That’s not what I said. I said it can’t do its advertised job, which is very different from its real job.

• This tool is obviously about building control. That’s why it has these investors. We both understand that. “It is a censorship tool”
• However, the tool’s marketing lies and gives the public a false premise for its existence - they claim this tool is made to combat misinformation by determining real truth. We both understand it’s not made to do that. But perhaps, there could be readers in the general public who take it at face value and might believe that’s the real purpose.
• My point is that, it barely even tries at building that false premise. I’m not saying it won’t be able to do its real job and censor dissent, if it gains institutional power.

I know that it’s very obviously a dangerous political tool if it gains any institutional power. And if you don’t understand that, watch the video. But even on a technical, non-social level:

There is no real explanation given as so how this system will supposedly determine truth. Just vague pointing to inapplicable abstracted concepts like scientific method and law.

There is 0% (not rounded down) chance that this system can do its advertised job. It is a censorship tool.

Almost tempted to say One Nation, because the more seats they have, the quicker their infighting begins. (I’ll save you the counting - all 11 left)

But it will also be entertaining if nothing else to see them lose it and cry again.

Also: haha

In 1969 the Gorton administration was severely embarrassed by a renowned This Day Tonight story in which a conscientious objector, who had been on the run from police for several months, was interviewed live in the studio by the journalist Richard Carleton, who then posed awkward questions to the Army Minister about why TDT had been able to locate the man within hours and bring him to the studio when the federal police had been unable to capture him, and the event was made even more embarrassing for the government because the man was able to leave the studio before the police had arrived to arrest him.

Useful summary of the last time we had conscription and the opposition movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Australia#Vietnam_War

I remember someone online somewhere complaining about oat milk companies tricking people into buying overpriced gruel and for some reason it really stuck with me.

Many countries in the Asia Pacific region rely on fuel that travels through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked for the past month after US strikes on the country. International Energy Agency director Fatih Birol described the resulting global fuel shortage as the worse than the previous Gulf wars and Russia’s war on Ukraine combined.

To conserve resources, government workers in the Philippines have moved to a four-day work week, while Sri Lanka has declared each Wednesday a public holiday.

I missed this news, excellent job making a four-day work week happen, island-friends!

This seems like a golden opportunity to win the four-day week, and even if one sector like this manages to get a foot in the door, it opens up the potential for others. So far, all I can find are a few trials, around 20 small companies in total.

I reckon you’re right, I didn’t hear any complaining this year about the Triple J Top 100 being on a different date.