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Sharanjit Paddam

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h
i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity.
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 17h
165 years ago TODAY, Charles Darwin had a normal one. "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.— I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything…" I think about this letter a lot.
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To Charles Lyell   1 October [1861] | Darwin Correspondence Project
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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 4h
Gavin Newson doing what he does best- protecting tech creeps at all costs
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Sharanjit Paddam @sharanjit.bsky.social · 4h
It’s getting hotter and wetter www.actuaries.asn.au/research-ana...
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Australian Actuaries Climate Index: Winter 2026 Results
Winter 2026 delivered the Australian Actuaries Climate Index its 44th positive value, with record warm nights, a very wet South Australia and rising sea levels.
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Sharanjit Paddam @sharanjit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t need glasses with a camera. I need them with an AirTag so I can find the damn things.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The cognitive disordering induced by AI even extends to senior union officials like Joe Mitchell, who appears to be genuinely lobbying for the development of new technologies to destroy his own members’ jobs www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Call for big tech to pay for Australian-made AI
Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Defence Minister Richard Marles is oblivious to that which is obvious to everybody else: Britain cannot deliver our future #AUKUS subs on schedule (if at all). Luckily for Richard, it’s only our money and national security that’s at stake. #auspol
johnmenadue.com
Why Britain cannot deliver SSN-AUKUS on schedule
Britain says SSN-AUKUS remains on track. But its shipyards are already stretched while new reactor and workforce capacity is still being built. Australia is betting heavily on that gap being closed in...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 01/10/2026
I spent all my working life in coal mines before retiring in 2020. Since then I have become a passionate advocate for establishing renewable industries in areas where coal mines will close reneweconomy.com.au/we-must-plan-fo…
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We must plan for coal mine closures, not approve them because we lack a plan 
I spent all my working life in coal mines before retiring in 2020. Since then I have become a passionate advocate for establishing renewable industries in areas where coal mines will close.
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nailed it… (We were told at the time that it was *proof* renewables in Australia would fail.)
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kogan CEO in June: Ruslan Kogan says changes to Capital Gains Tax will attract migrants motivated by “sick NDIS scams” and the welfare system." Today ATO Tax data for Kogan Pty Ltd: Income: $642.3m Taxable income: $0 Tax paid $0
Screenshot: "Sick scame": Kogan boss unleashes on Albanese government's capital gains tax changes"

rich lister Ruslan Kogan has issued an epic rant about Anthony Albanese's tax changes, warning they risk attracting a specific type of migrant to Australia'sSpreadsheet screenshot of ATO corporate tax transparency data

KOGAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: Total income $642,335,009; Taxable Income $0; Tax payable $0
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK banks are Europe’s biggest financial backers of the global coal industry, providing billions of pounds in funding for the climate-wrecking fossil fuel in the past four years, according to a report. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Lula at UN: “African countries borrow at rates up to 8 times higher than Germany and 4 times higher than the United States. It’s a Marshall Plan in reverse, in which the poorest finance the richest.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar... I presented at G20 Rio YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The perfect description of Albo www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
deepcutnews.com
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
ngl this goes hard. "Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business" bsky.app/profile/adha...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026
Basically EVs have become the default and gas cars are seen as janky and old-fashioned.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"In plain English, we need you, mortgage borrowers, to enjoy a lower standard of living so that the economy has capacity to build lots of data centres and pay for more expensive fuel imports while inflation still comes down." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Borrowers again 'hit over the head' to bring inflation down
Why is Australia stuck in an inflation problem that has sent interest rates to 15-year highs?
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 29/09/2026
In Texas, the State is removing climate change courses from the core curriculum. They have decided that climate change is just too dangerous to teach the students. This is indoctrination. I wrote an oped about it in the SA Express-News. Gift link: www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...
expressnews.com
Texas can’t hide from climate change by stopping students from learning about it
Texas has removed climate change courses from core curriculum at public universities. Ignoring climate change will not serve the state.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Households across Australia are cancelling annual holidays, cutting back on groceries and reducing other spending because the 79-year-old little boy is out of his depth. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/05/06/i...
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every single person in this photo knows full well that only one of them is proud to be where they are & certain that they are doing the right thing. Shame on Labour for having a 94 year old Jewish woman arrested & physically removed using counter terrorism powers. (Photography by Terry Neill)
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"We hope women know we take their safety seriously. It's a top priority, just below protecting the reputation of ourselves and our male students." chaser.com.au/general-news...
Cornell to take rape allegations more seriously: introduces 'naughty corner' punishment - The Chaser
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
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World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last June, Andy Burnham was on a platform with Del Naja in support of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, praising his ‘clarity and leadership’. Today, he’s having Rob arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a piece of paper.
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Sharanjit Paddam @sharanjit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am become more and more radically progressive.
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 26/09/2026
"computer, say 'i am alive'"
> I AM ALIVE
"oh my god"
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Sam Carana @samcarana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On September 26, 2026, Antarctic sea ice extent was 1.46 million km² lower than 1981-2010, the second lowest on record for that day and a deviation of -3.54σ. The blue band in the middle indicates one standard deviation from the 1981-2010 average. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/09/tele...
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Sharanjit Paddam @sharanjit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It appears that no one has learned anything from Trump. Or maybe they have?
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tante @tante.cc · 27/09/2026
Slapping an LLM In front of specialized machine learning systems that actually can solve specific tasks does not mean that the "stochastic parrot" metaphor has failed.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you want to say that clear statements of what's going on with LLMs aren't getting enough media attention, then do something about that and lift up the work of those of us who have been researching and speaking about this, from a place of expertise. >>
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Find out where you can watch the film here.
bleeckerstreetmedia.com
MUSK | Only In Select Theaters October 9, Nationwide October 16
An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.
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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok comms gurus… if we’re talking about ocean heat content and earth’s energy imbalance which units are preferable: ZJ and ZJ per year or W/m²year and W/m². Or something else. Or putting everything in terms of some energy equivalent like how much energy humans use each year.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's striking to see people *still* reacting to the term neoliberalism as if it were a figment of the imagination. I guess the fish doesn't see the water in which it swims. But still to be claiming, in 2026, not to know what it is looks to me like wilful ignorance verging on denial.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Number 7 on the Climate News Weekend Watchlist is this fascinating video about the very close flyby by asteroid Apophis that will brush so close to Earth, it might hit some of our space junk in April 2029. It will fly by with peak visibility on the evening of 13 April 2029 over Moroccan skies.
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Asteroid Apophis Could Smack Space Junk On Its Way Past Earth
YouTube video by Territory
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Justin S. Mankin @jsmankin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Pricing El Niño is not the same as preventing its loss of life. Yet, many of those acting on its forecasts are using them to move money, not people, out of harm’s way." My editorial for Science on why hedging El Niño is not the same as adapting to it: www.science.org/eprint/DU6FR...
science.org
Hedging El Niño isn’t the same as adapting to it
Record-setting warm waters slosh eastward across the tropical Pacific, forming El Niño. This recurrent climate pattern reconfigures severe weather worldwide, and with it, the global economy. Scientist...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you build it, they will come.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why is the UK’s suppressed #climate national security report significant? Report warns of food shortages, conflicts, mass migration and other threats to the UK’s national security, including going as far as the risk of nuclear war or the breakdown of society. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most people underestimate how concerned everyone else is about climate crisis. Number-1 most read on BBC news...
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Wet Bulb Limit might sound sexy - but it's not. In the latest episode of Headline Newds, Megan Prescott works up a sweat explaining how it makes sweat stop working 🍒💦
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Working Up A Sweat ft Megan Prescott | Headline Newds
YouTube video by Yellow Dot Studios
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"staying below 1.5 °C may require governments and companies not only to cease licensing and development of new fields and mines, but also to prematurely decommission a significant portion of those already developed."
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Existing fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5 °C
Existing fossil fuel extraction would warm the world beyond 1.5 °C, Trout, Kelly, Muttitt, Greg, Lafleur, Dimitri, Van de Graaf, Thijs, Mendelevitch, Roman, Mei, Lan, Meinshausen, Malte
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The truth is that the world has never experienced an El Nino of anything like this strength, so we really have no idea just how catastrophic its impacts and consequences will be My guess is that the number of casualties will be far higher than this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From the study itself: "We expect all of these numbers to grow even higher, particularly as impacts such as higher-than-average temperatures and heat-related deaths will linger into June and July." impactlab.org/research/451...
impactlab.org
451,000 at Risk - Climate Impact Lab
Scientists project that global land temperatures will be 1.2°C/2.1° F above normal in the coming months due in large part to the current “Super El Niño” that began in June and is expected to last thro...
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23/09/2026
Trump's approval rating has hit a new low of 33% in our new Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.io poll just out this AM. POTUS's disapproval is 63%, for a net of -30. Democrats lead by 10 points among likely voters on the generic ballot Read more: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-09-23...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Global health inequity is increasingly driven by the triple planetary crisis of #climate change, biodiversity loss & pollution. To address it, we must place health at the centre of climate & env action & develop interventions that target both individual behaviours &structural drivers of inequality"
nature.com
Rising health inequities require looking beyond health systems - Nature Human Behaviour
Global health inequity is increasingly driven by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. To address it, we must place health at the centre of climate and enviro...
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Sharanjit Paddam @sharanjit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cull them all
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 23/09/2026
Really good Bloomberg package on the AI data centre impact on urban heat island effects in the US, with exhaust heat raising temps up to 4ºF (2.25ºC) higher up to 1/3 mile away from the data centre. One more driver to 70% US opposition to data centres. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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