Sydney's much-loved community radio station 2SER-FM is under imminent threat. We've started a petition to go to UTS, (the uni that will make the call). WE DON'T WANT MONEY, just your support. Can you help? c.org/xnykpfBd7r Please share.
2SER has trained generations of people in broadcasting and offers free access to people from all sorts of backgrounds, giving them experience in media and a voice they would never otherwise have. Community radio is so important. This is terrible news
after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
I'm so tired of this sort of thing. Respect artists and their work!
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You want people to link to you. You really, really hope they attribute you when they do. When somebody uses your content, should they attribute you? Of course. And to attribute you, you have to use your name.
There's a different line which is, should people be able to impersonate you? And I think that is a very different standard. And we saw the lawsuit. Respectfully, we believe the claims are without merit. The idea that the feature is impersonation is quite a big stretch. Every mention was very clearly, "This is inspired not only by this person, but also inspired by a specific work from this specific person, with a clear attributed link to get back to them." It's far from that test lof impersonation].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x56l2n7i7babgdzqul4bd433/bafkreiap5dna6sgosil3plep24dbqaybgtbnj7himxpdgfp37wgcgx3cpu)
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Here’s my interview with Shishir Mehotra, the CEO behind Grammarly’s “expert review” feature which attributed writing advice to people - including me lol - without permission. Or, as you will hear us talk about a lot, compensation. www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...
Interviewed the journalist who was getting death threats from polymarket gamblers to change his reporting on an Iranian missile strike. Scary stuff in here about how the intense harassment made him (for just a split second) doubt what he saw and reported. Others may not have his conviction/morals.
The media spreads so much disinformation about this so I’ll explain:
If someone who needs a carer decides they say want a haircut, they obviously need a carer to go with them. The carer puts the activity down on their time sheet. The media spins that as ‘the ndis is being used for haircuts’.
"At least once a week, every week, 1800 RESPECT – run by Telstra Health – is being subpoenaed, and not only is the $147 million government-funded service handing over confidential client notes, but 1800 RESPECT is also handing over complete audio recordings of victim counselling sessions"
A big takeaway this year has to be that Sinners and One Battle After Another were big, artist driven, swings bankrolled by WB whose future is ultimately unclear. I like living in a world where people like PTA and Ryan Coogler get to make the films they want to make with those resources.
Michael B Jordan in Sinners
A still from sinners, a lone house on farm land.
Michael B Jordan as Smoke and Stack in Sinners
A still from Sinners, Miles Caton at a church.
SINNERS stats:
• 4 Oscars
• 3 BAFTAs
• 2 Grammys
• 2 Actor Awards
• 2 Golden Globes
• A on CinemaScore
• $370M+ worldwide
• 4 Critics Choice Awards
• 97% on Rotten Tomatoes
• One of the best reviewed wide-release films of the decade
I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy
I can't compete with this.
What a relaxing day visiting friends and looking at birds, better... *checks notes* log online and see which bits of the world collapsing I missed while I was out.
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Who'd have thought we'd hear that highly apposite phrase of Louise's ("Moscow on the Torrens") once more, but alas... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
this is extremely dangerous.
Important thread about dehumanization by and for the benefit of tech companies w/lots of good resources
If I had a penny for every time I was able to write about a Blakfulla winning the Golden Lion at a Venice Biennale I’d have two pennies. Which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
I spoke to @gingerandhoney.bsky.social this week about the cuts to Victoria’s arts funding ecosystem.
The cuts, the uncertainty and lack of transparency have left a cloud over what was Australia’s creative heart.
The Melbourne Advantage is over. We’ll see if other cities pick up the pieces.
I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
Australian screen industry crushed as Universal shutters Matchbox Pictures, with 60 jobs lost
Peak screenwriting body says the closure is a reminder industry cannot rely on ‘whims of international studios to keep us afloat’ #AusPol
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
On this week's show, we look at 'Loving: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s to 1950s', an exhibition on across the East Coast. And Jason Di Rosso gives his thoughts on Mr Nobody Against Putin and EPIC.
Very unexpected and welcome news!
QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane.
www.qut.edu.au/about/meanjin
