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Johan Lidberg

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Australian/Swedish educator, researcher and journalist. Views are my own. Sharing does not equal endorsement. Love the great outdoors.

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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/…
theguardian.com
Offensive tirades on race and religion shouldn’t be the norm in Australian politics
A racist AI-generated video is the latest offensive stunt by One Nation. Now Pauline Hanson’s attack on Mehreen Faruqi needs to be settled by the courts
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
theguardian.com
Our place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much higher could it get?
Sunshine, government subsidies and high power prices are driving record solar installations
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I just watched The Social Reckoning. This is a film all citizens should watch. Meta and Zuckerberg are truly evil (and I'm not using the evil word flippantly). Revoke section 230 of the US Communication Decency Act that exempts online platforms from publishing responsibility.
abc.net.au
Aaron Sorkin takes on Facebook again, and this time he's furious
The "spiritual sequel" to The Social Network delves into the 2021 scandal that revealed how far Facebook will go to keep users on platform.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Remember what the machines hunting down free humans in the Matrix were called? That’s right - AGENTS: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technolo…
nytimes.com
Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites
The company said rogue A.I. agents acted on their own as they tried to access federal, state and local sites. The Philadelphia Police Department said its site was one of them.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Modi the autocrat slowly choking Indian democracy: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world/as…
nytimes.com
India Cancels Trains, Floods Capital with Police to Block Protests
A planned protest against a sweeping voter roll revision prompted police to order a virtual shutdown of New Delhi, the capital. The country’s highest court intervened.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What a great innovation: www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
theguardian.com
‘Amazing piece of technology’: solar ‘traffic controller’ for apartments takes top Australian design award
SolShare, enabling power produced by a shared rooftop solar system to be split among several apartments, also wins for sustainability
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More Handmaid’s tale stuff in the US. In company with North Korea, China and Afghanistan: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
theguardian.com
Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When will Australian voters see One Nation for what it is - a hate machine: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/…
theguardian.com
One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there
The inflammatory clip shows the wild west of online politicking created by unrestricted access to AI – and why watchdogs need more powers to do something about it
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks for this. It shows that the current migration "debate" is one of the most uninformed policy discussion in my close to 30 years as a migrant to Australia. It's currently peak stupid: theconversation.com/the-migratio...
theconversation.com
The migration debate has a big blind spot: much of regional Australia is shrinking
Limiting our attention to short-term workforce needs ignores a much bigger conversation about what it will take for regional Australia to thrive in the future.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Super bubble warning!: theconversation.com/can-data-cen...
theconversation.com
Can data centre company Firmus live up to its blockbuster $43 billion listing value? Why some investors doubt it
The October 23 listing could be Australia’s biggest in three decades. Many workers look set to own a piece of Firmus via their super – whether they want to or not.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Albanese is totally incoherent on climate change action. Taking the talk at Pre-COP, but supporting more coal mining at home. www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/…
theguardian.com
‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won
Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high court
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes, many radical young ones become regressive politicians. Albanese is a prime example: www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/07/a...
crikey.com.au
Dear Albo of 1983, what do you make of yourself now?
The University of Sydney is cracking down on students' intellectual freedom. Anthony Albanese, the once proud student protester, is encouraging it.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Surely this: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10.... Must have an impact on the federal decision re the NSW decision on this: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09....
abc.net.au
NSW coalmine climate ruling a massive shake-up to Australia's oil and gas
Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ha! Interesting idea: www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/07/a...
crikey.com.au
Should we replace politicians with AI? Would anyone notice?
An examination of the functions of parliamentarians suggests there's one group that could be replaced with AI with barely anyone noticing.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's pretty simple: all news outlets should not attend One Nation pressers until all media/journalists are allowed back into the room: www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/07/o...
crikey.com.au
‘Addicted to drops’: Insiders spill on why Australian media is silent on One Nation’s press ban
Crikey speaks to top Australian political journalists, executives and The New Yorker's Susan Glasser about politicians' assault on the free press — and the lack of collective resistance against it.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More peak stupid migration policies. Please Australian voters, see through this total bullshit: theconversation.com/the-coalitio...
theconversation.com
The Coalition’s migration policy rests on a series of false premises
The long-awaited plan includes cutting net overseas migration by two thirds and a crackdown on visa-hopping, but it’s all built on shaky foundations.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah, well, Winter is Coming to the north. What do the climate change deniers say to that?:https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-europe-amoc-temperature
politico.eu
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
COP 31 led by two climate change hypocrites, Australia and Türkiye: www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
theguardian.com
Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal
Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nuts! Have they no shame?: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/…
theguardian.com
Million-dollar public servants: 11 staff at Australia’s Future Fund paid significantly more than the PM
One executive received a $1.5m package last year, while 10 other staff received remuneration exceeding $1m each
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ho, ho, ho, into the El Nino season we go: www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/v...
crikey.com.au
The stock price of Vail Resorts looks like a ski slope. But their doom is our doom, too
They could build a chair lift on a slope like that.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Disgusting corporate vandals: www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...
crikey.com.au
News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia
News Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More secrecy by the Albanese government. Not good enough!: www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/a...
crikey.com.au
The US could send Australian personal data to third countries under secret 'partnership'
While the Albanese government stays silent on plans to hand citizens' biometric data to the Trump administration, the Europeans have publicly released a framework that illuminates what the US is deman...
