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#60ProtestReasons: 22 – Drones & Air Taxis
@CatherineKingMP is pushing drones & air taxis. The Australian Government, through its National Emerging Aviation Technologies Policy Statement, supports the adoption of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority @CASABriefing is already actively involved in supporting the roll-out of AAM and has signed an MoU to foster growth in the sector. Although air taxis are not yet operational in Australia, preparations are underway.

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The SEQ Council of Mayors @SEQMayors has signed an MoU w @WiskAero to bring autonomous flying taxis to the region by the 2032 #Olympics. The proposal has drawn criticism as it has been drafted without any community engagement in order to ...
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If you thought #Khalistani cult members could not stoop any lower, watch this video of #Melbourne today where juveniles & adults shout in Hindi ‘Gali Gali Me Shor Hai - Bharat Mata Chor Hai'
@RobMitchellMP is close to this cult

#Bharat @AlboMP @Australia
Australia's Victoria police releases images of Khalistani extremists who have indulged in violence on January 29th. In a statement says, 'Police appealing to identify six men following affray in Melbourne'
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Police are appealing for public assistance as they continue to investigate an affray at the Khalistan Referendum at Federation Square on 29 Jan.
Police have released images of six men they believe may be able to assist with their enquires.
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#SAT Update✨

Cyber-attack on #Khalistan Referendum in Australia caused disruption in voting thrice.

This, coupled with the arrest of #AmripalSingh in India & a mega crackdown in the Indian state of #Punjab is causing ripples.

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Mobile internet remained down in #IndianPunjab as the police searched & chased people associated with 'Waris Punjab De' - a collective headed by Amritpal Singh, that supports an independent Punjab.

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Sideways, in #Brisbane, the 2nd phase of #KhalistanReferendum came under alleged India-backed #cyberttack on electronic voting machines.

The 1st attack took 30 minutes to be fixed & the other 2 took 20 mints each.

The turn out of the voting was 11,000.

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#TransRights = #HumanRights 💛

We are outraged by the hate speech and transphobic displays that took place in #Melbourne over the weekend. Transphobia, white supremacy and bigotry has zero place in our society. 🧵
Right now, we are seeing an unprecedented attack on trans rights from anti-trans hate groups. There are no federal or state laws in Victoria that protect LGBTQIA+ people from vilification.
We're also concerned that @VictoriaPolice failed to act in accordance with their human rights obligations during this rally, with reports of excessive force, intimidation, and a biased and discriminatory approach to crowd management.
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Inside: Obama's turncoat antitrust enforcer is angry about the Google breakup; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/13/the…

#Pluralistic 1/ 'What a Funny Little Government,' Horace Taylor's 1899 edito
This week (Feb 14-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're in #Melbourne tonight (Feb 14), #Sydney tomorrow (Feb 15) and then #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!

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Obama's turncoat antitrust enforcer is angry about the Google breakup: You know you're doing something right when...

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Inside: After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/11/din…

#Pluralistic 1/ A locomotive steaming away ...
This week (Feb 13-17), I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ tomorrow (13/2). Next are #Melbourne (14/2), #Sydney (15/2) and #Canberra. More tickets released for Sydney!

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After Ohio rail disaster, Buttigieg is silent on restoring the safety standards Trump repealed: Civil War-era brake systems were good enough for General Sherman...

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Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…

#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra Tickets just released for Sydney!

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Poor people pay higher time tax: The rich truly do get more hours in the day.

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Inside: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/09/ai-…

#Pluralistic 1/ A poster for the 1933 movie 'The Monkey's Paw.' The fainting
I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne (Feb 14), #Sydney (Feb 15) and #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!

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Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem: The machine-learning monkey's paw.

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Inside: The Collective Intelligence Institute; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/07/ful…

#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane today (Feb 8 - in Australia!), and then a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next: #Melbourne, #Sydney & #Canberra.

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The Collective Intelligence Institute: Asking more than 'what technology does' and demanding to know who it does it FOR and who it does it TO.

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Inside: Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/06/tri…

#Pluralistic 1/ The WW Norton cover for Bruce Schneier's 'A Hacker's Mind.'
Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra.

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Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind": Thinking about tactics AND power.

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Inside: When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/05/bat…

#Pluralistic 1/ A painting depicting the Roman sacking of Jerusalem. The Rom
Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra.

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When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed: A tale of whistleblowers, security through obscurity, and binding arbitration.

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Inside: Higher interest rates increase both the monetary supply and inflation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/04/if-…

#Pluralistic 1/ A portrait of Milton Friedman looking pensive, his chin in h
Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next is #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra.

