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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The neocloud bubble is wild. Aussie startup Firmus has an IPO next week forecast at $30b. Its plans include 2 data centres that will suck 15% of the electricity in Tasmania, the main customer is OpenAI, it has no audited financials, and its co-founder is a criminal www.reuters.com/business/5-b...
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$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two months
As Australian data centre operator Firmus prepares to ​launch a $5 billion initial public offering, the country's second-largest ever, prospective investors are questioning the firm's surging valuatio...
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Alix @stuckonaredrock.bsky.social · 2h
Apparently this is our ally, Australia. Not interested in protecting cities in his *own* country. Why would he honour a defence pact with us? We’re handing over billions for what?? Federal Labor need to wake up! #auspol #EndAUKUS
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 17h
Will the withdrawal of free universal Covid vaccines be replaced with other free vaccines (MMR for adults) & proper rebates for iron infusions for women, weight-loss medication for people who need it but aren't diabetic, etc? Or will we just give polluting companies more of our money?
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Steph Hodgins-May @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Labor government is hell-bent on new coal and gas across the country, including the largest coal mine expansion in NSW history just last week. You can’t claim to lead the world on climate while opening the door to more fossil fuel projects at home.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 05/10/2026
This, ladies, gentleman and others, is yet another reason that we do not support the billionaires behind Chemist Warehouse, Amcal and Discount Drug Stores (who are all the same people).
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026
Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.
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Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian Pharmacist
COVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?
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Alix @stuckonaredrock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The USA in 2026. Hideous.
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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Absolutely appalling - the Australian government is now charging $150 for the COVID vax for most people. The last protection now out of reach for most people
abc.net.au
COVID vaccine set for price hike - ABC listen
From October the COVID vaccine is expected to cost around $150.
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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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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
““In effect,” says Charlton, “we are creating a new import bill.” Data centres are the ore of the AI industry. Australia needs to do some of the high-value-adding processing of the ore, and that’s the training of models.” lol wut. Cripes. We are stuffed. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Why Australia simply cannot afford to miss this AI wave
For future prosperity and security, and to have any real influence over the big beasts of AI, Australia must convince them to train their models here.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching #insiders for ol’ times’ sakes and truly, we are bobbing about in the ocean emitting speech bubbles to keep us afloat, while the reality chained to our feet drags us under.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The USA - yes, Trump's one - says Covid vaccine should be universal for adults. Hello? NHS? Is this on?
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
South Australia: "4 students from Brighton Secondary school infected in measles outbreak" Nicola Spurrier: “We’re very concerned about this outbreak… we don’t normally see such an amount of spread.” She warns it’s “one of the most infectious communicable diseases” and more cases may be “brewing.”
abc.net.au
Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak
A temporary vaccination service has been set up for a school community in Adelaide's southern suburbs after four students tested positive for measles.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have a system that tackles inflation by suppressing the household income of workers while protecting housing wealth & corporate profits. Until the concentration of wealth in the country is confronted, working people will keep paying the price.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is it just me or have the last few weeks made the general 2026 vibe of EndTimesyness feel a lot more End Timesy?
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interesting that Quest Apartments breach included nearly 2 million individuals personal data including credit card CVV stored unlawfully and Albanese has had nothing to say about it
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm sure this will go down well.
Photo of Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump together, smiling, on the sidelines at the UN General Assembly.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So the RBA says that data centre investment risks fueling inflation. But instead of recommending reining that in, they are going to raise interest rates to ensure that more people lose their jobs to ‘fix inflation’ even when they admit company profits are main cause www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
AI data centre funding surges to record $35 billion
Australian data centre operators have raised a record $35 billion so far this year, according to a new staff note from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
David Shoebridge doesn’t hold back on NACC’s Kylie Kilgour after she draws a complete blank on the three measly CDPP prosecutions actually secured on their watch “You’ve only had three…and you can’t even remember them?” “You’re the Acting Commissioner!” “You’re doing nothing”🔥
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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”
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My God, the Coalition is pathetic. A new curriculum focusing on "Western Culture"? As we sit at the bottom of the world with the Asian and Pacific nations as our neighbours? Wake me up when this shit is over!
