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“To pretend that this visit from the president of a rogue genocidal project, booed at the Olympics and reviled around the world is apolitical is, frankly, insulting.

“Do we get foreign dignitaries from any other nation into parliament to speak for mourning Australians during any other tragedy?”

New Australia Institute research shows Australian high schools are the most expensive in the OECD.

"I can't see any policy case for taxpayers giving money to a school that can afford an air-conditioned equestrian arena."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

The NSW govt needs to elect a new public. Police say this one is not acceptable.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

This is so cringeworthy. She’s begging her constituents to use crap tools that don’t work in order to benefit billionaires in another country. And when she says ‘AI’, you can replace it with ‘lying chatbot’ (hat tip: David Gerard).

We couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.

Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.

Good summary of a deeply unsatisfying Boxing Day test.

Aaand 13 wickets later I reinstate that comment.

I’d like to withdraw the comment about flogging the Poms.

Merry Christmas Greg - thanks for fighting the good fight. Look forward to enjoying your posts on Boxing Day as we (continue to) flog the Poms.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!

chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group

1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy

That kid is going to have some confused politics.

Really should be winning it from here. #saintsfc

YouTube video by David Marler Jay Weatherill tells Josh Frydenberg his govt is a disgrace & anti-South Australian

Obligatory viewing…

m.youtube.com/watch?v=eoRx...

Feeling pretty nervous given our recent second half performances. Should be winning this though. Come on you #SaintsFC

Entertaining game - should be ahead. Norwich a threat too. Ref losing control of it a bit - they should have a couple of yellows at least. Fraser a poor substitute for Fellows - he always wants to go backwards. #saintsfc

She’s the hero we need

@minniesmum.bsky.social excellent interview with ASRC about Nauru at 26:00

JFK ‘warfighters’. He’s like a six-year-old playing with toy soldiers.

Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV has confirmed it will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, becoming the fifth country to withdraw in protest at Israel's participation.

BRILLIANT

Well done Iceland!!!
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."

"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

You forgot to mention how much water AI consumes. I used to think climate change posed the biggest threat to the existence of humankind. Now, I think AI is more likely to wipe out the majority of humans, faster than climate change will.

This is one of the most confronting things I've read in recent memory.

Despite the title, it's not about the environmental impacts of AI - it's about extreme tech oligarchy.

Does anyone have an argument or three to refute it? It seems logical to me.

open.substack.com/pub/theturni...

Gotta feel for the umpire there - two incorrect decisions in a row! #TheAshes

Israel is continuing to bomb children with impunity during the ‘ceasefire’.

can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics

It can do plenty of harm there too.

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

Cheers @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social! I will admit the only one I didn’t finish was Jack’s (too much swearing for me). Fave fiction: Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman. Best non-fiction goes to Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant (about the Luddites).

Tool used as a cudgel to discipline workers is popular with execs and management. 🤷🏽‍♀️