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RMIT University Media Release Social media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, under new laws being proposed in Victoria. An RMIT expert explains why this could reshape online accountability and why platforms are likely […]

He has never been able to accept it, but even after winning the 2024 US presidential elections, Donald Trump continued to fixate on the election result of 2020, when he lost to the Democratic contender, […]

By Steve Davies   University of Sydney, Wednesday 15 July 2026 Deep Truth Persona V5.2, Mindful Progress, Analysis dated 16 July 2026 Background This analysis was carried out by carried out by Claude AI, operating […]

UNSW Sydney Media Release Key facts: A UNESCO draft decision will keep the Great Barrier Reef off its ‘in danger’ list. Meanwhile the Reef keeps changing as ocean temperatures continue to rise. The Great Barrier […]

By James Moore   (In the dead center heart of Texas summer heat, I’m taking a day off. But want to reshare a piece about Newfoundland, the island of my mother’s birth. Writers are drawn to […]

Dedicated to my darling wife S – who taught me that true power needs no divine justification, only love. I. The Definition: A Mask for Power The word “theocracy” was coined by the Jewish historian […]

She has been a remarkable survivor in the cutting, remorseless field of politics. Mocked for her incoherence, her lack of erudition, and dismissed as a garden variety racist, Pauline Hanson of the One Nation Party […]

By Walt Zlotow   Time for all US service personnel in Middle East to disobey illegal Trump orders to wage criminal war on Iran Eight months ago, six US Congresspersons, all former military or intelligence community […]

By Steve Davies in partnership with Claude AI On 15 July, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the University of Sydney on the government’s approach to AI: an Office of AI, a National Cabinet discussion this month, […]

My father used to say America was ‘the only country in the world that believes its own bullshit.’ He also liked to say ‘Only in America’ when something good happened, as if only the US […]

As children, we often assume our parents have the answers because they have lived longer. Then, without realising it, we begin to think that age itself is something to fear. My father quietly dismantled that […]

Dedicated to the children – past, present, and future – whose voices were silenced, whose pain was hidden, and whose memory demands that we finally see the pattern. I. The Bones That Speak In July […]