Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 4hAustralia's media and political class should be much more concerned about why the lead safety person at OpenAI, David Robinson, just resigned. His view is: "OpenAI does not have the culture of safety necessary to protect the world from what it is building...a problem endemic to the AI industry." 💥 1119
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 6hThis seems a little … authoritarian www.canberratimes.com.au/story/936455...canberratimes.com.auComplaining NDIS families face child protection threatsThe national disability agency is referring families that complain about support levels to child protection services, an autism... 54427
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialMatt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 11hThe High Court has found that under NSW planning law, miners must also account for “scope three” emissions – the pollution created when the coal is burnt by their overseas customers www.theage.com.au/environment/... 716053
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 4hWe don’t think the case for this has been made. One constant in the global history of policing is that every weapon given to cops, they will eventually use. Therefore, every force escalation requires compelling justification. 1714157
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h“TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to allegations in New York’s lawsuit against the company unsealed on Wednesday.”reuters.comTikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York allegesTikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to allegations in New York’s lawsuit ... 17330
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The entire White House is filled with Jeffrey Epstein's friends. 301197372
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialYour Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 12h1/“The plague” is trending across socials, and I'm getting a lot of questions. So Dr. Marisa Donelly, @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social, and I sat down and compiled answers to some of the top questions we’re seeing to bring the nuance you may be looking for. First: your risk right now is essentially zero 26832
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 14hIn Pryluky today, Russia killed three baby boys - Oleksandr, Kyrylo, and Serhiy. All three were just one year old. They also killed 8-year-old Maksym. Among the victims of the attack are the mother and grandmother of one-year-old Oleksandr. In total, the death toll in Pryluky has now reached 19. 613840
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"The delegation heard fr Melelusi Sokotia, a 13-year-old local student, who said her friends dreamed of “becoming teachers, doctors, builders” but spent their lives wondering if their island would survive into their adult lives." Will this move PM Albo whose govt keeps approving Coal+Gas projs❓theguardian.comAustralia faces summer of extreme weather, Anthony Albanese warns at pre-CopPrime minister tells delegates in Tuvalu and Fiji that ‘super El Niño’ brewing in the Pacific shows climate change is ‘here right now’ 21810
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights Calling wood “renewable” doesn’t make the CO2 released when it’s burned disappear. If forests take decades or more to recover that carbon, how should we count those emissions? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year 46649
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026 29472832249
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialTalking Climate Collaborative @tccollab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Our survey of climate communicators found many work in isolation, with few connections beyond their fields. We're here to help change that. Watch our @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu conversation: youtu.be/4KI64HDmG9s So let us know: Who do you want to connect with? Tag them in your reply! 33210
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"More than 3,700 Australians are stranded in public hospital beds". Hospitals (run by states) clogged as massive NDIS cuts (by Feds) mean patients can't survive at home Claudia Weisenberger investigates #auspol #ndis #medicare michaelwest.com.au/stranded-tho...michaelwest.com.auStranded. Thousands in hospital beds as NDIS cuts bite home support - Michael WestThousands of patients are stuck in hospital beds in a system that focuses more on who pays than on what benefits the unwell. 1412558
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialJoshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"But an analysis of tax filings and other public documents reveals that some groups are closely connected to the Trump administration or the fossil fuel industry." (2/2) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comInside the anti-climate campaign against researchersA POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide. 0157
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Saw a prominent tech reporter have a mea culpa and say he's going back to posting on X as it's where the tech conversations are, so I opened it up to see what I was missing and was immediately presented with an AI video of Hanson making out with a prominent right wing blogger. I'll be alright. 711618
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialFredo Fabrucci: The Poster's Poster™ @fredo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is funny (in the joker way, as per usual) how so many people's lives were completely shattered over copyright trolling from companies who treated downloading a song as a capital offense but the moment they could make money on it themselves it instantly stopped being relevant 111161347
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialTim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026HUGE news Kind of shocking that it's up to the High Court to make decisions democratic governments are proving incapable of making. And kind of shocking that it was a split decision. But massive congrats to everyone who made this happen. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmineRuling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says 110637
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialDina Sayegh Doll @askdinadoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Supreme Court term kicks off with a major case that could finally make Big Oil pay for the damage it caused, just like Big Tobacco. Public outcry forced Alito to recuse, giving the environment a real shot at a win. @meidastouch.com 6441106
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.elizabethspiers.com/i-was-raped-... 023
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialLyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 05/10/2026With 8.3 billion people on the planet, we’ve learned to define wildlife recovery so narrowly that we can celebrate a species’ comeback even as the ecosystem supporting it continues to unravel.apple.newsOspreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize. 23314
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit.... 201205596
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026Amazon is building 33 data centre buildings at the site of the 'Homer City gas plant' - one of the biggest planned fossil fuelled power stations on the planet. Yet Amazon keeps claiming they're bastions of 'energy efficiency'........ 19635
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auLive: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, TuvaluAnthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live. 19215100
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The PM's visit came just "after an Australian state regulator approved the latest of more than 30 fossil fuel developments to have been given the greenlight in less than five years." I bet Albanese can't wait to get back from sinking Tuvalu to his key priority: keeping fossil fuel donors happy. 1219
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics. 31698286
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 4939621239
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialSpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards Jeremy Clarkson spending decades denying global warming only to sink his fortune into a farm just as global warming really starts to kick in 941256233
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialthe terminally well @theterminallywell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026 11246120
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialthe terminally well @theterminallywell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026imagine the world we could have if people weren't stupidly selfish greedy misogynistic racist homophobic nationalistic xenophobic jingoistic violent egotistical dark triad psychopaths/sociopaths — or even if we just didn't allow systems that reward these unsustainable maladaptive fairly rare traitsstatic.klipy.comSpongebob's Imagination RainbowAlt: Spongebob's Imagination Rainbow gif 064
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/202614-year-old Daniel Umanskyi was killed by a Russian drone on September 25,2026. His open notebook,with unfinished homework,was left lying on the table. Daniel was writing about the moral code of Volodymyr Monomakh&how unacceptable it is for the strong to hurt the weak. Deepest condolences. 📹:BBC 14389175
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...commondreams.orgTrump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common DreamsThe US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ... 481009558
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Media Watch had a crack at us last night over #flydubai. We gently remind them of their own epic fail #auspol michaelwest.com.au/flying-high-...michaelwest.com.auFlying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch - Michael WestABC Media Watch has accused this reporter of "perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories" online. We say the ABC has failed 1516173
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialBean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh, sweet jeebuz, CLEAN THE AIR already. 🤬 It's not rocket science. Ventilation (even open windows). Air filtration at building scale (e.g., higher MERV in HVAC), room scale (portable air cleaners), and even personal scale (masks). Maybe also stop withholding pediatric virus testing 🤬 28942
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“You didn’t protect my son!” Netanyahu heckled by the father of a 10/7 victim at a memorial ceremony. (Netanyahu was reportedly warned an attack was coming and did nothing — then said nobody woke him up that morning🤔) 19445681566
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialTasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tassal plans to use the controversial antibiotic Oxytetracycline (OTC) at its Great Taylors Bay #salmon lease near Bruny Island from October 8 to treat a bacteria that causes piscirickettsiosis. #politas #auspol 226
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialInformation Age @information-age.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Some of Australia’s biggest data centre operators paid no tax in the 2024-25 financial year, despite reporting hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in income as construction of new facilities accelerates across the country. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...ia.acs.org.auThe data centre giants paying no tax in AustraliaATO scrutinises the rapidly growing industry. 35239
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialSteve T PhD @thelasttheorist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Operation Brave Sir Robin. 0532
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing. 263097949
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 05/10/20261/ Mamdani. Piker. El-Sayed. Each faced a coordinated pile-on from MSM legacy outlets, right-wing media, & corporate & centrist Democrats. Each came out standing. The reason (IMO): a defense social network that didn't exist at this scale a few years ago 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 613587
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialGekko @gekko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How'll Australia gaslight Pacific Nations today in the pre-COP talks? How can Labor hold a solar panel in one hand exuding virtue, while in the other hand continue to sign-off new fossil fuel projects and export gas with impunity? Australia can't be trusted www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...thenewdaily.com.auIf climate talks cannot stop new coal and gas, what are they for?The evidence is all around. Heat, fires, storms and droughts are not warnings of a future threat. They are symptoms of an unfolding crisis. 67137
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Russian-born American businessman Konstantin Sokolov gave $11M to MAGA Inc. and donated to Trump’s ballroom. He was recently tapped to lead Trump’s $201M TRIPP+ investment fund. @luchkov.bsky.social and I dug into his past and found that his former partner worked for Oleg Deripaska.maligninfluenceoperations.substack.comInside Trump Donor Konstantin Sokolov’s Business Ties to RussiaThis investigation is part of an ongoing examination of Konstantin Sokolov’s network. 17328215
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialJosep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Quadcopters fire on civilians near Abu Hmeid Roundabout in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. 01310
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us. 26160282237
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.” 31372486
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Research shows that agricultural workers are 35 times more likely to die of heat related illness then workers in any other industries. - American Lung Association 4/ 110532
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialPacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'm going to try to change your perspective on COVID in under 2 minutes. 18334155
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.socialLeon Simons @leonsimons.com · 19/02/2026🚨The most important graph in the world has another year of data, and it doesn't look good!🚨 NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space. The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled! 23929577
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.social🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🤔 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 9133061068
Reposted by @syzyblue.bsky.social💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We have normalised something completely fucking insane. Australia now has 178 billionaires worth $686 billion, while working people are skipping meals and struggling to pay their fucking mortgages. 59545