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Tertiary education institutions must be a major source of income for the big four consulting firms. Codependency?
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tertiary education institutions must be a major source of income for the big four consulting firms. Codependency?
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Curiouser and curiouser
UTS vice-chancellor Andrew Parfitt has told a federal government inquiry he knew about a secret list of “underperforming” researchers produced by KPMG as part of a $100m cost-cutting drive, but which his office claimed on his behalf did not exist. satpa.pe/a5HOtAG
‘Kicking and screaming’: UTS admits to secret spreadsheet
Calls grow for the resignation of UTS vice-chancellor Andrew Parfitt, who knew of the KPMG-produced list targeting ‘underperforming’ staff even as his office denied it existed.
satpa.pe
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Curiouser and curiouser
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“The profiteers have had their turn at the wheel, and they are steering us into a starless night. It is time to take it back.”
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We Are the Crew: A Manifesto for Spaceship Earth
Look around you. Everything you see – every person, every tree, every city, every ocean – is aboard a single, magnificent vessel. This planet is not merely a place we inhabit; it is a life-support [.....
theaimn.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“The profiteers have had their turn at the wheel, and they are steering us into a starless night. It is time to take it back.”
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“Murdoch press headlines consistently amplify renewable incidents while minimising fossil-related ones.”
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The fire next doorl
A Clarke & Dawe–Inspired Interrogation of Murdoch’s Renewable Ambulance Chasing THE INTERVIEW Interviewer: Let’s begin. A solar farm was on fire? Spokesperson: Yes. Terrible business. Interviewer: A g...
theaimn.net
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“Murdoch press headlines consistently amplify renewable incidents while minimising fossil-related ones.”
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this renders what urban planners think they know useless
except they don’t know and thus they’ll carry on making plans for a world that no longer exists
except they don’t know and thus they’ll carry on making plans for a world that no longer exists
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
this renders what urban planners think they know useless
except they don’t know and thus they’ll carry on making plans for a world that no longer exists
except they don’t know and thus they’ll carry on making plans for a world that no longer exists
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At 1.5°C, the atmosphere can hold over 10% more water vapor than it could in the pre-industrial period 1850-1900.
The additional precipitation leads to car soup, airport soup, road soup, city soup, farm soup, and a hearty portion of global industrial civilization soup.
The additional precipitation leads to car soup, airport soup, road soup, city soup, farm soup, and a hearty portion of global industrial civilization soup.
December 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At 1.5°C, the atmosphere can hold over 10% more water vapor than it could in the pre-industrial period 1850-1900.
The additional precipitation leads to car soup, airport soup, road soup, city soup, farm soup, and a hearty portion of global industrial civilization soup.
The additional precipitation leads to car soup, airport soup, road soup, city soup, farm soup, and a hearty portion of global industrial civilization soup.
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What the social media ban assumes about our society is that the places where adults congregate to share ideas are never safe for children. And it’s wrong
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What the social media ban assumes about our society is that the places where adults congregate to share ideas are never safe for children. And it’s wrong
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Dave. Doesn’t. Miss.
Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity - The Shot
It really is the 1% versus the rest of us. The stakes couldn't be higher. And the enemy could not be more depraved. Still, we'll win.
theshot.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dave. Doesn’t. Miss.
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I borrowed the book from my local library to read.
Excellent writing and can confirm lack of lobbyist “good faith” where lobbyists are akin to corporations aka “legal people” where ethics are just rules to be followed (or bent).
The read was a tad depressing even if writing was great..
Excellent writing and can confirm lack of lobbyist “good faith” where lobbyists are akin to corporations aka “legal people” where ethics are just rules to be followed (or bent).
The read was a tad depressing even if writing was great..
It is also clear that those close to and actually running the Albanese administration assume that the lobbyists and industry associations they are consulting with are doing so in good faith.
I wrote a whole book about why that is a mistake.
I wrote a whole book about why that is a mistake.
Slick
A riveting expose of the global oil industry’s multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to address environmental devastation.
www.uqp.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I borrowed the book from my local library to read.
Excellent writing and can confirm lack of lobbyist “good faith” where lobbyists are akin to corporations aka “legal people” where ethics are just rules to be followed (or bent).
The read was a tad depressing even if writing was great..
Excellent writing and can confirm lack of lobbyist “good faith” where lobbyists are akin to corporations aka “legal people” where ethics are just rules to be followed (or bent).
The read was a tad depressing even if writing was great..
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“The promise of cryptocurrency was one of liberation – freedom from central banks, from government oversight, from the traditional financial gatekeepers. In reality, it has become the ultimate tool for those very gatekeepers… “
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The Digital Leviathan: How Cryptocurrencies Enable Surveillance and Vulture Capitalism
The promise of cryptocurrency was one of liberation – freedom from central banks, from government oversight, from the traditional financial gatekeepers. In reality, it has become the ultimate tool for...
theaimn.net
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“The promise of cryptocurrency was one of liberation – freedom from central banks, from government oversight, from the traditional financial gatekeepers. In reality, it has become the ultimate tool for those very gatekeepers… “
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Winning the war on woke
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Winning the war on woke
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Sign up for the online meeting here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stop Funding Billionaires Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Stop Funding Billionaires that are propping up fascism!
Our cities are under attack by ICE and President Trump’s deportation agenda. Trillions of our retirement dollars and endowments are supporting ...
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Is your pension fund fueling fascism?
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Is your pension fund fueling fascism?
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
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Great line.
Not that you’d know it from the rhetoric. Nothing serves a risk‑averse government better than a crisis narrative: it creates the illusion of decisiveness while leaving the substance untouched.
Not that you’d know it from the rhetoric. Nothing serves a risk‑averse government better than a crisis narrative: it creates the illusion of decisiveness while leaving the substance untouched.
