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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/10/2026
“For all the claims Amazon makes about investing in carbon-free energy, it conveniently leaves out that it is constructing the single-largest source of climate emissions in the United States in Pecos, Texas" - @stand.earth arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
👇I love my barristers, Mr Tom Brennan SC and Paul Farrell.👇 Can a government and a company, in this case Snowy Hydro Ltd (SHL), enter into a contract to keep a publicly funded project’s cost and schedule blowouts a secret? The answer has to be “no”! 1/3 #FOI #auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A case like this has not been brought before, but the constitutional principles are solid, and the impact of a win will be very significant. The case will be heard in Sydney on 2 and 3 Nov. Patrick vs Secretary DCCEEW, Minister Bowen and Snowy Hydro Ltd 3/3 #SaveTheDate #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got a bit angry today in my column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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If turbocharged petrol prices are driving up inflation, then why are Australia’s unemployed on the line? | Greg Jericho
Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very relevant to Australia, with much of legacy media [even @australia.theguardian.com] calling the new Greens leader David Shoebridge "polarizing". Which is code for 'refuses to be nice to big corporates, psychopathic billionaires, genocide enthusiasts, and their political enablers.' #auspol
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Shoebridge has been party leader for 3 days. But the media is grilling him on everything from the housing crisis, Jewish relations, party democracy and the war in Ukraine. Pauline Hanson has been leader of her party for 30 years, and she gets grilled on, well, practically nothing. #auspol
Image of newly elected Greens leader David Shoebridge at a press conference.Image of Pauline Hanson scowling, after being leader of One Nation for almost 30 years.
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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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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Allowing Open AI to call these “rogue agents” lets them dodge responsibility - they made them, directed them and set them free without caring about the consequences. Our laws need to catch up to hold them accountable before worse happens.
Screenshot of newspaper article title Rogue OpenAI agent enters another NSW government website, tech giant says
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Heidi Lim (she/they) @heidiheidilim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think a lot of folks even in the climate community have fallen for the greenwashing - folks like @ketanjoshi.co are giving us stark figures showing that anyone concerned about fossil fuels, especially us working against climate change, should take a closer look at the AI industry's plans.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Australian news outlets including the public broadcaster will be allocating a LOT of resources to covering Israel and Israelis this month, out of all proportion to the public interest and closely aligned with interests of the powerful. Evidence here:
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/09/2026
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Our new open-source climate tool – the Carbon Impacts Tracer – will help make fossil fuel companies and governments approving projects accountable for the damage they will do." Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/tjNM6MOu
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/09/2026
generative AI ends up being used where you want to create the outward appearance of accuracy or quality without either of those things actually being involved
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Boli @shiftbreak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Together, Steph and I have taken on AUKUS, fossil fuel giants, tech billionaires, and exposed Australia's defence links to Gaza. We aren't here to push Labor to be a little better: we are here to replace them.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%.
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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high
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Guillaume Noblet @gnoblet.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
How long does a barista work to afford a small cappucino in their own café? Another #TidyTuesday from a few weeks back (week 36) with a detailed walkthrough. Playing with sine and cosine, long time no see, yay! Code: gnoblet.codeberg.page/TidyTuesday/... #ggplot2 #rstats #dataviz
A crema-coloured spiral chart. Each coloured bean is a country, placed at the minutes a barista works to afford a small cappuccino: Australia at 10 minutes near the top of the outer rim, most of Europe and North America within the first half hour, and Pakistan at 4 hours 37 minutes near the centre. Bean colour shows region and bean size the number of cafés surveyed.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"it must be acknowledged Shoebridge is not the most popular guy across the parliament or among Labor types, but much of that stems from his relentless style of questioning, needling and interrogation of political opponents and government officials." "it must be acknowledged"??? It's to his credit.
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Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My opinion piece on the Western Australian child protection situation I think it’s a pretty important read nit.com.au/30-09-2026/2...
nit.com.au
Too quick to remove, too slow to protect: What South Hedland tells us about WA child protection
I was born and raised in the Pilbara. Before becoming a psychologist, I spent close to a decade as a child protection worker in some of our highest-risk remote Indigenous communities. In 25 years of p...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DCCEEW's pay-to-destroy offsets calculator methodology is now out for consultation Pay-to-destroy offsets were inserted into the EPBC 'reforms' to help "streamline assessment & approval processes & reduce uncertainty & administrative burden for proponents" 👉 consult.dcceew.gov.au/restoration-...
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Open Point - Engagement, insights and analytics platform for surveys and consultations
Collect, Manage and Analyse surveys, consultation data and text
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Electricity is 23% of global final energy but delivers 37% of useful energy and powers 46% of the global economy. We don't need to replace every fossil joule. We need to replace the services. A much smaller task. Great to see the @iea.org’s new Electrification report finally measure this.
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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Photo op #auspol
Editorial cartoon by Pat Hudson. The sign says ‘photo with a felon’. Trump is on his throne, surrounded by munitions and posing for photos. The photographer calls “Next!” as PM Albanese leaps in gleefully.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
The Knesset (Israel's parliament) elections panel has voted overwhelmingly to exclude all the Arab majority parties from participating in the upcoming national election. The decision will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. We couldn't possibly suggest that this sounds a little like apartheid.
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Digital Rights Watch @drwaus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Australians shouldn’t tolerate our governments’ and regulators' ongoing failure to protect us from exploitation by Big Tech. We need to be able to depend on our regulators to keep us safe, but at the moment we can’t.
