Sky Kirkham

Radio stuff at ABC. All opinions my own. @[email protected]

[Sky Kirkham @SkyKirkham]

On Arts in 30 - an extended conversation with the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke. We asked about Khaled Sabsabi, AI, insurance costs for live music, and much more https://t.co/gVDmMrlMbJ

[Sky Kirkham @SkyKirkham]

Now on The Art Show - Khaled Sabsabi speaks about the impact of Creative Australia's decision to appoint and then remove him as Australia's rep to the 2026 Venice Biennale. https://t.co/1g9QJvsG60

[Joey La Neve DeFrancesco @JoeyQuits]

We've long suspected that Spotify was recruiting fake artists and juicing them in its algorithm and placing them on the most popular playlists. Liz Pelly collected the internal docs + other evidence to finally prove it.

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

Today's newsletter: We're watching the internet die as it gets overwhelmed with content built to be popular with algorithms, much of it generated by AI, crowding out stuff created by humans. Ironically, this is also an existential threat to generative AI.
https://t.co/9lvXbgehD9

[Sky Kirkham @SkyKirkham]

Taylor Mac's Bark of Millions was absolutely amazing. Feels almost unfair to have that many staggeringly talented people on stage.

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Here are monthly absolute temperatures (compared to anomalies). This September would not have been out of place as a typical July this decade in terms of global temperatures.

[Sky Kirkham @SkyKirkham]

Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world https://t.co/rUcqyeSnwl via @scroll_in

[Overland Journal @OverlandJournal]

We're so excited to be sharing an extract from Daniel Browning's forthcoming book of essays on journalism, criticism, and First Nations stories, 'Close to the Subject', out next month with @MagabalaBooks

https://t.co/d1hS4z6OGY

[Sky Kirkham @SkyKirkham]

@deejefferson I'm so sorry Dee!

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

to save some nickels Hertz mindlessly reported 1000s of cars stolen a year and got dozens of people arrested and jailed. Their punishment is to settle a lawsuit, none of the Hertz execs responsible for ruining lives and getting people kidnapped and caged will see a day in prison

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Breaking character: In case Elon cancels me soon, I wanted to share with you the greatest NYT parody ever, written I believe by a person who shows up in this account's replies a lot.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end? on Thinking about... https://t.co/DLFVE2OZpG

[Sky Kirkham @SkyKirkham]

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[Frank Bongiorno @fbongiornoanu]

3/3 We now seem to have a system in which it is considered a legitimate defence to say that no law was broken. But it is not a legitimate defence in a system of parliamentary government that rests substantially on convention and practice. It is a serious menace to democracy.

[Jimmy Jenkins @JimmyJenkins]

Arizona Department of Corrections Director David Shinn just told the state legislature we can't shut down private prisons because too many communities rely on the cheap labor they provide and they would "collapse" without it https://t.co/p6VNS3mIVc

[Pat Cunnane @PatCunnane]

So, this is not accurate (obviously). But even if it was…

“Yes, our leader attempted a violent coup. Yes, we’ve done nothing to address it and only stoked the flames of autocracy ever since. So what? Tell us something we don’t know. Lol, send tweet.”

[Greg Jericho @GrogsGamut]

Had to cut a few graphs from my post tomorrow on GDP. Such as this beauty

[southpaw @nycsouthpaw]

Take a second to scroll down The Onion’s home page. https://t.co/R0O7sysu9l

[Nick Bryant @NickBryantNY]

This gotcha questioning is out of control - it has had a disfiguring effect on the campaign. It has made a small bore campaign even smaller. Lot to think about as an industry when this campaign is over…..