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John Hampshire

@johnhampshire.bsky.social
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X no longer marks the spot for this Australian, a metro media journalist since 1969, interested in tech & especially security, politics, media and common sense. Greetings!

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Mincepies @mincepies8888.bsky.social · 2h
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 19h
Is #Trump getting muddled again? It was stated the US is buying diesel fuel, sometimes known as "fuel oil", from Russia. Now the Don says "oil". Which is it? And how long do you reckon it'll be before he tries to tell Zelenskyy to stop attacking Russian refineries as a result...
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 19h
Pure treason in Canada's ranks. Seriously, why isn't Carney's federal government arresting these neo-Nazi nitwits for trying very seriously indeed to destroy the nation? theplanetdemocracy.substack.com/p/the-prairi...
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THE PRAIRIE TREASON: How Alberta Separatists Got Caught Offering Trump Our Water and Oil
While a crew of Math-Challenged Militia tried to trade Canadian oil royalties and water rights for White House favours, Danielle Smith was cosplaying as a Federalist. This is what treason looks like.
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record-guy59.bsky.social @record-guy59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a pretty good take on how thoroughly #Putin has shot #Russia in the foot with his ill-considered, allegedly two-week "special police action" in Ukraine... Crazy.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if trying to change #AI ti "superintelligence" wasn't just some #Trump brainfart, someone really should have had the guts to tell him it's also the name of a mediocre 2020 Melissa McCarthy movie... not the greatest of comparisons!
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#AlboMP, I wonder if you'd mind running this grab from the Washington Post past Jillian Segal? See what she has to say about Israel's PM and his outstanding contribution to the rise of #antisemitism in Australia. Cheers #auspol
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Labor minister who spouted this tosh is misleading,starting with saying datacentre alarm is imported. Also, our system is not "better regulated" — because there is no effective regulation. US owners are fully funding power generation: is that happening here? 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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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some very interesting ideas on how to spur #climate action... www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
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The secret weapon that could finally force climate action | New Scientist
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest car...
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Robert, so many of America's friends in Australia find it hard to understand why it's so difficult to remove Trump when the US Constitution has explicit procedures for doing so. robertreich.substack.com/p/hes-out-of...
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He’s Out of His Gourd | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 19, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Will no one tell America's Ignoramus-in-Chief to shut the fuck up about interest rates?! Is he already beyond the dementia onset threshold?
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In 2016, many friends heard me predict that if Trump were elected, future historians would define the event as marking the end of the American Century. It seems others agree. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The American Age Is Over
A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump makes himself focus of GOP midterm pitch: ‘Pretend that I’m on the ballot’ #AssociatedPress
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Trump makes himself focus of GOP midterm pitch: ‘Pretend that I’m on the ballot’
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
OMG, what a shock! After Sam Altman & other tech bros solemnly swore time & again to maintain maximum transparency over #AI developments... they've gone all cover-up. Predictable. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this spring
Company officials kept the incident under wraps for weeks.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This report on a successful secret hack by OpenAI agents (as in, agentic #AI) should scare the bejesus out of everyone. Guardrails? What guardrails? metr.org/blog/2026-08...
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Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident
Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@staceylscott.bsky.social, I may be an unlikely follower as a 77yo male, but 4 of my 5 kids are female & I would argue that the "religions of the book", Judaism, Christianity & Islam, are key to the negation of women.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Zero chance he'd let them put one near Mar-a-Lago. But he wants everyone else to stop resisting because it's inconvenient ... just like those pesky people protesting his concentration camps.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Very interesting piece from an authoritative source... let's see how it pans out, but if she's right it puts a new slant on #AI. For Medium members. medium.com/transformati...
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By 2027, Half of All AI Layoffs Will Be Quietly Reversed
Companies spent $1.27 for every dollar they saved by firing engineers for AI. Now they’re paying up to twice the salary to hire those same…
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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KA-FUCKING-BOOM! DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST ABOUT TO DEMOLISH FLORIDA
“You Will Be Calling Me Your Senator”
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There's no better way to illustrate the fantasy land that #Trump and his cronies inhabit than with a simple bit of fact-checking. factcheckorg.substack.com/p/factcheckw...
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FactCheck.Weekly #44 - 8/18/26
Let’s take a look back at the week and recap what you might have missed from us.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is so perfect that I sincerely hope it's not just more #AIslop... the voice sync is a bit of a worry.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Remind me why, exactly, anybody pays any attention to what Laura Loomer says?
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Here we go, again... As the years roll by, every so often we are told once again that the global rip-off giants will be forced (kicking & screaming, presumably) into paying fair taxes to the sources of their resources. Then... *crickets" pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
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Pay where you play can fix global tax abuse
A proposed UN tax convention could shift global rules from taxing profits where companies declare them to taxing profits where they are actually earned.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/08/2026
During a contentious interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several claims about COVID-19, vaccines and measles. Here are some of the statements that were factually inaccurate.
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A Doctor Fact-Checks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CNN Interview
A public health expert fact checks RFK Jr.'s recent contentious interview on CNN with facts on vaccines, COVID-19 and measles.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Atlantic would not lightly deploy this headline. A thoughtful & compelling piece. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Americans Are Turning on Trump
The president’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters in 2024 suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, he has lost those new supporters.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
There was never a greater liar in the White House than America's current mendacious fantasist-in-chief, and that's saying something! open.substack.com/pub/factchec...
