Sign in

Jon Potter

@rettopnoj.bsky.social
1.6K followers 1.8K following 5.8K posts

Australia, UK and USA politics. Mostly bollocks sorry. I killed my Xitter account and you can too.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Jon Potter
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...
broligarchy.substack.com
Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
301012398
Reposted by Jon Potter
marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026
Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing.
33380217
Reposted by Jon Potter
Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Leaving a bomb with a timer in a building doesn't get reported as "bomb tries to blow up building", and OpenAI's employees designing an extremely clumsy, badly designed self-prompting language model hooked up to public actions that can cause harm shouldn't be reported that way either
328888
Reposted by Jon Potter
Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
74256069595
Reposted by Jon Potter
ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cartoonist: Slyngstad
22392332729
Reposted by Jon Potter
Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
All AI generated content can do is waste your time. It is, in this sense, stealing your life, the precious finite time you have on this earth from you, every second you are forced to interact with it, forcing you to look at its meaninglessness. It is a mindless vampire.
191329292
Reposted by Jon Potter
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This isn't a simple case of incoherent messaging, it's slamming every button on the console at once in desperation as they realize how egregiously they've overspent on this relative to what it can return financially. In six more months they'll be promising it regrows your hair.
22877197
Reposted by Jon Potter
tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
425174293863
Reposted by Jon Potter
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thing about technology that actually does make life better is you don't need to write 1,437 different op-eds to try to persuade people that it will make your life better.
10469102
Reposted by Jon Potter
Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 04/09/2026
As an award-winning journalist, I am not afraid to say that Wikipedia is more accurate and balanced than 95% of Western media on democracy and human rights
0504
Reposted by Jon Potter
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It all remains genuinely baffling to me. Why would you use any of this shit for anything? What did you do before it started infecting everything? We didn't only start being able to do stuff in 2022.
710321
Reposted by Jon Potter
Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Segal’s speech code meets the law: Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s Israel exception Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/segal-ihra-antis…
Michael West Media story graphic
1011953
Reposted by Jon Potter
David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's me. "How the Labor Party sold out to vampiric oligarchs and authoritarian Zionist dickheads"
theshot.net.au
How the Labor Party sold out to vampiric oligarchs and authoritarian Zionist dickheads - The Shot
This week, the Albanese government, in goose-stepping sync with the Liberals and One Nation, will push into law the “ASIO...
64637293
Reposted by Jon Potter
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
To me, the foundational tension of modern AI is this: If the stated goal is to create a human-level intelligence that can replace human workers but lacks human rights, then the real aspiration is slavery; but if human-level intelligence is impossible, then the industry's stated goal is a lie.
10822282
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wildberries warehouses really do seem to be incredibly flammable
A burning Wildberries warehouse in Russia
110
Reposted by Jon Potter
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“The Fake ‘Invasion’ of Spain: What You Need to Know” 9 things you should know about the so-called ‘crisis’ of Moroccan migrants forcing their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – and the hysterical response from the right in the U.S., UK, and EU.
zeteo.com
The Fake ‘Invasion’ of Spain: What You Need to Know
9 things you should know about the so-called ‘crisis’ of Moroccan migrants forcing their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – and the hysterical response from the right in the U.S., UK, and EU.
611081400
Reposted by Jon Potter
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“The Third World War is already underway, has been for a while, but remains unrecognised because it doesn’t follow the patterns we know.”
chadbourn.substack.com
The Third World War Is Here
And it's not what you think
47521168
Reposted by Jon Potter
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
BREAKING: Tech reporter on record saying he is swallowing everything the tech companies are saying.
1127235
Reposted by Jon Potter
Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If this government was serious about accountability it would be building an independent AI regulator with real statutory powers, not just another door inside the PM's office for tech lobbyists to knock on.
