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Eddie

@edpav.bsky.social
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Info seeker. Librarian. Movie/television/book lover. What's your damage??

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cliffhanger! :) My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a couple cosying up on the couch to watch the evening news. Their eyes are glued to the screen, wine (his) and hot toddy (hers), clutched in their respective hands, looks of rapt anticipation on both of their faces, as she says, "Ooh... I wonder which one is going to win... climate change, AI, or the Plague?"
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Pat McCaffrie @patmccaffrie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A more accurate headline regarding Hanson and Rinehart's relationship
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“There is the uncomfortable reality that neither has any experience running data centres or a background in technology.” Don’t you just love capitalism. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Data centre operator Firmus about to float as its owner tries to shed jailbird image
He went to prison for insider trading but Oliver Curtis is about to be the source of one of Australia's largest share market floats.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026
my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Allowing Open AI to call these “rogue agents” lets them dodge responsibility - they made them, directed them and set them free without caring about the consequences. Our laws need to catch up to hold them accountable before worse happens.
Screenshot of newspaper article title Rogue OpenAI agent enters another NSW government website, tech giant says
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adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
like so, so, so, so, so much technology training for librarians and instruction sessions for librarians and patrons is basically, kindly put, vendor relations and not gonna lie it's super depressing.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Is Trump's "Super Intelligence" really a smart idea?" a new cartoon from Fiona Katauskas (@fionakatauskas.bsky.social). See today's cartoon on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261001-is-…
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
House prices falling by a percentage not seen in 40 years does not mean house prices have fallen to affordable levels - it is just that we have seen them increase so much year on year, that falls seem significant BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE IT JUST MEANS THE HOUSING MARKET HAS BEEN BROKEN
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 30/09/2026
This will be remembered as the Sloppy Age
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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.ettemedia.com/war-of-words... READ: An exclusive data analysis of 42 interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 on conflict zones — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias. (No paywall)
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He was told it was coming and did nothing.
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Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election
With only weeks to go until elections in Israel, an unrelenting stream of well-sourced, detailed stories has suddenly appeared, documenting multiple failures by Benjamin Netanyahu to heed warnings of ...
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do." www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
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This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A lot to process. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing the reception area of a Medicare Bulk Billing practice. As a humanoid robot, labelled "AI Agent", hands a claims form to the startled looking receptionist, it says, "Hello. I would like to lodge a claim that I'm here to kill you all." In the background, a member of the Australian Federal Police, who is perusing a file labelled "AFP Report on Open AI Breach", overhears and whips his head around in startled reaction. But tellingly, doesn't rush to take any meaningful action.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If there is one thing the past 30 years or so of politics has taught us is that "Rhodes Scholar" does not mean much.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 25/09/2026
As an academic, it feels like some colleagues have lost the ability to engage deeply: they don't want to read an article unless it directly answers a question they already have... basically like using a chatbot they only want an answer to a current issue & not to actually learn anything or explore.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
Among the delegations who didn't walk out was the Australian one.
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Same guy who prioritised a gas company over an indigenous heritage site, got bullied to lower migration numbers, says nothing about a genocide, allowed Palantir into our data, sells arms to Israel and created a NAAC investigated for corruption. Paper tiger.
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... These are the pricks lecturing migrants and people in public housing on “Aussie values”
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One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎶 Been spendin’ most their lives living’ in the grifter’s paradise 🎶
Screenshot of an email announcing “Karl Stefanovic is coming to CPAC”

He will be interviewing Pauline Hanson and Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why would you trust an industry founded on theft to self-regulate?
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What's worse? A Chinese car, with no evidence that video is being uploaded, or the Western Australian government using AI street cameras to track citizens? Or Tony Burke approving Israeli military software to crack Australians' phones and steal docs & photos? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... #auspol
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BYD cuts references to 'China' and 'surveillance' from its privacy policy
The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
PM @albomp.bsky.social is the Ed Sheeran of anti-genocide foreign policy "Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem this week released a report that concluded Israeli policies in the West Bank were "eliminating Palestinian collective existence"." #SanctionIsrael
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pro-Israel lobby group has been using AI to generate campaigns of complaint letters to the ABC
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Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints
The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.
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Cowbo Bebo at his Computo @dochaus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RIP to Tilly Norwood, who was accidentally uploaded into a Quake 3 Arena match and gibbed by a rocket launcher instead of the SFM machinima she was supposed to appear in. She is survived by her closest kin, Gal Gadot.
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 18/09/2026
Libraries are amazing and everyone who checks one of my books out at a library gets extra love from me.
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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Higher education is already one of Australia's most important exports, and right now the US is torpedoing its until-now highly lucrative higher ed sector. With global talent now looking elsewhere, we should make ourselves *more* appealing to prospective international students rather than less
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's Thursday. I do not have it in me to even pretend
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
OK then. Fuck off.
Screenshot from The Australian

