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· Jan 7
The Disintegration Loops, by William Basinski
2 track album
williambasinski.bandcamp.com
Writing playlist thread for 2025:
William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/the-di...
William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/the-di...
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A useful overview by Professor Sarah Joseph (from November last year) on how the social media minimum age obligation might violate the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution:
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A useful overview by Professor Sarah Joseph (from November last year) on how the social media minimum age obligation might violate the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution:
When the wind blows right I can hear Jebediah from my bedroom and that's good
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
When the wind blows right I can hear Jebediah from my bedroom and that's good
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
It’s official: 2026 is all about Indigenous futurism and cosmic horror baybeeee (I’m gonna finish my novel)
We’re delighted to announce the 2026 recipients of our landmark fellowship, The Next Chapter!
Meet the full cohort now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...
Meet the full cohort now: www.wheelercentre.com/the-next-cha...
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It’s official: 2026 is all about Indigenous futurism and cosmic horror baybeeee (I’m gonna finish my novel)
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"
Tech companies using dystopian sci-fi as blueprints rather than warning signs is one of my least favourite parts of living through 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Tech companies using dystopian sci-fi as blueprints rather than warning signs is one of my least favourite parts of living through 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
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We’re back!
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
We’re back!
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
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Hipster Whale is looking for a Senior Level Designer to join our team! For more details: bit.ly/hw-careers
🕚 Hybrid or fully remote
📆 Full-time, 6-month position
💵 Competitive salary
🧡 Supportive and talented team
🤸 Flexible work conditions
#gamedevjobs #indiedev #leveldesign #jobopening
🕚 Hybrid or fully remote
📆 Full-time, 6-month position
💵 Competitive salary
🧡 Supportive and talented team
🤸 Flexible work conditions
#gamedevjobs #indiedev #leveldesign #jobopening
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hipster Whale is looking for a Senior Level Designer to join our team! For more details: bit.ly/hw-careers
🕚 Hybrid or fully remote
📆 Full-time, 6-month position
💵 Competitive salary
🧡 Supportive and talented team
🤸 Flexible work conditions
#gamedevjobs #indiedev #leveldesign #jobopening
🕚 Hybrid or fully remote
📆 Full-time, 6-month position
💵 Competitive salary
🧡 Supportive and talented team
🤸 Flexible work conditions
#gamedevjobs #indiedev #leveldesign #jobopening
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We're excited to announce that the Frosty Mini showcase will premiere on December 10 starting at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT (that's December 9, 1pm PT for our USA friends)!
Tune in for exciting news and surprise announcements from 20+ of the coolest games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ.
Tune in for exciting news and surprise announcements from 20+ of the coolest games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ.
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We're excited to announce that the Frosty Mini showcase will premiere on December 10 starting at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT (that's December 9, 1pm PT for our USA friends)!
Tune in for exciting news and surprise announcements from 20+ of the coolest games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ.
Tune in for exciting news and surprise announcements from 20+ of the coolest games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ.
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Parallels 2025 talks are up y'all
Sash and I talk Wyrmspace and Spreadsheets, but honestly every single game and speaker this year was a banger and I'm so proud to have shared the evening with them 🥺
Sash and I talk Wyrmspace and Spreadsheets, but honestly every single game and speaker this year was a banger and I'm so proud to have shared the evening with them 🥺
The Parallels 2025 recording is live! Whether you want to revisit a favourite talk or see the show for the first time, it's available on our channel now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...
🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD2a...
🎩🏈💀🃏⬜💐🧚🏠
Freeplay Parallels 2025
YouTube video by Freeplay
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Parallels 2025 talks are up y'all
Sash and I talk Wyrmspace and Spreadsheets, but honestly every single game and speaker this year was a banger and I'm so proud to have shared the evening with them 🥺
Sash and I talk Wyrmspace and Spreadsheets, but honestly every single game and speaker this year was a banger and I'm so proud to have shared the evening with them 🥺
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Today is the last day of Overland Subscriberthon. This is the sort of independent media we need to keep alive in Australia. Please subscribe!
For the last day of our Subscriberthon we have set aside something *very* special: a gallery of stunning portraits of Palestinian activists by Tia Kasambalis, with an introduction by Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak.
Here’s PORTRAITS OF RESISTANCE.
Here’s PORTRAITS OF RESISTANCE.
Portraits of resistance - Overland literary journal
Tia’s Portraits of Resistance are a radical break from this assault against being a Palestinian settler in Australia. In these drawings we meet Palestinians, young and old, who found themselves holdin...
overland.org.au
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Today is the last day of Overland Subscriberthon. This is the sort of independent media we need to keep alive in Australia. Please subscribe!
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Probably because the ban has absolutely nothing to do with child safety whatsoever, it is about limiting and controlling access to information for young people, as well as slowly forcing everyone to adopt a digital ID. The whole thing is an absurd farce that’s going to fail in spectacular fashion.
This story by Sarah Martin has generated huge interest today all around the world. A question it poses for Aus - why is Roblox not in the government's social media ban?
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated p...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Probably because the ban has absolutely nothing to do with child safety whatsoever, it is about limiting and controlling access to information for young people, as well as slowly forcing everyone to adopt a digital ID. The whole thing is an absurd farce that’s going to fail in spectacular fashion.
Professionals like lawyers should have to disclose this information because holy shit Matilda, your LLM is not doing “research” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Professionals like lawyers should have to disclose this information because holy shit Matilda, your LLM is not doing “research” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
I would die to be able to vote for a truly progressive and reasonably charismatic representative my GOD we’re starving over here
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I would die to be able to vote for a truly progressive and reasonably charismatic representative my GOD we’re starving over here
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On the third last day of our Subscriberthon, the prizes just keep coming - head to overland.org.au/shop today to support us and go into the running to win some amazing prize bundles!
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
On the third last day of our Subscriberthon, the prizes just keep coming - head to overland.org.au/shop today to support us and go into the running to win some amazing prize bundles!
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pleased to advise that I have completed another rant about the #socialmedia #ageassurance shit in #australia
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
Australia's social media ban… A looming implementation disaster
Australia’s world-first ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect in just over a month on December 10, 2025, yet nobody knows exactly how it will work.
The Online Safety Amendment (Social...
hey.paris
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
pleased to advise that I have completed another rant about the #socialmedia #ageassurance shit in #australia
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
#auspol
Heavy on the “even though the Labor Party has been in government for more than two years since the release of the [Murphy] report, none of its recommendations have been implemented.”
Hooray…Its not just fossil fuel expansion where Australia leads the world…
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
Gambling means Australians are the biggest losers in the world
A bet on the horses today is the only time many Australians will gamble. But this doesn’t change the reality that, collectively, Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world, wagering a total $25...
thepoint.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Heavy on the “even though the Labor Party has been in government for more than two years since the release of the [Murphy] report, none of its recommendations have been implemented.”