George M
@zooruler.bsky.social
Ol’ bag o’bones. Coder; guitarist; flaneur. Wanker.
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For Australian Governments who have, are in the process of or are planning to take away healthcare options for trans kids, please dont ignore the very real evidence that their lives are on the line goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
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February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
For Australian Governments who have, are in the process of or are planning to take away healthcare options for trans kids, please dont ignore the very real evidence that their lives are on the line goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...
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Watching the footage emerging of the police brutality from Sydney last night is truly sickening. People have a right to peacefully protest. And shame on the media for framing this as 'protesters clashed with police' when from the footage it was clear that 'peaceful protesters were bashed by police'
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Watching the footage emerging of the police brutality from Sydney last night is truly sickening. People have a right to peacefully protest. And shame on the media for framing this as 'protesters clashed with police' when from the footage it was clear that 'peaceful protesters were bashed by police'
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Chatbots offer a magnificent bribe - a fast, frictionless route to information that bypasses the discomfort of learning. In this op-ed, we describe this as a Faustian bargain, in which we trade away what it means to be human & universities trade away their value
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Learning is complex, messy, emotional: AI can’t replicate that
ChatGPT and other AI tools may seem irresistible. But educators should beware, as they could end up trading away the thing that gives them value — the rich experience of slow learning
www.irishexaminer.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Chatbots offer a magnificent bribe - a fast, frictionless route to information that bypasses the discomfort of learning. In this op-ed, we describe this as a Faustian bargain, in which we trade away what it means to be human & universities trade away their value
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
“…that’s the huge contradiction at the heart of this – the state is maximising removals for political signalling to the base … while at the same time having to maximise legal admissions for economic stability that all the interior enforcement now threatens.” Liz Franzack on the ICE three card monty
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February 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
“…that’s the huge contradiction at the heart of this – the state is maximising removals for political signalling to the base … while at the same time having to maximise legal admissions for economic stability that all the interior enforcement now threatens.” Liz Franzack on the ICE three card monty
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its looking like the local & state administrators might have folded and will let ice continue to operate in minneapolis WITH local law enforcement protection in exchange for some fake promises that there will be a real investigation into the two murders & a "scaleback
Don't fall for the hype! Bovino was reassigned and that's significant but the broader mission is far from over
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
its looking like the local & state administrators might have folded and will let ice continue to operate in minneapolis WITH local law enforcement protection in exchange for some fake promises that there will be a real investigation into the two murders & a "scaleback
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"I am paying more for everyday goods than I used to, but I feel like I am getting less in return"
Agree: 89%
Disagree: 10%
Echelon Insights / Jan 26, 2026
Agree: 89%
Disagree: 10%
Echelon Insights / Jan 26, 2026
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"I am paying more for everyday goods than I used to, but I feel like I am getting less in return"
Agree: 89%
Disagree: 10%
Echelon Insights / Jan 26, 2026
Agree: 89%
Disagree: 10%
Echelon Insights / Jan 26, 2026
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Very worrying. Tomorrow's forecast for my location is 45⁰, 44⁰ for the Otways district.
Fire authorities do not expect to contain Otways fire before extreme weather hits on Tuesday.
#Environment #ClimateCrisis
Fire authorities do not expect to contain Otways fire before extreme weather hits on Tuesday.
#Environment #ClimateCrisis
Otways fire not expected to be contained before extreme weather
Fire authorities expect a fire in Victoria's Otways to spread when extreme fire weather hits on Tuesday and do not expect to contain the fire today.
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Very worrying. Tomorrow's forecast for my location is 45⁰, 44⁰ for the Otways district.
Fire authorities do not expect to contain Otways fire before extreme weather hits on Tuesday.
#Environment #ClimateCrisis
Fire authorities do not expect to contain Otways fire before extreme weather hits on Tuesday.
#Environment #ClimateCrisis
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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I will canvass for whichever candidate runs on putting this man in prison in 2028.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I will canvass for whichever candidate runs on putting this man in prison in 2028.
“But there comes a point where a party’s performance is so dismally bad that it marks an interpretable event, expressive of deeper movements in the political structure. In this election, Australia’s Liberal Party passed that point some time ago.” Guy Rundle predicting last week back last year.
Australia’s Right Tried to Copy Trump. It’s Been a Disaster.
Australia’s right-wing Liberal Party is in freefall, while Labor — now the party of capital — is set to retain its parliamentary majority. It’s a historic transformation, rooted in the demise of Austr...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“But there comes a point where a party’s performance is so dismally bad that it marks an interpretable event, expressive of deeper movements in the political structure. In this election, Australia’s Liberal Party passed that point some time ago.” Guy Rundle predicting last week back last year.
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What Rachel said.
I reckon there have been more mentions of the word "genocide" in Australia's mainstream media in the last two days than in the previous two years.
I reckon there have been more mentions of the word "genocide" in Australia's mainstream media in the last two days than in the previous two years.
One small upside to these rushed, illiberal "hate" laws that government ministers can't seem to explain:
I've never heard so much "Are people allowed to say '𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆'?" in mainstream media interviews. Galling that govt can't answer, good that even Karl Stefanovic is asking.
I've never heard so much "Are people allowed to say '𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆'?" in mainstream media interviews. Galling that govt can't answer, good that even Karl Stefanovic is asking.
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 AM
What Rachel said.
I reckon there have been more mentions of the word "genocide" in Australia's mainstream media in the last two days than in the previous two years.
I reckon there have been more mentions of the word "genocide" in Australia's mainstream media in the last two days than in the previous two years.
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I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
Chaooooos Under Heaven, etc.
We ran a progressive slate for the Akademikerpension board elections 10 years ago (and won), because we wanted fossil fuel divestment. I don’t think we ever imagined we might one day help trigger a margin call on U.S. Treasuries.
Well well well. The Danes are weaponising firesales.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Chaooooos Under Heaven, etc.
Two playlists as a salve for these dumb times.
1. DJ Douggpound’s excellent recommendation of the Supreme playlist curated by Aphex Twin. I’ve listened to the first ten bangers. There’s one hundred and ninety one tracks. Go: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
1. DJ Douggpound’s excellent recommendation of the Supreme playlist curated by Aphex Twin. I’ve listened to the first ten bangers. There’s one hundred and ninety one tracks. Go: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Aphex Twin: [mostly mellow] for Supreme - YouTube
Music selected by Aphex Twin for Supreme.
youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Two playlists as a salve for these dumb times.
1. DJ Douggpound’s excellent recommendation of the Supreme playlist curated by Aphex Twin. I’ve listened to the first ten bangers. There’s one hundred and ninety one tracks. Go: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
1. DJ Douggpound’s excellent recommendation of the Supreme playlist curated by Aphex Twin. I’ve listened to the first ten bangers. There’s one hundred and ninety one tracks. Go: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Julian calendar New Year was yesterday, so here’s a Happy New Year classic for all my movie whores
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Julian calendar New Year was yesterday, so here’s a Happy New Year classic for all my movie whores
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Realised this in 2020 after leaving Young Labor. Mind you I was in the Left too, and let me tell you, not much difference. They’re a fascist rabble in all but name. A disgrace to the trade union movement.
Australia needs to seriously come to terms with how much the Labor Party fucking sucks
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Realised this in 2020 after leaving Young Labor. Mind you I was in the Left too, and let me tell you, not much difference. They’re a fascist rabble in all but name. A disgrace to the trade union movement.
"If you had any self-respect, you would not be on any podium again, ever, sounding off about anything. Because comrades if we were in the 30s I would have taken you out and shot you".
Adam Tooze correctly assessing the Democrat establishment. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Adam Tooze correctly assessing the Democrat establishment. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve enter...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"If you had any self-respect, you would not be on any podium again, ever, sounding off about anything. Because comrades if we were in the 30s I would have taken you out and shot you".
Adam Tooze correctly assessing the Democrat establishment. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Adam Tooze correctly assessing the Democrat establishment. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“And here we land, with […] the vandalism of many of our cultural institutions and freedoms as a result. And for what? The silencing of testimony about a nation whose infamy during this period has already been assured by history.” rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
The Great Silencing
Last week it snowed heavily twice in Paris, turning the city into a frigid, monochrome fantasy land over three days, and at the weekend I popped into the Musée Marmottan Monet for a spot of impression...
rick-morton.ghost.io
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
“And here we land, with […] the vandalism of many of our cultural institutions and freedoms as a result. And for what? The silencing of testimony about a nation whose infamy during this period has already been assured by history.” rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
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It used to be that victims of murders in the U.S. would be smeared by InfoWars and Gateway Pundit as a way to fetishize guns and violence for ad dollars and supplement sales, with the added benefit of cozying up to far-right politicians. Now that work is done by CBS News.
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
It used to be that victims of murders in the U.S. would be smeared by InfoWars and Gateway Pundit as a way to fetishize guns and violence for ad dollars and supplement sales, with the added benefit of cozying up to far-right politicians. Now that work is done by CBS News.
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All Peter Malinauskas' words about Randa Abdel-Fattah are a false equivalence, ignoring the dynamic of oppressed and oppressor. Palestinian resistance is legal and justified. Israeli genocide is not. I've seen far too many dead kids to tolerate any of this racist, moronic dribble.
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 AM
All Peter Malinauskas' words about Randa Abdel-Fattah are a false equivalence, ignoring the dynamic of oppressed and oppressor. Palestinian resistance is legal and justified. Israeli genocide is not. I've seen far too many dead kids to tolerate any of this racist, moronic dribble.
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They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
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"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."
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take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
take a second to really wrap your head around this.