@bigdenz.bsky.social
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Here's @lucyham.bsky.social. 'Eugenics is back on the menu, boys'
Eugenics is back on the menu, boys - The Shot
The new name for the ideology, human biodiversity (HBD), is handy: it’s not just race science that this marketing of biological determinism promotes. It allows for the idea that class, like Murray arg...
theshot.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Here's @lucyham.bsky.social. 'Eugenics is back on the menu, boys'
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“Far from adding to Australia’s colourful story, Tony Abbott has whittled it down to an outdated, destructive doctrine,” writes Grace Tame. satpa.pe/lvdRcPb
Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.
satpa.pe
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Far from adding to Australia’s colourful story, Tony Abbott has whittled it down to an outdated, destructive doctrine,” writes Grace Tame. satpa.pe/lvdRcPb
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My article is about how Australia has sold its resources to the USA to our detriment, and how most of our media were fixated, not on these issues, but on a very minor, manufactured Kevin Rudd culture wars
It has very little to do with how Mr Albanese held his knife and fork while eating with Trump
It has very little to do with how Mr Albanese held his knife and fork while eating with Trump
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
My article is about how Australia has sold its resources to the USA to our detriment, and how most of our media were fixated, not on these issues, but on a very minor, manufactured Kevin Rudd culture wars
It has very little to do with how Mr Albanese held his knife and fork while eating with Trump
It has very little to do with how Mr Albanese held his knife and fork while eating with Trump
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The days of “she‘ll be right, mate” are over, and all thinking Australians need to take action against ecocide and genocide and not let one 22-year-old woman take the burden of the crises of the world on her shoulders. #auspol #GretaThunberg #Gaza
Is Greta Thunberg the lone voice for justice in our world?
As the world moves from one crisis to another and our politicians ignore the immense injustices that are happening in their nation and in the world, what do ordinary non-violent citizens do to let their politicians know they aren’t happy with their lack of moral and ethical fortitude?
johnmenadue.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The days of “she‘ll be right, mate” are over, and all thinking Australians need to take action against ecocide and genocide and not let one 22-year-old woman take the burden of the crises of the world on her shoulders. #auspol #GretaThunberg #Gaza
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“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others”
“Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.”
Once again, they are truly psychotic.
Once again, they are truly psychotic.
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others”
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Here's me. "The Yanks are cooked (and cooking the rest of us)"
The Yanks are cooked (and cooking the rest of us) - The Shot
American authoritarianism is an echo of tyrants’ past and its own unique perversion: shrouded in goldleaf, ski masks, and utter bullshit.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here's me. "The Yanks are cooked (and cooking the rest of us)"
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Yep. A brilliant read. Ian
September 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Yep. A brilliant read. Ian
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“If the most prestigious university in Australia will not fund our most prestigious literary journal, then it makes you question whether or not universities actually care about Australian culture.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing.
johnmenadue.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“If the most prestigious university in Australia will not fund our most prestigious literary journal, then it makes you question whether or not universities actually care about Australian culture.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
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"Australia’s punitive migration system has already caused immeasurable harm to thousands of people over decades in violation of international law. It is not too late for the government to halt this plan and prevent further abuses."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
Australia should halt plan to deport refugees, migrants to Nauru
Last week, the Australian Government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is also proposing new legislation to strip thos...
johnmenadue.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Australia’s punitive migration system has already caused immeasurable harm to thousands of people over decades in violation of international law. It is not too late for the government to halt this plan and prevent further abuses."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
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My latest in The Shot.
"The pro-lsrael lobby in Australia do not have the power - they have bluff. They're a farce, a smokescreen, a collection of paranoids intent on defending a foreign power’s despicable actions at the expense of Australia’s own social democracy."
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"The pro-lsrael lobby in Australia do not have the power - they have bluff. They're a farce, a smokescreen, a collection of paranoids intent on defending a foreign power’s despicable actions at the expense of Australia’s own social democracy."
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Bendigo Writers’ Festival And The Curious Case Of The Missing Democracy - The Shot
It started off well enough, as all well-intentioned stories do. The Bendigo Writers’ Festival’s marketing for their August event had...
theshot.net.au
August 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My latest in The Shot.
"The pro-lsrael lobby in Australia do not have the power - they have bluff. They're a farce, a smokescreen, a collection of paranoids intent on defending a foreign power’s despicable actions at the expense of Australia’s own social democracy."
👇🏽
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"The pro-lsrael lobby in Australia do not have the power - they have bluff. They're a farce, a smokescreen, a collection of paranoids intent on defending a foreign power’s despicable actions at the expense of Australia’s own social democracy."
👇🏽
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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If you're the kind of person who might enjoy a long essay about how awful Musk is and what that tells us about society (and being autistic), you may appreciate this:
oolong.medium.com/elon-musks-a...
oolong.medium.com/elon-musks-a...
Elon Musk’s Autistic Anti-Patterns
How Not To Do Being Autistic
oolong.medium.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If you're the kind of person who might enjoy a long essay about how awful Musk is and what that tells us about society (and being autistic), you may appreciate this:
oolong.medium.com/elon-musks-a...
oolong.medium.com/elon-musks-a...
successfully helped no one into the #hottest100
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
successfully helped no one into the #hottest100
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Curious to see the way that Australian media treated Monique Ryan when her husband caught was caught pulling down a sign versus Jill Segal when her husband’s family trust donated $50k to Advance.
