Strong content warning: Police assault of protester #auspol

From Jared Kimpton @jared_kimpton on Twitter

I'm inclined to review my membership of the ALP. The police brutality at the demonstration in Sydney on 9 February could be the last straw. I would still want to vote strategically, dreaming of preselections yielding Labor parliamentarians prepared to speak out against genocide.

🎥 Protest outside Sydney Town Hall as demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and called for Herzog’s arrest.

Live: Government urges protesters to be respectful after clash with police The government is urging people protesting the visit of Israel's president to be respectful after tensions flared at a Sydney rally. Follow live.

The government is urging people protesting the visit of Israel's president to be respectful after tensions flared at a Sydney rally. Follow live.

then more pile in, the punches are totally visible.

Australia's heading in a rough direction.

this is absolutely disgraceful

(Suddenly was kept out of the No. 1 slot in Australia by The Loco-motion, Kylie's debut single.)

six degrees of Tina: She's in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (wearing chainmail). So is Angry Anderson singer for Rose Tattoo who became a TV personality on tabloid TV shows (shockingly Partridge), then had a huge hit (Suddenly) that was used as the Wedding theme for Kylie and Jason in Neighbours.

damn cool thread.

living with tank water has absolutely changed how I understand water, and it remains my biggest issue with AI.

You could read this whole interview with Mandy Ord really.
I think she's amazing - one of the most wonderful comics makers in Australia:
foliocomics.com/interviews/m...

here's a chat with the wonderful Mandy Ord about mini-comics in Australia:
foliocomics.com/stories/stor...

Melbourne Scenius: Avante garde comics by michael-fikaris A personal essay from artist, publisher, curator and comics maker Micheal Fikaris

now something by Michael Fikaris - the most amazing networker of the underground and art scenes I've ever ever met (yeah I know this legend)
foliocomics.com/essays/melbo...

absolutely pissing with rain. GO TASSIE

The Tony Thorne Interview ...

first, this interview with the GREAT Tony Thorne, great Lutruwita comics creator who also makes the wonderful animation Little Jay and Big Cuz - the first ever children's cartoon featuring Australian First Nations people.
foliocomics.com/interviews/t...

Folio: Stories of Australian comics A series of interviews and essays with comics makers that shines a light on the community of Australian comics and Australian storytelling.

this Folio Australian comics collection is wonderful, do dive in!
I'm also going to throw out stuff by people I particularly love:

foliocomics.com

i read it, and fwiw it's good stuff. Real good!

we got a new bed. Next, i need to update the sleep apnea machine, and get a bit more exercise. The greyhound will help.

Old Litkinov This story is one of my favourite things I wrote last year. I'm making it free for 24 hours, so a few more people have chance to read an example of my short fiction. If you'd like to support my writin...

Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...

New Treatment Wipes Out Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Tissue A dual-action nanomaterial uses cancer’s own chemistry to destroy tumors while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

We're tantalizingly close to a broad spectrum cancer treatment with fewer side effects than chemo or radiation therapy.

Fuck cancer.

The Village Message Board Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.

Dear new followers. I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

'Rapeseed flower fields in Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China. These fields are known for their spectacular golden color when in full bloom during early spring. The unique landscape features countless karst peaks rising dramatically from a vast expanse of yellow flowers'

Rapeseed flower fields in Luoping County, Yunnan Province.

More here.
www.yunnanexploration.com/attractions/....

in a mood to watch some sort of terrifying early 80s children's TV, thanks.

AMATEUR MAGICIAN.
1. You should compile these into a book
2. I just sprayed my phone with my second coffee.

YouTube video by Black Country Communion - Topic One Last Soul

Late period Glenn Hughes from about 15 years ago. Total killer. Also: I love the fact that The KLF just billed him as ‘Glenn Hughes: The Voice of Rock’ for ‘America: What Time is Love’. People forget about Hughes but he’s up there with Dio.

youtu.be/TtZHEhoIP2Y?...

🩷 been feeling this all day.

Nothing will happen. I’m so fucking angry.

There has been some absolute bullshit involved with Australian Mardi Gras this year & it really just reinforces the fact that these events/organisations that really rely on corporate money & proximity to politicians are absolute garbage who have no interest in genuine queer liberation

Mary Gaudron QC sat at a desk. She is a white woman with light hair in a very 1980s blowout.

#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.

#WomenInHistory #AustralianHistory #WomenInLaw 🗃️

Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say Deepfake fraud has gone “industrial”, an analysis published by AI experts has said. Tools to create tailored, even personalised, scams – leveraging, for example, deepfake videos of Swedish journalists or the president of Cyprus – are no longer niche, but inexpensive and easy to deploy at scale, said the analysis from the AI Incident Database. Continue reading...

Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds