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Stuart Palmer

@spalm.bsky.social
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Professional engineer. Recovering academic. Data. Stats. Visualisation. Officially retired. Opinions my own. stuartpalmer2.github.io/spalm/index…

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 6h
Have been listening to a whole bunch of climate week panels and in so many of them, people word sentences in chatbot-structure. "It's not X, it's Y", weirdly punctuated sentences. It is SO SO WEIRD once you notice it
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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 7h
If nothing else AI is making clear that there are people all around us for whom writing, art, and music are not communion with another mind, but just - wallpaper. Just pleasant things to look at. They think AI is conscious because they have no actual grasp of what it is to encounter another mind.
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Paul Watson 🌍 @paulmwatson.com · 8h
Anthropic is consulting with religious leaders on morals for AI. The centuries of infamously good human morals. Marital rape was legal and moral up until the 1990s, homosexuals are still treated as immoral, black people still fight every day for moral standing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
The discussions served two purposes: to broach the possibility of A.I. consciousness, a controversial idea that Anthropic’s leaders had been unusually open to; and to learn how Anthropic — which could be valued at $2 trillion — might apply centuries of human moral wisdom to its models, as rapidly as possible. If the models themselves could be made to choose goodness, Mr. Olah reasoned, the world would be more safe.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 8h
‘I’m fucking the CEO’
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 10h
Our 2 catering vans that were stolen have been found! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 10h
If Trump is bent on renaming a possibly liberated Hormuz Strait after himself, it will always be known as Trump’s Truth Bypass. Jenifer Nicholls, Windsor @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 9h
lan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com
Everyone involved should be brutally humiliated
7:05 AM • Jul 1, 2026
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 10h
The Reserve Bank of Australia: "millions of working class people have to suffer because some rich fucks got a bit greedy again x"
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h
Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11h
"The RBA Board delivered. Thank you for making me and my comfortable peers richer, boosting my unearned income so I can continue to splash the cash around." @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol #rates michaelwest.com.au/a-blunt-tool...
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A blunt tool. RBA's incompetence is making the rich richer - Michael West
Having created market expectations that it would raise rates, the Reserve Bank board delivered, demonstrating its incompetence.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 12h
Sydney Airport runway conflict in July one of Australia's most severe, safety investigator says
abc.net.au
Sydney Airport near-collision one of worst in 20 years, investigators say
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has delivered findings on four of the six ongoing investigations into conflict investigations at Sydney Airport in recent months. 
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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 12h
go fuck yourself, cunt.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12h
This is now a sycophancy test. Joking about it I’ll accept, barely, but anyone who even remotely indulges this is a coward
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 12h
This will be remembered as the Sloppy Age
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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 17h
www.ettemedia.com/war-of-words... READ: An exclusive data analysis of 42 interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 on conflict zones — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias. (No paywall)
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 13h
EV sales double in Australia as one in four new cars now electric
abc.net.au
One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world
Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 13h
Stupor Intelligence.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 13h
“teaching schedule was disrupted & students were invited to "drill for oil" by an industry-backed education program sponsored by fossil fuel companies. A recent investigation found oil & gas companies have spent tens of millions of dollars on educational partnerships” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms
At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 14h
Counter point: Australian politicians dont need to and shouldn't be anything like UK or American politician. Lol at “reviving the Greens” their vote has been consistent for decades ffs.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h
"Norway's sovereign wealth fund has been prohibited from investing in a number of companies that the Future Fund invests in. Norway's exclusions list includes Airbus SE, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics — all of which the Future Fund invests in"
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 16h
Fossil fuel subsidies lead to increased emissions, but cancelling them can harm poor people. Shifting funds from fossil fuel producers to low-income consumers via existing social assistance programs can reduce poverty and lower emissions. In PNAS: ow.ly/vCQZ50ZSNpQ
Worker delivering LPG gas cylinders to rural customers in a village in Maharashtra, India
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17h
A hell of a career. And unlike others of his Gen, (*cough*Gottliebsen*cough*) did not become a cranky climate change denying loon as he got older.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16h
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
The Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 17h
