Simmi Manya
@simmimanya.bsky.social
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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This is a very curious post.
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is a very curious post.
‘Doctorow’s proposals for recreating a good internet – one that combines the autonomy and choice of the old internet with the mass scale of the current shit internet – are fourfold: competition, regulation, interoperability and tech-worker power.’
theconversation.com/how-the-inte...
theconversation.com/how-the-inte...
How the internet became enshittified – and how we might be able to deshittify it
The internet offered a world of connection and cooperation. What we got was a world of ruthless monopolies and oligarchs.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
‘Doctorow’s proposals for recreating a good internet – one that combines the autonomy and choice of the old internet with the mass scale of the current shit internet – are fourfold: competition, regulation, interoperability and tech-worker power.’
theconversation.com/how-the-inte...
theconversation.com/how-the-inte...
‘Advocates have been sounding the alarm for years about the increasingly brazen activities of IRGC affiliates on Australian soil, including … intimidation of dissidents and threats to family members in Iran as a result of Australia-based political activism.’
www.theage.com.au/national/fiv...
www.theage.com.au/national/fiv...
Five years on, Australia is calling out the thugs who jailed me for what they are
Last week I quietly marked the fifth anniversary of my freedom from prison in Iran. November 25 was on the surface a day like any other, but to me, this date is more significant than my birthday.
www.theage.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
‘Advocates have been sounding the alarm for years about the increasingly brazen activities of IRGC affiliates on Australian soil, including … intimidation of dissidents and threats to family members in Iran as a result of Australia-based political activism.’
www.theage.com.au/national/fiv...
www.theage.com.au/national/fiv...
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How about some robo-credit then, centrelink
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
How about some robo-credit then, centrelink
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44,000 Australians overpaid Centrelink but only 303 got their money back, estimates hears
www.sbs.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
‘When describing the far right, some media outlets reach for softening descriptors such as “populist”, “controversial” or “anti-establishment”, avoiding more accurate terms like “racist” or “authoritarian”.’
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
How the media is helping to normalise far-right views
Global media does not simply cover far-right politics from a critical distance, it also helps define what counts as politically acceptable.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
‘When describing the far right, some media outlets reach for softening descriptors such as “populist”, “controversial” or “anti-establishment”, avoiding more accurate terms like “racist” or “authoritarian”.’
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
‘… recommend reforming the library’s governance, following common practice overseas, to incorporate the views of stakeholders including scholars and other public users, whose interests have not been considered in the proposal.”’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne
Acclaimed author ‘sick’ about 171-year-old institution’s proposed restructure as hundreds of writers sign open letter in protest
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
‘… recommend reforming the library’s governance, following common practice overseas, to incorporate the views of stakeholders including scholars and other public users, whose interests have not been considered in the proposal.”’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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How weird…one minute we are supposed to have a gas shortage (hint: we didn’t) and now we are going to let AI data centres build new gas fired electricity generators to ensure they have enough electricity…
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How weird…one minute we are supposed to have a gas shortage (hint: we didn’t) and now we are going to let AI data centres build new gas fired electricity generators to ensure they have enough electricity…
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
Its as if everything the government says about gas is BS #climate
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I care about Parliamentary Behaviour because decency & professionalism is proper conduct. Fish rots from the head. Elected officials must change the disgusting rabble behaviour, it's unacceptable. It gives permission for people to behave in the same disgusting manner #auspol 🧵
bit.ly/4pKUqkm
bit.ly/4pKUqkm
Community Survey: Parliamentary Behaviour
WENTWORTH'S INDEPENDENT MP
www.allegraspender.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
Pardon me that this is a little personal.
I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks with trembling hands. Its stupendous card catalogue blew my schoolboy mind. Search my name in the modern electronic counterpart today and it appears 125 times, mostly for works I researched there. My 84-year-old mother has been a volunteer library tour guide for more than a decade. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
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What Dr Liz said.
And also: what a stupid framing of the story to focus on whether the Coalition thinks Labor's social media ban will work.
Has this [ex-Murdoch] ABC reporter ever heard of assessing the evidence? #ThisIsNotJournalism #auspol
And also: what a stupid framing of the story to focus on whether the Coalition thinks Labor's social media ban will work.
Has this [ex-Murdoch] ABC reporter ever heard of assessing the evidence? #ThisIsNotJournalism #auspol
Australia’s social media ban doesn’t solve the structural problem of harmful platforms - it simply slaps a bandaid on a monumental wound. And while we’re on catastrophic wounds. $100k!! For ordinary Australians it’s a house deposit. Out of touch much FFS! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Coalition has 'no confidence' social media ban will work under Labor
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Australia's social media ban will not work under Labor, as the federal government rejects YouTube's claim it will make kids "less safe".
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What Dr Liz said.
And also: what a stupid framing of the story to focus on whether the Coalition thinks Labor's social media ban will work.
Has this [ex-Murdoch] ABC reporter ever heard of assessing the evidence? #ThisIsNotJournalism #auspol
And also: what a stupid framing of the story to focus on whether the Coalition thinks Labor's social media ban will work.
