Max
@gardencrone.bsky.social
Well technically I’m not a crone yet…
Interested in politics and social issues, movies/tv, art, and gardening + random silliness to ease the perpetual worry.
Australian. She/her. Gen X.
Interested in politics and social issues, movies/tv, art, and gardening + random silliness to ease the perpetual worry.
Australian. She/her. Gen X.
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Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
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World's media today will be full of emotive stories about the release of ~20 Israeli hostages held by HAMAS for 2 years. There will be no similar stories about the ~2000 Palestinian hostages to be released by Israel, many imprisoned for much longer.
Racist, much? That's x100 racist.
Racist, much? That's x100 racist.
October 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
World's media today will be full of emotive stories about the release of ~20 Israeli hostages held by HAMAS for 2 years. There will be no similar stories about the ~2000 Palestinian hostages to be released by Israel, many imprisoned for much longer.
Racist, much? That's x100 racist.
Racist, much? That's x100 racist.
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The right hold the left to standards they would never hold themselves accountable to.
It is part of their strategy.
Leverage our morality against us so they can prosecute their immoral agenda without resistance.
Oh, and their plan is working.
It is part of their strategy.
Leverage our morality against us so they can prosecute their immoral agenda without resistance.
Oh, and their plan is working.
September 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The right hold the left to standards they would never hold themselves accountable to.
It is part of their strategy.
Leverage our morality against us so they can prosecute their immoral agenda without resistance.
Oh, and their plan is working.
It is part of their strategy.
Leverage our morality against us so they can prosecute their immoral agenda without resistance.
Oh, and their plan is working.
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Commonwealth Ombudsman already smashed them and now not even govt's chosen auditing firm can say if the house of cards system of punitive mutual obligations is legal. Quite literally, they say, it is indefensible. Yet it persists. Even after Robodebt. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Exclusive: Government warned over ‘legal basis’ of welfare system
Despite being warned in 2018 that jobseekers were being exposed to unfair and excessive decisions, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ‘chose to continue with the status quo’.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
August 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Commonwealth Ombudsman already smashed them and now not even govt's chosen auditing firm can say if the house of cards system of punitive mutual obligations is legal. Quite literally, they say, it is indefensible. Yet it persists. Even after Robodebt. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Strange how anti-genocide protests on bridges are the end of the world, yet these small men with their small minds and smaller willies are allowed to spew their hate on the streets this weekend.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...
Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again?
A "March for Australia" rally sounds benign, but people who plan to attend the "March for Australia" rallies around the country on Sunday will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists...
australiainstitute.org.au
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Strange how anti-genocide protests on bridges are the end of the world, yet these small men with their small minds and smaller willies are allowed to spew their hate on the streets this weekend.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...
This was not a spur of the moment thing, it was planned and coordinated for god’s sake
September 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This was not a spur of the moment thing, it was planned and coordinated for god’s sake
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Oh you millionaire-salaried, smug, superannuated dolts. We are not your widgets. How dare you say we've missed the point. It's not OK to steal creative people's livelihood & rights in Australia because people overseas have. It's not 'reform' if it's unjust & stupid. ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Copyright reform could power local AI industry
Productivity Commissioner says critics have missed the point.
ia.acs.org.au
August 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh you millionaire-salaried, smug, superannuated dolts. We are not your widgets. How dare you say we've missed the point. It's not OK to steal creative people's livelihood & rights in Australia because people overseas have. It's not 'reform' if it's unjust & stupid. ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Well this hit home for me.
I'm Exhausted By My Own Cynicism.
A thread. 🧵
1/16
A thread. 🧵
1/16
August 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Well this hit home for me.
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"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
August 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
Can we not reduce everything to immediately measurable outcomes? Education is not only for ‘getting a job’.
theconversation.com/top-australi...
theconversation.com/top-australi...
Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing
Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Can we not reduce everything to immediately measurable outcomes? Education is not only for ‘getting a job’.
theconversation.com/top-australi...
theconversation.com/top-australi...
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Has this routine from 2019 even dated a minute?
"There's a horse in the hospital!"
Love John Mulaney!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZ...
"There's a horse in the hospital!"
Love John Mulaney!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZ...
There's a Horse In The Hospital | John Mulaney | Netflix Is A Joke
YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Has this routine from 2019 even dated a minute?
"There's a horse in the hospital!"
Love John Mulaney!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZ...
"There's a horse in the hospital!"
Love John Mulaney!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZ...
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Ms Segal is a lawyer and yet has attempted to provide a report to Australians and our Australian institutions about how we should live our lives and what we may or may not say and even, how we may say it, without a scintilla of evidence provided to back it up. We just have to take her word for it.
July 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ms Segal is a lawyer and yet has attempted to provide a report to Australians and our Australian institutions about how we should live our lives and what we may or may not say and even, how we may say it, without a scintilla of evidence provided to back it up. We just have to take her word for it.
