Reposted by Caitlin WelshAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352163195
Reposted by Caitlin WelshJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233851259
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trouble with this is that nothing the onion could make up would be truly out of the realms of possibility for Robert Pattinson to actually say on a press tour 030
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah, not a great look here. 1656
Reposted by Caitlin WelshRivers of Suggestion @youngweather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our daughter and friends (also not on social media) use Canva comments to chat like this Life uhhh finds a way 27915
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At a church service in Chicago they had set up cardboard cutouts in the pews to represent the worshippers who would have attended mass if not for fear of being disappeared. Not far away I saw a laborer’s lunch had been left uneaten and spilled over onto the sidewalk outside of a home... 1393145
Reposted by Caitlin WelshJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If ultimately there's no criminal responsibility for this incident here then FOI just became a lot easier if we ask AI agents to go find those documents for us. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAlbanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inboxPrime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach 7338127
Reposted by Caitlin WelshNa Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Shout out to @fatbearweek.bsky.social and @explore.org who prolly had a stressful day yesterday but then came up with workarounds so we can still play our fun bear game 😝 **website problem fixed** **Day 1 voting is extended through today!** (Go vote!!) 061
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mean this sincerely: If you are using a thingy to set your fantasy lineup for you, *what is the point* of fantasy sports? Especially if everybody in your league starts doing it? You are telling all your computers to play with each other! I do not understand what about this appeals to anyone. 2149860
Reposted by Caitlin WelshRusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 23/09/2026This seems like a great product if you’re a fucking loser 111416
Reposted by Caitlin WelshIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I had to know what "rapper Jethro Sheeran" looked like and I don't know what I expected but it wasn't this 433562
Reposted by Caitlin WelshBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want. 652609904
Reposted by Caitlin Welshlottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026a poem called 'midvinterblot by carl larsson, 1915' 36028
Reposted by Caitlin WelshSiobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Do you think that Greta Gerwig will keep the bit in the Narnia books where they don’t let Susan come back to Narnia because her tits came in 1947920
Reposted by Caitlin WelshThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then. 32601261
Reposted by Caitlin WelshDemon King of the New Platform @clothedvillainy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Australia’s social services system is built around bizarre notions of ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving poor’. The undeserving don’t work because they’re insufficiently motivated, and we motivate them by starving them and making them risk homelessness. 33812
Reposted by Caitlin WelshKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18/09/2026AI hallucinated a report that a Chinese ship was transporting nuclear material to Iran and the US military scrambled and nearly boarded it. We were apparently minutes away from a major war because of an AI hallucination. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 7572210
Reposted by Caitlin WelshDean Napolitano @dinonapolitano.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“A three-pound wildcat with leopardlike spots from Bolivia who once lived briefly as a house pet isn’t just adorable. He is also, scientists say, the standard-bearer for the first new feline species discovered in a century.” By Kate Golembiewski in @nytimes.comnytimes.comNew Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. 031
Reposted by Caitlin WelshK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 18/09/2026*smashes bottle against table* STOP STEALING OUR GOOGLY EYES AND USING THEM TO PRETEND YOU MADE GOD 8611119
Reposted by Caitlin WelshRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026they drew the name from a hat and now they don’t know whether that’s the winner or the person eliminated, which imho should disqualify them all 67412
Reposted by Caitlin WelshTim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I keep hearing this idea that "I don't like AI, but maybe it can solve climate change" and I just... what? Surely there is nothing about "solving" climate change that needs more computing power or ideas. It's purely about the interaction of power structures and social realities. Can we not? 614928
Reposted by Caitlin Welshliz duck-chong @lizduckchong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you've got a spare couple of dollars this month, I would love for you to direct it over to the amazing team at @scarleteen.com! Read more about how to support them here: pro.gofundme.com/campaign/sca...pro.gofundme.comScarleteen's Raising $7,000 to Celebrate 7 Million Visitors in 2026!{{MetaTags.description}} 163
Reposted by Caitlin WelshHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026MAKE SOME NEW GLORY DAYS WHY ARE YOU GIVING UP 522630
Reposted by Caitlin WelshHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just got a press release for a new bar that “pays homage to the glory days of NYC nightlife” and listen, I’m sure this bar is perfectly nice, but I’m losing my goddamn mind. I’m sick of remakes! I’m sick of homages! Stop building monuments to beauty instead of trying to build beauty itself!!!! 937238
Reposted by Caitlin WelshAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026Rick Scott: "With regard to destroying mankind, these companies need to do the right thing on their own. We're not going to get smart enough to regulate them. We're not going to get something done up here." 10081837344
Reposted by Caitlin WelshPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?bbc.co.ukThe Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract showsThe Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows. 21993072831
Reposted by Caitlin WelshEvery Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The pedestrianisation of George St has been such an unquestionable success that this is like the 4th or 5th time it'll be extended! 2317
Reposted by Caitlin WelshGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg JerichoLifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives 23354165
Reposted by Caitlin WelshGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills. It is a choice governments make every year. It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed www.theguardian.com/business/gro... 6226109
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 16/09/2026bsky.app/profile/luke... 184
Reposted by Caitlin Welshalexis nedd @alexisthenedd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026congrats to ed sheeran on his achievement 1860941359
Reposted by Caitlin WelshBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay 188113491912
Reposted by Caitlin Welshalexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026this is what killed Bob Mackie 45970161
Reposted by Caitlin Welshwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 15/09/2026rhea seehorn didn’t win for better call saul so vince gilligan was like, what if she was the only character, what now 165785
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026@condimentwords.bsky.social you seeing this shit 210
Reposted by Caitlin WelshAndré "Normal" Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"BDE" then you erase the "E" and replace it with an "S" 3313
Reposted by Caitlin WelshTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15/09/2026Attempting to frame these bigots like they’re brave pragmatists breaking from some kind of stalwart trans-affirming norm is the type of enormous lie where the ground should open up to pneumatic-tube you directly to hell. 81157273
Reposted by Caitlin Welshrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14/09/2026macklemore and dave matthews will be our pete seeger and woody guthrie won’t they. 70 years from now they'll be remembered as principled songwriters whose music is ideologically admired but rarely listened to. it won’t be any of the earnest folk revival types it’ll be macklemore and dave matthews 591740121
Reposted by Caitlin WelshSam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"wow, everyone knew this already" is such a cynical, annoying and unfortunately extremely common response to tech news. assuming your privacy is being violated and proving that it is are two very different things, and the latter is the result of hard work and rigorous reporting 221784329
Reposted by Caitlin Welshmerritt @merrittk.com · 14/09/2026truly believe this is happening to a lot of people who don't even realize it, they're sliding rightward by virtue of having heinous shit normalized for them everyday on there 81624248
Reposted by Caitlin WelshBernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One neighbour complaint leads to the council enforcing a rule with no flexibility and a small live music culture - i've been there & it's a minor gem we need in Sydney - is set to wither. Plus c'est change ... www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...smh.com.au‘In Sydney this is a rarity’: The hidden music haven caught in a bitter council spatFor almost two years, Nick Shimmin and Matthew McGuigan were hosting free, invitation-only gigs in an old former church. Then the local council stepped in. 075
Reposted by Caitlin Welshthinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Houthis: what the fuck, you told us it was economical to build the IR sensor with aluminum foil instead of mercury cadmium telluride Claude: That is exactly the right challenge to raise, and the honest answer is that the claim was asserted rather than demonstrated. Inshallah it won't happen again 4760114
Reposted by Caitlin WelshBec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026oh your new crime show is about a tortured grizzled sad alcoholic detective man? should we throw a party? should we invite raymond chandler? 811122