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@jennmelb.bsky.social
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I like e-biking, cities and parks, vegan lifestyle, and nature where we live. Anti-AI pro critical thinking. Literature teacher. Naarm / Melbourne. Learning 🇵🇱

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Dr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 12h
Oh look. It is possible #uniMelb
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13h
Tech companies have realised every time this spectre comes up all they have to do is say "Yes, but do it this way" and 'this way' = dodgy loopholes, certificates, offsets and cheats that create the perfect illusion of regulation, particularly in a way that staves off criticism from climate ppl
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How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute
Data centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them?
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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Some waffling from tech billionaires. theaimn.net/waffling-at-...
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Waffling at the UN: OpenAI, Anthropic and Selling Artificial Intelligence
They are a trying lot, spruiking their overvalued, loss-making firms, sowing discord and fear, and then seeking state collaboration that will serve to implicate all the parties concerned should things...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The climate crisis in one sentence: We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Whichever way it’s sliced, childcare is expensive to run and public buy-in is essential" Funny how such analysis of essential human services is rarely applied to: - dodgy defence deals eg #AUKUS - subsidies to fossil fuel sector - $ to private schools... #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Parents are being crushed by childcare fees. Will Labor ever deliver a universal system?
Labor is running out of time to make its case to Australian families about how it is going to make childcare accessible and affordable for all
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Jen @jennmelb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And yet, US allies like Australia just continue to align themselves with US agendas despite the mounting outrages which go counter to our own policies. Insane.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 10/10/2026
“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
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My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.
Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 10/10/2026
YES. I was just thinking about how many useful ideas and real solutions AREN'T being funded - or even THOUGHT UP - because the money and attention is being sucked into tulip bulbs. You've got kids who might have figured out cold fusion spending all their time building AI video apps.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
John Menadue: Labor’s primary vote is weakening while Green preferences remain crucial in close contests. Albanese’s hostility to the Greens may become increasingly difficult to sustain. He may rue the day. @gekko.bsky.social pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Labor should not take Green preferences for granted
Labor’s primary vote is weakening while Green preferences remain crucial in close contests. Albanese’s hostility to the Greens may become increasingly difficult to sustain.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 09/10/2026
A good time to remind people that Chris Van Hollen is the only Member of Congress to have ever called for European states to sanction the President and Secretary of State, in this case specifically in response to their attempts to destroy the ICC in order to protect Israel.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You’d have to be a special kind of stupid to bomb a school full of children and still expect to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Lizzy Schofield @musictplove.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Australia’s climate policy – a crime against humanity pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Australia’s climate policy – a crime against humanity
Australia cannot credibly claim climate leadership while expanding coal and gas exports that accelerate global heating, deepen Pacific vulnerability and lock in further human suffering.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Firmus valued itself 'way too high' and paid the price
There were high hopes for the Firmus float, but it sunk amid concerns about debt and ambitious expansion plans.
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Gnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽‍♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wagga Wagga residents are trying to halt the development of a $15billion data centre that will use the same amount of electricity as a million homes. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Town questions $15b data centre set to use enough power for 1m homes
One Wagga Wagga resident says she feels "back-stabbed" by the development, while others say the town needs more industry.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Government hypocrisy in maintaining the charade of Australia as a global climate leader is beyond belief, particularly its insistence that Australia is doing its utmost to assist 'Our Pacific Family'" #ClimateCrisis #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Australia’s climate policy – a crime against humanity
Australia cannot credibly claim climate leadership while expanding coal and gas exports that accelerate global heating, deepen Pacific vulnerability and lock in further human suffering.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Donald has lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. We will use the money to help Iran. Who are fighting the USA. Donald is paying us to help kill American soldiers.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 07/10/2026
A High Court ruling has reversed a NSW approval for an extension of one of the country’s biggest coal mines because of the climate change impacts, a verdict that environmentalists say may overturn other mine approvals ow.ly/GY4p50ZVcBS
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High Court rejects major coal mine extension in landmark decision based on climate change impacts
A High Court ruling has reversed a NSW approval for an extension of one of the country's biggest coal mines because of the climate change impacts, a verdict that environmentalists say may overturn other mine approvals.
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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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El Niño-fuelled wildfires destroy precious Indonesian forests – in pictures
Indonesian authorities intensify operations as fires continue to burn across Sumatra and Kalimantan, with haze spreading to Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More, bigger guns? I feel safer already.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/10/2026
Today's Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This racist dog whistling harms us all, it must be condemned. I don’t know a migrant family that doesn’t have the same aspiration to give back and provide a future for their families.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views
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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We have the technology! #wheelchair
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OpenAI’s chief strategy officer will appear at an Australian parliamentary inquiry today. Most of our political class will try to limit this to the recent data breach, but there's a much bigger context to consider... #auspol
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/10/2026
“For all the claims Amazon makes about investing in carbon-free energy, it conveniently leaves out that it is constructing the single-largest source of climate emissions in the United States in Pecos, Texas" - @stand.earth arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 05/10/2026
We’re spending trillions on artificial intelligence while brain health and cognitive skills decline. Whatever happens to the AI boom, human ingenuity remains the technology that will never become obsolete, Harris Eyre, Lenny Mendonca and Remington Tonar write. #AI #BrainHealth
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Live: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, Tuvalu
Anthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The 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...
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$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two months
As 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...
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Imagine explaining this to people in 2045. "We knew the climate was breaking down, but we approved another 429 million tonnes of coal because shutting the mine was politically difficult." That's essentially the fucking decision Australia just made in the Hunter Valley. #auspol
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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's my bookiversary. (check comments for a link that works.)
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Jen @jennmelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was there in Warsaw but missed the championship action by a few days. Very sad. I got to go in the excellent trams though. (Not AI).
An articulated Warsaw tram passes by the square in front of the Palace of Culture and Science on a rainy afternoon, along Aleje Jerozolimskie.
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Jen @jennmelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
surely the advice will be that the pentagon replaces all the human warfighters with Starl-_k enabled autonomous AI (sorry SI) robot dogs, built in his factories, in China, to fast track the end of humanity...
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Headline is reminiscent of something I saw in News Corp. Accusation is reminiscent of something I saw on X.
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
Exclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026
We’ve known for years that entanglements are killing critically #endangered North Atlantic right #whales, and pop-up fishing gear could help end this gruesome problem. Federal officials and the fishing industry need to stop making excuses and start embracing safer gear.
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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1/ So it’s official. Faced with a choice between whales and oil, our Prime Minister chose oil. Faced with a choice between a safe climate and more fossil fuel expansion, he chose oil again. Today, Mark Carney announced yet another mammoth oilsands pipeline. #cdnpoli #bcpoli 🧵
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polqat @polq.at · 01/10/2026
Are you a grown adult with an embarrassing problem? Do you get irrationally angry & need to yell at a political party that holds only 12% of the vote but the key to a liveable planet? Luckily there's now a number you can call! The Greens Political Party Helpline is here to tolerate you… #auspol
Photo of a grown adult with an embarrassing problem sitting downGrown adult with an embarrassing problem shouting at TV screen of the leader of the Greens Political Party saying, "You're
fuelling needless anxiety and making the end of the world seem like it's the end of the world"Call centre staff member of the Greens Political Party Helpline answering a call and offering to helpGrown adult with an embarrassing problem speaking with the Greens Political Party Helpline staff, saying "They won't compromise on human rights and a liveable planet"
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’ Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses
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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Labor cannot be expected to work with the greens to do things the greens want when they are busy working with the LNP to do things the LNP want.
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Chris Karakaltsas @hristaki.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Had lunch in Parkville today and was walking home until the rain finally arrived. Its falling straight down, with no wind...this is not normal Melbourne rain. This is tropical rain. Good old Climate Change.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That’s because JD Vance’s God isn’t an empathetic street preacher from Nazareth, but a narcissistic, racist former slum-lord from New York City. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...
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To Hell With The Hateful, Heretical Christianity of JD Vance
I don’t imagine Jesus was the litigious type, but if he were on the planet right now, I’m pretty sure he’d sue JD Vance for false association or identity theft.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/10/2026
O barbarous and bloody spectacle!
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.
Table of Santos ltd company tax 2014-15 to 2024-25

Year	Total income	Company Tax
2014-15	$3,389,399,798	$0
2015-16	$3,476,002,729	$0
2016-17	$3,715,263,715	$0
2017-18	$3,498,043,596	$0
2018-19	$4,360,612,850	$0
2019-20	$5,013,931,702	$0
2020-21	$4,070,327,153	$0
2021-22	$4,746,037,784	$0
2022-23	$6,257,384,778	$0
2023-24	$8,210,276,022	$0
2024-25	$5,117,008,013	$0
Total	$51,854,288,140	$0
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Joel Jenkins @boganintel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"It is a military colony of the United States", for all intents and purposes, in all but name" Diplomatic heavyweight former Ambassador John Lander sets straight the nature of Australia's alliance with the United States. Link: youtu.be/huf5-dAnazQ #auspol
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
counterpoint: no
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peter fyfe @fyfepeter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUv...
youtube.com
Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May
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