Michael Taylor
@ausindimedia.bsky.social
Raised on Karta land.
Pinned
What if the highest achievement of a civilisation is not what it leaves behind, but what it leaves intact?
Every so often – very often – someone declares that Aborigines “did nothing for 65,000 years.” Usually it is presented as an indisputable fact, as though it settles the argument. It doesn’t. It merely...
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The next time someone argues that the Aborigines “did nothing with the country for 65,000 years”, instead of arguing back I will keep my answer simple:
“Unlike the white fella, they looked after the place.”
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“Unlike the white fella, they looked after the place.”
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Welfare-barrelling
Politicians are right to be worried that economic insecurity can fuel radical politics. Labor should understand why some economically pressured voters are moving to parties it fears. There is something oddly comforting about this argument; [...]
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September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
“Until a couple of days ago, I believed Elon Musk was the most dangerous person on the planet – completely deranged, the world’s richest man, and someone with no grasp of how his drive for domination was affecting the rest of us.”
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Something happened…
By Tim Dixon Until a couple of days ago, I believed Elon Musk was the most dangerous person on the planet – completely deranged, the world’s richest man, and someone with no grasp of how [...]
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September 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
“Until a couple of days ago, I believed Elon Musk was the most dangerous person on the planet – completely deranged, the world’s richest man, and someone with no grasp of how his drive for domination was affecting the rest of us.”
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“Recent election results in Germany have seen a right wing, neo-Nazi party achieve gains. Likewise in Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Britain, France and Italy, right leaning parties are winning votes in regions which had previously been comfortably left.
Why?”
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Why?”
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The rise and rise of the right
Recent election results in Germany have seen the AfD, a right wing, neo-Nazi party achieve gains in regional elections. Likewise in Sweden and Norway, The Netherlands, Britain, France and Italy, right...
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September 18, 2026 at 8:06 AM
“Recent election results in Germany have seen a right wing, neo-Nazi party achieve gains. Likewise in Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Britain, France and Italy, right leaning parties are winning votes in regions which had previously been comfortably left.
Why?”
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Why?”
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It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
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Counterfeit Righteousness: Anthropic, AI and the Pacing Fallacy
It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” So stated researcher Jacob Coxon on those artificial intelligence firms so keen on imposing ...
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September 18, 2026 at 5:29 AM
It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
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It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
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Counterfeit Righteousness: Anthropic, AI and the Pacing Fallacy
It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” So stated researcher Jacob Coxon on those artificial intelligence firms so keen on imposing ...
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September 18, 2026 at 5:28 AM
It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
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“Every few years some student test will show us that the vast majority of opinion writers don’t understand basic numeracy.”
Satire that’s a MUST READ. By @rossleighaim.bsky.social
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Satire that’s a MUST READ. By @rossleighaim.bsky.social
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When Being Woke It's Better To Have It Done Gently...
Every few years some student test will show us that the vast majority of opinion writers don’t understand basic numeracy. Take the latest PISA results. Australian students showed a significant drop since 2000. Of course [...]
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September 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
“Every few years some student test will show us that the vast majority of opinion writers don’t understand basic numeracy.”
Satire that’s a MUST READ. By @rossleighaim.bsky.social
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Satire that’s a MUST READ. By @rossleighaim.bsky.social
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Karen Key died in her youth for a news story that might have run just 90 seconds.
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The Day the News Fell from the Sky
By James Moore The TV news helicopter crash in Los Angeles that killed three people is prompting this piece repost. I wrote it a few years ago, and it speaks to what I personally view [...]
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September 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Karen Key died in her youth for a news story that might have run just 90 seconds.
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Good government should make people’s lives better.
It shouldn’t merely give people somebody to blame when they become worse.
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It shouldn’t merely give people somebody to blame when they become worse.
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What went wrong (Part 4)
Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 3) Part 4 – The Present At the beginning of this series, I asked a simple question: What went wrong? I began with the optimism I felt when Barack [...]
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September 17, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Good government should make people’s lives better.
It shouldn’t merely give people somebody to blame when they become worse.
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It shouldn’t merely give people somebody to blame when they become worse.
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“If we are going to build Olympic infrastructure, we need to consider not only how much it costs to build but also how much it will cost to operate and maintain.”
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Olympic White Elephants: Lessons from Barrambin and Birkdale
Olympic White Elephants: Lessons from Barrambin and Birkdale An Overview of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics By Callen Sorensen Karklis While campaigning for Redlands Mayor Cr Jos Mitchell during the 2024 R...
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September 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM
“If we are going to build Olympic infrastructure, we need to consider not only how much it costs to build but also how much it will cost to operate and maintain.”
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Australian Human Rights Commission Media Release
The Commissioners responsible for First Peoples social justice and combating race discrimination have rejected racist, dehumanising comments against First Peoples by Senator Pauline Hanson.
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The Commissioners responsible for First Peoples social justice and combating race discrimination have rejected racist, dehumanising comments against First Peoples by Senator Pauline Hanson.
