Reposted by JenDr. Librarian Caroline @txttimes3.bsky.social · 12hOh look. It is possible #uniMelb 012
Reposted by JenKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 13hTech 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 pplketanjoshi.coHow Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely polluteData centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them? 22921
Reposted by JenMichael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Some waffling from tech billionaires. theaimn.net/waffling-at-...theaimn.netWaffling at the UN: OpenAI, Anthropic and Selling Artificial IntelligenceThey 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... 034
Reposted by JenAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The 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 14566310
Reposted by JenSimon 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...theguardian.comParents 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 34824
Jen @jennmelb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And 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. 000
Reposted by JenDamon 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.businessinsider.comMy 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. 992873633
Reposted by JenKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 10/10/2026YES. 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. 3342111
Reposted by JenPeggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026John 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...pearlsandirritations.comLabor should not take Green preferences for grantedLabor’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. 2221265
Reposted by Jen#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 09/10/2026A 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. 1847224
Reposted by JenHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026You’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. 737124163232
Reposted by JenLizzy Schofield @musictplove.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Australia’s climate policy – a crime against humanity pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...pearlsandirritations.comAustralia’s climate policy – a crime against humanityAustralia cannot credibly claim climate leadership while expanding coal and gas exports that accelerate global heating, deepen Pacific vulnerability and lock in further human suffering. 04317
Reposted by JenJohn Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026abc.net.auFirmus valued itself 'way too high' and paid the priceThere were high hopes for the Firmus float, but it sunk amid concerns about debt and ambitious expansion plans. 0123
Reposted by JenGnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Wagga 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...abc.net.auTown questions $15b data centre set to use enough power for 1m homesOne Wagga Wagga resident says she feels "back-stabbed" by the development, while others say the town needs more industry. 817882
Reposted by JenSimon 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...pearlsandirritations.comAustralia’s climate policy – a crime against humanityAustralia cannot credibly claim climate leadership while expanding coal and gas exports that accelerate global heating, deepen Pacific vulnerability and lock in further human suffering. 49145
Reposted by JenDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Donald 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. 561443445
Reposted by JenRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 07/10/2026A 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/GY4p50ZVcBSow.lyHigh Court rejects major coal mine extension in landmark decision based on climate change impactsA 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. 721068
Reposted by JenDr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/world/galler...theguardian.comEl Niño-fuelled wildfires destroy precious Indonesian forests – in picturesIndonesian authorities intensify operations as fires continue to burn across Sumatra and Kalimantan, with haze spreading to Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines 26031
Reposted by JenThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026More, bigger guns? I feel safer already. 2718141
Reposted by JenKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This 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. 815345
Reposted by JenMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 574215864210
Reposted by JenEric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We have the technology! #wheelchair 119336
Reposted by JenSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026OpenAI’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 02315
Reposted by JenKetan 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/...arstechnica.comAmazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlashAmazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution. 111142
Reposted by JenPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 05/10/2026We’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 1147
Reposted by JenProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auLive: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, TuvaluAnthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live. 19215100
Reposted by JenBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The 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...reuters.com$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two monthsAs 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... 29211111
Reposted by Jen💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Imagine 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 613558
Reposted by JenRua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's my bookiversary. (check comments for a link that works.) 2289
Jen @jennmelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I 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). 041
Jen @jennmelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026surely 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... 010
Reposted by JenThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Headline is reminiscent of something I saw in News Corp. Accusation is reminiscent of something I saw on X. 4331896
Reposted by Jenmariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comMatt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlitExclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW 0127
Reposted by JenCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/10/2026We’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. 01810
Reposted by JenTzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 01/10/20261/ 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 🧵 510449
Reposted by Jenpolqat @polq.at · 01/10/2026Are 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 15417
Reposted by JenJohn Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Antarctic 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...theguardian.comAntarctic 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 002
Reposted by JenAdam @kels316.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Labor 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. 55215
Reposted by JenChris Karakaltsas @hristaki.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Had 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. 4194
Reposted by JenJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That’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...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo Hell With The Hateful, Heretical Christianity of JD VanceI 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. 29620
Reposted by JenWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/10/2026O barbarous and bloody spectacle! 641474
Reposted by JenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax. 38556290
Reposted by JenJoel 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 12220
Reposted by JenOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She'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. 521597828
Reposted by Jenpeter fyfe @fyfepeter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUv...youtube.comMost TV is Just This NowYouTube video by Michael Spicer 13719
Reposted by JenSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May 71375127