In @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social and @goteborgsposten.bsky.social investigation, the people behind Meta’s smart glasses testify to the hidden stream of privacy-sensitive data that is fed straight into the tech giant’s systems.
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We need courageous leadership that stands up for international law. By Allan Behm.
Once again, in actual democracies, people do not need to engage in permanent litigation & political mobilization to retain the basic right to vote, because none of the major political parties make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform. We also don't have to live like this.
The International Journal of Disney Studies is planning two exciting special issues and we’re looking to expand our guest editor teams for them!
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This entire piece is spectacular, but this bit is a little grenade
Reminder: our Adaptation SIG event is this Wednesday 4pm (UK time) on Adaptation and Franchises! DM if you've not got the zoom link.
COMMENTING GUIDE: Opposing Two Trump Regime Rules Banning Gender-Affirming Care, Deadline 2/17/26 Creator profile picture Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland January 26 Edit I. Bottom Line Up Front The Trump Regime's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published two companion proposed rules designed to eliminate access to gender-affirming care for minors nationwide. Together, these rules would: Ban hospitals from providing this care (CMS-3481-P) — regardless of how the care is paid for Prohibit Medicaid and CHIP from covering this care (CMS-2451-P) — cutting off funding for lower-income families You have the opportunity to help defend trans kids by submitting comments against these vile proposed rules. Because even if a state wanted to continue covering gender-affirming care through Medicaid, the hospital rule would prevent hospitals from providing it. The two rules use different regulatory mechanisms to accomplish the same policy goal: eliminating access to gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 (or under 19 for CHIP). You should submit your comment to both dockets. The deadline is 5PM ET on February 17, 2026.
Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17
One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage
Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states
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Renters in 🇦🇺 continue to get an incredibly raw deal as this AHURI research shows.
Renters shouldn’t have to handover unnecessary amounts of personal data to companies often exempt from our (already inadequate) federal privacy laws.
National cabinet was supposed to deal with this in 2023…🦗
Is the PALM scheme ripe for exploitation?
Hear Postdoctoral Research Manager at The Australia Institute, Dr Morgan Harrington, explain why some warn it could pose a modern slavery risk.
Listen now: https://7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/inside-the-australian-scheme-accused-of-modern-slavery
NEW:
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
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Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
Headlines and images matter
This is 🔥
(On a very important and long overdue movement towards autonomy)
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
"OECD says its time to cut the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing" me for @thepointau.bsky.social
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Does anyone have a connection to Ben Affleck? I want him on Better Offline.
why should you join the co-op? make comics in any capacity? want to support fellow cartoonists?
it's free!! we have a dedicated forum & newsletter!! and we're always looking for more ways to support small press and creatives! you don't have to do this alone.
cartoonist.coop/our-benefits/
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(Melbournian / Naarmite here.)
#australia
The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
"Steve Bracks was enlisted to counsel the Premier against demanding a course of action that would torpedo one of his state’s finest assets" - did not expect this twist but just happy to see a former Vic Labor premier on the right side of history for once...
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"an advocate whose public statements include wanting spaces to be made “culturally unsafe” for Zionists, amongst many other statements that put her values firmly at odds with Australian values of tolerance and inclusion."
Are the other statements in the room with us?
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Sign the UK government is skint #26 341: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01....
The predictable consequence of Australia's poorly thought out social media ban for kids is that high performing teens get cut off from their work, studies, investors, colleagues, customers. We warned about this. 🙄
WHAT IS YET ANOTHER CAUSE OF BROKEN HOMES IN THE USA? MAD FOLD-IN HERE WE GO WITH AN ALL-NEW Infidelity. Drug and alcohol abuse. Gambling. Those deadly activities have long been the cause of broken homes However, there is yet another shameful undertaking now wreaking havoc in households across the country. To see what that is, fold in as shown. FOLD PAGE OVER LEFT FOLD PAGE OVER LIKE THIS FOLD BACK SO THAT "A" MEETS "8" INNOCENCE IS SHATTERED AS A SHOCKING MENACE RAMPAGES THROUGH TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITIES. KIDS ARE NOT SAFE FROM ITS DIRE CONSEQUENCES. SADLY, THIS RISING THREAT KNOWS NO BOUNDS. WRITER & ARTIST JOHNNY SAMPSON
ICE raids
lmao Mad Magazine has still got it
Some good news that I personally needed today
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Things are pretty dire out there. So many people doing the best they can with what they've got.
Hey Victorians!
If you're in an area with Catastrophic fire conditions for tomorrow, and you can leave to somewhere safer. GO. Do not wait. Tomorrow will be a nightmare.
Install the Vic emergency app. Turn on your watch area. Call family & friends. Plan, and act quickly. Save lives.
Catastrophic fire rating areas are likely to be CATASTROPHIC. Ambulance services have declared a red escalation for Catastrophic rated areas. You're on your own, if you're still there. V/Line isn't running, and will not replace with buses. Listen to this man's voice. Take action now.
When did the point of a Writer's Festival -or any arts programming, for that matter - become "promoting community cohesion"? The only two things that might be less-related are Randa Abdel-Fattah's work and the Bondi shootings
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Truly a PSA for us all. Pitch your reviews to any of the media editors at Adaptation @academic.oup.com:
- Seda Öz @ssedaozz.bsky.social
- Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social
- Madeleine Hunter @huntressleine.bsky.social
- Peter Lewis @pwlewis007.bsky.social
When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.
