Director Conservation Council ACT. Did a PhD on the manosphere, masculinity, social media and extremism. Also tweets about sport and Bowie, and am in the SES.

Canberra
Look what has arrived! I got my copies on my book - it is now very real and also very surreal! The book comes out in the UK on February 7 and will be in stores in Australia on May 16. See online ordering options in the next week.
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A geek who hacks Medicare would be charged. A company that creates an AI agent that hacks Medicare should be charged.
Breaking: Anthony Albanese rings up Sam Altman to express "severe concern" after finding out an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal in June. Richard Marles says while the impact was "minor" it is a "warning in terms of what can happen" abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/aโ€ฆ
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Simon Copland ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰ retweeted
An open letter to @KenPaxtonTX
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I wonder if you bombing all the sewage plants has anything to do with this?
Palestinians dumping sewage into the very land they pretend they care so deeply about. While Israelis are trying to preserve natural resources, Palestinians are turning Nahal Hebron in Judea and Samaria into a dumping ground.
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Simon Copland ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰ retweeted
Israelis are protesting outside the NAZA filmmaker's *parent's* house calling for them to be put to death
ืžืจื“ื›ื™ ื“ื•ื“, ืจื•ืขื™ ืกื˜ืืจ ื•ืขืฉืจื•ืช ื ื•ืกืคื™ื ืžืคื’ื™ื ื™ื ืžื•ืœ ื‘ื™ืช ื”ื•ืจื™ื” ืฉืœ ืจื—ืœ ืฉื•ืจ, ื™ื•ืฆืจืช ื ื–ืดื. ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ืžื—ืื” ื–ื™ื”ื• ืžืคื’ื™ืŸ ื ื’ื“ื™, ื”ืงื•ืœื ื•ืขืŸ ืื™ืชืžืจ ืจื•ื–, ื•ื”ื—ืœื• ืœืจื“ื•ืฃ ืื—ืจื™ื• ื•ืœื“ื—ื•ืฃ ืื•ืชื• ื‘ืงืจื™ืื•ืช ืดืขื•ื ืฉ ืžื•ื•ืช ืœื‘ื•ื’ื“ื™ืืด
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RT @SenatorThorpe: Burke just announced visa overstayers will be put in detention. I guess Albanese must have felt left out of the โ€œlock tโ€ฆ
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๐ŸšจHORRIBLE: A child walks alone through the rubble, carrying his schoolbag as Israeli tank fire and aircraft strike nearby in Gaza. He crosses hundreds of meters of destroyed homes, exposed to the immediate danger of being killed, just to reach his classroom. This is a childโ€™s reality in Gazaโ€ผ๏ธ
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This is so gross.
Stop and search. Handheld metal detectors. Any public place. Any time of day. Adults and Children. No warrant needed.
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Israel refuses to let equipment into Gaza that would help rescue humans still alive under the rubble of a collapsed building. Monsters.
BREAKING: Gaza rescue chief: 'We can still hear the voices of people alive beneath the rubble' ๐Ÿ”ด LIVE updates: aje.news/k6nock?update=49551โ€ฆ
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Western discourse around Israel's actions in Gaza has been surreal. From the start, Israeli officials have constantly expressed classic genocidal intent (see below), followed by actions to implement it. And yet Israel's western loyalists steadfastly pretend they never said it:
Israel will โ€˜finish the jobโ€™ in Gaza and seek Palestiniansโ€™ migration โ€” defense minister timesofisrael.com/liveblog_eโ€ฆ
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The Israeli Government consistently makes genocidal statements. Yet apparently it is still 'antisemitic' for people to call it a genocide.
Israel will โ€˜finish the jobโ€™ in Gaza and seek Palestiniansโ€™ migration โ€” defense minister timesofisrael.com/liveblog_eโ€ฆ
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#380 Blood, Sweat, And Tears by Blood, Sweat, And Tears (1969) An album that fuses fiery blues-rock with jazz, there are some great moments in the album. But also some of it is a little bit much. The album was a huge success, but it didn't last for the band. 7/10
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#596 The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips (1999) Pure hopeful joy. The Flaming Lips are ingenious, honest, and very grounding. The music is lush, almost angelic, but also powerful and intense at the same time. Loved this. Love them. 8.5/10
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#597 American Dream by LCD Soundsystem (2017) I've listened to Sound of Silver so many times I skipped all of the rest of their work. But this is awesome. Sonically very similar to their other work, but still creative, energetic and enjoyable. Love the tributes to Bowie. 9/10
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Simon Copland ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰ retweeted
Neutrality in the face of genocide is just another form of violence. #edsheeran #freepalestine
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I doubt that Ed Sheeran is anti-Palestine. By the fact those acts were there in the first place, Iโ€™d be willing to bet heโ€™s even supportive in a passive, โ€œyeah, sureโ€ kind of way. What happened is, when he faced adversity, he blinked and then got blindsided when no one else did.
You can check my past tweets, I noted a few weeks ago that Ed Sheeran was touring with a LOT of pro-Palestinian acts and gave him credit for doing so, thinking it was an intentional choice. Weirdly, apparently it was entirely accidental somehow?
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Great example of the Streisand Effect.
From a political point of view, Robert Kraft demanding that an artist be booted from a tour for saying "Free Palestine" seems guaranteed to bring far more attention to that phrase than letting him say it in the shows that were left on the tour.
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RT @Tanishaevonne: Ed Sheeran: I don't speak out because my audience includes children. Ms Rachel: Free Palestine, Black Lives Matter, siโ€ฆ
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