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@teqnomad.bsky.social
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forever evolving, culture weaver, technical, a dash of dataops, a twist of physical biochemistry (PhD) and a squeeze of Japanese. Wallumedegal land, Sydney, AU

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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 2h
This!! ➡️ "Australia needs houses, aged care beds, affordable health care, schools for our children, potholes fixed and trains for our sprawling outer suburbs. We are only halfway through a historic transition from an expensive and polluting coal-fired electricity grid."
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Allie @alannah56.bsky.social · 6h
#auspol these firms have shown how untrustworthy they are www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Tasmanian EPA says it was not told extent of Firmus data centre generator plans
Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 20h
2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Judge Navi Pillay
abc.net.au
Breaking: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Judge Navi Pillay
The prize has been awarded to Judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay for significantly enlarging the scope and impact of international law.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19h
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Gnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽‍♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wagga Wagga residents are trying to halt the development of a $15billion data centre that will use the same amount of electricity as a million homes. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Town questions $15b data centre set to use enough power for 1m homes
One Wagga Wagga resident says she feels "back-stabbed" by the development, while others say the town needs more industry.
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There came a time when we understood that asbestos was a product that when you used it as intended would cause harm. That's now the case with coal and gas. We don't mine and export asbestos anymore. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
High Court's coalmine emissions ruling says 'the quiet part out loud'
Activists, politicians and the resources sector are fired up about a High Court ruling over a planning statute.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 7h
Gratifying to learn that the Nobel prize committee still has a backbone and a clear sense of justice and morality. An excellent choice.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 8h
theglobeandmail.com
South African judge wins Nobel Peace Prize, signalling pushback to U.S. campaign against ICC
Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge and anti-apartheid lawyer, was honoured as the Nobel committee defended the role of international law against mounting political pressure
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 5h
What?? data centres can get approvals quicker than a home????
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 5h
@aparker.io this could be your next gamebuilding challenge 😁
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What we need right now... some blue sky
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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SkynetAndChill.com @druce.ai · 07/10/2026
“You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The 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/...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
👏👏Bravo to the mighty DAMSHEG‼️ (Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Enviro Grp)✊✊ “Today the high court has said what we have always known: we cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change,& then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us & won’t be felt by us”
theguardian.com
Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This!!
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JD Long @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com · 04/10/2026
AI is going to kill everything... starting with TCP.
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This resonates so much. The agency and liberation has these downsides. But I need a transcript, as it's a long podcast session. Or is that my AI-fatigued brain cutting out?
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OMG!
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BABA Toshiaki @netmarkjp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#ばばさん通信ダイジェスト 賛否関わらず話題になった/なりそうなものを共有しています。 How to build a Jev-style classifier with DiffusionGemma and vLLM | by Karl Weinmeister | Google Cloud - Community | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/google-cloud/how-to-buil…
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I adore my floating panes in zellij!
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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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Mandy Stefanakis @mstefanakis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Thank goodness someone (Matt Kean) has stated the bleeding obvious on the true economic (and life) cost of this huge coal mine extension. The ramifications for climate are now measurable.
theguardian.com
Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit
Exclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A reminder that this year the unemployment rate has gone up 0.56%pts - roughly an extra 87,000 unemployed. So in 15 min when the RBA raises rates again just remember 35-44yos on Jobseeker are almost 10 times more likely to die than those not on welfare: www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Chart showing deaths per 100,000 by age
22-34yo: 17.1 no welfare; 137.0 on Jobseeker
35-44yo: 30 no welfare; 288.1 on Jobseeker
45-55yo: 83.4 no welfare; 427.0 on Jobseeker
55-64yo: 201.6 no welfare; 615.6 on Jobseeker
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...
RBA tells working class people to stop wasting money on ‘luxuries’ like food, shelter and transport - The Chaser
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The juxtaposition - domestic mnior disasters on the left, climate weariness on the right, and songs for when your stuck in the middle.... and what is 'appliance rebellion'???
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the Australian government weakens copyright law at the behest of AI companies, they would be legalising the theft of the work of the entire world's creatives on their soil.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 25/09/2026
pps can I borrow your cats for the weekend to take cat photos? I promise I'll return them after I'm done www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Government documents reveal AI could train on data without paying creators
Leaked government documents reveal AI companies would be allowed to train their models on online content without paying its creators as long as they struck deals with enough rights holders.
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austin @aparker.io · 25/09/2026
have they tried putting the agents in a box made of something sturdier than sand
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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2026
For everyone still stuck, we've got you: archive.org/details/myst...
The cover to MYST: The official Strategy Guide
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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2026
33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.
The dock of Myst Island from the original version of the game. A wooden dock ends at a spiral staircase that leads up to giant gears on a hillside. A ship is sunk in the water on the right, and parts of buildings are visible on the left.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026
Haven't seen a better AI explainer than this one (even if it somewhat overstates the AI safety stuff) www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlt1kR...
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Tasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Since the start of 2016, the three #salmon companies operating in #Tasmanian marine areas - Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna - have deployed 150,488 underwater explosives against seals in their fish farms. #politas 💥 tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
More than 150,000 underwater explosives used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, government data reveals | Tasmanian Inquirer
More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A witness told the House Standing Committee on Economics that data centre construction is exerting inflationary pressure on the Australian construction system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VJvZYmAOI…
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When Did Sustainability Become Sustainability Inc? Part 2 of the 3-part series taking a harder look at the claims ('the market is the best place to solve problems', 'if it's win-win, no one has to lose!'), & actual realities & outcomes of corporate voluntary action
podcasts.apple.com
Beyond Corporate Sustainability: When Did Sustainability Become Sustainability Inc?
Podcast Episode · Is Business Broken? · September 17 · 25m
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Honeycomb @honeycomb.io · 14/09/2026
New O11yCast — Mike Goldsmith, Martin Thwaites, and Ken Rimple on adaptive sampling, including Honeycomb's new Tail Sampling Processor for the OpenTelemetry Collector. Have a listen here: honeycomb.io/resources/podcasts/ep-93-adaptive-sampling-strategies-with-mike-goldsmith
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OMGGGG
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Forbes @forbes.com · 14/09/2026
Macklemore defended his remarks last week, saying, “Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.”
forbes.com
Macklemore Removed From Ed Sheeran's Tour After 'Free Palestine' Remarks, Report Says
Macklemore defended his remarks last week, saying, “Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.”
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very nice
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Christian Minich @christianminich.com · 13/09/2026
AI;DR is a thing already! Also you can send them this link: dontpastetheai.com
dontpastetheai.com
Don't paste the AI, please.
If someone asks you something, send your answer. Not the AI's.
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"One very big noisy shed" is one way of checking whether this passes the pub test in the land of Oz...
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A petition with 124,665 signatures says we don’t want our weapons, components & resources contributing to war crimes or genocide. The Red Lines Package gives Gov an opportunity to restore Aus's leadership on international law. I urge the Gov to act. #auspol #politas
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's such a beautiful sight to come across Sturt desert peas ❤️😍💕
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teqnomad.bsky.social @teqnomad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is good news. Great quote too from Martin Luther King. “The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice.” 😊
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LearnKube @learnkube.com · 07/09/2026
This tutorial teaches how to deploy OpenTelemetry Collectors on Kubernetes using both DaemonSet agents and sidecar collectors together, with a tail-sampling gateway that merges telemetry from both topologies without breaking trace continuity ➜ ku.bz/YwfDMMDZN
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austin @aparker.io · 06/09/2026
data center implies the existence of data reactionary, data leftist, data socdem, data liberal, data conservative…
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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