Ben Abraham

MSM be like 'Multiple dozens of ppl took to the Sydney Hamas Bridge, demanding Anti-Semitic things. Cuntstable Skullkicker said, 'It was the scariest moment of my life, surrounded by scarves and prams'. The PM, in response has vowed to help drop more non-lethal bombs on Palestine

They put up those orange barricades and literally set up a line of a hundred cops. Past it was *nothing*. They just didn’t want the march to go on successfully, or disrupt north Sydney in any way.

"With the Nationals now openly campaigning against net zero, Labor can frame even modest measures as bold, lowering the bar for climate ambition even further."

- Climate & Energy Director Polly Hemming in the latest Saturday Paper
@pollyjhemming.bsky.social @thesaturdaypaper.com.au #auspol

Cops are the biggest fucking liars about events, are constantly the ones that start and provoke the violence, and yet the media always frames them in the most trusting and credulous light imaginable.

NSW Police is putting out the story that this powerful event came perilously close to disaster.
NSW Police were the ones who made the mid-event decision to block the northern end of the Bridge, instead of having a plan to funnel protestors safely off it and to train stations on the north shore. 1/

it's pretty fucking clear the cops expected to disrupt the event enough to cause trouble with the media all prepped to run cover for them and despite the actual outcome they're just ploughing ahead with the narrative anyway #auspol

This weekend I met a rider on the trail with his backpack dog. Winona Ryder was *extremely* chill, enjoying the winter sun and the wind in her hair!

Never change Australian coppers www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Good shit Sydney

Israel’s aid concessions merely offer Gazans survival on a leash To deflect international outrage, Israel’s strategy is clear: maintain enough control to kill with impunity, and enough relief to look humane while doing it.

“Israel’s aid concessions merely offer Gazans survival on a leash. To deflect international outrage, Israel’s strategy is clear: maintain enough control to kill with impunity, and enough relief to look humane while doing it.” www.972mag.com/gaza-humanit...

A dense crowd of protestors walking across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, waving Palestinian flags.

There were babies in prams, elderly people in wheelchairs, families, friends, organisations, unions, and a sea of Palestinian flags and keffiyehs. It was the largest and most moving protest I have ever seen. #MarchForHumanity

Incredible footage of the march across Sydney Harbour Bridge #FreePalestine

The anti-genocide movement has been driven by below: activists rather than bureaucrats, people rather than NGOs, students rather than professors, etc. Almost without exception, the top echelons of society have tried to stop the protests, not the genocide.

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

It is worth noting that Chinese scientists, in a Chinese-built bathyscaphe, achieved this feat. Over the last few decades, Chinese ocean science capabilities have advanced significantly, and they will overtake the US if the US doesn't increase its ocean science funding. We're doing the opposite.

This latest research (link⬇️) published in Nature Geoscience estimates the potential for nature based net sequestration to be approx zero, confirming the scientific illegitimacy of including LULUCF in emissions estimates. And adding “blue carbon” is just more 🐂 💩. bsky.app/profile/vale...

the shredding of international liberal order's legitimacy is because everyone knows the answer to @edwardluce.bsky.social thought experiment www.ft.com/content/6176...

This shit is literally unforgivable. ALL THESE COMPANIES ARE STILL USING THE FUCKING LOGO!!! Soft plastics recycling DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS FUCKING COUNTRY!! BAN IT!!!

40 DEGREES IN WINTER IN SOUTH AMERICA

Exceptional 39.8C at Puerto Suarez in BOLIVIA today,absolutely unprecedented for this time of the year and 2nd hottest August day on record (record set in 2024) ,but recorded on the 1st.

Tomorrow it might even be hotter before a cold front.

NEW: Earlier today, Mastercard denied playing a roll in the Steam and itch.io purging NSFW games.

But Valve now says Mastercard communicated concerns indirectly through payment processors and banks.

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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

Based on Israel's own data: "Between March and June, Israel allowed just 56,000 tonnes of food to enter... less than a quarter of Gaza’s minimum needs for that period. Even if every bag of UN flour had been... handed out... starvation was inevitable. Palestinians did not have enough to eat."

I reckon Steam just needs to decide which kind of “Family Sharing” it has on it’s platform and stick to it

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Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present' A new survey analyzed the effect of Starlink satellite emissions on 76 million radio telescope images.

Starlink’s crowding of space is interfering with signal transmissions designed to help us observe the universe as it actually exists.

This has been free speech symbolism with Jeff. Please tip the wait staff.

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Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever.
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YouTube video by PurplepingersTV Empty Homes in Reservoir

I encourage you to go to the rallies for Palestine this weekend, wherever you are in Australia. Our government's actions are helping Israel maintain its genocidal starvation campaign in Gaza.

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uh negative I am a meat popsicle

I have spent far too long thinking about internet advertising for work, and I'm ready to dive headfirst down a well. I never, ever wanted to know this much about internet ads. I never wanted to know what an 'instream' ad is. No one should know what real-time bidding is. Knowledge is a curse.

The Confessions of a 'Premature Anti-Fascist' I first heard the remarkable phrase "premature anti-Fascist" in 1946 when, fresh out of the U.S.

For a long time now I've been thinking about the idea of 'premature antifascism' www.latimes.com/archives/la-...