Caitlin Welsh
@caitlinwelsh.bsky.social
editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Sadako crawling out of your tv, turning motion smoothing off, then crawling back in
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sadako crawling out of your tv, turning motion smoothing off, then crawling back in
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O (2001), Ten Things I Hate About You (1999), Romeo and Juliet (1996), She’s the Man (2006)
not sure what Gen Z has to do with a 43-year-old’s adaptation of a 52-year-old’s novel—and lest you think it’s just the hed, the piece calls Hamnet “mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation,” never mind that mumblecore predates TikTok by like 20 years
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
O (2001), Ten Things I Hate About You (1999), Romeo and Juliet (1996), She’s the Man (2006)
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i have experienced the whiplash of going from homestarrunner and achewood to seeing 30k likes on an ai photo of eminem opening a homeless dog shelter for veterans.
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
i have experienced the whiplash of going from homestarrunner and achewood to seeing 30k likes on an ai photo of eminem opening a homeless dog shelter for veterans.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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Dang, Tucker makes a good point actually
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dang, Tucker makes a good point actually
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As with every week, I'll be on ABC Radio Sydney at 0935 AEDT to talk local gigs.
It's a record breaking week for us in terms of show volume, so there's a lot to get through!
Listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
It's a record breaking week for us in terms of show volume, so there's a lot to get through!
Listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
ABC Sydney Live Audio - ABC listen
Listen live, whenever you want, wherever you are with ABC Sydney.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As with every week, I'll be on ABC Radio Sydney at 0935 AEDT to talk local gigs.
It's a record breaking week for us in terms of show volume, so there's a lot to get through!
Listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
It's a record breaking week for us in terms of show volume, so there's a lot to get through!
Listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Counterpoint: the Christmas Koalaroo is the only good piece of AI art
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Counterpoint: the Christmas Koalaroo is the only good piece of AI art
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This regulation is a vital step forward for the Australian screen industry, and one that will help support a vibrant and sustainable screen sector that continues to play an important role in our economy and culture.
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
Surprise $50m boost for ABC as streaming quotas finally become law
The national broadcaster will get the extra funds for children’s programs and drama after the government’s quotas bill was passed.
www.smh.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This regulation is a vital step forward for the Australian screen industry, and one that will help support a vibrant and sustainable screen sector that continues to play an important role in our economy and culture.
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
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WaPo is a fed. All the same parents who lose their mind over 6-7 are just now learning what a cousin walk is thanks the The Narc Times here
Taking a ‘cousin walk’ this Thanksgiving? As cannabis has become less stigmatized and more readily available in the U.S., industry experts say ‘Green Wednesday’ has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales.
The other thing Americans consume in record numbers on Thanksgiving: marijuana
At a Maryland cannabis dispensary on ‘Green Wednesday,’ a day that has begun to rival 4/20 for the most weed sales, one product sold out in 15 minutes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
WaPo is a fed. All the same parents who lose their mind over 6-7 are just now learning what a cousin walk is thanks the The Narc Times here
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
would’ve been a good opportunity to actually make a public app designed for youth before all this came into effect
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
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the status of the trans person in the terf brain is some Ur-Fascism deal: every trans person is so clockable that their very existence is ridiculous and offensive, but also anyone could be trans and you'd never know it
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
the status of the trans person in the terf brain is some Ur-Fascism deal: every trans person is so clockable that their very existence is ridiculous and offensive, but also anyone could be trans and you'd never know it
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Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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All AI images are bad and stupid and fucked but this Australian Christmas poster at a Sydney train station is really something special. My favourite bits are the kangaroo with the face of a koala and the “oops! All Union Jack” version of the flag.
www.reddit.com/r/sydney/com...
www.reddit.com/r/sydney/com...
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
All AI images are bad and stupid and fucked but this Australian Christmas poster at a Sydney train station is really something special. My favourite bits are the kangaroo with the face of a koala and the “oops! All Union Jack” version of the flag.
www.reddit.com/r/sydney/com...
www.reddit.com/r/sydney/com...
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are the fae
open source
open source
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
are the fae
open source
open source
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Seeing media people post praise for Bevan Shields’ run at SMH so I genuinely want to know was it the starting by outing a queer woman, directly telling journalists to lie about a union strike or the genocide denial that made it a ‘great run at a hard job’?
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Seeing media people post praise for Bevan Shields’ run at SMH so I genuinely want to know was it the starting by outing a queer woman, directly telling journalists to lie about a union strike or the genocide denial that made it a ‘great run at a hard job’?
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I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
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RSVPs are 50% gone already
SYDNEY. Very excited to announce our second discussion on the viability of grassroots music culture, hosted in collaboration with Offbeat Collective.
No talks, no panels: just a full room discussion with whoever shows up.
Spaces *very* limited. RSVP essential.
events.humanitix.com/building-a-v...
No talks, no panels: just a full room discussion with whoever shows up.
Spaces *very* limited. RSVP essential.
events.humanitix.com/building-a-v...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RSVPs are 50% gone already