Oh you’re wearing meta glasses? Well have you meta my fist
Ben
@benitowill.bsky.social
Dad on Kulin land Bit of football, bit of politics, bit of sake and beer
Something that’s been lost in the NAPLAN reporting today: the equity gap in our school system is growing. First Nations kids, kids living in poverty, and those in regional, rural and remote communities are falling further behind. Most of them attend an underfunded public school.
The 15 minute city conspiracy theory is very weird to me because it’s just a straight description of urban spaces that are good. Why would you be against proximity to services and infrastructure
Feels suboptimal to be using the same word to describe the targeted murder of unarmed citizens / endeavours to stop the targeted murder of unarmed citizens - entering contronym territory
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterdayArson attack on Victorian defence manufacturer Lovitt Technologies investigated as ‘far-left terror’
Has anyone ever pivoted to anything faster than 3AW from the Liberal Party to One Nation? To put it in movie nerd terms, it's like when the Cinemania CD ROM was abandoned overnight for the IMDb.
If you catch a Hurstbridge train between Greensborough and Montmorency Stations you’ll pass a row of businesses on Para Road. Most are dilapidated, some permanently closed - and one, conspicuously, is gleaming and thriving. There’s profit in genocide and if you push back, they’ll throw away the key.
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterdayArson attack on Victorian defence manufacturer Lovitt Technologies investigated as ‘far-left terror’
Big love for the 'dirty dozen' community radio like RRR and 3CR in Melbourne gave me the confidence and contacts to get better at so many things, and be part of something truly important and change making. More community media! thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
‘Cass’s Dirty Dozen’: how community radio was born
Community radio was another dangerously socialist idea that sprang from the Whitlam years. Minister for the Media, Moss Cass, was not confident he could wrangle the legislation through a hostile Senat...
thepoint.com.au
Millionaire blabbermouths catering for racist meatheads is becoming an increasingly crowded marketplace. www.theage.com.au/business/com...
‘I’ve got him locked in’: Sandilands’ big call on Roberts-Smith scoop
The former KIIS FM star claimed Karl Stefanovic’s show was not proving hugely lucrative and dismissed comedian Dave Hughes’ political turn, but praised One Nation.
theage.com.au
Checking in on the international rules-based order ™
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterdayUS vows to dismantle International Criminal Court. Experts say it's 'very worrying'
Sarah Hanson-Young savages Sportsbet GM Jules Norton Selzer after he refuses to answer whether they've ever returned money to victims after it’s found to have been stolen. SHY “I have to take that as a No”💥 Is it because they thrive on criminal money? Shocking.
Wikipedia remains one of the most useful things online. No subscription fees, no ads, no stupid pursuit of AI, all curated by relentless nerds. Maybe remember to throw them a few bucks every now and again.
A complete failure. Just spitballing, but maybe the Albanese govt should have consulted with experts instead of Fitzy and Wippa
Australia’s under-16 social media ban failing, study shows: What it means
Australia's internet regulator revealed in a recent study that teenagers are continuing to use social media despite ban.
aljazeera.com
In the first half of 2026, Japan logged 123 sexual deepfake cases where AI was used to make content using images of real minors, up from 60 in H1 2025. Over 90% were middle/high schoolers. The largest group of perpetrators? Classmates at the same school (83 cases).
"Vote Liberal, get Pauline" is going to go gangbusters in the Teal seats
Fitzroy Community School dismissed sexual abuse claims, former students allege www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Bohemian' school appoints investigator amid sexual assault allegations
Six women detail disturbing allegations of abuse and sexualised behaviour from the 1970s through the late 2000s at a controversial alternative school in Melbourne.
abc.net.au
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'On Sunday night, Ash Ni Mara, 37, was allegedly attacked by two strangers attempting to extinguish the campfire' at Camp Sovereignty (which a group of nazis, led by Tom Sewell, allegedly attacked following the March for White Australia in AUG last year): www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Police hunt for offenders after alleged assault on Camp Sovereignty
Victoria Police are investigating an allegation of assault at Camp Sovereignty with a 37-year-old victim treated for facial injuries.
abc.net.au
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
theconversation.com
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Gabby HC@scriblit.bsky.social · 3d agoHello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
Nice to see convicted spousal abuser & serial pest Avi Yemini running interference for PHONy at its presser. 😀👍
UEFA has given FIFA President Gianni Infantino an ultimatum: resign or face a no-confidence vote, The Telegraph reports . It says all 55 members would back it. Only 43 votes are needed.
and people wonder why Australian football struggles to receive government funding or support… www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The football club that used taxpayer grant for coach and player wages, wine and pub meals
Financial documents reveal Macarthur FC spent hundreds of thousands of dollars intended for school sports clinics on commercial expenses, executive-linked companies and hospitality.
smh.com.au
Just putting it there: the last week has shown how Bluesky has grown into the most reliable, noise-, bot- and BS-free resource for anyone interested in football governance and politics. The coverage of Fifa's and Infantino's debacle has been fantastic. Size isn't everything.
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
I hope this whole saga reminds football that there is enormous power to be wielded through collaboration and agitation from below. it killed the Super League, it killed this. what else could change if we continued standing together and pushed in the same direction?
James Nalton@jdnalton.bsky.social · 5d agoStatement from FIFA president Gianni Infantino, announcing that plans to introduce a commercial arm of FIFA with stakes for private equity has been scrapped.
Kate McGuiness has been one of the highlights of the new Race Around The World. Solidarity. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Gina Rinehart puts ABC on notice over Race Around the World episode
Hancock Prospecting has formally placed ABC Chair Kim Williams AM, Deputy Chair Lisa Caffery and Managing Director Hugh Marks on notice and foreshadowed possible legal action.
abc.net.au