Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 13hopen.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...open.substack.comThe Pope Says Machines Can’t Feel. My New Novel Asks, “What If They Could?”An AI company went to the Vatican to argue about souls. I've been having that argument with myself for two years. 000
Reposted by Param BergDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind the global buildup of artificial intelligence.democracynow.orgThe Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit GebruWe speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind... 416358
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.echo.net.au/2026/10/davi... #australia #AustraliaGreens #GreensAustralia #GreenPartyAus #DavidShoebridge #newGreensLeaderAusecho.net.auDavid Shoebridge takes the helm at a time of crisisSurprising many inside the party and out, David Shoebridge has been chosen as the new leader of the Australian Greens, with Steph Hodgins-May as deputy. 120
Reposted by Param BergLegal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🚨 MONDAY 10/6, 9:45 AM: LEGAL AF LIVE COVERAGE of the Supreme Court oral arguments on whether states can sue Big Energy companies over climate harms and monetary damages. Alito sits this one out. Join Popok LIVE for the hearing pregame!youtube.comLIVE: Big Energy Climate Showdown as Justice Alito Sits Out!YouTube video by Legal AF 1012124
Reposted by Param BergLegal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: Popok is joined by Sen. Richard Blumenthal on how the corrupt Trump Administration is linked to an Iranian cryptocurrency scheme used to fund its operations, kill Americans, and fund terrorism. Plus, Blumenthal on questioning Jack Smith and how it went for Republicans!youtube.comTrump WHITE KNUCKLES It as Senate Probes His Admin PROFITING from Iran Crypto Used to Fund TerrorismYouTube video by Legal AF 14721
Reposted by Param BergThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/10/2026"The average mortgage pays $200,000 in profit over its life to the banks," says Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute. You can read more on good ideas for economic reform here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251113-gen… 311556
Reposted by Param BergLegal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: Is it any wonder that Trump, embroiled in a sex scandal, is having his DOJ abandon the rape victim at Cornell University and not lift a finger to help? Popok is also joined by sex abuse advocate and political scientist Dr. Caroline Heldman to try to make sense of it all.youtube.comTrump REFUSES to Lift a Finger to Have His DOJ Investigate An Alleged Fraternity Rape at Cornell!YouTube video by Legal AF 35221
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026open.substack.com/pub/thisisro... #ukrepression #ukareests #ukpolitics #ukpmandyburnhamopen.substack.comMargaret Owen OBE, 94, human rights lawyer, Jewish, arrested after calling for a stop to all arms to IsraelIn the eyes of the state, this 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer is a dangerous terrorist supporter. Can this be right, Ed Milliband? 000
Reposted by Param BergCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 01/10/2026The biggest news during last week’s Climate Week NYC came not from the US but from Germany, where the government of the world’s third-largest economy committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045. buff.ly/Cc62Jrabuff.lyReal Solutions Vs. “Greenwashing Tricks” Germany, California lead the charge at Climate Week NYC 164
Reposted by Param Bergclimatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 01/10/2026Caption: EVs: 1. Fuel prices: 0.⚡️🚗 While fuel prices stay sky-high, Aussies have been switching to EVs in record numbers. Sales have more than doubled since last August, and this year's new EV drivers are set to save $76 million on fuel by December. 💚 Would you make the switch?👇 081
Reposted by Param BergRising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🔥 Our message has hit mainstream - the story of our epic Brisbane occupation where six Rising Tiders' were arrested for their valiant attempt to clean up ANZ's shit climate policy! We ain't stopping ANZ - just clean it up already! 0146
Reposted by Param BergThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/10/2026A Northern Territory body with ZERO full-time staff is the de facto national regulator for online gambling. Last year, Australians lost $36 billion gambling. @justinedavismla.bsky.social tells @ebonybennett.bsky.social about this extraordinary situation on Follow the Money 🎧 theaus.in/4jhnKz9 412686
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...open.substack.comBREAKING: Canada’s Mark Carney Favoured To Win The Nobel Peace Prize.Can. You. IMAGINE?? LOL. 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn... #fossilfuels #education #corporatepropoganda #ausschools #australianeducationopen.substack.comThe great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard FlanaganThe Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026substack.com/@paramberg/n... #selfdirectedlearning #deschooling #howchildrenlearn #autodidact #sudburyvalleyschool #Johnholt #alternativeeducation #progresiveeducationsubstack.comParam Berg (@paramberg)#deschooling #autodidact #selfdirectedlearning #johnholt #asneill #sudburyvalleyschool #burnout #howchildrenlearn 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...open.substack.comTrump Announces His Own AI Platform Will Take Over The American Government.If you never use “America.Gov” it will be too soon. 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn... #australia #copyrightlaw #datacentresaus #richardflanagan #auspolitics #pmalbaneseopen.substack.comThe great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard FlanaganThe Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations 001
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/gazagrea...open.substack.comThe Sadism of Israel on September 24thThe Skunk Water Drop in Gaza Coincided with Netanyahu’s UN speech in New York 000
Reposted by Param BergMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026Speaker Mike Johnson is warning of a “nightmare scenario” if Republicans lose the House: Democrats could investigate Trump, his family, his Cabinet, GOP donors and powerful business figures.meidasnews.comMAGA Speaker Johnson Calls Trump Family Investigations a ‘Nightmare’ Ahead of MidtermsWith control of Congress at stake in November, Johnson warned that Democratic committees would investigate Trump, his family, cabinet officials and major donors—and claimed that accountability would t... 10954221920
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026substack.com/@ayubahmad/n...substack.comAyuba Ahmad 🍉 (@ayubahmad)Holocaust of our time. 001
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...open.substack.comThis Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy RemeikisThere is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism 010
Reposted by Param Bergapan4palestine.bsky.social @apan4palestine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We need to turn outrage into pressure. Tell our politicians: Genocide is a Red Line. Australian complicity must end. Take action Click link : apan.org.au/red-lines-pa... 053
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#australia #auspolitics #ausfederalparliament #australiainstitute 000
Reposted by Param BergFIVE MINUTE NEWS @fiveminutenews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026World Leaders Left Stunned At Trump’s Shameful, Isolated and Imperial UN Speech. youtu.be/Y5k049KBL9gyoutu.beWorld Leaders Left Stunned At Trump’s Shameful, Isolated and Imperial UN Speech.YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS 93414
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#australia #auspolitics #renewablesaus #nomorecoal 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/palestin...open.substack.comIsrael inflicts more pain on Gaza’s amputees by blocking wheelchairsThe Israelis have blocked their entry for a reason that only a profoundly sick mind could have conjured. 022
Reposted by Param BergThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 08/09/2026Nine nuclear states are holding the rest of the world “hostage to annihilation”, but the Australian government is yet to act on a global ban. @nuclearban.bsky.social's Melissa Parke joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. 🎧 theaus.in/3Vhc7xS 13713
Reposted by Param BergThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 08/09/2026Over 100,000 people have signed our petition for a gas tax plebiscite! 🥳 That's more than can fit in the MCG! 😮 @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol 611745
Reposted by Param BergLarissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The coming El Niño is now expected to be the strongest since records began. The United Nations climate agency has put the world on notice that we are in the "danger zone of extreme weather". The climate crisis is here. And it is being caused by pollution from fossil fuels. 610542
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This cause is close to my heart - please sign: act.350.org.au/petitions/pr... #australia #protectcountry #darwinnt #ntaustralia #datacentresausact.350.org.auProtect Our Water: Say No to New Data Centre Near DarwinBeetaloo Energy are proposing a massive $40bn data centre on the border of Larrakia and Kungarakan Country. The NT government has promised 185 hectares of stolen land for a gas-fired power stat... 010
Reposted by Param Bergclimatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 26/08/2026RIP to the icon of icons 💖💖💖 0122
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026#australianews #QLDAustralia #nonewcoal #climatecrisis #climateemergency #globalheating #datacentresaus9 010
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026libertys-lens.ghost.io/email/e6bdb9... #journalismUSA #reportingUSA #libertys-lens.ghost.ioTrump's War on Journalists Is AcceleratingA journalist called a "foreign agent" for citing the news. Here's the pattern. 000
Reposted by Param BergInside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 22/08/2026In Indonesia's Spermonde Archipelago, researchers used an underwater acoustic recorder to detect the booms of destructive bomb fishing. They discovered explosives were dropped on the coral reef hot spot once every 62 minutes.insideclimatenews.orgBomb Fishing Is Reducing Coral Reefs to ‘Rubble’ - Inside Climate NewsThe highly destructive practice has been documented in at least 34 countries, from Lebanon and Libya to Ecuador and Brazil. 32515
