Claire Connelly
@claireconnelly.bsky.social
Journalist / researcher / do-er of things. Twitter rescue in search of a new home. Wash your hands.
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The Prime Minister credited 36 Months for convincing him to ban teens from social media.
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The Prime Minister credited 36 Months for convincing him to ban teens from social media.
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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“‘We're All One Nation’: Syria Celebrates One Year After Bashar al-Assad’s Fall”
A dispatch for Zeteo from Damascus, where large rallies were held to mark one year since the end of Assad's brutal dictatorship.
A dispatch for Zeteo from Damascus, where large rallies were held to mark one year since the end of Assad's brutal dictatorship.
'We're All One Nation': Syria Celebrates One Year After Bashar al-Assad’s Fall
A dispatch from Damascus, where large rallies were held to mark one year since the end of Assad's brutal dictatorship.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“‘We're All One Nation’: Syria Celebrates One Year After Bashar al-Assad’s Fall”
A dispatch for Zeteo from Damascus, where large rallies were held to mark one year since the end of Assad's brutal dictatorship.
A dispatch for Zeteo from Damascus, where large rallies were held to mark one year since the end of Assad's brutal dictatorship.
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I agree that we should not judge Farage solely on the racist things he said when he was a kid. We should also judge him on the racist things he has done with the entire rest of his life.
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I agree that we should not judge Farage solely on the racist things he said when he was a kid. We should also judge him on the racist things he has done with the entire rest of his life.
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I think, in general, the level to which people have conflated “I personally support my friend” & “my friend suffering consequences for their actions is mean & maybe even immoral” in the post-MeToo/collapse-of-public/private-self-social-media-age is alarming.
It's wild how people are just openly say, "hey stop being mean, she's my friend."
Do that shit in private if you want but it's embarrassing to write a LinkedIn endorsement disguised as a literary essay.
Do that shit in private if you want but it's embarrassing to write a LinkedIn endorsement disguised as a literary essay.
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I think, in general, the level to which people have conflated “I personally support my friend” & “my friend suffering consequences for their actions is mean & maybe even immoral” in the post-MeToo/collapse-of-public/private-self-social-media-age is alarming.
So the CEO? / owner of some baby food delivery service I tried *one time* is writing newsletters - one I did not subscribe to I might add - about end of year burnout like he’s a writer or content creator.
Do these kind of things actually result in conversions?
Do these kind of things actually result in conversions?
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
So the CEO? / owner of some baby food delivery service I tried *one time* is writing newsletters - one I did not subscribe to I might add - about end of year burnout like he’s a writer or content creator.
Do these kind of things actually result in conversions?
Do these kind of things actually result in conversions?
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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the worst part is that David Ellison is having a terrible day and I can’t even enjoy it
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
the worst part is that David Ellison is having a terrible day and I can’t even enjoy it
I am pretty late to the party but Marc Maron’s special Panicked goes extremely hard
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I am pretty late to the party but Marc Maron’s special Panicked goes extremely hard
Really? *You don’t say!*
In a blunt assessment, Swan said local Labor branches can be “too much of a closed-shop from time to time” and the party needed to be better at “engaging with people and talking with them, and not at them” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Wayne Swan warns Labor not to speak to Australians in ‘highly stylised political way’
Exclusive: ALP national president urges party to urgently renew its ageing grassroots membership base in suburban and regional areas
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Really? *You don’t say!*
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Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
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It’s pretty funny that this is almost the exact same amount of money Netflix paid for Warner Bros and HBO and CNN, all that for this
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
It’s pretty funny that this is almost the exact same amount of money Netflix paid for Warner Bros and HBO and CNN, all that for this
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I keep seeing this story, but I haven't seen anyone explain how there is also the video of the guy holding the glasses. Who took that video? Makes me wonder if the whole thing was setup? Or partially setup?
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I keep seeing this story, but I haven't seen anyone explain how there is also the video of the guy holding the glasses. Who took that video? Makes me wonder if the whole thing was setup? Or partially setup?
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.
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Honestly fuck these people. Spend their lives finding ever-trickier ways to keep the public in the dark, then complain about the smallest accountability measures. Giving the public basic information is an abuse of laws??
"Albanese government staffers – as well as senior Commonwealth public servants – privately fume at what they claim are abuses of laws and practices surrounding transparency by people whose sole aim is to embarrass the government."
Exclusive: PM’s office directs lobbyists to use encrypted, disappearing messages
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requir...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Honestly fuck these people. Spend their lives finding ever-trickier ways to keep the public in the dark, then complain about the smallest accountability measures. Giving the public basic information is an abuse of laws??
This is the pettiest shit I have heard in a while. I love Eminem but I am not on his side on this one
It’s been a rough week with a number of brilliant musicians departing for the great gig in the sky.
~ David Kowalski
The ARIAs and a trademark feud with Eminem no one saw coming
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~ David Kowalski
The ARIAs and a trademark feud with Eminem no one saw coming
independentaustralia.net/life/art-dis...
The ARIAs and a trademark feud with Eminem no one saw coming
It’s been a rough week with a number of brilliant musicians departing for the great gig in the sky.
independentaustralia.net
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is the pettiest shit I have heard in a while. I love Eminem but I am not on his side on this one
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Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
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She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
People think this is about whether she helped RFK's campaign but it's really about whether she helped Trump's. She was helping her boyfriend (or whatever the fuck he was) get a role in the Trump administration while writing about the election.
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And she covered Trump's campaign while her lover was negotiating for a role in his administration!
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
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Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
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Inside every prestigious jurist of a certain age lies a septuagenarian radicalized by Facebook memes shared by the MAGAEaglePatriot1776 account.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Inside every prestigious jurist of a certain age lies a septuagenarian radicalized by Facebook memes shared by the MAGAEaglePatriot1776 account.
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My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
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So weird to watch this man, who will probably have the entire democratic machine behind him in his bid for president, say things that should unequivocally disqualify him for said support.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So weird to watch this man, who will probably have the entire democratic machine behind him in his bid for president, say things that should unequivocally disqualify him for said support.