More than doubling international competitions, moving to debt financing and a Kushner company to run commercial operations. And no mention of women’s football. Abolish FIFA. Forever. It’s time to start over with football administration.
Dave Dun
@davedun.bsky.social
Language Teacher, Football Coach, Bad Parent, ADHDer. I try to be kind.
The idea that social media is bad for teens is a textbook manufactured moral panic that is not based in reality in the slightest, and it's been pushed entirely by people who have a strong reason to want to end anonymity online and exert much stronger control over the speech of marginalized people.
Thoughtful thread from one who reviews synthetic text infected academic writing as part of his job. It’s bleak. The sooner the AI bubble bursts, the better.
Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 3w agoThe anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/
The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd: 'As Australia's longest running private correctional service provider, we are proud to deliver leading experience, ample resources and a proven track record.'
Max Granger@maxgranger.info · 3w agoICE and Geo Group are blocking an investigation into a possible tuberculosis outbreak at their concentration camp in Aurora, Colorado.
Fun fact: cobweb comes from the Middle English coppeweb, which comes from the Old English name for spider, atorcoppe. Ator means poison, coppe means round thing. They looked at spiders and went oh yeah, the little round poison things
I don't write for Independent Australia anymore. Here's why. Free-to-access read on my Patreon... where you might find me a bit more often from now on! READ: www.patreon.com/posts/163502...
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Nurses and midwives rock. ✊
•Marns🌿🍉🐸@marnshibski.bsky.social · 4w ago💪 Branch by branch, nurses and midwives across NSW are voting to reject AHPRA's adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. ➡️ 3. Strengthen safeguards against vexatious, politically motivated or bad-faith notifications www.nswnma.asn.au/anmf-stateme...
Absolutely tragic scenes as investors stop buying Melbourne houses. This devastating news is truly heartbreaking. How will they recover www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Investors 'all but gone' from Melbourne property market after budget
With clearance rates in Melbourne sitting just above 50 per cent, experts say sluggish sales show investors have lost trust in bricks and mortar.
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Hmm. A rich Catholic organisation appears to have engaged in financial and/or real estate fraud in order to cheat abuse victims out of compensation payments. Not sure how to describe how I feel about this, but it certainly isn’t ‘shocked’.
This is Oliver. How he learned his wizardry I have no idea. Top freaking tier.
Brilliance Proper@brillianceproper.com · last mo.Some Sunday Black Boy Joy
Media: "This heatwave is unprecedented" All the experts who've spent the last five decades precedenting it:
Every year now there’s at least one book about how no one is heterosexual anymore. It’s amazing how much mileage you can get out of a ludicrously false premise. The issue is not that heterosexuality is uncool, the “issue” is that women finally have choices
Perfect ("satirical") summary of the AI bubble. The whole thing is gold: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...
Cannot fucking believe an external 4TB SSD drive that cost me $200 last year is now $1100. Had to check receipts to make sure. They’re really out there trying to keep you from having a PC, phone, or a gaming console so they can have hallucinating, polluting chatbots that drop bombs on kids’ schools.
AI is mainly championed by ppl who bluffed their way through life, never understanding how anything works. When AI promised to offload thinking from humans, they went "Finally, we can ALL drop the act!" only to be met with blank stares. So it's either embrace AI or admit they are failures as people.
If Labor’s NDIS cuts are to reduce “fraud and waste” then I humbly suggest that throwing folks with disabilities and their careers under the bus is perhaps not the most efficient way to do so…
Vicki Watson@scorpiogcoast.bsky.social · 2mo agoWaste in the NDIS by the NDIA. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Writer: I don't use AI, but I heard it's good for research. Researcher: I don't use AI, but I heard it's good for journalism. Journalist: I don't use AI, but I heard it's good for graphic art. Graphic Artist: I don't use AI, but I heard it's good for vibe coding. Vibe Coder: I absolutely use AI.
> [We need] to push back against correlationism[:] the idea that because things can appear similar that therefore their [other properties match. A] video of me may directly coincide with many of my outward appearances, but [is] neither me nor a valuable model of me[.] doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
My local bowling alley has a repro floppy of Leisure Suit Larry in the vending machine
Hello. My name is Iguana Monitorya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
I’m on the committee of a local football club. If we ran the Tigers this way we’d be chased out of town. Interesting that these clowns are allowed to let their lazy prejudices and a brutal neoliberal framing destroy tertiary education and my alma mater. Oh well. Community football goes on…
Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 2mo ago'ANU Council approved the $250 million Renew ANU program (with its savings target of 16.5% of total expenditure) “without clear evidence it was needed, achievable, urgently required, or likely to have the intended impact”.' This is a recurring pattern in university governance here and overseas.
My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/
36 hours ago my paper on Aboriginal-specific testing of attachment theory went live It’s now #8 in Clinical Psychologist. Top 4% of 32M research outputs globally This is what happens when a question has been waiting to be asked. Share, repost, comment-every interaction counts doi.org/10.1080/1328...
Arguing the need for Aboriginal-specific testing of attachment theory as a foundation of culturally informed child protection and attachment best practice
To argue the need for Aboriginal-specific testing of attachment theory as a foundation for culturally informed child protection practice.Narrative review of attachment theory, cross-cultural attach...
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The incomparable pathologist Richard Scolyer's Letter to All Australians (and the world): www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Former Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer's 'final farewell'
Professor Scolyer wrote he "would be delighted and humbled to be remembered as a proud everyday Aussie who 'gave it a crack', and in doing so, inspired others to pursue their dreams and passions with ...
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They’ll need this everywhere if the US is to change for the better. But it’s a start. Solidarity to LA stadium workers and workers everywhere. ✊ Join your #union
Jessica Schulberg@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEWS: SoFi Stadium cashiers, dishwashers, cooks, bartenders, concessions workers, and food attendants voted 96% to authorize a strike, just a week out from when the stadium is set to host its first World Cup game www.huffpost.com/entry/unite-...