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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 3h

The simple truth is we've allowed journalism to become a simulucra of journalism.

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2h

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She-wolf of Naarm, Prowling for Narrative Work @jadedsynic.bsky.social · 2h

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Sa-ilent-hill Bajaj (Still Looking for Work) @sahilbajaj.dev · 2h

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2h

What happened?

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2h

When they turn up at someone's door and tell you there's a tariff to pay, and that they only accept bank or cashier's cheques, how is anyone supposed to deal with that?
You can't pull one out of your arse for a sum you weren't told about until that moment.

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 8h

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 20h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 9h

Most days I can't tell if he's a fascist arsehole lying through his teeth, or a tragic gullible senile doddering old man, unable to distinguish reality from the lies his staff are feeding him.

Or maybe a bit of both.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 10h

I think this guy is actually president imo

Trump is a doddering old man, barely aware of his own surroundings, getting worked over by underlings.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 23h

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

This is the right question! All these so-called fightin’ governors sure don’t seem to be commanding the resources they do have to protect anyone.

Goodpapajama @goodpapajamma.bsky.social · 17h

When ICE agents use excessive force and flout state laws, why are they not being arrested on the spot? Why are the state and cities not telling their troopers and police to watch what is happening and intervene when necessary to protect their citizens.

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 16d

new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced

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Ash McAllan @acegiak.bsky.social · 1d

Since learning that I'm being laid off so many lovely people have offered support, saying "let me know what I can do". So I wrote a zine:

Things You Can Do For Your Depressed ADHD/Autistic Friend While She Looks For Work

PDF here: bit.ly/TYCDFYDAAFWS...
On itch for $0 here: bit.ly/TYCDFYDAAFWS...

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 2d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 1d

Pointless. It looks like all the coal power plants in QLD will be shut down long before that.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Australia's Queensland reverses policy, pledges to keep using coal power reut.rs/42BhtoJ

Australia's Queensland reverses policy, pledges to keep using coal power

Australia's Queensland state government said on Friday it would run coal power plants at least into the 2040s, reversing a previous plan to pivot rapidly to renewables and in turn making national emissions reduction targets harder to achieve.

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure that the Nobel Peace Prize is never going to go to the sort of person who wants to rename the Department of Defence to the Department of War, and who says he wants increased brutality from his troops.

Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2d

Look, as long as the runtime is 90 minutes or more, I say let them do it and find out how fucking time-consuming and expensive it is to get even a shit result.

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2d

The frog *could* be armed. He might be holding a tiny plastic fork underneath that costume. And the very idea completely emasculates the ICE troops. They're practically wetting themselves in terror of the unknown.

I'm concerned that they're going to just start shooting live rounds, like cowards.

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2d

So, I've been watching the footage of wizard-frog — or whatever we're calling him right now — and what struck me is that these ICE clowns are basically desk-jockeys, stuffed into uniforms and playing soldier. They're all authority and bluster, only so long as NOBODY LOOKS LIKE THEY CAN FIGHT BACK.

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 2d

They arrested Roosevelt's girlfriend?

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Stu Barrow @functionary.bsky.social · 2d

If the industry can be killed by asking permission from artists it should be killed by asking permission from artists.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 3d

if a minister in their 30s did this they’d be smeared for weeks

stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 3d

David Pocock asks Don Farrell some serious questions about why the govt has not implemented an important recommendation from the #RobodebtRC.
Farrell caught playing on his phone, not even paying attention.🙄 Pocock hasn’t the patience to try again & moves on. #Estimates

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the bind: AI search requires that millions of web-sites keep producing quality content. If those sites can't maintain themselves *because* of AI search, then AI search winds up with a dwindling pool of content to use. System falls down.

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Fears of online journalism Armageddon as Google changes the game

One year on from the rollout of Google AI Overviews in Australia, exclusive data shows steep year-on-year declines in readership for the top news websites as smaller publishers warn of lay-offs.

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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 3d

It’s been a couple of years since I visited Melbourne and actually walked the city, but I was left with the distinct impression yesterday that the number of people living rough in central Melbourne has significantly increased. Are we really okay as a country with people unsupported like this?

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Ash McAllan @acegiak.bsky.social · 3d

Welp, Im a casualty from last weeks Stockholm Gamedev Bloodbath
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net

Generation Zero Cover Image featuring A person with dog robot companion firing a rocket launcher at a giant bipedal robot.

Cover image of Game Of Thrones: Tale Of Crows featuring 3 dioramas of the frozen north and the wall of ice

Cover image of City Of Red Waters featuring cedar trees in a red bayou

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