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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 8h
The internet is too awful so... fax machines are back! Yeah! woo www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is the internet finally unusable? Time to go back to faxes and landlines | First Dog on the Moon
We embraced the internet and then forgot how to do things in the real world
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Barbara Pedersen @barbie4science.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
ALP not even pretending anymore #WhatisthepointofLabor #Oneplanet #Auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 8h
@albomp.bsky.social’s Govt has started appealing citizens’ #FOI wins to the Federal Court, a course of action that could cost FOI applicants up to $300,000. Well done to Senator Lambie 💪 for introducing a Bill into the Senate that will neutralise this transparency-chilling tactic. #auspol
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h
Speaking at the #RevenueSummit26, Greens Senator @barbarapocock.bsky.social said "nowhere is the perverted nature of our tax system more clear" than when it comes to gas. "Every day we fail to tax our gas exports we lose $50 million and every year we lose $17 billion," Senator Pocock said.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11h
"Tell Albo to make deep fakes in political advertising illegal - before we're all drowning in bullshit".💥🎯💯👏👏👏 #auspol
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 12h
Imagine if you went back in time and told people that in the future, in the year 2026, the cooking oven in your kitchen is connected to this thing called the internet (for unknown reasons) and a digital entity known as an AI agent somehow used it to store self-replicated copies of itself there.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 15h
The dystopia of data centre colonialism The Indonesian island of Batam has 1.3 million residents who rely on freshwater collected in reservoirs As severe water shortages impact daily lives & livelihoods, Batam hosts 2 operational DCs, has 8 more approved & 6 under review for approval Insanely...
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The island where locals say data centres are taking their water
"Not a single drop has come through our taps for the last three months," a local tells the BBC.
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 16h
'Anthropic is warning that some of its AI models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices, such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners.' Gosh, Anthropic. Maybe you should just stop making this crap then. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices
Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrails
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 10h
"But leaving aside the risks to humanity, democracy and the health and financial systems, the one thing that everyone agrees on is that AI is designed to cause mass unemployment" writes @richarddenniss.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/av4WPSiA
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 11h
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. "Labor governments are embracing fascistic policing to protect the baby-killing machine"
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Labor governments are embracing fascistic policing to protect the baby-killing machine  - The Shot
Last week, the Land Forces Expo, a biennial conference for spruiking the hardware of military mass-death, was held in Perth....
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 15h
Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie will introduce a bill this week requiring the government to cover reasonable legal costs if it challenges a freedom of information (FOI) victory in the Federal Court. Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/2W8AZDLq
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Nick McKim @nickmckim.bsky.social · 14h
Work 11 hours a day. Pay a fortune in rent. Get gouged at the supermarket. Hand over more of your wages to privatised corporations. And somehow, you're told that migrants and trans people are the problem.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 11h
Over at @getup.org.au ‘s Instagram to see the full AI Deep Fake — here’s the side by side:
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Greens are a party of peace & non-violence. We stand with people in Australia & around the world calling for an end to this genocide. Permanent ceasefire. And end to occupied Palestine. Unconditional aid access. Prosecution of war crimes. An end to the two-way arms trade.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Norway has removed all of its $2tn Investment Fund from Israel linked banks, as it continues its policy of BDS against Israel. Well done Norway.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 19h
There is overwhelming support for action to cap rents and make housing fairer. As Greens Senator @barbarapocock.bsky.social said: “Too many households are just one rent increase away from eviction or homelessness. Renters deserve secure and affordable housing.”
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s Anti-Poverty Week this week, and I stood with colleagues and community advocates to remind the Gov that while 3.7 million Australians live in poverty, including one in seven adults and one in six children, the Gov’s priorities are clearly out of whack #auspol #raisetherate
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Had this to say about Josh Frydenberg today and I think I may have been a bit too kind to him. #pfffft
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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I already loathe the diesel rebate as an enormous fucking grift of a tax expenditure, it's a policy that needs to die, and it didn't occur to me that it would also apply to datacentre backup generators. Fucking hell that's absurd. au.news.yahoo.com/call-to-end-...
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Call to end 'outrageous taxpayer handouts' to data centres polluting Aussie suburbs
Greenpeace argues 'there are a million better uses of taxpayer money than paying data centres to pollute our neighbourhoods with diesel fumes'.
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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
VOTE greens for the sake of Humanity!
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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 12/10/2026
"Money's greatest luxury is agency. It allows a person to leave, repair, replace, refuse, seek another opinion and respond to their own life." – Rebecca reflects on Anti-Poverty Week for @powertopersuade.bsky.social FULL ARTICLE: www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/anthony...
I do not want government to give me a beautiful life. Parts of my life are already beautiful. I want enough money to participate in the life I already have.

