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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h
Anyway…
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Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out
A new wave of AI-enhanced consumer creep-tech disregards the privacy of everyone but the wearer. The people have had enough.
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Cracked Lemonade @crackedlemonade.bsky.social · 9h
🫠🫠🫠 we're not filming you but it will harvest your personal data. They love reframing stalking don't they
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 9h
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23h
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 8h
"Email Interview" (n): A process by which a stranger commissions you to write several short essays on subjects of their choosing, for free, which then runs under their byline.
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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 9h
#Music The Cure, Friday I'm in Love youtu.be/mGgMZpGYiy8?...
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The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
YouTube video by TheCureVEVO
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 11h
“A man walks into a party and… networks with new people without getting his phone out even once. As he leaves at the end of the night, he tells his smart glasses to add the people he just met that evening on LinkedIn with a note about how they could collaborate.” The fuck? This sounds nightmarish?
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12h
“AI companies are fixated on adding features right now…But as always, the more features, the broader the attack surface. So all of these companies need to be fully focused on security, and from what I can see, it still often seems like an afterthought.”
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A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data
While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.
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Paul B @paulbr4.bsky.social · 11h
Del McCoury covering Robert Cray at 1:39 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnEz... If you can cope with youtube's ads
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Crossroads Guitar Festival - DAY 2 - Concert stream
YouTube video by Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 12h
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
Exclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 12h
@johnquiggin.bsky.social: "Responsibility does not lie with a piece of code. Either the human who entered the prompt or the corporation producing the code made a mistake, and they should be held liable for the resulting damages." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We don’t need to panic about AI. We need to hold its creators accountable when things go wrong | John Quiggin
If a chatbot prompt like ‘find Australian medicine statistics’ results in a website breach, the responsibility does not lie with a piece of code
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Paul B @paulbr4.bsky.social · 12h
'Don’t let people whose wealth depends on making you feel incompetent convince you otherwise.'
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 16h
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endtimesview.bsky.social @endtimesview.bsky.social · 15h
Albanese Labor Government just approved the Largest new Coal Mine in the World during the ever worsening #ClimateCrisis if Australia's Murdoch & other Plutocrat media owners told the Truth about fossil fuels & the worsening #ClimateCatastrophe the @greens.org.au would poll much higher
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Stuart Horrex @stuarthorrex.bsky.social · 16h
A very astute thread
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 16h
For MSM it's a bit dodgy for a political party to appoint a leader they think their best chance of winning more votes. So what are appropriate criteria for selecting a party leader? Curious desaturation of images - it's now populist to want a more caring society. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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The Greens want to catch the Mamdani wave. But can the minor party really become ‘unashamedly populist’?
New York City’s mayor and the UK’s Zack Polanski have tapped into anti-establishment anger. Australia’s new Greens leader, a hard man of the hard-left, wants to do the same.
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Jane Doe @waywoke.bsky.social · 23h
Just saying
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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 16h
The true cost of AUKUS will be over $500 billion. Please repost. Australians need to know this. @albomp.bsky.social #AUKUS #LaborSellout independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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AUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’t
With AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament has failed to confront.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 18h
We have a right to know where #AUKUS nuclear waste will be buried, and how our Foreign Investment Review Board decides if Aussie companies can be sold to foreigners. Despite the Govt appealing my #FOI wins, and seeking legal costs if I lose, I’m in for the fight. Game on! #auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Govt has appealed another of my #FOI wins to the Federal Court. Again it’s seeking costs against me if I’m unsuccessful defending my win. It turns out winning an FOI in a Tribunal is expensive - and that’s exactly the message the Govt wants to send to citizens. 1/2 #auspol
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 23h
Labor government: David Shoebridge should work constructively with the Labor government Also Labor government: We're launching a smear campaign against David Shoebridge #auspol
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 23h
Headline is reminiscent of something I saw in News Corp. Accusation is reminiscent of something I saw on X.
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Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My institution piloted Grammarly Pro for students, so to be in the know, I added the extension to my browser. I can't tell you the number of times the robot policed my tone. Asking if I wanted to "sound more friendly" is truly the "smile more" of AI slop. I teach rhet/comp!
