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Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Facebook made an algorithm that gave Boomers whatever they wanted, and they destroyed democracy, and then all those FB product managers went over to OpenAI and made ChatGPT, and now they've made a chatbot that tells Boomers whatever they want to hear, and... well, this should go great.
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"The Albanese government is bracing for a wave of compensation claims from its automated welfare compliance system [the TCF], listing almost half a decade of potentially unlawful decisions as a new 'unquantifiable' Commonwealth liability."
www.innovationaus.com/govt-braces-...
www.innovationaus.com/govt-braces-...
Govt braces for automated welfare compliance compensation claims
The Albanese government is bracing for a wave of compensation claims from its automated welfare compliance system, listing almost half a decade of potentially unlawful decisions as a new “unquantifiab...
www.innovationaus.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"The Albanese government is bracing for a wave of compensation claims from its automated welfare compliance system [the TCF], listing almost half a decade of potentially unlawful decisions as a new 'unquantifiable' Commonwealth liability."
www.innovationaus.com/govt-braces-...
www.innovationaus.com/govt-braces-...
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So, to be clear, what the Coalition and their mates in the press are demanding is to intensify the precise approach that led to this security failure.
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So, to be clear, what the Coalition and their mates in the press are demanding is to intensify the precise approach that led to this security failure.
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The increasing capitalisation of third spaces, the social media ban, disconnect from public sentiment around current affairs in other places atm, and boredom. So much boredom
📢 Riot police were called in to disperse a large group of teenagers allegedly brawling on Mordialloc beach.
Teens clash with police on popular beach after storming Mordialloc supermarket
www.smh.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The increasing capitalisation of third spaces, the social media ban, disconnect from public sentiment around current affairs in other places atm, and boredom. So much boredom
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The west's favourite genocidal army, the IDF, has sent out the usual maps again, meaning they're going to bomb southern Lebanon any minute now
Your daily reminder that Israel does not care about ceasefires it commits itself to
Your daily reminder that Israel does not care about ceasefires it commits itself to
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The west's favourite genocidal army, the IDF, has sent out the usual maps again, meaning they're going to bomb southern Lebanon any minute now
Your daily reminder that Israel does not care about ceasefires it commits itself to
Your daily reminder that Israel does not care about ceasefires it commits itself to
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What do you think is going to happen to Victorians when they don't have any crime to complain about? Is that going to make them more calm?
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
What do you think is going to happen to Victorians when they don't have any crime to complain about? Is that going to make them more calm?
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Jacinta loves a pair of jackboots. Been obvious for a while now
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Jacinta loves a pair of jackboots. Been obvious for a while now
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go ahead, write another take about what australia can learn from mamdani. claim all the ALP needs to do is magically get more bold. call on the left to do better video content. get paranoid that the rise of mamdani could also upend the establishment here. conflate left populism with right populism
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
go ahead, write another take about what australia can learn from mamdani. claim all the ALP needs to do is magically get more bold. call on the left to do better video content. get paranoid that the rise of mamdani could also upend the establishment here. conflate left populism with right populism
@albomp.bsky.social still charging ahead with his national ID project in the name of 'child safety'. This country continues to be an experiment in punishment & control tactics for world powers
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
@albomp.bsky.social still charging ahead with his national ID project in the name of 'child safety'. This country continues to be an experiment in punishment & control tactics for world powers
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Egregious defamation of social services/disability/community legal sectors, advocates & crossbench on Sky News by Social Sevices Minister @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social, accusing us ALL of supporting rape, murder & child abuse.
Labor's amendments supported by:
- Police Federation of Aus
- Coalition
Labor's amendments supported by:
- Police Federation of Aus
- Coalition
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Egregious defamation of social services/disability/community legal sectors, advocates & crossbench on Sky News by Social Sevices Minister @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social, accusing us ALL of supporting rape, murder & child abuse.
Labor's amendments supported by:
- Police Federation of Aus
- Coalition
Labor's amendments supported by:
- Police Federation of Aus
- Coalition
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She's just mad it took 'em 8 years to finally read her great column
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
She's just mad it took 'em 8 years to finally read her great column
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Hearing @australia.theguardian.com won't publish a story about this because they don't support their welfare rights reporter or think it's an important area to report on 👍
The amendment to the income apportionment bill, would mean police officers would have the power to request the cancellation of Centrelink payments to those accused of a “serious violent or sexual offence” where an arrest warrant had been issued
The statement: apcentre.substack.com/p/joint-stat...
