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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 59m

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Social media is to blame for social cohesion issues across the globe, News Corp Australia’s executive chair, Michael Miller, has said, as he calls for media to present a united front against the platforms and AI companies seeking content for free. Miller told the Melbourne Press Club on Wednesday social media was rife with “misinformation, disinformation [and] the rabbit holes [that] they drag you down. Continue reading...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 20h

The British media collectively goes after anyone who starts telling the truth a bit too loudly. Corbyn, then Lineker, now Zack Polanski and Gary Neville. What do they have in common? 1) are popular/likeable 2) point out what's wrong with the UK. You can do one or the other but you can't do both.

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 2h

Tired: Australia paying the Americans vast sums for submarines we’re never going to get

Wired: in the Solomons, you get free drug submarines from the sea

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

'Made in Colombia' narco sub found floating in Solomon Islands

Cousins Reubenson and Martin Fugui found a 'Made in Colombia' narco sub in Solomon Islands over the weekend — the third such vessel found in the country's waters over the past year.

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PapaTJ 🤗 🌈 @papatj.bsky.social · 15h

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14h

PRESS: "What do you think about Emperor Caligula naming his horse as a Senator?"

SPEAKER JOHNSON: "I didn't see that. i don't have time to follow every news story or social media post."

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 8h

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 4h

Pauline Hanson has achieved nothing in public life. Everything she stands for has gone backwards and everything she rails against has flourished. Her entire political project is a swindle or a disaster

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 4h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 20h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 6h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 8h

🎶 Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name ...

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 9h

Weird how Antifa never asks me for money. Everyone else does, but Antifa is very quiet.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#WarRavagedPortland

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 8h

They claim the right to stop anyone and demand their papers based solely on the discretion of masked, cos-playing thugs who've decided you "look scared" or are "gripping the steering wheel tightly."

Miller is telling us, "Brown people today, the rest of you tomorrow." Listen to his words.

Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 14h

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 8h

Sir Keith was one of those who brought Lyons across from Labor and lobbied hard to stop setting up the ABC. Young Rupert would have met Lyons as a child

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 23h

Rupert Murdoch has met every Australian Prime Minister since Billy Hughes

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2d

Jon Adams, The New Yorker

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 1d

I hope this attitude flows through into the real estate ads that prop up their company. "Look, if you weren't smart enough to buy a house in 1987 you don't need to know about the north-facing 3-bed number in Hughesdale with rustic bathroom fittings"