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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

archive.li/cNjIt #ai #technology #climatechange #australia ‘Cooked’: This $1.1b data centre mirrors Melbourne’s much wider conflict

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

De- electrification #energy Indiscriminate AI & data generation & storage, and fk planetary boundaries #environment #climatechange A curse on tech bros, their fossil fuel friends, our oblivious rapacious governments #ai #tech #technology www.wired.com/story/us-dat... archive.li/4fsUg

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Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026

This is actually the first major de-electrification we're seeing in the mid-transition era and I cannot fucking believe my eyes in seeing the core advocates of electrification celebrating and welcoming and encouraging it www.wired.com/story/us-dat...

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Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026

Trying to contain myself this week but "the electrification of information" has sent me INFORMATION WAS ALREADY ELECTRIC. GenAI is taking existing info, making it wrong + 1,000,000x more energy intensive and then BUILDING HUMANITY'S BIGGEST GAS PLANTS that is the OPPOSITE OF ELECTRIFICATION

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/09/2026

I think if you're concerned about planetary boundaries you might consider not doing partnerships with the tech companies that are helping to breach those boundaries - partnerships that very explicitly and directly serve to distract and greenwash from the harms being caused by those companies

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

apple.news/APDA8ObmgRoy... If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a fucking duck! Doesn’t matter how many times you deny it!

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Pauline Hanson’s fury over KKK endorsement — news.com.au

The One Nation leader is furious after a long-time white supremacist leader in the US gave her the tick of approval.

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“green-hushing” 🤐 a general reticence to talk about global heating #climatechange “While there is little time to reverse this parlous situation, humanity does still possess the knowledge & capacity to do so” This is no time for silence. Or distraction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Although, of course ai tech is contributing to destruction by climate & environment via its extreme energy usage, enabling the fossil fuel industry to continue raking in the moolah while spewing emissions 💰 #ai #technology #energy #environment

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Maybe there's still a lack of awareness, but it's baffling that there're people out there still prepared to serve/eat industrially-farmed, antibiotic-loaded, potentially diseased Tasmanian Salmon with a side of exploded seal (do Huon, Tassal & Petuna leadership eat it with their families❓)

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When society knowingly puts people in a "position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death…when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life… knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain"—it's social murder

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Social Murder — the structural violence of capitalism

Why the deaths capitalism causes are not accidents but social murder — the mechanism behind the body count.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026

While we all frantically tried to frame every single piece of climate advocacy as if it's there to reduce power bills, on the grounds of centrist hand-wringing that we're not meant to mention human safety and life and health because it's just not what ppl care about (which is wrong)

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fri 18 Sep For SHAME‼️ Since 2020, Australia's subsidies for fossil fuels have totalled nearly 6 times the amount of aid given to Pacific neighbours - Minister Talia, Tuvalu There is no version of reduced emissions while extraction [of oil, coal & gas] continues - Minister Regenvanu, Vanuatu

Protestors at the weekly Friday protest outside the allegedly pro-environment Josh Burns' St Kilda office put up banners opposite his office
Yellow banner says TAX GAS EXPORTS
Red & white banner says SHAME LABOR DON'T DRILL 12 APOSTLES

Stslwart protest crew at the weekly Friday protest outside Josh Burns's office hold up placards & handout flyers
On the right, protester holds up a TOOT FOR CLIMATE ACTION sign (& TOOT they did!!)

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Mosman Resources @mosmanresources.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is obvious that politicians of our political duopoly no longer even pretend to listen to the electorate. This will only be stopped by voting all the involved parties out of power. Vote Independent or Green.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They stole/steal all available content regardless. But there must be a legal loophole that people are using to fight back. I’m hoping the bullying tactics have lost weight. I mean, now that Trump has splattered tariffs indiscriminately anyway, the threat is meaningless. #ai #technology #usa

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

my head is exploding 🤯 1. #usa have weapons in space 2. #labor #auspol is facing pressure from big tech to make it legal for “AI companies to get unrestricted access to everything Australians create online by default” #ai #technology #australia fk them www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected?

The Albanese government is considering reforms that give US big tech unrestricted access to Australian content

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/09/2026

"[One study] covered one billion offset credits...and found that less than 16% would be verifiably real." "So 85% of offset credits don't pass the first hurdle. They're not real." - University of Melbourne Senior Research Fellow Dr Kate Dooley at today's #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2026

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

do it do it do it 💪 #australia #auspol proposal: – let people switch off the algorithm that decides what they see & instead let them decide themselves #tech #politics pushback immediate❗️cos the algorithm is worth $$$billions+effective tool for political manipulation act.getup.org.au/act/take-bac...

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Angertainment: the outrage machine behind the far right

Webinar with Ed Coper, author of Angertainment, on how the far right has gamed social media and how we can fight back. Thursday 17 September, 6pm.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/09/2026

"If we had started this transition 40 years ago, maybe there was room for these delaying, slower tactics to reduce emissions." "Carbon offsets should be the last option." The Hon Senator Rosa Galvez at today's #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2026 @senrosagalvez.bsky.social

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Leaderlike. My @smh cartoon.

Single frame. Albo at a desk in a dark room with “OFFICE OF AI” on door, hunched up looking at laptop, says, “How do I deal with AI?” Response in computer speech comes: “That’s a great question, Anthony! I can see you really want to do the smart thing in spite of all the risks, climate implications and likely human cost. I can help you look past those inconveniences and focus on producing optimal outcomes for my owners while making you sound responsible and leaderlike. How does that sound?”

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why had he lived so long among those who were not kind?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

great speech by Cory Doctorow: “Repeal worldwide laws against reverse engineering & modification” that prevent tech independence & improvements in other countries (the #usa threatened countries with tariffs if they didn’t enact them) #ai #technology #usa #enshittification youtu.be/azJia30ulng

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The internet needs to be rebuilt | Cory Doctorow on Big Tech and Trump's tariffs

YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Offset shills: "a strong ACCU market w increasing prices over time [..] Investors & landholders need confidence there will be demand in the future" But "The only reason a country needs to create more ‘carbon offsets’ is because it expects to fail to decarbonise." (👀@louisemorris.bsky.social 👇)

Screenshot of a LinedIn post from Growing Australia's Nature Economy (GANE)

Australia has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring more private investment into climate and nature projects and build on the benefits these projects are already delivering across the country.

That was the core message from our recent roundtable with Assistant Minister Josh Wilson MP. Environmental markets can play a much bigger role, but investors need confidence. That means credible outcomes, clear and consistent policy and, above all, a strong Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market with increasing prices over time.

These projects require significant upfront investment and commitments that can last for decades. Investors and landholders need confidence there will be demand in the future and that the rules won't keep changing. Strong compliance markets provide that demand, while voluntary investment from businesses, investors and philanthropists can help fund new ideas and projects beyond what regulation requires. We need both.

Government also has an important role to play. Good environmental markets need credible methods, science, data, measurement, registries and regulation. They also need trusted organisations that can connect landholders with science, policy and investment, including Landcare Australia, First Nations organisations, agricultural groups and natural resource management organisations.

As the Nature Repair Market develops, we should build on what Australia already does well. Accounting for Nature, Reef Credits and other credible voluntary initiatives have created experience and expertise we can use rather than starting again from scratch.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thinking again about this paper on 'Pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent' as Labor gets their way with the INFM method for fossil fuel-perpetuating carbon offsets/ACCUs (doesn't matter that these ACCUs can't be sold to Coal+Gas corps, still going to big emitters)

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Two kinds of political leaders: those who put their heads in the sand & deny there’s a problem, and the ones who accept the science and the need for action. Then don’t do enough to fix it. #auspol #politics #climate performative leadership www.smh.com.au/business/the... archive.md/HZC4n

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It’s easy to blame politicians for our grumpiness. It’s also valid

We’re often angry, sceptical and pessimistic about how our nation is being run. But right now, the research suggests, we’re despairing.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm told voters don't care about Victoria's Treaty I refuse to accept that I've chipped in to Common Threads' independent election scorecards to give voters clear, accessible information about where parties & candidates stand on Treaty, First Nations justice, equity & inclusion Join me if you can

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What do they think might be behind negative “public sentiment”? #ai #technology #protest “GreenSquare will store about 4 million litres of fuel in 16 tanks to power backup generators” Congrats to the fossil fuel industry Tough sht to planet & people #climate www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

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Proposed $1.5b suburban data centre will use more power than a regional city

A $1.47b Spotswood data centre to draw as much power as a regional city triggers pushback, as the state warns the tech industry community sentiment is changing.

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Industry response to the recent successful blockade of power infrastructure…”GreenSquare wants to connect the 240-megawatt facility to the electrical grid via an underground connection to avoid the street-level battles” #ai #technology #protest www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

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Proposed $1.5b suburban data centre will use more power than a regional city

A $1.47b Spotswood data centre to draw as much power as a regional city triggers pushback, as the state warns the tech industry community sentiment is changing.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 08/09/2026

Over 100,000 people have signed our petition for a gas tax plebiscite! 🥳 That's more than can fit in the MCG! 😮 @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don’t understand any of this. China is a sovereign nation, they can do whatever they want. Why aren’t we setting up joint development plans with China? Why aren’t we making friends? Why not serve Pacific Islanders and our relationship with China at the same time? The USA, that’s why. #AusPol

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Leaked texts show Australia will do 'whatever it takes' in Pacific battle with China

Australia is about to sign another wide-ranging, billion-dollar treaty in the Pacific, this time with Solomon Islands. But as it battles its "contest" with China, a question lingers: Is it value for m...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu: ‘We need to stop taking oil and gas and coal out of the ground.” There is no version of reduced emissions, he argued, while extraction continues. @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au's data viz illustrates exactly what he means👇

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Emissions from Australia's fossil fuel exports compared to territorial emissions

A Flourish data visualization by Tim Baxter (Naru Research)

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Data centres are energy vampires. They steal our water power land. They are an environmental disaster. So billionaires can make more money #climatechange #ai #datacenters #protest #billionaires #usa #australia #melbourne

Protesters standing outside an AI summit with two banners. “Data centres are energy vampires. They steal our water power land.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Data Centres-water & energy vampires 👿 #ai #datacenters #melbourne #australia -approved in & close to residential areas in Melbourne’s centre & west -use fossil fuels, huge emissions, emit noise, water drain -zero accountability - consultation ⏰4pm 📅 today Sept 7th 📌Melbourne Convention Centre

Poster: large red font. Energy Vampires Out 4pm Today Sept 7th Melbourne convention Centre

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The damage #media #climatechange “Former Fox News chief executive Roger Ailes threatened to resign after a book portrayed Murdoch as ashamed of the network. Fox was one of News Corp’s most profitable businesses. Murdoch chose the business” #money www.smh.com.au/national/how... archive.md/sCxMe

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How Murdoch the Sun King sold out the planet

Telling his audience the truth has not suited the media titan’s business model.

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