July 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Curious to see the way that Australian media treated Monique Ryan when her husband caught was caught pulling down a sign versus Jill Segal when her husband’s family trust donated $50k to Advance.
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Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'Israel: silencing dissent everywhere'
Israel: silencing dissent everywhere - The Shot
The pro-Israel lobby isn’t designed to balance debate nor to enrich it – it is designed to silence it.
theshot.net.au
July 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'Israel: silencing dissent everywhere'
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God I love her. So lucky I got to see them 🥰
Whacked on the BBC Glasto coverage to see what they were showing instead of Kneecap and caught Amy of Amyl & the Sniffers giving a pro Palestine speech...
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
God I love her. So lucky I got to see them 🥰
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We have sob stories about people with $5.5m in super, advice for those with $8m in super for how to avoid tax.
It’s not just the tax system that needs fixing - also our media
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
It’s not just the tax system that needs fixing - also our media
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Super tax debate highlights everything wrong with Australia’s media and economic system | Greg Jericho
The way superannuation is mostly covered by the media in Australia is about how to avoid paying tax and how to use it to fund inheritance
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We have sob stories about people with $5.5m in super, advice for those with $8m in super for how to avoid tax.
It’s not just the tax system that needs fixing - also our media
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
It’s not just the tax system that needs fixing - also our media
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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And the US just bombed Iran at the behest of Israel, which has been claiming its at immediate risk of a nuclear strike for 30 years and we’ll all be told Israel has a right to defend itself, but anything Iran does is an act of war and in another 30 years we’ll be told there was no need for any of it
June 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
And the US just bombed Iran at the behest of Israel, which has been claiming its at immediate risk of a nuclear strike for 30 years and we’ll all be told Israel has a right to defend itself, but anything Iran does is an act of war and in another 30 years we’ll be told there was no need for any of it
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American women, like others in the disadvantaged world, living in a dystopia decided by men & religious fanatics who don't have a working knowledge of anatomy, hormones, periods, miscarriage, terminations, prenatal care, pregnancy, genetics, birth, fetal growth, postnatal care, babies, or children.
I miscarried twice…once in a toilet.
A 9 week pregnancy is the size of a period clot. I flushed the toilet.
Today, I could go to jail for that. Jail. For a wanted pregnancy my body rejected and I took care of by myself.
A 9 week pregnancy is the size of a period clot. I flushed the toilet.
Today, I could go to jail for that. Jail. For a wanted pregnancy my body rejected and I took care of by myself.
June 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
American women, like others in the disadvantaged world, living in a dystopia decided by men & religious fanatics who don't have a working knowledge of anatomy, hormones, periods, miscarriage, terminations, prenatal care, pregnancy, genetics, birth, fetal growth, postnatal care, babies, or children.
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Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet.
h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet.
h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
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Undiagnosed autism is everyone thinking you're a complete weirdo
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
May 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Undiagnosed autism is everyone thinking you're a complete weirdo
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"
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We judge people, ourselves included, not for being unlucky or facing real obstacles, but for not climbing the ladder of wealth, prestige, or visibility.
As Michael Sandel argues, meritocracy turns inequality into a moral verdict. www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/epis...
As Michael Sandel argues, meritocracy turns inequality into a moral verdict. www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/epis...
Episode #205 - Why a meritocracy is corrosive to society. (Michael Sandel) — Philosophize This!
Episode #205 - Why a meritocracy is corrosive to society. (Michael Sandel)
www.philosophizethis.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We judge people, ourselves included, not for being unlucky or facing real obstacles, but for not climbing the ladder of wealth, prestige, or visibility.
As Michael Sandel argues, meritocracy turns inequality into a moral verdict. www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/epis...
As Michael Sandel argues, meritocracy turns inequality into a moral verdict. www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/epis...
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One week on from Spain's blackout - and media outlets can talk about is solar power. So I decided to look into Spain's nuclear fleet, and discovered that in April, it was operating at its lowest levels in ten years
Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
May 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
One week on from Spain's blackout - and media outlets can talk about is solar power. So I decided to look into Spain's nuclear fleet, and discovered that in April, it was operating at its lowest levels in ten years
Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
Why? Here's a hefty piece digging into that, for you:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
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THANKS 3CR RADIO my latest interview: defining 3 different meanings of the term #AtlasNetwork, some of its early #Auspol history, and the role of CIS, IPA, Advance and endless astroturfs in creating the context for Dutton LNPs promise to smash windfarms & build nukes. www.3cr.org.au/climateactio...
The Australian branch of the global Atlas Network and opposition leader Peter Dutton’s election promise to scrap offshore wind farms and build nuclear power plants.
Rosie interviews Dr Jeremy Walker of the University of Technology Sydney on his research, on the history of petroleum industry and fossil fuel investors early knowledge of global heating, systematic e...
www.3cr.org.au
May 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
THANKS 3CR RADIO my latest interview: defining 3 different meanings of the term #AtlasNetwork, some of its early #Auspol history, and the role of CIS, IPA, Advance and endless astroturfs in creating the context for Dutton LNPs promise to smash windfarms & build nukes. www.3cr.org.au/climateactio...