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excellent. Now, let's take fossil fuel companies and governments to court using this tool: theconversation.com/we-can-final...
theconversation.com
We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature
For decades, we couldn’t trace the link between new fossil fuel projects and their damage to people and planet. But now we can.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
OpenAI keeps breaking the law with impunity. Not ok. They must be held to account: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
theguardian.com
Open AI attacked Australia’s health system – and then doubled down on its negligence. The time for ‘wait and see’ is over | Kate Crawford and Edward Santow
Human hackers face serious consequences, and so must AI companies. There is no excuse for what happened
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
...and many more of these to come: theconversation.com/grattan-on-f...
theconversation.com
Grattan on Friday: when rogue AI agent ‘scaled a fence’, it reinforced Albanese’s case for tough guardrails
The timing of the disclosure (and the incident itself) is fortuitous in a political sense, vindicating the government’s recent AI warnings.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Trump has banned more media and started his own TV channel. In the process, he risks further eroding American democracy
Amid the outrage over Trump’s latest ban, it’s important to remember why good journalism is vital to democracy.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hear! Hear!: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
theguardian.com
Trump’s decision to ban journalists from the White House – and One Nation’s actions – shows why Australia urgently needs a media freedom bill | Peter Greste
Australians can’t afford to be complacent – Pauline Hanson also thinks it’s OK to shut out reporters she doesn’t like
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Bull-Shitter-In-Chief is at it again. This is NOT a free speech issue: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/…
theguardian.com
US warns Australia that imposing digital duty of care on big tech would be seen as censorship
Trump administration expresses ‘serious concerns’ that forcing firms to allow algorithm optout would infringe Americans’ free speech
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👍: www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
theguardian.com
Labor MP covers up Woodside logo on Fremantle jumper ahead of AFL grand final
Josh Wilson, federal assistant minister for climate change and energy, joins peaceful campaign against fossil fuel company
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Vale Tim Read. Indeed a thoroughly decent, integrity strong and funny human being. We lost him way too early: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-19/brun…
abc.net.au
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
Health promotion campaigner and Victorian Greens MP Tim Read has died after a high-profile battle with cancer.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What a super weird appointment!: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/…
theguardian.com
Who is Siobhan McKenna? The ‘irreplaceable’ former Murdoch aide given a top diplomatic posting
The next general consul to New York chairs Australia Post and is a former News Corp executive
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yep, there's definitely a case of false balance building on the reporting of One Nation's, especially in the ABC. Think again, ABC. You can do better: www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/21/a...
crikey.com.au
How the ABC is helping One Nation become the 'real' opposition
Blame the broadcaster's attempts to skate through impartiality with mindless both-sides thinking.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yep, a no brainer. Australia should absolutely seek to become an associate member of the EU, just like Canada. Stick it to Trump!: theconversation.com/after-the-eu...
theconversation.com
After the EU’s offer to Canada, could Australia also embrace a ‘Eurovision’?
In a hostile trading world, mid-sized nations are forging new relationships. Canada has the right idea.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It feels surreal that we are seriously discussing Russia attack the EU and NATO in 2026: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/…
theguardian.com
European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against Nato
Exclusive: Intelligence officers say Russian campaign could intensify ‘in months, not years’ – but that panic risks playing into Kremlin psy-ops
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hanson’s political mentor continues his unconstitutional attacks on media. Further proof that Hanson is a Trump stooge: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…
theguardian.com
Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House
US president has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major traditional news media since start of second term
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/…
theguardian.com
Australia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm - should other countries follow suit?
As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller country
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Vibes based policy making". What horror!: www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/18/m...
crikey.com.au
What Australians want: their country talking itself into a truly dumb position
While modest in detail, the government has effectively declared an end to demand-driven migration based on the vibe among voters — rather than evidence.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hyper scraping in the pipeline: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/…
theguardian.com
Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected?
The Albanese government is considering reforms that give US big tech unrestricted access to Australian content
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hear! Hear! and Hear!: www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria…
theage.com.au
Scott Morrison’s heartless legacy lives on – and it’s Victoria that will hurt most
We saw during the pandemic what Melbourne was like without international students. One Nation’s immigration policies would take us back to that moribund place again.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is a major discovery. Sad but super important: theconversation.com/more-than-2-...
theconversation.com
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes!: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
theguardian.com
The right is wrong about digital duty of care. It promises Australians more freedom, not less | Peter Lewis
Labor’s law would allow choice for social media users and build accountability into the internet rather than allow the tech industry to operate with impunity
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Spot on!: www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/14/i...
crikey.com.au
One of legacy media’s big problems? How it frames migration is, statistically, un-Australian
The second episode of the ABC's National Forum will look at "Australia's migration challenge". It's proof, yet again, that the media is asking the wrong questions.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We may be able to turn off the algorithm, but we can’t escape the misogyny of the manosphere theconversation.com/we-may-be-ab...
theconversation.com
We may be able to turn off the algorithm, but we can’t escape the misogyny of the manosphere
Important as it is, no amount of social media regulation will meaningfully address the manosphere unless we also dismantle the misogyny that underpins it.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theage.com.au/national/tail-fil…
theage.com.au
‘Tail, film, heckle’: Inside the Brethren’s secret election influence plot with the far-right
Leaked messages reveal the full story of how the Exclusive Brethren secretly recruited far-right agitators and neo-Nazi associates to harass MPs at the election.
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…
theguardian.com
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism – video
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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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Klein strikes again. Agreed, billionaires loose their humanity: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/…
theguardian.com
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hallelujah and Amen to this. Let’s hope it will be done: www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
theguardian.com
‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Johan Lidberg @johanlidberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/11/a...
crikey.com.au
Hanson brought a knife to a gunfight with Hastie — the only one who could kill One Nation
Andrew Hastie's fight with One Nation and Gina Rinehart is revealing his cut-through capabilities. Is he the one major party figure who could turn the tables on Hanson and co?
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