David Paris

LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI The tech giant is sidestepping guardrails that websites use to prevent being scraped, data show, in a move whistleblowers say is unethical and potentially illegal.

LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI
- and we know this because of whistleblowers disgusted with Meta's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza
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There a few more cruel things you can do to a Gen Xer than tell them the opening of REMs Losing My Religion sounds like it is sung by Donald J. Trump.

'Background use only': How Labor justifies its silence on Gaza to the media Labor's response yesterday to mass starvation in Gaza was to condemn a Greens senator for mentioning it. Then it tried to spin itself as the victim.

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#auspol
Stop supporting Israel

The ALP should be demanding
a refund from the image consultant who said Albanese (💩PM) should wear a double breasted suit jacket.

The Case for Europe’s Backing of Digital Civil Society Groups | TechPolicy.Press Mark Scott advocates for the EU to increase funding for digital rights groups to support rights-based digital governance and economic competitiveness.

The US abruptly ending funding for digital groups, independent media, and online trust and safety programs has put in jeopardy the long-term viability of global digital rights, free expression, and an open internet. The EU (and AUS!) need to fill the void.
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Thank heavens the government has banned Senator Faruqi from being part of overseas delegations.
Take that, Israel.

Antisemitism envoy distances herself from husband’s donation to right-wing lobby group Donation records lodged by a company Jillian Segal’s husband is a director of show that his family trust gave $50,000 to Advance.

It’s her family’s trust

To the Field First, Comrades! The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has pulled off another stunning upset through Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. An insider shares DSA’s grassroots strategy.

This is by far the best exploration of the 'out of nowhere' success of the Zohran Mamdani campaign in New York.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/zohran-mam...

Maybe this will be the time the right are so overwhelmed with gratitude at Labor's compromise that they stop trying to disrupt any and all efforts towards the tiniest progressive social, environmental or economic change. Or maybe the next time. Gotta persist.

The flagship reform proposal of the Albanese goverment was of course the Voice to Parliament. There is something so sadly Labor-centrist-appeasing-the-right perfect about appointing one of the principle funders of its defeat to a far more powerful and less accountable role to try to stifle criticism

Sure, We Gained Our Independence, But We Lost The Ability To Make Anything As Good As ‘Taskmaster’ | Defector The Fourth of July is always there to remind us that we aren’t the country we fancy ourselves being, but this year’s national try-not-to-blow-your-hand-off munitions festival was even grimmer given that the current season of Taskmaster‘s final episode aired on Friday as well. As we all know from our reading, Taskmaster is the absolute zenith […]

I enjoy reading about Americans enjoying Taskmaster, it feels utterly but delightfully incongruous.
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Dave Hughes posted a video asking “what is it with entitled English wankers?”.
A perennial question for the world, sure, but if you want to avoid them you’re going to struggle at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

The Middle East – where the truth goes to die With the Middle East conflict polarised by supporters of each side, finding the truth of what is happening seems to be an impossible task.

This is a truly amazing piece of both sidesism.
Writing about the lack of reliable reporting in Gaza yet omitting Israel’s national censor, the ban on foreign journalists, or the record number of journalists they’ve killed is a remarkable accomplishment.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Homepage - ICERAID ICERAID is a GovFi application that delegates intelligence gathering tasks to citizens that would otherwise be performed by law enforcement agencies.

Jan6 psychos in the US have made a gamified app with (scam?) crypto rewards for dobbing in brown people to ICE.
It also offers “undocumented immigrants with no criminal history” “a large reward” “through self reporting”.
Real darkest timeline shit.
https://iceraid.us/

How many years after the peak of Beanie Babies did we see the first “remember this craze? This guy still has 18 boxes of them in his shed!” story?
And how long will it take for the same thing to happen with Labubus?

In fact, Israel is rewarded with weapons and diplomatic cover.

That's not about security. It's about giving Israel full impunity.

And now, the hypocrisy is on full display.

Wong says Israel has right to self-defence, but urges restraint as Iran pounded The foreign minister warns the Israeli and Iranian governments to show restraint, while avoiding comment on the legality of Israel's strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities and the world's ...

Israel has killed over 55,000 thousand people in Gaza.

Israel has bombed 5 of its neighbours.

Israel is the only nation in the Middle East with nuclear weapons.

Israel is a rogue state that is taking advantage of the fact that Western countries refuse to take any action to stop it.

Where can I find odds on when Dorinda Cox will first say ‘the Greens political party’

“OMG you locked in 70 years of intense carbon emissions *and* devastated 50000 year old rock art?
I like the cut of your jib, Albo.”

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

For those of us ancient enough to remember 15 years ago when it was all Nick Clegg's fault, it seems he took the wrong lessons.
Destruction of the arts will be his fault.
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From us all, Watt and Albanese are stealing:
- $200 billion of resources to gift to Woodside without charging royalties
- 50000 years of heritage by blasting away the oldest art on the planet
- A liveable climate for every future generation
There’s never been a heist like it.

Well congratulations Labor. You’ve done it.
Put both the future and 50000 years of heritage at risk for the benefit of a few shareholders.
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U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.

“In practice, the Data Consortium would provide a one-stop shop for agencies to cheaply purchase access to vast amounts of Americans’ sensitive information from commercial entities, sidestepping constitutional and statutory privacy protections,”
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International Civil Society's Tech Stack is in Extreme Danger Many in the international community are not ready for the US to abuse its hegemonic power in ways that directly destroy the ability for international NGO's and even liberal democratic governments to function. The little known ability for President Trump to issue economic sanctions has been and can continue to

Civil society organisations across the world have yet to come to terms with the overwhelming threat to their ability to operate the Trump regime poses.
International Civil Society's Tech Stack is in Extreme Danger www.thedissident.new...

This government approving the further destruction of Murujuga will devastate rock art over 50000 years old and add momentum to climate collapse for every future generation.
They’re pulling off the most epoch spanning crime in human history.
So congrats I guess.

Colobindo
bring back jack
#F1

Finding The Limit At Le Mans | Defector LE MANS, FRANCE — The MotoGP championship standings table, going into the Grand Prix de France at Le Mans, was headed by two brothers of disparate levels of previous success. Marc Márquez, one point behind in second place, suffers from the elder child’s plight of being shorter than his younger brother. Álex Márquez, the championship […]

Since F1 fandom exploded I've hoped MotoGP would similarly benefit and grow. The on-track action is vastly more entertaining--this Defector piece is a great intro--though there's no 'Ride to Survive' yet (Liberty Media own both championships, so, soon..?)
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Australia's travel advice for the US has toughened three times since April Between early April and early May, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has changed the language of its travel warnings for the US three times in response to the Trump administration's tougher border stance.

Hot take: if a country is this unsafe for Australians to visit, that country should not be allowed to maintain military bases inside Australia where Australians cannot go.
Australia's travel advice for the US has toughened three times since April www.abc.net.au/news/...

When the Greens were preparing to assume the balance of power in 2011, then Leader Senator Bob Brown saw the future.
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Greens leader backs Waters for top job www.smh.com.au/natio...

Stellar hat tho