Iain Shepherd
@lainshep.bsky.social
he/him. Bunurong land / Melbourne Australia.
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Iain Shepherd
@lainshep.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Request to newskies following me:
If you post/repost some stuff first, it helps me know whether to follow you back! Cheers!
If you post/repost some stuff first, it helps me know whether to follow you back! Cheers!
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You'll notice that there are certain demographics in society - the poor, immigrants, disabled people - who we are constantly told live on easy street with the government lavishing them with riches, and even after decades of policy designed to stop this, still have it way too good.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
You'll notice that there are certain demographics in society - the poor, immigrants, disabled people - who we are constantly told live on easy street with the government lavishing them with riches, and even after decades of policy designed to stop this, still have it way too good.
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there are a couple more years, how about we don’t preemptively compromise? maybe a candidate who isn’t already gleefully shoving trans people under the bus?
someone who’s has far right guests on his podcast and agrees with them ain’t it.
someone who’s has far right guests on his podcast and agrees with them ain’t it.
J-MART, on Newsom:
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
there are a couple more years, how about we don’t preemptively compromise? maybe a candidate who isn’t already gleefully shoving trans people under the bus?
someone who’s has far right guests on his podcast and agrees with them ain’t it.
someone who’s has far right guests on his podcast and agrees with them ain’t it.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Nathalie Stutzmann records Handel aria "Ah, mio cor, schernito sen"
YouTube video by Nathalie Stutzmann
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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We are a social species, and we have always prevailed through cooperation. Caring for our sick. Raising children we didn't sire or birth because they were part of our village or extended family. We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors. We evolved to UNITE.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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so glad the child sexual abuse panic was squarely pointed at folks like me by the people actually doing it & the public was like “yeah, seems right—freaks did it. not the men with all the money & fighting to keep child marriage legal, the women that are legal to kill in 30 states if you’re nervous.”
What a great day for finding out that a lot of things people thought were conspiracies are actually backed up by emails that are like hey pedo, let us pedo together in pedoland on the second day of the pedo month
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
so glad the child sexual abuse panic was squarely pointed at folks like me by the people actually doing it & the public was like “yeah, seems right—freaks did it. not the men with all the money & fighting to keep child marriage legal, the women that are legal to kill in 30 states if you’re nervous.”
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Clouds are one of my favorite things to paint, but they can be tricky! Here’s a few tips I’ve learned along the way.
Questions welcomed!
Questions welcomed!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Clouds are one of my favorite things to paint, but they can be tricky! Here’s a few tips I’ve learned along the way.
Questions welcomed!
Questions welcomed!
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A slide from my (otherwise very practical) video marketing workshop for UKeIG today... 📚
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A slide from my (otherwise very practical) video marketing workshop for UKeIG today... 📚
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Signed today😄
"The absence of treaties in Australia has been an enduring reminder of the denial of First Peoples' rights, including to land, throughout Australia's colonial history."
"Finally the government's taken notice of what Aboriginal people need to move forward and they've done it."
"The absence of treaties in Australia has been an enduring reminder of the denial of First Peoples' rights, including to land, throughout Australia's colonial history."
"Finally the government's taken notice of what Aboriginal people need to move forward and they've done it."
'Over the moon': Aboriginal activists, leader celebrate historic treaty
Leaders and activists say they are feeling the gravity of Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people being signed and formalised as law.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Signed today😄
"The absence of treaties in Australia has been an enduring reminder of the denial of First Peoples' rights, including to land, throughout Australia's colonial history."
"Finally the government's taken notice of what Aboriginal people need to move forward and they've done it."
"The absence of treaties in Australia has been an enduring reminder of the denial of First Peoples' rights, including to land, throughout Australia's colonial history."
"Finally the government's taken notice of what Aboriginal people need to move forward and they've done it."
