Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialGLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Today is the tenth anniversary of the the Pulse Nightclub shooting that happened on June 12, 2016. We remember the victims and honor them with action. 💔 1244152
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026As a support worker of many years, I see the direct impact on clients and their families. The stress, injuries, exhaustion and illness that comes from not only having inadequate funding but being subjected to constant systems trauma when dealing with bureacracy 320059
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/06/2026‘You’re treated like this is the end’: Meet the dementia rebels – diagnosed and determined to change people’s mindstheguardian.com‘You’re treated like this is the end’: Meet the dementia rebels – diagnosed and determined to change people’s mindsFew things are more feared than a dementia diagnosis. Now people living with the condition are fighting against damaging stereotypes and demanding proper medical support 39518
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialDr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 06/06/2026JFC. Please vaccinate your children. You could be saving lives. (This is gut wrenching) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auAs vaccination rates fall in Australia, a British mother has a warningMeasles killed Rebecca Archer's daughter Renae slowly and silently over a decade. She has a message for the growing number of parents hesitant to have their children vaccinated. 1168
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Science communicators (and also all secular people) should watch this Lily Alexandre video. “I guess I thought eventually I’d find something that was still sacred up close” youtu.be/Q-sE2C-5xrk?...youtu.beRichard Dawkins & the Invisible BirdsYouTube video by Lily Alexandre 3751138
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialMylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Public Libraries Victoria has developed The Early Years Toolkit for Multilingual Families to support #libraries to deliver inclusive, language-rich early years programs for 0-5 years and families. www.plv.org.au/projects/ear...plv.org.auEarly Years Toolkit for Multilingual Families - Public Libraries VictoriaEarly Years Toolkit for Multilingual Families is a statewide resource designed to support Victorian public libraries to deliver inclusive, language‑rich early years programs for children aged 0–5 and ... 012
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026New research from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reveals a “minuscule” level of trust in AI and social media companies www.cyberdaily.au/tech/13660-r...cyberdaily.auReport: Australians' faith in AI is almost non-existentNew research from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reveals a “minuscule” level of trust in AI and social media companies. 89149
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAlisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price. 13992002993
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialOlivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 24/05/2026Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins, about being the one astronaut on Apollo 11 who did not get to set foot on the moon. Extremely wholesome and thoughtful, a Dudes Rock memoir where a guy is being extremely chill about his part in one of history’s coolest moments. Includes his wife’s poem. 5446
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Still waiting on Patty Hector's case from Saline County, Arkansas: www.bentoncourier.com/news/judge-d...bentoncourier.comJudge denies Brumley and Saline County’s motion in Hector v. BrumleyLITTLE ROCK — A federal court has ruled that former Saline County Library Patty Hector may continue pursuing her claim that Saline County lawmakers used a 2023 ordinance to unlawfully 1183
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialMylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It has been alleged that the judges of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been duped by an author using #AI in his winning entry. theconversation.com/what-do-the-...theconversation.comWhat do the Commonwealth Writers Prize AI allegations mean for prizes – and short stories?Advances in AI platforms have been oddly benchmarked through their engagements with the short story form. What does the latest literary AI scandal tell us? 011
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Vaccines are starting to gain traction in cancer treatment. A DNA based vaccine is a potential treatment for glioblastoma. Developed by Geneos Therapeutics, it transforms “cold” tumors into “hot” tumors that can be targeted by the patient’s own immune system. 🧪 medicine.washu.edu/news/persona...medicine.washu.eduPersonalized vaccine shows promise against aggressive brain cancer | WashU MedicineA WashU Medicine-led clinical trial has found that a personalized vaccine to treat glioblastoma appears to increase recurrence-free survival in a subset of patients after surgery. 742164675
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Interesting article on how vaccines might prevent dementia. It’s fun when new scientific techniques are able to sort of upend some of our ideas about how immunity works.arstechnica.comRoutine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on howVaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable. 962690821
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Tonight I learned about the Heavy Metal Tooth Fairy Project www.heavymetaltoothfairy.comheavymetaltoothfairy.comHome | Heavy Metal Tooth Fairy 276
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/05/2026There is going to be a LOT of bullshit about trusts. So let's keep our eye on the ball. Bugger all people use them. But millionaires do and they get a LOT of income through them And they do that because they can avoid paying tax. 18494219
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/05/2026preorder our new album and prepare to rock out & head-nod for ten songs and then on the two slower songs to dreamily contemplate mortality, time, and the inherent dignity of squalor www.mountain-goats.commountain-goats.comthe Mountain Goats 1529426
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialJB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Note that property investors get grandfathered changes, but NDIS participants do not. So our Government is effectively saying property investors deserve the dignity of maintaining their current comfort levels, but people with disabilities do not. 9250128
