"The shared myth-making around the black box of AI cultivates useful confusion about what can and cannot be known. It helps to cultivate the systems as more mysterious, even sublime, than they really are"

terrible news. Posted with respect and condolences to the family and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples struggle for justice💔 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for

I agree with this. Also be wary of following Turnbull anywhere in politics. He lost the republic referendum, his pre-selection was a vicious shitfight, he lost opposition leadership (2009), lost 16 seats (2016), lost the prime ministership (2018), then his party lost the “safe” seat he left, twice.

And the federal government spends more each year on handouts to these schools than it does on the JobSeeker payment.

'Speaking on Sorry Day, Professor Dodson said the government's lack of action indicated two things: "I don't think they care, and secondly, maybe they're just waiting for all the survivors to die out so the problem goes away," the Yawuru elder said.' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Minns is re-introducing legislation to abolish all character references instead of only abolishing character references for people convicted of sexual violence. This is because targeting sexual violence overwhelmingly impacts males, which is unacceptable to the patriarchy.

Labor PMs love a big speech for PR but have failed/refused to act on the 1997 Bringing Them Home Report to prevent ongoing stolen generations of Indigenous children, & to bring justice for victims. Kevin Rudd should apologise again. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

on the reliance by universities on mass precarity *cough* WAGE THEFT *cough* my amazing colleagues, who <eventually> secured ongoing positions, refuse to forget the casual teachers and student experience still negatively impacted by misogyny and exploitation in academia (alt text in next post).

there is genuine ignorance among witnesses as well as a deliberate strategy to read hasbara into the public record at this Royal Commission. Fact checking can barely keep up with zionists reciting pro-Israel narratives - noble start from Deepcut here. www.deepcutnews.com/p/fact-check...

some good news👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

read this, go watch the videos Ibrahim posted on Insta (bob dot mouammar dot 9) and I dare you not to cry as this incredibly dignified Palestinian man narrates the pain caused by NSW Police in real time while educating them on his fundamental legal rights. What a legend.

lord, give me the strength to endure another week where the media discuss the CGT changes with the intensity of a terrorist attack while a third of the country struggle to afford food

Racism isn't a byproduct of feeling disenfranchised. Racism comes from a feeling of entitlement. Peoples inbuilt racism here (like other colonies) is being leveraged to increase the feelings of being disenfranchised. It's a global playbook on how to use racism as a tool. Racism is the problem.

I gave a talk once saying "I'm not supposed to be here" and pointed to these stats, especially the systematic exclusion of mob in tech. My point was the industry needs to change so that I'm not such an anomaly, but instead I got a bunch of Lean In Girl Bosses telling me "No you DO belong here! 💖💪"

So much to appreciate and learn about theconversation.com/indigenous-a...

All I know is that this moment necessitates a doubling, tripling down on anti-racist, anti-nationalist slop, rather than a huge effort to mimic, repeat and rhyme with the racist party And just..wow, is it hard to find the former, and hard to avoid the latter, when you look at what's being said

tell me again about asset owner feelings for their massive subsidies we give them to accumulate yet more wealth. What other priorities could there possibly be. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

this racism party content is remarkably well timed for the Sunday politics show. You know the one where corporate journalists breathlessly speculate and effortlessly build a sense of relatability and excitement and legitimacy around the racism party. And blame anti-racists for their efforts, natch.

Since Jan 2026 CHL's new State Operations Manager, former WA Housing Authority manager, has been trying everything to get my house fixed or redeveloped or us moved to a habitable property. She left WA gov because of these failures that persist to this day. Gov won't fund anything despite obligation.

lmaooo this is the kind of maths used by mainstream media to legitimise and promote voting for the racism party.

the mighty Dr Amy McQuire👏🏼🔥✊🏼 www.blackwitness.com/p/this-is-th...

first thing i thought of too, that NZEI Wellington poster (circa 1981) was just everywhere i went ✊ seems it was based on a 1979 poster produced by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in Philadelphia.

