Bill Russell
@billrussell.bsky.social
American Expat living in Brisbane. Teacher of English.
My work life in 4 panels
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My work life in 4 panels
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Soon in my inbox: Hello, it's the Democrats! We have decided to capitulate and cooperate with the fascists. Please donate between 5 and 50 dollars so that we can hire a marketing firm to help Republican politicians like us better. If you don't give, we won't be able to let them strip your rights!
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Soon in my inbox: Hello, it's the Democrats! We have decided to capitulate and cooperate with the fascists. Please donate between 5 and 50 dollars so that we can hire a marketing firm to help Republican politicians like us better. If you don't give, we won't be able to let them strip your rights!
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Stop making people upload their ID to use an app
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Stop making people upload their ID to use an app
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"Is any given bombing in Italy the work of leftist extremists, or extreme-right provocation, or a centrist mise-en-scène to discredit all extreme terrorists and to shore up its own failing power, or again, is it a police-inspired scenario and a form of blackmail to pub..."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Is any given bombing in Italy the work of leftist extremists, or extreme-right provocation, or a centrist mise-en-scène to discredit all extreme terrorists and to shore up its own failing power, or again, is it a police-inspired scenario and a form of blackmail to pub..."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
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i think about this post every time i watch a movie
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i think about this post every time i watch a movie
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Just remember: Saying "rest in piss" is political violence but organizing buses to drive people to the coup is practicing politics the right way.
September 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just remember: Saying "rest in piss" is political violence but organizing buses to drive people to the coup is practicing politics the right way.
Just pathetic. A halfway decent assembly of courtiers would at least include a jester and a cool robed vizier.
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just pathetic. A halfway decent assembly of courtiers would at least include a jester and a cool robed vizier.
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New podcast on my experience covering the March for Australia on the ground, how the media fuelled the protests, and the political reaction: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
How the Media Fuelled The “March For Australia”, Israel's Gaza Endgame, and News Corp Backs Extremism
Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 02/09/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
New podcast on my experience covering the March for Australia on the ground, how the media fuelled the protests, and the political reaction: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...
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It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally
Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.
www.lamestream.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed.
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it.
More thoughts (un-paywalled) here:
www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
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Do journalists have ethics?
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Do journalists have ethics?
It looks like he’s wearing a mask made out of his own face somehow.
Why does he look like this now
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It looks like he’s wearing a mask made out of his own face somehow.
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"Multiple cybersecurity experts that the ABC has spoken with say they have not yet seen any evidence to suggest Gaza-focused crowdfunding campaigns are being targeted by online scammers."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
"Multiple cybersecurity experts that the ABC has spoken with say they have not yet seen any evidence to suggest Gaza-focused crowdfunding campaigns are being targeted by online scammers."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
August 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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"Multiple cybersecurity experts that the ABC has spoken with say they have not yet seen any evidence to suggest Gaza-focused crowdfunding campaigns are being targeted by online scammers."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
"Multiple cybersecurity experts that the ABC has spoken with say they have not yet seen any evidence to suggest Gaza-focused crowdfunding campaigns are being targeted by online scammers."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This made me laugh-cry-pee a little… 10/10, no notes
laundering a few questions into this twelve-month pediatric appointment for my daughter. do her teeth look okay? is it normal to get a severe stomachache every time you house an entire pizza and pitcher of old style? should we be giving her whole milk?
August 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This made me laugh-cry-pee a little… 10/10, no notes
This is a disaster that will result in another dark age imho…
I have a sincere question. Multiple students in my summer online course had hallucinated/fabricated references (to assigned materials) in their write up. I manually checked these. I gave them a list of what was hallucinated. I told them that this is serious. I marked down. I threatened reporting.
August 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is a disaster that will result in another dark age imho…
Great read. It is still useful to document attempts to manufacture consent, regardless of how paltry and pathetic they are these days.
For Iran Casualty Counts, Western Media Leaned Heavily on U.S.-Funded Iranian Rights Groups
During the 12-day war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, Western media relied heavily upon a U.S.-based “human rights organization” when it came to counting the dead from Israeli strikes, and classif...
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Great read. It is still useful to document attempts to manufacture consent, regardless of how paltry and pathetic they are these days.
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Hey @npr.org, I don't think we need to both-sides germ theory. Also why is this person quoted in the story? What expertise does he bring that warrants him being the final voice heard on the subject? Everyone else you talked to is a doctor! freopp.org/team/the-fre...
June 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hey @npr.org, I don't think we need to both-sides germ theory. Also why is this person quoted in the story? What expertise does he bring that warrants him being the final voice heard on the subject? Everyone else you talked to is a doctor! freopp.org/team/the-fre...
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Certainly the most powerful ad of the Australian federal election campaign so far.
April 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Certainly the most powerful ad of the Australian federal election campaign so far.
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if you took every billionaire on earth and stacked them on top of each other starting at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, that would be great
July 2, 2024 at 1:16 AM
if you took every billionaire on earth and stacked them on top of each other starting at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, that would be great
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VETERINARIAN: i have good news and bad news
SCHRÖDINGER: oh hell yeah
SCHRÖDINGER: oh hell yeah
May 22, 2024 at 12:20 AM
VETERINARIAN: i have good news and bad news
SCHRÖDINGER: oh hell yeah
SCHRÖDINGER: oh hell yeah
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Tom Waits
What voice should OpenAI use now that ScarJo’s is off-limits? Wrong answers only.
May 21, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Tom Waits