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Jack M Davenport

@jackmdavenport.bsky.social
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Social worker🛡️ Survivor🫶🏻 Neurodivergent🧠 Campaigner for children’s rights reform🗡️ in Lutruwita/Tasmania🍎 Husband💍 Father🧒 Lover of wine🍷 photography📷 writing✍️ reading📖

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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 1h
Just got treated to a BHP advert that started off wah-wahing about reducing climate emissions & then clarified it was for copper production. I was already at ‘$%€& you’ from the outset, but had to laugh because the idea of being so specific sounds like a comedy sketch, not a serious premise. #auspol
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 1h
“Worley said the girl was not a target of the shooting.” Beg to differ. Two men firing lethal weapons so wildly in a public area as to be indiscriminate effectively means the 12 year old girl was a target. Being indiscriminate means everyone is a target. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Girl, 12, fatally shot in US during 'dispute over parking space'
Police in Baltimore have said the young girl was not a target of the shooting but was caught in the crossfire.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hahaha so desperate to safe face they are expending a huge amount of resources for this. What a ridiculous nonsense. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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U.S. military removes bombers from U.K. base targeted in suspected terror plot
Royal Air Force Fairford has been used by the U.S. for long-range bombing missions in its war against Iran.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Measles & diphtheria are not ‘diseases of the past’. The fact that vaccinations are still required is the indicator. But more than that, the prevalence in wealthier nations has been suppressed, but in low income nations (ie non-Western) it is much higher - it’s been ‘present’ for a while. #auspol
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dutch government started replacing Windows and Office by its own Linux and open-source suite called MijnBureau (My office) to cut ties with Microsoft.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So the security of the whole US armed forces, & any extended military operation with allies (hey AUKUS 👋🏻 ), is effectively compromised. Even setting aside the fact this guy has zero credibility in governance or policy, nothing about this man is even remotely trustworthy or moralistic. #auspol
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes, politics can be brutal, but like all political parties the Australian Greens have characteristic issues that complicate their situation. There is a lot of ego & they rigidly silo policy. It’s by far the biggest threat to long term sustainability. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Politics can be brutal’: Sarah Hanson-Young speaks out about divisions within Greens
Greens sources say the relationship between new leader David Shoebridge and runner-up Mehreen Faruqi is seriously strained
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee imprisoned a Victim-Survivor of child sexual abuse for decades, & tried to torture her to death. Whatever thoughts there about culpability (& in Pike’s case it’s highly questionable), nothing about this delivers justice for anyone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition
Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murder
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“before forcing their way into the cockpit and finding the attacker at the instrument panel.” How did they force their way in? I thought post-9/11 that cockpits were designed to prevent a forced breach. Flight crew have a door code. 🧵 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Pilot who stabbed co-pilot on Israel-bound plane may have tried to crash it, says Netanyahu
Accused pilot being questioned in Saudi Arabia as Israeli officials investigate if incident was attempted terror attack
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“[Labor sources] pointed to a recent scenario where Labor offered the Greens the final seat on a joint artificial intelligence committee, as long as it didn’t go to Shoebridge. “ This only tells me that Labor are afraid of Shoebridge. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘I’m up for a red hot fight’: polarising new Greens leader David Shoebridge is taking on the top ‘1%’ – and One Nation
The 55-year-old senator is renowned for his sharp brain but he divides opinion and could face opposition from the party’s grassroots
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wish it were, but the problem with a cult philosophy wrapped around an individual, is that when the person is gone the philosophy remains, like an invisible, malevolent spirit. All it takes is someone else to take up the reins. Morgoth begat Sauron. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Donald Trump's Maga cult is finally crumbling | Arwa Mahdawi
With the midterms looming, and after the Epstein files and the war on Iran, Trump superfans are losing faith in their lame duck president, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don’t expect people in #auspol to be totally across this story, but be aware of behaviours. Schmitt flashed up a text very briefly, & refused to reshow it when asked. Makes accusation. Talking points went ahead on far-right SM despite clear lie. The truth is irrelevant; just spreading the lie.
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gaik.bsky.social @gaik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People need a reminder about what the Renaissance was: a huge uptake in arts and humanities. The Renaissance was literary and explosion in study of art and humanities. That’s how we progressed. We celebrate the champions of that era while slashing the funding. (I’m an engineer by the way).
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reducing support for arts, culture & social studies has been the argument from Centrists & the Right in #auspol for donkeys years. It has been consistently shown to be economically detrimental. Easy to get tired with this continued failure, but you risk going catatonic & it lets them do it anyway.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This new Jason-Bourne-meets-the-Good-Life-meets-the-Archers Netflix series ain’t the exciting banger some people thought it was going to be. #ukpol
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will give the #politas government all the points if they refer to AI as ‘super intelligence’ from now on.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prediction: The closest to a ‘foreign actor’ anyone gets is that one of the five guys is from Wales. Trump confuses the country with whales 🐋, & claims wind turbine vibrations are mind control. Editors at WAPO & NYT uncritically run with it. Fox News claims wind energy is an Iranian plot.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Team America Team America Movie
ALT: Team America Team America Movie
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Just remember, Vance can come in the house but you can’t let him off his leash”
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“we are considering this from every possible angle, including that this may be actively committed by proxies or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state.” Hahaha how much cringe there must be in #ukpol police right now. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
No explosives found in three vans searched near RAF Fairford, say police
Head of Counter Terrorism Policing defends decision to bail five British men arrested in connection with incident
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I don't think there's going to be anything normal about Whelford for quite a considerable amount of time," Look, I won’t pretend I know the area, but it does seem to me that a few peeps in Whelford are milking this probably overplayed drama just a teeny bit. www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford latest: Incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of state
The secretary of state, who did not provide further details, was speaking to US media after five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on bail.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An important point to note here is how, when it comes to CSAM, AI companies use broadbrush terms like “breach of terms and conditions” or “breach of standards”, as opposed to “report illegal & abusive content to authorities”. If they did the latter they risk culpability in CSAM creation. #auspol
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Sean Martin McDonald @seanmartinmcdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Honestly, the more I read about AI CEOs, the clearer it is that they don't 'do' anything for themselves, and so have completely lost touch with what people do and how it works. They've already off-loaded so much cognition, they simply can't understand people who haven't - or what they want.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why I do I feel like this is going to turn into something ludicrously mundane and stupid? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Five UK nationals arrested near RAF Fairford released on bail
Police say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Hey everyone, these design-flawed De Havilland Comet planes that keep crashing are the reason we need to build more of them.” #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
OpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties say
Labor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026
Hey everyone remember how I was saying the AI X-risk criti-hype is a targeted project designed to kill regulations and further ensure an impatient rush on data centre contsruction www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
OpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties say
Labor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Many things about Australia are better than the US, but that doesn’t mean they are in themselves adequate or sufficient. Furthermore, arguing “we’re not the US” is the exact same point made by the far-right when criticised for pushing US-influenced ideas #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And this here #politas is the problem we’re facing - unless the regulatory power is so great it effectively operates an off-switch for AI data centres, any regulation will be too weak.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A reminder for @andyburnham.bsky.social & the #ukpol government that just a few weeks ago far-right extremists targeted RNLI volunteers including assaults, threats & criminal damage, with no apparent consequences. Meanwhile, holding a sign condemning genocide is a stretch too far. Disgusting.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m assuming that a calculation was made about the implications of starting development sans permit versus delay and risk coming under new regulations. This is a good example of why any regulations need to cover both new and exisiting AI data centres. #politas #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
AI data centre company starts development work without a permit
The Latrobe Council says it's concerned Firmus Technologies appears to have conducted illegal works on the site of its yet-to-be-approved project in Tasmania.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What in the name of unholy shitfuckery is this? (Seen in local shopping centre). #politas #auspol
A bitcoin ATM
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
According to Google AI overview about me: “Role: Serves as Deputy Mayor of the West Tamar Council” That local election went really quickly. #politas
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lots of things one could say about this whacked out image, but let’s start with pointing out that elephants do not have tear ducts.
Jesus stroking the head of a crying elephant, who is draped in a Republican/GOP flag, while saying ‘Don’t worry, I’ll handle them”, with US Congress in the background.

text below reads:
RNC Platform 2024:
“…we will oppose late-term abortion.”
Marsha Blackburn, Chairwoman, RNC Platform Committee
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A whole group of Labor rusted-on’s going through the motions of looking irate about an AI hack, after watching passively FOR MONTHS while Labor persistently promotes AI investment, despite the massive implications for climate, utility costs, water access & building materials. Fuck off. #auspol
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Eric Cartman Says 'Screw You Guys' in South Park
ALT: Eric Cartman Says 'Screw You Guys' in South Park
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“One Nation sits just one point behind Labor on 21%, despite neither contesting last year’s state election nor having any current candidates.” Got to hand it to Pulse for the wording of this sentence #politas
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You can tell all these AI security breaches are bullshit because none of them have posed any risk whatsoever to rich people or their assets
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ripping your rotting teeth out with pliers, with cheap whiskey the only anaesthetic. Hacking off limbs because there was no way to stop infection. Infant mortality over 60 times higher than it is today.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wait, did the agent just scrape everything on the forward facing server and the government is now calling it a “hack” of Medicare? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
OpenAI agent hacked Medicare, Albanese reveals
Albanese said "no personal information is believed to have been accessed at this stage".
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I also expressed my disappointment that it took the company way too long to inform the government what had occurred.” Does this mean the Australian Government wouldn’t have known the breach occurred without OpenAI telling them? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/09/2026
They even made DoorDash apologize.
DoorDash on Instagram: We messed up.
Our mistakes meant some NYC Dashers were underpaid or paid late. That's unacceptable, and we're deeply sorry to the Dashers we let down.
We've reached a settlement with the City of New York, and we will make this right by paying every impacted Dasher the amounts they are owed.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This looks less like voter persuasion, more Left rage-bait. It’s taken with all the subtlety of a guy introducing a new ‘lady friend’ from work to his wife, and suggesting they invite her to dinner. #auspol
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The benefit is that if he’s wrong no one will be around to tell him… (he’s probably right; world ending nonesense is cover for all the real issues of environmental destruction, climate damage & undermining of basic freedoms, rights and identities). www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as ‘doomsday narratives’
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It is hilarious that Meta brings up a little message telling you they are scanning your reel for copyright infringement, while simultaneously arguing they should be able to override copyright to create AI slop. #auspol
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Meta is here to protect us all from social activism, but all the fascist, transphobic, ultra-right, transphobic, ableist, racist and misogynistic content creators get a free pass because it is activism of a sorts, just not social…🖕🏻 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMFG this is HILARIOUS 😆 (Not even “just a little bit”)
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
i’ve been looking for an EV for the last few weeks. One issue that crossed my mind was not a living hacker gaining access to a vehicle, but an AI doing so & en masse. Also, this isn’t a new problem in the world of EV. Musk has this kind of access with Tesla’s. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Australians love these cars. Experts have 'real security concerns'
To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely.
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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Albanese said he would put concerns about AI to Trump.” I don’t get this persistent effort at trying to normalise conversations with Trump. I would just love a world leader to say ‘Well, I’ll talk to him. There’s not much point, but yeah whatever.’ #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia news live: Albanese to put AI concerns to Trump; former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon’s murder trial to begin
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