Caitlin Welsh
editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshDemocratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshEvery instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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- Reposted by Caitlin Welshok, whoa. the DOJ just told me that the unredacted version of the document in question contains an image of a victim’s face overlayed on the face of the Mona Lisa image. so, that's why it's redacted. jesus christ
- cool. glad we protected her identity at least www.404media.co/the-doj-reda...
- Reposted by Caitlin Welsh“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.” Incredible.
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshIn the DOJ's Epstein documents, Lawrence Krauss, facing a complaint of sexual misconduct, noted Australia's plaintiff friendly defamation laws: "We may need to initiate a lawsuit (and against Gizmodo in Australia, where basically anyone can sue and win)"
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThe word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
- Reposted by Caitlin Welshthey’ve tried stuff that sounds like this so many times before and it’s just setting donor money on fire to give jobs to people in between dccc gigs. the broccoliheads aren’t going to your content hub!!
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshWhile reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
- Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships. We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThis is, ahhhhh, not good
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshGrim
- Could AI make it harder for women to get a loan? Women already face discrimination when securing finance – AI banking tools are expected to make this worse. My latest investigation for CHOICE. www.choice.com.au/money/bankin...
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThe partner income test traps people in abusive relationships and dangerous households, and the Department is out here doing bad Bridgerton jokes about it
- Reposted by Caitlin Welshyup. base cowardice
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshNot really breaking news here on Bluesky, but "line must go up" is literally the root of every single problem we have! It's why everything fucking sucks now. More so than ever.
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshPretty much any work that relies on creative skill is taking a bad hit; too many people look at it and think, “that’s not hard, *I* can do that” - so (a) they don’t value it, and (b) they can’t tell the difference between good and bad quality. As a result, they’re happy to settle for “cheap.”
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshWhat a stitch-up. Wider engagement on the report card includes lobby groups: AUJS, ECAJ and 5A
- Australian universities will be graded on how well they “deal with” protests, encampments and the display of flags as part of a controversial antisemitism report card system adopted by the Albanese government. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Reposted by Caitlin Welshi know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
- Reposted by Caitlin Welshworth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
- She’s the fucking coolest
- oh hell yes www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kriste...
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshINBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshMy story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshFunny how hard these guys are for Return To Office, but when it’s time for the mass firings we have to be absolutely sure there are no possible gatherings
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThe only surprise is they admit it
- Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition. TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’ www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and again and again)
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshNew from me: Why won't the government switch off the unlawful mutual obligations system? FOI documents reveal a ramshackle Department that's scrambling to cover legal messes, preserve industry profits, and pretend that punishment is policy thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
- never had a faster answer for one of these: "You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve" by Johnny Boy www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp4G...
- Reposted by Caitlin Welshhey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
- The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThis is a great example of what Marx called "the vampire thirst for the living blood of labour."
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshI hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThought this answer on journalistic objectivity was good: www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/can-fascis...
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshDefinitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
- Reposted by Caitlin Welshthey should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
- Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. bit.ly/4rmRhrK
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshHarvard professor Robert Trivers tried to get Jeffrey Epstein in touch with Norman Finkelstein. Instead of accepting, Norman sent a reply calling Alan Dershowitz a pedophile rapist and saying Trivers should be ashamed for defending them, and both should be strangled instead
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshSome folks out there might be too young to remember that prior to 2016 the president being implicated in a child sex trafficking ring was not considered a survivable political scandal
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshBoth the erosion of the TV monoculture and the streaming services just not promoting a lot of their shit are crazy. If I told you there is a currently airing show by 30 Rock co-creator Robert Karlock with Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe would it be your first time hearing about it?
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshI read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshFrom the start of the year to last Friday, the Vice Chancellor of my university was paid the equivalent of an entire annual salary for a full-time Associate Lecturer. (maths based on full pay + super before tax, based on VC's reported 2024 income from the 2025 financial statement).
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshNews came out today of serious security vulnerabilities in seven popular Australian ‘RentTech’ platforms, leaving millions of documents containing renter personal information exposed. Renters often have no choice but to use these apps in order to secure housing. I wrote about it for the Guardian:
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- Reposted by Caitlin Welshi made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org
- Reposted by Caitlin WelshThis is how direct the lineage is, Muddy Waters learned guitar in Mississippi Juke Joints watching Son House & Robert Johnson. 20 plus years later he finds Buddy Guy, fresh off the train from LA & starving in Chicago. Buys him food, & gets him a gig. Legend isn’t even enough.
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- Reposted by Caitlin WelshIncredible story