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Higher interest rates increase both the monetary supply and inflation: It takes a lot of motivated reasoning to believe otherwise.

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Inside: Netflix wants to chop down your family tree; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/02/non…

#Pluralistic 1/ A Victorian family tree tem...
From Feb 8-17, I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We'll be in #Brisbane, #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra, and I hope to see you!

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Netflix wants to chop down your family tree: The enshittification cycle comes for your most private domain.

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Inside: Johnson and Johnson's bankruptcy gambit fails; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/01/j-a…

#Pluralistic 1/ A picture of a white-out dust storm at Burning Man. A giant
From Feb 8-17, I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane, #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra, and I hope to see you!

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Johnson and Johnson's bankruptcy gambit fails: A key defeat in J&J's War On Vulvas.

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Inside: Canada's privatised shadow civil service; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mck…

#Pluralistic 1/ The legislative chamber of ...
From Feb 8-17, I'll be in Australia, touring my book *Chokepoint Capitalism* with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We'll be in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, and I hope to see you!

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Canada's privatised shadow civil service: Tories claim governments are incompetent, Liberals prove it.

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Inside: The real scandal is overclassification; The Australian Chokepoint Capitalism Tour; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/30/i-c…

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The real scandal is overclassification: I'd explain it, but I'd have to kill you.

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The Australian Chokepoint Capitalism Tour: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra (twice!).

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Last October, @scribepub published the commonwealth edition of #ChokepointCapitalism, the book @rgibli and I wrote about how monopolistic labour markets are rigged, and how we need to think beyond #copyright to get artists paid:

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

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Now, I'm headed to #Australia to tour the book there with Rebecca, with dates in #Brisbane, #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra (no Perth or NZ this time, alas). 3/
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Inside: The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again); How Facebook's Real Names policy helps Cambodia's thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters; and more! 1/  Image:  Hun Sen/Facebook (modified) https://www.facebook.co
The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again): Herd immunity is incompatible with shareholder capitalism.

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Inside: David Graeber's "Pirate Enlightenment"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/24/zan…

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David Graeber's "Pirate Enlightenment": The true, swashbuckling lives of matriarchs, anarchists, and pirates at the crossroads of the world.

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Hey look at this

* #DebtCeiling Limit is Destructive, Duplicative, and Dumb stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/the-debt-cei…

* 3d-party apps Twitter killed made the site what it is today theverge.com/2023/1/22/2356…

* Predictions Scorecard, 1/1/23 – Rodney Brooks rodneybrooks.com/predictions-sc… (h/t @slashdot) 3/
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Inside: Eggflation is just more price-gouging; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/23/can…

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Eggflation is just more price-gouging: Cal-Maine Foods owns every egg brand you've ever heard of and its profits are up 65%.

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Hey look at this

* @EFF is hiring a security and privacy activist eff.org/opportunities/…

* mozilla.org's 25th anniversary jwz.org/blog/2023/01/m…

* Three Autumn Revolts: Breaking the Ice on China’s “Anti-Lockdown Movement” chuangcn.org/2023/01/three-… 3/
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Inside: Tiktok's enshittification; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/pot…

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Tiktok's enshittification: The company manually allocates surplus to creators, and they can take it away again, too.

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Hey look at this

* Rethinking Tech Regulation and Creative Labor eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

* OGL Will Be 'Irrevocable' @CreativeCommons license gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of…

* AA Promises Flight Attendants Free Bowl Of Chili If They Don't Picket viewfromthewing.com/american-airli… 3/
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Inside: Why the Fed wants to crush workers; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/19/cre…

#Pluralistic 1/ A vintage postcard illustra...
Today (1/19) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author @rgibli and our host, @BradStone, for an @internetarchive/@Coil livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:

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Why the Fed wants to crush workers: Fall of Rome speedrun.

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Inside: Care Inflation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/18/wag…

#Pluralistic 1/ The old woman in the shoe. She stands before her shoe, weari
Tomorrow (1/19) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author @rgibli and our host, @BradStone, for an @InternetArchive/@Coil livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:

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Care Inflation: The inflation no one wants to talk about.

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Inside: Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/17/ren…

#Pluralistic 1/ The cover for Eleanor Janega's 'The Once and Future Sex.'
This Thu (1/19) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author @rgibli and our host, @BradStone, for an @InternetArchive/@Coil livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:

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Eleanor Janega's "Once and Future Sex": The true, weird, horny history of medieval gender and sex.

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