Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14hNo matter where you shop, you're getting screwed by Amazon. Amazon has found a way to make everything you buy - at Target, at a mom-and-pop shop, even direct from the manufacturer - more expensive. And they're not the only one: Expedia's done the same thing, but for hotel rooms. 12706344
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialIndependent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026Aged care is turning the family home into an entry fee pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspolpearlsandirritations.comAged care is turning the family home into an entry feeScarce aged care places increasingly favour families able to pay large accommodation deposits, drawing on housing wealth that may be the only debt-free asset shared across three generations. 198
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialBriony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Disturbing but enlightening thread re fascists and their peculiarities. Their impact on culture is not always a reflection of their power, it can go the other way too… they seek to undermine norms and popularise certain aesthetics so as to take/consolidate power more easily. Pay attention, #auspol. 0134
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialYanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Australia’s interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis VaroufakisInflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions 25620
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Has everyone seen this??? I had not and I loved it! 1427254
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax. 38558291
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialAdam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A story of our time: Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’. Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits.theguardian.comApproval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits 128346
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialAustralian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good to see reports of Bogong moths in big numbers as they make their way towards the Australian Alps. They will pollinate countless flowers on their way. Some will provide a hearty meal for birds, reptiles and even critically endangered mountain pygmy possums. www.news.com.au/technology/s...news.com.au 0104
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026The NSW Department of Planning skipped consultation when issuing application rules for a proposed gas-fired power plant to run a data centre campus in the Southern Highlands. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auNSW Planning fails to consult key agencies over data centre gas plantThe NSW Department of Planning has admitted it made an error when it skipped consultation with key agencies regarding a proposal for a major gas plant to power data centres. 36427
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6564022411829
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialeerie dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that the Centrelink partner income test exists specifically to kill women and disabled people, and for no other discernible reason whatsoever 35515
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You know, Australia still needs guardrails against automated harms in public governance. The Albanese government refuses to implement it, even after the Robodebt tragedy and the aged care IAT scandal 38531
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Karen Pleass, contemporary Irish textile artist #womensart #Autumn 82742440
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Meta wil niet dat je deze video ziet. Ik herhaal: Meta wil níet dat je deze video ziet. 341040522
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialThe 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. 32602263
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026"On Monday, I can take a Zoom call from a Mexico City Airbnb that used to be a family’s house, and on Tuesday, I can send an email from a short-term rental in Bali that was once a women’s shelter. I bill my employer for the time I spend on my Instagram." buff.ly/CsWhmEybuff.lyMy Remote Job Gives Me the Freedom to Displace People All Over the World“By working remotely, I break down boundaries. I’m a traveler and a worker, a learner, and a teacher. I’m a digital nomad and a real-life colonist.” 9/14/23 ... 1389130
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As it should. And they shouldnt look too hard at Queensland's "Adult Time for (children committing) Adult Crime" 0175
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026With 3 more women killed by men in the last 24 hours, it’s a good time to remind everyone that more women have been killed by male violence since 2020 than all Australians killed by shark attacks, terrorism and one punch attacks combined in the last 25 years. 617479
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialKim Wingerei @kimwingerei.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Tiny workshop knocks the socks off Aussie manufacturing. A 10th-generation sock maker produces 40,000 pairs a year from a factory in rural Australia as the fashion industry looks to the past for a brighter...michaelwest.com.auTiny workshop knocks the socks off Aussie manufacturing - Michael WestA 10th-generation sock maker produces 40,000 pairs a year from a factory in rural Australia as the fashion industry looks to the past for a brighter future. 035
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialLIV 🌻🍉😷 @mmechomski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Richard Flanagan on how Ai is robbing writers. 155
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialProf Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.sbs.com.au/news/article... Not only does Australia not get updated vaccines in good time, the government has now limited free access. Based on the notion that we all have strong immunity due to infections and previous vax. So it’s basically relying on infections to protect people 😣 - huh?sbs.com.auThis virus has evolved. Australia doesn't have a new vaccineAustralia is lagging behind the latest formulations being developed overseas. 85124
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/09/2026Lonely Kids Club fashion brand owner shares fix to get thousands of Temu dupes taken downabc.net.auShirt brand owner shares fix to get thousands of Temu dupes taken downWarwick Levy spent hours trying to get his brand's T-shirt designs removed from Temu as its reporting platform kept crashing. 0135
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026I have become such a fan of the Norwegian Consumer Council recently. They don't just do these cool vids, the reports are actually really detailed and insightful and oddly strongly written (for a gov't agency, particularly in Norway). Also not fatalist at all www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/forbrukerradet.noBreaking FreeIn the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. 39434
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialDavid Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yesterday the Senate agreed to my motion that calls on the government to fix our broken lobbying laws. It's time for politics to work for Australians, and that starts with lobbying reform. This is a great first step. Go to www.fixlobbying.com.au and join my call for lobbying reform. 19302109
