iurgi urrutia
@iurgi.com
Librarian, reader, listener, writer, speaker.
From the Basque Country(not Spain or France), now living in Bunurong land of the Kulin nation.
Values: justice, solidarity, unionism and internationalism. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/iurgiurrutia
From the Basque Country(not Spain or France), now living in Bunurong land of the Kulin nation.
Values: justice, solidarity, unionism and internationalism. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/iurgiurrutia
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@iurgi.com
· May 8
If advocating for peace, justice & meaningful action on climate change is extremist. Consider me one. If being critical of growing inequality, tax loopholes & havens, corporations that don't pay taxes, breaches of international law & human rights & genocide is extremist. Then count me as one #auspol
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Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare.
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
September 26, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare.
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
For anyone in Melbourne Friday August 21, we're hosting a fun live comics reading event with fresh crepes and drinks at the venue. Join us, enjoy the live comics reading and help us get some funds for MAKE, the Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo! #comics #melbourne
makecomics.com.au/make-fundrai...
makecomics.com.au/make-fundrai...
MAKE Fundraiser 21 August 2026 – Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo – MAKE
makecomics.com.au
August 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
For anyone in Melbourne Friday August 21, we're hosting a fun live comics reading event with fresh crepes and drinks at the venue. Join us, enjoy the live comics reading and help us get some funds for MAKE, the Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo! #comics #melbourne
makecomics.com.au/make-fundrai...
makecomics.com.au/make-fundrai...
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Whoever is a comics creator in Australia and following me: applications for MAKE Comics Festival's Market Day is closing THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!! My friends and I will love to have you there!! makecomics.com.au/apply
July 29, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Whoever is a comics creator in Australia and following me: applications for MAKE Comics Festival's Market Day is closing THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!! My friends and I will love to have you there!! makecomics.com.au/apply
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This was a gargantuan task to make possible and now its here and I am so proud of comics librarians for MAKING. IT. HAPPEN!
Forever proud to be part of @libcomix.bsky.social
#libcomix #alaac26
Forever proud to be part of @libcomix.bsky.social
#libcomix #alaac26
Tonight starting at 5:30pm join us as we celebrate the first ever GNCRT Outstanding Comic Awards!
June 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This was a gargantuan task to make possible and now its here and I am so proud of comics librarians for MAKING. IT. HAPPEN!
Forever proud to be part of @libcomix.bsky.social
#libcomix #alaac26
Forever proud to be part of @libcomix.bsky.social
#libcomix #alaac26
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I am running a brand new comics festival! Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo (MAKE) is a 3 day celebration of comics makers across Victoria and wider Australia! 🤩
In addition to organising, I designed the branding and this year's poster! Check us out: makecomics.com.au
In addition to organising, I designed the branding and this year's poster! Check us out: makecomics.com.au
June 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I am running a brand new comics festival! Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo (MAKE) is a 3 day celebration of comics makers across Victoria and wider Australia! 🤩
In addition to organising, I designed the branding and this year's poster! Check us out: makecomics.com.au
In addition to organising, I designed the branding and this year's poster! Check us out: makecomics.com.au
There's a new comics festival in Naarm/Melbourne and applications for the Market Day are open now! #comics
Applications to table at Market Day just opened! If you happen to be in Melbourne in October, have a go!! makecomics.com.au/apply
June 27, 2026 at 8:53 AM
There's a new comics festival in Naarm/Melbourne and applications for the Market Day are open now! #comics
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Always dig Brian’s reporting, looking forward to binging the podcast!
Trying something a little different at Blood in the Machine this week, something that no one has ever attempted or thought of before: A podcast.
The idea is to document the vital and widening resistance to big tech and AI, and give the mic to the voices behind it.
The idea is to document the vital and widening resistance to big tech and AI, and give the mic to the voices behind it.
The AI industry is pouring hundreds of millions into US elections
Plus: Fiery resistance to a nuclear AI data center and A24's Google debacle. Welcome to the first episode of BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: THE SHOW, with the great AI and crypto watchdog, Molly White.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
June 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Always dig Brian’s reporting, looking forward to binging the podcast!
