It is worth noting that the writer of that HWA newsletter telling people to embrace AI, has an AI based coaching app they are selling

*eyeroll* Getting a LLM to help write your story is NOT the same as AI used in websites. Tired of the false equivalence.

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 22h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

The patent on Ozempic in Australia doesn’t expire til 2029. In the meantime, Canada and India get cheap generics while Australians will pay full price for a brand name

AngoraFish@angorafish.bsky.social · 10h ago

This is the real problem: "There were an extraordinary 420,000 people receiving a private-market supply of GLP-1 agonist drugs semaglutide or tirzepatide as of mid-last year". Why accept a lower wholesale price on the PBS when half a million people are paying full price? Time to bring on generics.

Either way I know there’s no solution anytime soon. My Patreon is in my bio. Patron me and I’ll use it to pay for the medicine the TGA says PMOS can be treated with long term, but the ALP won’t put on the PBS so average folk can afford

The Labor government’s decision not to adequately fight for PBS on GLP-1s for low income demographics is a sad and deadly indictment of their outdated assumptions about weight, and a repugnant example of moral failure in healthcare policy

I was diagnosed with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome in my early teens. PMOS significantly increases the risk of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, which I have. The TGA has approved use of Tirzepatide for PMOS. But Tirzepatide isn’t on the PBS for PMOS

Wegovy was recommended for listing on the PBS for people with prior serious adverse cardiovascular events over seven months ago. Now the landmark deal has stalled www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...

It's no coincidence that the voting changes the Trump regime is desperate to enact are disproportionately aimed at women. Women will try to vote against the party pushing this. Many won't be allowed to. #Disenfranchisement #Abortion #Patriarchy

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · yesterday

Acting AG Todd Blanche plans to outlaw abortion nationwide: We're working to get solutions so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state. We're putting policies in place so that states can't do things like mail abortion drugs. We will have victory, and it will be permanent.

Growers urged to prepare as Australia's 'free' pollination service disappears www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

Beekeepers urge growers to add pollination services to their business plan

Experts warn that free pollination from wild bee populations is disappearing as varroa mite spreads further north in Queensland.

abc.net.au

"Our common law tradition assumes coastlines are stable and coastal property boundaries can be fixed," Professor Smith said. "But as the effects of climate change become more dramatic, those assumptions no longer hold" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Engineer says 50 years of erosion research being ignored

A co-author of the first NSW Coastal Protection Act says 50 years of research is being undermined by courts allowing people to protect their own properties at select locations.

abc.net.au

Clothing websites should let you filter out skirts and pants that don't have pockets.

The moralising over people getting dependent on any substance drives me absolutely insane. It’s because of shows like this people are denied genuine and…when managed properly…effective pain care.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · yesterday

The head of Norway's oil fund is going to flip out when someone tells him what fossil fuels do 🧐🧐🧐🧐

Big thank you to anyone that’s bought or even shared my Wishlist being able to set up my new home the way that I want is amazing. Also thank you just for the encouragement I was terrified when I was told I had to move but everyone assured me it could be good and it’s really good

Melissa@artistaffame.bsky.social · 2d ago

A lot of people have asked me to make a Wishlist of things I want or need for my new home ! So I did. There’s some expensive items in the list please note these are for my reference only for what I’ll be saving up for. I do not expect anyone to buy them. www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/...

There’s people out there that if we suddenly had a liveable UBI, free housing healthcare, and education, they would be lost for a while not knowing their worth without capitalism. They’d have free time and would have to figure out their interests for themselves. Therapists would have so much fun.

Oh my lordy, yes. I overheard a bloke on the tram this week telling a younger man and I quote; "So I asked the ChatGPT if I was right about Ballarat and she agreed". Did he mean Siri? What about Ballarat? Now that Substack is getting scraped by AI, will everyone agree on the mystery Ballarat thing?

Kate Manne@katemanne.bsky.social · yesterday

Generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

*headdesk*

sarken@sarken.bsky.social · 12h ago

The new AI-powered search at my grocery store, which is the only way to find items to add to an order, tells me they don't have any results for "carrots." So I looked it up a different way to find the actual item name and then told it to find me "organic carrots." That got results.

This is disturbing. Scammers going door to door claiming to be Home Affairs. The Department has put out a warning. #auspol #ScamWatch

This. Day surgeries & colonoscopy/endoscopy, was asked name, dob, what was the procedure, at least 3 different points. This hospital wasn't doing basic checks?

Kaz Cooke@kazcooke.bsky.social · 11h ago

WTeverlovingF. I've lost count of how many surgical procedures I've had but there are always multiple name & DOB checks: on admission, again by nurse, asked to confirm wrist/ankle name bracelets, again in pre-op, also by anaesthetist/assistant, AND again in the OR. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Look at this shit on audible. 4.9 average rating I call bullshit

Ultimate Pullahoko@pullahoko.bsky.social · 2d ago

Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.

@danalibrariana.bsky.social it is midnight in Australian and I am going to have a nightmare about AUTOMATED MOVING SQUISH SHELVES. Dana, what do you mean AUTOMATED?!

@danalibrariana.bsky.social · 22h ago

I’m a librarian at a university. The automated compact shelving puts us at even more risk for being squished.

lol at Coles suddenly sending a letter to Getup demanding they take down digital ads about Coles surveillance data partnership with Palantir because it featured footage of a Coles staff member and “breached their privacy”

I have been saying this for ages! Misinformation robs people of autonomy. When applied to women’s health it means it is inherently misogynistic!

Timothy Caulfield@caulfieldtim.bsky.social · yesterday

Hear, hear‼️ Health misinformation erodes autonomy‼️ Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy theconversation.com/vaccine-mis-... "If we value autonomy for what it really means ... we must take action to address mis- and disinformation."

ffs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

:( And so angry at the conspiracy fantasists who think it's a hoax/whatever. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'List of doom' outlines birds facing extinction if deadly flu spreads

A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.

abc.net.au

Angry that Labor chickened out of implementing Peta Murphy's report. They need to go back to that. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Labor’s gambling reform friendless as Coalition withholds support amid drug and sex worker allegations

Sarah Henderson says bill ignores gambling inducements, uniting parties and independents against controversial legislation

theguardian.com

Important topic. Wasn't enough for colonisers to invade and try to wipe out Indigenous people, now non-Indigenous people and AI are stealing their art and culture and donning 'black-face'. So disgusted by that account run by a white South African. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Indigenous Culture and AI

Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

abc.net.au

Ugh. The lowest form of art. Worse than "street photographers" who are just creepy guys with cameras. I think the implied lack of privacy in public spaces really needs a legal revisit. Being caught in a wide shot of a building is so different to being recorded face to face as the main subject.

Disgusting. This needs to be regulated.

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 21h ago

Stumbled across an account on TikTok that just seems to be posting videos of people’s worst moments: mental health episodes, psychosis, drug use - all Melbourne based. The account has thousands of followers. It’s not a compassionate account: the non-consensual images are posted as entertainment

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au

Demand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelf

Camera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...

petitions.getup.org.au

Because a psychologist is an expert on climatology... and wtf is that photo? Is he worried a leftist has stolen his fingers?

Marc Owen Jones@marcowenjones.bsky.social · 15h ago

Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation