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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 15h

Exclusive | Sportsbet has given a guest lecture at Monash University, sparking a faculty review after the university admitted an error of judgement. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.

Sportsbet guest lecturer at Monash university seminar prompts faculty review

Monash University has barred Sportsbet from providing industry presenters to masters students after acknowledging the guest lecture spot was an error in judgement.

www.crikey.com.au

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 17h

But why? What is the significance of that date?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, can you explain what this means?

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 1d

OMG the problem with paying off Trump is that he’s so stupid he eventually just talks about it in public. Here he is exposing the extraordinary wealth that Zionists pay to divert American funds away from ordinary Americans to Israel. Saying the quiet part out loud!
www.instagram.com/reel/DPwh3Xj...

ahmedeldin on Instagram: "BREAKING: What people once called a “conspiracy” — he just confirmed with a smile. Just like that. Power spoke the quiet part out l…"

BREAKING: What people once called a “conspiracy” — he just confirmed with a smile. Just like that. Power spoke the quiet part out loud.Trump revealed that the White House doors swing open for the Adelsons’ pro-Israel agenda whether he likes it or not. Whether it’s good for Americans or not.View all 1,198 comments

www.instagram.com

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English at the Australian National University @englishanu.bsky.social · 2d

🥳 HUGE congrats to our own @rossmith.bsky.social who with Trisha Pender just won the Digital Scholarship, New Media & Art award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women for their Encyclopedia project, 5 years in the making! 🥳
link.springer.com/referencewor...
Here's the judges' comments:

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 2d

My amazing boss 🥰 🥳📚

English at the Australian National University @englishanu.bsky.social · 2d

🥳 HUGE congrats to our own @rossmith.bsky.social who with Trisha Pender just won the Digital Scholarship, New Media & Art award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women for their Encyclopedia project, 5 years in the making! 🥳
link.springer.com/referencewor...
Here's the judges' comments:

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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 3d

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/cardiol...

Cardiologist Peter MacDonald Can’t Save Lives as the Zionist Lobby Has Seen Him Suspended

Renowned Sydney cardiologist Peter MacDonald has been suspended over making a remark about Mossad potentially being behind two local arson attacks.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 2d

It’s all explained very well here: michaelwest.com.au/israel-lobby...
The Zionist lobby machine in Australia is well funded and very experienced.

How the Israel war lobby coerces regulators and employers to fire Australian critics of the genocide in Gaza - Michael West

A government-subsidised workforce of Israel lobbyists is targeting regulators and employers to sack employees who criticise Israel.

michaelwest.com.au

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinating historical context to current fears about mass misinformation:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social is once again all over this story and why it’s being buried by the UK press: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-uk-...

The contact of Reform UK’s Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

Gill, former leader in Wales of Nigel Farage's party, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wante...

www.thenerve.news

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 5d

The U.S. economy currently looks less like a free market and more like a carousel with the same seven companies shuffling money around to keep share prices inflated and the lights on… all Ai… Feels a lot like “Germany, Inc.” / the old Rhenish model all over again. It’s pretty scary.

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 3d

that lawyer was me.

open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 3d

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 3d

Massive crowd in Melbourne/Naarm today (in case you thought this movement was going to be placated with more colonisation). Until the occupation ends. Until Western war criminals and their enablers face justice. Until Palestine is free.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

Have you seen 3D animations from the IDF showing secret Hamas hideouts?

According to Israel's +972 magazine, many have "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 15d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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