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Graham Lea

@evolvable.bsky.social
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Technologist working on Climate Action • Software, Product, Leadership • agile, startups, microservices, UX, & more • Getting quite political Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia Also: aus.social/@evolvable linkedin.com/in/grahamleasydney

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13h
Yet more evidence for the towering heap of proof that synthetic users are bullshit. As with all AI products, they do not improve "productivity" for a task but create an excuse not to do the task. In this case, the task is research. AI participants do not help you do research, but to AVOID research.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 12h
The most radical arm in Australian politics (and the world) right now is the far right. And yet this is the analysis for the Greens.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 23h
Wow. Important, thorough, and damning work here from @ettemedia.bsky.social on bias evident in ABC 7.30 interviews around international conflicts across four years. 👏👏🙏 #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 23h
Wow. Important, thorough, and damning work here from @ettemedia.bsky.social on bias evident in ABC 7.30 interviews around international conflicts across four years. 👏👏🙏 #auspol
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I want to make a word popular: UNMANIPULABLE 🧟 Here's some brain-dead arguments I've been seeing in real LinkedIn posts recently: (not my points! 🙅🏻‍♂️) - It's near impossible to build a successful innovative business in Australia, according to someone whose innovative Australian business is thriving.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every single person in this photo knows full well that only one of them is proud to be where they are & certain that they are doing the right thing. Shame on Labour for having a 94 year old Jewish woman arrested & physically removed using counter terrorism powers. (Photography by Terry Neill)
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I want to make a word popular: UNMANIPULABLE 🧟 Here's some brain-dead arguments I've been seeing in real LinkedIn posts recently: (not my points! 🙅🏻‍♂️) - It's near impossible to build a successful innovative business in Australia, according to someone whose innovative Australian business is thriving.
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climatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 28/09/2026
Approving the HVO coal mine expansion would unleash decades of pollution at a time when Australians are already paying the price for worsening climate impacts. We need to protect our communities from worsening climate disasters and costs, not add more fuel to the fire.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
End Times Fascism is now an *international* bestseller. Folks, you made this happen and we are so grateful. @astra.bsky.social
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Victorian Police are investigating after our 2 ASRC Catering Social Enterprise Vans were stolen. To those who have reached out asking how they can help. There’s two ways: Chip in to help cover what insurance won’t: donate.asrc.org.au Call 000 if you spot either of our ASRC Catering white vans
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Mila Atmos @milaatmos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@amywestervelt.bsky.social joined me on @futurehindsight.com to talk about how the information ecosystem is so polluted that it’s actually limiting our First Amendment rights! Tune in!!
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It appears if you ask A.I. for a retirement strategy, it will suggest you should be Taika Waititi and hook up with Michelle Yeoh. I think it might have the maths a bit wrong, though, as usual.
Screenshot of an advertisement with what appears to be an AI-generated watercolour sketch of two supposedly generic retirement-age people who look very similar to Taika Waititi and Michelle Yeoh. Text reads:
“7 RETIREMENT INCOME STRATEGIES
With a $750,000 Portfolio”
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#GoodNews about condors that you didn’t know you needed to hear. youtube.com/shorts/963uj...
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Good news about condors!
YouTube video by Alex Falcone
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
- Social media brain rot where we've failed to see that we are human beings connected to other unique human beings and therefore, just because something doesn't reflect my experience, it doesn't mean it's wrong or "bad" or something you can't still read/watch/play, etc.
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MarketUnfiltered @marketunfiltered.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Australia just drew a line in the sand: AI-made songs can go viral, but they can’t top the ARIA Charts. After an AI-assisted Madonna cover surged to #2, ARIA ruled charts must reward music that’s substantially human-made.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 31/07/2026
My car went rogue after I turned on cruise control and jumped out
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth." "At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care."
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It appears if you ask A.I. for a retirement strategy, it will suggest you should be Taika Waititi and hook up with Michelle Yeoh. I think it might have the maths a bit wrong, though, as usual.
Screenshot of an advertisement with what appears to be an AI-generated watercolour sketch of two supposedly generic retirement-age people who look very similar to Taika Waititi and Michelle Yeoh. Text reads:
“7 RETIREMENT INCOME STRATEGIES
With a $750,000 Portfolio”
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Moments you may have missed from the world’s biggest international cooperation talks www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Moments you may have missed from the world's biggest talks
The United Nations General Assembly met against a backdrop of global instability, a warming planet and a fractured world order.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home
Winnie the Pooh & Christopher Robin inspect a hollow oak
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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Recently, I keep seeing examples of people using AI for things where perfectly good deterministic tools are available. While I understand AI is the new shiny tool, do we need to use it for everything? Especially if deterministic alternatives exist? What do you think?
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
… is feeling very justified in opting out of ‘My Health Record’ from day one because I don’t trust Australian governments and their IT consultants to keep data safe, so why would I let them collect my entire medical history in one database. #auspol #OpenAI #Medicare #hack
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Conservatives’ latest plan for shifting wealth from young people to property developers, property investors, and downsizing retirees just dropped. Giving people more money that they instantly hand over to already wealthy people doesn’t make housing more affordable, it makes it worse.
ANC News screenshot: “Coalition re-ignites super debate by floating ideas to lift home ownership”
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026
This is why tech companies only want voluntary and partial standards for clean energy. They keep talking about how they're "powering clean energy" and "driving the energy transition", but look what happens when you hold them to that claim www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Data center developer sues city after requiring company to supply renewable energy on-site; subheading says critics in St. Louis worry about the center’s water usage, impact on the city’s air quality and utility costs.
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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For whatever reason the fact that LLMs manifest their task completion with language has had folks wanting to jump the gun on a big thorny question of whether/when they “think” in the sense that we all have come to understand it. They may simply not need “think” to to complete complex tasks.
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Around 1 million species now face extinction, many within the next few decades. We are facing multiple crises at the same time. No time to waste. Protect nature and ourselves. #ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #nature #rewilding #animals #cop16 #cop16cali
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wild: Quest apartments data breach includes millions of customers’ data, for many of them enough PII leaked to possibly open a bank account. 🤯 www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
Nearly two million Quest Apartment Hotels customers affected by data breach
Experts say the incident raises fresh questions about how long companies are retaining customer data for.
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punterspolitics.bsky.social @punterspolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New podcast episode out now, watch it if policy over party politics is your thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIHY...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why do I feel like a lot of 2027 security post-incident reviews are gonna be like “we really should have kept data in siloes and gaps between AI agents”?
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This electric car was built in 1912 and got a #solar power upgrade in 1960. It isn't for lack of solutions that we haven't solved this crisis. No more delays. No more excuses. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #Climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The best piece of news, after a relentless and brutal attempt to destroy a decent person and make an example of her, to scare others to silence. No thanks to the mainstream, which said and did nothing to defend the principle of press freedom and her right to report fact and express an opinion.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TFW you try to explain nuances that you think differentiate your party from German fascists with practically the same headline policies #auspol
SBS News headline “'We are not the AfD':
Barnaby Joyce rejects German far-right question” with picture of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A very useful article and map of who's who in the Atlas Network cabal. #auspol theenvironmentalmovement.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
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What is the Atlas Network doing in Australia?
Atlas Network has close to 600 partners worldwide. Ten of them are here. We followed four paths through the public record.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TFW you try to explain nuances that you think differentiate your party from German fascists with practically the same headline policies #auspol
SBS News headline “'We are not the AfD':
Barnaby Joyce rejects German far-right question” with picture of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce
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Thomas Böttiger 🏳️‍🌈 @macinthemiddle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“…vast majorities of people around the world tell pollsters they’re concerned about the climate and want politicians to do something about it. But then they turn around and vote for the politicians who are abandoning climate action even as they suffer increasingly extreme climate impacts…”
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No clue. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a close up of a partially completed crossword in the "Puzzles & Political Games" section of a printed publication. A hand holding a pen (that reflects the climate stripes visible in the background) is filling in the answers. The clues: "ACROSS. 1. What is the cause of more intense and more frequent extreme weather events? 6. Who has warned us for decades that a rapid transition away from fossil fuels is the only way to avoid surpassing 1.5 degrees of global warming? 9. What is the greatest threat to human and animal life, food and nations security, resources, infrastructure, and every living system on the planet? 11. With the UN confirming 1.5 degrees of global warming is now guaranteed, what point have we reached? 13. What, according to politicians, is it never the right time to discuss?" The answers: "1. Climate Change 6. IPCC 9. Climate Change 11. Crisis 13. Climate change"
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climatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 07/09/2026
📣 Today, we are matching your donation dollar-for-dollar because stopping fossil fuel expansion before it starts is cheaper than fighting it after. Give today, link in bio.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026
If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🤩 This is great. "Five simple ways to fight climate change" 🌏💚 Give it a read tonight. As it says: "Nobody can do everything. But everybody can do something." #ClimateSky www.futuresuper.com.au/blog/post/po...
futuresuper.com.au
Five simple ways to fight climate change | Future Super | Future Super
Five powerful climate actions include checking where your money is invested, travelling mindfully, eating more plant-based food, improving home energy and using your voice to influence wider change.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s the conservative way: remove all impediments from wealthy business moguls, while cracking down on the proles. The right wing governs for the oligarchy, while endlessly pulling the trees-voting-for-the-axe populism trick. #auspol
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In Australia, that side is NOT One Nation, the Liberals, the Nationals or Labor. It's the @greens.org.au and the Independents. Vote for candidates that want the best for all people, not just for their party donors. #auspol
Text: I will always support the side that wants people fed, housed, educated, and treated with dignity. Image: a young girl holding a clenched fist up high.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Maybe the most radical thing we can do is rebuild the village. Raise kids together, care for our old folk, share food, know our neighbours, house people who need housing, give a shit when someone disappears. Capitalism needs us isolated. Community makes us dangerous. #SocialistSunday
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Its over. The worst snow season in recorded history, at the end of the warmest winter on record, just 5 days after what's normally considered the "peak" of the ski season. Mt Buller, Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and Charlotte Pass, announced the close for the season, Mt Selwyn closed weeks ago.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Personally, I think good evidence of being deranged is using “In other words…” and then just writing the same words.
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Theme: Many companies will do anything unethical they can get away with if it improves revenue the tiniest bit… until they’re forced not to. And many “free market” / “small government“ voices (Liberal, Nationals, PHON) are rich extractionists who want to erode ethical guardrails for $. #auspol
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