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Really enjoyed watching Justin Wolfers becoming ubiquitous in US media over the last six months, because most US media people don't know how to deal with him. A very good economist, who cares foremost about people, who doesn't care if he upsets power, and explains things in colloquial Australian
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Really enjoyed watching Justin Wolfers becoming ubiquitous in US media over the last six months, because most US media people don't know how to deal with him. A very good economist, who cares foremost about people, who doesn't care if he upsets power, and explains things in colloquial Australian
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Of all the guys who left their wives for a half-their-age research assistant it's always *the one you least suspect* who turns up in the files about famous powerful men who palled around with the rapist and trafficker of young girls. Ain't that just the way.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Of all the guys who left their wives for a half-their-age research assistant it's always *the one you least suspect* who turns up in the files about famous powerful men who palled around with the rapist and trafficker of young girls. Ain't that just the way.
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AI policy debates fixate on productivity and innovation, but ignore who benefits, who loses, and who decides. Automation isn’t inevitable – it’s a choice, writes John H Howard @drjohnhoward
#AI #technology #democracy #policy #auspol
#AI #technology #democracy #policy #auspol
AI policy is stuck on productivity – and democracy is paying the price
Artificial intelligence is increasingly framed in terms of efficiency and growth. But that framing sidelines harder questions about power, choice and democratic governance.
johnmenadue.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
AI policy debates fixate on productivity and innovation, but ignore who benefits, who loses, and who decides. Automation isn’t inevitable – it’s a choice, writes John H Howard @drjohnhoward
#AI #technology #democracy #policy #auspol
#AI #technology #democracy #policy #auspol
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Where she was after I got out of the shower.
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Where she was after I got out of the shower.
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In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
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Check out the baby monobrow of this kid blue-winged parrot 🥲
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Check out the baby monobrow of this kid blue-winged parrot 🥲
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
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People wanting somewhere to sit and enjoy their lives that doesn’t rely on owning private property isn’t the problem with SLV
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
People wanting somewhere to sit and enjoy their lives that doesn’t rely on owning private property isn’t the problem with SLV
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'Herald Sun' reader/3AW listener seeing anything at all to do with indigenous people:
'But we voted NO!'
'But we voted NO!'
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
'Herald Sun' reader/3AW listener seeing anything at all to do with indigenous people:
'But we voted NO!'
'But we voted NO!'
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Last week in our student reading group we read the portion of Wealth of Nations in which Smith comments on the way generally unedifying ways that young men spend their gap year/ study abroad/ grand tour time.
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Firefighters embarked on an "extraordinary rescue mission" when an American exchange student got his leg trapped inside a giant vagina sculpture.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last week in our student reading group we read the portion of Wealth of Nations in which Smith comments on the way generally unedifying ways that young men spend their gap year/ study abroad/ grand tour time.
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!
The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
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Things I have recently learned from Greek nonnas:
- Soda water makes spanakopita fluffy inside and crispy on the outside
- Galatopita *must* contain zested lemon
- Soften sticks of butter between your boobs
- Soda water makes spanakopita fluffy inside and crispy on the outside
- Galatopita *must* contain zested lemon
- Soften sticks of butter between your boobs
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Things I have recently learned from Greek nonnas:
- Soda water makes spanakopita fluffy inside and crispy on the outside
- Galatopita *must* contain zested lemon
- Soften sticks of butter between your boobs
- Soda water makes spanakopita fluffy inside and crispy on the outside
- Galatopita *must* contain zested lemon
- Soften sticks of butter between your boobs
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#KollapsUm9: die Realität hat 2 Dimensionen - die materielle, & die soziale. Klimaleugner verneinen die materielle Realität, Klimahopiumist*innen (zb diejenigen, die sagen, Klimagipfel seien wichtig für den Klimaschutz") verneinen die soziale Realität. Beides ist & macht dumm & scheiße.
#KollapsUm9: Klima-hopium ist das neue Klimaleugnen
YouTube video by Tadzio Mueller
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#KollapsUm9: die Realität hat 2 Dimensionen - die materielle, & die soziale. Klimaleugner verneinen die materielle Realität, Klimahopiumist*innen (zb diejenigen, die sagen, Klimagipfel seien wichtig für den Klimaschutz") verneinen die soziale Realität. Beides ist & macht dumm & scheiße.
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Someone has asked for a couple of Dismissal anniversary tea towels. I’m about to make an order. Does anyone else want one (they may be around $50 each if a run of 10)?
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Someone has asked for a couple of Dismissal anniversary tea towels. I’m about to make an order. Does anyone else want one (they may be around $50 each if a run of 10)?
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#OtD 23 Nov 1913 Margarita Ortega, a Mexican schoolteacher, sharpshooter and anarchist, was executed by the government of Victoriano Huerta. She had endured four days of torture, but refused to name any of her comrades stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9596...
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#OtD 23 Nov 1913 Margarita Ortega, a Mexican schoolteacher, sharpshooter and anarchist, was executed by the government of Victoriano Huerta. She had endured four days of torture, but refused to name any of her comrades stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9596...
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The revised and simplified GASLIGHTING IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE flyer went to the printer today.
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The revised and simplified GASLIGHTING IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE flyer went to the printer today.
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Labour won't redistribute wealth from billionaires.
But they will seize belongings from those fleeing war and persecution.
Absolutely disgusting. Asylum seekers are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity just like anybody else.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But they will seize belongings from those fleeing war and persecution.
Absolutely disgusting. Asylum seekers are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity just like anybody else.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Labour won't redistribute wealth from billionaires.
But they will seize belongings from those fleeing war and persecution.
Absolutely disgusting. Asylum seekers are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity just like anybody else.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But they will seize belongings from those fleeing war and persecution.
Absolutely disgusting. Asylum seekers are human beings — and they deserve to live in dignity just like anybody else.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...