More than anything, I want the return of choice. Most people exercise it dozens of times a day without noticing. When it disappears, you notice its absence everywhere. You make do. You wait. You wear it again. You stay where you are. You receive what is offered and say thank you because you are thankful. But gratitude is not agency, and survival is not living.

I am not asking Anthony Albanese to remember poverty sentimentally. I am asking him to remember it politically. Look at the people living on the payments and in the housing that once made his future possible. Look at our shoes. Look at our teeth. Look at the food we eat when nobody is watching.

Good government changed Anthony Albanese's life. I believe him. The question is whether people like us are still considered worth enough good government to change ours.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#WeStandWithMikey #PressFreedom
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Extraordinary attack from ABC management against the most senior elected union representative at the ABC - Labor should be speaking out against threats by ABC management against Michael Slezak and the MEAA. Critical thinking, critical writing, should never be weaponised against staff at the ABC.
Fight erupts between union and ABC’s head of news
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Updated October 13, 2026 — 11:01am,first published October 12, 2026 — 1:30pm

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The ABC’s new head of news Simon Robinson is staring down the barrel of a staff revolt just four weeks after joining the public broadcaster, with its union committee labelling a threat of disciplinary action against a senior journalist an attack on press freedom.

The ABC’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance house committee called an urgent meeting for its members on Monday after Michael Slezak, who is also the federal president of media at the union, was threatened with disciplinary action over a piece he wrote in The Australian Financial Review.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/10/2026
"It feels to me Australia hasn't been prepared to back its own values." Ben Doherty & @emmashortis.bsky.social on the Australian government's approach to US sanctions on the International Criminal Court. "Here is the rules-based order under attack & we're not coming to the party." #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon. And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability... live.thepoint.com.au
Screenshot of The Aus Institute's Great Gas Giveaway tracker:

$78,001,671,884

Revenue missed by not implementing a 25% tax on gas exports
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is so important and why we need to get the laws right to give people using smart devices as a disability aid access, and everyone confidence that privacy has meaningful protections from covert filming for exploitative purposes.
Smart glasses are giving blind and deaf people more independence
By political reporter Erin Handley
Topic:Disabilities
Posted about 1h agoabout 1 hours ago
A man in dark clothes wearing what look like sunglasses holds the lead of a black seeing-eye dog outside.
Chris Edwards says AI smart glasses are a useful tool for blind people. (Supplied)
In short:
Disability advocates want to highlight the benefits of smart glasses.
They fear the "pervert glasses" rhetoric could lead to stigma against people using the glasses for essential daily tasks.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/10/2026
If you are wondering why Anthropic aren't coming out and opposing statements like this, it's because they very genuinely do not care about climate responsibility and will burn absolutely whatever they can get their hands on to keep the grift going. www.capitalbrief.com/article/anth...
Anthropic’s $32b Queensland data centre to run on coal and gas power until renewables are built
I frontier lab Anthropic’s first Australian data centre at Zerra DC’s proposed $32 billion project in regional Queensland will be powered by coal and gas as a bridge until renewables to support the facility are built.

Wambo Cattle Company managing director Max Winders, the owner of the land Zerra plans to build on, told Capital Brief he expects fossil fuels to power the massive project for the foreseeable future.

“I think we’ll be using fossil fuels for quite a long time in Queensland, anyhow, certainly enough to be able to get the power to drive the data centres,” he said.

Winders said that he believed that the concessions Queensland Premier David Crisafulli negotiated “at National Cabinet was critical” for ensuring the Western Downs development has the best chance of being built.

“In all likelihood, they’ll just link up to the grid, sign a contract with the state energy provider, and then, likely draw the power from the coal plants that are already there.”
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Three weeks out from her election Trump has sent Federal agents in to raid US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This is part of his attack on migrants, especially Somali migrants. We need to resist this racist authoritarian politics wherever it rises. Wrong in the US, wrong here too.
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh FFS. He's a barrister by profession. He's skilled at questioning relevant witnesses. Different from common bully tactics of some Senators in Estimates.
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Gregory Andrews @lyrebirddream.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Eight international partners have jointly opposed US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Australia’s name is missing. Friendship with America should leave plenty of room to defend independent courts. Australia, where’s our voice?
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
She doesn't give a flying f*ck about any other Australians
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Under fossil fool Albanese, Australia continues to shit in everyone's nest.
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Dr nick nobody @nicknobody.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good to see National Party leader Matt Canavan got to dress up in 'worker' cosplay at the conservative party. No one there is going to point out he's only ever worked as an economist, director, and political staffer. #auspol
Screenshot of picture from ABC News online, photo by Luke Bowden shows Matt Canavan in a Q&A with Pauline Hanson. Private school educated multi millionaire Canavan is wearing a Hi Vis construction worker shirt.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Man faces 5 years in jail for being annoying #whatsthescam #auspol #gaza michaelwest.com.au/man-faces-pr...
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Man faces prison for being annoying. Trial likely next year - Michael West
Palestine activist Austin Mackell is back in Katoomba Court tomorrow fighting over subpoenas to get NSW Police body-cam and notes.
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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social WTF ALBO? WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR TRUMP AND WE SURE DIDN'T VOTE FOR AN INVASION OF US MILITARY BASES GET OFF YOUR ARSE AND STOP THE US MILITARY BUILDUP FFS
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Great cartoon in The Age. www.theage.com.au/national/vic... #auspol
Cartoon depicts Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in his wardrobe, changing his shirt, taking off the turquoise tropical shirt he wore for the Pacific Pre-COP31 climate summit held in Fiji, and enthusiastically putting on the yellow high-vis fossil fuel shirt he wore when visiting Rio Tinto operations. Albanese's dog Toto lies at his feet looking up at him. The caption on Albanese says "Nice to slip back into something more comfortable".
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Donald Trump's televised execution? No not like that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"It’s not just the economy, stupid. It’s what happens when that economy becomes so unequal the cracks can no longer be covered up" writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/yq8MOlRB
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
From The Australian Greens:
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“It’s a bully-boy tactic!” That’s corruption-busting barrister Geoffrey Watson SC’s description of @albomp.bsky.social’s new secrecy tactic of taking #FOI winners to court, and exposing those winners to hundreds of thousands in legal costs. #DontWinAnFOI #auspol
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‘Bully boy’ accusations fly over nuclear waste secrecy
The Albanese government is fighting to keep these FOI documents hidden. Jacqui Lambie and others on the crossbench aren’t happy.
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump: Zelenskyy better damn well stop blowing up Russian refineries. Zelenskyy: Blows up Russian data centres. Trump: No not like that damn it!
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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 12/10/2026
Yes, 20% of suicide deaths are people on JobSeeker. Yes, 60% of working age adults who die are on a Centrelink payment. So what did Tanya Plibersek do in Anti-Poverty Week? Give $5 million to charities. FULL STATEMENT:
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Plibersek’s charity funding in Anti-Poverty Week is an insult to poor people
The government has announced $5 million in charity funding while welfare recipients make up more than a third of suicide deaths, and are up to 10x more likely to die than people not on income support.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
mE=pm2
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the last 48 hours, Trump has invented an energy ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, pretended that much of this year’s energy price surge is not because of his reckless war on Iran and cut a side deal to funnel billions to Russia for sanctioned diesel. Not a friend. End AUKUS.
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Loony Left Media 🚨#TaxTheGas + KillAUKUS @loonyleftmedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Did anyone catch this epic investigative piece in yesterday’s Age on Evil Gina’s mining / corruption / thuggery / environmental vandalism shitfuckery in Ecuador 🇪🇨 Well today there’s a part ll which is in the comments along with paywall free links 🔗 so please read and share wildly
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Mountains of Trouble: Bumpy road for Rinehart’s offshore mining push
Australia’s richest woman’s company is chasing copper and gold in the Andes. Local communities want no part of it.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Our great ally, our partner of shared values and shared military, is now on Russia’s side against Ukraine. Buying its diesel, dropping sanctions, rooting for Putin.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s quite extraordinary Angus Taylor was critical of Mike Pezzullo being stripped of his Order of Australia. Perhaps Angus hasn’t read Lynelle Briggs’ report into his conduct that I obtained under #FOI … or he lacks judgement. #insiders #auspol
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The mandarin who got caught. Mike Pezzullo inquiry details revealed - Michael West
The secret inquiry into Mike Pezzullo's conduct reveals just how serious his misconduct was, and his sacking was inevitable.
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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Live streams of executions. I can’t even fathom the depravity of a nation or a person that wants to see such a thing. That it’s part of a societies “justice” system, makes me wonder about that society. Not a good one. A very sick one. 😔 #auspol
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