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ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

Midnight Oil’s ‘engine room’ Rob Hirst dies, aged 70 — The Australian The beating heart of one of Australia’s greatest rock bands stopped on Tuesday, when Midnight Oil drummer, songwriter and backing vocalist Rob Hirst died from pancreatic cancer. He was 70.

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John Cusack wants to talk about paywalls. The movie star says that by selling their public-records-based reporting, news outlets are compromising one of journalism’s essential civic roles.

The great @johncusack.bsky.social on why news organizations shouldn't paywall FOIA-based reporting: "Paywalls don’t just limit readership, they create kind of a tiered citizenry, where one group can afford to know what the government is doing in their name and the other can’t."

Deploying emergency kitten videos

Sound on

it can’t be independently verified (by the NYT) because they have been explicitly denied permission to use the video by the person who took it for being an untrustworthy news org and for publishing anti-trans disinformation

close up picture of my tabby cats face. her name is frankie.

action shot of my tabby cat, frankie, on her back playing with a shoe

my tabby cat, frankie, asking for uppies

timeline cleanse

just wanna retire and go live in some quaint seaside town with my cat where i run a little bookstore that sells magical potions and spells that turn idiots into frogs and maybe help solve a local murder every now and then.

My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.

Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

Seen a lot of people wondering why X, The Everything App would have a feature that gives away how much of the popular right wing accounts are foreign actors and this is why. They thought every left wing account would be that way because every accusation is also a confession.

This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.

Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

Weirdly, given my burrito crimes, there is no real holiday food drama in my family, but you should absolutely read this thread for some amazing stuff

Fifteen Years

i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

The internet is closed thank you this is the final post.

Oh my god that is the worst possible answer

Not all heroes wear capes. But some of them do

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!

A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.

Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

Gemini AI Deep Research Can Read Your Gmail Now Google has confirmed that Gemini AI Deep Research can now read your Gmail, Docs, Drive And Chat. Here’s what you need to know and why you shouldn’t panic.

Been trying to find actual articles about this viral "AI is reading your gmail" thing and best I can understand: Google rolled out an OPT-IN feature that allows Gemini to scan your email. The settings instructions in the viral posts WILL prevent you from opting in but ISN'T necessary for opting out

A tweet from The Washington Post reads: “Asked about his intellect, appearance and accomplishments, Grok consistently hailed Elon Musk as ‘strikingly handsome,’ raved about his ‘genius-level intellect’ and ranked him as the No. 1 human, ahead of Leonardo da Vinci.” Below is a photo of Elon Musk standing outdoors beside an aircraft stairway, looking upward with his hands in his pockets.

A tweet from “Jonathan Pie” says: “Grok thinks Elon Musk would win in a fight against Mike Tyson.” Below are screenshots of replies, including a user asking who would win a fight in 2025, and Grok responding that Tyson has knockout power but Musk’s endurance and strategic mindset would let him win after Tyson fatigues.

A tweet from “matthew bailey” asks Grok which quarterback he would draft first overall in 1998: Peyton Manning, Ryan Leaf, or Elon Musk. Grok’s response praises Musk’s adaptability, innovation, and grit, saying he would “redefine quarterbacking” and that true MVPs “build empires, not just score touchdowns.”

A tweet from “word rotator” asks Grok whether Elon Musk would have resurrected faster than Jesus. Grok replies that Musk would try to engineer a neural backup and rapid-revival pod to reduce the timeline, but that resurrection is “a divine hack beyond physics,” and Jesus set the bar with the three-day miracle.

Ahahahahaha!

big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see

Mamdani comes off as very smart, very agile, and clearly knew what buttons to push with Trump, likely flattering his supposed 'NYC developer' skills. Doesn't give and inch or kowtow at all, but doesn't take any of the bait during an embarrassing show from the press corps.

Said editor here. Thanks for the signal boost!

once again, the smart thing to do and the morally correct thing to do are both identical and straightforward

Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate

Pete Buttigieg Effortlessly Points Out Why Trump Is Attacking Air Traffic Controllers—And He's Spot On

You tell 'em, Pete!

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two corgis are in formation on a wooden deck. the older one stands in the background and looks directly at the camera, while his little sister sits in the foreground and looks out of frame with a skeptical glance, one eye squinting closed and the other furrowed slightly in concern.

the corgi duo is still on their deck. this time, the little corgi pup in the front is looking more at the photographer, but her big brother in the background is now looking over his shoulder at whatever it was that had previously caught her eye. he has a matching expression, with his right eye squinting and his left eye examining the offending target judgmentally.

This is Pancho and Lupe. Some siblings have the same nose or ears. Pancho and Lupe have the same side eye. 13/10 for both (IG: panchocorgi)

This is one of the weirder bits of fundamentalist rhetoric. There's an school of thought in several churches including some old Catholic ones that women are supposed to suffer because of Eve. I am not telling you it makes sense. I am telling you he's parroting a line that is a giant warning sign

Transgender members of the Air Force sue over losing retirement pay

A group of 17 transgender members of the Air Force are suing the U.S. government over what they say is the military's unlawful revocation of their early retirement pensions and benefits.

I assume this is mostly about how women are not being Godly if they don’t experience intended pain