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
also. the thing people hate is not ‘the technology’ it is the tech industry. they hate move fast and break things. they hate having everything they say tracked and processed while companies do whatever they want. they hate every single ideological value that animates silicon valley
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Labor: Let’s tell Australians that we’re cracking down on intl students, but tell intl students that Australia is wonderful and welcoming. And the whole university funding model will be based on their fees. Yes that’ll work.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
KPMG holds $437 mil worth of active contracts with Labor - including 28 Defence contracts worth $303.8 mil - despite the fallout over KPMG’s integrity, ethics & leadership failures. Despite all the lessons of the Big 4 scandals Labor’s response has been woefully inadequate.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Once this war is over, I will walk through Kharkiv in the evening, marveling at the returning streetlights like a child! You have no idea what luxury it is to have them. ​I will hug every returning student who brings back our city’s lost spirit.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Military planes ceremonially flying overhead. Americana drapped over downtown Naarm/Melbourne, stars and stripes, lights and flags, in anticipation of the NFL's Friday occupation of the MCG. The propagandistic nature of mainstream culture is hard to swallow right now. It jars.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It might be a good idea for a senior politician to talk about the AI alignment risk at some point given I suspect the vast majority of the population have no idea it exists, except maybe in a jokey sci-fi sort of way.
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Aus peeps.. here's a chance to share your experiences with accessing healthcare, whether it cost, distance, accessibility, waitlists. I'm going to make a submission about the risks of being exposed to COVID in hospitals and GP practices. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Live: Waitlists, distance, or no bulk billing: Have your say on healthcare barriers
Whether you are battling high costs, long distances or stretching waitlists, many Australians have told us that accessing health care is becoming harder than ever.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 07/09/2026
I was just playing around with global temperature data for a thing and I know that this isn't going to be new news for anyone who follows me but also this is kinda fucking terrifying. Boy it is very lucky that we have a government that is continuing to approve new coal and gas projects.
Chart showing global monthly temperature change compared to pre-industrial from 1940 to the present.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Alix @stuckonaredrock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
British politics in 2026 🤦‍♀️
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In case you're wondering what Australia's resources minister Madeleine King (left, in the fossil fuel company branded helmet) was up to yesterday, she was literally turning the tap on new fracked gas supply from the Beetaloo Basin.
Photo of Australian resources minister Madeleine King (Left), and Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, wearing Tamboran Resources branded helmets, turning a tap representing the start of new fracked gas supplies from the Beetaloo Basin.

World is fukt.
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Rachel AU @rachsinanan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sometimes...being a woman is exhausting. How do some of these people get into Politics (I know, I know, the US is much worse off than we are in Australia right now) but still...it is 2026, when will equality happen? womensagenda.com.au/latest/femin...
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'Feminisation of curriculum' to blame for rise of manosphere in Australia: Matt Canavan
Of course! Senator Matt Canavan has found the culprit. The so-called feminisation of the curriculum.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
'Now is not the time' Same response. Year after year by the same bad actors As the world's climate destabilises and they keep on approving fossil fuel projects that will just accelerate it. Despairing that Australia will never have a government that will do anything real to mitigate climate change
Climate change a debate for later, PM says on Nepal floods.
Now is not the time to debate the role climate change played in the recent Nepal flood disaster, Anthony Albanese says.
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Another climate change story that does not identify the mysterious cause of these more frequent natural disasters.
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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament - Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament
Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
✍️ Want to understand the bonkers nature of the modern economy? Take a ride with me on the 30,000 mile journey the cod in a fish finger takes between being caught off the coast of Scotland and consumed in a British home 🤯 Promise I'm not making this up👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-30000-...
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The 30,000-mile fish finger
There’s a good chance the cod on your child’s plate has been around the world and back. Not that you’d learn any of that from the label...
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s striking that all of the severe and quite extreme problems Britain has now as a direct result of political malfeasance is all just chucked on the “oh well, what are you going to do, it’s just how it is” pile. These things were done by people with names and addresses.
bbc.co.uk
Scotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealed
A new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My fear is that it's going to happen in the middle of the night and there will be several hours when I'm sleeping and have no idea it's happened already
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