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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Crackdown.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
January 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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janecaro.bsky.social
My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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greenj.bsky.social
No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...
The Great Palestinian Silence
It seems everyone is tweeting about freedom of speech. So let me tell you a story about freedom of speech and the exceptional case of Palestine. In the days leading up to Israel’s proposed annexati…
meanjin.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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fimelb99.bsky.social
These writers have dropped out of the Adelaide Festival in support of Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Buy their books and support them if you can
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
I ain’t no big city lawyer, but this seems defo as all hell.
janeannehoward.bsky.social Jane Howard @janeannehoward.bsky.social · 1d
Malinauskas: “I do not support the inclusion of those who actively undermine the cultural safety of others, who celebrate the death of innocent civilians, or those who doxx other artists simply because of their faith or cultural background.” www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...
www.adelaidenow.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
This is fucking nuts.

North Korea would be embarrassed by this propaganda

H/T @atrupar.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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coreyoneill.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."

This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.

Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
LA Times: Elon Musk company bot apologizes Newsweek: Elon Musk's Grok Apologizes International Business Times: Grok Issues Apologies The Hill: Musk's AI chatbot Grok apologizes
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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aisucks.antifa.meme
Nickelback is chud rock but it at least tries to be music. Imagine Dragons is like “what if a band existed solely for car commercials”
December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
What’s going on with the daycares in Minneapolis?
December 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
My takeaway is that we have not been mean enough to the New York Times this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
7 Podcasts for Bookworms In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading. This delightfully snarky, deeply researched series delivers takedowns of the kinds of nonfiction best sellers you might pick up at the airport, focusing mainly on self-help, financial advice pop psychology and political punditry like “The Secret” and “The Rules.” “If Books Could Kill” is hosted by Michael Hobbes (a journalist well known to podcast fans for You’re Wrong About” and “Maintenance Phase”) and Peter Shamshiri, a lawyer. The duo project infectious joy in deconstructing the appeal of these mass-market juggernauts despite being laden with pseudoscience, oversimplifications and questionable data. Alongside a breakdown of the flawed arguments and ideas in each title, Hobbes and Shamshiri also explore how these books have fed into false and harmful cultural narratives, championing critical thinking skills in an entertaining and persuasive way.
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This explains like 90% of American politics right now
If this analysis is correct, then the situation is actually much more bleak than Savage’s argument would suggest. If diversification efforts generated a huge change, then the backlash to it might be acceptable, something worth risking and weathering if it comes. Instead, what appears to have happened is a lot of empty talk, no real significant change, and backlash that is causing real harm. This is the worst of all possible worlds.
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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epokhe13.bsky.social
#MDZS
October 17, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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jenashleywright.bsky.social
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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kazcooke.bsky.social
It's heartbreaking. In my opinion, what the State Library of Victoria staff have been put through in the last few years by senior management is a particularly heedless, cavalier sort of cruelty. Carolyn's article is both brave and exemplary.
December 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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willdalrymple.bsky.social
Today we launch a new @empirepoduk.bsky.social mini-series to mark the beginning of the Ashes:

A FOREIGN FIELD:
THE HISTORY OF COLONIAL CRICKET

With Tim Wigmore @timwig
Author of Test Cricket: A History
Winner of this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year
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November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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willdalrymple.bsky.social
How is the history of cricket intertwined with the history of the British Empire?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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davidwearing.bsky.social
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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eveonline.com
Applications for CSM 20 are now open!

Candidates have until October 7th to announce their candidacy, so be sure to keep an eye on the EVE Online forums to know who is vying to represent you!
September 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
Doin' Discourse With Ezra and Charlie

Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry
This cartoon has four panels, all featuring the same three characters. Charlie, a white man in a suit and tie. Ezra, a white man in more casual clothing. And Reader, a Latina wearing shorts and a black tank. PANEL 1 Charlie and Ezra are walking together. Nearby, Reader sits at the base of a tree, reading a book, and overhears. CHARLIE: We need Nuremberg-style trials for tranny-affirming clinic doctors. EZRA: As a liberal centrist, I can't agree with that. But what matters is that we're talking. PANEL 2 The woman looks annoyed. CHARLIE: Democrats want Mexicans to overrun us because they hate America and wanna see it become less white and collapse! EZRA: That's not true. But again, we're talking! Thank you for practicing politics the right way! PANEL 3 The woman stands up, yelling angrily at the two men. CHARLIE: You know what happens in the cities? Blacks prowl around attacking white people for fun! Haitians rape your women and hunt you! EZRA: Again, I can't agree. But I-- READER: Fuck that racist bullcrap! PANEL 4 Ezra and Charlie walk on, not speaking to the woman, who watches them leave with an annoyed expression. EZRA: Tsk! So uncivil! That's the kind of intolerance that's ruining America. CHARLIE: They should deport her! CHICKEN FAT WATCH PANEL 1: A notice taped to the tree says "DON'T don't don't don't don't don't forget about me baby," a reference to a song by Simple Minds made famous in The Breakfast Club. PANEL 4: A heart carved into the tree trunk says "N.L. + S.T." Another heart says "J.T. + J.B.," but has been crossed out. A third heart says "A.H. + J.B." All of these hearts refer to one of my favorite musicals, Sweeney Todd. Beaker from The Muppets is sticking his head out a hole in the ground. A rat is walking on the street next to the sidewalk, looking distressed as it reads something on its phone. It's wearing a shirt with a hearts pattern. A piece of litter on the ground says "REPENT. Panel 4 is upon us!"
September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Wow. From an article in The Guardian.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM