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Doing my best re: therulesofcivilconversation.org/just-berkhout-5407d388

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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 2h
I have no words for this sh!t Come on! Let's do what we can to prevent this from becoming any sort of normal. act.getup.org.au/s/l1zdRt3r
act.getup.org.au
Stop the livestreamed firing squad!
Trump's Pentagon is planning to livestream an execution on 3 December, and Australia has no law to keep it off our feeds. Sign the petition!
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 2h
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 7h
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 8h
Must be quite a fun kindy, if the kids are still hanging out there when they're 9 and loving the geography that they study hard from their stack of books on their early 20th century retro desks.
Probably-generated photo of a purportedly real employee at MEYM Kindies with 6 out of focus students in her class that are clearly well beyond kindy age and performing study activities like it is 1926.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 15h
Don't know about you, but I think it is about time for a diplomatic spat.
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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wow a video about the birth of the "Stop de Kindermoord" (Stop the child murder) group. I had seen short excerpts of this, but never the entire video! Automatic translation of the Dutch captions is just about good enough to get the general story here, I think. youtu.be/tDQVlVCh4mM?...
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Traffic & child-safety, 1972 Netherlands.
YouTube video by Ed’s filmarchief
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
gadgetreview.com
Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
OP-ED: “Removing Toronto's bike lanes puts children's health at risk.” Actually, well documented evidence shows that EVERYONE is put at risk. And it costs EVERYONE. “The Ford government decision to tear up bike-lanes is bad for kids, families, cyclists, drivers, taxpayers & the planet.” And more.
torontotoday.ca
OP-ED: Removing Toronto's bike lanes puts children's health at risk
Two members of the volunteer group For Our Kids Toronto argue the Ford government's decision to tear up bike lanes is bad for kids, families, cyclists, drivers, taxpayers and the planet
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"hype [is] an ordinary, structural mechanism for extracting short-term profit"
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Understatement of the year: "...economic costs of wealth taxation, in terms of migration and firm investment, are more limited than the public debate implies."
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Antonio E. Porreca 🐳 @aeporreca.org · 07/10/2026
The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) statement on OpenAI’s October 6 release of mathematical documents just dropped! www.ahmath.org/statements
AHM Statement on OpenAI’s October 6 Release of Mathematical Documents

Yesterday, on October 6th, 2026, OpenAI – which is currently defending lawsuits against accusations of illegal plagiarism, copyright infringement, and trademark dilution – released a repository of manuscripts purporting to contain solutions to a number of high-profile problems in mathematics.

Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done. The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, from whom OpenAI has claimed to derive its legitimacy, opened their initial advisory statement by saying that frontier AI corporations should not test advanced mathematical problems on internal models. In ignoring the central premise of the Advisory Group’s position, OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest.

Mathematicians have a particular vision of progress that is informed by history and field-specific considerations. We reject OpenAI's assertion that this release advances our subject, and we urge mathematicians and the public to view the value of this publication model with due skepticism. 

Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding.

Association for Human Mathematics
Communications Working Group
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mathematicians are unsung heroes and not disposable.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dark side of the moon, Pink Floyd (1973)
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm quite unconvinced that OpenAI's foray into maths is of merit, and I am not thrilled at the prospect of venture capital just collapsing centuries of human endeavour away. bsky.app/profile/aepo...
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What song do you think the 1805 Viennese would have liked, but won't ever get to hear? Not even their great ..great-grandchildren? (Quote Post the very top of this thread with song or opus you're thinking of.)
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Unfortunately OpenAI collapsed 1980 out of musical history, so that won't exist. Vienna might have eaten up While My Guitar Gently weeps (1968), but sorry, that won't ever exist either.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How do you feel? Are you thrilled that 180+ years of musical history just turned out obsolete? Or do you think the 1805 Viennese bourgeoisie might have also liked the eponymous album Iron Maiden?
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
OpenAIs bellicose press release on the afternoon on 8 April 1805, speaks of a new era, that they achieved ultimate alignment, they are open to regulation and also that the weak will be ripped and torn away...
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Viennese bourgeoisie of 1805 is rapt.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In the course of the morning the newest model GPT-5.7 Bonaparte is queried for the pinnacle of future musical development. It immediately spits out the entire Master of Puppets album, thereby speeding up human development by collapsing 180 years, 10 months and 23 days into 1 efficient ChatGPT prompt
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Disposable heroes? It's 8 April 1805, the morning after the tumultuous premiere of Beethoven's newest master symphony Eroica in Vienna. OpenAI has gotten their claws on a score, and ingested the sinfonia.
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great news that High Court has ruled Scope 3 emissions (exported carbon pollution) must be considered in new environmental approvals for coal mines. I’ve moved two Bills in the Parliament to that effect, both times rejected by the enviro-vandals in the ALP and LNP #auspol
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
OpenAI is giving off real Syndrome vibes. When everyone's a Maths Genius, no one will be.
Screenshot of Syndrome, the villain in The Incredibles, monologuing about his cartoon villain ploy for world domination with the captured  Incredibles family electrochained in the background.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join me in signing ✍️
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well, stop posting such interesting papers then, will you?!
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sort of like the job market.
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Opting out of all the ways that the major tech companies can infiltrate our lives is difficult, but not impossible. Let us know where you’re starting from today, and take the month to seek more privacy from the tools you use. www.eff.org/pages/welco...
eff.org
Welcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and Our
Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That looks like an ROI for Adani of about 64000%. QLD just paid Adani $86.42 per Queenslander, man, woman or child.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/10/2026
A Northern Territory body with ZERO full-time staff is the de facto national regulator for online gambling. Last year, Australians lost $36 billion gambling. @justinedavismla.bsky.social tells @ebonybennett.bsky.social about this extraordinary situation on Follow the Money 🎧 theaus.in/4jhnKz9
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"once AI corporations are made to bear the financial consequences of their reckless negligence, a different kind of calculus will come into play"
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spending your bike budget badly and then sticking solar panels on it. I do not believe this was a good faith effort.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 28/09/2026
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices, including numerous instances in which high-profile scientists were listed as members and leaders without their knowledge or consent. #Academicsky 🧪
go.nature.com
Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First ever talk in New Zealand and it's on Halloween 🦇🎃 Thanks to the good people at @spokescanterbury.bsky.social for pulling this together. Really looking forward to it! events.humanitix.com/shifting-the...
events.humanitix.com
Shifting the narrative on road safety with creativity: Tom Flood in conversation
Join leading Canadian design and communications professional Tom Flood for a conversation on how creativity can shift the narrative on road safety
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Mark On A Bike @mtonabike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well these are eye catching from Better Streets for Liverpool
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.bitsoffreedom.nl/en/
bitsoffreedom.nl
Bits of Freedom – Bits of Freedom stands up for internet freedom by protecting the online fundamental rights of freedom of communication and privacy.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bits Of Freedom demonstrating the popularity of Meta Glasses. With Meta Employees. Watch and share
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm actually seeing them with this guy, Tony Baker from Quicksilver. Without the Minerals Council authorisation this time
screenshot of (presumably) mineral council of Australia ad featuring Tony Baker , the managing director of Quicksilver group (a  reef tourism operator)Hands off our fuel  screenshot from (presumably) Mineral Council campaign without authorisation message
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
really hope this can be replicated across every single meta office around the world
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an extraordinary act of direct foreign interference by the US embassy in domestic Australian politics. The Australian government should publicly respond by rejecting efforts by the US embassy to dictate how Australia legislates for a digital duty of care.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With a mostly fossil-fueled Toyota the weekend is uncancelled. Did that narrative truly come from the Libs back then, or was it just whispered to them? @grantennis.bsky.social ?
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Car ad in the cinema told me that I should buy 2 cars. Not even joking. Toyota is running ads telling you to buy an EV for weekdays, and a hybrid for the weekend.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For those playing at home, here's a link to the Mineral Council's deceitful ad. Not sure how long this will remain available: www.youtube.com/shorts/P840O...
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Hands Off Our Fuel. Regional Australia has had enough.
YouTube video by Hands Off Our Fuel
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm being served ads by the Mineral Council of Australia trying to create a narrative about roads and reef tourism operators. Boat tourism operators are having their concerns hijacked by the mining industry. Mining industry can and should internalise their costs.
Screenshot from deceitful ad by Minerals Council of Australia. Campaign title "Hands off our fuel" (Authorised by T Constable Mincerals Council of Australia, Canberra.
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Wiarton Willy @wiartonwilly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The war on walking is much older than the war on cars.
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Giving $17B of stimulus per year to the gas industry is a little thicky thicky dum dum
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@ll Things Just @allthingsjust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We prbly shouldn't forget the 3rd actor in Turing's imitation game: the adjudicator. They have characteristics. And they can be manipulated. For gain.
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