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Nick Feik

@nickfeik.bsky.social
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Writer, journalist, former editor of The Monthly. nickfeik.substack.com Email: nickfeik at proton dot me

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 14h
The FOI system and the NACC combining to deliver some great stuff here 🤌
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17h
He was told it was coming and did nothing.
abc.net.au
Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election
With only weeks to go until elections in Israel, an unrelenting stream of well-sourced, detailed stories has suddenly appeared, documenting multiple failures by Benjamin Netanyahu to heed warnings of ...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cool and normal. Gotta stop this vile antisemitism!
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...
RBA tells working class people to stop wasting money on ‘luxuries’ like food, shelter and transport - The Chaser
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hell of a pitch.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Tougher new standards”. Honestly. We’re threatening to “impose” a slightly different mandatory self-reporting requirement on AI companies that hack govt websites. If you were a human you’d be facing jail.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Sarah, manic pixie dream MILF @goatsarah.org · 28/09/2026
“Those guys sure talk a lot of sense. Don’t vote for them”
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People need to be charged over AI hacking offences. If a human uses a tool to break into a physical premises, they get charged. Same must apply with the people who program AI.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The war you supported
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justthefactsplease.bsky.social @justthefactsplease.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Indeed. If you or I had systematically gathered unauthorised personal information from an Australian government database (as openAI did), we would have been arrested aready and quite possibly raided by the AFP.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The AI industry is unsustainable in every way, and will likely also cause a financial crash of unprecedented proportions. Our legal system needs to find a way *stat* of holding the industry responsible: for $mismanagement; for stealing copyrighted material; for hacking orgs & companies; harm, etc
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Haha they’re such small time grifters. A shed, ffs.
theguardian.com
One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26/09/2026
Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI
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Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI
Gavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity by tech freaks
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So the war criminal Netanyahu gets to deliver a speech at the UN, but Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas is denied a US visa and can’t attend.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Extreme concern”! Holy shit. I didn’t think he had it in him. Altman is so fcked now.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis Israel is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed much of Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. “Pollution does not recognise political borders,” said the Zalul Environmental Association, an Israeli NGO dedicated to protecting the country’s seas and shores. “The discharge of untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip into the sea is contributing to the worsening crisis affecting the Israeli desalination facilities. The wastewater contains nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which feed microalgae and cyanobacteria and may intensify their blooms.” Continue reading...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Someone needs to pay for that stadium
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I spoke to Ruby Jones and 7am about Nauru Airlines and how our government props it up. An encapsulation of the major issues:
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The absurd lengths Australia goes to keep Nauru Airlines flying
Podcast Episode · 7am · 23 September · 16min
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The best leader the Liberals could come up with
theguardian.com
Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cool reference there, fellas. People love Elon Musk and that DOGE shit
abc.net.au
Coalition vows to 'take a chainsaw' to climate laws, offshore wind
The Coalition has promised a major slowdown of renewables if it wins power, including scrapping most offshore renewables sites, formalising its commitment to unpick Australia's key climate policies.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please someone write again about Albanese's peerless political instincts
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Anon E Mouse @anonemousie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interesting job title 🤔
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This the correct response to authoritarian narcissism
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you have any further information about Nauru Airlines' contracts or concerns, feel free to contact me on nickfeik@proton.me - confidentiality guaranteed
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pro-Israel lobby group has been using AI to generate campaigns of complaint letters to the ABC
smh.com.au
Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints
The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
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The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Madness. The TAS parole board used AI hallucinated fake case law to justify a parole condition that Sue Neill-Fraser not speak to the media about her "alleged innocence". SNF was convicted of murdering her husband in the most Tasmanian miscarriage-of-justice story ever. Incredible.
abc.net.au
Neill-Fraser revelations lead to review of AI use in parole decisions
The review follows revelations that Tasmania's parole board relied on a document citing case law that was "fictitious" and likely "AI hallucinations".
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Think it's time for someone to write a dissertation on Harry Frankfurt's "On Bullshit" and its salience to Australian politics.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Morons! I could have doubled the price of fuel and lost control of the Middle East for half that price
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Anthony Albanese will use his government’s commitment to online safety and tackling climate change as selling points for Australia’s bid to join the UN Security Council” WTF. You mean a social media ban that has failed completely, and the safeguard mechanism con while we export more gas than ever?
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PM to spruik digital safety bona fides in UN Security Council bid
Anthony Albanese will use his government’s commitment to online safety and climate change as selling points for Australia’s candidacy.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Had an excellent chat about my recent Nauru Airlines piece (The Point) with the Spin Cycle crew on RRR. Starts around 2mins in
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Programs: Spin Cycle – 17 September 2026, Spin Cycle — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
An episode of Spin Cycle on 17 September 2026
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huh. I didn’t know he was still undead.
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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The #NACC's failure to investigate the Morrison govt's rorting of grants schemes for political purposes gave a green light to Albanese govt to do the same. It's well past time for the NACC to ditch its 3 year old training wheels and start getting serious www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multimillion-dollar grants program
Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry
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Smokie Dawson @smokiedawson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The manner in which international students are treated by this country is a disgrace. Fleeced of money, and kicked around like a political football
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Labor: Let’s tell Australians that we’re cracking down on intl students, but tell intl students that Australia is wonderful and welcoming. And the whole university funding model will be based on their fees. Yes that’ll work.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Labor’s chasing of One Nation is so stupid and self-defeating. Enrolments of intl students are already down 8% this year, and further falls will cripple higher education.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Another one to add to the politician’s bullshit phrases list: “What I WILL say…” (ie I’m not answering the question you asked, instead I’m rolling out my talking points).
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
After years of financially supporting Naoero, propping up its airline and turning a blind eye to its failings, Australian leaders and bureaucrats should be rightly concerned and embarrassed that their covert asset is now being used to court China. @nickfeik.bsky.social in @thepointau.bsky.social
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Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“As will become clear, Nauru Airlines exists only through the failures of multiple departments and regulators, driven by successive governments going to absurd and dangerous lengths to protect it, because our offshore immigration system demands it.” thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important investigation by @nickfeik.bsky.social billions of public wealth is being poured into Nauru with little to no oversight. All so Labor can continue its race to the bottom on immigration. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why does this micronation, the third smallest country in the world, with no tourism and fewer residents than Horsham, have an international commercial airline – let alone one with seven Boeing 737s? How our immigration politics corrupts everything:
thepoint.com.au
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The strangest irony: as a result of supporting this Nauru Airlines, to facilitate Australia’s offshore immigration apparatus, Home Affairs has been abetting illegal immigration. (Read to the end.)
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“A thorough examination of Nauru Airlines’ operations gives a unique insight into Pacific relations, and how immigration politics in Australia corrupts everything it touches” writes Nick Feik (@nickfeik.bsky.social). Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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