I'm giving a Feminist Voices in Law seminar speaking on the theme "Reading Law Relationally (or What if We Treated Law as Stories)" When: 2 June, 12:00-13:00 CET Where: Zoom: lnkd.in/e9pfmAk6 Come along and hear me talk about stories, law, and social relationships www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-mat...

send literally anyone else to do welfare checks than the police. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

anyone covering Liberal Party losers - by which I mean literal losers - Howard lost a seat long held by the Liberal Party, as did Abbott, so did the candidate for Wentworth when Turnbull left - without mentioning their loserdom is so hopelessly biased. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Fun fact: in a few years' time, data centres will consume more electrical energy Norway's entire fleet of electric transport (all cars, buses, trains, ferries etc) 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 🫠 www.nve.no/energi/analy...

On the hysteria of the week.

Everyone should treat Hanson in public like the legendary Murrandoo Yanner did here (10 yrs ago) www.youtube.com/shorts/rPE_e...

this is a masterpiece

these Israelis seem very practiced at this kind of process. Reminds me of when I first figured out the meaning of “efficiency” in my undergrad economics studies.

hearing the tax minimising trust lobby is even smaller than the zionist lobby so corporate media are giving their whining bullshit more coverage than the actual hardship experienced by millions of people living in poverty.

why would we need to save the Great Barrier Reef again when magnificent Malcolm Turnbull saved it eight years ago by giving $443 million public dollars to a tiny tax avoidance set-up controlled by fossil fuel executives. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Anthony Albanese referred to Kumajayi Little Baby as a “young person” today. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Lol, me neither. But this is my central gripe, I think: all the logic of the status quo/neoliberalism has been deeply internalised and no amount of progressive frill matters or changes anything. This article tying it to AUKUS is spot on and well put.

"This is AUKUS Pillar III in practice: not a legal instrument that binds Australia, but a financial and political logic that Australian governments have chosen to internalise." Exactly, exactly, exactly.

Lots of toxic stuff being posted online about the Full Court’s decision in Giggle v Tickle. Here’s my thoughts on the judgement. Spoiler alert; its great for trans rigjts AND women’s rights. www.abc.net.au/religion/gig...

some arson investigations are constantly referred to as “firebombing” by politicians and reporters, but not the “blaze” at Al Haj Halal Meats.

The @antipovertycentre.org invites welfare recipients, unemployed people and our supporters to join us online at 7pm AEST tonight (Tuesday 19 May) to hear post budget analysis of measures affecting people in poverty. Register: events.humanitix.com/most-importa...

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Christopher Hill reviews "Contaminated Country: Nuclear colonialism and Aboriginal resistance in Australia" by Jessica Urwin www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

they could just do stuff. Fuck off the incrementalism, and Murdoch, the condescendingly earnest lectures, the zionist lobby, the complete absence of humour and creativity, and do shit. Get stuff done. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Last week some of the wealthiest people in the country had tantrums because there’s small changes being made to the tax system. (Not enough in my opinion) while we have disabled people being thrown off the only support they have. While charities are running out of food for people.

the Minns government was told their bail act amendments would massively increase the number of people incarcerated on remand. All working as designed. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Melbourne/Naarm yet again showed up in numbers for Palestine this Nakba Day, in defiance of so much grotesque complicity from our government. From the river to the sea.

Melania Trump infesting the White House with bees is the funniest thing no one's talking about right now #Bees #WhiteHouse

The bleak recognition that the fight for rights, humanity, fairness, nature & justice, must be fought forever, over & over, against generations of selfish, stupid powerful people who already have the best of everything they can grasp. The next generation is girding & sharpening.

This week’s #SundayShot is up! @grogsgamut.bsky.social and Cheek Media’s Kalila Welch join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me to talk all things Budget. Plus expert analysis on what the cuts mean for the NDIS from @bluntshovels.bsky.social. youtu.be/n1iGu5kr30U?...

“The penalty is a 1-year ban from arXiv followed by the requirement that subsequent arXiv submissions must first be accepted at a reputable peer-reviewed venue.“ It’s more intense than a one-year ban. You still can’t post preprints after one year, only papers accepted for publication.

the possibility of landlords panic selling and triggering a small drop in house prices is pretty funny to me #SundayShot if there will be no post-budget capital gain to pay the minimum 30% tax on. Almost like collective action of tax avoiders will spontaneously enable them to keep avoiding tax.

Tomorrow on The Sunday Shot, @instanterudite.bsky.social and @davemilbo.bsky.social are joined by @grogsgamut.bsky.social, Kalila Welch and @bluntshovels.bsky.social discussing the budget and the cuts to the NDIS. Check it out on Youtube or your podcast app of choice.