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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 9h

"The communications could demonstrate willful infringement, potentially leading to enhanced damages of up to $150,000 per work, a massive increase from just $750."

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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

futurism.com

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 7h

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe they park it at Constitution and play AFL games on the deck

ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/spirit-of-tasmania-iv-unable-to-berth-at-geelong/105883912

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.

www.abc.net.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 12h

Zero cases on the public record

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 13h

Setting the “days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft” back to 0 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908934...

Second Canberra University reports staff were paid incorrectly

Vice-chancellor apologises after $1.5m blunder hits staff.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 14h

I think the stuff from Redbridge is plausible — regional Gen Xs are receptive to populist right messages IMHO

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks for the link. One Nation actually an older demo, which makes more sense

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

How to turn down an invitation c/o Harold Pinter, born on this day in 1930.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Aug 30

I am once again reposting this absurdly useful essay from Tim and Kate, because not enough of you have read it.

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Jul 5

“The postwar order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open, multilateral trading order. America has now attacked each pillar at the foundation of its hydrocarbon global order.” —
New: @katemac.bsky.social & I
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 19h

That data seems suspect to me Dave, where did we hear this

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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · 20h

This is today, I would love to see you there.

Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · 4d

If you are in Tarnadanya (Adelaide) this Wednesday from 2-3pm, the day before Tarnanthi kicks off, I am running a Knowledge Keepers yarning circle at MOD to co-design a first nations leadership circle for Creative Climate. All Indigenous mob welcome.
www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/tar...

Tarnanthi - Knowledge Keepers Yarning Circle

www.agsa.sa.gov.au

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 22h

The Vast, Terrifying Scale of Trump’s Detention State

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

Nearly 1,000 suspects have been named in the riots, including high school students. Police have seized books they claim are subversive to justify the arrests.

Indonesian police arrested hundreds after August riots, sending a chill through civil society

theconversation.com

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 1d

These guys are pretty insightful imho www.normaltech.ai/p/ai-as-norm...

AI as Normal Technology

A new paper that we will expand into our next book

www.normaltech.ai

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 2d

Massive crypto sell off amp.scmp.com/tech/tech-tr...

‘My crypto life is over’: sell-off triggers angst on Chinese social media

Exchanges will forcibly sell a trader’s leveraged positions if their losses approach the amount of their initial investment.

amp.scmp.com

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 2d

I also agree with your point about the proliferation of newsletters and podcasts. They have deep niches but they don’t seem to catalyse debates

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 2d

Yes to the above but also it’s not coming back

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve been saying this forever. The social media ban will harm kids

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

www.abc.net.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 3d

“Employers have always refused to recognise the rights of workers to organise …” chicagoreader.com/news/labor/l...

Illinois rideshare drivers organize for labor rights - Chicago Reader

Uber and Lyft drivers are joining together to fight for better working conditions.

chicagoreader.com

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 3d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 3d

"Many remarkable artists didn’t make it onto this list, but I hope it inspires readers to dive deeper into Polish jazz and discover the vast universe of creative minds it holds."

Introduction to Today’s Unconventional Polish Jazz Scene (Part II):

Introduction to Today’s Unconventional Polish Jazz Scene (Part II)

Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media

www.freejazzblog.org

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 3d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Tom Conley @tomjconley.bsky.social · 3d

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 3d

I guess this is something you could find out if,for instance, you decided to read the scientific literature

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 3d

John 18:38.

Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator.

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