Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wow realised I know of 4 people who have been made redundant this past fortnight. Aged between 20 - 60 years. In banking, retail, care sector and a non profit. 000
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithMark Holsworth, Black Mark @mholsworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comAn epic Melbourne art crawl: how many gallery openings can I cram in in one night?Covering 15km and several suburbs on an e-bike, James Norman discovers vibrant artist-run spaces, crowds spilling on to pavements and a garbage bin of ice-cold beer 032
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Saw your man pushing a boulder up the hill. He looked tired 921541
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Great thread and reminder that we can resist ❤️ 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Reading about air pods with cameras and apple watches that are ‘always on’ (recording) and I just want to scream…. 042
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 5385200
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“You wouldn’t steal the entirety of human knowledge” Oh actually, you would. 2016055
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Finally some coverage (in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au) on the damaging effect of Sky/News 24 contract throughout regional Australia. 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Algorithms for funding packages for support need human oversight… you don’t say… Are they going to do the same for the NDIS? #Auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comHealth officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails revealMinisters given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout 031
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Meanwhile, Don’t Break Our Arts! in Victoria: dont-break-our-arts.ghost.io/coming-soon/dont-break-our-arts.ghost.ioDon't break our artsThe arts and culture in Victoria are in crisis. Funding from Creative Victoria to the most important part of the sector – artists and small-to-medium cultural organisations – has declined 35% in 2022 ... 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Australian creatives ‘thrown under the bus’ - holy hell wasn’t Albo trumpeting recently about how Australian copyright is sacred? Hmmm…. #Auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comLabor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giantsCompromise revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, meets Albanese ministers 000
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Absolutely mind boggling that Australia's Signals Directorate has given Israeli phone hacking company Cellebrite secret security clearance to handle sensitive Government data. Our data. 29216144
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"We (NDIS) are the guinea pigs for the rest of you" @criprights Claudia Weisenberger investigates how they gave Palantir & Cellebrite access to Australians' data and what total surveillance means #auspol michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cel...michaelwest.com.auNothing to Hide? Everything to Lose - Michael WestAustralian Governments have given surveillance companies Palantir and Cellebrite access to our data, including NDIS, via AUSTRAC 1512071
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Kudos to these families for speaking up on the awful record of abuse, including sexual abuse, of children with disability in specialist schools. We need inclusive education! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auSpecial school sexual abuse allegations with authorities, premier saysThe Victorian premier says allegations of almost two decades of sexual abuse at a Traralgon special school are "harrowing". 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026‘When this goes wrong and people are harmed, will the architects of this system face criminal prosecution? Or will history simply repeat itself?’ - Claudia Weisenberger in Michael West media on the NDIS Bill vote, and q’s around Palantir. michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-enc...michaelwest.com.auRobodebt encore? Palantir lurks as MPs shirk vote, NDIS Bill passes - Michael WestPoliticians went AWOL from Parliament by the dozen on the NDIS vote amid denials about automation and Palantir's role. Is this Robobdebt II? 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Doing Time on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social is on and discussing the campaign against strip searching in prisons - it’s even done to kids! 10 year olds! Sign the petition: c.org/jFhFKYwdkgc.orgSign the PetitionPetition to Australian Governments: Ban Strip Searches in Australian Prisons 141
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Miele Laderman Ukeles did one at the New York Sanitation Department in the 1970s! (she created one) 010
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithMiree - one day everyone will have always been against this @miree.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#ShameOnLabor #NDIS #auspol 061
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: ASIO no. 2 is being rushed through parliament this week. This is the bill that allows warrantless questioning by ASIO, without a lawyer, and you can't tell a soul without being sent to prison. Share this widely and make some noise. 41457339
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Listening to David Pocock now speaking in the debate about the NDIS Bill and so grateful for his opposition to this Bill. Some of his words ‘unprecedented… worrying’ #Auspol 082
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This is why this NDIS Bill is so dangerous. Govt should be making legislation that imagines the worst future govt is in power - what could they do under it? Are we not watching other examples? Or history? 010
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithThe Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“So, while everyone has read stories about shonky NDIS providers, is NDIS fraud really more widespread than other types of fraud in the federal budget?” writes Chris Coombes. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... 0115
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithLiam Thatcher @lthat.ch · 07/08/2026From Inclusion Australia (peak body for people with intellectual disability) on Centerlink/TCF welfare penalties being switched back on. This will hurt people with disability: TCF must be removed and proper compensation for everyone harmed. 11010
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithSue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026@theageaustralia.bsky.social gave Tim Wilson 5000 words. ✅ Winnie the Pooh ✅ Blue socks What didn't make the cut? The undisclosed shareholding. The OAIC inquiry. $108 million windfall. JSCEM testimony. Colour is not character. Charisma is not accountability. 🤔 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...open.substack.comThe Addendum: What the Age's Tim Wilson Profile Left OutThe Age Gave Him Five Thousand Words, and Space for Winnie the Pooh and Blue Socks. The Record Deserved a Few Hundred More. Colour Is Not Character, and Charisma Is Not Accountability. 01711
