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Jennifer Mills

@jennifermills.net.au
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Writer, reader. On Kaurna land. Books incl SALVAGE, A Concise Compendium of Wonder, The Airways, Dyschronia &c Chair @asauthors.bsky.social, opinions my own

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 1h
Together, Steph and I have taken on AUKUS, fossil fuel giants, tech billionaires, and exposed Australia's defence links to Gaza. We aren't here to push Labor to be a little better: we are here to replace them.
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Susan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 19h
A mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 21h
Looking at all the stories on the working poor from media outlets that haven’t increased their freelance rates in 20 years
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23h
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In May I covered three datacentre projects across Australia that local communities were fighting back against. Two of the three have now been scrapped. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 24/09/2026
Something like this Medicare breach would surely be enough to make our government understand that flimsy “opt out” mechanisms are not enough to protect our creative work from AI theft Surely
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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
✨ TOMORROW❗️ A Radical Proposal: Why literary translators should see themselves as workers and how building solidarity will lead to better working conditions across the industry, and ensure a more vibrant, diverse, and sustainable literary ecosystem not only for translators but readers too.
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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The ASA has launched our Annual Survey for 2026 and we need to hear from you! The survey is open to all authors and illustrators, including ASA members and non-members. And please share! For more details and to take the survey please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/have-yo...
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026
I think that he should've had Altman arrested for running a company committing cybercrimes
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 23/09/2026
Good morning to cryptic bird news and cryptic bird news only www.abc.net.au/news/science...
abc.net.au
Video captures ranger's joyful tears on finding rare night parrot chick
New video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy Wrensday Wednesday! A male white-winged fairywren at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden. #wrensday
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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
MEAA members are calling on the government to require media organisations to pay superannuation on top of a minimum fee to freelancers through the News Bargaining Incentive.
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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Freelance journalists are contracted as sole traders and paid per word or per piece, rather than per hour. They have no rights and protections under the Fair Work Act and Superannuation Act. Read the report and stand with freelancers fighting for a fair go: buff.ly/2FDX4CK #PayUp
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
Remember folks, take notes here: ✅ When your company hacking another one helps with marketing, its "OMG rogue models gone wild hacking other companies." 😱 ❌ When a hacking incident doesn't raise your valuation but shows you to be massive thieves, it's an internal "ah nice"


Matt Stoller
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OpenAI's President Greg Brockman, when told his company had hacked the NYT paywall to scrape the site, responded with "ah nice."

That's a straightforward criminal violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. OpenAI executives in jail.

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woah. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. 
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Straight from OpenAI's Brockman and Microsoft's Nadella - 'doom loop' for the entire web [as they vacuum up and substitute the work of journalism and threaten their economic foundations]. /2
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Not good, OpenAI. "Read this NYTimes" article.. "Summarize" this NYTimes article... (NYT content in red). /3
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Blood boiling. Not a good look for OpenAI or Greg Brockman here:
 "ah nice" in response to "a hack to get around nytimes paywall" in his efforts "to scrape" The Times website. After many points on his bragging about OpenAI's substitution for news. /4

