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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 20/09/2026
It’s a race to the bottom (and not the fun kind)
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/09/2026
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 19/09/2026
It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, arrr.
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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
47 people detained. Gay bars raided. LGBTQ+ activists targeted in their homes Turkey’s crackdown is an assault on freedom & equality Release those unlawfully detained & end this persecution of LGBT+ people www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpve191…
bbc.co.uk
Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists
Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
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HIV Justice Network @hivjustice.net · 10/09/2026
Our latest research presented at AIDS 2026 reveals a concerning global trend: HIV criminalisation is on the rise again after several years of decline.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 10/09/2026
John H*ward is on the radio justifying the Iraq war, Kevin R*dd coming up next to talk about the Chinese. Non-stop hits and memories.
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HIV Justice Network @hivjustice.net · 07/09/2026
“The criminalisation of people living with HIV, then, cannot be disentangled from wider struggles for bodily autonomy, racial justice, gender equity, and freedom of expression.” Read the full paper academy.hivjustice.net/wp-content/u...
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 07/09/2026
Parry, riposte.
Explainer
One Nation says renters and mortgage holders should have early access to their super. Is it a good idea?
2h agoBetteridge's law of headlines
Journalistic adage on questions in headlines
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 07/09/2026
The One Nation plan to help renters consists of handing over their superannuation to their landlords.
Headline “One Nation pushes for early super access for Australians paying rent or mortgage”
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 29/08/2026
Press release from Victoria's 50th Premier referring to Daniel Andrews as "Victoria's 48th Premier" to avoid invoking His unholy name and summoning Him from the Beyond.
Statues commemorating former public officials

A policy automatically recognising long-serving Victorian Premiers with a statue on Treasury Place was introduced in 1999 by then-Premier Jeff Kennett. 

We respect the service of former Premiers.

But an automatic taxpayer-funded statue is no longer consistent with community expectations about how governments should spend money.

Premier Ben Carroll is ending the Kennett statue policy.

He has also directed that work on the statue of Victoria’s 48th Premier cease.

The existing contract will not be cancelled, avoiding unnecessary costs to taxpayers.

Instead, the independent panel will recommend an alternative subject and location for the commissioned work.
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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 26/08/2026
The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan

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RIP Dolly Parton.

Never met her, never interviewed her (despite decades of unrequited requests) but thought she was utterly fabulous in every way.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 26/08/2026
Feels like an overestimation by about two.
Headline: One Nation's Malcolm Roberts 'in two minds' about whether gay people should be equal
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HIV Justice Network @hivjustice.net · 20/08/2026
Despite the challenges, we are seeing progress. In the past year, we have seen "danger of contagion" laws repealed in five Mexican states and the removal of mandatory sex offender registration in Tennessee. In Zimbabwe, sustained community advocacy led to the repeal of HIV-specific criminal law.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 19/08/2026
"Hey Siri, show me the worst possible gay three-way"
An image of Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Roy Cohn in the Oval Office, while Rupert Murdoch looks on.
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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 17/08/2026
Ai detectors are in fact incapable of detecting Ai. Just like we've been telling you. They're built and run by the Ai companies and just like everything else they build their only utility is to drive actual writers and artists out of their livelihood.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/08/2026
Please sign @goodlawproject.org's demand for a public inquiry into the media's role in Jason Arday's death -> goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 17/08/2026
the current transpanic can literally only properly be described as fabricated mass hysteria at this point
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
As the father of a six-year-old I look up stuff like this all the time. The deepest hole ever drilled reached only 0.19% down to the centre of earth. Source: www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 17/08/2026
Were they both in the closet, or just Alan?
Screenshot of news story with headline “Alan Jones allegedly kissed young man in wardrobe of James Packer's personal suite at CrownTowers, court hears” over a stock photo of the hotel.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 15/08/2026
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
Screenshot from the Guardian: a smiling image of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with the headline “Is the US ready for President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?”
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 11/08/2026
Does Alan Jones (on trial for sex offences) have the same lawyer as Jeremy Greenwood (giving evidence to ICAC)? Dude has had a big week (but only appears to own one suit).
Screenshot from Alan Jones storyCloseup of lawyerScreenshot from Jeremy Greenwood storyCloseup of lawyer
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 10/08/2026
Census day. I’m so pumped.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication. @kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalization
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North Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”
The 18-year-old faces criminal charges for trying to self-manage an abortion
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 06/08/2026
Apple Siri AI thinking out loud and changing its mind mid answer is … interesting.
Screenshot of an answer from Apple’s Siri AI regarding gender of nouns in French vs Portuguese 

Key Differences and Similarities
• Arbitrary Assignment In both languages, the gender of inanimate objects is largely arbitrary and must be learned. For example, "the sea" is masculine in Portuguese (o mar) but feminine in French (la mer). Conversely, "milk" is masculine in Portuguese (o leite) but feminine in French (le lait is actually masculine in French, wait, let me double check that fact.
Actually, le lait is masculine in French. The source doc_52 says
"o leite (milk) is masculine in
Portuguese but feminine in French (la lait)". This is an error in the source text, as lait is masculine in French. I will omit this specific example to avoid propagating an error).
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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We’re about to be reminded again that a frighteningly large proportion of the U.S. population do not believe in the germ theory of disease and are happy to say so publicly
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 03/08/2026
Back in Australia now. The flight path from Santiago to Melbourne always blows my mind. But that’s definitely not the Indian Ocean guys.
Photo of inflight map showing the plane over the southern ocean but with the text ‘flying over Indian Ocean’
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference
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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Britain prosecuted Alan Turing for being gay It did not break his pride A newly transcribed personal account challenges the myth that he felt shame about his sexuality His story is one of resilience, authenticity & extraordinary courage
qnews.com.au
Rediscovered writings shed new light on how Alan Turing felt about being gay
An account that WWII Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing wrote about life as a gay man challenges notions that he felt shame about his sexuality
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 30/07/2026
"We need to put #humanrights at the centre of the HIV response. Laws will not end AIDS. We need to measure justice like we measure viral suppression, and turn evidence into courageous political action." Incredible plenary speech by Immaculate Owomugisha Bazare at #AIDS2026 #HIVcriminalisation
HIV criminalisation in today's political context
HIV criminalisation is not an isolated legal problem.
It reflects a broader global backlash that:
• restricts rights and bodily autonomy;
• undermines science and evidence-based public health;
• targets women and other marginalised communities;
• shrinks civic space and community leadership; and
• weakens human rights protections.Graphic showing the increasing rate of HIV criminalisation in recent yearsImmaculate Owomugisha Bazare giving her plenary speech at AIDS 2026
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HIV Justice Network @hivjustice.net · 30/07/2026
It’s today! 📍 Join us at 10:45 in the Global Village Session Room for the official launch of the Guidance on Good Practices in HIV Decriminalisation. We'd love to see you there! #AIDS2026 #HIVJustice
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 27/07/2026
I will be doing the Funky Gibbon in memory of him. Vale.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 27/07/2026
I am at #AIDS2026 for a week, but the hour I spent with this incredible human would have been worth the trip alone. Amazing work being done by @hivjustice.net to combat #HIVcriminalisation, & an exciting new toolkit being launched this Thursday. www.linkedin.com/posts/pgkidd... #RethinkRebuildRise
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#hivcriminalisation #rethinkrebuildrise #aids2026 | Paul Kidd
I have had the privilege of meeting and working with some brilliant HIV activists over the years, but few have inspired me more than this incredible man. Edwin J Bernard’s work in #HIVcriminalisation ...
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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 24/07/2026
Welcome to the Anthropocene 🔥
People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 26/07/2026
In Rio de Janiero for my 11th International AIDS Conference. I've been coming to these conference for 25 years now, a lot has changed but we face new challenges. www.linkedin.com/posts/pgkidd... #RethinkRebuildRise #AIDS2026
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#rethinkrebuildrise #aids2026 | Paul Kidd
Twenty-five years ago, I attended my first International AIDS Society conference in Barcelona. Today, I'm in Rio for my 11th conference. So much has changed in those 25 years – the treatments landscap...
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The art of the Iran war deal. @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 22/07/2026
Assieds-toi !
Screen grab from a Le Parisian story on Instagram with the text ‘Barnaby Joyce
, Membre de la Chambre des représentants australienne’ and the subtitle ‘Assieds-toi !’ (Sit down!).
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/07/2026
1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Bacca Beckup @baccabeckup.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Even more actual experts in more countries declare The Cass Review as pseudoscientific, low quality bunkum and reject its conclusions and recommendations. Did I miss any others?


World map.

UK and USA are in red.

France, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland are marked in green.

Key indicates green as "CASS REVIEW OFFICIALLY DISMISSED/DEBUNKED BY ACTUAL NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMUNITY"

Red as "CASS REVIEW USED TO JUSTIFY BANS ON HEALTHCARE FOR TRANS PEOPLE"
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
perfect dead drop 10/10 no notes (the shrouds really make this)
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 21/07/2026
Molecules > polycules
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Wes Streeting has been made Defence Secretary. In his released correspondence with Peter Mandelson, he said: “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes.” Journalists should ask him: 1) Does he stand by that? 2) What legal obligations does the UK therefore have?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The overarching purpose of Pauline Hanson's and Barnaby Joyce's media appearances at the moment is to explain that what the other person did not as bad as what we all saw and heard them do.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 20/07/2026
Great to see Duolingo including some Australian cultural landmarks in their lessons.
Duolingo screenshot. The text in Portuguese reads “A banana grande é amarela.” The translated text in English reads “The big banana is yellow.”
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Finally — woke is over. A man can become the leader of a Women's publication purely on merit.
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 17/07/2026
Hello from Salvador da Bahia 🇧🇷
Paul in a square in Salvador. The clouds are dramatic behind. He’s wearing a shirt with a bird motif.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The most elegant tense in English, the Law Enforcement Exonerative
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PK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @paul.kidd.id.au · 12/07/2026
Liza Minelli has outlived Lindsay Graham.
AI-generated satirical poster celebrating Liza Minnelli with glittering stage lights, confetti, and a champagne toast, alongside a humorous mock memorial to Lindsay Graham. Bold marquee-style text proclaims that Liza outlived him, creating an over-the-top, theatrical, camp aesthetic intended as political satire.

(Both image and description are AI-generaed. Sorry.)
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