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Yup!
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Annakin: salmon farms have shut down the lobster industry Padme: they’re paying compensation to those impacted right? … Right?!
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Helping to inform, or contributing to heightening fears in absence of evidence David Crowe? (This isn't diminishing the lived experience of individuals suffering from violence)

www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri... (not linked by Crowe, poor form)
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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I mean, tell me you come from a position of privilege without telling me you come from a position of privilege…
Screenshot from the quoted authors thread indicating the privilege of the op
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Went looking at the population vs housing issue again tonight. IPA vs AI popped up. This from the IPA is a great selective stat from the start - change in *migrant* population vs whole of country housing supply.

Thing is, Australian population growth was 43% over that period.
Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ updated Total Value of Dwellings data for the June 2025 quarter shows: The total number of housing units in Australia increased by 173,800 in the financial year ending 2025, against an estimated 436,300 person increase in Australia’s population. Approximately three quarters of the population growth in the 2025 financial year was expected to have been comprised of net overseas migration, according to Treasury estimates (+335,100). Since the year 2000, it is estimated that Australia’s migrant population has more than doubled (+103 per cent) while the number of housing units has increased by only 54 per cent. The average price for a home nationwide has hit a record high of $1.016 million. “The federal government’s own Centre for Population estimates that population growth for the 2025 financial year will hit 436,300, which has exceeded the increase in net new housing supply by 262,500,” Mr Wild said. https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/media-releases/australians-go-without-a-home-as-population-soars-above-housing-levels
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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I guess NC doesn't want international observers checking in …
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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What is this person, an adolescent?
Pull quote from linked article: > I caught a former friend from Columbia—a girl who comes from media royalty—liking negative tweets about me. > "Dude, is this why you haven't been responding to my texts asking to hang out?" I immediately texted her. Ref: https://defector.com/free-press-reporter-discovers-that-being-an-amoral-dickhead-can-cost-you-friends
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Strong vibes. platform.theverge.com/wp-content/u...
October 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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It’s under way.

The university of Newcastle should be ashamed of their legal argument they’re making to not take responsibility for their actions.

This is incredibly damaging to the School of Engineering’s reputation.
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Has the RBA Governor misunderstood the full breadth of the RBA's mandate?

Ref: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Key Event | 18m ago Australia in difficult position with property market: Bullock Stephanie Chalmers profile image By Stephanie Chalmers ABC business correspondent David Taylor has asked the governor about her view on the property market, asking what she would say to a family that is struggling to buy a home. "As an individual and as a citizen, I think it's we're in a very difficult position with the property market, and I don't actually think that most reasonable people think this is a good outcome," Ms Bullock says. "Having said that, there's nothing that I can do personally about it. "We don't target housing prices — It's true that part of the transmission mechanism for monetary policy is through the housing market… "Can we impact housing prices or should we impact housing prices? No, we have to focus on our mandate, which is inflation." Ref: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-30/rba-interest-rates-asx-markets-business-live-news-29-sept/105831264#live-blog-post-227943 Maintaining price stability and full employment is the priority. With signs that private demand is recovering, indications that inflation may be persistent in some areas and labour market conditions overall remaining stable, the Board decided that it was appropriate to maintain the cash rate at its current level at this meeting. Financial conditions have eased since the beginning of the year and this seems to be having some impact, but it will take some time to see the full effects of earlier cash rate reductions. The Board judged that it was appropriate to remain cautious, updating its view of the outlook as the data evolve. The Board remains alert to the heightened level of uncertainty about the outlook. It noted that monetary policy is well placed to respond decisively to international developments if they were to have material implications for activity and inflation in Australia. The Board will be attentive to the data and the evolving assessment of the outlook and risks to guide its decisions. In doing so, it will pay close attention to developments in the global economy and financial markets, trends in domestic demand, and the outlook for inflation and the labour market. The Board is focused on its mandate to deliver price stability and full employment and will do what it considers necessary to achieve that outcome. Ref: https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2025/mr-25-27.html
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Ummmm that line up!
Protest poster https://riotfest.org/chicago/lineup/
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The dissonance of the Trump support base between men and women, when compared with those who supported Harris, *should* be the major talking point that seemingly got lost in the noise of "its the battle of the GenZ sexes" narrative.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Table of results to the question: Which of the following is important to your personal definition of success? Results among respondents ages 18-29. Each respondent was able to pick three choices out of 13 options. Notes: The poll was conducted Aug. 13-Sept. 1 and surveyed 2,970 adults ages 18-29 nationwide online. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.2 percentage points (note, this didn't have percentages 🤦🏼‍♂️). Source: NBC News Decision Desk Poll Graphic: NBC News
September 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Post something from your camera roll that comes up when you search yellow car

