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You know when the time to get mad about Palantir was? In 2011 when you all bought likes, used unethical nudges, ran dark influencer campaigns, used dark patterns and engagement pods. WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT. Not after you all left for Bluesky to keep the hug box going.

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From the archives. I know I said I was publishing a new one on Monday but still getting into a writing routine/workflow after moving to SS, but I promise it is coming soon and I will start to build up a backlog once I sort through and finalise all the drafts I'm sitting on. Link below.

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US federal judge: uses twenty-seven exclamation marks in judgment. English High Court judge: “this was a bold submission”.

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Watching Four Seasons and that awkward scene with Steve Carell’s girlfriend and ex wife Me: “this is awkward as fuck” Paul: “I don’t want to be involved in this. Why do they keep involving me in this lady drama?” 😂😂

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Don't forget - most "journalists" do: PR Writing Comms Film/TV Hard news about near-events that didn't happen And a 101 unit or two in social sciences. They learn how to write first, and WHAT to write about second. Personally I think that order/weight matters. Just saying.

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Greens, 2004: Consensus decision making is a key pillar of the party. You may not get everything you want, but it's better than adversarial factions and systems. Greens, 2024: COMPROMISE IS BAD ACTUALLY FUCK LABOR LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

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Lots of mentally ill people are drawn to activism, because they're in denial about their mental illness and latch onto any issue they can use to justify their behaviour towards others. Sometimes the issue is noble, and they're on the right side. They are still mentally ill.

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For shits and giggles I trained an AI on my millions of words... and I gotta say, it's eerie reading a post it wrote, pretending to be me, and it actually does a solid joke and I am laughing at my own jokes as usual, but also not... (Don't worry, I'll ALWAYS declare if I use it)

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Alright, stop nagging me everyone. Thousands of you want me to jump on a stream later (I'm mostly doing a test and checking the Substack RTMP flow, but feel free to drop in).

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The self funded retirement people seem awful upset about the government not funding them #auspol

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Can’t believe I gotta start arguments on 4 different platforms again It was a blue and gold dress Thanks

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Looking forward to more things being news that I covered 7+ years ago and everyone acted like I was crazy because it was inconvenient at the time

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The Coalition may be over, but not gone. The IPA, the Minerals Council, the Unholy alliance of tax avoidance (aka "the forces of institutional conservatism" - Whitlam) are still powerful. They are just teal-coloured now, or full fascist. Don't be celebrating too much. #auspol

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Eh let's just go full CCP uniparty and be done with it and let the "refugees" go to the US like the South Africans Say it wouldn't be awesome At least then the "online leftist" dipshits would join the right party (and no, even I am not sure if I am joking or not...lol)

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Wondering out loud how many people know that Menzies, Frank Packer, Rupert Henderson and Keith Murdoch literally sat around a table and made a pact to unite to keep Labor out of power. That is literally the history and purpose of the Liberal Party. #auspol

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eh close enough Having to reconfigure the lights. Working on a better workflow so I can think of a video, make it and upload. The challenge is adjusting lights so I don't have to put on makeup etc... think it looks ok. Also my indifferent face hasn't changed in 46 years. heh.

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Look, I like Taylor Lorenz and think she means well, but every time I see her claim that 2020 was the time people discovered activism via the internet I cringe so hard... Millennials are so annoying, thinking that nothing existed before them. I like her, but faaaark

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Laughing my arse off at MAGA getting a taste of their own medicine with Just Do It. Years and years they did plausible deniability and dog whistles like "Learn to Code", and it is being turned against them. It is very, very funny.

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Recent trend on LinkedIn Copywriters writing "am I the only one who thinks AI is bad because of XYZ?" knowing full well they aren't the only one, and that anyone who has been saying this was the only one for ages, and people like them told us to stop being so negative

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I know, I know, I mouthed off about Substack. But, I am on there now and would like to give it a good go. It is funny that my Substack archives go back to 2002, though lol Domain is moving over and being configured too.

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It's always funny to see people with huge platforms do analysis about 'online politics' etc and I sit there and go "I already did hours, in detail, on this thing you're not able to name or articulate". It's just buried in streams because YouTube's not my job and nobody cares :D

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This week marks 30 years since I uploaded my first HTML file and designed my first website. What a wild, wild career I had as a result.

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The Executive Level for the Commonwealth of Australia, for the next 3 years.

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1:30am. Last exam for this Trimester done. Can’t believe I only have one to go. ProctorU law school exams are abusive, discriminatory and make me cry a lot and all that, but I take great pride in my notes. Wish I was assessed on them instead. heh. @actualbenfolds.bsky.social sticker helps. ❤️🤟🏼

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Neoliberal, Duopoly, the Electorate are Stupid Even Though I Don't Participate Outside Poasting or Know How Laws Are Made Woke, Globalists, the Electorate are Stupid Even Though I Don't Participate Outside Poasting or Know How Laws Are Made

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Gotta say I'm onboard with this whole owning the Libs thing. The Liberal Tears have been magnificent

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Some thoughts on why comedians are drawn to vapid individualist politics of both the left and the right. And no, the Greens are not "further to the left" than Labor. Purely for this reason: #auspol

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Horseshoe theory does not exist in terms of actual ideology, policy etc But it does exist with stupids online. but that's because stupid is a separate axis from the political spectrum. You cannot have an ideology if you don't know anything. That's where the horseshoe fits in.

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Okay so which copium shall I consume today? The one where the communist Woke Mind Virus is taking over the West or the one where Nazis are hiding under every rock in the 'duopoly' who all want you to stop existing Choices, choices

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Glad I have 3500 words to write before 9pm, and 2 exams this week I can enjoy the afterglow, and won't have to develop irritation and loathing for people who otherwise mean well and I like being stupid about how Labor "isn't good enough" ...

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Note to right wingers: Nobody likes you. You are mentally ill. We don't want you running things. Get therapy, deal with your emotional issues that make you take it out on the world, and face yourself. You'll be happier. Or you can just shout and harass like normal. #auspol

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People are saying that the reason Marc Andreesen’s head is like that because his mother crowned and then held it in because she suddenly realised what she’d done

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