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Olivia Ralph

@oliviaralph.bsky.social

Reporter at The Daily Beast.

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Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

bylinetimes.com

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 6mo ago

"In September 2025, nine mosques and cultural centers in and around Paris were targeted...Bloody severed pig heads, each marked with the word “Macron” in blue ink, were left outside their front doors." This was a Russian stunt. From @occrp.org Read more: www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris

Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.

occrp.org

Willow@rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

Rick Morton@squigglyrick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I've covered NDIS since it began, more than any other subject in my career. There are indeed original flaws in the way it was introduced but to punish disabled people for failures of successive governments is not good policy. Policy weaklings, indeed. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/28/j...

Gillard’s NDIS vision was a promise she couldn’t keep

Disabled people will be the ones who are punished when poor planning meets political mongrel.

crikey.com.au

Olivia Ralph@oliviaralph.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My very talented better half wrote a tribute to James Valentine. He set the bar for what public broadcasting could be. A place for fun, for silliness, for joy, for ‘nothing’ as one of his many beloved segments proved. @jessmcguire.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

James Valentine showed us what public broadcasting could be at its very best. It’s a legacy I hope to live up to | Jess McGuire

The public grief is enormous but it keeps giving way to joy, to moments of hilarity that have stayed with listeners for years

theguardian.com

Rick Morton@squigglyrick.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Working on a piece about the NDIS announcement. Taking my time to get my thoughts in order but the one thing I know for sure is that all the realpolitik of 'financial management' now means sweet FA to people who watched existing services disappear in favour of a promise made to them. Now what?

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 7mo ago

What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

theguardian.com

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 8mo ago

ABC staff to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected

ABC staff to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected

Union says below‑inflation pay hikes and ongoing insecure work threatens the future of Australia’s public‑interest journalism More than 75% of ABC staff will walk off the job on Wednesday for the first time in 20 years, triggering a severe disruption to the public broadcaster’s news services for 24 hours. Without producers, camera operators and directors it is almost impossible to put shows including the prime-time current affairs flagship 7.30 to air. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

Matt Bevan@mattbevan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The US media keeps trying to catch the Trump administration contradicting itself on Iran. But that assumes it’s a normal administration. It isn’t. Rubio and Hegseth’s explanations for the war are irrelevant. The only one that matters is Donald Trump’s.

Rick Morton@squigglyrick.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've been shown NDIS agency documents that warn the introduction of a support needs assessment and 'robo-planning' is a mess with every element of the tech listed as off track and now at 'critical risk'. Agency booked savings, but they're figuring it out as they go. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/r...

Exclusive: NDIS algorithm designed to put scheme back on track at 'critical risk'

Documents seen by Crikey show that senior staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency have warned that the policy design of the so-called New Framework Planning is in disarray.

crikey.com.au