Reposted by TAS ASCAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026OpenAI exec Jason Kwon flew to Australia to pledge to regain our trust after the Medicare Statistics hack last month. After the hearing, he told the ABC he "can't explain" why Australians don't trust AI (at higher rates than almost any country) www.abc.net.au/news/... 146716
Reposted by TAS ASBen Eltham @handle.invalid · 03/10/2026The neocloud bubble is wild. Aussie startup Firmus has an IPO next week forecast at $30b. Its plans include 2 data centres that will suck 15% of the electricity in Tasmania, the main customer is OpenAI, it has no audited financials, and its co-founder is a criminal www.reuters.com/business/5-b...reuters.com$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two monthsAs Australian data centre operator Firmus prepares to launch a $5 billion initial public offering, the country's second-largest ever, prospective investors are questioning the firm's surging valuatio... 26204109
Reposted by TAS ASNikki @nicolejensen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Too many key bits to quote, but a great article. #ai #fuckai #politas #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash‘AI factories’ developer on track to launch the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, but investors warn its forecasts are ‘a little bit of a fairytale’ 032
Reposted by TAS ASRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 44837471877
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Love this version podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Flood MythPodcast Episode · The Ancients · 2 July · 56min 184
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just got unsolicited and unwanted text message from Kyle Barrett. 🙄 Hope the rest don’t have access to phone numbers and we get swamped by spam! 120
Reposted by TAS ASMatt Kirkcaldie @matttkk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Deeply angered by our high-school-prefect government gutting the things which make Tasmania special and unique, so they can bankrupt the state building a stadium for the AFL to profit. A clown show of secrecy and incompetence. #auspol #politas www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani...themercury.com.au 1135
Reposted by TAS ASEverybody Wang Chung Tonight @wangchungtonight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#Insiders is still shit 031
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My husband is making me watch it to see things outside our left wing bubble but I’m now at the point of rocking backwards and forwards in the foetal position 😢 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Everything can be fixed with nuclear. Whenever you can’t present a policy shout the word nuclear. Hey look over there 👀 000
Reposted by TAS ASJason Jasonson @jaseygalore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Felix Ellis is a piece of steaming fetid human shit #PoliTas 131
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But we can all go to relax and forget about it at the new hot springs resort. 🙄 pulsetasmania.com.au/news/crown-l...pulsetasmania.com.auCrown land offered up for northern Tasmania hot springs resortThe expression of interest process opens in October and runs three months… 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Many ‘movers and shakers’ of Launceston are part of a not so subtle in-group. Religious elements have quite a presence in local developments/business/government. 030
Reposted by TAS ASSéan Valentinus @seanvalentinus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026we gotta be LOUD about this one folks. australia is not the US, and fringe religious extremist policies play far worse in our electorates One Nation has DECLARED that they are coming to take away our abortion rights #auspol #onenationsmh.com.auNSW One Nation leader says party will ‘stop’ abortion rightsMike Newman, the investment banker turned One Nation leader, told an anti-abortion rally outside parliament on Tuesday that One Nation wanted abortion “stopped” while also seeming to confuse the issue... 074
Reposted by TAS ASMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you follow me on social media, please subscribe to Democracy Docket. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. You won't get spam or have your email sold. You will just get accurate pro-democracy news, information and analysis Link: demdock.com/4w6emld 191482460
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026After Firmus sponsoring all major Tasmanian sporting teams now, I can’t help but see the Cripps Ambassador proclaiming ‘Tasfirmia’. #politas #datacentres #auspol 010
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Firmus is now major sponsor for Hobart Hurricanes, Tas Tigers, Tas JackJumpers, Tas Jewels and Tas Devils. Just waiting for the govt to change Tasmania to Tasfirmia #politas #auspol #datacentres 172
Reposted by TAS ASABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 14/09/2026AI data centre company Firmus lodges TASCAT appeal against council's 'unreasonable' restricted generator useabc.net.auData centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator useAn energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used. 095
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The media is the fat controller youtu.be/UW490Q_yTKk?...youtu.beThe Fat Controller Gets In A Mess | Thomas & Friends UK | Videos For KidsYouTube video by Thomas & Friends UK 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026No caps is so disappointing but at least grandfathering has been removed. 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Razays reaction was ridiculous and then pulse doing a story on it🙄 Sorry you make your bed… 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026George Razay has been disappointing so many times since he’s been in there. 020
