amusing disconnect btwn the radical conflict sociology of Arday’s “writing”, and the mooshy empowerment liberalism of his persona eg his solutions to youth unemployment *loans for youth start ups *mentoring for minorities *intersecfional training for hr committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...

I engage an utterly basic AI service that tracks changes on Government websites. This is not impressive nor difficult to arrange, and I can do it for you in about 20 minutes. Holy crap, Lois.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 22h ago

I'm the first person to post about this on social media. There has been no media coverage yet. DEWR themselves have not posted about it on their social media, despite making other posts today. This is a highly consequential decision of government that will affect many recipients. Not good enough.

What on earth is going on with AI teaching at Uni Newcastle

#BREAKING 🚨 The new DEWR Secretary announced they'll seek to resume suspending or cancelling welfare payments on October 26 in respect of: • Refusal or failure to accept an offer of suitable work • Failure to 'reconnect' with a provider within 4 weeks www.dewr.gov.au/assuring-int...

kinda wild that thousands of nobody first-years are getting hauled before academic misconduct inquisitions bc black-box AI detector said number bad, while a Cambridge professor is a mass-scale plagiarist and comic-level fantasist and the eminent Professor Doctor bigwigs circle the wagons

To add to Discourse, a version of Boots Theory, without the name or literary provenance, was the basis for microcredit schemes that were in vogue during the high neoliberal era and once cited as evidence of Bill Clinton's intellectual calibre.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · yesterday

One way I know “boots theory” is not true is that if it WERE true, poor people should consider taking out loans to upgrade their consumer goods, and there are very few instances in which anyone should do that

The European mind cannot comprehend this

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The plastic, non-lethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers will be at the ready at certain schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

immensely proud of my legacy - more incarceration. the light on the hill

"Labor will ensure working women do not retire into poverty" using "superannuation". Too bad about non-working women, I guess. Championing super as a poverty reduction tool is goofball stuff. The Age Pension sets the floor, super is the supplement linked to past earnings.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · last wk.

#BREAKING 🚨 Labor in their draft 2026 platform have replaced their previous statement of belief 'that there should not be poverty in a country like Australia' with a 'recognition' the social security system should support 'better health and wellbeing'.

#BREAKING 🚨 Labor in their draft 2026 platform have replaced their previous statement of belief 'that there should not be poverty in a country like Australia' with a 'recognition' the social security system should support 'better health and wellbeing'.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2w ago

ALP conference somehow even more sauceless than everyone thought it would be this year. Not you, internet smart guy. You already knew it would be bad. I mean even among attendees who had properly calibrated their expectations to 'zero'.

something darkly funny about modern politics when asking not for action but for a “roadmap” to hypothetical action generates headlines. really makes you excited for social democracy

Time for Australia to dump some of the many things in the AUSFTA that benefit the US, like the extension of copyright from 50yrs to 70yrs.

Doug Cameron@dncameron.bsky.social · 2w ago

The US trashes the so called “free trade” agreement with Australia. Increases tariffs on our goods based on lies, threatens our jobs and US sycophant in chief Marles supports subsidising US shipbuilding jobs🤬 So much for the “rules based order” that Marles uses to justify AUKUS

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

goofball article. can't do labour-saving tech in the private sector bc profits to capitalists. can't do it in the public sector because marxists aren't in control. this doesn't just oppose AI, it opposes the past 250 years of technological progress. jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-n...

People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.

Jon Hendry@jonhendry.bsky.social · last mo.

Worse than Twitter, private discussions (text, email, whatever) among like-minded wealthy lunatics who are all surrounded by yes-men who talk like ChatGPT in maximum ass-kissing mode.

As a working artist neither I nor my employer have ever owned the copyright for our work. Cool that people think we should also now pay a tax to Disney et al.

Wild to think how Metallica et al were a public enemy for their stance on Napster - which was a much more straightforward case of “theft” than LLMs

Words to remember from Aaron Swartz

Also important to ensure that Disney gets the licensing royalties that it deserves from AI visual art, of course

The faster we rollout some AI licensing arrangement the better, we can ensure Elsevier/Wiley/Informa, Murdoch etc get their due compensation and everyone can be satisfied the copyright problem has been solved. Social justice prevails!

People doing useful stuff with AI simply won’t say it, because the backlash is so hysterical right now. All incentives point to non-disclosure

populist leftists when someone says “LLM” youtube.com/watch?v=Kkkl...

Respecting the Law

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Horrible stuff.

The Cathy Wilcox@cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3w ago

folks attack ai for displacing workers, and also attack ai for inability to increase productivity. you gotta pick your line of attack

🚨 If you are trying to call Centrelink at the moment and are having your calls repeatedly terminated please message me here with the details, or email me (thomas.studans@gmail.com). Please include the line you are trying to call, the number of calls and the duration. Thank you.

Claire Connelly@claireconnelly.bsky.social · 3w ago

Is there a secret Centrelink number that doesn’t automatically hang up on you when their lines are busy?

Huge news. Albanese government has announced major changes to university governance aimed at stopping the rorts, corruption and interference with academic freedom. Kudos to @nteunational.bsky.social for its brilliant work. All academics and staff should join the Union to support its amazing work.

This is problematic. There isn’t much about DID that is rigorous and agreed, especially idea that people can rapidly switch between separate personhoods on cue. Swearing in separate alters is not only mind-bending in procedural logic but effectively endorsing one side www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Convicted paedophile to argue multiple-personality evidence unlawful

A father jailed for abusing two children is appealing against his conviction, arguing evidence given by the multiple personalities of the same witness was unlawful.

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Any at-home assessment of knowledge or problem solving is completely meaningless as almost everybody cheats. Actually it’s worse than meaningless, because it sorts against the minority of high integrity students. Absurd that unis are persisting with it. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

driving down Newtown with the kids, Peter Gabriel 4 (German language version) blasting, windows down, feeling gangsta

2026 “study found that women who submit resumes created with AI assistance are evaluated as less competent & less trustworthy than men who submit identical AI-assisted resumes. To the evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative.”🧪

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻‍♂️