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 01/08/2026At the #ProtectOurNDIS rally in the City Square today - we’re having a sit down to protest this inhumane Bill. 051
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026So the gap between disabled and non-disabled young people across 29 indicators has not changed since 2001. Research from Flinders Uni, detailed in new research article: news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2026/07...news.flinders.edu.auYoung people with disability say inequity unchanged this centuryThe level of inequity experienced by young people with disability has remained largely unchanged since the turn of the century, according to new research led by […] 000
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithDoug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The concept of “affordable housing” in the private sector is being abused. Previous governments recognised that public housing could meet the demand for affordable housing, A National Housing Commission could build and rent homes to tenants at affordable rents. #4Corners 05133
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Not sure Aussie Bluesky folk are across this Mitch McConnell proof of life palaver (‘I spent 20mins chatting with him’) etc but check out this for the lols: 20minuteswithmitch.com20minuteswithmitch.com20 Minutes With MitchEveryone's bragging about a 20-minute conversation with the ailing Kentucky State Senator. Now it's your turn. 010
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Sarah Henderson on ABC TV this afternoon repeatedly said she doesn’t ‘trust’ communications providers. And you are Shadow Comms Minister? Felt like a ‘canoe’ throwback! #Auspol 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Why do police always think the answer is ‘more guns’? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auDezi Freeman case leads to police gun carry changesChief Commissioner Mike Bush says Victoria Police officers in the state's alpine region will soon be permitted to carry long-arm rifles after the Dezi Freeman case. 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Interim report from the Committee on the #NDIS Bill recommends passing the Bill - with dissenting reports from Pocock and Greens. Committee wants some recommendations met - they seem easy (ie, adding some new NDIS budget line items), or unenforceable (states doing foundational supports). #Auspol 110
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI. I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.docs.google.comResisting School AI Mania Help SheetHelp Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man... 29611292
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A great article on the #NDIS cuts and why Labor has got it wrong #Auspolmichaelwest.com.auNDIS Bill hits the disabled harder than the fraudsters - Michael WestThe NDIS Bill is brutal. It cuts support for people with permanent, significant disability - leaves structural problems largely untouched. 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I’m not feeling like the Greens really got much out of the #NDIS amendments. It sounds like the govt will still trim the social and comm participation funding drastically which is the biggest cash saving. Govt just promising they won’t cut funding relating to attending medical appts or work. #Auspol 100
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Good question at this press conference re: robot debt risk for #NDIS re Autonated Decision Making… Butler just said it was being used for admi. #Auspol 010
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The weird thing people aren’t really talking about with the #NDIS cuts is the economic benefits of social and community participation funding - all the day programs (admittedly an outdated model), individual support workers, etc. What will the sector employment impact be? #Auspol 2129
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026An exhausted disability sector now has to keep up the fight to save the #NDIS until the 14 August now. #Auspol 020
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Listening to Greens press conference - Jordan Steele - Johns talking about amendments they have secured. Less ministerial oversight, exhausting all treatments must not include chemical restraints and treatments must be publicly funded… Greens will still not vote for the Bill. #Auspol #NDIS 030
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026So the NDIS bill is delayed to August now due to deal with the greens. Interesting to hear the details. #Auspol #NDIS 001
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This is bleak and bodes ominously for Australia. One Nation is getting advice and policies from these Project 2025ers. 011
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 15/06/2026I had some thoughts on the press coverage of the SpaceX IPOkarlbode.comThe SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist HucksterOnce again a broken U.S. press couldn't bother to convey the truth to the public when it comes to America's shittiest rich person. 601883644
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Massive Wooster Group or Robert Wilson vibes with this scaffolding. Wild! 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Looking forward to coming up with creative ways to repurpose data centre buildings in future. #4Corners #ABC 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Update on #NDIS Bill: seems like community pressure has led to some consultation on the changes… www.health.gov.au/news/securin... #Auspolhealth.gov.au 041
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Hearing reports that there have been over 4,000 submissions re: NDIS amendment bill. In only two weeks! #Auspol #NDIS 122
Reposted by Tania Lou SmithRobbie Buck @robbieb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Great news for lovers of community radio. Today, UTS (in Sydney) confirmed they'll commit to ongoing funding for 2SER-FM. It's in a diminished form, so there's more work to be done, but it survives. WOO HOOO Thank you for all your support so far. Go independent media! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auSydney community radio to avoid axe under reduced capacity modelThe 46-year-old Sydney community radio institution was facing closure after around half its core funding was withdrawn late last year by Macquarie University. 411033
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The health ambassador program needs to be extended and medical staff need compulsory training as part of their courses: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auSam went to the ED needing treatment. His parents were asked about his quality of lifeSam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was because he was born with Down syndrome. 000
Tania Lou Smith @tlousmith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026New Banksy works coming to an Australian city near you. 😁 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...theguardian.comMassive Attack to tour Australia for first time in 16 yearsThe Bristol trip-hop group will perform in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in August 000
