And yet he abased himself in front of a racist, corrupt pile of Orange Shit

May that be written on his tombstone.

Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.

Palantir manifesto or Mein Kampf?

for an idea of how big a deal this is, my mom was in great shape when she got diagnosed and she lasted less than sixty days. six years is insane.

Please don't use speaker phone while in library. Ask for headphones at the front desk.

Only a fallen society needs this sign

Pretty sure Nokia didn’t struggle to show a profit either….

The markets rise and fall on the word of a self serving pathological liar. That alone should have you questioning the validity of a capitalist focused societal structure.

Linda Yaccarino replies to a Zohran Mamdani tweet to say that taxing rich people's penthouses is "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen"

Zohran Mamdani said he's going to start taxing rich people who buy luxury housing in NYC but don't actually live in there, and the former CEO of Twitter/X called it "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen."

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

The point of the university as a concept is that it's been here for a thousand years and meant to be here another thousand. Turning education over to producing what the market needed five years ago is never going to work well.

"Former ANU vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has been suspended from the university and accused of serious misconduct after allegedly making a close friend a full professor despite him having no university qualifications."

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...

Here’s 10 journalist Amelia Brace fact-checking Pauline Hanson’s claim that it cost $300M to pursue a case against accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith. When Hanson made the claim on Sky News, she was left unchallenged.

A crudely made sign stand of bundled bamboo held together with wire, upon which is mounted a roughly made sign of a single piece of wood, painted black, on which someone has crudely written BOOKS with an arrow pointing to the right, in a street somewhere.

When I know it's definitely a trap, but I'm going anyway.

A nice reminder that yes, as @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes, it did all go wrong with Howard.

I realize that pub crawls are all the rage, but I truly feel as though there could be an immense market for library crawls, bakery crawls, museum crawls, bookstore crawls, and greenhouse crawls.

"skeptics" warn to not use a carabiner for climbing that is engraved by the manufacturer as Not For Climbing

The official who headed Australia's Home Affairs department acted so recklessly and improperly, particularly in his secret dealings with a lobbyist and Liberal Party powerbroker, that it would be very difficult for him to ever work in the public service again. That is among a series of damaging findings contained in a confidential report that led to the sacking of Michael Pezzullo as Home Affairs secretary in late 2023 but which the government declined to release at the time.

‘Can’t be trusted’ yet the former public servant is given air time and appears on expert panels. What does it take in this country for wrongdoing to be taken seriously?! Oh to be rich and powerful. www.theage.com.au/national/can...

Because they know it would be the absolute end of them if they bent on this. If only they carried that attitude to everything else and used this latest batshit fuckery of harm from Trump to say no to everything. The US alliance is actively against our interests and the AUKUS Iran attack proves it

The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, will speak to the country on Thursday night, a day after an address from Anthony Albanese. Despite criticising the prime minister for wasting time on Wednesday night, the Liberal leader will be broadcast at 7pm, with a statement about the war in Iran and the global energy crisis. The ABC will broadcast the message. Taylor said on Thursday that Albanese’s address “could have been a social media post”. He criticised the lack of detail, urging the prime minister to give Australians confidence and certainty in the weeks and months ahead.

Brace yourselves, a lot of "Fantastic. Great move. Well done" etc posts coming from satire accounts tonight. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albo about to address the nation

The past decade has shown that giving evil people a platform, even in the guise of an “interview” or press conference, is always a failure. They never admit error, and they use the platform to spout lies and propaganda.

Take your “hold them to account” naivety back to the 1980s

Outrageous that an artist in Australia, who makes a living from his creative output, can be threatened with arrest and imprisonment for using a phrase with - at best - contested meaning.
This is normal under authoritarian regimes.

Mehreen Faruqi:
Starving Gaza? “Minister Wong raised concerns”
Bombing civilians? “Minister Wong raised concerns”
Illegally Invading Lebanon? “Minister Wong raised concerns”
Illegal war on Iran? “PM raised concerns”
“We all know what those concerns are worth — nothing!”🔥 #auspol

National Press Club platforming Israeli ambassador - knowing IDF killed 250+ journalists - for lunch chat. In the same week Israel admits doctoring Lebanese journalist image after murder. Disgraceful & dystopian yet somehow still shamelessly in full view, to be broadcast on ABC

Just as with the last federal election, more people voted against conservative candidates in South Australia, than for them. And yet policy and media is still dictated by conservative politics and whether or not there is ‘political space’ to enact them 🫠🫠🫠🫠

Tomorrow the Press Club platforms Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman who questioned whether 165 people killed in an Iranian school strike were actually there.

It's not even listed on their website.

Many who've long argued Australian media is biased will see this as proof.

A woman in a hijab and young boy are looking at a display case with a sign saying "NETANYAHU'S GAZA MODEL" above a scale model of a bombed and broken city. A sign saying "COMING SOON!" is sticking out the rubble. The woman is saying "It looks like his vision for South Lebanon is based on something he made earlier"

ICYMI- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com

Andrew Hastie can criticise Trump all he likes — but he still backs his illegal war on Iran. If the ABC wants a real perspective, talk to politicians who have opposed it from day one. #auspol