Had back surgery that was side-related, and the surgeon came to see me on the trolley in the prep room and got me to confirm the side, then used a Sharpie to write "THIS SIDE" on my leg and sole of my foot.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 17h
Queensland government department loses $800,000 in cyber attack www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 17h
A blunt tool. RBA’s incompetence is making the rich richer Michael Pascoe reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/a-blunt-tool-rba…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 18h
Cate Blanchett promoting SI.
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NTEU Victoria @nteuvictoria.bsky.social · 18h
Six months of enterprise bargaining at Federation University but little progress so NTEU members are taking action today. Crushing staff workloads are adversely affecting students and the VC must act - you can tell him now: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fa... #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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Students stand with staff at Fed Uni
If Fed Uni wants to be a genuine leader in cooperative education, it must start by cooperating with its own staff. We urge you to support our educators in their efforts to secure fair treatment and wo...
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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 19h
I have so many questions about this weird picture the Victorian government made (almost certainly with AI) of a bridge on the airport rail line.
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 18h
Eat it in four with StarverPay.
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 18h
Everybody's Hubblin'.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 18h
"I do want to reassure Australians that as soon as we’re in a proper recession and people are pushed into financial ruin, we’ll lower rates." theshovel.com.au/2026/09/30/r...
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RBA Reassures Australians They’ll Stop Raising Interest Rates as Soon as Economy Collapses — The Shovel
"I do want to reassure Australians that as soon as we’re in a proper recession and people are pushed into financial ruin, we’ll lower rates"
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 18h
Queensland government department loses $800,000 in cyber attack
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Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 19h
One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h
“…Muse can be easily prompted to compile dossiers on Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to members of vulnerable groups – including undocumented immigrants, transgender teachers, poll workers, Iranian dissidents, and women who said they had ordered abortion pills in states with abortion bans”
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Dox for Me, O Muse
Muse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20h
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
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Nathan Wind @nwind.bsky.social · 22h
A Bevanning in the US
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 22h
Geelong and Broadmeadows economies back on track a decade after Ford closures
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10 years on, Geelong and Broadmeadows count the cost of Ford's departure
While the Geelong and Broadmeadows economies have bounced back from Ford factory closures in 2016, former workers say their journeys have been tough.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 22h
Keilor East, key train station in Melbourne Airport rail plan, to be built by 2031
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Key station in Melbourne Airport rail plan to be built by 2031
A long-awaited train line to the Melbourne Airport is a step closer, with the state and federal governments announcing a timeline for completion of the nearby Keilor East station.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 22h
Radiation-related cancer deaths more common in aircrew than other occupations, study
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Pilots, aircrew face higher radiation-related cancer death rates, study
While the study of death records across 500 occupations is US based, experts say the finding could be similar in Australia and suggests more radiation monitoring of airline crew is needed.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 22h
College students did worse on a test of attention control when what they thought was a gun was present in the laboratory than when a stapler was present. The researchers argue that allowing guns in educational settings may impair cognitive control. In PNAS: ow.ly/bL6k50ZSNh7
Images of participants’ workstation in the gun condition and stapler condition.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies."
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.
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Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - Engadget
Sure, seems safe.
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 19h
Get in loser.
"Get in loser" meme from Mean Girls.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
Brett Meiselas: If we’re going to get into a “race” against China like with AI, why is it never like... We’re going to get into an affordable healthcare race! We’re going to get into an infrastructure race and beat them in high-speed rail! We’re going to beat China in the affordable housing race!
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 29/09/2026
How close are US schools to environmental hazards? In the latest PNAS Science Sessions episode, researchers examine schools’ proximity to sources of environmental hazards and what these patterns reveal about potential student exposures. Listen now: ow.ly/Vklp50ZSLW2
Chain-link fence with a U.S. EPA Superfund cleanup site sign marking a contaminated area under environmental protection.

Credit: wikimedia/markzvo
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Nathan Wind @nwind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This would make the Russians blush
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