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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 15m

We have to keep laughing at the Fascists.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 13m

The best way I can describe why Wikipedia is the optimal model for all of us is that it is a knowledge base that is crowdsourced BY HUMANS with discussions, revisions, moderation BY HUMANS. It is also transperant (we can see who makes edits)

The dumb AI slop is like an opaque synthesis by machines.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 19m

Also, if you can, donate to wikipedia at least once per year. It can be like $5 - the same amount as a cup or two of coffee per year.

If the majority of us did this, then it would give the folks at Wikipedia the $$$ they need to maintain this excellent resource that we all get to use for free.

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chao santo @gatoazul.bsky.social · 16h

while the u.s. burns down, artists in ireland are getting universal basic income & students are getting universal basic burritos

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KarolynSchalk @karolynschalk.bsky.social · 58m

Another f-cked up tech company and CEO

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, wearing a black suit, speaks to an audience. A headline reads: "Salesforce Pitched ICE on Services to Recruit More Staff, Documents Show." Photo by Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11m

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken PRRT with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing.

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Progressive patriotism: ACTU’s 25% gas export tax should replace broken PRRT

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11m

If the multinational gas giants paid PRRT we could have better hospitals and schools, and more houses. The gas industry is ripping Australians off, and our governments are letting them.

Let's change that and make them pay their fair share. Add your name✍️
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✍️ SIGN: Demand the gas industry pays its fair share. Fix the PRRT!

The government collects more money from HECS than it does from the PRRT. Australians are missing out on important revenue for public services while gas companies make record profits. We need to inc...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11m

Australia has a tax designed specifically to ensure Australians get a fair share for our oil and gas: the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT).

But it turns out NONE of the foreign-owned gas corporations who export 80% of Australia’s gas every year have EVER paid it.

#auspol

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tariffbot.bsky.social @tariffbot.bsky.social · 36m

To help our patriotic American manufacturing, we will be imposing a 45% tariff on slide projector trays, starting tomorrow. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 38m

This is the ten year anniversary of “leopards eating faces,” btw www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5dWq9G/

happy 10 year anniversary to the most prophetic tweet of all time #greenscreen

TikTok video by Franchesca Ramsey

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The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social · 10m

Power of the US passport slumps

www.thenewdaily.com.au/travel/trave...

Power of the US passport slumps

New rankings show the American passport is no longer seen as the “most powerful” in the world – in fact, it doesn't even make the top 10.

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PANDA @panda-news.bsky.social · 1h

Is Mitch McConnell ever going to retire, or is he just planting on face planting every tile on Capitol Hill?

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Vampire Hunter KB @kaiserbeamz.bsky.social · 7h

With Microsoft announcing their AI plans for future Windows versions, this /v/ comic from 15 years ago got a whole lot more relevant.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 3h

30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.

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Dawn of the Paul Riddell @kyloboomhauer.bsky.social · 23m

And they always look really surprised when the asskissers who DO stay within their circles abandon them once they lose that plum position.

Defector @defector.com · 1d

Free Press reporter discovers that being an amoral dickhead can cost you friends: defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you…

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 2h

AI dudes just sound like every other kind of dude who thinks their hobby will fix the entire world

We all need to be vegan, we all need to be microdosing, we all need a gun

I get it, you’re in crisis

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1h

more of this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 43m

In retrospect, perhaps trusting all of the government's systems and data to Elon Musk and his band of 20-year-old cybercriminals was not the smartest move.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1h

New: hackers just doxed hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. I went through the data. In many cases does look legitimate, sometimes includes residential addresses.

“Mexican Cartels hmu [hit me up] we dropping all the doxes wheres my 1m [1 million].”

www.404media.co/hackers-dox-...

Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters—one of the latest amalgamations of typically young, reckless, and English-speaking hackers—posted the apparent phone numbers and addresses of hundreds of government officials...

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 21m

yeah, look .... not sure who needs to hear this (actually, everyone does), but turn off the stupid AI suggestions in your search results, and def. go and use @wikipedia.org a lot more.

I use it as my first-go-to knowledge base resource.

Follow the trail of citations to primary sources.

It's good.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 2h

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

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The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social · 19m

‘Confusing’ carbon neutral energy claims on notice

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'Very confusing' carbon neutral energy claims on notice

Energy companies still claiming 'carbon neutral' on their power plans paired with emissions offsets are urged to reassess their language.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 13h

‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught

Stories Matter strategy responds to urgent pressures such as declining reading rates and growing impact of digital media on publishing, minister says * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It is a sector that delivers $1.3bn annually to the New South Wales economy and supports up to 22,000 jobs, yet the average writer earns just $18,200 a year from their creative practice. To counter this stark disparity, the NSW government is launching the state’s first ever writing and literature strategy, and has committed $3.2m to support and grow the sector. Continue reading...

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 14h

I too don't want anyone taking medical advice from RFK, but guess who voted to confirm him as the person people should take medical advice from.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

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WIRED @wired.com · 13h

If you’re planning to hit the streets, we've gathered some advice, as well as a list of items you may want to bring with you. Be careful, and stay safe.

How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid

If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 13h

With climate trigger axed Labor wants to rush new environmental laws through after ‘positive’ talks with Coalition

Proposed timeframe leaves 12 days to scrutinise most significant changes to national environmental protection regime since 1999 * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The environment minister wants to pass a major re-write of federal nature laws this year, encouraging miners to lobby the Coalition to work with Labor to help rush it through parliament in the final three sitting weeks. Murray Watt relayed the message in private talks with mining industry leaders in Perth this week after giving a speech promising faster project approvals under a planned overhaul of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act). Continue reading...

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 13h

The 2025 Aussie Bird Count is about to start. Here’s how to take part – and why you should

Week-long count by citizen scientists around Australia gathers crucial data on our unique birdlife and is now in its 12th year * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast BirdLife Australia is calling on citizen scientists to take part in this year’s Aussie Bird Count, running from 20-26 October. Now in its 12th year, the week-long count gathers crucial data on our unique birdlife, monitoring species that traditional surveys often miss. Continue reading...

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