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One of the worst aspects of this era is that guys like this feel totally free to announce these sorts of things to the entire world, without any equivocation or subtlety. A blaring, near constant reminder that we are being ruled by the most horrid people alive.
Jesse Watters on Cuba: “My banking buddy told me that after we topple Castro, we’re going to be able to buy 100 acres of pristine Cuban coastline for like 50 Gs”
June 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
One of the worst aspects of this era is that guys like this feel totally free to announce these sorts of things to the entire world, without any equivocation or subtlety. A blaring, near constant reminder that we are being ruled by the most horrid people alive.
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Karl Stefanovic getting some practice pulling on the tight boots and practicing his straight arm salute
Ch9's Karl Stefanovic embraces Tommy Robinson ahead of podcast. Robinson has a lengthy criminal record including convictions for violence, public order offences, financial & immigration frauds, stalking, harassment & contempt of court. #auspol www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Karl Stefanovic embraces UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson in video promoting podcast
Channel Nine TV presenter also calls former UK prime minister Keir Starmer a ‘wanker’ in teaser for interview with Robinson
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Karl Stefanovic getting some practice pulling on the tight boots and practicing his straight arm salute
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Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
“Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
“Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an...
www.reuters.com
June 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
“Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
“Muralidhar said that by targeting children, Israel was undermining the capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future.”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Science fiction has warned us for decades about this and we’re heading in the wrong direction
📢 It’s understood the arrests mostly related to people on outstanding warrants.
WA Police’s new facial recognition cameras nab several people in shopping centre sting
www.smh.com.au
June 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Science fiction has warned us for decades about this and we’re heading in the wrong direction
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A Macquarie University lecturer in Middle East politics who has been the target of a pro-Israel media campaign claims to have been filmed, followed and threatened on campus.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/macquarie-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/macquarie-...
Macquarie academic claims she was threatened, followed after criticising Israel
Man filmed lecture and told her 'I can find you', Macquarie University's Dr Jumana Bayeh says
www.deepcutnews.com
June 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM
A Macquarie University lecturer in Middle East politics who has been the target of a pro-Israel media campaign claims to have been filmed, followed and threatened on campus.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/macquarie-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/macquarie-...
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The pathetic performance of journos at #NPC might be because most "were more concerned about appearing to be unfair to Hanson". 🙄🤯
But as @scottmitchell.bsky.social notes, many outside the #NPC, like Barrie Cassidy, were appalled at the double standard. #auspol
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
But as @scottmitchell.bsky.social notes, many outside the #NPC, like Barrie Cassidy, were appalled at the double standard. #auspol
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
How Journalism’s Race Problem Helps One Nation. Plus, Craig Foster on Politics and the World Cup
Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 21 June · 1hr
podcasts.apple.com
June 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The pathetic performance of journos at #NPC might be because most "were more concerned about appearing to be unfair to Hanson". 🙄🤯
But as @scottmitchell.bsky.social notes, many outside the #NPC, like Barrie Cassidy, were appalled at the double standard. #auspol
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
But as @scottmitchell.bsky.social notes, many outside the #NPC, like Barrie Cassidy, were appalled at the double standard. #auspol
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
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"Be beige, not rainbow" is the outcome of librarians saying libraries should be neutral. We cannot and are not neutral, and we gotta stop insisting that we are. At this point, it is part of the book ban playbook.
This was anonymously leaked by several Timberland Regional Library employees.
Includes: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties.
Includes: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties.
June 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"Be beige, not rainbow" is the outcome of librarians saying libraries should be neutral. We cannot and are not neutral, and we gotta stop insisting that we are. At this point, it is part of the book ban playbook.
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A Melbourne Symphony Orchestra board member has denied that Palestinian civilians were deliberately killed in Gaza, in astonishing remarks heard in three weeks of court proceedings.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-shocki...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-shocki...
