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David @daverino.bsky.social · 8m

“Google has blocked ads for a commonwealth-funded STI awareness campaign as “adult content” in a move sexual health organisations say frustrates efforts to share evidence-based public health information online.”

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Google blocked STI awareness ads as ‘adult content’, Senate estimates hears

Search engine added ‘STI testing’ to list of sensitive topics in November, censoring important public health campaign, Greens leader says

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 10m

If you are placing more (inter)actions between me and a potential sale, it makes me wonder about about the design of your products and/or services in general.

Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 11m

New pet peeve: Websites that incorporate regions with scroll bars, but the region DOES NOT resize with the browser window, so you can only access the scroll bar by maximising the browser window.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 54m

Australia exports: low-value-added raw materials; its domestic natural gas supply; coursework master degrees; and, the fucking dumbest ideas in the world.

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

Denmark is planning to ban children under 15 from using social media, following Australia's world-first laws to curb social media use among teenagers.

Denmark to follow Australia in banning social media for children

Denmark is planning to ban children under 15 from using social media, following Australia's world-first laws to curb social media use among teenagers.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2h

Death seems the only desirable sequel for a career like this

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2h

We're meant to have these things called the Australian Federal Police and also the National Anti-Corruption Commission who are both certainly authorised to act in the scenario where a government department is recovering >$3.5m a year in fraud without even really actively looking.

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 2h

Lmao the employment department has recovered 10.6 MILLION from providers due to fraud tip-offs over 3 years, and not shut down a single provider.

Reminder: They spend 4 BILLION A YEAR on this system, which is about 25% of how much they spend on JobSeeker payments each year.

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 3h

Noting that they receive more than $4 billion a year to punish poor people while operating the system unlawfully 🙂🙂🙂

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Second damning report in two weeks exposes government’s wilful negligence on Centrelink payment suspensions

It is clear this report is nothing more than an attempt to cover the department’s ass so it can prop up the system of punishment it outsources to unaccountable welfare cops who profit from poverty.

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 3h

"If they don't deliver, they don't get paid,"

The first flagrant lie from the employment department in today's senate estimates hearing about the welfare cops who profit from poverty. No doubt there will be much more bullshit to come!

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 3h

If you want to watch the employment department defend their unlawful operation of compulsory activities (so-called mutual obligations), you can tune in to the senate estimates hearing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WId...

Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee [Part 1] | 09/10/2025

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 4h

Liberal MP sends email wrongly congratulating people for becoming citizens: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/liberal-mp-makes-mass-citizenship-email-mistake-wendy-lovell/105869436

Liberal MP sends email wrongly congratulating people for becoming citizens

A mass email from a Liberal MP wrongly congratulates many people across northern Victoria on becoming new Australian citizens.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 4h

Those in charge definitely have their fingers on the pulse, and absolutely know what they're doing. Can't go wrong.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 4h

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 9h

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/artificial-intelligence-cheating-australian-catholic-university/105863524

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 5h

What’s the name of your boyfriend who’s one of the founders of antifa?
It’s George. George…..Glass

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 4h

The Sick Sense.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5h

"34 people found this helpful"

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 9h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 5h

RSL NSW bosses resign following ABC investigation: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/rsl-nsw-president-and-three-board-members-resign/105870106

RSL NSW bosses resign following ABC investigation

The president of RSL NSW Mick Bainbridge has resigned from the board along with three other directors in a shock move just minutes before a scheduled vote on his removal.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 5h

Full Metal Gallus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNZ...

Surfin Bird (escena) La chaqueta metálica

YouTube video by Momento Escena

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 5h

*I’ve got a girlfriend she’s a member of another faction you wouldn’t know her.*

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 10h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 5h

Definitely some kind of circle something.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 6h

Initially thought this was a comment on voting preferences in rural Australia, and the emergence of a new 'coloured' political party - the Tawnies to rival the Teals.

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 7h

Epic gaslighting by Labor - the Coalition is irrelevant, so choosing to negotiate with it is just political cover for failing to do the right thing

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7h

Labor of course do not need one single vote of the LNP to pass any laws, so they are choosing to make the laws weaker.

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h

How it started How it's going

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 7h

A classic example of what @anna-orridge.bsky.social refers to as a “lolsob” moment.

“A major Australian university used artificial intelligence technology to accuse about 6,000 students of academic misconduct last year…many of the students had done nothing wrong”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

www.abc.net.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 7h

Cool with me.

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.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7h

Greens Senator @nickmckim.bsky.social in estimates pointing out 82% of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount goes to the richest 10%, so why does the govt think that is good policy?
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Australia Institute Live: 'I'm very proud of the team I lead' says Sussan Ley as she's forced to fend off party room woes for the third day All the day's events, as it happens

It's the final day of the House sitting, with estimates hearings continuing and the Coalition still in a mess. All the day's events, with fact checks, live.

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