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The character of Defendants' conduct weighs further against fair use.
The transgressive and deceptive nature of Defendants' efforts to acquire Plaintiffs' content confirms that their purpose in doing so was fundamentally to avoid the cost of acquiring lawful
copies. OpenAI employees devised and implemented strategies to circumvent paywalls without
detection when scraping websites. For example, when Nick Ryder informed Mr. Brockman about
, hack to get around nytimes paywall" to help with Mr. Brockman's efforts to "scrape[]" The
Times's site, Mr. Brockman responded "ah nice." SF791. OpenAI's corporate representative on
the subject was unaware of any "method for detecting paywalled content" in its da…
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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Took the day off work, saw an echidna. This is what capitalism is trying to keep from you
Am echidna with its head buried in the ground: a ball of yellow and brown spines about the size of a football, in the understorey of a grassy forest.
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 21/09/2026
“Something we have decided is that we’ll be paying writers MEAA rates. We’ll pay $1.12 a word. And we’ll pay ASA rates for the illustrations and graphic storytelling as well... We’d like to honour appropriate remuneration of creatives in Australia.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @asauthors.bsky.social
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 21/09/2026
I have taken 30k words from this draft and as a result it is 10k words shorter. Novelist maths is the devil’s maths
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 19/09/2026
Spring garden. Proud of this abundant chaos. Was 80% lawn <4 years ago
Sprawling backyard full of natives, vege beds and flowers
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 17/09/2026
I went to the dentist today, I mostly go to visit the resident wellbeing chihuahua Betty. Betty is close to retiring so now they have a new dog they are training up for the role: a TEACUP chihuahua. I am going to have the best teeth
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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Australian Society of Authors is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Barbara Jefferis Award. The winner will be announced at ASA's Colin Simpson Memorial Keynote event in Sydney on Tuesday 10 November 2026. For more information please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/announc...
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 16/09/2026
“Like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, testing the fences” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian politics live: PM distances himself from sacked Play School host turned Labor staffer; Lambie says AI companies ‘like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park testing fences’
Follow the day’s news live
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 15/09/2026
This is a leak of a proposal and not set in stone. The ASA is currently providing feedback on this proposal. We know it’s inadequate & are saying so. More to come! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Government documents reveal AI could train on data without paying creators
Leaked government documents reveal AI companies would be allowed to train their models on online content without paying its creators as long as they struck deals with enough rights holders.
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 14/09/2026
This Ken Liu story is a great cleanser for the AI-advocacy-saturated brain www.uncannymagazine.com/article/a-si...
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A Sigilary for the Median Human in the Gearwrack - Uncanny Magazine
The Sigil of Assurance You take a bit of wax and drip it over the em dash fresh out of the printer, working it over, building it up until it’s a little caterpillar crawling on the page, nestled betwee...
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 12/09/2026
Sea swim / sleepy lizard. Firsts of the season
A sleepy lizard (tiliqua rugosa) on a sand dune
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026
I am serious that today’s journalism ecosystem would be fooled if they played war of the worlds on the radio. It would be on CNN within hours
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 10/09/2026
Do we need a support group for the niche frustration of science fiction writers watching amateur tech bro doomsayer hype
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Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I felt better after I wrote this. It was a relief to admit that I failed. climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/is-it-me-i...
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Is it me? Is it the characters? Is it the book?
Middle Grade author Penny Tangey writes about the lows of writing climate fiction
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 09/09/2026
News feed: AI could kill us all! Inbox: daily “book marketing strategist” spam Yep, this shit is going to annoy me to death
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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you're included in the Anthropic Class Action Settlement and have received an email notice, please read the Writer Beware article on potential incorrect claims. This blog post is being updated live by Writer Beware as they gather more information. Please visit: writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...
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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The ASA has published a guest article by Dr Terri Janke. The article addresses the cultural theft undertaken to develop the tools, and how ICIP protocols can be compromised when using AI platforms. For full article visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/writing...
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 07/09/2026
Good to see the local seal looking relaxed and well this morning
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 05/09/2026
Fingers crossed for the lamprey, absolute horror icons www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Blood-sucking, eel-like fish another possible casualty of algal bloom
Scientists say no lampreys have been caught during their usual winter migration from ocean to river during two consecutive monitoring periods.
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DerkHerkenbersh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gen AI can eat my farts. #art #NoAI
Graphic line illustration of a human butt farting in a robots face. Text: I SUPPORT THE HUMAN ARTS. GEN AI CAN EAT MY FARTS.
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Tone Goodfellow @goodfellow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Waiting for the right time to talk about climate change
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s been one of those “End AUKUS” kind of weeks! thepoint.com.au/new/260904-s...
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Shoebridge slams AUKUS, says it is ‘inviting war’ onto Australian soil
The AUKUS security agreement is an extraordinary and deep betrayal of Australia’s national interests and will invite the frontline of the next great war onto our doorstep, an independent inquiry into ...
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 04/09/2026
Q. Why was the moth exhausted all the time? A. Late stage caterpillarism
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 03/09/2026
Stoked to see The Airways on this list top100books.abc.net.au/browse/autho...
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Top 100 Australian Books | Vote now
Vote now in Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 01/09/2026
First day of spring
A jar of homemade quandong jam
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 31/08/2026
1. We don’t want it 2. They stole our stuff 3. Go away www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Australia risks missing out on AI economic boom due to 'slow' uptake
Treasury says Australia risks missing out on the economic benefits of AI unless businesses use beyond basic use and make bigger changes to how they operate.
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 28/08/2026
How to Sell a Genocide restored to library shelves - great when decision makers come to their senses! Good work State Library NSW, everyone who signed the petition and others who raised their objections. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’
Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lots of writers (including me) and book stores have been caught up in this - so however you can, support your local book industry. (and thank you to those who have been still trying to buy our books) x www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Bookstores struggle to fill shelves after cyber attack on major publisher
A cyber attack on one of Australia's major publishing distributors has left independent bookstores and authors struggling to meet customer demand.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 26/08/2026
Autistici/Inventati is a tech project offering encrypted communications tools, email, web hosting, secure chat, and video conferencing platforms for users who prefer to stay off corporate grids. This is what the US government is shutting down as "terrorism." Screenshot from the press release.
A screenshot from 

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/ 

reading:

RISKS POSED BY VIOLENT FAR-LEFT TERRORISM

The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy identifies violent far-left terrorist groups as one of the three major terrorist threats facing the United States today.  Building on the State Department’s November 13, 2025 action targeting so-called antifascist groups (“Antifa”) engaged in violent and criminal acts, Treasury is targeting Autistici/Inventati, Palestine Action, and Masar Badil, including two of its senior leaders, as part of a U.S. government-wide effort to protect Americans from the risks posed by far-left terrorism.
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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The US is targeting the anarchist collective that hosts the popular Noblogs wordpress platform as terrorists. This is truly batshit (as are their various obvious lies about Rose City Antifa etc). This is a HUGE attack on basic free speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
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Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State, in partnership with the Department of the Treasury, is announcing the designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Autistici/Inventati...
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“pip adam’s in possession of a stratospheric talent, evident once again in her latest novel kluge, which exhibits an original prose style she credits to not having read a book of NZ or foreign lit until she was 27” A major interview/look back here on Pip’s life & work! newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/26/p...
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Portrait of the artist raised on soap opera and sci-fi
An extraordinary interview with NZ's most original literary novelist.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Government planning and responses to the arrival of H5N1 bird flu in Australia have been grossly inadequate. There is still time to greatly increase efforts to protect Australia’s wildlife and environments. My piece in today’s @aunz.theconversation.com 👉 theconversation.com/australias-b...
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Australia’s bird flu response: too little, but it’s not too late
Australia’s response to this deadly bird flu outbreak has been insufficient and too reactive.
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 25/08/2026
Hey Waverley Library, put the book back and let readers make up their own minds. Libraries are for everyone. www.change.org/p/restore-ho...
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Sign the Petition
Restore How to Sell a Genocide to Waverley Library and protect the Public's Right to Read
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