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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Supergirl was fun, I have no idea what people were bitching about.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not when he’s got his prescription pad out
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Aya @melangell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Correction: the U.S. has bombed at least nine wedding parties since 2001. At least.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Grass tree planted in 2021 had its first spear, so cool.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/06/2026
This one hurts. I've really enjoyed Tim's work in the past But let's just be totally bloody clear here: every single person using a text fabrication engine to replace their work, research and writing skills: THIS MOMENT IS COMING FOR YOU TOO It is truly just a matter of time. It's inevitable ⏱️
I recently wrote a piece critical of Matt Chun's essay about the shootings at Bondi
Beach. In it, I attributed a quote to him that were not his words. This was an egregious
mistake and I apologise unreservedly. At his request, I have removed the piece, but I
wanted to make sure everyone here was aware of the error.
I really have no excuse other than my own carelessness and a degree of hubris. I used
AI to search for other examples Of how people had responded to Chun's piece, asking
for links and key quotes. It brought up mainly mainstream pieces from Australia but
some Reddit links, and links from overseas sources. I also asked it to summarise the
piece, not in lieu of reading it but in addition. (I had first read it after reading Guy
Rundle's comments about it.) I clicked through on some of the links. I noted down the
quote, wrote a drop in paragraph using it, and added it to the draft at some point. That
I didn't double-check it or recognise it as not part of the original essay is entirely on
me.
So, yes, this is a case Of AI generating a false quote, but the issue is that I should've
been far more careful in checking it and I am deeply sorry, and embarrassed, that I
didn't do it to the extent necessary. Obviously, we are all aware of this issue of falseSo, yes, this is a case of AI generating a false quote, but the issue is that I should've
been far more careful in checking it and I am deeply sorry, and embarrassed, that I
didn't do it to the extent necessary. Obviously, we are all aware of this issue of false
quotes and attributions with AI, but I had enough hubris to think such a thing would
never get past me. It did.
When Matt Chun first contacted me, I initially responded by saying "It came from a
email discussion with people I know and generally trust and I should've been much
more careful." I was pretty sure I knew what the issue was, but this was a fob to give
me time to think about it. Obviously, I should've just said, let me look into it, but I
actually thought that sounded worse, more like a fob than the false reason I gave.
That's not an excuse, just the thought process in the moment. I also apologise for this.
I will leave further discussion of the the problems with using AI in this way for later.
For now, I really want to make clear the error and to apologise publicly to Matt Chun
for the false quote and the initially misleading response. As I say, I have no excuse
beyond my own carelessness and hubris.
B 987x686px, WMatt Chun
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Update: After initially lying to me about the source Of the misattribution, Tim Dunlop
has now admitted that he used Al to write his article, which generated the entirely
false paragraph attributed to me as a 'quote'.
The false 'quote' is central to Dunlop's article, and essential to his criticism of me. It's
the basis from which he develops a number of defamatory imputations, and from
which he invites his readership to conclude that I am frankly, grotesque'.
Dunlop has now removed the article and has posted a public apology. However, the
article was published for 30 days, during which time it enjoyed wide engagement and
shares. It drew a significant number of comments by admiring readers who found his
misinformation convincing. The article also remains in the inboxes of his many
subscribers.
It appears that Dunlop is a journalist for national mastheads, a published author, and
a •sought-after' public speaker with a PhD in 'political philosophy and
communication'. He has a large audience including hundreds of paid subscribers, and
is currently '#45 rising in world politics' on this platform.
@ May 26
Matt Chun
I did not say the words •quoted' below. I've never seen these words before. and they certainly
don't appear in my writing as Tim Dunlop claims. Nevertheless, Dunlop develops a critique of
me based on this complete misattribution. In the comments section of his article, Dunlop is
congratulated as •clear-sighted and thoroughly informed'.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Doing some gardening on my day off, just me and old mate
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Among GenX One Nation is polling north of 40% on the primary vote. Among Gen Z voters reporting exactly the same stress the Greens are polling at 40%. It’s the very same symptoms, in other words, but wildly different prescriptions for a cure." WTF GenX
open.substack.com
Gen X and the Repossession Fantasy
I remember exactly where I was when I first picked up a copy of Douglas Coupland’s Generation X. In the offices of The Independent Monthly, a magazine I wrote for, now gone, like most magazines.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The odyssey is amazing. It looks at the Trojan war from a different perspective and of the consequences of breaking social norms. 5/5.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I know we are living in the darkest timeline but this is still particularly dank.
theguardian.com
Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle international criminal court
Trump’s secretary of state claims the global tribunal is interfering with US military and law enforcement operations
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
God dammit we used to make movies in this country
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I’m just glad Graham lived long enough to get the war with Iran he’d always lusted after and then had to watch the US get its shit stomped in.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Watched heretic. This movie is about how annoying internet atheists are.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Two years of lying about bombing Gaza's hospitals – supposedly to target "Hamas control and command centres" underneath – has really paid off. Now Israel bombs Lebanon's hospitals and doesn't even need to pretend there's a military rationale.
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 18/05/2026
I understand why this is confusing: you're used to the press saying poor people deserve to die and not rich people.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 06/05/2026
MAMMAL BULLYING A REPTILE: Nice body temperature dude. Did the sun pick it out for you
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Israel killed the son of a chief negotiator in the talks over Gaza's future in an airstrike. He is the FOURTH son of Hamas' exiled Gaza chief killed by Israel.
Phil Stewart @phildstewart
X.com
(Reuters) - An Israeli air strike has killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator in U.S.-mediated talks over Gaza's future, a senior Hamas official said on Thursday, as leaders of the militant group held talks in Cairo aimed at safeguarding their truce with Israel.
Azzam Al-Hayya, son of Khalil Al-Hayya, succumbed to his wounds on Thursday after being struck in an Israeli attack on Wednesday night, said senior Hamas official Basim Naim. He is the fourth son of Hamas' exiled Gaza chief to have been killed in Israeli attacks.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Daredevil reborn is peak American liberal television. The kingpin creates a police state, arrests hundreds of people without charges and literally murders 30 people with his bare hands in front of witnesses and at the end it’s like no charges, just let him get a deal and go away.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Forbidden mushrooms
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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Albanese really does push the "almost beyond satire" line hard.
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John CNCena @genocid.ing · 23/04/2026
that's a load off my mind
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/04/2026
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Evergreen
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Bloody conference going on down the street
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Passionfruit time 😋
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
At this point I don’t think anyone should consider engaging in negotiations with the United States.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“Senior advisers to…Trump would prefer Israel strike Iran before the United States launches an assault on the country… These Trump…officials are privately arguing that an Israeli attack would trigger Iran to retaliate, HELPING MUSTER SUPPORT FROM AMERICAN VOTERS FOR A US STRIKE.” [emphasis added]
politico.com
White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first
As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it’d be best ifIsrael makes the first move.
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alex䷰trismegistus @technihilism.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
someone should make a horror movie that's an allegory of trauma
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
China's vast offshore wind farms show up beautifully in this SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite image produced by Sentinel 1 satelite of the European Space Agency (ESA)
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
After the revolution this guy goes up against the wall first
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illy bocean 🏝️ @illybocean.boontavista.com · 18/01/2026
I’ve been experimenting with a regimen of drinking a lot of beer and doing absolutely no exercise - and the results may shock you
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
When the racist meme becomes national policy
Family Guy - officer holds up color palette to determine American or foreignnessMinneapolis: facial recognition app being used to detect brown skinned man
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10/01/2026
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
When heavy military equipment is taken from its original context and placed in the hands of a domestic law-enforcement agency with little training in wartime scenarios, it becomes nothing more than an instrument of intimidation. It simply has no other purpose. Wearing jungle camouflage in an urban setting, pointing guns at civilians, driving around pointlessly in an armored personnel carrier — all of these egregiously violate military best practices. This is playing soldier dress-up to scare the pants off the locals — except the guns are real.

Notice also how many of these riot cops have their faces completely covered by gas masks and insect goggles. That is almost never seen in recent wars, because covering the face makes a soldier look less human, which is directly at odds with modern counterinsurgency thinking.

But covering the face to dehumanize the enemy is a common feature in first-person shooter games (like Half Life 2 and the Killzone series), where the player often has to slaughter them by the score. Doing it to oneself is, I think, a deliberate effort to broaden the emotional distance between law enforcement and the people who are being forced into submission.

It turns out that when you put normal cops into soldier gear, you don't get soldiers. You get paramilitary goons.
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 10/01/2026
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
A giant yellow sign on the side of the road announces “YOU ARE ENTERING A FRUIT FLY CONTROLLED AREA” and below that in smaller letters “Make sure you know the rules.”
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Just learned that David Harbour named the apartment where he has sex "The Dojo" and tbh even if I was really into someone, the instant they call their home "The Dojo" I'm out. That said it they take me back to an actual dojo for sex? I'm in.
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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
That’s why HAVN designed the EMF-blocking beanie.
Powered by our proprietary WaveStopper™ Technology, it forms a barrier that blocks over 99% of WiFi, 5G, and Bluetooth radiation right where it matters most: your brain.
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas from me and Jiminy cricket
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
There is a better version of this world where Trump remained just NYC guy who eventually became the bitchiest host on Ru Paul.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/12/2025
This is windpunk
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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 12/11/2025
Tonight’s aurora over pasture outside Onida, SD climate.sdstate.edu/weather/?num...
Swirling greens and red in the night sky, flat land below with a little solar panel visible in the foreground. There’s a banner in the corner that says South Dakota State University, Onida, and a time stamp on the bottom that reads 2025, Nov 11 11:07:23 PMSwirling greens and red in the night sky, flat land below. There’s a banner in the corner that says South Dakota State University, Onida, and a time stamp on the bottom that reads 2025, Nov 11 11:07:23 PM
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/05/2025
Hate to break it but if you think mitigation of climate change is doomed inevitably to eternal failure due to social, economic and political limits.. ..I have some v v bad news about the social, economic and political requirements for CDR to work at scale, or for geoengineering to work at scale
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Glad the flowers did better than the potatoes lmao
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
“The so-called housing shortage, which plays such a great role in the press nowadays, does not consist in the fact that the working class generally lives in bad, overcrowded and unhealthy dwellings. 1/3
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Get back to me when they find an American Gaddafi
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dan (plant pilled) @mursedan.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Spring in Perth
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®PG🇵🇸 @realphilgold.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Liam Gallagher making a cup of tea, missing his old life
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
What's this quote about -- "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or the year 2025? sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/my-friend-...
Excerpt here: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/my-friend-leatherface
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