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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 6h

NSW Premier Chris Minns has rejected calls to light up the Sydney Opera House in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he did for Israel. Says it could be “inflaming the situation”
Palestinian flag is inflammatory? This man is an absolute disgrace.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

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Kate Smith (she/her) @katesmith28220.bsky.social · 6h

This is so very sad.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12h

My column on tax, fairness and companies paying nothing.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If we want a better, more equal society, we need more tax. But more tax only works if big business pays their fair share | Grogonomics

Trust in both the tax and political system will falter if people feel they are being punished for not paying tax while large companies legally get away with paying nothing

www.theguardian.com

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 9h

the chair of the closing the gap at senate estimates is an indigenous senator , excellent #estimates

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 10h

You have got to be kidding me.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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#BLM/#NMP/#ANTIFA🇲🇽 @sinnu1.bsky.social · 22h

On point…

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Pesky Professor @peskyprofessor.bsky.social · 1d

They are writing the headlines.

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 1d

FUCKING THIS

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ZAC @sandcrawler1990.bsky.social · 3d

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 2d

Some might say that charging taxpayers $440k for thought work that you have AI do for you is…. Fraud.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if his stolen wages were ever repaid to him or his family?

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Mike Manning @mikemanning01.bsky.social · 2d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 3d

Impossible to erase reality

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 3d

The evidence is overwhelming. Ring wing nut jobs are definitely much more dangerous. Most leftists just want a better, kinder, cleaner, safer, fairer, more equitable world. Right wingers hate the left for being nice.

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Kate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 3d

So, which department in government will respond to this? Is anyone responsible? #auspol

publicintegrity.bsky.social @publicintegrity.bsky.social · 3d

Australia’s leading integrity, human rights and media freedom organisations have united to denounce the Government’s Freedom of Information Amendment Bill, warning the reforms will lead to greater government secrecy and less accountability.

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#auspol

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Labor is actively hiding the truth of Australia’s genocidal supply of F35 fighter parts to Israel.

My office uncovered via FOI the Defence Department quietly deleted its webpage celebrating Australian companies pumping weapons parts to Israel to keep F35 jets flying.

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 3d

New poll shows majority of Australians support sanctioning Israel www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Over half of Australians support sanctions on Israel and its leaders for ongoing attacks on Gaza, poll shows

Survey finds 57% of respondents agreed government should impose similar sanctions on Israel as those against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

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💙Joani in the sky with cubic zirconia 💙 @greeneyedlady07.bsky.social · 3d

“Misplaced?” Is that another word for stolen?

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d

Trump “misplaced” $17 TRILLION. That’s not Monopoly money that’s corruption on steroids. Ally Sammarco @allysammarco.bsky.social and I break it down on our latest episode.

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 3d

More of this, please. ICE does not and will not ever have enough people to stop everyone who opposed their actions.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 4d

If our mainstream media had any integrity, this would be a big story.

Journalists would seek to interview the chief executive of the press club, Maurice Reilly, who cancelled Chris Hedges' appearance "in the interest of balancing out our program".

But as mainstream media has no integrity...

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💙 JustFab 💙❌️👑 @justfab44.bsky.social · 4d

ABSOLUTELY!!!

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