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Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Highlander has it bear hands down

Single frame. Scale. On one side of scale, weighing heavily, a small gold weight marked “OCT 7 2023”. On the other side, much lighter, a huge bag (of sand?) marked “EVERY DAY SINCE.”

Scale.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

The Age of Men is over. The Age of the Orc is at hand.
- Gothmog

Well don't I feel stupid

For me it was when Kate Carnell tried to 'deem everyone resigned" so she didn't have to pay redundancies when she tried outsourcing government IT services.

Anthony Albanese left off Donald Trump meeting schedule in New York The Australian prime minister appears to have failed to secure a bilateral with the US president on his visit to the UN general assembly in New York

This is very good news. Meeting Trump is a bad idea that never helps anyone or any country. Stay as far away from the fetid, racist, sex pest as you can.

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

Dutch late night TV has its take

The only thing Charlie Kirk had in common with Jesus is that Christians get mad when you quote him to them.

Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.

Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.

(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).

Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax

amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

I once had a manager who called me out for not working.
"What were you doing?"
"Thinking. It's a new thing but you should try it."

They replaced him after the entire 5eam resigned.

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

A friend of mine has tried multiple times to get his children to eat spicy food but they always decline, saying "It's to tasty Daddy!"

It is in that spirit that I shall now be referred to as Neurotasty.

Your compliance with my preferred pronoun is both expected and appreciated.

Retarded, retard.

Cue the TERF outrage. Just Kidding is going to lose her mind because ... bathroom sports or something.

I got a text message from my bank yesterday saying they're applying the rate change over night. Checked and its already done.
Leave the big 4, find better options.

Thanks Jo - excellent program as usual

FWIW, I spent the last six months looking to start a media company focused on serious political content that properly pays its way. It can't be done without a trade off to hype, because Australia is about 9 million people short of a sustainable domestic market. That's why we don't have one.

Once again, its time to start flagging boycotts to the World Cup and the Olympics.

Bravo to the Sub here. Splendid work.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again, I'm not pirating your <book/movie/pharmaceutical/software>, I'm training my AI.

I mean, AI is just a distillation of the human refuse on Twitter searching for a business model. Its not evil per se, its just the people who created it and use it and push it like new age crack...

The IDF is the most accident prone defence force in the world.

I will be disappointed if every time she fronts the press she's not asked if she condemns her husband. Palestinian voices are required to condemn Hamas every time, she should be held to the same standard.

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

jokes aside, I don’t think this is going to make Teslas unsafe because we all know Grok will pay attention to the road rules since it’s been programmed to believe that white lines matter

Just days after Elon Musk's AI chatbot praised Hitler and called itself "MechaHitler", Australia's lead advisor on fighting antisemitism praised Musk's platform X's use of AI to "root out hate" 😵‍💫

www.crikey.com.au/20...

Hey @albomp.bsky.social if you spend any time on this report to defund institutions for racism before addressing the report on systemic racism in the NT police, you're a hypocrite. Given the 'report' erased first nations history in the first paragraph, its easy to see it as a policy for colonialism

Israel: silencing dissent everywhere - The Shot The pro-Israel lobby isn’t designed to balance debate nor to enrich it – it is designed to silence it.

Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'Israel: silencing dissent everywhere'