Martin Dusk
@martindusk.bsky.social
Librarian living on Ngunnawal & Ngambri country (Canberra region). CIS het middle aged white guy [he/him]. I’m interested in #Auspol (and this is the reason for my pseudonym) and libraries and nature. Finding my way as an older dad to a toddler
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Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love
Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love
The federal government has threatened to starve Minnesota by cutting off SNAP, WIC and other USDA funded programs as retribution.
dlvr.it
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love
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Bet there’s more to these social media numbers Labor are quoting today.
And for Albanese to say it was a grass roots campaign is a complete lie. #auspol
And for Albanese to say it was a grass roots campaign is a complete lie. #auspol
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Bet there’s more to these social media numbers Labor are quoting today.
And for Albanese to say it was a grass roots campaign is a complete lie. #auspol
And for Albanese to say it was a grass roots campaign is a complete lie. #auspol
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The new Adelaide Festival board has:
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The new Adelaide Festival board has:
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
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Did anyone else notice that Peter Malinauskas kept saying "Ms Abdel-Fattah" rather than "Dr Abdel-Fattah" on 7.30 tonight? Disrespectful.
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Did anyone else notice that Peter Malinauskas kept saying "Ms Abdel-Fattah" rather than "Dr Abdel-Fattah" on 7.30 tonight? Disrespectful.
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"Malinauskus was regularly agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s cancellation... Eventually, the board relented. They had seen what had happened at Bendigo, and they did it anyway."
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
The implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week
An autopsy of a festival
nickfeik.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 AM
"Malinauskus was regularly agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s cancellation... Eventually, the board relented. They had seen what had happened at Bendigo, and they did it anyway."
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
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“He’s got nothin’ to say! He’s got nothin’ to say!”
Minnesota woman 👸 drags right-wing propaganda outlet reporter
Minnesota woman 👸 drags right-wing propaganda outlet reporter
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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🎶Librarians are the best people 🎵
Inner North Melbourne people: two of Yarra Library's branches have extended opening hours on Thursday and Friday so that you can hide away from the heatwave.
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 AM
🎶Librarians are the best people 🎵
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After a random youtuber decided to spread lies while approaching daycare centers with a group of masked men to "see the children" and was denied entrance, and in some cases the centers were not open, the chudministration decided to run with the false claims & freeze childcare payments nationwide.
January 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
After a random youtuber decided to spread lies while approaching daycare centers with a group of masked men to "see the children" and was denied entrance, and in some cases the centers were not open, the chudministration decided to run with the false claims & freeze childcare payments nationwide.
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Fadi in Gaza sent me photos today of books pulled from the rubble of his destroyed home. He once had a library. His library, his pet parrot, and his best friend have all died. They are a family of 7. Tents are flooding. No food.
I want to raise more money, buy my 10 videos for $10 and help me🌹
I want to raise more money, buy my 10 videos for $10 and help me🌹
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fadi in Gaza sent me photos today of books pulled from the rubble of his destroyed home. He once had a library. His library, his pet parrot, and his best friend have all died. They are a family of 7. Tents are flooding. No food.
I want to raise more money, buy my 10 videos for $10 and help me🌹
I want to raise more money, buy my 10 videos for $10 and help me🌹
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Techbros are having a very hard time selling AI slop to regular people so they’re now just begging regular people to stop calling it AI slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Techbros are having a very hard time selling AI slop to regular people so they’re now just begging regular people to stop calling it AI slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
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These people are ghouls.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 AM
These people are ghouls.
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Love playing Xander Harkness on Fallout and looooooove wearing these clothes. Shout out to Dayna Pink for designing this awesome look.
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Love playing Xander Harkness on Fallout and looooooove wearing these clothes. Shout out to Dayna Pink for designing this awesome look.
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“The tell isn’t that fake citations look wrong. It’s that they look too right. Too convenient. Too perfectly aligned with whatever point the AI is making“
open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“The tell isn’t that fake citations look wrong. It’s that they look too right. Too convenient. Too perfectly aligned with whatever point the AI is making“
open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
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50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
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How in the shitraking fuck do we live in a place where Zionists are free to politicise the murders of 15 people at #Bondi to their heart’s content but non-Zionists are definitely not free to politicise Israel’s relentless murders of thousands of little kids in Gaza?
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
How in the shitraking fuck do we live in a place where Zionists are free to politicise the murders of 15 people at #Bondi to their heart’s content but non-Zionists are definitely not free to politicise Israel’s relentless murders of thousands of little kids in Gaza?
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
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Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ?
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ?
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
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Adobe subscription traps are evil but if this is accurate it is very funny.
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Adobe subscription traps are evil but if this is accurate it is very funny.
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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Chris Minns’ ban on protests calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza does not foster “community harmony".
These protests oppose anti-Semitism and call for peace.
Taking our democratic rights away is only sowing more division.
These protests oppose anti-Semitism and call for peace.
Taking our democratic rights away is only sowing more division.
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Chris Minns’ ban on protests calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza does not foster “community harmony".
These protests oppose anti-Semitism and call for peace.
Taking our democratic rights away is only sowing more division.
These protests oppose anti-Semitism and call for peace.
Taking our democratic rights away is only sowing more division.
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Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.
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Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
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Sam Harris is 💯right.
It will take us years—decades—to repair our reputation on the global stage.
I hope by abolishing the electoral college and other reforms, we can join the sane nations of the world as a trustworthy partner.
The US should be part of an interconnected world, not the boss of it.
It will take us years—decades—to repair our reputation on the global stage.
I hope by abolishing the electoral college and other reforms, we can join the sane nations of the world as a trustworthy partner.
The US should be part of an interconnected world, not the boss of it.
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sam Harris is 💯right.
It will take us years—decades—to repair our reputation on the global stage.
I hope by abolishing the electoral college and other reforms, we can join the sane nations of the world as a trustworthy partner.
The US should be part of an interconnected world, not the boss of it.
It will take us years—decades—to repair our reputation on the global stage.
I hope by abolishing the electoral college and other reforms, we can join the sane nations of the world as a trustworthy partner.
The US should be part of an interconnected world, not the boss of it.
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WTF 🤬
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
WTF 🤬
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
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Must read.
Seems that the Albanese government has learned nothing from #robodebt.
And #robodole is the perfect moniker for this cruel farce. #auspol
Seems that the Albanese government has learned nothing from #robodebt.
And #robodole is the perfect moniker for this cruel farce. #auspol
A Senatorial 🐀 up a drainpipe. More to come it seems….
www.themandarin.com.au/301467-robod...
www.themandarin.com.au/301467-robod...
Robodole rapidly morphs from narrative to saga
From compassion to chaos, robodole’s fallout keeps spreading. The ombud is digging deeper, and Deloitte’s defence comes apart at the seams.
www.themandarin.com.au
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM