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Cake day: March 1st, 2024

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  • Within 18 months, a cop will have used this to put the frighteners on his ex-wife’s new man or something similar. Within 3 years, all pretence will have been abandoned and everyone from the ATO to local councils will have access to the real-world IDs of people’s online accounts.

    This is like word-for-word how every single digital police tool has gone so far in this country.

    Before a thing comes in there’s a huge uproar about the damages it could cause, it comes in causes damages, public goes ‘oh well’ and we keep the thing.

    At no point do we ever look back and say 'Hmm no let’s undo that thing we only implemented a few months ago, it’s clearly harmful to the public. We’re in a losing war, where soon even worse will be normalised.


  • The heritage outrage is ridiculous as these can easily be removed in the future and it’s not the end of the world that it looks different for who knows how long.

    What I can’t agree with is keeping them in the first place, it looks out of place and tacky. And what the fuck was even memorable about these Olympics, shitting in a river, a Dutch child rapist, and Australia committing crimes against humanity under the guise of breakdancing?