Has this [ex-Murdoch] ABC reporter ever heard of assessing the evidence? #ThisIsNotJournalism #auspol
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The ACT’s restorative justice program isn’t “soft” – it works. New evidence shows better outcomes for victims and sharply reduced reoffending in domestic and sexual violence cases, writes Andrew Fraser.
#RestorativeJustice #DomesticViolence #CriminalJustice #ACT #JusticeReform #EvidenceBasedPolicy
#RestorativeJustice #DomesticViolence #CriminalJustice #ACT #JusticeReform #EvidenceBasedPolicy
Brave ACT shows restorative justice for sex offenders can work
A major Australian Institute of Criminology evaluation shows restorative justice in the ACT has improved victim wellbeing and significantly reduced reoffending in domestic and sexual violence cases.
johnmenadue.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The ACT’s restorative justice program isn’t “soft” – it works. New evidence shows better outcomes for victims and sharply reduced reoffending in domestic and sexual violence cases, writes Andrew Fraser.
#RestorativeJustice #DomesticViolence #CriminalJustice #ACT #JusticeReform #EvidenceBasedPolicy
#RestorativeJustice #DomesticViolence #CriminalJustice #ACT #JusticeReform #EvidenceBasedPolicy
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I think I see why UBI has so much resistance...
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I think I see why UBI has so much resistance...
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after seeing the same patch of the western highway turned into swiss cheese every winter for the last decade, my theory is that the contractors have no idea how to properly build a road and/or the VIC standards are not fit for purpose
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
after seeing the same patch of the western highway turned into swiss cheese every winter for the last decade, my theory is that the contractors have no idea how to properly build a road and/or the VIC standards are not fit for purpose
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Hey Albo tell us again about our shared values with this white supremacist
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hey Albo tell us again about our shared values with this white supremacist
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Funny how we can have a seemingly endless 'debate' about renewable energy technologies, and yet with AI there's no debate allowed. It's just imposed on everyone by corporates and governments no matter how absolutely shit it is
AI is an absolute net negative for humanity. So of course govts are clamouring for more of it.
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don't want to be too judgmental, but every single proponent of the glories of AI is a complete wanker
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Funny how we can have a seemingly endless 'debate' about renewable energy technologies, and yet with AI there's no debate allowed. It's just imposed on everyone by corporates and governments no matter how absolutely shit it is
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BREAKING
Leaked secret section of report on why the Liberal Party lost the federal election blames over reliance on outdated Abbott Intelligence (AI) to develop policy
‘This unreliable technology hadn’t ingested any new information since 2016. Prompting it via fax was also problematic’
#auspol
Leaked secret section of report on why the Liberal Party lost the federal election blames over reliance on outdated Abbott Intelligence (AI) to develop policy
‘This unreliable technology hadn’t ingested any new information since 2016. Prompting it via fax was also problematic’
#auspol
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
BREAKING
Leaked secret section of report on why the Liberal Party lost the federal election blames over reliance on outdated Abbott Intelligence (AI) to develop policy
‘This unreliable technology hadn’t ingested any new information since 2016. Prompting it via fax was also problematic’
#auspol
Leaked secret section of report on why the Liberal Party lost the federal election blames over reliance on outdated Abbott Intelligence (AI) to develop policy
‘This unreliable technology hadn’t ingested any new information since 2016. Prompting it via fax was also problematic’
#auspol
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How to wave off a problem:
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How to wave off a problem:
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
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The Australian government could force AI companies to boost our power grid and build new wind and solar projects to help supply their energy-intensive data centres, amid concerns the booming industry could suck up vast amounts of electricity and water
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
AI companies could be forced to invest in renewable energy amid warning tech will use 12% of Australia’s power
Australian government wants artificial intelligence industry to help expand power grid to supply their energy-intensive data centres
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Australian government could force AI companies to boost our power grid and build new wind and solar projects to help supply their energy-intensive data centres, amid concerns the booming industry could suck up vast amounts of electricity and water
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” | Books+Publishing
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
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ICYMI 🧵
"This is the kind of 'criminal' Republicans want to remove from our country.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors."
The Trump regime is depraved and evil.
"This is the kind of 'criminal' Republicans want to remove from our country.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors."
The Trump regime is depraved and evil.
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
ICYMI 🧵
"This is the kind of 'criminal' Republicans want to remove from our country.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors."
The Trump regime is depraved and evil.
"This is the kind of 'criminal' Republicans want to remove from our country.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors."
The Trump regime is depraved and evil.
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"the ability to eliminate poverty and needless human suffering is a far more significant than flight or the internet. But because it doesn’t generate value for shareholders, we cruised right past it going 'Let’s make a chatbot that can generate an Alvin & the Chipmunks version of any song!'”
The Craziest Thing In The World Is That We Could End Poverty, But We Don't
It’s just so insane how this doesn’t sit front and center in our attention all the time.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-crazie...
It’s just so insane how this doesn’t sit front and center in our attention all the time.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-crazie...
The Craziest Thing In The World Is That We Could End Poverty, But We Don't
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"the ability to eliminate poverty and needless human suffering is a far more significant than flight or the internet. But because it doesn’t generate value for shareholders, we cruised right past it going 'Let’s make a chatbot that can generate an Alvin & the Chipmunks version of any song!'”