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Non-natalism – Spectre Journal A case for being against pronatalism Leslie Root shows how misguided it is for the left to accept pro-natalist positions. Worry about declining birth rates is based on a misinterpretation of the Total Fertility Rate, and minor social pol...

Spectre Journal has generously let me spout off about pronatalism spectrejournal.com/non-natalism/

2/ I do not believe that assumption will hold.

We could have learned this from the active audience theories of the '90s, but since we didn't, I guess the market will be our teacher.

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

From the start, the thing missing from conversations about AI in communications is the audience. There's an assumption that people will want/pay for whatever content is produced, so whatever is the cheapest way to create that content is the superior business strategy. futurism.com/artificial-i...

A screenshot of an in-platform Character.AI search for "Epstein," which returned about a dozen roleplays based on the sex criminal and his island. Epstein Characters Creators Scenes X ↓↑ Comedy Romance Adventure Kind Human Anime Mafia Pol > EPSTEIN 8TH MARTH epstein in little saint james and he is talking in bulgarian telling people happy march 8th come to my island to... Select Character Epstein's Island Adventure The Island's Grip: A Descent into the Shadows Step into a high-stakes psychological thriller where the world's most... Select Character Epstein Adası epstein adası Select Character BRR BRR PATA PIMA WITH EPSTEIN AND DIDDY DIDDY DANCER Nick eh 30 Scene n?a Select Character

A screenshot of an opening line from a chatbot in a Character.AI-hosted roleplay, in which the bot opens with "hey i'm evil jeffrey epstein."

NEW: Character.AI continues to host bots styled after prolific abusers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as roleplay "scenes" created to gamify Epstein's island.

They aren't hidden. One roleplay is called "Epstein's Island Adventure."

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Free daytime power: What the new offer means for Australian households Australia's energy watchdog prepares to unveil new power price caps, which will include a tariff offering three hours of free electricity during the day.

Meanwhile …free power in Australia thanks to solar and battery storage take up. #auspol
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"Faster than a speeding bullet."

I love watching border collies work.

Does The New York Times Want to Eradicate Trans People? — Assigned An analysis of its coverage reveals a pattern of misrepresentations, deceptions, distortions, the exclusion of trans voices, and the endorsement of contempt.

The New York Times coverage of trans issues has repeatedly resulted in experts and others complaining that their words were twisted and misrepresented... but only those quoted from on trans supportive side have that complaint.

Coincidence or eliminationism? @billiejsweeney.bsky.social dives in.

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula

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Pay $50.00 now, or wait to pay $5.00 in two years when it takes up the Lifeline Book Fair residency

I'm sorry ma'am, but your son perished on Kharg Island in a valiant effort to create Wii Bowling meme videos for the White House X account. In the face of danger, he was not cringe; he was based to his last breath. Please have this commemorative Epic Fury challenge coin. Yes that's Punisher, ma'am

Harris 2028 - Fuck You, That's Why

People are in such denial that the Kamala Harris Revenge Tour isn't just going to steamroller everyone.

When I was a kid a working knowledge of Woody Allen films was just part of being a cultured, erudite (and let’s be candid, white) person and absolutely no one thinks that anymore.

At Dinners, Over Jokes With Comedians, Epstein Honed His Networking

In the years after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein rebuilt his reputation by hosting gatherings with leaders in all sorts of trades, including comedy.
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S11E12 - Perks of the International Waters YouTube video by The Max Power Way

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lmfao for YEARS every country in the region has said at least once 'we're getting a Disney!' and it never happens. Fuck it, international waters it is.

It is literally the 6 horsemen of terrible right-wing micro parties supporting the AFP. One does wonder if this is leading to something 'bigger' (a proper combination party of sorts) but than one also realises that every person involved here is egotistical and doesn't work well with others.

An ad from the Australian Family Party which includes Bob Day, the title 'The Magnificent Seven' and the logos of the parties mentioned in the post.

Bob Day, of the Australian Family Party, has previously claimed the AFP is endorsed by 7 right-wing parties. I have today found 6 of those, which are; The Great Australian Party, the Libertarians, the Australian Federation Party, the DLP, HEART, and Gerard Rennick's People First.

#sarparli #auspol

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War. The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the world’s most vital shipping lane.

Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War.
The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the world’s most vital shipping lane.
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"Hey what do we do if they cheaply and incredibly disruptively mine the strait of Hormuz" is something that I, a very weak wristed lifelong civilian, would say like idk first thing? In the first hour of the planning session for sure

The thing that jumps off the page about everything that is coming out about the Trump administration vis a vis Iran is that they didn't think the clearest, most obvious escalation by Iran is something they would likely do and that they should have some answer to it

Up through the 1930s, State Fairs across America featured head on collisions between trains. The first occurred at the Iowa State Fair in 1896 before a crowd of 20,000. This video is from the Minnesota State Fair during the Great Depression, as featured in the poster below:

Opponents of Iran's regime worry two weeks of bombing has backfired When US and Israeli air strikes first tore through the skies over Iran, some regime opponents felt a rush of optimism. Two weeks later, that sense of hope is fading.

Iranians find themselves caught in a dangerous vice: opposed to the regime, but not feeling like it is safe enough to take to the streets..There is also evidence to suggest the attacks..are increasing nationalist sentiment & galvanising opposition to the US & Israel

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Floodwater creeps up on outback Queensland town Longreach braces for flooding set to peak this weekend as residents in low-lying areas of the town are told to sandbag their homes.

Often associated with dry landscape images, Longreach & its surrounds in Queensland now prepares for flooding. Rain that fell 100km away in the Aramac & Muttaburra region last weekend steadily makes its way down the Thomson River. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Here's why Melburnians never fell for Kyle and Jackie O You could argue Melbourne didn't warm to the the duo's shock jock style but I think the answer is much simpler.

Virginia Trioli: "It's a Sydney commercial radio reality that shocked me from the day I arrived there to broadcast on ABC radio 702: a presenter-audience relationship that seemed akin to a sub/dom dynamic."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #ausmedia

Liberals fight against Troy Bell's 'succession plan' in Mount Gambier South Australia's second-largest city does not have an MP, but some say it has an incumbent.

The SA seat of Mount Gambier has been unrepresented in state parliament for the past six months after sitting MP Troy Bell was jailed for fraud and no by-election was held. His former staffer, independent candidate Travis Fatchen, is trying to take his place.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #savotes

Media figure Antony Catalano charged with assault The co-owner of national newspaper company ACM appears in court, with police alleging he assaulted a woman and swung a clothes iron at her head.

Media boss Antony Catalano has faced court after allegedly swinging a clothes iron at a woman's head. He is facing charges of assault, false imprisonment and making threats to kill. He is the chairman of ACM, publisher of the Canberra Times and other papers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #ausmedia

The Secret Police Playbook How DHS reflects historical lessons from dictatorships

New, at Can We Still Govern?: Christian Gläßel and
@ascharpf.bsky.social have studied the formation of secret police in other countries. They explain the parallels with Trump's immigration enforcement.
The key factor is career incentives not ideology. 🧵
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Mushrooming Risk: Unreliable AI Tools Generate Mushroom Misinformation
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