Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 23hThere are no different specialists in the public system in Canberra. Only one hospital 100
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 23hOne in ten people who live in Canberra are on a waiting list for medical specialists. That is so fucked. I'm years over due for a repeat procedure that they previously said I need to reduce cancer risk and they have told me they have no idea when it'll happen. 292
Reposted by Tom SwannCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“.. AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event .. most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a... 97835373
Reposted by Tom SwannCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“This is what crowd out looks like.” - Jason Furman 581072424
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They will presumably put in reasonably well grown trees 120
Reposted by Tom SwannEvery Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Now the plans for Town Hall Sq are out, I think it should be sent back to the drawing board. All underground spaces filled/closed. Wollies exit to the station walled off. No retail, food/bev. Not even toilets. Big blank walls facing north. Missed opportunity to improve station accessibility too. 43014
Reposted by Tom SwannTom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is a really a key moment for Australia to rise to the moment and start walking the talk on a Future Made in Australia. We are the natural trading partner to deliver on this ambition with Korea. We can provide the clean commodities, like green iron, as Korea shifts away from coal and gas. 0159
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It also includes gas export licenses out to almost 2080 020
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Voters are being asked to believe that a Commonwealth that can’t manage to tax foreign-owned gas companies will somehow transform into a ruthless negotiator for frontier modelling access." - @beneltham.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/a...crikey.com.au 041
Reposted by Tom SwannAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?" 8111978693
Reposted by Tom SwannRod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Great to see UNANIMOUS vote for climate disaster levy City of Port Phillip last night. Local councils are at front line of climate costs and are now pushing for big polluters to pay up! Great job PECAN, @alexmakin.bsky.social @justinhalliday.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/new/261008-m... 196
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ah damn I misremembered his name. But check this out it's pretty funny and an Aussie meme. We don't have a lot of ice. youtu.be/WUi4-H6hfw8?...youtu.beSteven Bradbury Wins Gold - High Quality With Original Australian CommentaryYouTube video by Joel Tolli 010
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don't quite get it but I think that Bradley effect is the opposite of ours. 230
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reckon a first aid course needs to be really about that hey, as much as what to do, as, this is how you know you need to. And heaps of that is confidence 100
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Is this really much more moronic than what we have Australia? I want to think we aren't this far gone. (Unsure) 'No one's done it worse than the last administration but then something the Trojan Horse' 000
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Do you know how to use it? Or where to find out? I would gladly have it with me but I don't think I could give it to someone who I probably think needs it but I don't know 110
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The only reason Trump hasn't seen this is no one has shown him yet. 011
Reposted by Tom SwannAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A naked, gold-covered Trump statue has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It’s called “Orange Plague,” also known as “King of Injustice,” and shows him sitting on another man’s shoulders holding an enormous golf club. Covered in reportedly 23-karat gold, of course. 41194552755
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Cost of transporting oil is also spiking, on top of the cost of the oil. Many such reasons. 010
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Does Bradley here refer to the Australian ice skater who won the gold because everyone else crashed into each other? 130
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026No one asked to be brought here. No one asked for their parents or whatever happened in their childhood. If adult children don't want their parents in their life, that is righteously up to them. 072
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think there also needs to be an info campaign/ basic training. I would probably feel very uncomfortable about using it if someone couldn't clearly consent, and I understand that's when it's most needed 021
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Huge and very good news. While NSW law is at issue, potential precedent more broadly. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auBreaking: High Court rules in favour of climate in Hunter Valley coal mine caseAustralia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia. 020
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Especially given at the time that was likely to be an awful experience (I have to amputate) so fascinated 010
Reposted by Tom SwannHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why? 638108774892
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When does someone who drives into people deserve the active voice? Driving into 'footy fans' TICK Driving into people on bikes HELL NO 000
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So interesting. Why is that a surgery? Even if you go back to archaic meanings, surgeries were about cutting off limbs etc. 110
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026You all may be surprised to learn that other countries have different laws. Defo risk is much higher in Australia. "The most corrupt politician" would be pretty easy to prove as defamatory. 200
Reposted by Tom SwannIo Dodds 🌘🏳️⚧️♾️ @iododds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TODAY ON IOSPHERE: Everywhere you look, automated systems are behaving like people — yet without the accountability or vulnerability a person usually bears. That's not coincidence. It's a central pillar of the AI industry, and I call it personhood arbitrage. iosphere.beehiiv.com/p/17-personh...iosphere.beehiiv.com#17: Personhood arbitrageWhat happens to a society when the line begins to blur between products and people? 1309
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Calling someone the most corrupt politician in a state would definitely not fly 500
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you did this in Australia you would be on the hook for a massive defamation payout 810
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Meanwhile Japan does tax its gas imports and on sells vast amounts of our exports for a profit. 000
Reposted by Tom SwannZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/10/2026Here's another perspective on how quickly the melt season has started for #Antarctic sea ice this year... More views at zacklabe.com/antarctic-se... 518374
Reposted by Tom SwannJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502925795
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026How are these incidents not criminal? Intent probably a big part of why it's not literally the same as someone hacking a govt but there's got to be something about negligence? 010
Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Off to see a German film about someone who made the perfect boot. It's a light hearted romantic comedy. For some reason the trailer is all about submarine warfare 021
Reposted by Tom SwannProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 01/10/2026Records come and records go. But this is one for the ages. The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.23°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This crushes the previous daily record set in 1982 by over 1.14°C. The Climate 8-ball is looking up. 541131534
