It time to say again:

THE ONLY DANGEROUS MINORITY ARE THE RICH

#politics #inequality

Hey Australian friends, please sign this petition, I'd hate to loose my legal identity because of some bigots.

https://track.equalityaustralia.org.au/-/m/view-online?k=EWVxdWFsaXR5YXVzdHJhbGlhAGbWph4bYxzNzc0AEGoVLDSihm1sN3t6NxGtDGbfxrnhOuCfk1bWUA&rg=au

Edit: if you want the exact link it is: https://equalityaustralia.org.au/hands-off-our-protections/

It is a petition by Equality Australia, writing or calling your MPs directly is also totally fine and encouraged!

#LGBTQ #transRightsAreHumanRights #australia

RE: https://mastodon.social/@babadookspinoza/116642309541686781

This is barbaric and inexcusable.
This is immoral.
This is criminal.
This is inhumane.

This is #genocide.

#Israel #Gaza #UN #ICJ #ICC #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CrimesAgainstChildren #WarCrimes #Terrorists #Netanyahu

There's a character in Galápagos, the 1985 novel by Kurt Vonnegut, who has created a computer called the Mandarax that can understand natural language, translate languages, and answer questions on many topics -- it's basically an LLM. His wife does ikebana (Japanese flower arrangements) and she discovers that his machine can do it as well as her because he's tape recorded her classes and fed the data into the computer. She says to him,

"You, Doctor Hiroguchi, think that everybody but yourself is just taking up space on this planet, and we make too much noise and waste valuable natural resources and have too many children and leave garbage around. So it would be a much nicer place if the few stupid services we are able to perform for the the likes of you were taken over by machinery. That wonderful Mandarax you're scratching your ear with now: what is that but an excuse for a mean-spirited egomaniac never to pay or even thank any human being with a knowledge of languages or mathematics or history or medicine or literature or ikebana or anything?"

I read that on the bus this afternoon.

#Books #Tech #AI

ALARM!
How on earth is possible that Israel is allowed to assault and seize vessels in international waters just off Greece/Europe? Besides what you can think of Apartheid Israel and its genocidal leaders, this should send shock waves across Europe.

Apartheid without borders.

ALP: "Times are hard and we need more money"
People: "Tax the Billionaires! Stop wasting money on AUKUS! Tax gas exports! Stop subsidising oil companies! Get rid of tax breaks for rich property investors!, cut Superannuation breaks for multi-millionaires!"
ALP: "We hear you, and we are going to cut services for disabilities"

#auspol #NDIS