@emma9.bsky.social
Ngunnawal (Ngunawal) and Ngambri country | Meeanjin
Canberra | Brisbane
Canberra | Brisbane
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Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
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Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers
Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.
www.axios.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
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Being a Republican means demolishing the planet and still expecting to get invited to dinner. They don’t believe in cutting people off socially over politics—they believe in *murdering* people over politics. Keeping normal relationships with whoever’s left is how they tell themselves they’re ok.
August 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Being a Republican means demolishing the planet and still expecting to get invited to dinner. They don’t believe in cutting people off socially over politics—they believe in *murdering* people over politics. Keeping normal relationships with whoever’s left is how they tell themselves they’re ok.
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In a bold move to cement its position, the new junta seized control of the main transport artery between the nation's political capital - which they now control - and its financial one, which they do not. Armed loyalists roam the site demanding to see freedom-of-movement papers. bit.ly/4fWlaKR
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
President Donald Trump’s administration is taking control of Washington's Union Station from Amtrak, marking another federal intervention in the nation's capital.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In a bold move to cement its position, the new junta seized control of the main transport artery between the nation's political capital - which they now control - and its financial one, which they do not. Armed loyalists roam the site demanding to see freedom-of-movement papers. bit.ly/4fWlaKR
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Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
June 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
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Thirteen people trapped in cars overnight and hikers rescued as heavy snow falls across Victorian and NSW alps
Thirteen people trapped in cars overnight and hikers rescued as heavy snow falls across Victorian and NSW alps
Travellers stranded in vehicles near Mount Hotham as bushwalkers rescued from Wonnangatta track and near Mount Kosciuszko
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More than a dozen motorists and two hikers have been rescued after being trapped in heavy snow in the alpine region of Victoria amid a dangerous start to the snow season.
Separately, bushwalkers were evacuated near Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales as snow fell across Australia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Thirteen people trapped in cars overnight and hikers rescued as heavy snow falls across Victorian and NSW alps
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Dutton constantly and confusingly hopping around on EV, hybrid and combustion engine tax policy is, emblematic of a campaign that always wanted to be ultra-right, but has had to pretend to be moderate thanks to Trumpy factors
New short bit by me for @reneweconomy.com.au
New short bit by me for @reneweconomy.com.au
Why Peter Dutton won’t stop backflipping on electric vehicles
Nine days from the election, Peter Dutton still hasn’t decided what sort of campaign he is running: The result: constant backflips on energy and climate.
reneweconomy.com.au
April 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Dutton constantly and confusingly hopping around on EV, hybrid and combustion engine tax policy is, emblematic of a campaign that always wanted to be ultra-right, but has had to pretend to be moderate thanks to Trumpy factors
New short bit by me for @reneweconomy.com.au
New short bit by me for @reneweconomy.com.au
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It was not that long ago that clinical trials enrolled mainly (or all) men, or that animal studies only used male mice. It was not that long ago that the NIH determined the need to focus research on women.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It was not that long ago that clinical trials enrolled mainly (or all) men, or that animal studies only used male mice. It was not that long ago that the NIH determined the need to focus research on women.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Thinking about the sharp-pronged genius of @nkjemisin.bsky.social for absolutely no particular reason.
April 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thinking about the sharp-pronged genius of @nkjemisin.bsky.social for absolutely no particular reason.
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There are more utes than tradies on Australian roads (3.1 million vs 1.9 million), our research found.
Why? Scott Morrison's tax concessions that subsidise utes if you have an ABN, regardless of whether you work with lumber or a laptop.
Good read about our politician's fixation with Ute Man:
Why? Scott Morrison's tax concessions that subsidise utes if you have an ABN, regardless of whether you work with lumber or a laptop.
Good read about our politician's fixation with Ute Man:
Ute Man is a more complicated hero than the Coalition makes out
Ute drivers have become a convenient hi-vis political icon for the Coalition but the increase in utes and SUVs in Australia outnumbers tradies as tax policies make buying big cars attractive.
www.abc.net.au
April 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
There are more utes than tradies on Australian roads (3.1 million vs 1.9 million), our research found.
Why? Scott Morrison's tax concessions that subsidise utes if you have an ABN, regardless of whether you work with lumber or a laptop.
Good read about our politician's fixation with Ute Man:
Why? Scott Morrison's tax concessions that subsidise utes if you have an ABN, regardless of whether you work with lumber or a laptop.
Good read about our politician's fixation with Ute Man:
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Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like.
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like.
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Amidst fractious international relations, there couldn't be a better time to remind ourselves that #SFF and the imagination have no boundaries. I’ve always tried to take Anglophone readers beyond the few best-known writers into the vast depths China's SFF universe... reactormag.com/beyond-liu-c...
Beyond Liu Cixin: 5 New Translated Chinese SFF Books - Reactor
Here are a few great works in translation publishing this year
reactormag.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Amidst fractious international relations, there couldn't be a better time to remind ourselves that #SFF and the imagination have no boundaries. I’ve always tried to take Anglophone readers beyond the few best-known writers into the vast depths China's SFF universe... reactormag.com/beyond-liu-c...
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democrats will continue to lose and lose and lose forever because leftists being rude online is "radical violence" but starving thousands of women and children to death is "policy" and guess which one they're committed to condemning
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
democrats will continue to lose and lose and lose forever because leftists being rude online is "radical violence" but starving thousands of women and children to death is "policy" and guess which one they're committed to condemning
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I knew this piece about Neil Gaiman was in the works, and still, I felt sick reading it.
TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.
TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I knew this piece about Neil Gaiman was in the works, and still, I felt sick reading it.
TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.
TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.
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Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance
This week will be like A-level results week for authors, but with added economic jeopardy. For a good whack of the 100,000 writers and translators…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
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To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.
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Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
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My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
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Shocking. The last time I checked (a while ago) authors earned £11k. Now it's £7k!!?
The top 10% earn almost 50% of all author earnings.
Female authors earn 41% less than men.
This matters bc you either have to work 2 jobs or be rich to be an author.
While Govt education devalues lit degrees/arts 😟
The top 10% earn almost 50% of all author earnings.
Female authors earn 41% less than men.
This matters bc you either have to work 2 jobs or be rich to be an author.
While Govt education devalues lit degrees/arts 😟
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance
This week will be like A-level results week for authors, but with added economic jeopardy. For a good whack of the 100,000 writers and translators…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Shocking. The last time I checked (a while ago) authors earned £11k. Now it's £7k!!?
The top 10% earn almost 50% of all author earnings.
Female authors earn 41% less than men.
This matters bc you either have to work 2 jobs or be rich to be an author.
While Govt education devalues lit degrees/arts 😟
The top 10% earn almost 50% of all author earnings.
Female authors earn 41% less than men.
This matters bc you either have to work 2 jobs or be rich to be an author.
While Govt education devalues lit degrees/arts 😟
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
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I love Tumblr because things like this, Ursula K Le Guin's takedown of Watership Down, come on my dash and it's incredible and eye-opening and I am so angry at myself for not having the critical thinking skills to even have noticed this before...
December 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
I love Tumblr because things like this, Ursula K Le Guin's takedown of Watership Down, come on my dash and it's incredible and eye-opening and I am so angry at myself for not having the critical thinking skills to even have noticed this before...
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Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”
“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”
“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”
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Costco has 7% annual staff turnover (93% retention), an incredibly loyal and respected customer base, solid quality, and refuses to change its food court pricing much beyond what it was 3 decades ago. It’s the third largest retailer in the country. Capitalism doesn’t have to be cruel.
All I'm saying is ain't no one hunting this man down. And I guarantee you he's not starving. You can be a CEO and still be wealthy and not fuck your customers over for a few extra nickels in the pockets of your investors.
December 25, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Costco has 7% annual staff turnover (93% retention), an incredibly loyal and respected customer base, solid quality, and refuses to change its food court pricing much beyond what it was 3 decades ago. It’s the third largest retailer in the country. Capitalism doesn’t have to be cruel.
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Cripes. Awful.
BREAKING NEWS: Twenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four bobcats, have died after contracting bird flu at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, Washington
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Cripes. Awful.