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"The global race that AI developers are in is to secure as much of what humanity has already created as possible, and then churn it through their models" writes @anatolitis.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/RMeGKaqq

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 15h

It's not "training" – it's assimilation. It's not "intelligence" – it's content generation. It's not a "life form" – it's a commercial product. Humanising it absolves Big Tech of responsibility. Let's change how we talk about AI. My latest for @thepointau.bsky.social: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Great to join Shane Doherty on 4BC this morning to talk the future Australian republic. Can’t wait for you all to see the Republic Youth Charter that will be presented to parliamentarians in the new year – created by the people who lead our future.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No, an app that assimilates words to guess more words and hack systems is not a life form. Just because its proprietors refuse to take responsibility for containing its dangers by pretending it’s an intelligence, doesn’t mean we have to parrot their taglines. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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AI is evolving rapidly. Is it a new form of life?

We are clearly creating a kind of non-biological life, an idea that has been clarified by several events in the past couple of weeks.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Look at those trees, they’re like lungs coming out of the ground. And there’s all this stuff going underground. Then all these paths are like organs in the body. The world is a collective organism. It works. I don’t know how, but it does.” The superb Shaun Tan: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Shaun Tan: ‘We’re always only seeing a thin skin of reality’

One of Australia’s most cherished and awarded picture book illustrators on what makes a good painting, the mechanics of life and the fine line between utopia and dystopia

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Years ago I enjoyed a beautiful NYE al fresco at the top of Canning. Then, as I walked the full length of the street to get home, strangers kept inviting me to join them every few metres – some had put entire lounge and dining suites out for the night! Perfect 🌈 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Free the Strip! Melburnians fight back against outlawing of much-loved picnic spot

A council ban on drinking on the median strip in Canning Street, Carlton, sparks a peaceful protest featuring punch bowls, chips and laughter

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Art is not about representing so-called beauty, but rather to question the existing judgment about everything in politics, in life… but this kind of art is never encouraged. People want you to behave, want you to be a nice guy…” The “startlingly wise” Ai Wei Wei: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’

From his farm in Portugal, the acclaimed artist speaks about war, peace, the state of the world – and his 40 metre sculpture Mushrooms, on Sydney Harbour

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This monumental project is the work of Taylor Ellis Architecture with Richard Crooks Constructions – but you wouldn’t know it from this coverage. All such reporting should name the architects, as should any coverage of works of art name the artist – reporting on public art is particularly egregious.

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Australia’s newest chicken factory looks like a modern art gallery – but will it improve animal welfare?

Three million chickens a week will be processed at the state-of-the-art facility in Tamworth – a fifth of all those eaten nationwide

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The world’s scientists have been entirely unambiguous on what’s needed to prevent climate catastrophe – united and clear. None of those urgent calls ask governments to do “a bit”

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“19 datacentre applications in the pipeline were seeking a combined 19,714 megalitres of water per year – or 4% of Melbourne’s current supply. Currently, the 50 existing datacentres use less than 1%” – but the new rules won’t apply to current or proposed centres: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Labor claims Victoria’s new datacentre rules are strongest in Australia but critics point to ‘huge loophole’

New rules include a ban near schools and require datacentres to source their own renewable energy, but won’t apply to projects already in pipeline

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom is advocating for a media freedom bill that “would enshrine the principle of media freedom in our legal code. Under it, parliament would have to treat press freedom as something to be protected like any other human right…”: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Trump’s decision to ban journalists from the White House – and One Nation’s actions – shows why Australia urgently needs a media freedom bill | Peter Greste

Australians can’t afford to be complacent – Pauline Hanson also thinks it’s OK to shut out reporters she doesn’t like

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This afternoon the local butcher passed my father and I enjoying a late lunch in the old town square and, recognising Stráti but being in too much of a hurry to come say a proper hello, he asked the waiter to bring us a bottle of wine with his compliments. Reader, I’ve just hit peak Greece 🥰

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"[A]n urgent study quantifying the value of Australia's intellectual property and copyright as a national asset class, ahead of any negotiation with AI developers" = absolute genius. Onya @apraamcos.bsky.social. Let's show the world what we're worth. www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/new...

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APRA AMCOS statement on OpenAI

Four years, not one phone call and no intention to pay

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Apostle Peter and St Helen the Martyr Chapel (2015) in Paphos, Cyprus, designed by Michail Georgiou: a surprising blend of geometry and whimsy – yet it manages to remain true to the solemn vernacular architectures whose frugal forms are found all over rural Greece. www.dezeen.com/2015/08/27/g...

