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‘Not approved for human use’: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects

In an investigation into unapproved injectable peptides, @arielbogle.bsky.social and I looked into the influencers promoting them on social media, and websites claiming to sell these experimental drugs for “research purposes”. Our piece came out over the weekend: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Mass Shooters Are Performing for One Another The goal of these attacks is to join a lineage of infamous killers.

In the days after last week's Minneapolis shooting, I've been continually haunted by the shooter's video and the nihilistic contagion that seems to spread in mass shooter fandom communities. I spoke to @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social about how to process this terrible phenomenon w/o helping perpetuate it

Still thinking about how the TikTok video that supposedly “inspired” the August 31 March for Australia tucked footage from the 2005 Cronulla race riots in between AI clips of Australian flags. I matched this to ABC footage from the day. The message was there from the start, if you cared to see it.

Why fires have become the new front in the post-COVID fight for ‘freedom’ Nova Scotia’s ban on entering the woods to prevent forest fires has been met with online outrage over what some see as an attack on personal freedom.

New by @alexboyd.bsky.social with comment from me.

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YouTube video by The Sunday Shot Oh What a Tangled Web - August 31 - Wendy Bacon and Joel Jenkins

The #SundayShot Is FINALLY up for your viewing pleasure and should now be more or less a smooth watch (although Wendy is mostly a disembodied voice…)! So please do watch (& subscribe) as @arielbogle.bsky.social, @wendybacon1.bsky.social & @boganintel.bsky.social are great.

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Thank you, Joe!

Relatedly I think journalism could maybe use stronger professional style norms around not anthropomorphizing the computer systems we report on/reference in our writing.

The Australian MP Graeme Campbell has died — a mention of him from our book Conspiracy Nation that isn’t in the obituaries so far. Campbell travelled from Labor to Australia First to One Nation.

Some of the names I read for this video:

Yahya Subaih, who tirelessly told the stories of his community, died in an Israeli airstrike.

Ahmed el-Helou of the Quds News Network, killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Hassan Sammour, a broadcaster who worked for Al Aqsa Voice Radio, died the same day.

One of the many devastating things about making this video was that we had to update it about three times during the making to account for further killings of journalists, including (you'll see at the end) a special mention of the 6 Al Jazeera journalists targeted by Israel. Please watch to the end.

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths

Lincoln is out of prison but a ‘lifetime’ penalty hangs over him. Does a NSW police anti-firearm scheme go too far? New data examining enhanced police search powers brings into question the efficacy and fairness of weapon and firearm prohibition orders

"About 51% of the 4,267 people in NSW with WPOs identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander – a “concerning level of over-representation”, according to Jonathan Hall Spence, the principal solicitor with the Justice and Equity Centre." #auslaw #nswpol
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🚨BREAKING: ISRAEL ASSASSINATES AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT ANAS AL-SHARIF

Israel also killed Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Quraqa and wounded Al-Kawthar correspondent Mohammed Subh in a strike on Al Jazeera’s tent at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out. But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time. Members of Jordan’s military stand among pallets of aid about to be dropped on Gaza. Continue reading...

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky

EPISODE 57: Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson! Listen to TINFOIL TALES on RedCircle

‼️ new episode ‼️

When we heard that @cameronwilson & @arielbogle were writing a book we got pretty excited

“Conspiracy Nation” takes a look at Australian conspiracy theories, their history, appeal and political influence

So here’s our interview

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Is Australia a conspiracy theory nation? - podcast Reged Ahmad talks with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson about the threat conspiracy theories pose to Australia

Had a good chat with with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social on their new book. Apart from examining the dangers, it's also a compassionate look at why some are drawn down the rabbit hole. #FullStory @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

These brothers grew up revering their great-uncle Bill. Then the full story came out Constable Bill McKinnon shot an Aboriginal man at Uluru. Facing up to crimes like this is part of the work Indigenous Australians have been calling on colonial descendants to do for decades – to ‘be b...

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‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out The people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding there. For months they have watched as their children waste away. “All my children have lost nearly half of their body weight,” said Jamil Mughari, a 38-year-old from Maghazi in central Gaza. “My daughter, who is five years old, now weighs only 11kg. My son Mohammad has become just skin and bones. All my children are like this. Continue reading...

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

Episode 31: Conspiracy Nation Book Launch with Ariel Bogle and Cameron Wilson Read Them Sideways · Episode

Happy publication week! 🎉

I had the genuine pleasure of chatting with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social last week about their new book, CONSPIRACY NATION.

Can confirm, it’s an excellent read.

You can hear their thoughts on the link below: open.spotify.com/episode/00Go...

MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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This chat with @cameronwilson.bsky.social & @arielbogle.bsky.social hitting your wireless in 8 minnies. 855 AM. 3CR.org.au

Wiradjuri man Paul Coe, a ‘legend of the land rights movement’, dies age 76 The lawyer and activist who helped lead the Australian civil rights movement ‘changed the lives of Aboriginal people across the nation’ * Warning: This article contains the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died Aboriginal lawyer and activist Paul Coe, who helped create the first Aboriginal Legal Service and championed the fight for land rights, has died aged 76. The beloved community figure has been remembered as a giant of the land rights movement who “changed the lives of Aboriginal people across the nation”. Continue reading...

Wiradjuri man Paul Coe, a ‘legend of the land rights movement’, dies age 76

Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Conspiracy Nation: Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson deep dive into the strange beliefs and hidden worlds of their new book Conspiracy Nation

Very excited to host a conversation with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social at UNSW to discuss Conspiracy Nation, their new book out now. Come join us as we talk about the book, their experience writing it, and buy a copy while you're there!
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Thank you! Interested to know what you think…

Thank you Rohan!!

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