“We owe our young people a duty of care that goes beyond headline-grabbing social media bans.”
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Ban It and They’ll Thank Us Later: Labor’s Teen Social Media Panic
While Finland invests twenty years teaching its children to think critically about media, Australia reaches for symbolic gestures and declares them progress. Within days, a new law regulating social m...
theaimn.net
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Great line.
Not that you’d know it from the rhetoric. Nothing serves a risk‑averse government better than a crisis narrative: it creates the illusion of decisiveness while leaving the substance untouched.
Not that you’d know it from the rhetoric. Nothing serves a risk‑averse government better than a crisis narrative: it creates the illusion of decisiveness while leaving the substance untouched.
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“We owe our young people a duty of care that goes beyond headline-grabbing social media bans.”
theaimn.net/ban-it-and-t...
theaimn.net/ban-it-and-t...
Ban It and They’ll Thank Us Later: Labor’s Teen Social Media Panic
While Finland invests twenty years teaching its children to think critically about media, Australia reaches for symbolic gestures and declares them progress. Within days, a new law regulating social m...
theaimn.net
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“We owe our young people a duty of care that goes beyond headline-grabbing social media bans.”
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The Spectator was founded by a guy, Algy Cluff, whose fortune came from servicing the N Sea O&G industry. It has always been a hydrocarbon-friendly, gaslighting rag.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Spectator was founded by a guy, Algy Cluff, whose fortune came from servicing the N Sea O&G industry. It has always been a hydrocarbon-friendly, gaslighting rag.
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When is a doc not a doc? When Dept of Home Affairs signs one
#Nauru #whatsthescam #thewinker
michaelwest.com.au/no-docs-here...
#Nauru #whatsthescam #thewinker
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No docs here, says Home Affairs, of Nauru docs freshly signed - Michael West
Home Affairs Dept refuses to produce documents governing Australia’s offshore processing arrangement with Nauru, rejecting MWM's FOI request.
michaelwest.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
When is a doc not a doc? When Dept of Home Affairs signs one
#Nauru #whatsthescam #thewinker
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#Nauru #whatsthescam #thewinker
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Hegseth is working his way through the usual worm pattern: denial, then distancing as denial falters, penultimately defending, relying on Trumpistas being above the law. Beware the usual fourth step, distraction.
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
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No fog, no war. Hegseth's war crimes put Australian soldiers at risk - Michael West
Australian service personnel are embedded with a rogue military force committing war crimes. Why are they are not being recalled?
michaelwest.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hegseth is working his way through the usual worm pattern: denial, then distancing as denial falters, penultimately defending, relying on Trumpistas being above the law. Beware the usual fourth step, distraction.
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
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@albomp.bsky.social showing his contempt for voters once again!
When is the @australianlabor.bsky.social caucus going to show a fucking backbone, & start forcing their duplicitous RW leader to do what the voters demand - transparency & legit governance instead jobs for the boys & corp arse licking!
When is the @australianlabor.bsky.social caucus going to show a fucking backbone, & start forcing their duplicitous RW leader to do what the voters demand - transparency & legit governance instead jobs for the boys & corp arse licking!
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
@albomp.bsky.social showing his contempt for voters once again!
When is the @australianlabor.bsky.social caucus going to show a fucking backbone, & start forcing their duplicitous RW leader to do what the voters demand - transparency & legit governance instead jobs for the boys & corp arse licking!
When is the @australianlabor.bsky.social caucus going to show a fucking backbone, & start forcing their duplicitous RW leader to do what the voters demand - transparency & legit governance instead jobs for the boys & corp arse licking!
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The Administrative Appeals Tribunal was abolished by the Albanese government and replaced with the ART
A study of its appointments to the ART would be interesting
A study of its appointments to the ART would be interesting
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal was abolished by the Albanese government and replaced with the ART
A study of its appointments to the ART would be interesting
A study of its appointments to the ART would be interesting
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Merit before mates? Yeah .. nah. Here’s how @albomp.bsky.social is smothering the “No Favourites” Briggs Review recommendations to end cronyism, patronage via “jobs for mates”. Albo is emerging as a true duopolist. 👇Centre for Public Integrity.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Merit before mates? Yeah .. nah. Here’s how @albomp.bsky.social is smothering the “No Favourites” Briggs Review recommendations to end cronyism, patronage via “jobs for mates”. Albo is emerging as a true duopolist. 👇Centre for Public Integrity.
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The Observer has used a 'George Orwell' quote "the enemy of nonsense" to promote the paper; but it turns out that no source can be found and it's almost certainly not an Orwell quote.
As you know, I'm against that sort of thing, no matter who does it
www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
As you know, I'm against that sort of thing, no matter who does it
www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
‘The Enemy of Nonsense’ - Darcy Moore
George Orwell, who wrote for The Observer, described it as “the enemy of nonsense”. Now, more than ever, it has a job to do. James Harding, Editor-in-Chief It was with great interest I read James ...
www.darcymoore.net
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Observer has used a 'George Orwell' quote "the enemy of nonsense" to promote the paper; but it turns out that no source can be found and it's almost certainly not an Orwell quote.
As you know, I'm against that sort of thing, no matter who does it
www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
As you know, I'm against that sort of thing, no matter who does it
www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
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So The Oz has discovered there is now racism in Australia. But only one kind of racism, no other kind.
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Israel’s interpretation of “ceasefire” appears to mean “less bombing but continue to starve those who survived the bombs.”
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A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory
A ceasefire can be a strange thing. The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time, ordering their forces and disciplining their charges from st...
theaimn.net
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Israel’s interpretation of “ceasefire” appears to mean “less bombing but continue to starve those who survived the bombs.”
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