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Alex Kelly

@alexkelly.bsky.social

Doco filmmaker, comms, futures, PhD candidate (ethics & impact producing) Director - Economic Media Centre. Dja Dja Wurrung Country https://echotango.org/ https://unquiet.com.au/ https://thethingswedidnext.org/ https://economicmediacentre.org/

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Alex Kelly@alexkelly.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I want to live in a world where care is valued and prioritised - not talked about through a deficit frame. The way that the media and many commentators are talking about the NDIS - which allows people some dignity and supports to live their lives - is awful. We should celebrate and be proud of care.

Lamestream@index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy · 4mo ago

The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".

Exclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policy

The University of Queensland has decided to pulp all 5,000 copies of a children’s picture book written by an Indigenous poet, after media queries from News Corp’s _The Australian_ newspaper that levelled accusations of anti-Semitism against the book’s illustrator. It’s a decision that also marks the first time a controversial definition of anti-Semitism, adopted by Australia’s universities last year, has been cited as the basis of a book cancellation. _Bila, a river cycle_ , was written by award-winning Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun. It’s an environmentally-focused book that tells the story of a river’s journey from mountain to sea and the people who pollute the waterways. Money and Chun began work on the book in 2022 and it was due for release this year. Jazz Money, the author of __Bila, a river cycle.__ In January this year, Dymocks announced that it was removing all of Chun’s books from its stores after he wrote an article titled “We don’t mourn fascists” in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack. After the Dymocks announcement, _The Australian_ approached University of Queensland Press (UQP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Queensland, to ask about _Bila._ The chair of UQP, Professor Heather Zwicker, told the newspaper that the publisher had, “put the proposed publication on hold pending the outcome of an internal review and external legal processes underway,” effectively suspending its publication. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

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Alex Kelly@alexkelly.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I've navigated a lot of systems, grants, funding interfaces and admin in my time, but the NDIS is by far the most complex, tedious and hard to understand. We should have a health system that values providing care for everyone who needs it instead of treating that support as a rort on the system.

Crikey@crikey.com.au · 4mo ago

“Are we, as disabled people, really the main problem here?” The short answer is no, writes Clem Bastow. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/13/n...

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 5mo ago

I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism

Add alt text X Polymarket P February 2026 Temperature Increase (°C) Pas 18-UPS 20% -79% <105°C <1% 105-1090 3% 110-114°C 8% 20% Buy Markar The 028 $0 +3100 TIVEM Amount 70% 42% 63% Descriptive alt text
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 5mo ago

I think one of the things that bothers me the most about the way Polymarket presents itself to the world is that it's adopted the language of journalism to make itself sound more legitimate. Like look at this post from yesterday morning incorrectly "projecting" the winner.

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Banjima traditional owners say the thousands of hectares left poisoned by decades of asbestos mining has left them with one of the highest death rates of mesothelioma in the world.

Wittenoom traditional owners launch $1.5 billion compensation claim

Banjima traditional owners say the thousands of hectares left poisoned by decades of asbestos mining has left them with one of the highest death rates of mesothelioma in the world.

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Parchmentscrollinensinainciusol@parchmentscroll.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I love* how the framing is "powerful AI tools" and not "overcomplicated pattern copying software granted access to ridiculously unrelated functionality." *loathe, actually. The term is "loathe."

404 Media@404media.co · 6mo ago

NEW: Meta’s director of AI safety, supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests, had to scramble to stop an AI agent from deleting her inbox against her wishes...

Alex Turnbull@alejandroturnbull.space · 6mo ago

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

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Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6mo ago

the fake conspiracies are a distraction from the real conspiracies... this is what I found again and again while researching Doppelganger. And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.