Maggie McAlinden

Find this hard to believe. Evidence?

Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Bahahaha. 😁😏

#DJT #DJ6T #FDJ6T #PantsOnFireDJ6T

Yep

Australia news live: attorneys general to meet to discuss antisemitism and online hate; cheaper mortgages push up cash rate, RBA says Follow updates live

Before the Bondi massacre, the Albanese govt was going to quietly dump the antidemocratic 'antisemitism' report from Jillian Segal.

Now Ms Segal is briefing Attorneys-General on 'hate'.

Will she mention the hate spread by Advance, financed by her family trust?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This one hits hard.

Every AI company

Last days of the Liberal Party As a former leader of the Liberals, I am very sad to write in these terms, but I fear the party is in its final days or, at the very least, will not govern again in the foreseeable future.

Last days of the Liberal Party. Lets hope it does not create space for even more extreme right wing ideologies. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Gauging Affective Atmospheres in Language Teacher Education Through Dialogic Queering as Transformative Research - Julian Chen, Maggie McAlinden, 2026 Inspired by feminist queering and affect theories to disrupt research norms, we drew on our felt experiences to explore the affective atmosphere of language tea...

New open access paper @ijqmonline.bsky.social with my co-author and bestie @julianchen.bsky.social.
#criticalempathy
#feministacademic
#dialogicqueering
#allyship

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Using the Bondi massacre to legitimise genocide in Gaza is shameful and will never work. Herzog should not be visiting Australia. There are so many other ways we can support families of the bereaved without involving the current Israeli President.

Movie review from Guardian on Melania.

Is Sam Altman the world’s most dangerous man? OpenAI founder Sam Altman is building a trillion-dollar enterprise that feeds on vast resources of water, energy and intellectual property – and may never turn a profit.

“Colonialism stole the physical property of the world, and what Sam has been able to do, in broad daylight, is steal the intellectual property of the world. He has colonised the sum total of human knowledge..."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Fluffy black pussycat with the care manifesto

What would happen if we begin to put care at the very centre of life?
Boi wants to know.

#Caturday
#Caremanifesto
@andreaschatzidakis.bsky.social
@jolittler.bsky.social
@lynnesegal.bsky.social

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Artificial Intelligence is reshaping care. Our research seeks strategies to keep person-centred values at the heart of innovation | Júlio Belo Fernandes doi.org/10.1177/1609...

Four million salmon died prematurely at Tasmanian fish farms in 2025, government data reveals Death toll sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare legislation over mass fish deaths

Almost all salmon in Australia is from Tasmania, and the industry there is essentially unregulated - and dangerously unhealthy.
Do not eat it.

Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers

Time to dump ChatGPT!

The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.

How public school students will start the year

“The one thing private schools won’t get when their students come back this year is any conditions tied to their generous public funding, beyond obeying the law and teaching the curriculum” | Jane Caro
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

How public school students will start the year On the final day of school last year, a public high school catering to a very disadvantaged community presented its students with a gift pack. It included a young adult novel, a classically popular pi...

@janecaro.bsky.social killing it again in support of public schools.
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
#auspoll
#publiceducation4all

I have 14 free articles to share.

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Pawsin for thought.
#catsky
#tabbycats
#jamsodonnell

“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.”

“What does it do?”

“We were hoping you could tell us.”

Coalition in crisis as entire Nationals frontbench quits after division over Labor’s hate speech laws David Littleproud and seven other frontbench colleagues resign their positions after Sussan Ley accepted resignations from three Nationals senators

Coalition can’t agree on how to be racially intolerant but not antisemitic, falls apart under the strain

I have a cat called Jams O Donnell that does the same. It freaks me out.

Top notch journalism from @thesaturdaypaper.com.au. I have 12 free articles to share so DM me if you want a copy.

For cultural safety reasons America will be disinvited from NATO.

🤣🤣

Solidarity with Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah. We stand against this retrograde decision and with the countless authors withdrawing in support of Randa and her work.

‘Self-indulgent and narcissistic’: Inside Hastie’s Liberal Party As Andrew Hastie continues to freelance on immigration policy, Liberal MPs from various factions say he is only hurting his leadership aspirations.

"Instead of trying to keep the pressure on the government, he’s trying to make himself the issue.” satpa.pe/6kPInnh

Trying to escape 2026
#indoorcat

Someone let the cat into the bag. It's
#Caturday
#crazybagcat