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Greek Orthodox chapel in Cyprus by Michail Georgiou features a two-humped profile

Architect Michail Georgiou merged two forms typical in Byzantine church architecture to create the unusual curved shape of this chapel in Cyprus

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Authoritarian” intelligence forced upon us by “global surveillance giants”: another excellent @juliannes.bsky.social column reframing Big Tech’s AI with the urgent call for an Australian human rights act www.theguardian.com/law/commenti...

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As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever

Without laws requiring transparency or a right of review, our human rights will be rationed away by algorithmic and automated decision-making tools

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Data centers blight the landscape, A.I. slop degrades the culture, chatbots help kids cheat in school and sometimes drive people mad, and technology executives prophesy mass joblessness. For this, ordinary people get… help writing emails.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse

Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So honoured to be a Bundanon 2027 Artist in Residence ✨ where I’ll write and write and also facilitate practice development – timely, given my next book is all about the people who create our future. Look out for Who’s Afraid of Australia’s Artists? in late 2027 🚀 www.bundanon.com.au/bundanon-art...

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Until now, no one had succeeded in fully reconstructing the group of figures.” —? The Acropolis Museum was built for this purpose. The magnificent 1:1 frieze is where all works and fragments belong. Institutional recolonisation is profoundly unacceptable. www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/g...

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Greece rejects Parthenon marbles loan request from Frankfurt due to British Museum involvement, reports say

The British Museum has agreed to loan two marble fragments to the Liebieghaus exhibition, which recreates the east pediment of the temple for the first time

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Uncle: Niece it’s been years you look fucking great. Me: Yes you are right. Uncle: I’m also looking pretty hot. Me: Look I can’t disagree. Greeks don’t do false modesty 💅

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Give us a non-agonistic interaction involving directed, infraspecific oral-oral contact with some movement of the lips/mouthparts and no food transfer, love 😘 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study

We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“The hereditary nature of the queen’s position, the remoteness from any contemporary mandate, struck me at that moment, at that proximity, as so banal, even sad.” Whether monarchy makes sense for the UK is their business; it certainly makes no sense to who we are. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘Timidity is a virus’: Paul Keating fights the fading of the light as he seeks to enshrine his legacy

As a major new biography of the former prime minister goes on sale, he talks about meeting the Queen, Trump’s aims, and why his big vision will never fade

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Why stop there, Premier? Let's see this logic extend across all of Victoria's public monuments – did you know that they're 97% male? The good people at She Shapes History ask: How many women who shaped Melbourne can you name? sheshapeshistory.com/melbourne/ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australia news live: Victorian premier calls statues of state leaders ‘stupid waste of money’ after Daniel Andrews tribute scrapped

Follow the day’s news live.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 02/09/2026

Flash was once the playground of the web: games, animations & experiments made by anyone with an idea. 💻 Preserving those creations helps recover a lost chapter of culture. Jason Scott explores why Flash matters & why its preservation is vital. 📖 Download & read: archive.org/details/vani... 🧵

Teal graphic posing the question "Why preserve Flash software?" for the Vanishing Culture series, with Jason Scott, Free-range archivist, quoted saying "It was the backbone of menus and programs and even critical applications for working with sites … many major sites couldn't live without it."

Light green-gray graphic quoting Jason Scott, Free-range archivist, for the Vanishing Culture series, with the quote "Flash flew across from the mid-2000's internet sky in a blaze of glory and unbridled creativity. It was the backbone of menus and programs and even critical applications for working with sites."

Orange graphic quoting Jason Scott, Free-range archivist, for the Vanishing Culture series, with the quote "We may never know what combinations of ease, nostalgia, and variety have left so many people with such a fondness for Flash. But one thing is clear… it's preservation is vital."

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Instead of a group discussion or a tutor teaching you, it’s a class activity done with a robot… I feel like I’m teaching this robot how to take jobs away from my teachers.” It’s the @doctorow.pluralistic.net Reverse Centaur to yet another perilous new extreme: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Macquarie University swaps in-person psychology classes with AI chatbot for two subjects

University’s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of ‘everything that makes the job worth doing’

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A beautiful, career-changing opportunity!

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Americans have their groundhogs but in Australia we've got our own unique harbinger of seasonal change: Reader, I have just witnessed the first flying plastic bag of spring! Plucky little larrikin's in a holding pattern over the Melbourne CBD.