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Trump’s Continued Claims of Vandalism at Reflecting Pool Disputed by U.S. Attorney Memo
President Donald Trump continues to insist damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of vandalism, despite a Department of Justice motion filed on July 31 that placed the blame squ...
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Outstanding, concise piece from Robert Reich on the failures & follies of a petulant President who, when it comes to Canada, knows neither the piddling price for, nor the vast value of, a once-priceless partnership. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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O Canada
What can we say?
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#UBI (Universal Basic Income) was actually supported by some avowed RW capitalists I know, because it was apparent to them that it was broadly in their interests to simply have consumers, even if they were paid out of the public purse to consume, at a time of economic downturn.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How encouraging to see that an Australian engineering team has what seems to be a substantial answer to data centres' huge water demand problem. #auspol www.smh.com.au/national/the...
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The tiny Aussie company solving the data centre cooling conundrum ... without wasting water
It’s a global problem: how to cool down data centres without draining water supplies. One Perth-based company says it has solved it.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#auspol #Australia
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Now we're finding out some nasty truths about #AI... www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15/07/2026
Trump blocking low-cost solar drives grids to higher-cost fossil fuel units, so Americans pay billions more for power. But those excess billions go to Trump’s big fossil fuel donors. It’s a corrupt scheme to fleece ratepayers to pay off donors.
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Solar costs jump 18%, but remain the cheapest generation to build, Lazard says
The cost of building solar power projects in the United States has jumped 18% from a year earlier as tariffs, elevated interest ​rates and other cost pressures take hold, but the renewable energy sour...
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Surely they'd have to start by ditching Chuck Schumer... some fire in the belly would be nice.
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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
AI Data Centres are pumping out water at 45C causing dangerous Cupriavidus gilardii to breed in water. Cupriavidus gilardii can cause severe pneumonia and deadly respiratory problems. The centers also emit a loud low frequency humming sound that causes migraines.
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Anondeplume @anondeplume.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
---> Ban large GPU clusters Leading artificial intelligence safety researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky has called for a cap on compute power, said GPU sales should be tracked, and believes we should be prepared to blow up rogue data centers. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/be-w...
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"Be willing to destroy a rogue data center by airstrike" - leading AI alignment researcher pens Time piece calling for ban on large GPU clusters
Eliezer Yudkowsky claims the risk of new AI systems puts all of humanity at risk, so we should take drastic measures
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Take a look at how clever, decisive action by Mark Carney is paying off for Canada after the #Trump insults & threats. Wouldn't it be great if Australia had a government worthy of the descriptions "clever" & "decisive", instead of another Defence stuff-up? #auspol open.substack.com/pub/theplane...
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Carney ENDS American Oil Monopoly as Japan Bets Billions on Canada & Norway Signs $800M Missile Deal
Canada is taking the lead on the global stage. How Japan’s refinery bet, Norway’s missiles, and a new parallel Pacific pipeline permanently killed America’s 15% discount on Canadian crude.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Here's yet another reason to give X (and LinkedIn) the flick, or at least to confine their use to specific public services alerts & info... www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X
One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"I said Nigel Farage is very principled calling a by-election. What did I say Roy?" "You said he's an attention seeking gobshite who's playing the victim in a desperate attempt to avoid scrutiny"
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We know 3 things about this outrageous proposal. 1 The project will never come in on time. 2 It will not come in on budget. 3 It will not create the jobs it claims. Plus, where will the vast electricity supply it demands come from? #NSWpol #auspol www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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The golf course in the middle of Sydney’s data centre land rush
Community groups along the Cooks River are aghast at the proposal.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I might as well get this over with: if I find I'm talking to anyone wearing Meta (or any similar) video recording eyewear without being given advance notice, I will punch the culprit in the nose. Fair warning. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Indecent proposal: why social media’s rebrand of surveillance tech normalises harassment and non-consensual filming | Maggie Zhou
By selling AI glasses as aspirational, cool and fashion-forward, tech elites are trying to pacify their entry into the mainstream world
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#harshbutfair
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Italian President says that Elon Musk is a crazy drug addict and he should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital.
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
For those of us of the centre-left (& no, that's not a spelling error bcos I'm Aussie) who are not yet aware of the US lunar Right's rush to dissociate themselves from #Trump & the #GOP, time to sit back & enjoy the spectacle. open.substack.com/pub/wkamaube...
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If You F*ckers Invite Tucker Carlson to the Left, I’ll Never Forgive You
The only Joe Walsh we recognize in this house is the one who wrote "Life's Been Good."
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Gabriel for Congress NV District 1 @gabeusa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
People like Elon Musk are trying to claim it as a solution so long as he gets to preserve his spot at the top. This is why a Wealth Tax and Progressive tax is necessary.
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Gabriel for Congress NV District 1 @gabeusa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Our economy is too concentrated at the top. When wealth and power are controlled by a few, democracy is at risk. Universal Basic Income buys us time to adapt, rebuild opportunity, and shape a future that works for everyone—not just the wealthy. #UBI #Democracy
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John Hampshire @johnhampshire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is actually an exquisite manifestation of the confederation of dunces currently running America these days.
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