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kuromakicb.bsky.social
@kuromakicb.bsky.social
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Bit of a news and current affairs junkie. Leaning left and hanging on for the wild ride. Living on beautiful Gadigal Country.
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squigglyrick.bsky.social
My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Screenshot from the article. The text reads: Illustrative of the government's approach to the system is an app the DEWR claims it built to provide "alerts on known risk areas". , including providers booking dodgy appointments that can penalise jobseekers. When the ombudsman asked to see it, the department had to admit the app does not yet exist. "Later in the investigation when we sought further information on this data App, DEWR changed its previous advice, stating that the risk monitoring data App for monitoring TCF [Targeted Compliance Framework]-related data was in fact not complete and was expected to be gathering data by late 2025," the ombudsman wrote. The ombudsman revealed a catalogue of other examples where the department or Services Australia, which administers the welfare cancellations and occasionally checks the work of providers issuing suspensions, made misleading claims to his office, to him, to jobseekers and to the public.
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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thorbenson.bsky.social
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports would raise would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to cover an extension of the energy rebate!

✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export laws: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
kuromakicb.bsky.social
In a country where ‘death from overwork’ is a term used in the vernacular 🤦‍♀️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Japan PM’s pledge to ‘work, work, work, work, and work’ wins catchphrase of year
Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country notorious for its demanding work culture
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
kuromakicb.bsky.social
And they wonder why people hate banks 🤦‍♀️
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
Commonwealth Bank Australia– which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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picketer.bsky.social
I'll entertain technical arguments about the Summary Offences Act (NSW) when someone can explain how Police can kettle and move on small groups protesting climate issues but somehow this out front of state parliament renders them powerless. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism
What on earth did the NSW Police think a rally organised by the National Socialist Network would be about?
www.smh.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
kuromakicb.bsky.social
This is a fun read and a reminder that although not perfect, how good our electoral system is.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The story behind Australia's incredible democratic system
Behind the quirks of Australia's incredible democratic system are a series of complex human backstories.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
✍️ Add your name to the petition telling Parliament to NOT gut our environment laws!
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/dont_gut_env...
✍️ PETITION: Don't Gut Australia's Environment Laws
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Nov 3
Elon Musk endorses Cuomo for mayor of New York and makes sure to add some racism in there: “…Mumdumi or whatever his name is.”
Elon Musk: Remember to vote tomorrow in New York! Bear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is. VOTE CUOMO! 11:45 AM • 11/3/25 • 1.2M Views
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"It doesn't matter whether the National Party believes in climate change, I promise everybody's insurance company believes in climate change."

- co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks the National Party abandoning net zero on ABC News
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
kuromakicb.bsky.social
Pot says what to kettle?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’
Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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jbau.bsky.social
This whole section really.
Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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ronnisalt.bsky.social
The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed

The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait

My latest in The Shot

theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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davemilbo.bsky.social
Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. "You’re being played – your part in the culture wars"
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
kuromakicb.bsky.social
Get onto this peeps.

www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...

The People vs Robodebt premieres at 7.30pm on Wednesday, September 24, on SBS and SBS on Demand.
Five stars for documentary about one of our most shameful scandals
Television critics like to throw around the phrase “compulsory viewing”, but rarely has it been more fitting than it is here.
www.smh.com.au
September 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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goodlawproject.org
"I asked Wiles, the president's chief-of-staff, how much difference the visit will make to Britain's ability to influence US policy on trade, tariffs and international affairs. Her response was frank – none at all." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sarah Smith: Trump visit showed UK's warm relations - and limited influence
The good-natured state visit demonstrated strong relations, but no ally is likely to change the US president's mind.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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simonahac.bsky.social
“[hastie] has picked a hell of a day to say he will die on the hill of net zero… millions of australians were just warned about the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change and he is saying to them ‘i don’t give a stuff’.”

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www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Hastie threatens to quit frontbench, issues net zero ultimatum to Ley
Andrew Hastie’s opposition to net zero emissions is well known, but his provocative comments about quitting the frontbench are a fresh test of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s authority.
www.smh.com.au
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Would be terrible if lots of people saw this.
September 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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wearthepeace.bsky.social
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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derekianrobinson.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Pro-gun groups are mobilising against gun laws, and celebrating the increase in guns in our community.

We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.

Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Add your name to the call to fix Australia's gas export problem.

Sign the petition! ✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ PETITION: Fix Australia's Gas Export Problem
✍️Sign the petition: Fix Australia's Gas Export Problem
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
August 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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aaronsmith333.bsky.social
You’ll remember the blow-up over Matthew Knott’s SMH piece quoting a Hamas co-founder in what looked like a hit job on Albanese. (Context in the quote tweet below if you aren't up to speed.)

Well, it gets worse, and no one’s noticed. A thread....

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aaronsmith333.bsky.social Aaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · Aug 16
Curious that the Sydney Morning Herald suddenly has direct contact with Hamas.

Even more intriguing is that Matthew Knott - once described as a stenographer for pro-Israel groups got the story. (Article in post 2)
August 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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rpg-volley.bsky.social
Hi, I worked at USAID. 👋

Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.
July 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM