It’s my birthday tomorrow, and this is a very special birthday link roundup. It will be exactly the same as the normal link roundup, but I want you to think about birthdays while you read it.

Patrick Marlborough in Vice on how Robodebt destroyed people’s lives, speaking from personal experience.

The shaky foundations of Dan Andrews’ plan for social housing.

ABC piece on how former Collingwood player Heretier Lumumba reconnected with his African heritage and exposed Australian football’s culture of brutal racism.

The axing of Australia’s last Vietnamese bilingual education program, at Footscray Primary School, and what it means for the Vietnamese community.

Is it time for the left to back nuclear energy? No idea, personally.

What Berlin’s turn to revanchist, nostalgic architecture means for the city’s politics.

How a courier’s co-op in San Francisco competes with Uber Eats.

Scientists finally identify a mysterious green gas used by cops on protestors in Portland. Bit weird that Americans aren’t even allowed to know the chemical composition of the stuff they’re being gassed with! Seems like that should be public information!

Is there a credit crash coming? Is a debt tsunami headed towards the global economy. Nah it’ll probably be fine I reckon. Happy birthday to me.

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