Overnight, this extremely well-funded tech company run by a billionaire has gone from “There’s no way we can possibly stop our plagiarism machine from convincing children to kill themselves” to “If you type anything we don’t like, we’re calling the cops.”
Either way, they take zero responsibility.
Any of us working to build better worlds need to take this stuff seriously.
Our capacity to care for each other is significantly diminished when we are trapped in darkened rooms as the sick or the care givers (and it is just shit).
#MECFS #LongCovid #CFS
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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...
I'd love you to join the conversation to share your ideas, reflections, critiques and any thoughts as to where to next when it comes to remaking the state.
www.australiaremade.org/reading-group
We'll be discussing this paper an increased hijacking of the state by private and corporate interests, the suppression and marginalisation of the citizenry and the exponential concentration of money and power.
www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-state
It's nearly Reading to reMAKE time again!
Our next conversation will be on September 1st, 6pm (AEST).
The discussion is held online and open to anyone interested in exploring ideas and stretching their thinking with others.
www.australiaremade.org/reading-group
Now that it’s confirmed that the Aust Government has been approving the direct shipment of F35 parts to Israel, knowing these will be used illegally, what do airport workers think about it? What action will the ACTU take? They’ve already said this must not happen, right
@sallymcmanus.bsky.social?
Do yourself a favour and read this gorgeous reflection on love and power by my wonderful friend and colleague Anna Wilson.
www.australiaremade.org/notes/2025
Been having a conversation with my husband recently about the concept of "failing to get better" when it's an illness that has no cure. It is not and never has been his fault or failure.
Thanks for sharing this thread Kelly.
It also took us a long time to realise my husband was disabled. I think we shared the same fears as Kelly, but it was powerful and helpful once we allowed ourselves to use that language.
"many of the most resilient political movements have emerged from communities already excluded from mainstream power: queer, feminist, Black, disabled, Indigenous. [...] love has functioned not just as balm but as ballast – an infrastructure for survival."
www.theeverywoman.com.au/blogs/news/l...
in an ideal democratic state the citizenry holds the power, deciding who is in government and holding them accountable. The citizenry would not just be the beneficiaries of the state, but partners in how it functions.
www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-s...
Could not agree more. I've been thinking a lot about how private interests have more and more control and how we've got to start remaking it with citizen and public power at its heart... www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-state
What on earth?
This makes no sense until we understand the way that the state as we know it is changing and being changed through:
* the shifting of power;
* the shifting of wealth; and
* ultimately the erasure of the institutions + structures that have held it in place.
www.australiaremade.org
thanks for sharing Ruth!
Been thinking and writing about the big systems this fits in... www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-state
The state is constantly changing and being changed. How it works, who is given and who takes power, is constantly shifting and always contested. Deciding to consciously affect this flux is not radical.
New piece from us at Australia reMADE.
www.australiaremade.org/remake-the-state
How does it feel to be a constituent in a planet wrecking country?
I was polled by a robot twice in three days!!
hahahah
far out. thanks for masking!!!
hahaha so weird
The next online Reading to reMAKE will be discussing a chapter from A Paradise Built in Hell by the wonderful @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social!
It's not too late to sign up to join the conversation.
www.australiaremade.org/reading-group
"You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down. You dismantle the throne he’s standing on — one coward at a time."
robertreich.substack.com/p/a-remarkab...?
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
Reading to reMAKE is coming up in a couple of weeks...
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No baby formula has entered Gaza for four months because of Israel’s genocidal blockades. There is nothing left to feed babies and their mothers can not produce milk as they themselves are starving. There is no defending what Israel is doing. No justification.
Oh nice work you two :) We don't have kids (in part due to his illness and my unwillingness to be a parent in that context) but we have what we call our 'solar family' (non-nuclear) which includes kids and it is wonderful.
I know, it's just another petition. Please, sign anyway.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
#genocide
#Israel
#BDS
22 year old me also made a good choice. Go us!