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Esther Rockett 🚀

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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 23h
Woke up to find that hell is the US penal system www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Christa Pike woke 'angry and confused' after surviving botched execution
Convicted killer Christa Pike awoke "angry and confused" in a hospital this week, with her first words being: "Where am I?"
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thoughts & prayers @oysta.au 🏉
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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
how angry can i make my dad tonight
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 04/10/2026
“Google's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time.” www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/... Yeah not on my computer it won’t be.
bleepingcomputer.com
Google Gemini could soon get full access to your Mac’s files, apps and the web
Google's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time.
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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 03/10/2026
Weird daylight savings changeover this year, the clocks have gone forward an hour but the calendar has gone back to 1997
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"This is not models going rogue. This is gross incompetence & negligence by a particular company, which actually they could be held criminally liable for." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app cuts to the AI chase.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I take it she won't be describing any car chases
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026
Crypto’s efforts to buy politicians are spreading outside the US. In the UK, over $100 million in crypto money has flowed into Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform UK party, courtesy of Tether-linked billionaire Christopher Harborne and BitMEX’s Ben Delo (pardoned by Trump last year).
Outside the US
The crypto industry's efforts to buy politicians are metastasizing. Some ten-figure donations from crypto billionaires to Reform UK’s Nigel Farage caused outcry in British politics in late 2024 and throughout 2025, as he accepted around £17 million ($22.4 million) across several contributions from Tether-linked British–Thai citizen Christopher Harborne [I98, 102, 105]. The contributions prompted discussion among the UK government over whether to ban large political contributions from British citizens who live overseas.

That conversation has been renewed as the Reform party has accepted contributions amounting to £72 million ($97 million) — half from Harborne, and the other half from BitMEX founder Ben Delo.36 Delo and other BitMEX cofounders were charged in the US in 2020 for violations of anti-money laundering laws; Delo ultimately was sentenced to probation and paid a $10 million fine. In 2025, Delo and the other BitMEX cofounders were pardoned by President Trump [I81].“If you don’t pay taxes, if you don’t live here, you can’t buy your way into our democracy because you’re a billionaire,” said Housing Secretary Angela Rayner in an interview arguing for the Labour Party’s planned legislation. I would argue that even if billionaires do pay taxes and live somewhere, they shouldn’t be able to buy their way into democracy, but I suppose it’s a start.37
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Everything about this story reeks - how the NSW Office of the DPP conspired to harass a District Court Judge and NSW Labor intervened in an inquiry into the scandal www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/a-sti...
theaustralian.com.au
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/10/2026
Nice @lizhicks.bsky.social piece theconversation.com/nsws-largest...
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NSW’s largest coal mine project is set to expand. Here’s what authorities got wrong about the trade-offs
A coal mine in the Hunter Valley region has sparked debate among politicians, environmental advocates and local residents.
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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 01/10/2026
Tech Won’t Save Us is also now on YouTube! You can watch the full video episode there.
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The AI Buildout is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry w/ Ketan Joshi
YouTube video by Paris Marx
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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Russia has bombed a school basically every single day this week, so for those people who say "if this was happening in Ukraine, it would be on the front pages every day", how many times have you seen that on the front page of even one of your national newspapers this week? Zero.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@schizarella
no it's not.

(quoting)

@schizarella
no it's not.
Readers added context:
Yes it is.

Readers added context:
Yes it is.
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Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great stuff from Clinton Fernandes. www.theage.com.au/technology/r...
theage.com.au
Gone ‘rogue’ and set to kill us all? Please. I know the banal truth
There’s snake-oil being sold to us and much of the world is falling for it.
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Source www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI can't write like this. Perfect lede.
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DifficultNes @nesnotnessie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kylie has just won the grand final #AFL
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kylie delivers best #AFL grand final show ever 🪩🏉
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
David Lynch’s Dune.
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Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We need music. This week's theme: tracks which drove our teachers nuts when we sang them again & again. On a trip away, I remember a teacher asking: "Don't you lot know any other songs?" We looked at each other & replied: "I don't like cricket... oh no. I love it..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNT...
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10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
YouTube video by 10ccVEVO
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Ms Carroll expressed frustration at the regular threats she receives from supporters of Mr Trump, struggling to understand why powerful figures do not stand up to Mr Trump. ‘"I'm the only person who succeeded out of all these Americans… It makes no sense," she said.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Trump accuser E Jean Carroll finally gets her damages
Lawyers have shut down Donald Trump's attempt to raise a court case to take back the money awarded to E Jean Carroll, the only person to successfully sue Mr Trump for sexual assault.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Hundreds of the job ads explicitly specified that workers would be "free to enter and exit". ‘"Your passport and cellphone will NOT be held … You're free to go WHENEVER you want"’
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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 24/09/2026
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s one way to solve the housing crisis, I suppose. We can all go live in the Metaverse www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
AI data centre funding surges to record $35 billion
Australian data centre operators have raised a record $35 billion so far this year, according to a new staff note from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21/09/2026
So far, Apple has been slow on pushing AI features. But that also appears poised to change under Ternus, starting with a new set of Apple Watch features that necessitate it constantly listening to you and the people around you. disconnect.blog/red-flags-at...
It appears one of the big initial Ternus pushes will be more comprehensively integrating generative AI into Apple’s products, following the slow deployment under Cook. It’s most visible in a series of new features for the Apple Watch that record everything said around it to recognize sounds and music, provide a recap of your conversations, and allow a “Live Rewind” where you can see a transcript of what was said around you in the past 15 seconds.

