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- Right-wing AI “slopaganda” is already normalised in the 24/7 news cycle under Trump. The possibility that One Nation’s similarly pernicious persuasion tactics could win votes in 2028 is increasingly real. satpa.pe/XQTgc5F
- Even a resolution to the fractured National-Liberal Coalition will not solve the dilemma facing the parties, writes Paul Bongiorno. “They are in a pincer movement between the demands of conservative regional voters and more progressive urban voters.” satpa.pe/Kc2fcX7
- Poetry, from Marjan Mossammaparast: Not Sydney’s harbour lights where we dine at the Opera House in Bennelong who was a bridge, looking onto a bridge. satpa.pe/addoQZo
- An urgent question is not if One Nation can win opposition in 2028 but how easily the algorithmic alliance between Big Tech and social media could make this happen – and what this could mean for Australia more broadly. satpa.pe/nE4o8o9
- Trans pioneer Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s new album – recorded in the wake of his dementia diagnosis – calls for joy in the face of the inevitable. It is not so much a raging against the dying light as a slow, graceful waltz in the waning sun. satpa.pe/Mno0IAc
- “Undermining the ability of O’Brien or Ley to land telling blows is their almost complete lack of credibility with voters when it comes to delivering anything,” writes Paul Bongiorno. “One cabinet minister says … ‘no one sees the Libs as the answer’.” satpa.pe/poxcpXa
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