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a brilliant piece. It reads like a fictional journey to a fictional society in part because she is describing a cult. A man more or less LARPing into oblivion while causing harm in the medium and short term.
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Berserker Coach @berserkercoach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ah yes, the "I read Snow Crash and thought it was an instruction manual" facet of the current omni-horror.
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday NSW approved NSW’s largest ever coal expansion to HVO’s coal mine in the Hunter. The next step is federal approval. I know AI is the hot topic of the moment but we *know* coal and gas are driving the climate crisis. Let’s not lose sight of that and the decisions being made in its shadow.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is set to be the @albomp.bsky.social govt's 38th 🤯 new/extension Coal/Gas project APPROVAL Just as he tells #ClimateWeekNYC it's the turn of politicians to match the "bravery" of survivors of climate devastation—“There’s no avoiding the scale of our responsibility – or the cost of inaction.”
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武政 諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Autumn Hiking (2020) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The crossbench introduced an omnibus bill last week to stop Australia enabling genocide. Most of the mainstream media ignored it, and Labor/Coalition voted to block a Senate inquiry – an unusual move. So we're sharing the key details. 👇️ www.deepcutnews.com/p/what-you-n...
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What you need to know about the crossbench plan to stop Australia enabling genocide
The Red Lines Package is a sweeping suite of bills aimed at limiting Australia’s complicity in crimes against humanity.
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Mark Nixon @fatbadger442.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've long argued that this is probably the key marker of who has privilege, whether one's critical political views are defended as free speech by the establishment or attacked as hectoring/ bullying/ cancelling by the establishment.
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Paul B @paulbr4.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Getting old and decrepit. Needed a jar opener to open a screw top bottle of wine.
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why do we need politicians and economists while we have the Reserve Bank governing our lives? Richard Sykes, Bell Park @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In case anyone missed the commercial subtext: the U.S. ambassador is warning Europe that favoring European-made weapons could “alienate allies.” Translation: buy American weapons, or risk the relationship. “Security” starts sounding like market share... www.euronews.com/2026/09/30/u...
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US ambassador slams 'Made in Europe’ defence push as ‘self-interest'
Preference for European-made arms could disrupt the transatlantic defence industrial base and benefit Europe’s "enemies", Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns. #EuropeNews
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 01/10/2026
For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 01/10/2026
I promise you don't want this 🤣
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Robbie Buck @robbieb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looking forward to seeing the massive headline in the Daily Telegraph, slamming Australia's biggest bludger. Oh, wait.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hearing talk of a 15% fall in house prices. Yep. Will take us all the way back to Dec 2023 levels. You know, back when housing was so cheap.
Chart showing the index of dwelling prices and avge disposable income since 1970 (1970=100)

They moved together until 2000 (CGT discount introduced) 

Nowe incoem is at around 3,000 while dwelling prices are at 6,700
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows" Me for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows
The latest corporate tax data released today by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax, and despite claims that changes to the Petroleum ...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The RBA media team is becoming known for contacting journalists and media outlets critical of its decisions and decision making process - but the criticism doesn't actually go far enough. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Households in pain – but our budget crisis has an obvious answer
Australia is at a tipping point. Choosing the brave route – taxing gas and raising revenue – would also, in this case, be the right one.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ATO shows that 30% of large companies paid NO TAX in 24/25 None. Our systems are broken.
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why aren’t people furious about the state of aged care in this country? Seems everyone has forgotten the 4 Corners program and don’t start me on the age care minister 😡 #Auspol
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS? Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Smith
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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are governed like a possession that votes open.substack.com/pub/joeljenk...
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We are governed like a possession that votes
The question is no longer whether that is polite—it is whether it is still tolerable.
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Paul Begley @yelgeb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The question of what substantially different Australia any of the factions proposes to create becomes urgent because the problems confronting government are becoming larger as its political imagination becomes smaller." Stewart Sweeney @johnmenadue.com johnmenadue.com/post/2026/10...
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Labor’s Left has won the party. So what happened to the Left?
Labor’s Left has the prime minister, the numbers and formidable control of the party machinery. What it lacks is a program for changing Australia. After decades spent accumulating power, the bigger qu...
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