Danielle Navarro
@djnavarro.net
not very committed to sparkle motion
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Q. Why should LGBTIQ+ Australians trust the PM's answer that he would consider adding further grounds to hate speech laws *after* the current Bill is passed given his past broken promise on protecting LGBTQ+ students & teachers?
A. We shouldn't.
#auslaw #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A. We shouldn't.
#auslaw #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor considering extending new hate speech protections to LGBTQ+ Australians and religious groups
Anne Aly said the government was ‘open to considering extending the protections to other types of hate’
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Q. Why should LGBTIQ+ Australians trust the PM's answer that he would consider adding further grounds to hate speech laws *after* the current Bill is passed given his past broken promise on protecting LGBTQ+ students & teachers?
A. We shouldn't.
#auslaw #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A. We shouldn't.
#auslaw #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
anyway... back to complaining about my own batshit premier weighing in on decision making matters outside his legal purview 🤦♀️
or maybe something else. it's already on record that i think minns is somehow even worse than berejiklian
idk, maybe some art, stats, or code even. auspol is exhausting rn
or maybe something else. it's already on record that i think minns is somehow even worse than berejiklian
idk, maybe some art, stats, or code even. auspol is exhausting rn
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
anyway... back to complaining about my own batshit premier weighing in on decision making matters outside his legal purview 🤦♀️
or maybe something else. it's already on record that i think minns is somehow even worse than berejiklian
idk, maybe some art, stats, or code even. auspol is exhausting rn
or maybe something else. it's already on record that i think minns is somehow even worse than berejiklian
idk, maybe some art, stats, or code even. auspol is exhausting rn
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why I have trust issues
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
why I have trust issues
A truly wonderful moment of internet history. It was so beautiful
the funniest thing about Scott Adams registering a sockpuppet account to praise himself on metafilter in 2011 is that another user (StrikeTheViol) clocked it immediately for perfect timing
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A truly wonderful moment of internet history. It was so beautiful
And so it ends. The entire board is gone, and Adelaide Writers Week is cancelled for 2026. All because it was politically unpalatable to allow a Palestinian woman to have a public voice. Absolute shuttlecrash.
Adelaide Festival is done - and the rest of the board has stepped down
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
And so it ends. The entire board is gone, and Adelaide Writers Week is cancelled for 2026. All because it was politically unpalatable to allow a Palestinian woman to have a public voice. Absolute shuttlecrash.
Reposted by Danielle Navarro
You know, in a normal world, a Jewish programming director inviting a Palestinian author to speak would be celebrated as a positive example of this “social cohesion” thing.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM
You know, in a normal world, a Jewish programming director inviting a Palestinian author to speak would be celebrated as a positive example of this “social cohesion” thing.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
At this point I feel Malinauskas' statements reach the threshold of being straight-up bullshit. He knows perfectly well that there is a fundamental difference between disinviting a speaker and *not* disinviting a speaker. If he has evidence that Friedman was actually disinvited he needs to show it
Adelaide's InDaily is doing an extraordinary job of reporting on the Adelaide Writers Week debacle. I don't know @helen-karakulak.bsky.social, but I know she's knocking it out of the park. (So proud to be an occasional contributor!)
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Writers' Week 'spin' under fire - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
This weekend, head to the Barossa Valley for A Day on the Green or discover the park lands on a guided tours.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 11, 2026 at 3:15 AM
At this point I feel Malinauskas' statements reach the threshold of being straight-up bullshit. He knows perfectly well that there is a fundamental difference between disinviting a speaker and *not* disinviting a speaker. If he has evidence that Friedman was actually disinvited he needs to show it
god i am tired of the "haha [male politician i don't like] sucks dick and takes it up the arse and i bet he dresses in women's clothing like a tranny haha i am progressive" jokes on this website.
January 11, 2026 at 1:32 AM
god i am tired of the "haha [male politician i don't like] sucks dick and takes it up the arse and i bet he dresses in women's clothing like a tranny haha i am progressive" jokes on this website.
Reflecting on the Adelaide Writers Week fiasco, as we hit the point where the majority of big name authors have pulled out and it's spreading to the Festival proper. I don't think outsiders realise how beloved the Festival (& Fringe) are as cultural institutions in SA. This is a disaster.
