Notices by Kim (ex_spurt@aus.social)

@glynmoody TBH I think it's pretty much in keeping with the country's reputation

@paulisci roughly what percentage of your responses do you think would come from each platform?

@njion 'common sense' is another way of saying 'ignorant assumption'

When this happened to Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Stan romanticised it in a verbose ABC article that both-sided media racism. He described Yassmin's innocuous comment on Anzac Day as "tantamount to blasphemy", writing that she "should have anticipated such criticism."

I am sorry Stan is now the victim of the disgusting racism he once normalised. I am glad no one is writing that he should have anticipated such criticism.

Stan Grant accuses the Australian newspaper of acting like a ‘racist hit squad’ | Stan Grant | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/29/nfbntw-stan-grant-accuses-the-australian-newspaper-of-acting-like-a-racist-hit-squad

@ajsadauskas @timrichards @skribe @danielbowen @si_fuller I was always fascinated by the 5A on the old TV channel selectors. Wondered where that came from!

@timrichards @skribe @ajsadauskas And Perth only had 2 commercial networks to begin with and missed out on a lot. We often got TV shows 6 months or so behind everyone else, including the Australian productions. It was just a big country town

Remember when lots of journalists tried Mastodon but then found it too complicated, so they left? I think about that every time I read their 'analysis' of something

Actually, the real monster was...

Dead birds get new life: New Mexico researchers develop taxidermy bird drones | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/dead-birds-get-new-life-new-mexico-researchers-develop-taxidermy-bird-drones-2023-04-13/