The shocking remarks heard in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra v Gillham case
One witness denied Palestinian journalists were killed in Gaza
www.deepcutnews.com
June 21, 2026 at 9:49 PM
A Melbourne Symphony Orchestra board member has denied that Palestinian civilians were deliberately killed in Gaza, in astonishing remarks heard in three weeks of court proceedings.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-shocki...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-shocki...
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As I've been winding down tour, I've turned down most requests. But when @novaramedia.com asked me to return, I immediately said yes. My first conversation with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social was a favorite. Grateful we had a reunion to reflect on everything a year on. 💗
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwK...
AI Billionaires Want to Control EVERY Aspect of Your Life | Aaron Bastani Meets Karen Hao
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
As I've been winding down tour, I've turned down most requests. But when @novaramedia.com asked me to return, I immediately said yes. My first conversation with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social was a favorite. Grateful we had a reunion to reflect on everything a year on. 💗
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwK...
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the presence of meta AI in whatsapp, and the lack of a setting to disable it, was *much* more of a concern to us as parents than social media
One in six kids who have used AI chatbots say an AI has shown or said something they felt “wasn’t OK or wasn’t meant for someone their age”—and most never told a trusted adult about it.
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June 19, 2026 at 6:46 AM
the presence of meta AI in whatsapp, and the lack of a setting to disable it, was *much* more of a concern to us as parents than social media
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A few weeks ago we broke news Thales and the Australian gov are making explosives for the IDF. I assume you've noticed mainstream press hasn't followed this up? Anyway, I'm sure it has nothing to do with anything, but Thales is a sponsor of the National Press Club.
June 18, 2026 at 3:08 AM
A few weeks ago we broke news Thales and the Australian gov are making explosives for the IDF. I assume you've noticed mainstream press hasn't followed this up? Anyway, I'm sure it has nothing to do with anything, but Thales is a sponsor of the National Press Club.
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Mississippi residents sue xAI over noise from data centre.
No noise impact assessments for new data centres in Melbourne tho?
au.pcmag.com/ai/118209/mi...
No noise impact assessments for new data centres in Melbourne tho?
au.pcmag.com/ai/118209/mi...
Mississippi Residents Sue xAI Over 'Near Constant Noise' From Data Centers
The gas turbines at data centers run by Elon Musk's xAI are so loud that it's like being around a 'jet engine' at all times of the day, the lawsuit claims.
au.pcmag.com
June 11, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Mississippi residents sue xAI over noise from data centre.
No noise impact assessments for new data centres in Melbourne tho?
au.pcmag.com/ai/118209/mi...
No noise impact assessments for new data centres in Melbourne tho?
au.pcmag.com/ai/118209/mi...
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The French sports paper @lequipe-actu.bsky.social nails it. Translation in alt text.
June 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The French sports paper @lequipe-actu.bsky.social nails it. Translation in alt text.
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We broke significant national news this week and not a single mainstream media outlet wanted to cover it or follow up.
It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative.
Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires.
This is why indie media needs to exist.
It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative.
Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires.
This is why indie media needs to exist.
Here's me. "Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities"
Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities - The Shot
Australia’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities has many ugly layers. It’s worse than the bomb release mechanism on the F-35 death...
theshot.net.au
June 5, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We broke significant national news this week and not a single mainstream media outlet wanted to cover it or follow up.
It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative.
Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires.
This is why indie media needs to exist.
It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative.
Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires.
This is why indie media needs to exist.
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With everyone, I am grieving the loss of Marjane Satrapi today. The world is not kind to artists nor are we always kind to ourselves. This makes being kind to each other even more important. Love your friends and family and make your beautiful books. These actions become more meaningful together.
June 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
With everyone, I am grieving the loss of Marjane Satrapi today. The world is not kind to artists nor are we always kind to ourselves. This makes being kind to each other even more important. Love your friends and family and make your beautiful books. These actions become more meaningful together.