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Israeli envoy to Austria suggests executing Gaza children in secret recording
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↳ Systematic dehumanisation, something they ought be aware of, running rampant and leading to genocide. Meanwhile, Australian (ours, not Austria’s) news is still spewing pro-Israel content left and right. — -
“I need to rethink my future”: Tech professionals on how they’re coping with Trump’s rapidly shifting immigration changes
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↳ I hope this will actually allow some space for better, more egalitarian things to emerge. — -
Australia’s universities and academics are under siege
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↳ The “but my academic freedom” argument is kinda gross here, but these external pressures for conformity with oppressive systems are exactly what academics should rally against. But we don’t, and we won’t, we’ll comply with hegemony. Because academia is white, straight, cisgender, able bodied, and bourgeois. — - From March 23, 2025: Want more analysis like this? Join mind reader (free) to never miss a dispatch. Start right now.
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Everything that’s wrong with university management
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↳ We’re in a deeply ruined state in higher ed. And the coal face/executive divide is startlingly real. — - From March 22, 2025: Support independent radical thought. Join mind reader’s growing community of readers thinking deeply about social transformation. Start right now.
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Americans under 30 are so miserable that the U.S. just fell to a historic low ranking in the annual World Happiness Report
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↳ No, really? — - From March 21, 2025: Join mind reader’s free community of radical thinkers analysing capitalism’s contradictions and imagining better futures. Start right now.
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EU slams the door on US in colossal defense plan
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↳ It’s going to be very interesting to see how Australia acts. Do we alienate our closest neighbours (and massive economic powers, i.e., China) and potential allies or do we alienate the US to have good relations with literally the rest of the globe? Seems like a no brainer which is why the incompetence which is Anthony Albanese will fuck it up for the whole nation. — -
RFK Jr. Suggests Letting Bird Flu Spread
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↳ Just the kind of confidence inspiring strategy one wants from a global leader in charge of the health of practically the *planet*. — - From March 19, 2025: Support independent radical thought. Join mind reader’s growing community of readers thinking deeply about social transformation. Start right now.
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Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End
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↳ Huh, scaling systems not designed for scale only hurts the environment? Who’d have guessed. Sounds like a win win for capitalists though. — -
China will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting from September
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↳ Interesting approach which might actually work given the totalitarian censorship. — -
Keir Starmer to unveil drastic disability benefit cuts despite opposition
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↳ Phenomenal and awful shit occurring across the western world at the moment. — - From March 18, 2025: Want more analysis like this? Join mind reader (free) to never miss a dispatch. Start right now.
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Man whose daughter died from measles stands by failure to vaccinate her: "The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust"
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↳ Incredible self reflection capabilities, as they tend to have. Insane. — -
It’s the constitution, it’s the vibe: Explaining the Yunupingu High Court decision
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↳ Important reading. — - From March 17, 2025: Be part of the conversation. Join mind reader’s free community of readers analysing capitalism, technology and social change. Start right now.
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Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the language
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↳ It really just seems like grossly ‘vindictive’ and blatant bullying behaviours rippling across the entire country. — -
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
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↳ Not shocked, but highly disappointed by this dominance. Hatred is the bane of transformation. — - From March 16, 2025: Support independent radical thought. Join mind reader’s growing community of readers thinking deeply about social transformation. Start right now.
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OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
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↳ One rule for thee another for me. Just maybe we need a whole different modality to AI? —