Reselsnark
@reselsnark.bsky.social
Cringe, and woke Australian who works in the technology and product space with a media speciality.
Ex-law student and reformed student politician.
Ex-law student and reformed student politician.
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Reselsnark
@reselsnark.bsky.social
· Apr 4
I’m going to reiterate my view that ‘illiberal democracy’ is a mutually exclusive term.
You can face an illiberal polity where people get to vote, but that isn’t a democracy.
I can’t imagine why I feel the need to restate this at the moment.
You can face an illiberal polity where people get to vote, but that isn’t a democracy.
I can’t imagine why I feel the need to restate this at the moment.
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The shooters didn’t have Palestinian flags in their car, they had IS flags in there. No one’s reported seeing them at pro-Palestine marches, or using this phrase at all.
It makes zero sense for their actions to have legal bearing on Palestinians using a phrase about “shaking off” their oppressors
It makes zero sense for their actions to have legal bearing on Palestinians using a phrase about “shaking off” their oppressors
I support changes to hate speech laws, and there are sensible changes among what NSW government is proposing, but criminalising the phrase "globalise the intifada" based on a bad faith reading propagated not by the people who say it but by the lobby opposed to Palestinian rights is not one of them.
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The shooters didn’t have Palestinian flags in their car, they had IS flags in there. No one’s reported seeing them at pro-Palestine marches, or using this phrase at all.
It makes zero sense for their actions to have legal bearing on Palestinians using a phrase about “shaking off” their oppressors
It makes zero sense for their actions to have legal bearing on Palestinians using a phrase about “shaking off” their oppressors
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
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Don't print lies, Forbes.
The Trump administration complied with a federal law requiring them to release the files.
Epstein Files Released: Here’s Everything We Know (Live Updates)
The Trump administration complied with a federal law requiring them to release the files.
www.forbes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Don't print lies, Forbes.
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
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By essentially redacting most photos but Epstein and Bill Clinton, the DOJ is further undermining any pretense that the agency is anything other than a Trump goon squad. And for what, bc this ploy is not going to pass muster with victims.
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
By essentially redacting most photos but Epstein and Bill Clinton, the DOJ is further undermining any pretense that the agency is anything other than a Trump goon squad. And for what, bc this ploy is not going to pass muster with victims.
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Let’s not forget nazis marching in australian city streets have been ignored for decades yet Albanese claiming Aus has some sort of humanitarian unity.
The hypocrisy over the national ignorance towards other cultural groups and religions proves this to be a massive colonial lie.
#AusPol
The hypocrisy over the national ignorance towards other cultural groups and religions proves this to be a massive colonial lie.
#AusPol
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Let’s not forget nazis marching in australian city streets have been ignored for decades yet Albanese claiming Aus has some sort of humanitarian unity.
The hypocrisy over the national ignorance towards other cultural groups and religions proves this to be a massive colonial lie.
#AusPol
The hypocrisy over the national ignorance towards other cultural groups and religions proves this to be a massive colonial lie.
#AusPol
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The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
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Israeli Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir's statement that the “Yellow Line” dividing Gaza will be Israel's new border shows that Israel's Gaza policy is a continuation of its history of redrawing its borders through ethnic cleansing and land grabs. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...
Israel is recycling an old colonial plan in Gaza
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir’s statement that the “Yellow Line” dividing Gaza will be Israel’s new border shows that Israel’s Gaza policy is a continuation of its history of redrawing its…
mondoweiss.net
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir's statement that the “Yellow Line” dividing Gaza will be Israel's new border shows that Israel's Gaza policy is a continuation of its history of redrawing its borders through ethnic cleansing and land grabs. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...
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So the Epstein Files are:
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So the Epstein Files are:
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
–not complete
–comically redacted
–not in a “searchable” format
The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with.
This is what they think of you
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Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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'The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event. The attack was antisemitic. The protests have not been.'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
The NSW premier’s outrageous rhetoric on peaceful protests sows division in our community. It’s unbecoming of his office
The antisemitic attack in Bondi was an act of hate-fuelled violence. Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
'The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event. The attack was antisemitic. The protests have not been.'
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
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I mean it seems like the administration just keeps stepping on rakes. By releasing a buffoonishly redacted and incomplete set of docs they just prolong the story and suspicion. What’s the strategy here?
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I mean it seems like the administration just keeps stepping on rakes. By releasing a buffoonishly redacted and incomplete set of docs they just prolong the story and suspicion. What’s the strategy here?
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Honestly, though, begs the question... why did this even occur? Everyone involved should be fired or quit or whatever the process is. I'm not actually thankful they rescinded it so much as wanting accountability for why it even happened in the first place.
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Honestly, though, begs the question... why did this even occur? Everyone involved should be fired or quit or whatever the process is. I'm not actually thankful they rescinded it so much as wanting accountability for why it even happened in the first place.
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"Social Cohesion" means "multiculturalism, but without brown people"
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Social Cohesion" means "multiculturalism, but without brown people"
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These doofuses can’t even do a cover up properly
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
These doofuses can’t even do a cover up properly
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I know we're tired of all these people but I would uh genuinely love to know more about this
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I know we're tired of all these people but I would uh genuinely love to know more about this
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There is no gun "debate".
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There is no gun "debate".
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one.
70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi.
More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...
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Generative AI is very much operating on the same mythology early crypto and gig economy apps were, that people saw massive amounts of money being shovelled into it and assumed it there must be tremendous upside.
The reality is these things are funded by a mix of woo and spite.
The reality is these things are funded by a mix of woo and spite.
I cannot think of *one* "here to stay" argument that survives the VCs running out of money to set on fire for chatbots in 1.5-2 years at most. Then the API prices 10x.
I have a list, and all the "here to stay" arguments fall to it:
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/a...
I have a list, and all the "here to stay" arguments fall to it:
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/a...
Pandora opened the LLM box years ago, fam. It is not going back in the box. All you can do is put guardrails on it.
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Generative AI is very much operating on the same mythology early crypto and gig economy apps were, that people saw massive amounts of money being shovelled into it and assumed it there must be tremendous upside.
The reality is these things are funded by a mix of woo and spite.
The reality is these things are funded by a mix of woo and spite.
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For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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the DOJ does realize people won’t ever be satisfied until there’s a version with unredacted perpetrators, right? Who knows how it’ll become public but it’s going to happen eventually
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
the DOJ does realize people won’t ever be satisfied until there’s a version with unredacted perpetrators, right? Who knows how it’ll become public but it’s going to happen eventually
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They can't even pull off a boat parade on a lake without sinking each other, open-ocean interdiction with these clowns is going to be lit.
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They can't even pull off a boat parade on a lake without sinking each other, open-ocean interdiction with these clowns is going to be lit.
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This sounds like a great way to satisfy Trump supporters’ ambition to brutalize and kill people.
Apparently this is not the onion: www.lee.senate.gov/2025/12/patr...
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This sounds like a great way to satisfy Trump supporters’ ambition to brutalize and kill people.
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Some has been worse than others, but the essential through-line among all of them is just shrugging off the fact that THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS LED TO THE ATTACKS as if that question is so tiny and irrelevant it can be fully ignored
archive.ph/7t5VL
archive.ph/7t5VL
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December 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Some has been worse than others, but the essential through-line among all of them is just shrugging off the fact that THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS LED TO THE ATTACKS as if that question is so tiny and irrelevant it can be fully ignored
archive.ph/7t5VL
archive.ph/7t5VL