In the days after last week's Minneapolis shooting, I've been continually haunted by the shooter's video and the nihilistic contagion that seems to spread in mass shooter fandom communities. I spoke to @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social about how to process this terrible phenomenon w/o helping perpetuate it

Still thinking about how the TikTok video that supposedly “inspired” the August 31 March for Australia tucked footage from the 2005 Cronulla race riots in between AI clips of Australian flags. I matched this to ABC footage from the day. The message was there from the start, if you cared to see it.

Pretty much, yeah. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New by @alexboyd.bsky.social with comment from me. Why fires have become the new front in the post-COVID fight for ‘freedom’ www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

The #SundayShot Is FINALLY up for your viewing pleasure and should now be more or less a smooth watch (although Wendy is mostly a disembodied voice…)! So please do watch (& subscribe) as @arielbogle.bsky.social, @wendybacon1.bsky.social & @boganintel.bsky.social are great. youtu.be/cWigtErbgfs?...

Relatedly I think journalism could maybe use stronger professional style norms around not anthropomorphizing the computer systems we report on/reference in our writing.

The Australian MP Graeme Campbell has died — a mention of him from our book Conspiracy Nation that isn’t in the obituaries so far. Campbell travelled from Labor to Australia First to One Nation.

Some of the names I read for this video: Yahya Subaih, who tirelessly told the stories of his community, died in an Israeli airstrike. Ahmed el-Helou of the Quds News Network, killed in an Israeli airstrike. Hassan Sammour, a broadcaster who worked for Al Aqsa Voice Radio, died the same day.

One of the many devastating things about making this video was that we had to update it about three times during the making to account for further killings of journalists, including (you'll see at the end) a special mention of the 6 Al Jazeera journalists targeted by Israel. Please watch to the end.

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths

"About 51% of the 4,267 people in NSW with WPOs identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander – a “concerning level of over-representation”, according to Jonathan Hall Spence, the principal solicitor with the Justice and Equity Centre." #auslaw #nswpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

🚨BREAKING: ISRAEL ASSASSINATES AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT ANAS AL-SHARIF Israel also killed Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Quraqa and wounded Al-Kawthar correspondent Mohammed Subh in a strike on Al Jazeera’s tent at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky

‼️ new episode ‼️ When we heard that @cameronwilson & @arielbogle were writing a book we got pretty excited “Conspiracy Nation” takes a look at Australian conspiracy theories, their history, appeal and political influence So here’s our interview redcircle.com/shows/tinfoi...

Had a good chat with with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social on their new book. Apart from examining the dangers, it's also a compassionate look at why some are drawn down the rabbit hole. #FullStory @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

Happy publication week! 🎉 I had the genuine pleasure of chatting with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social last week about their new book, CONSPIRACY NATION. Can confirm, it’s an excellent read. You can hear their thoughts on the link below: open.spotify.com/episode/00Go...

MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. meaa.io/4laIpSL

This chat with @cameronwilson.bsky.social & @arielbogle.bsky.social hitting your wireless in 8 minnies. 855 AM. 3CR.org.au

Wiradjuri man Paul Coe, a ‘legend of the land rights movement’, dies age 76

Don't say I didn't warn you. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Very excited to host a conversation with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social at UNSW to discuss Conspiracy Nation, their new book out now. Come join us as we talk about the book, their experience writing it, and buy a copy while you're there! events.humanitix.com/conspiracy-n...

"Once-fringe ideas and the language of conspiracy have become increasingly part of Australian public life, egged on by politicians and influencers in search of an audience, and by irresponsible journalism" From @arielbogle.bsky.social & @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

genuinely curious at what secrets will be uncovered in this Aussie exposé of #conspiracytheories down under by @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social

Conspiracy theories part of public life www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... by @arielbogle.bsky.social "...thanks to politicians & the media. They help make them mainstream for political purposes..." Conspiracy "often used by those with power as a political weapon against vulnerable groups..."

Really looking forward to reading this. @cameronwilson.bsky.social & @arielbogle.bsky.social are the best in the game in this space in Australia - they know their stuff, they write with wit and humour, and you just know this is gonna be bonkers, entertaining & informative all at the same time

Ordered this book today!

Exclusive from @jasonaw.bsky.social: one of @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's debate opponents organized violent far-right “battles of Berkeley” protests in 2017, helping to herald an era of alt-right street violence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

joint statement from AFP, AP BBC News and Reuters says that their journalists in Gaza are struggling to feed themselves and their families

it feels surreal to say this but CONSPIRACY NATION is out in less than a week (29 July!!!). if you can still pre-order it now, and if you are interested in reviewing or interviewing Ariel or I, send me a message

Report by @lisacox.bsky.social on the Torres Strait climate case judgment

Cremieux’s real name is Jordan Lasker. I put his name in the newspaper. He’s a scientific racist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Well this hits harder than ever. "This book examines the claim that Australia is a middle power trying to uphold a rules-based international order. Rejecting these euphemisms, it shows that Australia is a sub-imperial power upholding a US-led imperial order."

The last story in our deaths in custody series. “If he’d been assessed properly, they would have said, ‘Oh, this guy’s had some attempts in the past, brain injury’... He’d still be alive.” Annie says: “The system certainly failed him, and us as a family.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The next story in our deaths in custody investigation--we found 57 deaths across 19 jails from ligature points that were known to authorities. And in some cases, were repeatedly told to remove by coroners. This piece looks at how this has happened. "I don’t understand why it had to be like this."

News from notorious #nudify app #Clothoff. A whistleblower from within the deep nude app reached out to my colleague @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social and shared details regarding their business model, employees and a specific campaign involving European celebrities. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/app...

The first stories from our five-month investigation: Scouring coronial findings from 248 deaths, we found a staggering 57 Australians have killed themselves in the past two decades using hanging points in prisons that authorities knew about but failed to remove www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Really important reporting from @theguardian.com - read the whole article here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"In 2019, a 14-year-old boy appeared before a tribunal in New South Wales. He was the subject of a firearm prohibition order (FPO), which meant police had the ability to search him or his home at any time without a warrant." #auslaw #nswpol 1/2 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW cops have 'extraordinary' warrantless search powers over anyone with a Firearm Prohibition Order, even if you're just 14. We got new data that show an “extremely low” rate of successful searches--1.36% of 8,651 searches. There are concerns the powers are being used as a tool of surveillance.

We're barely 100 days into this. This is still just the overture.

On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...

Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs. My findings are based on TM SGNL's source code, and they are corroborated by hacked data micahflee.com/despite-misl...

New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

Kind of wild I spent my early career in Australia covering the parade of controversial (yet still under-covered) technology policy coming out of Home Affairs under Peter Dutton — metadata laws, encryption legislation, expansion of surveillance powers — and now he’s just, gone.

"And for new Australians like me, it is the quiet proof that democracy — for all its flaws, frustrations, and noise — is still something worth believing in." Love this piece from @bang.xiao.au www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...