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Kate Bower @katebower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does AI hate white space? Every AI-generated image I’ve ever seen is just so busy.
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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
replies to Albo's X post are instructive - overwhelmingly disgusted. Wonder what bots pressed the heart.
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Dr Ben J Searle @drbensearle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Perfectionism isn't healthy (it's associated with #burnout), but it also isn't well understood. Did you know workplace experiences can affect a worker's perfectionism? Learn more in the latest issue of my ($-free & AI-free) newsletter. #IOPsychology #perfectionism mindonthejob.com/blog/2026/09...
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Read Before Burning #16: Burnout and Perfectionism - A Balanced Perspective - Mind On The Job
Some people see burnout and perfectionism as badges of honour, but neither is healthy. Could there be a way to address both of these at once?
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kelsie @kelsie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stupid ass job got out half an hour late because we needed to come up with a way to make sure this rat didn’t get to its stitches
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Appears the Senate voted on 16 September against the release of documents. The 28 senators (Lib/Lab + a few odds and sods) voted against the release of documents. Another transparency fail where everything is destined to remain a secret.
28 people voted against transparency - mainly Lib/Lab senators and a few odds and sods) and 12 voted for transparency (Greens, few Indies).  The event and the presentation remain a secret.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
the rules say to not shackle women during childbirth and what the officers do is shackle women during childbirth. Then some other officers steal their babies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway
Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and child
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredibly brave evidence this morning from women and men who have survived brutal strip searches in youth jails - a tool for social control, to humiliate and degrade - and disproportionately used against First Nations young people
THE SENATE
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026
PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Committee Room 2S1
Australian Parliament House, and via videoconference, Canberra
All times are in AEST
Time Witness
9.45 am Panel associated with Sisters Inside and National Network of Incarcerated and
Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
10.55 am Panel associated with Level Up and Sisters Inside
Committee Chair: Senator Jana Stewart
Committee Secretary: Jane Thomson
PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3560
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Internet:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The fast-moving narratives around AI are head-spinning by design. Here's my take on what you need to know right now.
organizingmythoughts.org
What Actually Matters About AI Right Now
A war almost began, not because a machine wanted something or “went rogue,” but because a machine was wrong, and human beings believed it.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Zombies having a two for one Tuesday
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW BRAIN DROPPED
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Max. @trapezoidvirus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
maybe thats why they zombies say "braaaaains"(plural) and not "braaaaain"(singular)
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Joel Jenkins @boganintel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The Lia Finocchiaro NT government has implemented generational changes to child protection laws, motivated by politics rather than proof." Independent media is doing a NT focus this week. This is my contribution: 'A Proto-Stolen Generation?' #auspol www.boganintel.com/p/a-proto-st...
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A Proto-Stolen Generation?
The Lia Finocchiaro NT government has implemented generational changes to child protection laws, motivated by politics rather than proof.
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#PeteWhishWilson Nobody is talking about this... We all need to wake up to this! The rise of #OneNation is so off the charts it defies usual political explanations. #Greens won't let this potential foreign interference slide by unchecked. Nothing less than our democracy is at stake. #AUSPOL
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
add the $19 billion we give to wealthy families for prestigious schools to the $12 billion we give to landlords and the $16 billion we donate towards fossil fuel emissions while the pampered brat class bitches and moans about funding welfare. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Why are we still funding Australia’s wealthiest schools?
Australia’s wealthiest private schools continue receiving public funding despite mounting budget pressures, raising questions about whether government spending on education reflects need and the broad...
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses. - by Caitlin Kelly, Laura Tingle and Stephen Dziedzic #Israel #war #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Diplomats reveal how Australia withdrew from sanctions talks at 11th hour
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
we support police issuing move on notices to disrupt community and criminalise poverty with use of force and the very financial penalties that contribute to causing homelessness in the first place - while victim blaming - said the literal Minister for Homelessness. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Dozens of homeless people at Perth camp given less than a week to move
Roughly 50 people staying in tents and cars at a makeshift camp in the City of Rockingham have been ordered by the state government to clear the area, leaving many scared and with nowhere else to go.
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Copper Merchant @coppermerchant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As it vacuums it self exponentially, my vacuum cleaner might on day reach “cleangularity”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Some nice use of graphs by @edhusicmp.bsky.social :-) in his questions to the RBA (the RBA was very much, oh look it's all a bit technical... but yeah people are doing it tough... but err productivity will solve it!)
Phot of Ed Husic holding my graph of real wages
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
these are racist people and they want no Black people here - Rose Laynbalaynba, YiSSA shelter resident and language lecturer at CSU on the forced removal of Aboriginal people from YiSSA. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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NT government moves 150 Darwin homeless shelter residents out of town
Up to 150 residents at a Darwin homeless shelter will be relocated 100 kilometres south to Batchelor after the site's owner and the Northern Territory and federal governments could not agree on a fund...
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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I wrote this almost ten years ago. I really wish it would stop being so fucking relevant. www.sbs.com.au/language/ita...
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Life on a bridging visa
Experts claim Australia’s future economic prosperity inevitably depends on increasing its intake of skilled migrants, but those already living and working here remain powerless over their own.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12/09/2026
Man standing in front of big neon sign that says “is that good?” As the crowd chants the same. Art by Mattie lubchansky
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