I have a very love-hate relationship with TikTok. But if Australians get put on the US algorithm I’m absolutely leaving for the same reason I left X. It’s absolutely going to be turned in to a hate propaganda and pro-nazi place under this algorithm “retrain”ing.

When you’re middle-aged

Any time anyone talks against antifa or derides antifa, the first question they should face -every- -single- -time-, is to confirm that they are pro-fascist. Make them say it. Out loud. That they are pro-fascism. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

We have a new winner of the Clickbait Oscars.

YouTube removed a channel that was dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being shot in the head following 404 Media’s request for comment. The videos were clearly generated with Google’s new AI video generator tool. 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...

Half of Australians have no idea that Google and other search engines will be forced to check the age of their users & change their service based on that info. This polling comes as an inquiry into Australia's online safety codes & the teen social media ban kicks off today www.crikey.com.au/20...

We switched off YT Premium Family because we felt the ads might add some incentive to watch less YT for our teens. Ms16 flagged some really gross ads are starting to appear regularly so we're switching it back on. But bad luck if your kid is under 16 come December. You can't opt out of the ads.

A show about infiltrating right wing and nazi extremist and terrorist groups pulled by Apple prior to its release. The Overton Window shifted these types of people a little to close to mainstream conservatives for comfort. www.vulture.com/article/appl...

WTF? Just watched the trailer for it last night.

Wait, a show making white supremacists the *bad guys*? Tsk tsk.

YouTube will let creators who spread covid misinformation back on the site

Josh Evans, who uses a wheelchair, had to turn down a job with the Bureau of Meteorology because he was unable to get NDIS funding for a vehicle to drive himself to work.

Perfect. No notes. This is real.

I’m amazed Apple weren’t slapped down for this a decade ago. Third party watches can’t filter notifications. It’s either all or none. They can’t sync in the background, you have to open up the app in to the foreground to sync data. There’s a LOT of restrictions Apple Watches don’t have.

Good morning, Ray! 😀👋✌️

‘“That charges have now been dropped against protesters and laid against a cop proves the truth of the SEC Plating protest - police were the aggressors and there’s no such thing as an unauthorised protest,” she said.’

And it will ONLY be used against LGBTIQ people. It’s broad so that any discussion they have regarding sexuality will be covered and can be cracked down on, while CIS discussions along similar lines get ignored.

The Overton Window has shifted so far to the right that even outright Nazis like Nick Fuentes are starting to look mainstream in relation to “conservatives”. www.wired.com/story/nick-f...

I said I won’t rule anything out. But the AMA and numerous other sources have stated this “finding” is based on a badly controlled study that’s contradicted by multiple other significantly better controlled ones. So I think it’s safe now to rule out there being anything here.

Original post: mastodon.social/@timfoster/1...

Art Caplan does not mince his words and I’m here for it.

Sensible? My @smh @theage cartoon.

Am I correct in believing that in the US “Tylenol” has become a proprietary eponym. A trademark / brand name that due to popularity has become a generic term, in this case for paracetamol / acetaminophen?

"If you look on a graph, the amount of people diagnosed with autism has risen ever since this file was created so clearly it is to blame." chaser.com.au/world/releas...

#ACAB The police officer who potentially has caused Hannah Thomas permanent loss of sight in one eye, has FINALLY been charged with assault. Where’s all those “nobody is above the law” people? Are they going to talk about this and make similar statements? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Aha, this is what I was missing regarding Kimmel’s returning / “preempting” (pulling). Thankyou. Original post: mastodon.social/@mhkohne/115...

Just wait: Tylenol's gonna pay Trump $10M, and he's gonna come out next week saying that actually it's Advil that causes autism.

Kimmel pulled again? After announcing it’s being returned? What’s going on?

Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism." Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.

Make that old white woman and her friend FAMOUS. I DNGAF about their age. This is disgusting beyond believe. She was just big mad she couldn't order a Black man around like she owned him!

ARRESTED FOR SITTING www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

RFK announced 3(?) months ago that within 3 months he and his people would find the cause of Autism. Something 40+ years of research hasn’t found. It was always going to be a witch hunt. But I won’t rule anything out until the results are shown. (1/2) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Kimmel said MAGA would use Kirk’s death for self promotion. They got him suspended, then used his death for self promotion. Including his “memorial”. Once again proving that to the right, calling someone out for being a shitcunt is worse than being a shitcunt. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

"And when they come to you with stupid, ridiculous demands—picking fights you know you can win in court—instead of rolling over, why not stand up? And use four words they don’t tend to teach you in business school, the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: Fuck you. Make me.”

Apparently Tomorrow, 23rd September is the Rapture.

A gamer seeking financial support for cancer treatment lost $32,000 after downloading from Steam a verified game named Block Blasters that drained his cryptocurrency wallet.

It am rain.

Short answer: Nothing. You missed absolutely nothing of value.

Everything about this headline is hilarious. And the YouTube views are a reflection of how wildly the right has overblown the number of people paying attention.

Both Mark Butler’s response and the ABC write up show that no one learned their lessons from the vaccine scare of the 2000s

If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.

There’s a disappointingly large number of people on my socials live-posting the funeral / memorial. And without hashtags I can mute. It’s going to be terrible. I know that. I don’t need running commentary of it being exactly as bad as expected. Use hashtags.

I live for this shit

The fact that Australian news orgs are running live blogs and live streams of Charlie Kirk’s nauseating canonization just illustrates how the toxic RW narrative has poisoned global discourse. 😞

After a few months of #AIHL and #rugby it’s so jarring having these TV Timeouts again. #NHL #MINvsWPG #NHLJets