Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 8m

Classic billionaire fuckhead move.

Reposted by You're still so real to me

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 31m

pro life tip: you can get all the social media engagement and clout of appearing at SXSW without having to actually do it (or even be invited) by just repurposing their template

1 5

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 13m

lol, lmao you might even say. But voting for anyone left of Labor just lets the Coalition in right?

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2h

“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”

Just contemplate that sentence.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 14h

This is the second time I’ve seen this kind of incident in a week. It’s only getting picked up because of the adversarial nature of the NDIS v participant plans.

I have grave fears about how AI is being used in child protection and out of home care reporting

El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 1d

thousands of dollars from disabled person's supports spent on fake report

www.afr.com/politics/fak...

archive link: archive.md/u1W0r

Fake academic reference reveals AI use in claim for $1.6m from NDIS

The report asked for increased funding for a client but was created with the help of artificial intelligence and cited academic references that did not exist.

www.afr.com

1 24 47

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 13h

My favourite kind of Grand Designs episode is the people with the vocation finding out building a house isn't simple. Particularly when they're software designers.

1

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Sep 27

Little known fact: the word "influencer" comes from medieval Latin "influenza".

13 56 430

Reposted by You're still so real to me

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

We are going to war with Venezuela over drug trafficking.
Cocaine originates in Bolivia, Columbia and Peru and is largely trafficked over the Mexican border. Fentanyl is manufactured in Mexico, China and to some extent India and trafficked over the Mexican border.

We are the shithole nation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump says he's now "looking at land" strikes on Venezuela

23 89 410

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 1d

Australian activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, personally threatened to “gas” them.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...

'Shut the f--k up or we'll gas you' – Australian flotilla activists allege direct threats from Israeli minister

Australians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted them in captivity

www.deepcutnews.com

1 31 27

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 23h

Why a supermarket is also being a coffeeshop begs many questions.

1 1

Reposted by You're still so real to me

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 1d

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

27 470 4.4K

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's really fascinating how openly Sam Altman and so many other techbros actively campaign on the "we're so unloveable we need a computer to pretend to fuck us" beat as, like, their main selling point of their product. It's big Ben Shapiro "my wife said women don't get wet" energy.

16 140 760

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Molly White @molly.wiki · 1d

good news, we've fixed the national debt

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 1d

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

19 81 530

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

A reminder that Ben Gvir was set to be sanctioned by the United States government in February 2024 but was personally taken off the list by President Biden.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

Itamar Ben Gvir is a real monster www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

14 580 1.6K

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 1d

I've not been using the scab machines and more folks need to sacrifice some convenience.

1

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out: it's actually the Robin Hood Hotel.

1

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 1d

I'd go just to luxuriate in the Ned Kelly Hotel experience, the rat pothole would be a bonus.

1 1 1

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

92 3K 9K

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 1d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

130 1.7K 7.4K

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

It's good to just rename things occasionally so we don't forget what they really are

geordi pointing meme - he says no to "data centres" and yes to "computer buildings"

9 20 89

Reposted by You're still so real to me

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

460 2.3K 18K

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 1d

How long before we can lay bets on players coming and going though?

1

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 1d

lol V'landys saying R360 doesn't invest in pathways and simply profits off the "hard work of others". Yet regional league comps have at least 1 team hanging by a thread every season.

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Pierre Purseigle @purseigle.bsky.social · 2d

Where I try to explain why France is not going through an ordinary political crisis but that the Fifth Republic is a regime in crisis.
🇫🇷 #france #politics
👇 👇 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

France's political upheaval isn't temporary - it's a profound constitutional crisis | Pierre Purseigle

The old prime minister is back with a new team, but it can’t last: a democracy can’t have a president with the powers of a king, says French historian Pierre Purseigle

www.theguardian.com

4 19 36

You're still so real to me @theneogrotesque.bsky.social · 1d

Have you considered podcasting.

1 4

Reposted by You're still so real to me

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2d

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

38 960 3K