January 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Reflecting on the Adelaide Writers Week fiasco, as we hit the point where the majority of big name authors have pulled out and it's spreading to the Festival proper. I don't think outsiders realise how beloved the Festival (& Fringe) are as cultural institutions in SA. This is a disaster.
truly wild scenes happening in my little corner of the world as australia's premier writers event decides, without offering any coherent explanation, to burn itself to the ground rather than allow a palestinian woman to speak
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
truly wild scenes happening in my little corner of the world as australia's premier writers event decides, without offering any coherent explanation, to burn itself to the ground rather than allow a palestinian woman to speak
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i get that our local absurdities pale in comparison to the deranged things happening overseas, but i'm confused by the current australian zeitgeist in which an indian immigrant and his son did a horrific antisemitic crime, so in response we're banning palestinian writers from book festivals
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 AM
i get that our local absurdities pale in comparison to the deranged things happening overseas, but i'm confused by the current australian zeitgeist in which an indian immigrant and his son did a horrific antisemitic crime, so in response we're banning palestinian writers from book festivals
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There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
setting substance aside, this is genuinely funny. i can't imagine NYT will suddenly stop publishing reams of transphobic garbage but i do enjoy the fact that in very small ways they're getting pushback. mastheads laundering anti-trans hate should face some consequences
no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies
January 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
setting substance aside, this is genuinely funny. i can't imagine NYT will suddenly stop publishing reams of transphobic garbage but i do enjoy the fact that in very small ways they're getting pushback. mastheads laundering anti-trans hate should face some consequences
sometimes i get news stories mixed up in my head and i start wondering why australia really needs to have a royal commission into josh frydenberg killing a woman while seizing an oil tanker off the north atlantic coast in minnesota
January 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
sometimes i get news stories mixed up in my head and i start wondering why australia really needs to have a royal commission into josh frydenberg killing a woman while seizing an oil tanker off the north atlantic coast in minnesota
i adore the razor sharp subtle wit and elegant wordplay for which we australians are justifiably known
January 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM
i adore the razor sharp subtle wit and elegant wordplay for which we australians are justifiably known
somehow despite my best efforts to mute everything related to the topic i have again seen this conversation
- the preregistered analysis found blah
- but that's the wrong analysis to do?
- yeah but that's what they preregistered
siiiiiigh
- the preregistered analysis found blah
- but that's the wrong analysis to do?
- yeah but that's what they preregistered
siiiiiigh
January 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
somehow despite my best efforts to mute everything related to the topic i have again seen this conversation
- the preregistered analysis found blah
- but that's the wrong analysis to do?
- yeah but that's what they preregistered
siiiiiigh
- the preregistered analysis found blah
- but that's the wrong analysis to do?
- yeah but that's what they preregistered
siiiiiigh
A request for #rstats help.
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
Some thoughts on checking the R session – Notes from a data witch
More precisely, some thoughts on an R package I might send to CRAN, and I’d appreciate comments and criticism
blog.djnavarro.net
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
A request for #rstats help.
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
Motivated by a real-world problem I'm facing, I wrote a package designed to help new users wean themselves off using rm(list=ls()), and nudge them in the direction of better practice.
I would sincerely appreciate feedback before I send it to CRAN
wrote a thing about running, covid, estrogen. and it's also about parsing data from runkeeper in #rstats and making pretty maps from it. you can read it if you like. or don't. whatevs :)
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2026-0...
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2026-0...
Mapping runkeeper data – Notes from a data witch
Wherein the author attempts to convince herself that she hasn’t just been imagining things
blog.djnavarro.net
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
wrote a thing about running, covid, estrogen. and it's also about parsing data from runkeeper in #rstats and making pretty maps from it. you can read it if you like. or don't. whatevs :)
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2026-0...
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2026-0...
Once again asking the good people of Bluesky to understand that "generative art" is not the same thing as "AI art". The image below is generative art. There is no AI involved whatsoever. Adding generative artists to blocklists because you don't understand the distinction is a dick move
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Once again asking the good people of Bluesky to understand that "generative art" is not the same thing as "AI art". The image below is generative art. There is no AI involved whatsoever. Adding generative artists to blocklists because you don't understand the distinction is a dick move
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Before blocking someone, @boysloveandyaoiart.bsky.social, and adding them to a moderation list, maybe learn what you're talking about. Not everything involving a computer is AI.
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Before blocking someone, @boysloveandyaoiart.bsky.social, and adding them to a moderation list, maybe learn what you're talking about. Not everything involving a computer is AI.
Americans will write deep and tearful commentaries about what a uniquely terrible event it was, and not in any way a continuation of the same bipartisan foreign policy objective that the US has pursued in Latin America since at least the Monroe doctrine
Really looking forward to the 2032 film about the American soldier suffering PTSD from the invasion of Venezuela. Will be emotionally deep and really say something about society. Oscars all round
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Americans will write deep and tearful commentaries about what a uniquely terrible event it was, and not in any way a continuation of the same bipartisan foreign policy objective that the US has pursued in Latin America since at least the Monroe doctrine
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Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
If you're American, cisgender, and think of yourself an ally to trans people, please consider reading this piece by @evanurquhart.bsky.social. Nothing in there is new, exactly, but if you want to understand the sheer scale of the attack against trans people in the US over the last year, read it
The Year We Lost Everything — Assigned
An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 AM
If you're American, cisgender, and think of yourself an ally to trans people, please consider reading this piece by @evanurquhart.bsky.social. Nothing in there is new, exactly, but if you want to understand the sheer scale of the attack against trans people in the US over the last year, read it
ugh. i was hoping for "vengeful"
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
ugh. i was hoping for "vengeful"