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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 19h

My partner's OCD is responding much better to DBT for this reason

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 21h

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Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 23h

Oh my god they counted the Tele’s botched Cairo Takeaway sting as an “antisemitic attack“

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Revealed: NSW Police ‘significantly’ overstated antisemitic attacks

An internal review of Operation Shelter found a “significant number” of cases had been mischaracterised as motivated by anti-Jewish sentiment.

www.smh.com.au

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

See no UNO tournament
Hear no UNO tournament
Speak no UNO tournament

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Yeahv

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Revealed: NSW Police ‘significantly’ overstated antisemitic attacks

An internal review of Operation Shelter found a “significant number” of cases had been mischaracterised as motivated by anti-Jewish sentiment.

www.smh.com.au

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Criticising the Labor Party = antisemitism

The entries included a sticker picturing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the words “wanted” and “accusations of genocide” found near the Sydney Cricket Ground in January this year. Other cases included pro-Palestinian graffiti on the offices of Labor MPs, including one that “referenced Gaza and accused the Labor Party of complicity”.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Incidents which were mistakenly described as antisemitic incidents by NSW Police

20-Mar-24 A Palestinian protestor was sitting outside Anthony Albanese MP's office when a man approached, made remarks about hostages, and verbally abused the demonstrators, calling them 'anti-Semites." He then damages a Palestinian banner taped to a pole, returned shortly after to repeat the act, and stomped on the banner's frame.

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 1d

A young person died just days after the LNP make pill testing illegal.

There’s a good chance that if they could have had these pills tested, they’d be with us all today.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland

Public health warning issued after drugs known as nitazenes detected amid move to ban pill testing * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Teddy bear-shaped pills laced with synthetic opioids have been linked to a death in Queensland, triggering a public health warning about a group of highly potent illicit drugs called nitazenes. N-pyrrolidino-protonitazene and protonitazene were detected in toxicology and samples taken from pale yellow pills marked with the letter “Y” in the state’s south-east. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

He's going to kill me

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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 1d

this is a good story but it shows that people still fundamentally misunderstand LLMs - there is no "working properly", they're inherently probabilistic models. hallucinations aren't a bug, they're a fundamental part of language models. these aren't fact machines!!!

www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 1d

You actually don't need thousands of dollars sponsorship and a legal entity with staff and to consider political donation and lobbyist laws to kick the footy in the park opposite work, you can just go and do it but there is no hydration sponsor or free shoes. bsky.app/profile/kanc...

Kancho Yogo @kanchoyogo.bsky.social · 1d

'Corporate membership of the club begins at $2,500, according to its website, and allows sponsors to access "key opinion leaders" and "over 200 parliamentary members" at social games and functions.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Gambling lobby’s sponsorship of Australian parliament’s sports club condemned by crossbench MPs

Exclusive: Kate Chaney calls on PM to remove Responsible Wagering Australia’s membership, which allows sponsors to access ‘key opinion leaders’

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to the people taking the sponsorship for some low key influence peddling who decided that “publicly purging a professional-athlete Senator from the sports ball” was part of that brief. I’m sure you’ll fail up some more.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 1d

This is hilariously stupid stuff. Real “the Gallery Midwinter Ball is not political” Braine Genius stuff.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

The NACC being broken is still a good reason to refer something like this

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

Even after being found guilty of 'officer misconduct' for mishandling the Robodebt referral, Commissioner of the NACC continues consultancy role despite concerns of perceived conflicts of interest.

At $820k/year surely he can focus on doing one job well?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Corruption watchdog head 'consulted' for ADF inspector general 11 times

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job.

www.abc.net.au

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The story is that Anthony Albanese is, personally, captured by the gambling lobby. This should be fully investigated immediately.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Deloitte AI slammed at committee, could face supplier sin bin www.themandarin.com.au/300809-deloi...

Deloitte AI slammed at committee, could face supplier sin bin

A government report Deloitte built with AI had bogus sources, sparking a refund, new contract rules, and a painful lesson for consultants.

www.themandarin.com.au

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Deloitte wrongly told government officials that errors in a major report authored for the employment department were simply transcription issues when they were actually caused by artificial intelligence www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte blamed ‘transcription issue’ for flawed AI report

The consulting firm is under pressure to repay the full balance of its $440,000 contract, but won’t be pursued by the department that commissioned the work.

www.afr.com

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

It is the actions of the members and the executive of that club who have brought the name of the Australian Parliament into disrepute here. There is no other argument available to anyone. Seriously.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Kicking someone out of the parliament sports club for pointing out the parliament sports club is so involved with the gambling lobby they had to officially register as a lobbying group is the very sort of action that should be referred to a 'National Anti-Corruption Commission'.

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

Well, well, well. Guess who just got booted from the Australian Parliament Sports Club, for—you guessed it—being white.

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1d

Next Tuesday, I'll be speaking at this online event about the Targeted Compliance Framework scandal, & how mutual obligations worsens and commodifies poverty. I'll throw some jokes in as well, dw

Come along if you like - it's free
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unfinished...

Unfinished Business: 50 Years After Henderson

An initiative of the Australian Social Policy Association and the Australian Journal of Social Issues, as part of Anti-Poverty Week.

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 1d

The difference between David Pocock and the rest of the Cwth Parliament is that as a professional athlete he was required to appreciate interest conflicts and integrity risks (especially re. gambling).

In Australia the federal level is unique in not doing this: States and Councils must handle risk

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