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This quote totally sums up my experience too. I had another two boys run up to me in the playground today! If you haven’t signed up already, take a look. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit
This year you get TWO sets of shortlisted books instead of one when you sign up for the Spark! School Book Awards by 28 November. If you still need convincing, here's a fantastic endorsement from a secondary school librarian...
www.sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/school-sign-up
www.sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/school-sign-up
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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If you want to read more about how BBC Newsnight actively worked as agents of anti-trans propaganda - platforming misinformation and working as a lobby platform to influence anti-trans policies - you can read more from the excellent @simonwhitten.bsky.social here:
👉 archive.is/Z8deW
👉 archive.is/Z8deW
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you want to read more about how BBC Newsnight actively worked as agents of anti-trans propaganda - platforming misinformation and working as a lobby platform to influence anti-trans policies - you can read more from the excellent @simonwhitten.bsky.social here:
👉 archive.is/Z8deW
👉 archive.is/Z8deW
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That Maitlis appears to be so proud of being instrumental in stripping an entire generation of trans youth of gender-affirming medical care - which has led to several suicides already - is quite frankly obscene.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
That Maitlis appears to be so proud of being instrumental in stripping an entire generation of trans youth of gender-affirming medical care - which has led to several suicides already - is quite frankly obscene.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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blink was doomed because it didn't allow you to specify frequency
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
blink was doomed because it didn't allow you to specify frequency
Just finished binging the HBO #Chernobyl miniseries and I can finally see what everyone was raving about .. err 6 years ago?!
Time to (re)watch some YouTubes to see what the production got right or wrong. This channel seems legit: youtube.com/@chernobylfa...
Time to (re)watch some YouTubes to see what the production got right or wrong. This channel seems legit: youtube.com/@chernobylfa...
Chornobyl Family 🇺🇦
We are Alex from Ukraine and Michaela from Slovakia. Since 2009, we've been exploring and studying the phenomenon of Chornobyl as on-site researchers. We live right on the border of the area, where li...
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just finished binging the HBO #Chernobyl miniseries and I can finally see what everyone was raving about .. err 6 years ago?!
Time to (re)watch some YouTubes to see what the production got right or wrong. This channel seems legit: youtube.com/@chernobylfa...
Time to (re)watch some YouTubes to see what the production got right or wrong. This channel seems legit: youtube.com/@chernobylfa...
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In the immortal words of Molly Meldrum, Do yourself a favour and check this out.
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
In the immortal words of Molly Meldrum, Do yourself a favour and check this out.
The SamA quotes in here. jfc. Could you be *any more obviously* a bubble? a stock pump scheme? what?
garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...
OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
If you thought the 2008 bank bailout was bad, wait til you see the 2026 AI bailout
garymarcus.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The SamA quotes in here. jfc. Could you be *any more obviously* a bubble? a stock pump scheme? what?
garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...
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Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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He is a generational talent, but so perhaps is the whole team. This has to be the blueprint for Democrats — an unapologetic campaign that acknowledges struggle and gives hope.
It takes immense skill to talk about free transportation and make me, 3,000 miles away, feel like I get to ride, too.
It takes immense skill to talk about free transportation and make me, 3,000 miles away, feel like I get to ride, too.
For all the critiques of Mamdani as an inexperienced pol, his campaign has been a relentless machine of clever, viral messaging and door-to-door canvassing. I’ve never seen such discipline in the 30 plus years I’ve been voting in NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
He is a generational talent, but so perhaps is the whole team. This has to be the blueprint for Democrats — an unapologetic campaign that acknowledges struggle and gives hope.
It takes immense skill to talk about free transportation and make me, 3,000 miles away, feel like I get to ride, too.
It takes immense skill to talk about free transportation and make me, 3,000 miles away, feel like I get to ride, too.
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notes on gatesnotes, in a thread
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
notes on gatesnotes, in a thread
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
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Message in a bottle from first world war soldier found on remote Australian beach
Message in a bottle from first world war soldier found on remote Australian beach
Light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, after severe winter storms washed away sand dunes
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More than a century after an Australian soldier wrote a letter to his mother as he sailed to war and his death, it has been discovered in a bottle washed up on a remote beach.
Private Malcolm Alexander Neville’s light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, near Esperance, about 750km south-east of Perth. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Message in a bottle from first world war soldier found on remote Australian beach
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Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.