LineNoise

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Show threadLineNoiseFeb 3, 2024
A reminder: never, ever, call police on someone whose welfare you care about.
Show threadLineNoiseFeb 1, 2024

Worth noting the Crikey had an article on this back in December with Cam Wilson and, notably given events since, Antoinette Lattouf on the byline.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/12/13/viral-footage-gas-the-jews-police-factcheckers-unverified/

Advocates for a genocide have no standard they will not violate. They are, after all, advocates for a genocide.

Viral footage showed protesters chanting 'gas the Jews'. Nobody can verify it

Edited videos from the Australian Jewish Association prompted global outrage, but further evidence from sources other than the group has not emerged.

Crikey
LineNoiseFeb 1, 2024

No evidence of antisemitic chant at pro-Palestinian Sydney protest, police find

Edited footage of protesters chanting "gas the Jews" at the rally outside the Sydney Opera House in October was shared on social media, but NSW Police said an extensive investigation found no evidence of it happening.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/no-evidence-of-antisemitic-chant-at-pro-palestinian-sydney-protest-police-find/79te3i0sp

No evidence of antisemitic chant at pro-Palestinian Sydney protest, police find

Edited footage of protesters chanting "gas the Jews" at the rally outside the Sydney Opera House in October was shared on social media, but NSW Police said an extensive investigation found no evidence of it occurring.

SBS News
Show threadLineNoiseFeb 1, 2024

Looks like it does do the thing Adobe claimed it wouldn't after all.

Still poor form from Nine for using it in the first place, and for not catching it in the editorial process. But seems this is just another reminder this week of the biases of generative models.

LineNoiseFeb 1, 2024

Adobe Photoshop's AI tools put women politicians in bikini bottoms and their male colleagues in suits

After Nine blamed an 'automation' error in Photoshop for producing an edited image of Georgie Purcell, I set out to find out what the software would do to other politicians.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/02/01/adobe-photoshop-generative-ai-women-politicians/

Adobe Photoshop's AI tools put women politicians in bikini bottoms and their male colleagues in suits

After Nine blamed an 'automation' error in Photoshop for producing an edited image of Georgie Purcell, I set out to find out what the software would do to other politicians.

Crikey
LineNoiseFeb 1, 2024

Daniel Keneally served 15-month intensive correction order after being found guilty of fabricating evidence

The disgraced police officer son of former senator and NSW premier Kristina Keneally has avoided jail time for fabricating evidence that put an innocent man behind bars.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-01/daniel-keneally-sentenced-fabricating-evidence-nsw-police/103413136

Daniel Keneally handed 15-month intensive correction order after being found guilty of fabricating evidence

The disgraced police officer son of former senator Kristina Keneally has been handed a 15-month intensive correction order.

ABC News
Show threadLineNoiseJan 30, 2024
Unfortunately of late it’s been used as a platform to launder the transphobia of both Barry and producers.
Show threadLineNoiseJan 29, 2024
Respect to the investigations team for running this.
LineNoiseJan 29, 2024

ABC hires 'notoriously anti-worker' US law firm, Seyfarth Shaw, in Antoinette Lattouf unlawful dismissal case

The national broadcaster will be represented by Seyfarth Shaw, which has a decades-long reputation of anti-union practices in the US, to act in the Fair Work Commission matter involving journalist Antoinette Lattouf.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-30/abc-hires-seyfarth-shaw-in-lattouf-unlawful-dismissal-case/103394616

ABC hires 'notoriously anti-worker' US law firm, Seyfarth Shaw, in Antoinette Lattouf unlawful dismissal case

The national broadcaster will be represented by Seyfarth Shaw, which has a decades-long reputation of anti-union practices in the US, to act in the Fair Work Commission matter involving journalist Antoinette Lattouf.

ABC News
Show threadLineNoiseJan 29, 2024

Housing costs, rental or purchase, are only resolved by supply and ending real estate's position as an investment vehicle.

That means large scale public housing investment to the point that it actively devalues property on a capital value bases. Rental yields are already a poor investment on their own. That leaves the "just park the money" crowd with a simple choice: sell now or watch it depreciate.