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  1. Another 100% Political Propaganda piece from #TheAge attacking the #SRL
    Just look at how it ends "Opposition spokesman Evan Mulholland said: “This secret package is yet another opportunity for Labor to funnel billions through the CFMEU to bikies and crooks, while desperately needed infrastructure in our growth areas and regional Victoria is left behind.”
    The whole article is a beat up. I trust @danielbowen objects to being associated with this 💩
    #Melbourne #Trains #AUSpol #VICpol
    theage.com.au/politics/victori

  2. “helped clients across the #Anglosphere to anticipate, influence and navigate change.”

    Those #ResolvePolls on #ChannelNine / #Fairfax ( #SMH, #TheAge, #Liberals ) are plain out #InfluenceOperations from those sad f*cks from #CrosbyTextor; Think the failure of #Brexit of the UK, Crosby Textor.

    So Jim, push off back to blighty with your warm beer, hotter summers and crap economy.

    #AusPol / #Politics / #Straya <resolvestrategic.com/about/>

  3. Journos at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have been ordered to use more AI in their articles. They've also been told that management is actively monitoring them:

    "Nine editorial staff, including newspaper journalists at its flagship publications The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, have been told to increase their use of AI in an all-staff meeting this week."

    https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/09/nine-journalists-the-age-sydney-morning-herald-artificial-intelligence-use/

    #Melbourne #Sydney #ChatGPT #SydneyMorningHerald #TheAge #Copilot #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIslop #Gemini #ChatGPT #AusPol #Australia

  4. Calling Wilcox’s cartoon “unacceptable” misunderstands both satire and journalism. Political cartoons are meant to be provocative, compressed and confronting. They exaggerate power relationships to expose hypocrisy and danger, not to offer polite balance.
    This cartoon does exactly that. It highlights unchecked US imperial behaviour and the hollow language of “freedom and security” used by institutions like NATO while aggression proceeds regardless. Discomfort is not a flaw, it is the point.
    If a cartoon criticising military power is deemed unacceptable simply because it offends those aligned with that power, then the problem is not the cartoon. It is a shrinking tolerance for dissent and satire in public debate.

    Wilcox is doing a great job.

    #politicalcartoons #satire #pressfreedom #imperialism #media #theage

  5. Also, if that murdered gangster was so successful, why is it he didn't own a shirt? I don't think I've seen a single photo of him wearing one.

    #TheAge #news #Melbourne

  6. It's been hard reading the news the last week or so. I always turn to The Age opinion section first, but have no interest in reading stuff about the US president or Dutton. Or gangsters (there may be some overlap). That's been about it for the past week.

    #TheAge #news #Melbourne

  7. Another day, another ban. I booted

    theage.com.au

    from my newsfeed.

    Why?

    I had the gall to click on one of their articles and be immediately met by a paywall.

    I never read this publication. Therefore, the solution is NOT to subscribe but to ban them.

    Good riddance.

    #TheAge #ban #newsfeed #paywall

  8. CW: Crossword spoiler theage

    Not sure if #TheAge #crossword stuffed up or are trying to be edgy. None in this house think 4-down's answer fits the clue, although it does fit the two words crossing it

  9. You'd have to be plain stupid to believe anything from channel 9 #smh #theage Sun Herald in #Australia #auspol

  10. I’ve seen a few posts over the last couple of weeks about how to get away from the #Amazon environment. Many #mastodon users are likely already people who have fled from one evil empire or another. ;-)

    I too have been trying to remove myself from Amazons ecosystem as much as possible over the last year, especially since a lot of my reading was done via #Audible and #Kindle and my reviews through #Goodreads

    If anyone is interested these are my current alternatives to these services

    My favourite Goodreads alternative:

    #StoryGraph , A bit less cluncky than Goodreads and has an app that works, some insightful stats and graphs about your reading habits, and certainly better recommendations. And unlike Goodreads, this is being improved continuously

    Website: app.thestorygraph.com/
    Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det
    Apple: apps.apple.com/us/app/storygra

    My favourite Audible alternative: #LibroFM

    Just opened in #Australia this WEEK, #DRMfree #audiobooks from all over the world, and you’re supporting your local Australian #bookstores (picked by the user themself!)
    Website: libro.fm/
    Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det
    Apple: apps.apple.com/app/libro-fm/id

    My favourite Kindle alternative: #KOBO

    Almost all the books Amazon Kindle has as well, plus that one especially nice feature that Kobo devices have #OverDrive built right in — allowing you to check out free library #ebooks directly from your device.

    kobo.com

    And touching on that last Overdrive bit, check with your library where you have access to. Via my #Maribyrnong #Libraries I have access to #PressReader (Thousands of Newspapers and Magazines) #BorrowBox and #Libby (ebooks for e-readers) and even to the Library Edition of #TheAge

    I am VERY keen to hear others recommendations on better alternatives!

    #books #book #audiobook #ebook #nomoreamazon #bookstodon #reading #mastobooks