💜🙏 thanks Martha.

‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears Department says it’s received 834 requests for a review of tool’s assessments since it launched in November * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast There appears to be no legal barrier for a human to override a controversial algorithm that determines financial support for elderly Australians, a Senate inquiry has heard, despite government assessors being banned from doing so. The Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), introduced in November as part of aged care Support at Home reforms, is used to assess eligibility and assign funding levels for aged care services. Continue reading...

‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears

These are all the dogs we sponsored in March ❤️‍🩹

"So relax into the reality of your cosmic smallness. The plain truth is that you are a speck on a speck. But you’re a lovely little speck, and beloved by a few other specks. That’s a good life."

To Get Happier, Make Yourself Smaller Self-esteem is overrated. The better path to enlightenment is through contemplating one’s insignificance.

Love reading Arthur.C. Brooks in @theatlantic.com
He's always challenging, counter-intuitive:
"Thinking about yourself all the time makes you miserable over the long term."


www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

#agedcare

Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’, Australian aged care workers warn Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool

Aged care clinicians and carers say an algorithm-based assessment tool that determines federal home support funding packages is “cruel” and “inhumane”, stripping away clinical expertise and leaving elderly people with inadequate support www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The next era of conservative politics will make John Howard look woke (Angus) Taylorism is just another word for nothing left to lose

Tim Dunlop is on point here, on the rapid reconfiguration of the Australian right tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-next-e...

I asked Defence where Major General King now works having recently left his job in the Department overseeing billions in contracts for companies like Lockheed Martin... can you guess where he went too?

So your date says : 'Hey Babe, let's go to see the Melania movie..."

You exit to the sight of red flags, sounding alarm bells and leaving skid marks all the way to your car..

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

YES, THANKYOU

Which as always the intent from the perspective of the government

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns “The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

Just a note - never did trust the symbolism of Julie Bishop's fucking red shoes.
Nor the "Gladys is entitled to a boyfriend" bullshit.

Not all of us were sucked by this performative "feminism".

'Revolving door' between politics and lobbying rings transparency alarm bell Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.

This is how broken our lobbying laws are.

Every resources minister since 2001 went on to work for fossil fuel companies & 8 ex-ministers & senior advisers now lobby for gambling💰

It's time for complete reform of lobbying rules + independent watchdog.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Getting their forever loving homes and pet humans…. ❤️
I wish I had some tissues when I watched this…. 😭🥹

Margaret and David review 'Dancer in the Dark' (5 stars/0 stars) YouTube video by robbart92

RIP David Stratton, thanks for everything. Here's one of the most memorable David- Margaret disagreements - I was definitely on Team David

youtu.be/FU5I7pKLy44

"The Hebrew Hammer": inside the Gold Coast's antisemitism junket - Michael West US-based "Combat Antisemitism Movement" and Jillian Segal are running an all-expenses-paid conference for Australian mayors and councillors.

Excellent round-up of some of Jillian Segal’s recent lobbying efforts, by Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon michaelwest.com.au/the-hebrew-h...

Blowing up your small-town writers festival because your local university needs to crack down on free speech because there’s a genocide we can’t talk about is so utterly on-brand for Australian culture. Cowards and fools 3-deep at the canapés tray

Crikey! Some real judgement here. A 26 yr old German woman unfamiliar with "outback" or even isolated country travel rules, i.e. don't leave broken down vehicle n always carry good water supply. "Rules" broken by many Australians over the years. Beaut she was found. A valuable lesson learned 🙏😊

Rosie 🐾🙏💜

Thanks, James.
Brilliant result!
✊️✊️

#australiavotes2025
Yes! ✊️

#ViolenceAgainstWomen
#7womenkilled7days

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.

It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

#antidepressants