ICYMI- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com

It gets worse with every line

A really good, thoroughly unenjoyable essay.

Quinns@itsquinns.bsky.social · last wk.

I think you'll enjoy this essay on the subject henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...

Whenever the apt analogy is drawn between South African Apartheid and Israeli Apartheid, cynics and doubters ask: If so, where is the Palestinian Nelson Mandela? The answer is: Languishing in prison, tortured and menaced around the clock for 24 endless years. His name? Marwan Barghouti.

What’s going on at the FT?

However, countless websites are using this image without my permission. Worse, several 'extended' background versions exist, clearly created with some AI bullshit, also unauthorized

Just a vent from someone whose art was stolen, credits ignored, and who became an 'unauthorized' public domain victim. These are dark times indeed You can check the original stuff here. Cheers www.artstation.com/artwork/ZLR5X

Neuromancer, Rafael Moco

This is a work based on the Brazilian cover of Neuromancer book. The original artwork was made by Josan Gonzalez, and the post-production/photograph was done by Milton Menezes, using Photoshop I did ...

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The material effectiveness of the BDS Xbox boycott shouldn't be a condition to be met to warrant reporting from outlets. We build trends from singular petulant reddit posts and report "insider" rumours without shame, the least anyone could do is *mention* an ongoing genocide.

Mitch Dyer@mitchyd.bsky.social · last wk.

Interesting that almost all analysis of Xbox in freefall completely ignores an organized boycott intended to harm the company financially. Meanwhile, multiple news stories on the home page all month about PlayStation boycotts that haven't even happened yet.

Interesting that almost all analysis of Xbox in freefall completely ignores an organized boycott intended to harm the company financially. Meanwhile, multiple news stories on the home page all month about PlayStation boycotts that haven't even happened yet.

IGN@ign.com · last wk.

Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company. https://bit.ly/4pIIUau

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Oof that masters of the universe film was incredibly boring.

So the tribunal thinks the IDF is committing war crimes, and people shouldn't be forced to go there to commit them. The Labor govt needs to sanction this tribunal ASAP, bring in the antisemitism envoy to fuck them up and send those kids to Israel to kill more brown folk!!!

Bray@front-line.bsky.social · last wk.

This family exhausted other grounds for protection visas before adult children claimed to be IDF refusers. Unusually generous of Aus refugee decisions to extend protection to parents of adults #auspol Israeli siblings who fear breaking law in Gaza under IDF www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The imax Melbourne site is... an experience. My wait time to access it is going from less than a minute to 8 minutes to 50 minutes and back...

The test alert was surprisingly not too loud on my phone, though it did give me a fright. Chalk one up for the absolutely abysmal speakers on the Motorola razr!

Australia, please, don't. PLEASE.

6 News Australia@6newsau.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨 NEW: The latest federal MRP released by DemosAU shows One Nation leading the nationwide primary vote and projected to win 60 seats – with Labor only slightly ahead of them and falling short of majority government

To the person who QT'd my post about that shite AI film trailer vs the human artistry of the Nolan film and made an entire freaking mile worth of threads, please, please, no one cares about the historical accuracy of a modern-day adaptation of a centuries old work of fiction.

Colin Dickey@colindickey.com · 2w ago

Please stop arguing about the historical accuracy of an adaptation of a book that has a cyclops and a couple of witches and some giants. I’m begging you.

Just a little reminder to everyone: Algorithms are useless. It's very hard to find cool stuff without being shown it by someone else. So if you find something cool - a band, a game, a video essay or anything else - share it and tell people about it. And thanks to anyone who does! You're cool!

Absolutely fascinating read!

Unwinnable@unwinnable.com · 2w ago

"Assassin’s Creed was unusual: a game produced in the West in which we inhabit an (albeit Occidentalized) West Asian freedom fighter resisting a European invasion." @mlupetti.upandpunch.red on playing the first Assassin's Creed during the Gaza genocide and 25 years after 9/11:

Solidarity with the AEU and all teachers striking for better pay and conditions today. You help educate our children and keep them safe. You deserve better.

Walked through the protest in Bourke St this morning (accidentally). Huge turnout and the speakers were talking about their support for treaty. F@ck I love teachers, pay them what they worth ffs. More power to them.

Two (unrelated) people I'm close with, and I thought were reasonably sensible, told me they're considering voting for Pauline Hanson because she's "talking sense" about women (aka we just want to say transphobic shit) and welfare (aka we somehow think we're in the 1%). Feel like I'm losing my mind!

In the same week as the world gushing over the Odyssey and its practical effects and... everything about it, we have this rubbish as the ultimate comparison point. AI is shit, and however talented you may have been, using AI will invalidate your talent and turn it into shit.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2w ago

If his shitty AI movie is what finally taught you Neill Blomkamp is a hack, then so be it: aftermath.site/neill-blomkamp...

Hundreds march on secretive military base Pine Gap in Alice Springs, in biggest protest at site in decades

Hundreds march on Pine Gap in secretive site's biggest protest in decades

About 300 people have marched on Pine Gap in Alice Springs, protesting against its role in US military operations, in the largest protest at the top-secret defence site since 1987.

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FIFA graffiti seen in Jerusalem

Write to your VC about antisemitism definitions. Read about why this is so important and then head to the link below to find your VC and get in touch! universitiesaustralia.edu.au/our-universi...

Wanna see something weird? line 25 of The Odyssey... Ethiopia, huh? Weird, huh? Weird.:

We've turned onto Hatt Rd to Pine Gap. Felicity Hayes, elder of the Arrernte, and Senator @davidshoebridge.bsky.social are delivering a letter demanding the closure of the US base, reparations for the traditional owners of this land, and for the people of Gaza being hurt by its operations.

Israel and the United States are the two genocidal and terrorist nations. "An Israeli strike on a funeral in Gaza kills 7 people and wounds 22, a local hospital says" "US strikes bridges in Iran, which targets a water desalination plant in Kuwait" Every day American and Israel criminal horror.

It appears some envoys aren't as special others.

Dr Blair Williams@blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Releasing the government's response in Sydney on Saturday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended his decision not to adopt all of the recommendations. "We've said it's independent advice. What we don't do is we don't contract out government," he said." ?!?!?!?!? Um, really!?!?!?