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thread I’m seeing a lot of this happening in regional Vic too (& I not well enough to hardly even leave the house, that’s how obvious it is out here)
Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 4h agoIt’s really weird right now following lots of left wing politically active people from metro areas, while living in a rural community. The Canberra bubble just doesn’t care about the harm, despair and destructive anger happening in the bush atm www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Did you know you can get this marvellous octopus buddy in my shop now!? 😉💕 abistevens.etsy.com/listing/4571... #artShop #UKGiftAM #DarkArt #SciArt
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
New Scientist: COVID variant XFG is now dominant globally and better at evading antibodies. Immunity from vaccines and prior infections is still helping prevent widespread severe illness, but experts warn future variants remain a threat as declining global surveillance makes them harder to track.
What’s happening to our climate is utterly terrifying. We’re looking at 4 degrees above average this southern summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.
Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.
businessinsider.com
The 66-year-old said he was receiving Centrelink payments while managing health issues but was unable to find anywhere to live after he couldn't stay with a friend any longer. "The housing just isn't there,"
Homelessness camp in Perth's south tip of iceberg
More people, from all walks of life, including dual income families, are becoming homeless, sector workers say, as rising rents and the cost of living bites.
abc.net.au
Trump admitted on Wednesday that he wanted to push for privatizing Social Security in his first term in office, contradicting campaign promises he made in 2016 and earlier that he wouldn’t touch the popular social safety net program.
Trump Admits He Wants to Privatize Social Security
“I wanted to do it so badly,” Trump said of his desire to privatize Social Security in his first year in office.
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Help Krystal! "I remain desperately in need of $431.83 ASAP for meds, food, bills, etc. (in addition to outstanding housing payments for 3 months, which is stressful as fuck), so please donate & share, as able!"🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 paypal.me/kjagoo
Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️@equitableforall.com · 3d agoExtremely grateful for the $68.17 that came in today, but I remain desperately in need of $431.83 ASAP for meds, food, bills, etc. (in addition to outstanding housing payments for 3 months, which is stressful as fuck), so please donate & share, as able!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 paypal.me/kjagoo ko-fi.com/equitablefor...
It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
Hey peeps. I am disabled and on 35% of minimum wage and really really struggling this week if anyone can please help, if you can spare a few money currency, please consider throwing them my way, I would greatly appreciate it a lot
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Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series!
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency due to the measles outbreak. This was avoidable.
🧵 Ultimately, fatigue in ME/CFS shrinks lives so severely it often takes a devastating toll on mental health. This impact is unsurprising given the immense loss of careers, relationships, hobbies, & independence. tinyurl.com/fatigueimpac... #mecfs #pwME #cfs #fatigue #ChronicFatigueSyndrome 1/
🆘🆘🆘 No help in over 15 hours, and help was needed days ago!!! Please donate whatever you can!!!
street homelessness era: spooky edition@liminalclown-e.bsky.social · 7d agoNot really an update but has been stalled for 15 hours & is 2 days overdue linktr.ee/hiitsbritt #mutualaid #bipocma #homelesssky #marequest #helpsky #fundsky 💸💕 #helpfolkslive
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Like so many in Australia's media class, Karvelas extols "the sensible centre". A mindless cliche that only protects powerful interests and the neoliberal nightmare, fails to fix rising #inequality, #poverty and the #ClimateCrisis, and fuels One Nation and #FarRight. aka toxic centrism. #auspol
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 7d agoThe mood's changed. The Greens and Liberals aren't chasing the sensible centre
Dartmouth provost who admitted to using AI in his published work no longer giving a keynote address at an "Ethics and Culture" conference at Notre Dame. This needs to be become the new, widely-publicized standard for anyone found to have tried to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.
Schnell withdraws from conference at Notre Dame
Santiago Schnell, who previously was set to deliver a keynote speech at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture’s annual fall conference on Friday “has indicated he is regrettably unable to join u...
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The White House’s proposal to penalize nonprofits that help disabled people vote is just part of the Trump administration’s broader attempts to restrict voting access, especially among groups that have historically faced disenfranchisement.
This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
propublica.org
This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop, who did it because a passing car had a plate from a different state, violated the driver's rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant www.404media.co/federal-judg...
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
404media.co
Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.
This is him the other day when his sister Freya smushed him 
can’t afford a skerrick of this but brb finding my old kushballs to put on my shoes
𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂. 𓆩♡𓆪@dailyrunway.bsky.social · last wk.Givenchy ss27 #fashionsky
Reading the news this week & all the posts from women & keep thinking about the times I've told men in my life, "This guy is causing me problems and making me feel unsafe," and heard, "Cool. I like him, though"
So sick of this shit from these flogs. "The RBA has also dismissed the idea that landlords pass their increased borrowing costs on to renters." Go look at r/shitrentals to see the emails tenants get from their landleech hiking their rent "because interest rates". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
The RBA just raised rates. It affects more than your home loan
While the RBA's decisions are most felt through mortgage repayments, their impact extends well beyond home loans.
abc.net.au
Without going into details I have had to support people through hearing loss, loss of appetite cos they can’t taste their food, losing their voice, losing their job, losing their company if they are a sole trader… You think this can’t happen to you?
Dr Noor Bari@njbbari3.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd I don’t know how to help people understand that THE CURRENT VARIANTS ARE DESTROYING PEOPLES LIVES.
