Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3
The most basic fundamentals of cognitive processing.
Humans observe events, narrate stories to explain them, and assign emotions to those stories.
This helps illustrate how influencers can emotionally manipulate outcomes with biased or false narratives around events.
Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.
Now, you might say, "What about all the knowledge we'd lose if we push all the abusive geniuses out of academia?!"
But I'd counter and say, "Well, what about the knowledge we've already lost from the budding scholars whose careers they've derailed with their abuse?"
“If Australia is to embrace progressive patriotism... then this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to simultaneously repair the budget, improve the quality of public services and lower the cost of living.” - Dr Richard Denniss
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We are not talking about this enough.
And the fact that AI is being pushed on us without a parallel conversation about how we protect girls and women from AI driven sexual violence is a huge problem.
It’s also misogyny.
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Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus
I've also heard 'Gender restrictive', as the aim is to restrict gender expression, gender roles, etc. that was from this report by the global philanthropy trust globalphilanthropyproject.org/2021/03/24/m...
Anti-Trans bigotry is such a strong force because Trans people represent a movement towards bodily autonomy that would violate everything the fascists hold dear. The fascists don't want anyone to get to make choices about their bodies. Trans healthcare is a slap in the face to patriarchal control.
Even the Commonwealth Bank CEO backs a 25% tax on gas exports!
Because when Australia could raise $17 billion every year for essential services, it's a real no-brainer!
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.
Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.
ht @astrokatie.com
He seemed not to know the uses of silence.
"The Equal Identities report makes 19 recs for reform... This includes nationally consistent laws that protect against vilification and violence, urgent improvements to data collection so services meet real needs, and system changes that make safety, dignity and equal treatment a lived reality."
Text messages reading: What's going on with the war 11:31 AM Don't worry kitten 11:40 AM Okay
Shorter national address
This is the point of the whole fucking campaign not a side effect, transphobes think (correctly as it turns out) that by driving trans people from public life they can tear apart and destroy the entire organizational and social apparatus of the feminist left
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Remember when Moira Deeming sued her party's leader into bankruptcy, and then offered to delay the proceedings if the Libs guaranteed her preselection?
Can't imagine why they didn't want to keep her around.
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Again this demand that gender be determined not at birth or by self definition or cultural upbringing but by genetic testing is a major and radical demand for a new standard never, ever practiced by any culture in the history of the planet Earth.
The pro-coal propaganda in Australia is always so fucking cringe. Anyone remember the 'its amazing what this little rock can do!' ads being played in cinemas?
Anyway they're clearly scared that people want them to pay more tax. Which we do! And their ads won't stop that!
During an ad break on my podcast, I got to listen to how much tax the coal industry paid last year.
Cool story, pay more tho?
it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke
It's a very bad idea. In case it's helpful, West Australia had a 'Gender Reassignment Board' which sounds similar. It was finally abolished last year, so maybe the arguments that were used in the lead up could be helpful?
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Thanks Claire, appreciate you sharing that info.
It's horrific.
Neither did my mum, so I genuinely did not realise this was a thing women did until high school.
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Fossil fuel subsidies are growing faster than spending on the NDIS.
@rodcampbell.bsky.social says it’s time to call out the idea that governments can’t afford to support Australians in need, yet can dish out $31,020 per minute on climate-destroying subsidies. #auspol
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Okay my understanding is that this happened when the service was run by Medibank. It has not happened under Telstra.
"If the NDIS is ‘runaway spending’, what do we call $16 billion in fossil fuel subsidies?" @rodcampbell.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social
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“The RBA’s explanation of its decision demonstrates a central bank utterly lost to reality, which desired to raise rates regardless of economic data and the changes occurring in the world,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.
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Are you even a trans healthcare researcher if you don't at least once an hour throw your laptop and stomp about shouting what the flippity flick.
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