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/05/2026www.mountain-goats.com “Days” by the Mountain Goats is now available for pre-order. Pre-order or pre-save, go listen to the new song, we are super proud of this record and I think you will enjoy itmountain-goats.comthe Mountain Goats 1025043
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/05/2026you know what the real data center is. the human mind. thank you, 1205801828
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialMylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Classification of #LLM Errors in Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews and Factors Affecting the LLM-Based Tool’s Performance by Farhad Shokraneh farhadinfo.medium.com/classificati...farhadinfo.medium.comClassification of LLM Errors in Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews and Factors Affecting the…It’s been a long time, but I’m busy, so I decided to write fewer, more useful posts. 033
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialTim Sherratt @wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026I wonder how many unfunded, experimental sites and apps have gone offline because their creators couldn't afford the time or money to battle the AI scraper bots... 113
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026NDIS denying funding for assistance dogs 67140
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Okay, so we all know NDIS fraud is a thing, but I want to addressa claim I’ve heard of “fraud” about SILs charging 24/7 care when clients go out for 3 hrs a day for social and community support. 1/ 310339
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The idea that stability of condition precludes people from support is terrible: creates a revolving door of medicalisation and relapse / flare / episode 49136
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I mean, that’s pretty much the plan the government is proposing 28527
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 22/04/2026There’s ppl on the NDIS for psychosocial conditions where if the supports are withdrawn they will be a threat themselves & others, costing millions in damages. Framing supports as only open to ppl with “profound disability” exposes the stereotypes and prejudices in public understanding of disability 1016872
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Milly Strange, who opened for us tonight, blew me away with their talent. Keep an eye out for them. 22365
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialBec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Ok that’s better, anyway i had a little rant www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI thought hell would freeze over before I agreed with the pope. But in a world riven by cruelty, that day has finally come | Rebecca ShawIt’s a relief to see the pontiff decrying brutality, because it seems most current world leaders lack the necessary spine 1117141
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialRed @redartifice.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Some @themountaingoats.bsky.social shots from last night- incredible show! 1415
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry! 282152648
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialMylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · 27/03/2026"How Good are Libraries" campaign - Public #Libraries Sooth Australia campaignyoutu.beHow Good Are LibrariesYouTube video by LGA South Australia 032
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socials. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 24/03/2026Oh no not Sora! Whatever shall we do?! Here I thought this technology was ‘inevitable’ and we are ‘simply going to have to adapt’ if we ‘don’t want to get left behind.’ 5948182
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialSophie Perry @sophieperryportfolio.com · 20/03/2026Career update 🚨 I can confirm I have been made redundant from my role as Senior Reporter at PinkNews. In my redundancy consultation, I was told the brand is "moving away from having a reporter-led newsroom". How can they make journalism without journalists? I have no clue either. 🤷♀️ 🧵 1/ 918254
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Organisations that failed to participate in fighting Robodebt also still seek to leverage those same voices, to the detriment of those who survived Robodebt and the memory of those who did not 02110
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/03/2026So much of what went wrong with the process of accountability for Robodebt can be traced back to the ALP’s cheerleaders. Their elevation in the national discourse was used to soften criticism and invalidate concerns. “Bill Shorten promised….” Right up until he quit taking your calls 14115
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026There are just hours left for the thousands eligible for Australia’s largest class action payout to register before the deadline closes www.news.com.au/national/pol...news.com.au 02938
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialBen Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I was telling one of my kids that it was physically impossible for an ad to play between songs on any of the records I own, and they asked "and you only have to pay for it once?" and you could see how strange that seemed. You cannot overstate how many basic rules of media consumption have changed. 22115741930
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020. #ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky 301005169
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...innovationaus.comGovt abandons plan for external AI Advisory BodyAustralia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight. The Department... 72024
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025GenAI is increasingly a cuckoo attempting to occupy the nest of human relationships, human art and human workforces. The uncanny valley response to the intruder is a warning signal 02810
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialJessica Alice @jessicaalice.bsky.social · 03/12/2025‘The people running the library seem not to see their institution as a library at all, in the sense of furthering the diffusion of knowledge or the nourishment of community.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon HaighIf the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe 2148
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialBest Friend's Love Interest @shounenchild.bsky.social · 09/10/2025everyone right now @ the dictionary: 0204
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2025we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there 49102272324
Reposted by @h3tzel.bsky.socialEngineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 17/09/2025How To Pack Your Cat. 1015514