Reposted by TAS ASDr Paris Buttfield-Addison 🔜 MIGW26 @hey.paris · 09/09/2026for anyone not following tasmanian politics, know the bullshit AI data centre company is sponsoring the new AFL team that will play in the stadium we don't want/can't afford www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani... #politas 2227
Reposted by TAS ASThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026‘South Park’ remains undefeated 😂 variety.com/2026/tv/news... 361710444
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Today he compared it to his own 25yr mortgage where he ended up with a house after paying it off. Proudly asserting we will end up with the ships being paid off 5yrs before they have to be replaced. Eric fails to see the difference that a house appreciates in value and the ships will depreciate. 🙄 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Brilliant version but where are all the penises? @k8lister.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...podcasts.apple.comHow Many Penises Are There On The Bayeux Tapestry?Podcast Episode · Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 4 September · 54min 111
Reposted by TAS ASHistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026📣 Announcement! We’re delighted to share a brand-new podcast series that invites expert historians to challenge your perceptions of the past. CHALLENGING HISTORIES is hosted by historian and author, @amyfuller.bsky.social. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... 25426
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Meanwhile the Tas police minister dog whistles at every opportunity. #politas www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...abc.net.auEp 24 - Gun Grandstanding - Media WatchA Tasmanian minister whips up discontent on his socials, following an inconvenient question. 052
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... #politas #datacentresabc.net.auHydro Tasmania assesses state's biggest-ever power requestHydro Tasmania expects to decide whether to approve an AI data centre company's request for 450 megawatts of power by the end of the year, with new generation needed to support the increased demand. 011
Reposted by TAS ASRoland Browne @slowguns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If ever there was a motion deserving the support of every single Tasmanian MP, this is it. Amidst the lies and half-truths and secrecy, this could be the last chance to insert some integrity into the stadium cost train crash. #nonewstadium. #politasnonewstadium.auMeg Webb MLC: Motion to parliament to release stadium costs - No New Stadium 0188
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026At least you didn’t ask for a groom of the stool. Quite restrained of you both. 👑 100
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I couldn’t get over the anti Islamic dog whistling. He ran some “what appeared to be very Ron DeSantis inspired” election ads so may have some maga merch hidden in his closet. 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026He has ‘ambitions’ for it though! Bit like Morrison having ambitions for Turnbull. 000
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Stadium is now giving me trump ballroom vibes. Nothing else matters except this vanity project. 154
Reposted by TAS ASDr Lisa Denny @lisadenny.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Live in Tasmania? Moved here recently? Perhaps you left recently? Tell us about your experiences living in Tasmania. #politas #lgtas form.typeform.com/to/kQjcqemw?...form.typeform.comLiving in TasmaniaTurn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE. 037
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I wrote a 1 star review on google maps explaining their error and it got taken down 🤔 120
Reposted by TAS ASOxy Moron @curator-oxalis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Tasmanian Liberal Government about to inflict savage cuts to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Our state museum, gallery and herbarium. Hearing up to a third of staff to be made redundant. #auspol #politas 62013
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Graham said the only light bulb he cares about is the fridge one. 030
Reposted by TAS ASDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Dave Hughes's 'common sense' is just another rich person whining, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "Hughes’ wealth is neither common, nor his complaints based in sense." www.deepcutnews.com/p/dave-hughe...deepcutnews.comDave Hughes’s ‘common sense’ is just another rich person whining – Amy RemeikisWe hear too often about the concerns of the rich, and not enough about the concerns of Australia’s silenced majority 1728695
Reposted by TAS ASABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/08/2026Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancerabc.net.auAustralia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launchTwenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping. 064201725
TAS AS @bsas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What chance is there for change when leaders hold these views. The junior association president in this article was subsequently promoted to president of WA country association. www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07...abc.net.auTackling in children's sport defended as new report links head impacts and brain diseaseResearchers are calling for junior sport modifications after linking head impacts to a degenerative brain disease. But sporting bodies say teaching kids to tackle safely is key. 100