The statement: apcentre.substack.com/p/joint-stat...
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hearing @australia.theguardian.com won't publish a story about this because they don't support their welfare rights reporter or think it's an important area to report on 👍
@albomp.bsky.social is such a cuck for empire
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@albomp.bsky.social is such a cuck for empire
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In an abhorrent turn of events, Queensland's Health Minister - Tim Nicholls - has reinstated a ban on gender-affirming care for young trans folk, just hours after the Supreme Court ruled the LNP’s first ban unlawful.
October 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In an abhorrent turn of events, Queensland's Health Minister - Tim Nicholls - has reinstated a ban on gender-affirming care for young trans folk, just hours after the Supreme Court ruled the LNP’s first ban unlawful.
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A Labor staffer mistakenly emailed the federal government’s full talking points on Israel, Palestine and Gaza to the Australia Palestine Advocacy Organisation.
Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Australian government’s full talking points on Gaza accidentally sent to Palestinian advocacy group
Government notes reveal they won’t back Gaza hospital proposed by Dr Mohammed Mustafa
www.deepcutnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A Labor staffer mistakenly emailed the federal government’s full talking points on Israel, Palestine and Gaza to the Australia Palestine Advocacy Organisation.
Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
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Whoops-a-daisy!
'Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Revealed: some Australians have overpaid their Centrelink debt by more than $20,000
Exclusive: Services Australia spokesperson says automatic BPay payments and Centrelink being unable to contact customers may be to blame
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Whoops-a-daisy!
'Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal.'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“Nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous lands”.
For @copower.bsky.social, Noa Wynn examines the Yindjibarndi claim for damages to land and how green colonialism is repeating old injustices.
For @copower.bsky.social, Noa Wynn examines the Yindjibarndi claim for damages to land and how green colonialism is repeating old injustices.
Colonialism's new Gold Rush: how 80 per cent of Australia's critical mineral mines exploit Aboriginal land without true consent - Overland literary journal
This fight over the Pilbara mine is not an isolated spat — it hints at a much larger problem. A new study finds that nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous ...
overland.org.au
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous lands”.
For @copower.bsky.social, Noa Wynn examines the Yindjibarndi claim for damages to land and how green colonialism is repeating old injustices.
For @copower.bsky.social, Noa Wynn examines the Yindjibarndi claim for damages to land and how green colonialism is repeating old injustices.
Mark Butler has been abandoning disabled folk since this government came to power. This is just further proof
This response from Mark Butler’s office is bullshit. The back door ramp was blocked by furniture, had no handrails and the door only fits small manual wheelchairs. It’s not accessible
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Mark Butler has been abandoning disabled folk since this government came to power. This is just further proof
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The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the dire state of our press, writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth
The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press
www.deepcutnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the dire state of our press, writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
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Nuts to see the widespread media backpatting of Albanese after he ensures Aus critical minerals will be
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
Albanese at the White House: Trump endorses Aukus, signs $8.5bn rare earths deal and calls PM ‘great leader’
President says US has no better friend than Australia but tells ambassador Kevin Rudd “I don’t like you’
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Nuts to see the widespread media backpatting of Albanese after he ensures Aus critical minerals will be
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
@albomp.bsky.social licking all the boots today like a good little fascist fanboy
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
@albomp.bsky.social licking all the boots today like a good little fascist fanboy
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Daughter of a slumlord, who grew up evicting old people from thier houses. .
Job agency companies and bosses continue to make an extraordinary amount of money from a Mutual Obligations system we now know operates unlawfully
Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇
Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Daughter of a slumlord, who grew up evicting old people from thier houses. .
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'The Victorian government will soon require organisations that receive grant funding to sign a ‘social cohesion’ pledge, despite broad opposition from civil society and the government’s own multicultural advisory group.'
www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...
Victorian 'social cohesion' pledge will target multicultural communities, rights groups warn
New 'social cohesion commitment' goes against government's own advice
www.deepcutnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
'The Victorian government will soon require organisations that receive grant funding to sign a ‘social cohesion’ pledge, despite broad opposition from civil society and the government’s own multicultural advisory group.'
www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...
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Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban.
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban.
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...