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Josh Bornstein

@joshbornstein.bsky.social

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Employment and industrial relations lawyer, Author ‘Working for the Brand: how corporations are destroying free speech’ Scribe, 2024👇,tribunal member. Anti-fascist. https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/working-for-the-brand-9781761381041

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you want to understand how the ABC ended up in this god awful cluster fiasco, harming the careers of @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social , Stan Grant, Emma Alberici, Yasmin Abdel Magid, Andrew Probyn, Nick Ross & the many that you don’t hear about, I explain it in my recent book:

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 9d

Legend

Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 10d

What a ride. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Writing the book on Robodebt drove Rick Morton mad. Now it's won him $80k

Journalist Rick Morton didn't want to write a book about Robodebt. Now that book, Mean Streak, has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction.

www.abc.net.au

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 11d

Has Portland been conquered already ?

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 12d

Cancel culture is a source of censorship, no ? First there is pressure to censor and then a decision to censor.

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 15d

More power to your arm Karen

Liz @mivoicetoo.bsky.social · 15d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15d

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d

Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm.

His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN.

When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 21d

For those who argue the Right has just discovered cancel culture, there are 2 words to consider: Anthony Fauci.

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 21d

Absolutely. Corporations wield an extraordinary censorship power.

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more corporate cancel culture

ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 21d

It's not just Jimmie Kimmel. Per Newsweek & other outlets, at least 33 people, including pilots, teachers, professors, & government employees, have been fired, suspended, or placed on leave over posts about Kirk’s death. If it happens to you, fight back: see your lawyer, & post it here. #ProudBlue

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 22d

Brisbane Folk: come along and hear from Executive Committee member, Bart Shteinman at this event we're pleased to co-host! events.humanitix.com/should-anti-...

Should anti-semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together?

Hear diverse community leaders discuss racism; antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel; and Palestinian rights. Fellowship/supper will follow the Q&A.

events.humanitix.com

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 23d

Ordinary People knocked my sox off.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24d

No-one was MAKING staff go to this session. If anyone felt unsafe hearing about children’s health during war, they could have just …. chosen not to attend.
It was obviously cancelled to ensure NO-ONE would talk about it.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24d

Again and again: free speech silenced at the behest of an organised pro-Israel lobby group by weak-kneed management.
If people don’t stand up to this pressure there won’t be a single institution left in which anyone can talk about the genocide in Gaza.

Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff

Exclusive: Letter to CEO argued event would pose a risk of ‘moral injury, vicarious trauma and harmful workplace behaviours’ to staff and patients

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 24d

“More than 20 million Australians in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide could swelter through deadly heatwaves of more than 44 degrees stretching across 1.72 million square kilometres if temperatures rise by 3 degrees.”

www.smh.com.au/environment/...

‘Like a Mad Max movie’: How hot it will really get in ‘unliveable Australia’

Parts of Australia would become unliveable if Australia’s temperatures rise by three degrees.

www.smh.com.au

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 25d

“Calling people a fascist is dangerous, violent rhetoric.” ...

Here's a compilation of Trump doing precisely that:

ht: @micaherfan.com

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 26d

That’s a big call. Always dangerous to underestimate his idiocy.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 8

Judges and barristers in England and Wales who bully and harass junior colleagues benefit from a 'culture of impunity' and a complaints system that penalises victims, a damning review has found. on.ft.com/4mP2Rdf

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Sep 6

RIP Budgies

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James Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Once more for the commuter set.

James Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · Sep 5

My latest for SRB.

sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/bast...

Bastards! | Sydney Review of Books

From economic rationalism to libertarianism, neoliberalism appears under many guises. Reviewing Quinn Slobodian’s new book on neoliberal thought, James Ley shows that what its founders share with latt...

sydneyreviewofbooks.com

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · Sep 4

Being the Special Envoy for Antisemitism and refusing to address nazis is like being the Special Envoy for Black Lung Disease refusing to address coal. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Failure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy says

At a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches

www.theguardian.com

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · Aug 31

My favorite sentence in the New York Times explainer on Mamdani and socialism.

The closest Mr. Mamdani gets to socialism is his belief in treating people more equitably.

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Aug 27

So is it true that Trump is trying to fire someone for ‘making misleading statements’?

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Aug 27

Does this work?

www.afr.com/policy/econo...

Labor’s housing ‘help’ risks backfiring on homeowners

Nationalising the first buyer LMI market could cut competition and put upward pressure on premiums for investors and first buyers not eligible for the scheme.

www.afr.com

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NTEU Victoria @nteuvictoria.bsky.social · Aug 27

Point Cook MP calls for greater staff representation on university councils.
State MPs like Mathew Hilakari are backing NTEU’s campaign for improved university governance in Victoria.
Find out more and how to support change at our unis: betterunis.nteu.au
#highereducation #auspol #HigherEd

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · Aug 26

I did an interview with the ABC about so-called Sovereign Citizens, so if you’re looking for background and context about the alleged circumstances of events in Porepunkah, Australia, it is here just after the 2hr mark: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Breakfast - ABC listen

Have your breakfast with ABC Riverina. News, weather and local stories.

www.abc.net.au

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · Aug 24

Sneak preview of the cover of the Polish edition of Working for the Brand. Out soon. In good bookstores in Poland.

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