Steve Turner
@stevet-au.bsky.social
Writer based in Australia, either working on something, or posting about news, events, fun, hating AI... this site appears to be suitable.
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A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM
A white guy threw a homemade bomb into a crowd protesting colonialism in Australia and the media have broadly reframed it in more gentle terms, eg this describing it as a "device" that was 'designed to explode'.
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“If everyone that came before me had just complied and complied and complied, I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.”
This is a very powerful video from comedian Josh Johnson. Not just because what he says that's meaningful. But because it shows an emerging trend that high profile people have finally started speaking up, despite concerns it might alienate their followers.
It is time to choose sides.
It is time to choose sides.
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“If everyone that came before me had just complied and complied and complied, I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.”
We got used to scams being the unfortunate byproduct of new technology. Now for new tech that leads with the scams and failures and tries to convince us it is still worthy somewhere!
"There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society."
Please Don’t Say Mean Things about the AI That I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In
“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
We got used to scams being the unfortunate byproduct of new technology. Now for new tech that leads with the scams and failures and tries to convince us it is still worthy somewhere!
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Gift link to @joshtpm.bsky.social take here. Great minds and all that... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation
Opposition to garrisoning soldiers in civilian towns was a cornerstone of the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Gift link to @joshtpm.bsky.social take here. Great minds and all that... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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They say we live in a bubble when there is a dude so fully ensconced in podcasts, twitter, group chats, and stimulants that he thought he could dress like a literal Nazi and start shooting people in the street and be remembered as a hero
These people live in a shrinking and dying parallel universe
These people live in a shrinking and dying parallel universe
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social.
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
They say we live in a bubble when there is a dude so fully ensconced in podcasts, twitter, group chats, and stimulants that he thought he could dress like a literal Nazi and start shooting people in the street and be remembered as a hero
These people live in a shrinking and dying parallel universe
These people live in a shrinking and dying parallel universe
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HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM
HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
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I take back anything mean I ever said about the Dutch language
commiserations to non-Dutch speakers, who will never know what this is about
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
I take back anything mean I ever said about the Dutch language
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two major mainstream news outlets lurched sharply rightward over the past year (CBS and WaPo), and both failed for the basic reason that the only business the new leadership understood was one where they generated literal nonsense to please barely literate billionaires
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
two major mainstream news outlets lurched sharply rightward over the past year (CBS and WaPo), and both failed for the basic reason that the only business the new leadership understood was one where they generated literal nonsense to please barely literate billionaires
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We've been raised in a culture that tells us self interest is all. Every person is out only for themselves &their cronies. What we're seeing now is that a lot of us resisted that programming. Some can't quite believe that's what it is--that we just fucking CARE. yes we care for free u creepy freaks!
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We've been raised in a culture that tells us self interest is all. Every person is out only for themselves &their cronies. What we're seeing now is that a lot of us resisted that programming. Some can't quite believe that's what it is--that we just fucking CARE. yes we care for free u creepy freaks!
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
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Knowing nothing about firearms myself, this was an interesting read.
I'm going to say a couple of things about Alex Pretti's handgun, that I don't think people who do not shoot will initially understand.
This photo was almost immediately distributed by the feds. I think that doing so was, for them and their attempt to whitewash the murder, a *huge* error.
This photo was almost immediately distributed by the feds. I think that doing so was, for them and their attempt to whitewash the murder, a *huge* error.
January 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Knowing nothing about firearms myself, this was an interesting read.
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Reminder that the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail editorial pages exhibit a human version of what AI calls "model collapse"—if you feed a language model its own output its output rapidly deteriorates into self-parody. The owners of the right-wing press read their own media and it rotted their brains.
January 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Reminder that the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail editorial pages exhibit a human version of what AI calls "model collapse"—if you feed a language model its own output its output rapidly deteriorates into self-parody. The owners of the right-wing press read their own media and it rotted their brains.
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Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.
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ICE is a paramilitary force deployed in a campaign of state domestic terrorism.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 PM
ICE is a paramilitary force deployed in a campaign of state domestic terrorism.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
If the primary focus were immigration enforcement, they’d be raiding agricultural and hospitality industry settings.
Instead, they’re going into residential neighborhoods, schools, and courthouses.
Terror is the goal.
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@charliejane.bsky.social said it so well.
January 24, 2026 at 1:23 PM
@charliejane.bsky.social said it so well.
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Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.
37 year old white male citizen with a lawful permit to carry a firearm, says the Minneapolis Police Department.
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.
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Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
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The World Cup in the US must be boycotted by foreign nations. Outside financial pressure is the only thing the thugs in suits (as opposed to the thugs in camo) will respond to.
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The World Cup in the US must be boycotted by foreign nations. Outside financial pressure is the only thing the thugs in suits (as opposed to the thugs in camo) will respond to.
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Given the news from Minneapolis, I expect that within the next 24 hours Trump will throw a dead cat on the table ((TM) Boris Johnson). Probably by bombing the Ayatollah Khamenei in his bunker or declaring war on Ruritania.
Fucking chaos monkey in the White House, throwing peanuts while Rome burns.
Fucking chaos monkey in the White House, throwing peanuts while Rome burns.
January 24, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Given the news from Minneapolis, I expect that within the next 24 hours Trump will throw a dead cat on the table ((TM) Boris Johnson). Probably by bombing the Ayatollah Khamenei in his bunker or declaring war on Ruritania.
Fucking chaos monkey in the White House, throwing peanuts while Rome burns.
Fucking chaos monkey in the White House, throwing peanuts while Rome burns.
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Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
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Another amazing discovery which pushes back the oldest known cave art by over 15,000 years!!!
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Another amazing discovery which pushes back the oldest known cave art by over 15,000 years!!!
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And the professor who led the project is Adam Brumm, brother of Joe (the creator of Bluey!), and that’s why Bandit the dog is a paleo-archaeologist in the show! 😁
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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