At a moment of people freaking out about Meta’s “pervert glasses,” this is Apple moving to make the fear of your devices listening to everything you say a reality that’s openly championed as a new feature. The company is promising it will all be done in a way that respects privacy and security, but that’s what companies always say as we experience a progressive degradation in those very things.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026
Not anywhere near as big a problem as what Amy writes about here, but "the energy transition is inevitable", "Renewables are inevitable" etc instil a sense of complacency when the amount of effort needed right now to make those things happen is immense and absolutely not being fulfilled
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What stage of the AI doom/hype loop are we at when the Financial Times is reminding readers that "if AI really does make humans extinct, every investment goes to zero"?
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"This is a document about the importance of art as a way to comment on the world, the artist’s resilience in the face of the controversies their work might inspire, and the determination not to let violence be the answer to everything." -- @petersob13.bsky.social www.rogerebert.com/reviews/knif...
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Knife review: Salman Rushdie doc is a potent reminder of art's power amid persecution
A simple but strong document about the importance of art as a way to comment on the world.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Related: Tech billionaires are telling us these errors are proof that AI is developing ability to operate autonomously. But really it’s what happens when they run uncontrolled experiments on unlimited budgets in a completely unregulated environment podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...
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No, AI Is Not "Autonomously Hacking" with Cal Newport
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 26 August · 1hr 5min
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is terrifying — for First Nations kids in particular. Happened to drive past the former Kinchela Aboriginal Boys’ Training Home near Kempsey recently; pulled up to have a look. The shadows around that building were such that I couldn't get out of the car. There are still children buried there.
abc.net.au
Controversial youth justice camps to be rolled out in Queensland this year
Offenders will be based at the regional facilities for up to six months and will be required to wear an electronic monitoring ankle tag.
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
WTF?
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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
happy slow horses day to all those that celebrate
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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 17/09/2026
We have been struggling to find the words to talk about this devastating statistic. One of so many that should cause any government to leap into action to end poverty. Thank you Greg.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And everything Microsoft
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Sarah Steel @letstalkaboutsects.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m hanging out for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s Musk, but Going Clear (and the book, and so much more from survivors) has been available long enough now that it honestly surprises me how many people don’t have any qualms about watching TC films. Saddened that Iñárritu cast him.
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Demon King of the New Platform @clothedvillainy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
His political philosophy is strong on making the trams run on time.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“…much of the benefit from the AI boom will likely be captured by overseas shareholders of the multinational companies driving it, while the costs will be borne domestically through higher interest rates and slower growth in other sectors.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
There are three main reasons inflation is rising. Higher rates won't fix them
Some of the main drivers of high inflation are supply issues caused by the US-Iran war and American tech giants spending huge amounts on AI, which are not problems a rate hike will solve.
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here is our (very simple) paper: Elvis M. and McDowell J.C. (2026) No cities on the Moon: a billion tons of water is not enough for sustainability; Frontiers in Space Technologies 7, 2026.1894104 www.frontiersin.org/journals/spa...
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Frontiers | No cities on the Moon: a billion tons of water is not enough for sustainability
We show that, with reasonable consumption rate estimates, that (1) power is not a strong constraint on the lunar population but (2) the roughly 1 billion ton...
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Demon King of the New Platform @clothedvillainy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good news, everybody.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 10/09/2026
THIS IS THE CONTENT I CAME HERE FOR! #hatm #filmsky #moviesky
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Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The High Court of Australia has dismissed Sall Grover’s final attempt to overturn the rulings in the long-running Giggle for Girls discrimination case brought by transgender woman Roxanne Tickle. thepinktimes.com/article/high... #auslaw
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 09/09/2026
Counterpoint: Every Hollywood movie from pre-Cinemascope era is going to look FABULOUS on this new iPhone screen.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Unusual legal stoush in California over use of celebrity images where there was no written contract between photographer and subject. Amy’s chances not good I don’t think www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
How a photo shoot of Amyl and the Sniffers' Amy Taylor ended up in court
Champagne Problems, a series of photos of Amy Taylor, lead singer of Amyl and the Sniffers, by American photographer Jamie Nelson is the subject of a court case.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Israel's closure of the British Consulate-General in Jerusalem is part of its wider attempt to make it impossible for the Palestinians to have Jerusalem as a future capital. arthursnell.substack.com/p/on-closing...
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On closing consulates
And why it’s bound up with Israel’s unilateral annexation of Jerusalem as its capital
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Daniel Verhoeven @daniver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
To navigate the shock waves of A.I., we must restore social science research as an enterprise that starts from the public interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
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Opinion | We Can’t Know Our A.I. Future if We Don’t Study It (Gift Article)
Just as A.I. is poised to change the world, we’re losing our best ways of studying what that change will look like.
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Esther Rockett 🚀 @estherrockett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The masked Nazis were “perfect gentlemen”. “They didn’t spit on *our* children. They didn’t send *us* to a gas chamber. They didn’t kick *us* in the head…”
Sunday Times photo and headline: White women take a party selfie with masked Nazis on an English train. “We were on a day out. Then masked migrant protesters got on our train.
“Activists who brought Dover to a halt on Saturday refused to remove their balaclavas but were ‘very polite’, say fellow travellers…

“The women posted a selfie surrounded by masked men, with the caption: ‘Safest train in the country right now’”
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