Oh to be so young again.
August 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Wait for it.
August 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I would assume that there is some relationship with those listed here.

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ANTISEMITISM IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES POST 7 OCTOBER SURVEY BY: Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism (5A) Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism (5A) is a network of academics and professionals from 32 Australian universities and medical centres, united by a shared commitment to addressing antisemitism in higher education and research and ensuring that Australian universities are inclusive for all. Authors (equal contributions) • Emeritus Professor Andrew Markus • Associate Professor Efrat Eilam, Victoria University • Emerita Professor Suzanne Rutland, The University of Sydney Reviewers • Professor Leon Mann, University of Melbourne • Professor Michael Ibbotson, The University of Melbourne • Professor Iman Shames, The Australian National University • Adj. Associate Professor David D. Knoll AM, University of New South Wales • Dr Emmanuel Gruzman, Monash University • Professor Emeritus Gregory L. Rose, University of Wollongong Ref: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6792c1f364cecb7a17cc7a1e/t/68a15e1b274ce727be8fa1ac/1755405851498/5A+Survey+report_GD.pdf
August 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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The 5A seem to have problems with their copywriters.

"consists of hundred of Melbers (sic)"

www.aaaaa.org.au
August 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Well this gets more awkward.

Rejected earlier this week because of time constraints, but when the Supreme Court rejects that they’ll simple “switch to preparation mode” with a days notice …

Ref: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
August 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Oh … look …
July 31, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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How good is the new @awscloud.bsky.social console login?
July 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Now the framing is that protests cost the state money.

Is the ALP really an organisation that is in any way associated with the labour movements anymore?
As his frustration mounted last year, Minns dismissed Lees as a professional protester (the descriptor was put to him, and he agreed), whose weekly protest applications had cost taxpayers $5 million in resources. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-justice-warrior-who-has-raised-the-ire-of-chris-minns-20250729-p5min0.html
July 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Seems like some in the NSW Gov get it – Hon. Anthony D'Adam.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Anthony D’Adam, a Labor MP who Minns sacked from his parliamentary secretary roles after he criticised police tactics at a pro-Palestine demonstration, told Guardian Australia he was sympathetic to the arguments about not being enough notice. But he urged on Monday for police to facilitate the protest with the organisers within one to two weeks. He said the assertion that it would cause chaos was overstated and past events showed it had led only to “some inconvenience”.
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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I mean, if this is what Downer fears, and he seeks the opposite (distinctly highlighted) …
Peronism Political ideology Peronism as an ideology is described as a form of nationalism with a social perspective. It promotes an inclusive form of nationalism that embraces all ethnicities and races as integral parts of the nation, distinguishing it from racial or chauvinistic ethno-nationalism that prioritizes a single ethnic group. https://en.wikipedia.org Peronism - Wikipedia
July 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The intent of the superannuation system is … *checks notes* … according to the Farmer's Federation branch chair to act as a vehicle for inheritance.

www.sheepcentral.com/national-far...
July 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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This is an embarrassment of an article. Trying to make out the median salary is $110k … but scratch the surface and the reality is that this is a smokescreen to obfuscate the reality.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

cc: @grogsgamut.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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:mindblown:
extended-abstract Share on AI Could Have Written This: Birth of a Classist Slur in Knowledge Work Author: Advait SarkarAuthors Info & Claims CHI EA '25: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article No.: 621, Pages 1 - 12 https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3716239 Published: 25 April 2025 Publication History 1 citation 344 Downloads Advait Sarkar Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom and University College London, London, United Kingdom advait@microsoft.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-3478
July 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM