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Snapchat blocks more than 400,000 Australian accounts but warns of ‘significant gaps’ in under-16s social media ban Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’

"4.7m account deactivations across the 10 platforms" is utter bullshit, btw. Josh Taylor points out:

"this includes not just accounts identified as being under 16 but includes historical, inactive and duplicate accounts".

As teens will tell you, the ban is having almost zero effect.

The Media Forgot How to Cover One Nation Properly Three decades ago, Pauline Hanson’s brand of politics was so shocking, aberrant and dangerous that it made the front page of The Washington Post. This week, Australian journalists gave her the softest...

The coverage of One Nation this week has been some of the softest coverage of any political force, ever. It's been a shocking week.

I think people would be shocked to realise how it compares to what journalists were asking Pauline Hanson 25 years ago.

www.lamestream.com.au/how-the-medi...

“The normalisation of One Nation, through reality TV, breakfast TV slots and inclusion as a serious political player in Australia has been media-driven, dressed up as the people’s choice,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.

Read Amy Remeikis’ full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4alz8EU

What’s the point of Triple J’s Hottest 100? Once an incubator for Australia’s indie music scene, Triple J’s Hottest 100 is now little more than a tired listicle.

As it stands, the Triple J Hottest 100 only shows what little point of view the station has left, writes Shaad D'Souza. It playlists a lot of the same music as Fox and Nova, and is breaking relatively few Australian artists in the way it once did. satpa.pe/tUgJ6Dc

Are prejudicial statements intended to stoke fear and hate against whole religious communities ok under the new hate speech laws?
Just checking…

News rooms urge caution around using the word 'terrorism' when talking about throwing a bomb at an Invasion Day protest, "it's not like something extreme happened like a uni student eating a slice of watermelon."

I have a lot of old anime magazines from the early '80s, and there's so many fan letters about how the Urusei Yatsura anime is bad and Mamoru Oshii ruined it and ruined Lum, etc. No doubt in my mind this is why the Stormtroopers get so much screentime. I love these nerds

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Front page of todays The Zo: Traitors versus the true: our values undersiege

The Oz all out there trying to find the guys who helped give the far right legitimacy

Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports

Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports

Sick of the heat. Six week trip to Japan being planned for mid January and all of February for 2027 already. Totally prefer snow any day

The highest temperature ever recorded in Victoria is 48.8°C at Hopetoun on 7 Feb 2009.
The forecast for Tuesday at Ouyen Victoria is 49°C.

Colin Hay ‘strenuously disapproves’ use of Down Under at March for Australia rallies Former Men at Work frontman, who was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia, tells anti-immigration protestors, ‘Go write you own song, leave mine alone’ * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay has disavowed the use of the band’s 80s anthem Down Under by Australian anti-immigration protesters, saying the song “does not belong to those who attempt to sow xenophobia”. In a post to his Facebook and Instagram accounts, the singer-songwriter singled out anti-immigration group March for Australia, who have organised marches around the country on 26 January under the slogan “Our national identity will not be erased”. Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Colin Hay ‘strenuously disapproves’ use of Down Under at March for Australia rallies

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Scoop: One of the first acts of Australia's new anti-corruption watchdog, NACC, was to carry out $30 million of office fit-outs.

It was only when staff were preparing the agency's first annual report that they realised the project broke laws meant to fight... corruption.

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Conviction not required (4) A person does not need to have been convicted of a hate crime in order for the AFP Minister to be satisfied an organisation has engaged in conduct of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1)(a). No procedural fairness required (5) The AFP Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness in deciding whether or not the AFP Minister is satisfied for the purposes of this section.

Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech

Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.

Screen shot of a YouTube episode of "The Rest is Entertainment" podcast. The thumbnail shows the two presenters, with an image of the leads from "Heated Rivalry", and the text "Women love gay romance".

"Women Love Gay Romance" says a popular British entertainment podcast on ice hockey drama "Heated Rivalry". In the 80s, or even into the 90s, it wasn't uncommon for yaoi or boys love to be discussed in the west as a somewhat mysterious interest on the part of Japanese women and girls.

The ‘V’ Files: The Shocking Legacy of an ’80s Sci-Fi Cult Classic Hollywood backstabbing, conspiracy theories, and the devastating murder of a star behind the TV alien-invasion sensation.

"In the 1935 book, the US is torn apart by a flamboyant blowhard politician who uses fearmongering and empty promises to the working class to win election before consolidating his power, shattering the traditions of governance, breaking any laws that constrain him and stoking paranoia and division."

with the greatest respect to my colleague dr k, this seems pretty open and shut

Exclusive: pro-Israel campaign seeks removal of Palestinian DJ from WOMADelaide After ruining the Adelaide and Bendigo writers festivals, pro-Israel supporters are now targeting WOMADelaide’s inclusion of Sama’ Abdulhadi

What is the end game here? No publicly funded cultural events that aren’t approved by Israel? No arts boards that aren’t pro-Israel? The sections of our political class and media who are active in this attempted gutting of our cultural landscape need to ask wtf they are doing here.

American Confused How Australia Has Time To Have Royal Commission After Every Mass Shooting — The Shovel "We tend to find that sending out ‘thoughts and prayers’ and saying ‘now is not the time to talk about this’ is a more efficient way to learn from our mass shootings”.

"We tend to find that sending out ‘thoughts and prayers’ and saying ‘now is not the time to talk about this’ is a more efficient way to learn from our mass shootings”.

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Wilcox cartoon was divisive – and we apologise for the hurt it has caused Although there is no place in this country for hate speech, there must be room for people to express their views on politics and world events.

Just saw this. What utter bullshit. The Israel lobby are devoted to destroying the livelihoods of anyone who does not share their love of genocide.

The SMH is a rag.

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Sorry, but you're all bunch of neurotic fucken weirdos and got what you deserved by voting that fucken dickhead in again. My empathy for Americans has virtually disappeared

Yankland is fucken shithole. Imagine debating if a woman seemingly killed for no reason by law enforcement deserved it. I'd say that's fucking third world shit, but I think that'd be an insult to people living in third world countries

新谷かおる原作アニメ「クレオパトラD.C.」のBD発売、TOKYO MXで一挙放送も
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/655471?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

Sorry, but this place is still kinda shit for a lot of Japanese pop culture news and info

Sort of gives away what this is all about doesn’t it.

Had anything like this happened before in Australia? A Royal Commissioner appointed through negotiation with bad-faith actors, details leaked out via extremist activists journalists?