Elissa 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
@libris55.bsky.social
Interested lots of things - medieval history, politics, tv shows - but mainly fairness and equality for all
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
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Partners are using kill switches in smart cars to control how far their partners can travel from the family house.
Basically, the person being controlled is allowed to go to the shops and for school drop offs - maybe to the doctors if they're lucky - and that's it.
Really awful stuff.
Basically, the person being controlled is allowed to go to the shops and for school drop offs - maybe to the doctors if they're lucky - and that's it.
Really awful stuff.
"Weapons on wheels" smart cars abuse warning| Midday News Bulletin 1 December 2025
"Weapons on wheels" smart cars abuse warning| Midday News Bulletin 1 December 2025
In this bulletin, a warning over smart cars being used to facilitate domestic abuse, Donald Trump says latest deal proposal could likely end war in Ukraine. And in athletics, high jumper Nicola Olyslagers the second ever Australian to be recognised at the World Athletics Awards.
www.sbs.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Partners are using kill switches in smart cars to control how far their partners can travel from the family house.
Basically, the person being controlled is allowed to go to the shops and for school drop offs - maybe to the doctors if they're lucky - and that's it.
Really awful stuff.
Basically, the person being controlled is allowed to go to the shops and for school drop offs - maybe to the doctors if they're lucky - and that's it.
Really awful stuff.
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The State Library of Victoria needs our support. If you've ever wandered through, attended one of their events or workshops, researched or studied there, or just sat on those magnificent front steps waiting to meet your mates, take two seconds to sign the petition: c.org/dJrnkfFhKW
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save the State Library of Victoria!
c.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The State Library of Victoria needs our support. If you've ever wandered through, attended one of their events or workshops, researched or studied there, or just sat on those magnificent front steps waiting to meet your mates, take two seconds to sign the petition: c.org/dJrnkfFhKW
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TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
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Justice arrives slowly huh
An Anglican bishop says regional dioceses around Australia are facing financial pressure and potential closure due to having to pay millions of dollars to abuse victim-survivors.
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat under financial strain from abuse payouts
An Anglican bishop says regional dioceses around Australia are facing financial pressure and potential closure due to having to pay millions of dollars to abuse victim-survivors.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Justice arrives slowly huh
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Everyone’s Missing the Biggest New Offense From the Epstein Emails.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Everyone’s Missing the Biggest New Offense From the Epstein Emails
There is undoubtedly something wrong with a powerful man attempting to exchange professional access for sex.
slate.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Everyone’s Missing the Biggest New Offense From the Epstein Emails.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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"the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear." thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear." thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
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Johnny Depp being mentioned here is the least surprising cameo appearance in history
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Johnny Depp being mentioned here is the least surprising cameo appearance in history
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Darkly comic, that Black people are talking about racism and how it affects them, are constantly accused of being grifters when people have been riding this gravy train to open whole universities, take over CBS News, etc. etc.
If you haven't read my book, On the Warpath: My Battles with Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors, make sure to get a copy!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Darkly comic, that Black people are talking about racism and how it affects them, are constantly accused of being grifters when people have been riding this gravy train to open whole universities, take over CBS News, etc. etc.
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A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
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Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
More scammers
More scammers
Lost in the plot: how would-be authors were fooled by AI staff and virtual offices in suspected global publishing scam
Book publishing websites in Australia, the UK and New Zealand appear to be using fake testimonials and AI staff pages to lure aspiring writers into handing over their money
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
More scammers
More scammers
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Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
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The list of lasting damage done by #JohnHoward and his turd governments is infuriatingly long. Competition for the top spots is intense, but his focus on privatising #childcare is right up there. God, he was a short-sighted bastard in every sense. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Childcare is just the latest failure of Australia’s privatisation push. It’s time for an ideology overhaul | John Quiggin
Even the Productivity Commission is backing away from the for-profit model. We need to ensure that our human services serve humans
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The list of lasting damage done by #JohnHoward and his turd governments is infuriatingly long. Competition for the top spots is intense, but his focus on privatising #childcare is right up there. God, he was a short-sighted bastard in every sense. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Are we entirely sure that Elon Musk isn't actually a 10-year-old boy who had his wish to be big granted by a boardwalk fortune telling machine?
Because it would explain why he dreams of a robot uttering the words "I love you" for the first time or why he's naming his nightmares after Transformers
Because it would explain why he dreams of a robot uttering the words "I love you" for the first time or why he's naming his nightmares after Transformers
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Are we entirely sure that Elon Musk isn't actually a 10-year-old boy who had his wish to be big granted by a boardwalk fortune telling machine?
Because it would explain why he dreams of a robot uttering the words "I love you" for the first time or why he's naming his nightmares after Transformers
Because it would explain why he dreams of a robot uttering the words "I love you" for the first time or why he's naming his nightmares after Transformers
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Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band
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Not our impartial ABC
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Not our impartial ABC
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Anyone who buys a Tesla car is helping to fund far-right political groups around the world.
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla cars.
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla home batteries.
⚠️ Don't use StarLink phones or internet.
Encourage your government not to use these products.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #auspol
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla cars.
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla home batteries.
⚠️ Don't use StarLink phones or internet.
Encourage your government not to use these products.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #auspol
Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure
The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics – but he’s been leaning further into the international far right
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Anyone who buys a Tesla car is helping to fund far-right political groups around the world.
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla cars.
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla home batteries.
⚠️ Don't use StarLink phones or internet.
Encourage your government not to use these products.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #auspol
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla cars.
⚠️ Don't buy Tesla home batteries.
⚠️ Don't use StarLink phones or internet.
Encourage your government not to use these products.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #auspol
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A lot of people don't know that the next step in the MAGA plan is to take the vote away from women. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A lot of people don't know that the next step in the MAGA plan is to take the vote away from women. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...