This is enshittification: surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit.” Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK I’m late to this - so much yes

Sitting in an airport terminal learning about Stephen Malkmus’ family while listening to Range Life. 🤷‍♀️

IT'S HERE! 🧵 How do creative practices stimulate societal transformations? 🐥🦥🐛3 years of intense collaborations between researchers and creatives across Europe in CreaTures! 20 experimental productions, 340K people engaged! creaturesframework.org

A week which will rewrite climatic history is kicking off in Asia. We will see unbelievable loads of unprecedented heat from Middle East to Japan. Extremely rarely if hardly ever we can see this kind of anomalies in such a huge area for 10/15 days. Don't miss the updates here.

As the uni's most influential decision-makers, they must be accountable for the 2021 surplus ($1.04B), a senseless accumulation of funds that should have been spent on education, and for the current efforts to intensify workloads & consolidate managerial control over staff.

Paul Keating, this time telling us what he really thinks about the @SMH / The Age and it's Sinophobic scaremongering. A thread :

Hey The Guardian whats the deal with logging me out of my account when using the app every month? I don’t know a single other app I use suffering from a basic inability to stay in touch with its paying subscribers…

Super excited that this project is heading out the doors today. Birds of Australia STORYBOX has been in development this past year, and it will be touring NSW for the next two years, beginning in Newcastle. We go live on Wed. smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

This image from today's IPCC synthesis report is brutal. The existing policy trajectory represents a profound failure of our governments, and of our international political system. We need much more aggressive mitigation and much stronger international cooperation.

Please congratulate your 2023 #EucalyptoftheYear, the spectacular Sydney Red Gum, Angophora costata! The Sydney Red Gum is synonymous with the sandstone escarpments of coastal NSW. This is the first year that an Angophora has taken out the gum gong! #NationalEucalyptDay

Scenes from a project launch: Birds of Australia STORYBOX. Read about it: australian.museum/publications/b…… Australian Museum || storybox.co #birds #birdsofaustralia

I rode my bike today, first time after a few weeks off with a flat tyre :-/ I’ve never felt so (air) polluted, so exposed. I’m 47 & been riding all my life. Do I become a sedentary car driver or…?! Yet to make the mental leap to electric b/c I’m not sure e-speed is my friend.

Today I passed my intermediate exam in teaching the Romana’s Pilates Method. I had to master teaching 147 movements each with variations for body type. For me, much harder than a PhD or writing a book. I do it mostly for energy, and digital detox, and connection. ♥️ Tired now.

I am so happy Laura Tingle is appointed to the ABC Board, and that she called out the ABC archives as an important part of Australia’s national memory. 🙏🙏

I always love reading David Beer and now he’s written about AI and neural networks - haven’t read this piece yet but sure to be good. theconversation.com/ai-will-soon-b…

Many good reasons to read ⁦Inside Story⁩ this week. A wonderful review of Turn Every Page, new doco about the amazing writing lives of Robert Gottlieb and Robert Caro. I watched it straight away! ⭐️⭐️ insidestory.org.au/does-anyone-ha…

IIPP’s Fernando Fernandez-Monge, Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social) @rainerkattel with sarah barns examine Barcelona’s ‘New Data Deal’ programme to understand the role that city governments can play in shaping a global agenda around improved data governance. Read it here➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…