iurgi urrutia
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Librarian, reader, listener, writer, speaker.
From the Basque Country(not Spain or France), now living in Bunurong land of the Kulin nation.
Values: justice, solidarity, unionism and internationalism. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/iurgiurrutia
From the Basque Country(not Spain or France), now living in Bunurong land of the Kulin nation.
Values: justice, solidarity, unionism and internationalism. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/iurgiurrutia
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If advocating for peace, justice & meaningful action on climate change is extremist. Consider me one. If being critical of growing inequality, tax loopholes & havens, corporations that don't pay taxes, breaches of international law & human rights & genocide is extremist. Then count me as one #auspol
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‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NSW police have gone to great lengths to stop any and every pro-Palestine anti-genocide protest. They didn't even oppose the neo-Nazi rally that was held on the steps of NSW state parliament on Saturday. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers
Pro-Palestine and climate activists join Jewish voices criticising ‘entirely inconsistent police responses’ and ‘unfathomable approval’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
NSW police have gone to great lengths to stop any and every pro-Palestine anti-genocide protest. They didn't even oppose the neo-Nazi rally that was held on the steps of NSW state parliament on Saturday. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Post a non-religious image you think of as holy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Post a non-religious image you think of as holy.
Current mood in a song: What Have We Done by Brutus.
Brutus - "What Have We Done" (with The Atomic Orchestra)
YouTube video by Brutus
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Current mood in a song: What Have We Done by Brutus.
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When someone builds a cheap and ubiquitous slop firehose, we're all forced to close our windows and lock our doors
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s arXiv will no longer accept Computer Science reviews and position papers.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When someone builds a cheap and ubiquitous slop firehose, we're all forced to close our windows and lock our doors
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
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The questions that remain after neo-Nazis rallied outside parliament www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The questions that remain after neo-Nazis rallied outside parliament
Premier Chris Minns and Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon have promised reviews to understand the lead-up to an ugly rally opposing Jewish groups. Here’s what they need to answer.
www.smh.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The questions that remain after neo-Nazis rallied outside parliament www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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The National Socialist Network held an antisemitic rally outside New South Wales Parliament today - astoundingly, it's emerged this afternoon that they did this with approval from NSW Police. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Police allowed Nazi rally outside NSW parliament
More than 60 people attended Saturday morning’s rally after notifying police more than a week ago. The police commissioner said he had no idea it was going to happen.
www.smh.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The National Socialist Network held an antisemitic rally outside New South Wales Parliament today - astoundingly, it's emerged this afternoon that they did this with approval from NSW Police. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Lessons in irony: Albo and his minions have turned Labor into Australia's Tory Party. Thatcher would feel right at home with this lot #auspol
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Lessons in irony: Albo and his minions have turned Labor into Australia's Tory Party. Thatcher would feel right at home with this lot #auspol
The only person talking about that is @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social herself 🙄🤮
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
So she went on Sky News to defame legal, disability, & community advocates as well as Senator Thorpe
revolting stuff
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The only person talking about that is @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social herself 🙄🤮
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November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Neverlanders fans. We’re making a movie!
@sommariva.bsky.social and I are very excited to get to work on the film with our friends at Pixel Zoo.
Neverlanders just keeps trailing fairy dust in its wake.
Thanks to everyone at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and thanks to all of our readers!
@sommariva.bsky.social and I are very excited to get to work on the film with our friends at Pixel Zoo.
Neverlanders just keeps trailing fairy dust in its wake.
Thanks to everyone at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and thanks to all of our readers!
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Neverlanders fans. We’re making a movie!
@sommariva.bsky.social and I are very excited to get to work on the film with our friends at Pixel Zoo.
Neverlanders just keeps trailing fairy dust in its wake.
Thanks to everyone at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and thanks to all of our readers!
@sommariva.bsky.social and I are very excited to get to work on the film with our friends at Pixel Zoo.
Neverlanders just keeps trailing fairy dust in its wake.
Thanks to everyone at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and thanks to all of our readers!
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Since the mid 1990s, Norway has imposed a 56 per cent "special tax" for oil and gas companies, alongside a 22 per cent corporate tax rate.
Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Since the mid 1990s, Norway has imposed a 56 per cent "special tax" for oil and gas companies, alongside a 22 per cent corporate tax rate.
Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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Australia at risk of prosecution for involvement in genocide, Navi Pillay former top UN judge tells #NPC
#auspol #gaza
michaelwest.com.au/navi-pillay-...
#auspol #gaza
michaelwest.com.au/navi-pillay-...
Navi Pillay. Don't be complicit in genocide Australia, warns former UN judge - Michael West
Former UN human rights chief Judge Navi Pillay has warned that Australia and other states risk complicity in genocide
michaelwest.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Australia at risk of prosecution for involvement in genocide, Navi Pillay former top UN judge tells #NPC
#auspol #gaza
michaelwest.com.au/navi-pillay-...
