Belated solstice sparkle; celebrating light grass these long days
December 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Belated solstice sparkle; celebrating light grass these long days
Phew - finally quit Spotify. In the end it was easy. Still haven’t really landed on new music platform.
December 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Phew - finally quit Spotify. In the end it was easy. Still haven’t really landed on new music platform.
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obligatory plug of this piece @kara-williams.bsky.social and I wrote a few months ago explaining the stakes of policymaking with vague/improper ideas of what AI means
consumerfed.org/specific-ter...
consumerfed.org/specific-ter...
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
obligatory plug of this piece @kara-williams.bsky.social and I wrote a few months ago explaining the stakes of policymaking with vague/improper ideas of what AI means
consumerfed.org/specific-ter...
consumerfed.org/specific-ter...
You don’t have to be in the UK to find this useful look at how we talk about money fascinating podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...
Why The Media Is Looking At Economics All Wrong | James Meadway | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 17/12/2025 · 44m
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December 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
You don’t have to be in the UK to find this useful look at how we talk about money fascinating podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...
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This one's going on the reading list too: on "how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles," using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study. In the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Who Owns Our History? Archiving the Disabled People’s Movement
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540329e135">This article examines how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival
c...
www.scienceopen.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This one's going on the reading list too: on "how disabled people can achieve meaningful control over archival collections that document their history and struggles," using Manchester’s Disabled People’s Archive as a case study. In the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.
Rooftop glimpses from new place
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Rooftop glimpses from new place
Last Aussie bird count day for 2025. Rain stopped play for a while there: strong finish with 5 Australian magpies
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Last Aussie bird count day for 2025. Rain stopped play for a while there: strong finish with 5 Australian magpies
Haven’t encountered so many dragonflies in a garden as this morning, circling the veggie patches. Curious what the attraction was?
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Haven’t encountered so many dragonflies in a garden as this morning, circling the veggie patches. Curious what the attraction was?
Before & after 15 minutes first pass, hand removing asthma week with gardening gloves and mask. Realised this week that I assume multiple passes at most things: first to make progress quickly and build momentum which in turn helps build focus& flow for sustained effort to complete detailed work.
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Before & after 15 minutes first pass, hand removing asthma week with gardening gloves and mask. Realised this week that I assume multiple passes at most things: first to make progress quickly and build momentum which in turn helps build focus& flow for sustained effort to complete detailed work.
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All of these suggestions put the onus to navigate medical misogyny back on patients. But it’s the industry that needs to change
‘You are worthy and deserving of help’: six practical ways to navigate medical misogyny
‘You are worthy and deserving of help’: six practical ways to navigate medical misogyny
Two-thirds of Australian women have experienced gender bias or discrimination when seeking healthcare. Here’s how to advocate for yourself if a doctor dismisses your concerns
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KZ Barton will never forget the night in her early 20s when searing abdominal pain landed her in hospital. Every signal from her body was telling her something was extremely wrong.
“When you experience pain that severe and you don’t understand it, you feel like you’re dying,” the Melbourne-based teacher and author says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
All of these suggestions put the onus to navigate medical misogyny back on patients. But it’s the industry that needs to change
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The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 makes it harder to hold govt to account: bans anonymous requests, adds a “transparency tax” fee, and expands secrecy. Parliament must reject it.
👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2...
#RightToKnow #FOI #auspol
👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2...
#RightToKnow #FOI #auspol
“Strengthening” FOI or sabotaging It? Why we oppose the FOI Amendment Bill 2025
The Albanese Government has introduced the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025, presented as a reform to “strengthen” the FOI framework. According to the Attorney-General’s press release, the…
www.oaf.org.au
September 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 makes it harder to hold govt to account: bans anonymous requests, adds a “transparency tax” fee, and expands secrecy. Parliament must reject it.
👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2...
#RightToKnow #FOI #auspol
👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2...
#RightToKnow #FOI #auspol
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This is it in a nutshell: firing at a hospital to take out a camera is a war crime, no question and no defence, but the media don't even recognise what they're normalising anymore.
August 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This is it in a nutshell: firing at a hospital to take out a camera is a war crime, no question and no defence, but the media don't even recognise what they're normalising anymore.
ACMI screening the exquisite In the Mood For Love www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/moo...
In the Mood for Love (2000) | Fri 29 Aug 2025
Celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day (乞巧节) with Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in one of the most romantic films of the 21st Century in glorious 4K.
www.acmi.net.au
August 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ACMI screening the exquisite In the Mood For Love www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/moo...
