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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11h

This is huge news in @cameronwilson.bsky.social's @thesizzle.com.au- Microsoft is being forced by the Aus regulator refund all the ultra-dodgy AI plan pushing it was doing for Office 365

Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft

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Microsoft is refunding its scummy AI plans so that the ACCC doesn’t go so hard on them
Microsoft is offering refunds to 3 (!) million Australian customers and apologised about its dodgy AI plan pushing (SmartCompany). In an email sent to customers today, Microsoft says it will refund all the additional cost of its Copilot AI plans if people revert to its non-AI plan by the end of the year.

“In hindsight, we could have been clearer about the availability of a non-AI-enabled offering with subscribers, not just to those who opted to cancel their subscription,” the statement said.

grovelling email by Microsoft
The Sizzle: None of this happens if the ACCC hadn’t launched legal proceedings against Microsoft. Notably, this is just for Australian customers. Everywhere else just remains ripped off. If our consumer protections make us a nanny state, then stick a dummy in my mouth and give me a diaper!!! Greatest country in the world!!!!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"Smoking on the 'Bill Crackman' tonight" 😂

Jamaal Bowman, Hasan Piker, Tish James, Cynthia Nixon, Mahmoud Khalil, Brad Lander, Jennifer Welch, Zohran's mom Mira Nair, and so many other fun folks stopped by the Zeteo livestream last night in Brooklyn.

Here are the bits, in less than 3 mins. Enjoy!

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

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Anti-Fascist Collective 👊🏼👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Last night was a thumping from coast to coast. Across the country, voters rejected chaos and cynicism – and chose leaders who are focused on the cost of everyday life.

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RachelMarta @rachel99marta.bsky.social · 20h

Jimmy Kimmel announced that his show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” formed a “big, beautiful” food bank in Los Angeles, intended to help people struggling, particularly those affected by the loss or reduction of their SNAP benefits amid the govt shutdown. Dodgers showed up to donate.
Swifties For Hope donated

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Blue Zee @bluezee.bsky.social · 12h

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15h

Here are the cooked eggs for my potato salad - no green/grey around the yolk which still has more moisture than it appears because l ate the other half - just a bit of attention to detail :)

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13h

Refund requests flood Microsoft after tricking users into AI upgrades www.afr.com/technology/m...

Refund requests flood Microsoft after tricking users into AI upgrades

The software company wrote to Australian customers to apologise for a lack of transparency when it increased fees for Office plans by up to 45 per cent.

www.afr.com

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 1d

Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari

Me cheering with one hand up. Holding jacket eyes closed smiling screaming

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 1d

When Bowie lets it rip near the end of Heroes … never fails to Get Me

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 1d

Morning walk and the bottlebrush are out in the Australian Spring…

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13h

www.4bc.com.au/podcast/urge...

Urgent AI ethics: Has the Government dropped the regulation ball? - 4BC

Human-AI collaboration advocate and founder of Democracy Watch Sue Barrett joined Jason Matthews on 4BC mornings to argue that the Australian government is delaying the implementation of already-forme...

www.4bc.com.au

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.

She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

It felt good to wake up in America today.

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Blue Zee @bluezee.bsky.social · 12h

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

just sneezed in the office stairwell and it echoed off the walls like a gunshot. I heard someone yelp far away

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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all ever notice how nobody can ever actually point to any *specific thing* that Mamdani *actually said* that was antisemitic, and how people are just baldly asserting it anyway

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bdonnelly @bdonnelly.bsky.social · 13h

Guitar of the Day

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 17h

Now wait for the refusal to comply. Republicans are the criminal party.

RedStateBlues @coolsprings.bsky.social · 17h

Release the Epstein files. It’s over Mikey🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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FrancesSierra 🇮🇪🐸 @francessierra.bsky.social · 19h

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 20h

For the Epsteinth time……

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!

Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”

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Blue Zee @bluezee.bsky.social · 13h

I have fam that like to toss diced beetroot through their potato, egg & mayo salad and the look of horror on my mum’s face every time that bowl of chunky pink comes out is so funny to watch. Yours sounds good though - might give it a go this weekend!

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13h

Discord breach hits 68,000 Australians ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Discord breach hits 68,000 Australians

Data leak exposes ID selfies ahead of age ban.

ia.acs.org.au

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

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