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yarrabike @yarrabike.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Big hello to our friends out west: if you 🚲travel 🚲through Footscray or know some one who does: share your feedback on Barkly Street upgrades by midnight 30 August. That's today! Only takes five minutes to do the survey: www.yourcityyourvoice.com.au/barklyst/sur... @bikewest.org

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Survey | Barkly Street Upgrades

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“Yes I know you asked for 1000-1200 words but surely you’d much rather have three to five thousand?” was the bane of my existence as an editor – so of course every time one of my editors commissions a shorter piece, I can’t seem to resist the joy of going big… Good thing I’m also working on a book 🙃

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“If Australian galleries were limited by the comprehension of the right honourable gentleman, they would be very bare and archaic indeed,” Whitlam retorted to Doug Anthony, declaring Blue Poles a masterpiece. And so is @tommcilroy.bsky.social’s superb book: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘More bodyguards than Frank Sinatra’: When Blue Poles first toured, it was met with street protests. Now it’s crossing Australia

Bought by the then Australian prime minister, Gough Whitlam, for the yet-to-be-built National Gallery in Canberra, Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles sparked one of Australia’s most enduring culture wars

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

How many more Australians are enjoying the arts compared to sport? Cinema audiences: 13 million Museum, library or gallery visitors: 13 million Live music or concert goers: 10 million AFL attendees: 8.5 million Time for public policy and investment to catch up. theconversation.com/nearly-every...

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Nearly every Australian engages with arts and culture. Politicians should pay attention

Governments at all levels often assume arts funding is not electorally popular. New data shows they are wrong.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton will always be remembered as a cultural leader and a champion. A humanitarian, an arts advocate, a staunch LGBTQIA* ally, and a generous philanthropist powering literacy and imagination. Her fearless voice has meant so much to so many – well beyond her non-stop fabulous songs and sass 🌈

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/08/2026

✒️ From ancient scripts to avant-garde typography, the Letterform Archive collection at the Internet Archive preserves the art and history of letterforms. Browse thousands of digitized artifacts from typography, graphic design, calligraphy, and the letter arts.👇 archive.org/details/lett...

Light gray Olivetti Praxis 48 instruction manual cover divided into four vertical panels, each featuring a large blue and black shadowed serif letter (A, B, C, D) above its lowercase counterpart, with "olivetti PRAXIS 48" in green and "gebruiksaanwijzing" in red.

Navy blue book cover of a Corporate Identity Manual with overlapping, rotated white geometric sans-serif letters spelling "CIBA-GEIGY" repeated at multiple angles and scales across the surface.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"Hereditary Prince Alois announced the change and said it had been approved by the necessary two-thirds majority of family members who can vote on such matters." The men said yes! Alors voilà.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Who wore it better? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/u...

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One of my editors just emailed: “I love it when ideas chime! Happy writing." so now my mind is a twinkling carillon set before a quiet lake.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

En route to a friend’s for lunch after reformer Pilates, this morning your faithful correspondent comes to you from Brunetti, having stopped for an indulgent yet utterly unnecessary cioccolata calda while waiting for the bottle shop next door to open. Reader, I am pension ready!

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Warmest congratulations and big respect to Aunty Pat Turner AM, Kaylene Whiskey, and the late great Aunty Rhoda Roberts AO, on these big beautiful NAIDOC Awards: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Naidoc awards honour ‘fearless, brilliant’ promoter of First Nations culture Rhoda Roberts

Proud Widjabul Wieybal woman of the Bundjalung nation recognised posthumously with the lifetime achievement award

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

On the disingenuousness of Australian politics’ opt-in wowserism: the superb @rachelwithers.bsky.social

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Meanwhile join the old timers at the Lomond having a jolly good laugh at me for ordering a hot toddie 🥰

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Join me on RRR tonight 7:00-8:00pm AEST unspinning the week’s politics on Spin Cycle with @jessielilley.bsky.social, @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social plus a special guest as we take a look at the latest phenomena in egregious media democracy dwindling sigh.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

@doctorow.pluralistic.net “treats AI’s capabilities as an empirical, deflatable claim – actually existing AI is mostly “ghastly” – rather than an inevitability to be mourned or welcomed.” Alex McPhee-Browne in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au on The Reverse Centaur: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/book...

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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI

The Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative long-form journalism.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Evening baking: highly recommend. Fill your home with cinnamon for deep contentment 🥰

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Cover reveal! Pre-sales open! 100 Years of Australian Songwriting is a national treasure. Celebrating 100 years of @apraamcos.bsky.social via twenty stellar perspectives and hundreds of songs, compositions, jingles, campaigns and earworms. Run don’t walk: estheranatolitis.net/2026/08/05/1...

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