Wayne
@coldnovemberwayne.bsky.social
I know one thing: I know nothing.
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A stupid and unjust entangling of policing and welfare.
The Albanese govt should put their time and effort into things that would make a real difference:
fixing the ineffective job provider scheme, and getting rid of the cruel and counterproductive 'mutual obligation' system. #poverty #auspol
The Albanese govt should put their time and effort into things that would make a real difference:
fixing the ineffective job provider scheme, and getting rid of the cruel and counterproductive 'mutual obligation' system. #poverty #auspol
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
Everyone prefers a nice, proper coffee, but seriously, God bless the inventor of instant coffee.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Everyone prefers a nice, proper coffee, but seriously, God bless the inventor of instant coffee.
POP
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
POP
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Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
I love a bit of history, and I love the Sniper Elite games, so when I heard that the Rebellion Games CEO has a YouTube channel I had to check it out. I was sold the second I saw this intro:
youtu.be/CEOs5J4ECOM?...
youtu.be/CEOs5J4ECOM?...
Where did Medieval People drink, eat and sleep? Taverns, Inns & Alehouses
YouTube video by Modern History TV
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November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I love a bit of history, and I love the Sniper Elite games, so when I heard that the Rebellion Games CEO has a YouTube channel I had to check it out. I was sold the second I saw this intro:
youtu.be/CEOs5J4ECOM?...
youtu.be/CEOs5J4ECOM?...
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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8 years since I published the first investigative piece into gig economy rider safety conditions here in Australia. No one else was writing about it at the time medium.com/@Asher_Wolf/...
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
8 years since I published the first investigative piece into gig economy rider safety conditions here in Australia. No one else was writing about it at the time medium.com/@Asher_Wolf/...
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on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.
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In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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xAI's data centres are one of the few sites in the world where we actually know why they exist and the outputs they produce.
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
xAI's data centres are one of the few sites in the world where we actually know why they exist and the outputs they produce.
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
So everyone local life shortened by the choking air pollution from the fossil fuelled power plant built to run this site: we know it's for shit like this
I had some wild dreams last night but the only one I remember is @ozskier.bsky.social hitting on me by sitting next to me at a Diwali party and saying "'Sup"
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I had some wild dreams last night but the only one I remember is @ozskier.bsky.social hitting on me by sitting next to me at a Diwali party and saying "'Sup"
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I'm taking questions for the next edition of Ask it to Bulis. Hit me with your Canucks and Goldeneyes questions: passittobulis.substack.com/p/ask-it-to-...
Ask it to Bulis: Hit me with your questions
Soliciting your Canucks and Goldeneyes-related questions.
passittobulis.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm taking questions for the next edition of Ask it to Bulis. Hit me with your Canucks and Goldeneyes questions: passittobulis.substack.com/p/ask-it-to-...
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NEW: I've got some details about what the government will be tracking to see whether the teen social media ban is a success
It includes info on data the platforms will be forced to hand over and the study of thousands of teens and their carers pre- and post-ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It includes info on data the platforms will be forced to hand over and the study of thousands of teens and their carers pre- and post-ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
NEW: I've got some details about what the government will be tracking to see whether the teen social media ban is a success
It includes info on data the platforms will be forced to hand over and the study of thousands of teens and their carers pre- and post-ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It includes info on data the platforms will be forced to hand over and the study of thousands of teens and their carers pre- and post-ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Worth a re-post.
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Worth a re-post.
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These docs show that the Department knew many job providers' decisions are incorrect - and complain about the administrative burden of overturning them
Their solution? Give job providers new, automated powers to make harsher punishments w/ less government oversight. Legally disastrous
Their solution? Give job providers new, automated powers to make harsher punishments w/ less government oversight. Legally disastrous
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
These docs show that the Department knew many job providers' decisions are incorrect - and complain about the administrative burden of overturning them
Their solution? Give job providers new, automated powers to make harsher punishments w/ less government oversight. Legally disastrous
Their solution? Give job providers new, automated powers to make harsher punishments w/ less government oversight. Legally disastrous
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NEW: I have obtained, under FOI, a secret Department report that initially recommended the Targeted Compliance Framework - aka, the unlawful "mutual obligations" scheme
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW: I have obtained, under FOI, a secret Department report that initially recommended the Targeted Compliance Framework - aka, the unlawful "mutual obligations" scheme
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
It reveals that, like Robodebt, they recklessly built this thing to punish "entitled" frauds who never existed
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men