Reposted by Param BergPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There are solutions. We just need to elect leaders that care to invest in them. 28638206
Reposted by Param BergMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/08/2026Link to the disclosure here: extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden... 829981
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Help Khalil, a Single Father of 3 Survive the Genocide chuffed.org/project/1933...chuffed.orgHelp Khalil, a Single Father of 3 Survive the GenocideFrom Khalil: 000
Reposted by Param BergDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14/08/2026The new documentary "American Doctor" tells the story of how the besieged hospitals of Gaza have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian territory, with local medical staff risking their own lives in the process.democracynow.org“American Doctor”: New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, PatientsThe new documentary American Doctor tells the story of how the besieged hospitals of Gaza have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian territory, w... 515682
Reposted by Param BergThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/08/2026The Australia Institute has released new polling showing overwhelming public support to protect koala habitat regardless of whether carbon credits are involved. Read more here ⤵️ theaus.in/4wlxomV 24827
Reposted by Param BergThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/08/2026"Every gold mine pays a royalty for gold. But more than half of the gas we export is given away royalty-free." Join the call for a national plebiscite to introduce a 25% gas export tax: gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.o… 215859
Reposted by Param BergDr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Students Rally Against Racism you love to see it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auStudents walk out of school around the country to protest One NationThousands of students around the country have walked out of school to join protests held in capital cities against One Nation and Pauline Hanson. 914038
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026meaa.good.do/newsmedia/ #australia #journalismaus #newsmediaaus #australia-news #auspoliticsmeaa.good.doJournalism Funding Must Support JournalistsSend a letter to your local MP urging them to support amendments so that News Media Bargaining Incentive funds support journalists and delivers for all media workers. 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026aje.news/xcoquraje.news‘They destroyed us’: Palestinian family sleeps in the open after demolitionPalestinian family's home demolished despite court order, leaving them homeless under sweltering heat in the West Bank. 000
Param Berg @onlyparam2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026aje.news/xcoquraje.news‘They destroyed us’: Palestinian family sleeps in the open after demolitionPalestinian family's home demolished despite court order, leaving them homeless under sweltering heat in the West Bank. 000
Reposted by Param BergLarissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The NT Government has handed over public land for a gas-fired data centre to justify fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. This favour to their fossil fuel & big tech mates will be a disaster for climate, water, and First Nations rights, and lock in higher power prices for everyone. 54622
Reposted by Param Bergclimatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 10/08/2026CSIRO’s GenCost report finds renewable power, backed by storage like pumped hydro and batteries, is the most cost-effective way to keep reliably powering Australian homes and businesses. 164
Reposted by Param BergJust Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026In collapse, we can act now for a Just Collapse! 082
Reposted by Param BergRoger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 10/08/20261/2. QUITE SIMPLY THE BEST VIDEO ON THE "CLIMATE".... This is our rulers plan ... they "lie to the people;" they work out "how fast we are expected to die;" they "close the borders, point, and shoot". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb2Z...youtube.comSSP5: The Climate Future No Government Wants to Say Out Loud – Geneviéve WalkerClimate systems expert Genevieve Walker joins Nick Breeze to reveal why the world is planning for a climate that no longer exists. Walker explains how governments, insurers, and real estate lobbies… 182
Reposted by Param BergInside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 10/08/2026Another year. Another warning. The latest State of the Climate report links record greenhouse gases to hotter oceans, shrinking ice and more extreme weather worldwide.insideclimatenews.orgState of the Climate: A Dimming, Overheated Planet, With Degraded Oceans - Inside Climate NewsA new American Meteorological Society report paints a grim picture of the global climate. 01410