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Spain to launch tool to monitor hate on social media, PM Sanchez says MADRID, March 11 () - Spain will launch a tool to measure hate speech on digital ‌platforms as part of a broader strategy ‌to increase oversight of social media companies, Prime Minister Pedro ​Sanche...

The tool, called HODIO (Spanish for Footprint of Hatred and Polarisation), will track the presence, spread, and impact of online hate speech as part of a broader oversight of SM platforms.

Results will be made public to show how platforms respond to harmful content.

Germany, Austria say they'll release oil from reserves in response to 400 million barrel request Germany and Austria say they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency request for its members to release 400 million barrels to help temper energy price spikes due to the Iran war.

Germany and Austria say they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency request for its members to release 400 million barrels to help temper energy price spikes due to the Iran war.

Everyone in this country has gone insane | Opinion Not a Single Voice of Reason to Be Found Among the Pundits, Politicians and General Public, Who All Run to the Shelters on an Hourly Basis but Smile When They Emerge, Praising the Iran War and the Ble...

“Everyone in This Country Has Gone Insane”

The disproportionate level of force visible in this image is insane. Meanwhile, a White supremacist who charged into a peaceful Iftar dinner in Ballarat, screaming that he was going to kill women and children, was simply told to “move on” by Victoria Police.

This morning the Labor Government couldn’t even bring themselves to support a motion that condemns Islamophobia and calls for action. Instead, they shut down debate while whitesplaining a Muslim woman and attacking the Greens.

Australians distrust Tesla more than X, according to Roy Morgan. www.roymorgan.com/findings/101...

This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

Larissa Waters asks Penny Wong if Australia is “at war”
Wong “we are engaged in collective self defence…”
Waters “Point of order on relevance, are we at war?”
Wong “I responded by being clear that we are engaged in collective self defence…”
Is that a yes? 🤔 #auspol

Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history. It raised est. $1.73 bn of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians and plunged thousands of families into distress and grief. And still no real consequences.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Tony Burke says he’ll be speaking to the AFP after Vic Police let a far-right extremist off without arrest following a violent attack on a Muslim community in Ballarat.
Burke “Don’t pretend you’re patriotic”🔥 #auspol

SA Liberal Party candidate says 'same-sex marriage is not real' and 'feminism is demonic' A Liberal candidate says "same-sex marriage is not real" and "feminism is demonic", in views Liberal leader Ashton Hurn says she does not share, but will leave up to voters to decide.

#Auspol. #SouthAustralia
This is the standard of candidates for SA's LNP! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Taking us backwards again.

Australians hit by soaring petrol prices now face expected blow of interest rate rise Economists predict RBA board will hike cash rate to 4.1% next week as inflation climbs and energy costs surge

Who wants to bet petrol will crack AUD$3 a litre within the next month?

The passages clearing Morrison of fault are extraordinary

NACC says Morrison is technically "responsible" as cabinet Minister, but not "personally at fault"

If responsibility exists without consequence...then what does "ministerial accountability" even mean anymore?

Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East. And legal experts ...

“We are now a party to the conflict.”

Fair dinkum, mate. Crikey, Jimbo will do me for a rough cobber. Have a shake of that sauce bottle. She’ll be right. 🙄

"This groundbreaking book argues that building peaceful democracies requires confronting authoritarian legacies and holding perpetrators accountable." Beatriz Magaloni

Accountability Shock by Guillermo Trejo, @tiscornia21.bsky.social, & @juanalbarracind.bsky.social, Out Now

https://cup.org/4r42FZ9

Looming CSIRO job cuts come at 'critical moment' for climate change action Scientists are calling on the Australian government to push back on a plan to scrap hundreds of jobs at the nation's science agency, as they await the release of further details this week.

Scientists call for urgent funding as hundreds of CSIRO job cuts loom
Further details about the up to 350 jobs losses expected at the CSIRO are likely to be announced this week.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

SA Liberal Party candidate says 'same-sex marriage is not real' and 'feminism is demonic' A Liberal candidate says "same-sex marriage is not real", "feminism is demonic" and has questioned what "demonic realms" might be opened up to the world when homosexuality is accepted, in clips shown ...

And....batter up. Another right wing monkey man requiring man pads after his rant. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East. And legal experts ...

We’re at war. Great. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Name a more iconic duo 🥸

I’m pronouncing it this way until the end of time

It really is 2003 all over again.

US weighs oil futures market action to combat price spikes, White House official says The U.S. Treasury Department is expected to announce measures ​as soon as Thursday aimed at combating rising energy prices in the wake of the Iran conflict, including potential action involving the ‌o...

Chris Wright announcing and then retracting the claim US navy had already escorted an oil tanker through the Strait is another bizarre feature of the US war: financial manipulation. It's like they're saying whatever to bring markets into line, even as they short traders who step out of line.

What do you mean I have to publish another paper after I am done with this one. That doesn't sound right. That sounds like a pyramid scheme

This Guardian story amplifies anger at Russia's return to the Venice Biennale.

You'd never know from reading it that Israel and the US are currently engaged in an illegal war of aggression on Iran.

Isn't that "whitewashing war crimes" too, Guardian?

Muslims traumatised after right-wing attack on community dinner A Muslim community in Ballarat is left traumatised after a man barged into a community dinner allegedly throwing punches and yelling abuse.

This is the future Pauline Hanson and One Nation want for Australia: Racism, hatred, and male violence against women and children.

Tapping the sign. Even if it’s too outrageous to dwell on.

Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power The administration has also obtained records from Fulton County, Georgia, as Trump continues to focus on the 2020 election he lost.

This is the election coup in plain sight.

He is not leaving legally or peacefully.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

He’s panicking.

Like at this point it’s no secret to the people writing these headlines that this kind of thing has been roundly criticized for years and years. It’s an intentional, conscientious decision on their part. They know they’re propagandists (and, for better or worse, we all are!).