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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Katherine Lu @katlu.bsky.social · 17d

I do feel like we’re missing that aspect in Australian architectural photography. Most images published rely on the building being front and centre, we often shy away from the ‘messiness’ that he mentions

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Katherine Lu @katlu.bsky.social · 17d

Great talk, and so interesting to know that he comes from a background of documentary photography - makes so much sense

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jun 21

The entire point of writing is discovery. You don’t know what you don’t know. And if you approach it from a point of view of efficiency and optimization (to no end) you never will.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jun 21

No one is making you be a writer if you can’t do it and also don’t enjoy doing it. If you’re larping a job for clout I’d probably pick surgeon or Nobel prize winning diplomat, stealing valor for from isolated weirdos at their laptops is like shoplifting from the landfill.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 27d

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 8

Polish painter Nespoon creates street art with lace patterns #WomensArt

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Death of Meanjin. a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/greenwor...

The Death of Meanjin

Price of everything, value of nothing dept.

open.substack.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 18

Wow check out this real picture of Sydney harbour that UTS used on their website trying to attract international students

web.archive.org/web/20250616...

an utterly fucked generative AI image of sydney harbour, with the opera house on an entire island, lots of random boats and an unconcinving sunset in the background

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · Aug 16

I know so many women of all ages who need iron transfusions and some who can’t get them because they cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars; such long waitlists; no Medicare rebates. This is a medical scandal. The misdiagnosis story is shocking. www.smh.com.au/national/gas...

Gaslit, dismissed and treated as hypochondriacs: The gender divide in iron deficiency

Ignored by doctors for years, Abigail almost died, with one doctor in the end saying she had the blood count of a shark attack or car crash victim.

www.smh.com.au

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gina rushton @ginarush.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Tech companies have devalued the work of creative industries for years. The latest iteration of this is their insistence the AI models they plan to make lots of money from need the labour of all of human creation for free in perpetuity.”

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

Australia’s potential surrender of creative content to tech giants for free is shocking. Labor must decide where it stands | Josh Taylor

The Productivity Commission appears to have bought into tech companies’ brazen arguments – and caught the Australian government off-guard

www.theguardian.com

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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · Aug 4

This article raises an issue about the AI boom that I haven't seen much comment on.

More AI means more data centres.

In some cases, they'll go on land that could be used for housing.

For example, this one will go on land approved for 1400 new apartments: www.realcommercial.com.au/news/macquar...

Macquarie Technology forks out $240m to pick up data centre site from Holdmark

Macquarie Technology Group has picked up a Sydney site approved for 1400 apartments with plans to turn the property into a major data centre.

www.realcommercial.com.au

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · Aug 3

Apparently a completely peaceful march across Sydney Harbour Bridge today was extremely perilous.

Yet somehow fewer people (i.e. nobody) died today than when NSW Police were asked to assist with a 95-year-old nursing home resident behaving erratically.

Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · Aug 3

Never change Australian coppers www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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404 Media @404media.co · Jul 22

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

🔗 www.404media.co/spotify-publ...

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

"They could fix this problem. One of their talented software engineers could stop this fraudulent practice in its tracks, if they had the will to do so."

www.404media.co

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naomi gurner @silencewedge.bsky.social · Jul 31

somewhere, Antoinette Lattouf has just put her arm through a wall

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · Jul 31

#BREAKING 🚨 The ABC says it is "deeply concerned" about the health of its freelance journalists in Gaza, amid what the UN has called "catastrophic hunger"

The national broadcaster has also called on Israel to allow international journalists to report independently from Gaza

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Jul 30

simpsons meme of someone saying WEVE TRIED NOTHING, AND WE'RE ALL OUT OF IDEAS.

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 20

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

thenextweb.com

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is terrible. Regional art galleries are so important

Roseanne Byrne @roseannebyrne.bsky.social · Jul 1

Minns is an uncultured fool. Yet another #uglyLabor decision. #Art www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Shock to creative ecology’: NSW regional art galleries face funding crisis after state pulls financial support

Peak arts bodies urge review of decision that jeopardises institutions which are the ‘lifeblood’ of regional Australian cultural life

www.theguardian.com

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Jun 26

Mainting the class system- my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How do the wealthiest schools help fund their facilities? | Fiona Katauskas

It’s all a bit rich

www.theguardian.com

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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · Jun 22

Headline juxtaposition doesn't get much more Orwellian than this

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casey briggs @caseybriggs.com · Jun 20

The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-...

The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel

There’s a lack of footage from the conflict and AI-generated content is filling the void.

www.404media.co

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · Jun 15

Drop your favorite protest sign

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Katherine Lu @katlu.bsky.social · Jun 3

Greybox
Shot for #welshandmajor, landscape by #eslandarch

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Australian Institute of Architects @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social · May 25

In the May/Jun issue of Architecture Australia, Jessica Spresser reviews Gunnery Transformation Project by Dunn Hillam, noting their belief that conserving heritage buildings is one of the most important sustainability measures architects can undertake: aus.archi/wlym

#AustralianArchitecture

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · May 6

just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 6

Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it

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