‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

The 'ceasefire in Gaza' is a myth perpetuated by Trump and Netanyahu. Palestinians are still dying. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions

Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Exercise physiology is one of the reasons I have been able to get to a place where I may return to part-time work. Fuck the #NDIS

Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions

I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.

This is what I found.

Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.

Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sorry kids, believe us, we tried, really hard, to push our political leaders to do better.

"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

After removing the Enviro minister's ability to revisit previous decisions even in light of new info (EPBC Reconsiderations bill), the @albomp.bsky.social gov sets its sights on bilateral agreements aka the Coalition's one stop shop policy👇

Will Labor give Big Business what LNP couldn't❓

Maybelle 😍 How good that you are onto this

Peripathetic has been beautifully mindbending - Cher Tan is a force in this space. Looking forward to following up on DB’s collection. Thank you for this selection, Jane!

when an ND friend feels comfortable enough to stop masking after your 3rd round of espresso martinis:

When you’ve been offline and your snarky weather app gives you the lowdown on Turtle Island shenanigans

Watt waves through Woodside, and Labor’s light on the hill becomes a gas flare The newly minted environment minister faced a stark choice: protect the environment, or approve a massive fossil fuel development that will destroy the environment. He chose destruction.

Murray Watt is a perfect model of the modern Labor politician. President of Young Labor. Chief of staff for a Premier. Boss of the Qld Left. Now he’s the Environment Minister with responsibility for a critical decision. He chose to destroy the environment. www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/29/m...

If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.

It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.

Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social

Woodside's North West Shelf gas export project: a disaster on five fronts - The Australia Institute Australia Institute analysis reveals Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project is driving up WA energy prices, threatening the state's domestic gas reserves, paying even fewer royalties, corrodin...

Looks like Labor is about to approve the North West shelf gas expansion, which among bad news for the planet and WA energy costs is terrible for the nearby Murujuga rock art - which is so old, it has one of the first known depictions of the human face

australiainstitute.org.au/post/woodsid...

We launched the nationwide “Your Voice Matters! Survey” last week at the UWA students Freedom Festival.

We are measuring institutional suppression of speech on Palestine.

Please take a few minutes to fill it yourself and share it with people and orgs you think can help disseminate it!

I am grateful to hear that, as I have been wrestling with the possibility of contacting them, and how to go about that

Completely

I was too, Ruth ☹️

A very fine distinction!

Hi all - I thought this letterpress print would be a good place to start on this new platform: A Grounding of Revolutionary Reminders. Keep going. 🌹 Sending you love & solidarity - Nicole #radicalemprints

I wish I’d thought to do this before I blew my bird accounts up!
😬

Israeli soldiers have begun shooting at Palestinians trying to return to Rafah. They don’t stop. The genocide continues. Israel must be held accountable and must pay for its crimes against humanity

Hello Fatima! Great to have you here 🍉

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

Giora Eiand's Generals’ Plan is gathering steam among Israeli MPs. The plan sets out to colonise Gaza & continue the genocide. Those living in the northern Gaza Strip (300,000) will be ordered to leave & anyone who does not leave will be deemed a terrorist & effectively will be sentenced to death

I so hope that things have settled down for you, and a way forward is in place ♥️

Some people might not realise, but all posts on Bluesky are public.

Anyone can see them, even people who are not on Bluesky. They’re all publicly visible to anyone with the right tools.

End of my Friday public service announcement 😊

I find myself getting more and more bewildered each day. What is going on? | First Dog on the Moon It costs how much?! Seriously?

Bewilderment - everyone is doing it. A cartoon! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...