Michael
@fount8.bsky.social
Painter, punner, prognosticator. Art account: Instagram @mikeclarkartist
womensagenda.com.au/latest/one-i... Um we really need to jump on this #auspol #qldpol #nswpol
One in three teen boys believe giving women equal opportunities has gone too far
Nearly one third of teen boys believe attempts to give equal opportunities to women have gone too far, according to new research.
womensagenda.com.au
Chinese Australians a largely silent constituency in the AUKUS Debate https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-08-18/475725/ #Auspol
Chinese Australians a largely silent constituency in the AUKUS Debate
In this abridged submission to the public inquiry into AUKUS, Wanning Sun warns that the pact’s securitisation of China is discouraging Chinese Australians from political participation and constraining academic freedom.
pearlsandirritations.com
![Single frame. Title - instruction: “[place cartoon here - ed]”. Appearance of yellow torn out lined note paper held in place by sticky tape. Text: “The Herald-Sun has this week published an AI cartoon, where previously they might have commissioned one of their (dwindling) stable of artists. And it makes sense. (Not the cartoon.) After all, what is a cartoon, but a picture with a caption and maybe some helpful labels to make a point? In this case, a point the editor who prompted it wanted to make.
I mean, how hard can cartooning be? We would all be doing them if it weren’t for our lack of drawing skill (and some cartoonists aren’t very skilled, let’s face it), and AI means nobody has to pay the outrageous fees that “artists” charge, while they can “borrow” their existing work to train AI. It’s literally a no-brainer!” (Small picture of a brain crossed out) “We can only hope they can keep up the quality, once the AI can only be trained using other AI cartoons.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udzkh2jubo3w6ei42ftanhhj/bafkreienll3o4kbt6srhmsbo3wzlxmns7h6sjewulopapubzjbgjqtaovq)
Appeasing authoritarians dooms us to repeat history www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
Appeasement of authoritarian voices dooms us to repeating history
No matter how much we know about history, we are doomed to repeat it. Appeasement of authoritarian voices will get us there faster.
thenewdaily.com.au
"A dangerous gamble with our national security." Time to abandon ship. #auspol #AUKUS pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
AUKUS Infrastructure, part 6: It is not too late to change course
In the final part of a six-part series on AUKUS infrastructure, Peter Briggs argues that Pillar 1 cannot deliver on schedule or budget, and that Australia should pause its HEU pathway and assess prove...
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