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Librarian, reader, listener, writer, speaker. From the Basque Country(not Spain or France), now living in Bunurong land of the Kulin nation. Values: justice, solidarity, unionism and internationalism. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/iurgiurrutia

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · May 8

If advocating for peace, justice & meaningful action on climate change is extremist. Consider me one. If being critical of growing inequality, tax loopholes & havens, corporations that don't pay taxes, breaches of international law & human rights & genocide is extremist. Then count me as one #auspol

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

Ukeleles being strummed en masse. Chickens openly addressing government officials. Line dancing in a public thoroughfare. Frogs, unicorns and dinosaurs getting their interspecies groove on.

Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 19h

Everyone knows about the Comics Code but what about Australian censorship of comics and the Horwitz Code, which predated the American counterpart? #comics #censorship

1954 The Horwitz Code Of Publishing Ethics

How Australia Regulated Comic Books In The 1950s and Beyond

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 19h

In another part of the colony… Same story.

Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 20h

It's a good day to be a white person if you want to be a mayor in New Zealand. Especially a white man. God forbid we have some diversity in leadership of local and regional councils! #nzpol

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 23h

Another not to be missed episode of #SundayShot drops tomorrow on YouTube at 9am (AEDT) right here #auspol > www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 23h

📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 23h

I'm glad Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he coveted so much but giving it to Machado is another example of why the Nobel Peace Prize is 🤮 & lends support to a coup. She is not a peace activist. She's been applauding Trump's recent attacks on Venezuela & has supported Netanyahu's genocide.

iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 1d

Excellent speech by Jim Lee. Some really beautiful words there and so great to see both DC and Marvel make statements against AI in comics.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 3d

NYCC '25: Jim Lee's Retailer Day speech - "DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."

NYCC ’25: Jim Lee’s Retailer Day speech – “DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.”

Jim Lee delivered a fiery speech about the power of human art and DC's ongoing storytelling in the Retailer's Day keynote speech

www.comicsbeat.com

iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 1d

The Avengers: The Veracity Trap was a really fun read. A love letter to classic Marvel and the creators of comics. Loved it.

The image shows the cover of the graphic novel. In the middle the title: The Avengers: The Veracity Trap, in very classic 1960s stylised font. The image shows Loki right at the top conjuring some magic while all the avengers are depicted in action, fighting the magic. It’s all done in a very retro style.

iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 1d

There may be a ceasefire. There may be an exchange of hostages (both Israeli and the thousands of Palestinian hostages held in Israel) but the colonialist process, the plans for Greater Israel, a takeover of Gaza by foreign powers and the genocide are still in progress. The struggle continues

Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 1d

"While any ceasefire that brings relief to the besieged and bombarded Palestinian people is welcome, Trump’s proposal cannot be allowed to become the new baseline."

Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International.

iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 1d

And ironically under the current regime that both Apple and Tim Cook are so wholeheartedly supporting both Steve Jobs and his mother would have been arrested by the ICE terrorists and deported

Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 1d

WOW. Apple Made ICE Agents a Protected Class migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

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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bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks to the lawsuit over book bans by the Department of Defense Education Activity, we now know the nearly 600 books banned in US military schools worldwide.

The list prominently features LGBTQ+ books, books about racism, puberty titles, and comics.

bookriot.com/whats-includ...

What's Included in the 596 Books Banned by the Department of Defense Education Activity?

Here is the list of nearly 600 books banned by the Department of Defense in military schools across the globe.

bookriot.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 6d

I've been away and I'm now catching up with news. This is an excellent piece by Grace Tame.

Grace Tame on the grifters swarming around Trump's autism announcement

President Trump’s announcement fanned the flames of division, confusion and fear, much like almost everything else he’s ever said.

www.crikey.com.au

iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 6d

I agree.... but I'm so glad Romero made Dawn of the Dead

iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 6d

And abuse and breaches of international law continue because that's all they know. Any vestige of humanity in the Israeli administration, army and prison system have long vanished.

Drop Site Urges the Immediate Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Participants, Including Drop Site Journalist Alex Colston

All of us at Drop Site News are deeply disturbed by the reports of inhumane and abusive treatment of nonviolent activists and journalists detained by the Israeli military while on board the Global Sum...

www.dropsitenews.com

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7d

Pathetic by the National Press Club

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The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

open.substack.com

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 7d

Could the National Press Club be less embarrassing and less complicit in the genocide of Palestine/the West's decline into overt fascism, pretty, pretty, pretty please? 🙏 Cancelling Chris Hedges' talk on the betrayal of Palestinian journalists only proves his point. Truly, truly pathetic

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 8d

I stand with you in solidarity 🤘

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10d

Always remember - gas companies hate selling gas to Australians and none of the proposals for new gas fields (which are not needed) will be for domestic use.

So do not buy any of the spin.

Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 10d

Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again.

"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."

@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...

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iurgi urrutia @iurgi.com · 18d

New research that reinforces what we know. If you want young people reading make all sorts of books accessible with a wide range of themes, stories and formats, ensure they have quality time to read and give them agency to find their reads.

australiareads.org.au/news/6-princ...

Major new report offers 6 key principles to support young people’s recreational reading - Australia Reads

A new report from the National Institute of Education in Singapore offers evidence-based principles to engage young people in reading

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18d

At the UN, Trump falsely claimed Hamas keeps rejecting ceasefires. In reality, Israel...bombed Hamas’ delegation while it was reviewing the latest U.S. proposal. The prior offer, a phased deal based on Israeli/U.S. terms, was accepted by Hamas on Aug. 18. Israel has still not responded.

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 20d

The abstract opens with flagrant nonsense. An LLM has no representation of ideas, certainty, or factuality. "Hallucination" is not an aberration, but inherent in every response. The magic trick is that remixing words somewhat out of context and without understanding can often be perceived as true.

Like students facing hard exam questions, large language models sometimes guess when
uncertain, producing plausible yet incorrect statements instead of admitting uncertainty. Such
“hallucinations” persist even in state-of-the-art systems and undermine trust

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event

Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

www.theatlantic.com

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 20d

I interviewed historian @emmashortis.bsky.social on the particulars of American fascism, comparisons with Nazism, the global crisis of democracy, and Australia's options. None of this is particularly cheery stuff, but you might find some clarity in it.

youtu.be/MM6cXjTBJ0U?...

Historian Emma Shortis on American fascism and Australia's options

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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