganked out of his fucking mind, to shriek absolutely incoherent nonsense, and somehow none of these guys are being found dead of autoerotic asphyxiation.
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Every week a different loser freak from Palantir pops up, ganked out of his fucking mind, to shriek absolutely incoherent nonsense, and somehow none of these guys are being found dead of autoerotic asphyxiation.
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This is the ONLY all Australian think tank that should be presenting policy thinks to politicians.
Science led and fed with a huge dose of empathy and ethics.
And never shy about pointing at fails in aus govt.
Science led and fed with a huge dose of empathy and ethics.
And never shy about pointing at fails in aus govt.
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Just click on this for a diverse range of informed perspectives, and follow @thepointau.bsky.social to make sense of the most important issues affecting Australia!
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is the ONLY all Australian think tank that should be presenting policy thinks to politicians.
Science led and fed with a huge dose of empathy and ethics.
And never shy about pointing at fails in aus govt.
Science led and fed with a huge dose of empathy and ethics.
And never shy about pointing at fails in aus govt.
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Nothing like a summer in the electorate to bring a dose of reality
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
First whispers of discontent for Labor are coming from within
Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nothing like a summer in the electorate to bring a dose of reality
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
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This would make a great comedy. World Cup matches are moved from New York and Los Angeles to small-town Texas and the foreign visitors and MAGA locals have all sorts of awkward interactions as they learn to enjoy the games amid madcap hijinks.
Monica Crowley claims Trump is "talking to FIFA" about potentially moving the World Cup out of "blue cities," but no decisions have been made
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This would make a great comedy. World Cup matches are moved from New York and Los Angeles to small-town Texas and the foreign visitors and MAGA locals have all sorts of awkward interactions as they learn to enjoy the games amid madcap hijinks.
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my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
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NEW Supreme Court jurisprudence of white fragility, now available with more reasoning gaps and clutched pearls!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW Supreme Court jurisprudence of white fragility, now available with more reasoning gaps and clutched pearls!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
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NEW Supreme Court jurisprudence of white fragility, now available with more reasoning gaps and clutched pearls!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I've said it before, I'll say it again--these sons of bitches on the Court piss me off w this 'presume the legislature acted in good faith and wasn't being racist' thing
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've said it before, I'll say it again--these sons of bitches on the Court piss me off w this 'presume the legislature acted in good faith and wasn't being racist' thing
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
why on Earth would I presume that?! what on Earth does it take to overcome that presumption?!
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
I don't doubt this—but it does bug me that em-dashes are used as a heuristic to spot LLM-generated text.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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I like the "is gay sex satisfying?" like, just curious, asking for a friend, bro haha unless
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I like the "is gay sex satisfying?" like, just curious, asking for a friend, bro haha unless
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David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
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police took out a five year intervention order after Lynne used a sledgehammer to break into Lisa’s house. After she was found dead, police accepted Lynn’s claim that his death threats were “not serious” and decided they found no “suspicious circumstances”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Suppression order lifted on High Country killer's past police run-ins
Victoria's Supreme Court lifts a suppression order that prohibited reporting on convicted murderer Greg Lynn's past interactions with police and the death of his first wife.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
police took out a five year intervention order after Lynne used a sledgehammer to break into Lisa’s house. After she was found dead, police accepted Lynn’s claim that his death threats were “not serious” and decided they found no “suspicious circumstances”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Zionism is expensive it's costing us more than dollars.
State libraries, artists, writers, journalists, doctors , court system tied up in frivolous cases. Publications, awards, universities.
It's costing us our progressive humanity.
State libraries, artists, writers, journalists, doctors , court system tied up in frivolous cases. Publications, awards, universities.
It's costing us our progressive humanity.
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Zionism is expensive it's costing us more than dollars.
State libraries, artists, writers, journalists, doctors , court system tied up in frivolous cases. Publications, awards, universities.
It's costing us our progressive humanity.
State libraries, artists, writers, journalists, doctors , court system tied up in frivolous cases. Publications, awards, universities.
It's costing us our progressive humanity.
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How much proof do Australians need that thier police protect violent men?
Not just those that do Domestic violence but also terroristic white supremacists?
Not just those that do Domestic violence but also terroristic white supremacists?
police took out a five year intervention order after Lynne used a sledgehammer to break into Lisa’s house. After she was found dead, police accepted Lynn’s claim that his death threats were “not serious” and decided they found no “suspicious circumstances”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Suppression order lifted on High Country killer's past police run-ins
Victoria's Supreme Court lifts a suppression order that prohibited reporting on convicted murderer Greg Lynn's past interactions with police and the death of his first wife.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How much proof do Australians need that thier police protect violent men?
Not just those that do Domestic violence but also terroristic white supremacists?
Not just those that do Domestic violence but also terroristic white supremacists?
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As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
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December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Help! Sign & share the petition to save the State Library of Victoria from rolling crises, gallery closures, harassment/jettisoning of staff & new cuts to destroy services for children & adults. c.org/Hj9G9WSg2f. (Or change.org, search Save The State Library of Victoria.) #StateLibrary #librarians