1221874
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
And the worst thing was Ryanair charged him a €100 "fresh air" fee. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Ryanair passenger almost sucked out of shattered window during flight
Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from Greece
051
Reposted by Jon Potter
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“Trump has always admired Putin and his ability to do whatever he pleases. Russia became his template for the America he wanted to create, a place riddled with corruption from top to bottom where the leader and a tiny band of oligarchs enriched themselves.”
open.substack.com
The United States Of Corruption
Trump turns America into a Mafia State for its 250th birthday
20517194
Reposted by Jon Potter
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 01/07/2026
GQ, March 2021: NFTs are here to stay and the art world is having to catch up fast
3544061497
Reposted by Jon Potter
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/06/2026
"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."
buff.ly
AI Economics for Dummies
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
221832749
Reposted by Jon Potter
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
24344231793
Reposted by Jon Potter
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
After this 100% wrong AI summary, I pledged some money to Wikipedia. I think we should all do that. It might be the answer. Imagine if it vanished cos more people wanted to invest in the planet-burning lying plagiarism machine than in crowd-sourced open access information.
26720
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
When the AI bubble finally does burst it's going to be a rude shock since it sounds like the whole world's already addicted to it.
020
Reposted by Jon Potter
David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Here's me. "Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities"
theshot.net.au
Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities - The Shot
Australia’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities has many ugly layers. It’s worse than the bomb release mechanism on the F-35 death...
31370225
Reposted by Jon Potter
Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 27/05/2026
I refuse to go to Win11, but this bullshit is in Windows 10 too, I disabled it immediately, luckily someone clued me in a while back when it first rolled out. Settings > devices > typing > typing insights to disable it. Happy to have my stats sit at 0. They keep saying it's inevitable, but hiding it
Settings
Typing insights
you type
To help you save time and type efficiently, Windows uses Al to do everything from suggesting words to autocorrecting spelling mistakes. Take a look at the insights below to see up-to-the-minute stats on how Al has played a part in your typing.
Autocompleted words
As you start typing, we make suggestions so you can quickly finish a word.
0
Suggested words
We'll even guess your next word before you start typing it.
0
Keystrokes saved
0
With text suggestions and swiped words, you save time by avoiding keystrokes.
Spelling corrections
0
We all make typos, and we're here to make sure they don't slip through the cracks.
Swiped words
0
Did you know that you can swipe your finger on a touch keyboard to type?
815087
Reposted by Jon Potter
Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"In the Ukraine war, the US no longer holds the cards. Trump surrendered them when he betrayed Kyiv and the rest of Europe. But together, Ukraine and the rest of Europe have leverage. And they are beginning to see it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Angela Merkel won’t be negotiating with Putin – but the rumour reflects a truth about the Ukraine war | Nathalie Tocci
In Kyiv, I found a mood of confidence. Ukrainians know that Russia is creaking and that Europe has their back, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
714837
Reposted by Jon Potter
SJ Thompson 🍁🇨🇦 @sjsthompson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"The Federalist Society’s forty-year project has been revealed in eleven days as what its critics have always said it was: a coalition for the disenfranchisement of Americans of color and the entrenchment of minority rule, purchased through a dark-money...." open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
open.substack.com
The Simulation Has Collapsed
The cushions were the tell.
01011
Reposted by Jon Potter
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We voted out the Tories, only to find that, after a long 14 years of waiting, a Labour government adopts and extends some of their worst policies, while entirely failing to excite or inspire. Now Labour and its supporters on this platform blame us for turning away. What aren’t they seeing here?
551416243
Reposted by Jon Potter
Will Wiles @willwiles.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
(I make a "mouth" with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it) Richard Dawkins: hmmmm (I put lipstick around the "mouth") Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello
8690631830
Reposted by Jon Potter
Peter Hollo @peterhollo.com · 01/05/2026
I can't emphasise enough how important the submission by my brother @timhollo.bsky.social to the ill-conceived Royal Commission on Antisemitism is. The lateral antisemitism from fellow Jews is something Tim & I have dealt with for a long time, even before either of us used the term "anti-Zionist".
in-between-days.ghost.io
Submission to Royal Commission on Antisemitism
Posted below is my submission to the Antisemitism Royal Commission. I have thought long and hard about publishing this. I have decided to do so partly because I hope it will encourage others to make s...