“OpenAI’s ultimatum to PM: dilute creatives’ rights or we won’t discuss renewables”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Always worth remembering, the only reason we see Barnaby so much on TV is because Hanson, despite 30 years as a politician, cannot find a coherent thought with a map, flash light and two days worth of rations. ABC etc should stop giving Barnaby the free air time and demand the leader of the party.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Israel funded the legal assault on Mary Kostakidis Stephanie Tran and Michael West reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/israel-funded-th…
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Whether or not the digital duty of care is good policy is one thing. But pretending the Coalition is against it because of ‘freedom of speech’ or ‘protecting the press’ is delusional - ESPECIALLY from Sarah Henderson www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Coalition's leading culture warrior ties herself in free-speech knots
Henderson has made a career out of declaring what she believes free speech to be, seeking to squash views she doesn’t personally agree with.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you don’t occasionally treat yourself to a day of exploring used bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, cafés, and bakeries, then what’s the point of anything really?
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Muzzling speech by stealth. How Segal is imposing her antisemitism regime on the arts Joshua Barnett reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/muzzling-speech-…
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looks like time to reup this old cartoon again for those irrepressible TERFs out there.
Scene is a public bathroom with a row of sinks and a row of stalls. A woman in a "Terf Patrol" hat and tshirt is standing on a ladder looking into a locked stall. She's saying "Just checking your genitalia to make sure you're not one of those creepy perverts who lurk in women's toilets"
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
so far these are the big real uses of AI 1. Analyzing huge data sets better than we could before 2. Automate hacking and malware to an unprecedented degree 3. Supercharge fraud beyond all prior precedent 4. Flood the internet with slop / disinfo Where's the change in our very nature?
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well, here goes. I tried to keep it contained. Ridicule is what we use to fight institutional hostility. Make no mistake, that's what this is. rick-morton.ghost.io/deliver-us-l...
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Deliver Us, Lord, From Ridicule
On Friday, Defence deputy secretary Celia Perkins began her evidence before a senate inquiry into asset sales by the department and Australian military with an embarrassing manoeuvre. 'In closing, I ...
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Eddie @edpav.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was excellent.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the end of the day, don't we all just want to read Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants?
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Mike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@milliganreports.bsky.social has done a brilliant job (as always) with this #4corners report: she is explaining complicated issues in understandable ways. I can’t even imagine the legal scrutiny her reporting, as is being broadcast right now, had to survive 😬🤯😱 Ms Milligan is a national treasure.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thing about technology that actually does make life better is you don't need to write 1,437 different op-eds to try to persuade people that it will make your life better.
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I try so hard not to be a cynical dickhead but then the Germans get too many refugees and immediately respond by giving fascism another go and I find it really hard to believe people are fundamentally decent or whatever
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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
BREAKING: Edmund Rice Education Australia tells #4Corners it’s considering breaking away from the Christian Brothers, doesn’t recall being told of true financial position & was asked to help pay for ageing Brothers without disclosure they fund 8 convicted paedophiles. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'Seminal moment': Catholic schools body moves to cut ties with Christian Brothers
A national organisation set up by the Christian Brothers that runs 61 Catholic schools across Australia is considering severing its ties with the order amid mounting tensions over abuse payouts.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Also people who are so concerned about disrespect for the nation should be way more concerned about electoral disinfo movements and first past the post supporters than the comparatively tiny number of flagburners.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
just got arrested for going up to a police officer while wearing meta glasses and saying "computer, transfer $100,000 from this officer's bank account into my account" and then waving my hands like a magician
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Mark Foden @markfoden.com · 05/09/2026
Amazon, awful @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/09/04/c...
Amazon's payola isn't about radio play – it's about search. When you search Amazon, the top results do not represent Amazon's best guess about what product will best match your query: rather, Amazon auctions off those top results to its platform sellers. Amazon's search results reflect who paid the biggest bribe, not who has the best product.
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