honestly allowing for-profit corporations to have full control of the courtships mechanisms, it's hard to imagine anything more conservative and fascist than that except for apps that like just blocked all the stuff that conservatives don't like (which of course, as a system they partially do)
‘I wished for death’: Sexual violence in Israel’s prisons is an ‘organised state policy’ Palestinian testimonies reveal how sexual violence, including rape using objects and dogs, is approved by 'highest levels' of Israeli leadership
The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it.
It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within.
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Doug, mate, why do you keep posting about open source software on this here website bluesky dot com
Like, I wasn’t expecting a barrage of cursed replies? Fool me twice, more like fool me 30 times in my case, get it together man
21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed
THREAD. This single headline in the NYT contains two outrageous claims reported as fact: 1) Vance "tried" to end the war; and 2) he "opposed" it. Neither is supported, but the thing to understand is: why is lying about the *intention* of powerful people so key to propaganda?
I totally get that we shouldn’t even want a platform like Bluesky to “replace” last decade’s Twitter, but it sucks that IG has kinda solidified itself as the mainstream center for online discourse, activism, self publicity, local news, etc. I super don’t wanna be using Meta products, sigh.
Yeah I'm pretty skeptical about the OnlyOffice stuff, but I hope I'm proven wrong
Definitely excited to see European governments pushing Linux adoption, but what I *really* want to see some government or institution do is fund a really good open-source alternative to the Google Office suite. (Yes I know there are some existing office solutions, no they don't suit my needs).
Locally owned technofascism is still technofascism
TSLOG TV Plays De Mol (2026 season)
Episode 2 is live:
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We recap Ep 2 and try to make sense of all the incentives in this week's big 5v5 challenge.
i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
Hear me out, what if we took this month of free public transportation and made it permanent
Just to note. From the article:
"While Copilot buttons are being removed, it looks like the underlying AI features are here to stay, though."
The Space Race is overwhelmingly dominated by people who are incredibly political but have convinced themselves that they aren't. Total propaganda victory
Kind of a major problem that the leaders of the opposition party are basically in favor of the war with Iran and find it very convenient that they don't have to do any of the bag holding
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made an unannounced visit to the Everglades concentration camp where she describes the inhumane conditions she witnessed.
I don't know if I'm just out of the loop, but it really saddens me how quiet Aussie press & politicians have been on this attack. There is such a massive Lebanese diaspora in Australia, I can't imagine how they feel watching this, and no support from our leaders.
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We've heard loud and clear in the national youth justice inquiry that over-policing pushes First Nations young people into the prison system. Giving police guns on NT buses is learning all the wrong lessons about how we keep communities safe and kids out of jails. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
They'll keep shrinking the definition of "acceptable art" until you can't talk about any of your lived experiences in a fictional setting
Ah thanks. I guess I also meant.... I'm curious I haven't seen further reporting from organizations assessing it, but maybe at this point it's just a bureaucratic tick box that hasn't had material consequences yet etc
Hey VIC, what ever happened to the news of a 'social cohesion' pledge for grant recipients?
Did this ever get rolled out? Is there reporting on exactly what this looks like / entails?
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The genocide in Palestine continues, as bombs are dropped day after day. In Lebanon, a million people have been forced from their homes by Israel, nearly 2000 people killed by bombs and still, Australia does nothing.
Labor must immediately cancel arms deals with Israel and impose sanctions.
BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans:
In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else.
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ooook I'm (partly) thru this and looooving it
Israel's illegal invasion and ethnic cleansing of Lebanon. Not "contributing to" it is the literal sole cause of it. @SenatorWong The conflict in Lebanon is contributing to a humanitarian crisis. As UN Security Council members meet today to discuss the protection of UN and Humanitarian Personnel, Australia and partners call for international humanitarian law to be respected, and aid workers to be protected. 9:09 AM • Apr 9, 2026 • 10.7K Views Years of this passive language has desensitised us. Is the law being "disrespected"? No. It's being criminally breached by Israel, over and over again, which in turn, obligates states to react, to punish, to sanction. When someone is murdered, you do not "call for" the murderer to respect the law, you arrest them.
Years now of calling for these murderers to stop killing everyone and start "respecting" the law - this would be evil and absurd by itself, but to do this while also arming the murderers and funding them and calling them your "friend" makes this a uniquely ghoulish exercise of propaganda.
Never again means for *everyone*
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As Jewish Australians, we are devastated to learn of the Israeli assault on Lebanon yesterday. We urge @albomp.bsky.social and Foreign Minister Wong to speak out against Israel's violent escalation and call on the Government to take decisive action by demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Good news, apparently RMIT has withdrawn the hearing!
(More important than ever for staff and students to be standing together on issues like this)
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Solidarity with the people of Lebanon who are enduring a ferocious attack in the south especially.
Countries like Australia that refused to sanction Israel at the height of the genocide in Gaza, have helped create the global permissions for this impunity.
