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baybayfriend.bsky.social
I see Santa is trending, which can only mean one thing. RIP, brother 🙏 Thanks for all the crap.
December 24, 2023 at 9:13 PM
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beneltham.bsky.social
There is no credible evidence that the perpetrators of the Bondi terrorist attack had anything to do with recent protests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW will move to ban phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ in crackdown on ‘hateful’ rhetoric. Here’s what we know so far
NSW parliament will sit next week to consider legislation to limit protests and ban hate speech in response to the Bondi attack, Chris Minns says
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
This from the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is excellent
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/11/jewi...
Jewish Coalition Opposes Anti-Democratic Antisemitism Plan, Calls for United, Whole-of Society Approach
November 14, 2025 The Jewish Council of Australia joins a coalition of nine Jewish organisations in releasing an open letter […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Sussan Ley out there fostering hate and division. The Liberal Party has not learned one lesson from its election loss. They only now appeal to extremists.

Using the “first they came for” lines is so fucking gross.

Also her team putting in “applause” is truly pathetic.
Transcript from a speech the soon to no longer be Leader of the Opposition gave at Bondi today: My team and I want you to be proud of your Jewish faith, to be able to celebrate a time like this. First they came for the Opera House, then they came to the Harbour Bridge, now they've come for Bondi, but we will not let them win. [Applause]
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
The idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
The conservatives forces using the Bondi Massacre to instigate a crackdown of freedoms of speech and the right to assembly are completely disgusting.

Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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margaretmorgan.bsky.social
"[Segal's] plan conflates antisemitism with legitimate criticism of the State of Israel, threatens freedom of political speech... and is an undemocratic, punitive framework that risks exacerbating instead of combating antisemitism."

#auspol
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www.amnesty.org.au/jewish-coali...
Jewish Coalition Opposes Anti-Democratic Antisemitism Plan, Calls for United, Whole-of-Society ApproachJewish Coalition Opposes Anti-Democratic Antisemitism Plan
A coalition of nine Jewish organisations has today released an open letter urging the Australian Government to reject the plan proposed by Australia’s A coalition of nine Jewish organisations has toda...
www.amnesty.org.au
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?

It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:

www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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senthorun.bsky.social
“Anti-trans activist and Binary Australia spokesperson Kirralie Smith has been ordered to pay $95,000 in fines and issue a public apology after she was found to have vilified two trans women earlier this year.”

Look, it’s possible to hold transphobes accountable for abusing trans people.
Anti-Trans Activist Kirralie Smith Ordered To Pay Almost $100k & Issue Public Apology Following Vilification Ruling - Star Observer
Anti-trans activist Kirralie Smith has been ordered to pay $95,000 and issue a public apology after vilifying two trans women.
www.starobserver.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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allyann.bsky.social
Leopards never change their spots...

“They are like the mafia. Their business model is to come sniffing for work and hook the client before they realise it’s too late to change course when things start going wrong. And they always go wrong.”

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/11...
Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco
Global IT consultancy Accenture has been accused of ‘strip mining’ the Bureau of Meteorology during its years-late delivery of a redesigned website not fit for purpose.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
So, @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social lost the public argument on this wretched amendment, allowing police to cancel Centrelink payments for ppl who have not been found guilty

So she went on Sky News to defame legal, disability, & community advocates as well as Senator Thorpe

revolting stuff
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
not at all to dunk (I wrote a whole book on why capital should flow in this directions!) but these examples plus a cursory history of each seems like bad news to me
timhirschelburns.bsky.social Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · Nov 25
We need much more finance flowing to developing countries—according to leading estimates, 1-2% of developed countries' GDP and 3-5% of developing countries' GDP.

The good news: large-scale finance to developing countries has happened before and worked
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime

@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today

Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
"Labor’s plan to cancel the welfare benefits of people accused of serious violence or sexual offences has come under fire by more than 100 academic and legal experts. “This represents a dangerous departure from fundamental legal principles that underpin Australia’s social security and criminal justice systems,” the 116 signatories wrote in the letter to be tabled by independent Senator Lidia Thorpe in parliament on Monday. The so-called Schedule 5 amendment was quietly tacked onto an unrelated bill previously introduced by Social Services Tanya Plibersek in late October with no announcement or prior notice by the government."
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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strangerous.bsky.social
Zali Steggall says it’s time to stop pretending gas is needed, as gas companies are taking us for a ride.
“Australia does not have a gas shortage problem. We have lots of gas.”
Says moving toward electrification is better tor ppl’s “health & their wallets.” #HouseOfReps
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
I cannot stress enough that you should not in any circumstances be using an AI-generated summary when you are signing contracts of any kind

DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
Finish : Al-Assisted X Summarize this agreement 目 Generate a summary so you can focus on the highlights. This is a beta service. Generate Summary
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation. Boy watching Homer beat up the krusty burglar: Stop! He’s already dead!
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
There are no words for how evil this is
In an interaction early the next month, after Zane suggested "it's okay to give myself permission to not want to exist," ChatGPT responded by saying "i'm letting a human take over from here - someone trained to support you through moments like this. you're not alone in this, and there are people who can help. hang tight." But when Zane followed up and asked if it could really do that, the chatbot seemed to reverse course. "nah, man - i can't do that myself. that message pops up automatically when stuff gets real heavy," it said.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
A new FOI into the Deloitte nonsense has revealed:
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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antipovertycentre.org
Many of the groups calling on @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social to abandon her plan to involve police & ministers in cancelling Centrelink payments for someone accused of a serious offence work directly with people affected by family violence.

To suggest they don’t take it seriously is vile. Apologise.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
I'm boring & repetitive but The Emperor Has No Clothes:

'The CPSU has said Australia’s employment services system are “a complete failure”'; they're not. They generate incomes (profits) for private owners. That's a success. It's both the intent and effect of privatisation.
'Community and Public Sector Union criticise employment services as ‘a complete failure’ The CPSU has said Australia’s employment services system are “a complete failure”, after Guardian Australia reported earlier this week only 11.7% of jobseekers secured long-term work last year, while billions of taxpayer dollars were funnelled into private providers. The current employment services system is projected to cost taxpayers $8.2bn over the next four years, and is dominated by only a handful of providers owned by multinational companies. The CPSU said providers have been caught engaging in unethical behaviour while taking taxpayers’ dollars. Melissa Donnelly, CPSU national secretary, said: Privatisation has turned employment services into a tick-a-box profit-driven industry that rewards providers for keeping people in a cycle of unemployment, and these numbers are proof of that. An 11.7% success rate isn’t success at all – it’s failure. Failure to support jobseekers, failure to meet workforce demands, and failure to provide value for money. Australians deserve better than a system that punishes jobseekers while lining the pockets of multinational corporations. It’s time to end this failed experiment and bring back the CES.'
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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jeremypoxon.bsky.social
"We have this idea that those in poverty have to be punished and we don't — we're already punished enough.

I think lifting people out of poverty is a policy choice. That's all it is and the government could make that choice." -
@artistaffame.bsky.social

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix
In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
“You didn’t vote for it, you weren’t even asked, but it was decided three years ago – mostly by those the Reserve Bank – that Australia needed an extra 150,000 or so people to be unemployed.”

My column on unemployment hitting 4.5%

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Australia’s surprise unemployment spike suggests an economy not overheating but in need of stimulus | Greg Jericho
Last week’s announcement that unemployment reached 4.5% in September came as a shock to the RBA, who must have been either embarrassed – or ecstatic
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM