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Stu Hatton

@stuhatton.bsky.social

Writer/editor, writing workshop facilitator. Poetry, philosophy, psychoanalysis, etc. Lefty. Parent, errant gardener, meditator, guitar hack. Committee member of Australian Psychedelic Society. https://linktr.ee/stuhatton

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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

11.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heads-up: Oz Hardwick and I will be reading at the Uniting Church, #Castlemaine (and via Zoom) on Friday 5 December, 6pm AEDT, as part of the ever-generous Ross Donlon’s Agitation Hill #poetry reading series.

Can’t wait!

(And no, the image wasn’t generated by/with AI.)

13.11.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.

03.11.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 897    πŸ” 276    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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#poetry #poetrysky #writingcommunity #writesky #poetrycommunity

03.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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just....enjoy this

03.11.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3744    πŸ” 1084    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 482
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What Is Model Collapse? | IBM Model collapse refers to the declining performance of generative AI models that are trained on AI-generated content.

β€œwhat will happen when ai takes all the desk jobs”
so, the recursive loops that form when the bots generate the content they subsequently feed on, having been deprived of the material that gave a sheen of quality to their counterfeit languagelike slop?

that’s called β€œmodel collapse” and it’s ugly.

02.11.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 7
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Fox News Falls for Racist AI-Generated Videos, Runs Completely False Story That Has to Be Updated With Gigantic Correction Fox News ran a story treating AI-generated ragebait as if it were real, in order to stir up anger against SNAP recipients.

i feel like it's not getting enough attention that Fox News ran a *completely false story* based on AI-generated videos it thought were interviews with real people

futurism.com/artificial-i...

03.11.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11

The logical result of fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life.
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Walter Benjamin, β€˜The Work of Art in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility’ (1935)

13.09.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life. . . All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war. War and war only can set a goal for mass movements on the largest scale while respecting the traditional property system.β€œ -Walter Benjamin

30.09.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Walter Benjamin: "the logical outcome of fascism is an aestheticization of political life."

Hegseth: "no fat, unattractive soldiers."

30.09.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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What does it mean to take Marxism and psychoanalysis seriously in 2025?

For one thing, it obviously means swimming against the tide.

But at the very least, isn’t a critique of capitalism, along with a critique of the ego, more necessary than ever?

#marxism #psychoanalysis

02.11.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Old Soviet joke:

Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?

One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals

23.10.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5822    πŸ” 1607    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 13

they’re just like us FR

31.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.

As part of @technologyreview.com's big new package on conspiracy theories, I went long on weather modification β€” what's possible, what's not, what's happening and where, and why people will probably always find ways to blame weather disasters on shady forces:

30.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
a woman holding a sign that says 'i guess i'm a terrorist now' - picture of old woman holding a pbs bag and carrying a sign that says 'liberty and justice for all'

a woman holding a sign that says 'i guess i'm a terrorist now' - picture of old woman holding a pbs bag and carrying a sign that says 'liberty and justice for all'

#protestsigns

20.10.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6107    πŸ” 1489    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 55
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If you're anywhere in Australia at the end of Nov then I'd suggest you make your way here. This is the first outdoor entheogenesis conference in 8 yrs. An incredible event with a sharp line up of speakers. @mikejay.bsky.social @tehseennoorani.bsky.social @pyrodelic.bsky.social @gmantic.bsky.social

07.09.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
As sure as there are servants in heaven
others will come up to you and ask what it was
you did today, whether nests were full
and anxious, and what kind of sun sprayed
on the corners of a cheap notebook
to be dreamed as all things are, except
for fountains and animals lisping kind losses,
fervent, over here. The way it is right now.

As sure as there are servants in heaven others will come up to you and ask what it was you did today, whether nests were full and anxious, and what kind of sun sprayed on the corners of a cheap notebook to be dreamed as all things are, except for fountains and animals lisping kind losses, fervent, over here. The way it is right now.

John Ashbery

23.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Quote: β€˜It’s not so much that we, as writers, are the ones who produce something unexpected. It’s more that language produces the unexpected.’

Quote: β€˜It’s not so much that we, as writers, are the ones who produce something unexpected. It’s more that language produces the unexpected.’

A provocation.

23.10.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Hey, stop being so divisive! Leave that to us!’

03.09.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
All art
so far
occurs during
wartime.

All art so far occurs during wartime.

Alan Gilbert

26.08.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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this is a real job ad. i am not exaggerating or cutting this off misleadingly. this was put out there in all seriousness

28.08.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5
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Submissions are now open! Best of Australian Poems 2025 accepts published & unpublished poems from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Guest editors: Nam Le & Jill Jones! πŸ”₯

Close of submissions: 30 June 2025.

Submission guidelines + how to submit: www.australianpoetry.org/ap-projects/...

06.06.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 12 2025 is open for Submissions!
πŸ–Š The guest editors for APA Vol.12 are Lachlan Brown and Keri Glastonbury.
πŸ–Š Submissions to the Anthology open on Friday, 23 May and close Monday 23 June 2025, 11.59 pm (AEST).

26.05.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Know an unpublished poet ready to be recognised? The inaugural Theresa Matheson Bequest Award offers $1,000, a mentorship with Claire Gaskin, and publication on our website. Submissions now open until 16 June! For further details: www.australianpoetry.org/competitions...

06.06.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night’s rain brought an eclipse of rain moths fluttering at the windows and lights. Wingspan upwards of 12cm. (Eclipse, whisper, and cloud are all accepted collective nouns for moths.)

25.04.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@purplepingers.bsky.social coming to sunny Bendigo next weekend to talk housinghoarding crisis...
Can't wait ❀️

11.01.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oligarchy is the Problem

07.01.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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11.12.2024 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Woolworths strike is fundamentally about warehouse workers not wanting every movement they do at work mediated via an AI powered headset barking at them. This "intervention" by another CEO is trying to make the conditions of 2000 workers about inflation is transparent nonsense.

05.12.2024 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

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