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Can someone explain why – in an economy in which the central bank has decided we need almost 700,000 people to be unemployed – those people live in such dreadful poverty that it can make you up to 10 times more likely to die in the prime of your life?" 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 40459222
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Brownie uniform (1976) Artist: Gerald Witcomb 1423515
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn. 7621101245
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bathla’s collapse is why Australia needs a public developer - not private developers profiteering off a housing crisis. Bathla owes over $3.4 billion to creditors, subcontractors & suppliers, with 14,000 homes in the pipeline. Hundreds of jobs lost. People’s entire savings are on the line. 615464
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialHeard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This island will allow Macklemore to play here, and will even tolerate faux fur wearing for temperature regulation only. PS we don’t have a thrift store but we do have a quaint and kelpy drift shore 525727
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 14/09/2026That's about as clear an articulation of the present problem as has been made by anyone. 10482176
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A Sydney age pensioner who was given less than a month to pay $22,000 to Centrelink had the debt wiped following an investigation by The Senior www.thesenior.com.au/story/932949...thesenior.com.auCentrelink wipes pensioner's $22k debt after media probe exposes 'error'Your rights when fighting an official government debt. 05824
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Latest from me: on why the death of reading might kill democracy, drawing on James Marriott's excellent book The New Dark Ages www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWarning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can | John HarrisWhile fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris 65619
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Permafrost (frozen ground) is thawing, triggering huge changes across Alaskan landscapes. Find out how and why as I trek across collapsing permafrost bogs. I write more about this and other climate trends like underground zombie fires that outlast winter in Bogland (wwnorton.com/books/bogland). 41922396
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Who are these unofficial informants scouring social media feeds to report “problematic posts” to employers and regulatory bodies? 721758
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialTim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is superb. Simon doesn't write much, but when he does, it is so on point, thoughtful and informative. Have a looksimoncopland.substack.comNo, the ‘feminisation’ of schools is not to blame for the rise of the ManosphereAnd having more male teachers will not solve the problem either. 11812
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.comanyhumanever.comAny Human EverOne life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived. 93461163
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialGuardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 04/09/2026Sydney has its first confirmed case of H5 bird flu after a greater crested tern found on the northern beaches tested positive for the virus. 02116
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon. 2061476386
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.social🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial) @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What led 34 Australians to the remote Nepal valley hit by deadly floods?sbs.com.auWhat led 34 Australians to the remote Nepal valley hit by deadly floods?Dozens of Australians are missing in Nepal's Langtang Valley, a popular destination. 013
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialMehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A government without a plan for public ownership and nationalisation is one that doesn’t deserve to govern. That’s the test the Albanese government has failed. The Greens won’t have it. Essential services should be in public hands. 45319
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The department admitted there had been no live trial of the final algorithm and was unable to name any expert clinicians who validated it. The government plans to use the IAT algorithm for the NDIS soon as well 1014389
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/08/2026AFR decides that supermarkets setting up a staffless checkout system that increases shoplifting but reduces labour costs means Coles and Woolies should be able to be do facial recognition 3028696
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Labor helped pass the laws that removed the statute of limitation on government debt collection. When Robodebt was already in the media 211951
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialTom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Coalition made social security recipients exempt from the ordinary statutes of limitation on debt that apply to everyone else, it was a cornerstone of Robodebt. The Royal Commission recommended theses changes to the law be repealed, which would be simple. Labor have ignored this for >3 years. 68249
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My temporary return to Australia has been more stressful than anticipated and has brought forward parts of a much older life I thought we had left behind. rick-morton.ghost.io/something-fa...rick-morton.ghost.ioSomething FamiliarA few months ago my brother Toby went back to prison for the first time since his inaugural stint circa 2010. I was in Paris at the time and Mum was left to figure out what was happening and why, thou... 57404110
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialDara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Praise be! Take 35 minutes to enjoy the somebody taking incredible care about making something both very beautiful and utterly ridiculous. 912822
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialCSketch @csketch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Oh my god I think I found the video. 502122893706
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialNettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week. 17270882919
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialCam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026On the weekend we surveyed a small section of snow gum forest on Mt Stirling as part of our efforts to have these trees listed as threatened under federal env laws. The scale of loss due to dieback was shocking (altho' was only 1k trees, so small data set). themountainjournal.com/2026/08/03/s...themountainjournal.comSnow gum survey at Mt Stirling reveals disturbing loss of treesDuring the month of August, Friends of the Earth is inviting people to join a series of surveys to help determine the health of snow gum forests. Snow gums are the iconic vegetation species of the … 11813
Reposted by @oceanpoolswim.bsky.socialjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126197999