1617589
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Use your passkey to login faster" except it's not at all faster, Windows takes a ridiculous amount of time to do whatever it's doing before the site logs me in.
220
Reposted by Jon Potter
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The technology is just a combination of two things: mass digital surveillance and data theft, and credulous venture capitalists willing to fund the cannibalisation of every other human endeavour to make wish-granting computers happen.
24012
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It's really hilarious that Trump is the single biggest driver of the EV revolution www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Electric car sales soar 51% in mainland Europe as Iran war drives up fuel prices
Data shows 224,000 new EVs were registered in March, with Norway leading way in terms of switching
030
Reposted by Jon Potter
Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Australia has done nothing while Israel has assassinated journalists, medics, aid workers, diplomats, foreign & spiritual leaders. Through the war crimes & illegal invasions, Albanese has done nothing even to dissuade Israel – no sanctions, no support for arrest warrants. Is there even a red line?
nickfeik.substack.com
How will history regard the Albanese government?
On turning a blind eye to war crimes in Iran, Gaza and Lebanon
11246118
Reposted by Jon Potter
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/04/2026
Americans' perceptions of "the economy" -- which let's face it, in this country has just become a proxy term for "how things are going in general" -- are shaped by their social milieu & their social milieu is increasingly the internet, which is an unending torrent of anxious, negative slop.
29116
Reposted by Jon Potter
John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026
I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment. Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...
A "wartime" poster that says: "Using Generative AI? You're Prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead! Don't surrender your creativity to the Tech Billionaires' control!"
3248151939
Reposted by Jon Potter
David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Here's me. "What the fuck was that?!"
theshot.net.au
What the fuck was that?! - The Shot
As psychopaths trade human lives for regional control, the dominance of the Petro-Pedo Dollar teeters like the mental health of witnesses.
30300124
Reposted by Jon Potter
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I think the most fascinating geopolitical shift that we're basically witnessing in real time now is that the way information - both factual and fabricated - is disseminated across borders means there actually are no superpowers, because so much of what made nations powerful was narrative control.
526871
Reposted by Jon Potter
Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Speaking of Threads, this one got me in the feels.
medusaglare › Artemis I| 7h
@ Threads
i thought i stopped caring about space. turns out
I was just sick of SpaceX, not NASA.
• 18.3K Q145 G807ł
→ 143
14139412336
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Australia has a political class that is terrified of offending Washington, petrified of criticising Israel, and structurally incapable of acting as though this country has sovereign interests of its own."
031
Reposted by Jon Potter
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I have yet to see a piece in a prominent MAGA outlet that seeks to understand what motivated No Kings protesters. It’s all just “they were paid” or “they have TDS.” Meanwhile, the Tea Party inspired an avalanche of think pieces and books from centrists and leftists trying to figure it out.
722031452
Reposted by Jon Potter
smooth53.bsky.social @smooth53.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’m beginning to realize Israel is the best armed terrorist group in the Middle East.
25519101
Reposted by Jon Potter
Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The machine may be more eloquent, it may generate far more dazzling images than we could ever draw, but it will never experience human truths. And so in art, literature and all other creative processes it is a cuckoo, pushing out the human to consume resources and generate hoarded wealth
56718
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I love that the term "slop" is now mainstream.
Headline from The Guardian that uses the term "AI slop". 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/17/atrocity-ai-slop-verify-facts-iran-minab-graves
021
Reposted by Jon Potter
Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
From the river to the beach, Australia won't have free speech www.deepcutnews.com/p/a-list-of-...
deepcutnews.com
A list of state laws in Australia targeting protests and free speech
State governments have played a key part in stripping Australians’ democratic rights at the behest of powerful interest groups
17312152
Jon Potter @rettopnoj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Trump fired everyone who wasn't stupid and replaced them all with stupid people.
000