Two people wearing black shirts with pictures of hands holding with the words Anti-Poverty Network South Australia stand in front of a sign that says Anti-Poverty Network South Australia. Power to the poor. Silent no more. And the website www.apn-sa.org

Yesterday was an exhausting but rewarding day.

A scorecard showing where the major political parties of South Australia fall on housing policy 1. Public Housing: will they build enough? Labor, unsure; Liberal, no; Greens, yes; One Nation, no. 2. Rent Russ: will they introduce rent-capping: Labor, no; Liberal, no; Greens, yes; One Nation, no. 3. Empty Homes: will they take action on the thousands of empty homes during the housing crisis: Labor, no; Liberal, no; Greens, yes; One Nation, no.

With the upcoming state election, here's a handy scorecard on how the major parties tackle housing, thanks to the Anti-Poverty Network, SA
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A soft-landing manual for the second gilded age By the summer of 1945, West Berlin had been reduced to rubble. Allied bombing, the Soviet ground assault and Hitler's insistence on Götterdämmerung had destroyed roughly a third of the city's building...

"The AI transition will need the same kind of fight. But it's a fight we can win, and the doomer insistence that we can't is itself one of the obstacles we need to overcome."

Trump wants Australian data on migrant crime. This will only scapegoat vulnerable people The Trump administration claims “mass migration” is a threat to “Western civilisation”. But research shows migrants don’t commit crimes at disproportionate rates.

Why is the Australian government so intent on allying itself with Nazis?

That's a rhetorical question. I already know the answer.

Collating the recent escalation of fascist state fuckery in Australia - The Shot As the shattering of the comfortable illusion of Western democracy enters its Epstein-drenched speedrunning phase, a number of disturbing developments...

"Consider this a dot joining exercise in a media landscape of wilful siloing and obfuscation."

Green Party say 'Hannah Spencer won't be silenced' after Manchester violence Hannah Spencer, Gorton and Denton's newly-elected MP, was ushered into a police car amid the unfolding chaos

The reason the middle-class media has not reported Hannah Spencer being attacked by right-wing transphobes is that it needs to preserve the nice, coffeee-round-the-kitchen-table, middle-class view of transphobia, not the thuggish fascist reality.

We Need To Stop With The "Women Didn't Work" Myth YouTube video by Karolina Żebrowska

We Need To Stop With The "Women Didn't Work" Myth youtu.be/4NWL98OiFQc?...

Yeah, the dude who wrote it wasn't an anarchist, he didn't do any research on it, and he absolutely hates how popular it is.

He wrote it when he was a teenager to protest the Vietnam War, but… how?

He's tried to have the book removed from circulation since 1976 I think.

It's a stupid book.

South Australia peeps: Build a Ballot is ready for the upcoming election on the 21st March.

This is a fantastic tool for planning your vote to be in line with your values.

"A predator doesn’t need to be invisible. He just needs to be socially expensive to criticise."

Epstein, the Pelicot case and the ISIS brides are the same story in different fonts This isn't a 'not all men' piece. That’s a separate genre, usually published in the comments section beneath a news story about murdered women, by a man named 'Dave' whose profile picture is a flag.

"...once he knows the dream — actor, model, artist, escape route, scholarship, belonging, love — he doesn’t have to force anything. He just has to position himself between you and it."

All you need to know about the tech industry is that the people building tools to "connect humanity" haven't spoken to their neighbours in 6 years

"Do your own research, but just make sure it confirms my bias, okay? Okay."

Twin Peaks into with "Pie" written in place of "Twin Peaks" A road leading through a pine forest, mountains in the background. In the foreground a sign "welcome to Twin Peaks population 51,201"

today's fun historical detail: Lemon's famous "What is to be Done" essay was named after a (then) 40 year old smash hit novel by Nikolay Chernyshevsky. imagine Luigi releasing an earth shattering political manifesto and calling it "Top Gun"

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

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Looks like she's not having much difficulty with that mean at all.

You don't have a "different opinion." You have a factual inaccuracy that you've emotionally bonded with and now you think correcting it is a hate crime.

Secure Jobs in SA Local Government Local government workers deliver essential services our communities rely on every day. But councils are increasingly replacing secure, ongoing jobs with labour hire and rolling fixed term contracts. I...

Local government workers deserve secure jobs.

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It seems that freeze peach always applies to the use of slurs, but is withdrawn when it comes to standing up to bullies 🤔

🤣🤣🤣 Thank you. I'll be sure to do better next time.

A screenshot of a Facebook comment by Angus Taylor on a post made by Angus Taylor saying Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say Behind a basic age check, researchers say Persona’s system runs extensive identity, watchlist, and adverse-media screening.

Researchers discovered a publicly exposed frontend on a government-authorized server, containing 2,456 accessible files from the age verification vendor used by Discord.

Le plus beau chat noir du monde assis sur mon unité centrale d’ordi les pattes avant sur mon DDE.

Meilleure sécurité informatique du monde

The police don't make us safer. Eliminating inequality does.

there's a straight line between parents who kill their kids by not vaccinating them and parents who push their trans kids into suicide and never regret it, including by misgendering them after death

EU sanctions German journalist in shocking first over Gaza reporting "Socio-economic death sentence" makes it illegal to receive even food or medicine from a third party.

"Brussels also admits that by sanctioning people like Dogru for publishing news and opinions the EU would prefer to suppress, it is targeting them for “non-illegal” behavior."

Grace Tame, free speech and the return of political punishment Calls to strip Grace Tame of her Australian of the Year award over her protest speech highlight a troubling slide towards political punishment and selective free speech.

Abusers are very practiced at using respectability politics to silence survivors and victims. We're not here to be respectable. We're here call you out on your abuse. From Kaurna to Gaza: Globalise the Intifada!