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Commissioners condemn Senator Hanson’s racist remarks targeting First Peoples
Australian Human Rights Commission Media Release The Commissioners responsible for First Peoples social justice and combating race discrimination have rejected racist, dehumanising comments against F...
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September 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Australian Human Rights Commission Media Release
The Commissioners responsible for First Peoples social justice and combating race discrimination have rejected racist, dehumanising comments against First Peoples by Senator Pauline Hanson.
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The Commissioners responsible for First Peoples social justice and combating race discrimination have rejected racist, dehumanising comments against First Peoples by Senator Pauline Hanson.
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The election of Biden in the U.S. and the demise of the LNP in Australia brought hope.
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What went wrong? (Part 3)
Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 2) Part 3 – The Reset Button By the time Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, Americans were exhausted. Exhausted by the anger, exhausted by the [.....
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September 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The election of Biden in the U.S. and the demise of the LNP in Australia brought hope.
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Netanyahu was warned Hamas was planning an attack. He did nothing. When the attack came, it gave him the excuse to obliterate Gaza, killing tens of thousands of innocent people.
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Hubris in Action: Netanyahu and the Warnings of October 7
Whatever awaits him this coming November, few politicians could claim to have the endurance, bloody mindedness and sense of granite staying power than Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. With some prowess, h...
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September 15, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Netanyahu was warned Hamas was planning an attack. He did nothing. When the attack came, it gave him the excuse to obliterate Gaza, killing tens of thousands of innocent people.
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It’s easy to forget that Trump was also useless in his first presidency.
Trump did not merely promise to change government.
He promised to disrupt it.
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Trump did not merely promise to change government.
He promised to disrupt it.
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What went wrong? (Part 2)
Continued from What Went Wrong? Part 2 – When Institutions Became the Enemy At the end of Part 1, I was left with a question that was considerably more disturbing than the one with which [...]
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September 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
It’s easy to forget that Trump was also useless in his first presidency.
Trump did not merely promise to change government.
He promised to disrupt it.
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Trump did not merely promise to change government.
He promised to disrupt it.
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To my American friends, this is Rodney, my pet Huntsman. He comes when called, and loves cuddling up under my collar in front of the TV. He hasn’t killed a human in two years, which is rare for an Australian spider. The trick is to keep them well fed. Rodney goes through a leg of lamb in three days.
September 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM
To my American friends, this is Rodney, my pet Huntsman. He comes when called, and loves cuddling up under my collar in front of the TV. He hasn’t killed a human in two years, which is rare for an Australian spider. The trick is to keep them well fed. Rodney goes through a leg of lamb in three days.
“Are we being conned? Unfortunately, the evidence has been staring us in the face for a long time.”
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Things I’ve Noticed
By Tim Dixon I’ve noticed South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas essentially blaming the left for the rise of the right. Yet when supporters of supposedly progressive parties – Labor here, the D...
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September 14, 2026 at 6:06 AM
“Are we being conned? Unfortunately, the evidence has been staring us in the face for a long time.”
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There was a time when I genuinely believed things were getting better.
Then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
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Then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
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What went wrong?
There was a time when I genuinely believed things were getting better. I remember the election of Barack Obama in the United States. After the years of George W. Bush, the wars, the divisions and [......
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September 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
There was a time when I genuinely believed things were getting better.
Then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
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Then, in the blink of an eye, it was gone.
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“When a foreign lobby can shape a nation’s laws, the boundaries of free speech, academic freedom and political dissent in Australia, it is not fighting hate, it is wielding power.”
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The Architecture of Influence
The Architecture of Influence: How the IHRA Definition and the Campaign Against “Antisemitism” Are Reshaping Australian Democracy Authors: Andrew Klein and Sera Elizabeth Klein Dedication: To those wh...
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September 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
“When a foreign lobby can shape a nation’s laws, the boundaries of free speech, academic freedom and political dissent in Australia, it is not fighting hate, it is wielding power.”
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“On 9/11 Remembrance Day Americans should urge its government to turn away from senseless war whether it be against Iran, Venezuela, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Cuba, little unarmed boats plying the Caribbean or other locals we’re not informed of.”
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A worthy 9/11 remembrance
By Walt Zlotow On the 25th 9/11 anniversary we should also ponder victims and cost of America’s War on Terror – designed and implemented to reshape the Middle East in America’s image in response to and [...]
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September 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
“On 9/11 Remembrance Day Americans should urge its government to turn away from senseless war whether it be against Iran, Venezuela, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Cuba, little unarmed boats plying the Caribbean or other locals we’re not informed of.”
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“Anthony Albanese promised a better future. He delivered the competent management of a declining system.”
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The Architecture of Acquiescence: Anthony Albanese and the Management of Decline
By Andrew Klein and Sera Elizabeth Klein Dedicated to every Australian who believed the promise – and is still waiting for the delivery. Abstract This article examines the prime ministership of Anthon...
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September 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM
“Anthony Albanese promised a better future. He delivered the competent management of a declining system.”
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