#auspol #gaza
michaelwest.com.au/navi-pillay-...
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"The draft resolution also calls for the empowerment of the Board of Peace, as "a transitional governance administration" . until the PA "has satisfactorily completed its reform program"
A *mandatory power* chaired by Donald J Trump, no less, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Twenty Five.
A *mandatory power* chaired by Donald J Trump, no less, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Twenty Five.
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"The draft resolution also calls for the empowerment of the Board of Peace, as "a transitional governance administration" . until the PA "has satisfactorily completed its reform program"
A *mandatory power* chaired by Donald J Trump, no less, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Twenty Five.
A *mandatory power* chaired by Donald J Trump, no less, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Twenty Five.
I’ll be professional because this is one of my professional organisations. This is preemptive capitulation to nonsense. Absolutely embarrassing from another arts/culture organisation and once again a total distraction from the horror of the genocide unfolding.
Library mascot Pip the Watermelon caught in censorship row
Public Libraries Victoria restricts use of mascot for children's reading challenge, citing "political" connotations
www.deepcutnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’ll be professional because this is one of my professional organisations. This is preemptive capitulation to nonsense. Absolutely embarrassing from another arts/culture organisation and once again a total distraction from the horror of the genocide unfolding.
Asking the #comics hivemind: does anyone know if Otomo’s remastered complete works will be published in English? It’s been about three years since they came out in Japan. Total mystery why this is not published in English and I would love to buy the new editions for my son.
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Asking the #comics hivemind: does anyone know if Otomo’s remastered complete works will be published in English? It’s been about three years since they came out in Japan. Total mystery why this is not published in English and I would love to buy the new editions for my son.
One month before the Teen Social Media ban kicks in and we still have no idea how it's going to work (for teen & adults - because it will affect everyone) but what we do know is that concerning data breaches have already happened.
Data breach proves risks of teen social media ban ID checks, privacy commissioner says
More than 68,000 Australians have been caught up in a data breach affecting a social media platform collecting IDs to check user ages. And that's before the 'social media minimum age' has even kicked ...
www.crikey.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
One month before the Teen Social Media ban kicks in and we still have no idea how it's going to work (for teen & adults - because it will affect everyone) but what we do know is that concerning data breaches have already happened.
Some good news. Long overdue and finally a reality. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿
Historic Treaty laws pass Victorian upper house — First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria
Australia’s first Treaty between First Peoples and government will commence before the end of the year after the Victorian upper house passed enabling legislation today. The Statewide Treaty Bill was ...
firstpeoplesvic.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Some good news. Long overdue and finally a reality. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿
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Now that it's been over half a year since I went all-in on the newsletter, here's a status report on the state of BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: Some stats, learnings, and thoughts on leaving legacy media to build an independent publication.
How to win followers and influence people (to subscribe to your newsletter)
On leaving legacy media and posting through it in 2025
www.bloodinthemachine.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Now that it's been over half a year since I went all-in on the newsletter, here's a status report on the state of BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: Some stats, learnings, and thoughts on leaving legacy media to build an independent publication.
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Ukeleles being strummed en masse. Chickens openly addressing government officials. Line dancing in a public thoroughfare. Frogs, unicorns and dinosaurs getting their interspecies groove on.
Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.
Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ukeleles being strummed en masse. Chickens openly addressing government officials. Line dancing in a public thoroughfare. Frogs, unicorns and dinosaurs getting their interspecies groove on.
Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.
Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.
Everyone knows about the Comics Code but what about Australian censorship of comics and the Horwitz Code, which predated the American counterpart? #comics #censorship
1954 The Horwitz Code Of Publishing Ethics
How Australia Regulated Comic Books In The 1950s and Beyond
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Everyone knows about the Comics Code but what about Australian censorship of comics and the Horwitz Code, which predated the American counterpart? #comics #censorship
In another part of the colony… Same story.
It's a good day to be a white person if you want to be a mayor in New Zealand. Especially a white man. God forbid we have some diversity in leadership of local and regional councils! #nzpol
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
In another part of the colony… Same story.
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Another not to be missed episode of #SundayShot drops tomorrow on YouTube at 9am (AEDT) right here #auspol > www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
October 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Another not to be missed episode of #SundayShot drops tomorrow on YouTube at 9am (AEDT) right here #auspol > www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
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📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
October 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
I'm glad Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he coveted so much but giving it to Machado is another example of why the Nobel Peace Prize is 🤮 & lends support to a coup. She is not a peace activist. She's been applauding Trump's recent attacks on Venezuela & has supported Netanyahu's genocide.
October 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I'm glad Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he coveted so much but giving it to Machado is another example of why the Nobel Peace Prize is 🤮 & lends support to a coup. She is not a peace activist. She's been applauding Trump's recent attacks on Venezuela & has supported Netanyahu's genocide.