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"The report labels itself as a, “policy oriented framework for government and the Australian community” and yet it is totally devoid of any evidence for said policies and the Australian community. It’s a completely statistics free, citation free document"
My latest
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
My latest
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
None of this passes the pub test - The Shot
Jillian Segal’s report, the entire double-spaced, decorative and glossy 16 pages of it, is largely insulting dross.
theshot.net.au
July 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"The report labels itself as a, “policy oriented framework for government and the Australian community” and yet it is totally devoid of any evidence for said policies and the Australian community. It’s a completely statistics free, citation free document"
My latest
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
My latest
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Let’s hope that the current government does not yield to this massive over reach . Even if you are so blinkered as to be only concerned with Jewish issues, exceptionalising Jews will foster antisemitism rather than defeat it . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism, as a relentless campaign pays off | Louise Adler
The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreach
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Let’s hope that the current government does not yield to this massive over reach . Even if you are so blinkered as to be only concerned with Jewish issues, exceptionalising Jews will foster antisemitism rather than defeat it . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our next feature artist/tutorial for today is this BEAUTY by the awesome @shermcohen on how to PUSH YOUR POSES! Although sometimes of course you want to convey a subtler emotion, when you need to go BIG these ideas will help :) #animationdev #gamedev #characterdesign #SpongeBob
July 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our next feature artist/tutorial for today is this BEAUTY by the awesome @shermcohen on how to PUSH YOUR POSES! Although sometimes of course you want to convey a subtler emotion, when you need to go BIG these ideas will help :) #animationdev #gamedev #characterdesign #SpongeBob
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I hope our PM Anthony Albanese realises that when people post their admiration, respect, love and support for Albanese, we're talking about UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine Francesca Albanese. 😏 #auspol #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #FreePalestine
July 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I hope our PM Anthony Albanese realises that when people post their admiration, respect, love and support for Albanese, we're talking about UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine Francesca Albanese. 😏 #auspol #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #FreePalestine
It was this book that gave me the information so I was finally able to get help for peri symptoms!
Thank you so much 🤗. Highly recommend this book!
Thank you so much 🤗. Highly recommend this book!
We're in a world of misinformation, & biased, hard-sell stealth marketing about some medical & so-called wellness potions for menopause. For independent info about practical, proven treatments, and the voices of 100s of real women, 'It's The Menopause' has just been reprinted.
July 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It was this book that gave me the information so I was finally able to get help for peri symptoms!
Thank you so much 🤗. Highly recommend this book!
Thank you so much 🤗. Highly recommend this book!
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Our research shows Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export extension will result in 4.3 billion tonnes of emissions.
The best way to fight the climate crisis is to stop approving coal and gas projects.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
The best way to fight the climate crisis is to stop approving coal and gas projects.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Our research shows Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export extension will result in 4.3 billion tonnes of emissions.
The best way to fight the climate crisis is to stop approving coal and gas projects.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
The best way to fight the climate crisis is to stop approving coal and gas projects.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...
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"What is extraordinary is the Albanese Government appointed Segal at all. She has form for advocating censorship & suppressing the rights of pro-Palestinian supporters to express their views.
"The position—should have been given to someone who respects human rights—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...
"The position—should have been given to someone who respects human rights—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...
Antisemitism envoy's report 'Trumpian'
The report of the Albanese Government’s antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, contains recommendations that will lead to erosion of freedom of expression and the right to protest.
johnmenadue.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"What is extraordinary is the Albanese Government appointed Segal at all. She has form for advocating censorship & suppressing the rights of pro-Palestinian supporters to express their views.
"The position—should have been given to someone who respects human rights—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...
"The position—should have been given to someone who respects human rights—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...
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Tying public funding to vague and politically loaded definitions is deeply dangerous:
“Threatening to impose surveillance, censorship or punitive funding measures fundamentally undermines the autonomy of universities, cultural organisations and charities." 1/2..
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Threatening to impose surveillance, censorship or punitive funding measures fundamentally undermines the autonomy of universities, cultural organisations and charities." 1/2..
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian envoy’s antisemitism plan criticised as ‘Trumpian’ over concerns changes could be used to silence dissent
Recommendations to remove funding from institutions or charities that fail to act on antisemitism are ‘deeply dangerous’, critics say
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tying public funding to vague and politically loaded definitions is deeply dangerous:
“Threatening to impose surveillance, censorship or punitive funding measures fundamentally undermines the autonomy of universities, cultural organisations and charities." 1/2..
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Threatening to impose surveillance, censorship or punitive funding measures fundamentally undermines the autonomy of universities, cultural organisations and charities." 1/2..
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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So incredibly disappointed in both Anthony Albanese & Penny Wong. 😢 #auspol #USA #Iran #GazaGenocide
June 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So incredibly disappointed in both Anthony Albanese & Penny Wong. 😢 #auspol #USA #Iran #GazaGenocide
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Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
June 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry