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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 24m

the truth is that gambling companies like Sportsbet are a relevant industry for students doing an IT degree (I have friends that went that way, at least for a time)

it's interesting that Sportsbet is on the nose but not weapons manufacturers or fossil fuel corps...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 51m

What next? @monashuniversity.bsky.social will let a fossil fuel corp sponsor an entire university building creating an unmissable presence on campus⁉️

oh wait...

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 2h

Exclusive | Sportsbet has given a guest lecture at Monash University, sparking a faculty review after the university admitted an error of judgement. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.

Sportsbet guest lecturer at Monash university seminar prompts faculty review

Monash University has barred Sportsbet from providing industry presenters to masters students after acknowledging the guest lecture spot was an error in judgement.

www.crikey.com.au

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 3h

“Twelve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have died in custody in NSW so far in 2025 – the highest number ever recorded in a single year, with more than two months remaining in the calendar,” O’Sullivan wrote.

“This is a profoundly distressing milestone.“

Voices of Wentworth @voicesofwentworth.bsky.social · 3h

“The state’s top coroner has taken the rare step of issuing an open letter after NSW reached the “profoundly distressing milestone” of recording the highest-ever number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody in a single year”

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
#auspol

Coroner’s extraordinary public letter after shock number of deaths

The state’s top coroner has issued a rare statement after NSW reached a “profoundly distressing milestone”.

www.smh.com.au

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 3h

So glad to see the future of relationships is wanking alone to prompts from a chatbot that will raise your electricity and water prices send all your private responses to Sam Altman for unsafekeeping

The Verge @theverge.com · 10h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 4h

I didn't intend to write this today

On the sick lie of sick people in a sick culture, that violence and military might can bring peace and harmony

On Trump in Israel

On the wisdom of dissenting Jews, Arendt and Butler

On the necessity of grief

in-between-days.ghost.io/bombs-for-pe...

Bombs for peace and other lies

A shaky ceasefire holds in Israel-Palestine. And yes, thank whatever or whoever, this is cause for some hope and some celebration. Fewer people are dying today. This is good. But I am filled with gr...

in-between-days.ghost.io

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 6h

Critical AI Literacy Symposium, with Dagmar Monett, @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social & Miquel Pérez Torres, Linda Mannila, and @olivia.science

🎬 Video recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxyg...

📢 Symposium website: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🤔 Critical AI Literacy website: www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Critical AI Literacy: Empowering people to resist hype and harms in the age of AI -- Symposium 2025

YouTube video by Iris van Rooij

www.youtube.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4h

AI's inability to do citation is a known problem. Nicely demonstrated in the 6 Mar 2025 @towcenter.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social piece about freely available published news articles

Is Deloitte ignorant of the problem? Or just indifferent to it?

AI Search Has A Citation Problem

We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.

www.cjr.org

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4h

AI's inability to do citation is a known problem. Nicely demonstrated in the 6 Mar 2025 @towcenter.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social piece about freely available published news articles

Is Deloitte ignorant of the problem? Or just indifferent to it?

AI Search Has A Citation Problem

We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.

www.cjr.org

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4h

"Officials from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, while unhappy about the use of AI and errors in the original report, told a Senate estimates hearing last week the recommendations in the Deloitte report had not changed and would be taken up by the department."

JFC🤯🤬

Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 7h

Wow.
"The corrected version of a Deloitte report to the Albanese government reissued by the big consulting firm after it was found to include AI-generated mistakes contains new citation errors and other flaws in referencing the academic work it relies on"

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

More errors, ‘irrelevant citations’ in Deloitte’s revised AI report

Academics question how AI-generated “gobbledegook” can be justified after the fact by irrelevant citations, as the big four firm republishes its welfare report.

www.afr.com

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 7h

Wow.
"The corrected version of a Deloitte report to the Albanese government reissued by the big consulting firm after it was found to include AI-generated mistakes contains new citation errors and other flaws in referencing the academic work it relies on"

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

More errors, ‘irrelevant citations’ in Deloitte’s revised AI report

Academics question how AI-generated “gobbledegook” can be justified after the fact by irrelevant citations, as the big four firm republishes its welfare report.

www.afr.com

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 6h

NSW premier Chris Minns had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that claim to be grossly exaggerated.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/chris-minn...

Chris Minns exaggerated the scale of antisemitism in NSW – and won't apologise

The NSW premier had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that to be false.

www.deepcutnews.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Proposed changes would:
⚠️give the NSW planning minister "new powers to divert any new project through a streamlined development pathway"
⚠️mean Targeted Assessment Development (TAD) projects "would be expressly prohibited from considering a range of environmental and public interest impacts"🤯 2/

'Deceitful' planning laws bypass environment, corruption safeguards, experts say

There are growing fears that a major overhaul of planning laws promoted to fast-track housing development will bypass environmental protections and remove safeguards against corruption.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 8h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 6h

Barak was an Aboriginal leader who witnessed the signing of the controversial 1835 Batman Treaty. He made many works during his life, but many are unaccounted for. 👉 theconversation.com/william...

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 7h

In the 'very unsurprising' category today...

Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.

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

Water fluoridation leading to lower rates of tooth decay in children, study finds

The findings are released as more Queensland councils opt out of water fluoridation and amid rising rates of misinformation.

www.abc.net.au

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 6h

LIVE NOW!

Solidarity Against Sadism

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left. With @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

Stream:

Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall

Join Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Astra Taylor, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor for an emergency town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the…

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

"With the major donors revealed, it is clear Advance, contrary to its presentation, is hardly a movement of the ordinary person against 'the elite', but rather represents their interests." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Who are 'Advance' and what are they doing to our politics?

Launched in 2018 as a conservative answer to GetUp!, the group Advance likes to style itself as the voice of the average person against “the elite.

johnmenadue.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

CLIMATE OBSTRUCTION: A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT is OUT!

I've downloaded my copy👇 (you can also order a physical book)

Look forward to reading this as I listen to @amywestervelt.bsky.social's @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast series on World of Obstruction

Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 12h

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.

Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The March for White Australia RETVRNS this Sunday, OCT 19.

Below is a list of counter-protests, organised under the banner of 'No Room For Racism & Fascism' /// 'No White Australia. Counter The Far Right.'

Melbourne - 11am @ State Library
Brisbane - 11am @ Queens Gardens
Perth - 12pm @ Forrest Place
Canberra - 11am @ NLA Lawns
Sydney - 11am @ Belmore Park
Adelaide - 11:30am @ Beehive Corner

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

Meanwhile March for White Australia returns this Sunday 19 Oct

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

ICYMI - great work from Climate Integrity & EDO

(unfortunately both not active on bsky)

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Climate Integrity asks the ACCC to investigate claims made by the gas lobby in its submission to the government's Future Gas Strategy, while raising doubts about EY modelling

Climate Integrity asks regulator to investigate claims made by gas lobby

Climate Integrity asks the ACCC to investigate claims made by the gas lobby in its submission to the government's Future Gas Strategy, while raising doubts about EY modelling

www.abc.net.au

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 1d

Digital privacy experts have warned there is little Australian authorities can do about a massive data breach that has published Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's personal phone number online

www.deepcutnews.com/p/pms-number...

PM's number leaked by foreign website – and Australian law can't stop it

Government urged to strengthen privacy laws and get tougher on companies after data of high-profile Australians published online

www.deepcutnews.com

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 19h

ultra-screm kitty, channelling Bene Gesserit voice for sure

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 16h

mine too!

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 17h

"Mamdani has already displayed unparalleled political expertise in debunking myths about public spending. We build on this expertise, equipping the mayoralty with tools to openly and comprehensively challenge what we call Neoliberal Public Finance."

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

moneyontheleft.org

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