‘She had to describe a forest, so I asked her to close her eyes and picture one, and tell me what she could see. Oh, we didn’t need to do that, she told me. We could just ask AI to make one.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ChatGPT has its uses, but I still hate it – and I’ll tell you why | Imogen West-Knights
It’s bad for the planet and could make many jobs – including mine – obsolete. But my loathing runs deeper than that, says writer Imogen West-Knights
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
‘She had to describe a forest, so I asked her to close her eyes and picture one, and tell me what she could see. Oh, we didn’t need to do that, she told me. We could just ask AI to make one.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Everyone involved in this needs to repay whatever public money was involved in full. Deloitte, the DEWR Secretary's salary for any time in commissioning it, all of you.
This must be referred IMMEDIATELY to both the Australian Public Service Commission and the NACC.
This must be referred IMMEDIATELY to both the Australian Public Service Commission and the NACC.
It gets worse. The Deloitte report suspected of using AI contains a fake quote and erroneous citations to one of the leading cases on Robodebt.
www.afr.com//companies/p...
www.afr.com//companies/p...
Deloitte report suspected of AI invented quote from robo-debt case
Academics have rejected the consultancy’s explanation of previous mistakes, as the discovery adds to suspicions about the use of artificial intelligence.
www.afr.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Everyone involved in this needs to repay whatever public money was involved in full. Deloitte, the DEWR Secretary's salary for any time in commissioning it, all of you.
This must be referred IMMEDIATELY to both the Australian Public Service Commission and the NACC.
This must be referred IMMEDIATELY to both the Australian Public Service Commission and the NACC.
Happy anniversary to the Nineteenth Amendment (that gave women the vote in the US). And hang on tight!
youtu.be/Kj1UQuJjrXI
youtu.be/Kj1UQuJjrXI
The Nineteenth Amendment | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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August 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Happy anniversary to the Nineteenth Amendment (that gave women the vote in the US). And hang on tight!
youtu.be/Kj1UQuJjrXI
youtu.be/Kj1UQuJjrXI
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huh, did people know that the australian defence force funded a kids TV show for recruitment purposes? seems kinda odd, and I'd never heard of it
tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/rene...
tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/rene...
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
huh, did people know that the australian defence force funded a kids TV show for recruitment purposes? seems kinda odd, and I'd never heard of it
tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/rene...
tvtonight.com.au/2023/08/rene...
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Did you know that playing with Lego and Sims can be the gateway to civic engagement?! That's where this FixMyStreet user reckons it all started, anyway...
"We can all be improvers of our built environment", with FixMyStreet
An avid FixMyStreet user shares his motivation for making reports - and shares the results he's achieved.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Did you know that playing with Lego and Sims can be the gateway to civic engagement?! That's where this FixMyStreet user reckons it all started, anyway...
And finally Melbourne brings on rain soaked dreamy city skies
August 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And finally Melbourne brings on rain soaked dreamy city skies
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Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities.
This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.
This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.
August 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities.
This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.
This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.
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“University of Melbourne reprimanded for using wi-fi data to identify protesters” www.itnews.com.au/news/univers...
University of Melbourne reprimanded for using wi-fi data to identify protesters
Long-feared "function creep" materialised.
www.itnews.com.au
August 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“University of Melbourne reprimanded for using wi-fi data to identify protesters” www.itnews.com.au/news/univers...
Melbourne ahoy!
Arriving on Wednesday for a reconnection of all things city-ish after many years
Arriving on Wednesday for a reconnection of all things city-ish after many years
August 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Melbourne ahoy!
Arriving on Wednesday for a reconnection of all things city-ish after many years
Arriving on Wednesday for a reconnection of all things city-ish after many years
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so great to hear such innovative ideas from Australian Industry Group (big business) about cutting essential supports for disabled people so they can pay less tax
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9y...
Let AI boost productivity, business leaders urge against over-regulation || Insiders: On Background
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
www.youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
so great to hear such innovative ideas from Australian Industry Group (big business) about cutting essential supports for disabled people so they can pay less tax
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9y...
I bet democratic renewal needs substantial institutional support for community healing
To address rising polarization, civic engagement can create new pathways for dignity that strengthen democratic institutions and expand opportunities for meaningful work and community leadership.
Learn more in this week's Horizons blog: bit.ly/horizons-status
Learn more in this week's Horizons blog: bit.ly/horizons-status
August 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I bet democratic renewal needs substantial institutional support for community healing