Dave Earley
@earleyedition.bsky.social
Audience Editor @australia.theguardian.com. Previously digital editor Quest Newspapers, engagement editor Courier Mail, online news editor 7News Brisbane and more. Social media, journalism, analytics, audience engagement, etc. All the digital news things
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AUSTRALIA'S NEWS WEBSITE RANKINGS for October. A quick update, since I missed posting this when the numbers came out on Monday. ABC News hold No1 with 12.8m readers, newscomau 2nd with 12.2m and Guardian Australia holds 5th 💪 Thanks to the 7.4m Australians who visited GdnAus in October!
"The order was to kill everybody"
Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions to leave no survivors. The two men were blown apart in the water. https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions to leave no survivors. The two men were blown apart in the water. https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"The order was to kill everybody"
Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions to leave no survivors. The two men were blown apart in the water. https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions to leave no survivors. The two men were blown apart in the water. https://wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
Jetstar cancels domestic flights across Australia after global Airbus A320 recall www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Jetstar cancels domestic flights across Australia after global Airbus A320 recall
Immediate software upgrade ordered by Airbus after US mid-air incident threatens airport disruption across Australia and New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Jetstar cancels domestic flights across Australia after global Airbus A320 recall www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
AUSTRALIA'S NEWS WEBSITE RANKINGS for October. A quick update, since I missed posting this when the numbers came out on Monday. ABC News hold No1 with 12.8m readers, newscomau 2nd with 12.2m and Guardian Australia holds 5th 💪 Thanks to the 7.4m Australians who visited GdnAus in October!
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
AUSTRALIA'S NEWS WEBSITE RANKINGS for October. A quick update, since I missed posting this when the numbers came out on Monday. ABC News hold No1 with 12.8m readers, newscomau 2nd with 12.2m and Guardian Australia holds 5th 💪 Thanks to the 7.4m Australians who visited GdnAus in October!
I can't remember the last time I heard boos on a final whistle at Anfield 😬
Liverpool fell to a ninth defeat in 12 games, the club’s worst run since being relegated in 1953-54. Liverpool last lost three successive games by a three-goal margin or more in December 1953 buff.ly/vA7JBr9
Liverpool fell to a ninth defeat in 12 games, the club’s worst run since being relegated in 1953-54. Liverpool last lost three successive games by a three-goal margin or more in December 1953 buff.ly/vA7JBr9
‘I’m feeling safe’: Arne Slot insists he retains Liverpool’s support after PSV humiliation
Arne Slot said he still had the support of the Liverpool hierarchy after their 4-1 Champions League defeat by PSV Eindhoven
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November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I can't remember the last time I heard boos on a final whistle at Anfield 😬
Liverpool fell to a ninth defeat in 12 games, the club’s worst run since being relegated in 1953-54. Liverpool last lost three successive games by a three-goal margin or more in December 1953 buff.ly/vA7JBr9
Liverpool fell to a ninth defeat in 12 games, the club’s worst run since being relegated in 1953-54. Liverpool last lost three successive games by a three-goal margin or more in December 1953 buff.ly/vA7JBr9
One for the kids. Or, in fact, not just for the kids. buff.ly/hkLvIbU
Australia’s under-16s social media ban is weeks away. How will it work – and how can I appeal if I’m wrongly banned?
Tech platforms will need to deactivate accounts for users under 16 and stop teens from making accounts until they are that age, or face fines of up to $50m
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One for the kids. Or, in fact, not just for the kids. buff.ly/hkLvIbU
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
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It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
Democrat veterans: "Our laws are clear, you can refuse illegal orders."
Trump: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Republicans: What? No…Trump doesn't want to execute members of Congress, he was “defining the crime of sedition” 🫠 buff.ly/4U7HNRB
Trump: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Republicans: What? No…Trump doesn't want to execute members of Congress, he was “defining the crime of sedition” 🫠 buff.ly/4U7HNRB
Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders
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November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Democrat veterans: "Our laws are clear, you can refuse illegal orders."
Trump: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Republicans: What? No…Trump doesn't want to execute members of Congress, he was “defining the crime of sedition” 🫠 buff.ly/4U7HNRB
Trump: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Republicans: What? No…Trump doesn't want to execute members of Congress, he was “defining the crime of sedition” 🫠 buff.ly/4U7HNRB
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NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home
NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home
Police allege man ‘had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself while armed with a metal object’
New South Wales police have used capsicum spray to subdue an 87-year-old man in a Sydney nursing home.
Police said the incident occurred at a south-west Sydney aged care home on Wednesday at about 8pm. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers," says Bafta- and Emmy-winning director and producer Peter Ettedgui.
More than a dozen of Farage's school peers go on the record
More than a dozen of Farage's school peers go on the record
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers," says Bafta- and Emmy-winning director and producer Peter Ettedgui.
More than a dozen of Farage's school peers go on the record
More than a dozen of Farage's school peers go on the record
Merry Christmas! Sales of "adorable" AI-enabled talking teddy bear suspended after "the perfect friend for ... kids" gave advice on BDSM sex, where to find knives and how to light a match. Less teddy, more FNAF buff.ly/wb5plhk
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Merry Christmas! Sales of "adorable" AI-enabled talking teddy bear suspended after "the perfect friend for ... kids" gave advice on BDSM sex, where to find knives and how to light a match. Less teddy, more FNAF buff.ly/wb5plhk
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Suncoast Searchlight's reporters told their board their editor-in-chief was secretly using AI tools and adding hallucinated quotes to drafts. The next day, one of those reporters was fired. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Suncoast Searchlight's reporters told their board their editor-in-chief was secretly using AI tools and adding hallucinated quotes to drafts. The next day, one of those reporters was fired. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
absolute scenes. It's @davidsquires.bsky.social on … the Ashes
David Squires on … the history, histrionics and heroism of the Ashes
Our cartoonist looks back at cricket’s biggest rivalry as we gear up for seven weeks of joy, despair and animosity
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
absolute scenes. It's @davidsquires.bsky.social on … the Ashes
“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things* happen.”
*dismemberment with bone saws www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
*dismemberment with bone saws www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump shrugs off Khashoggi murder during Saudi prince’s White House visit
US president also claims Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about murder of journalist
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him, or didn’t like him, things* happen.”
*dismemberment with bone saws www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
*dismemberment with bone saws www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#cloudflaredown: Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet
US company that defends millions of websites against malicious attacks suffers unidentified problem
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#cloudflaredown: Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Liberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have warned colleagues against demonising multicultural communities ahead of the next election."
Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration
The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Liberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have warned colleagues against demonising multicultural communities ahead of the next election."
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So they want fewer doctors and nurses.
Interesting.
Interesting.
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So they want fewer doctors and nurses.
Interesting.
Interesting.