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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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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Shoebridge. Let’s build something other than Labor’s “managed decline.” Brilliant. I’m with him. youtube.com/shorts/MGIQO...
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We're not interested in tinkering around the edges.
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Huzzah. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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Graham Lea @evolvable.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow. Important, thorough, and damning work here from @ettemedia.bsky.social on bias evident in ABC 7.30 interviews around international conflicts across four years. 👏👏🙏 #auspol
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He was told it was coming and did nothing.
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Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election
With only weeks to go until elections in Israel, an unrelenting stream of well-sourced, detailed stories has suddenly appeared, documenting multiple failures by Benjamin Netanyahu to heed warnings of ...
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Woodside’s proposed Browse project could expose almost one million more people to unprecedented heat and kill an additional 29 million coral colonies on the Great Barrier Reef every time it bleaches. Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/QeokZYwt
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“mirrors, amplifies & at times defends the Australian gov’s position at the expense of accountability interviews in pursuit of the truth. This is particularly prevalent with Israeli guests. This signals to audiences, not only whose voices matter, but crucially whose lives matter.“ #Auspol #Genocide
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
Israel engaged in the demolition of a city with families still inside the buildings. Real life horror.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
They are going to lose their minds, beyond belief. A brown woman with influence is something they cannot abide
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The RBA argues this is about inflation, but that has absolutely nothing to do with Australians earning too much, spending too much or an overheating economy,” said @grogsgamut.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/ADbShnLo
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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record-guy59.bsky.social @record-guy59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi...
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Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had ...
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just reflecting on how much criticism was made by conservatives over the last decade about Simon Holmes a Court using some of his money to help communities support candidates they chose (not him) versus this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Rinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One Nation
One Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes.
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gina Rinehart & Pauline Hanson's election strategy revealed ... Its easier & cheaper to recruit (steal) existing MPs from other parties than to get new MPs elected. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Rinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One Nation
One Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes.
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Rogue Unit ☮️🕉️☯️🍉 @rogueunit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#AiDataCentres #StateOfTheNation #ClimateChange just to add insult to injury … Data Centres require back up Diesel Generators the number of generators is from 50 to well over 300 units Millions of Litres of Diesel with be required on-site #MillionsOfLitres One #ShiteFightAfterAnother #auspol
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Data centres increase Australia's fuel dependency
The spurious claim that intermittent, weather-dependent energy is best to power data centres has been thoroughly debunked by the operators of such sites. Over the weekend, The Age reported that Singap...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What Sally said. The bad blood and dodgy financial management in One Nation is bad enough. But insulting each other the American spelling "asshole" is just unAustralian. #auspol
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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#AusVotes2028 #auspol
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David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are you now planning to give our gas away to India too in return for ALP donations Chris? You know, just like you do with Japan, who have got rich on Australian gas largely given away for free. #NoNewGas #TAXtheGAS #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-aus...
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the only mikewilson in oz @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#auspol Thought of the day, from Deepcut News
Dumb Albo.  He hates winning.
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Yvette Skinner @yvetteskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Players from the Republic of Ireland wear black armbands, bow their heads during the Israeli anthem and refuse handshakes during a Nations League football match.
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Ireland refuses handshake with Israel, wears black armbands for game
Players from the Republic of Ireland wear black armbands, bow their heads during the Israeli anthem and refuse handshakes during a Nations League football match.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump regime has killed at least 234 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yesssssssss, exactly
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GFRE @guildford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Yeah but China! #Auspol
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Albanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inbox
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Iran's President SCRAPPED Prepared UN Speech After Trump's Threats President Masoud Pezeshkian says he arrived with a prepared speech, but ABANDONED it after hearing Trump threaten to "annihilate" Iran and use what he called the "language of force." The result was a POWERFUL wartime address
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
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The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up.
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
JUST THE ONCE... would like to post something without a typo in it. Imagining my headstone will read: "Here lies Wendy Harmer. Loved by her friend's and family's. R.Y.P. "
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Plootensnooten @plooto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Four in five of the people lobbying our federal government aren't covered by the lobbying code - and the whole code is run by fewer than four public servants. Tell the Attorney-General to fix it. www.fixlobbying.com.au
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Fix Lobbying
Four in five of the people lobbying our federal government aren't covered by the lobbying code - and the whole code is run by fewer than four public servants. Tell the Attorney-General to fix it.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/09/2026
As our car sizes grow, new evidence points to pedestrian risk
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Researchers who analysed 10,000 crashes say car size does matter
A  study of 13 years of crashes in Australia finds a link between car height and risk of pedestrian death, particularly for women and children. 
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ashamed but not surprised to discover that these shameless areshole grifting gronks are fkn Strayan
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Putting your principles first.
In September 1964, the Beatles refused to play the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, when they learned the crowd would be segregated.
The city backed down.
The show went ahead - integrated.
Bringing that up this week for no reason in particular...
Music has always
been bigger than just music.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please help this family if you can 
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's me. 'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huh. I didn’t know he was still undead.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Even for a government, $10 billion per year is a lot of money. It is one of the largest expense items in the federal budget, usually costing more than running either the Australian Army or the Royal Australian Air Force.” Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Although the request to hold a Convocation was signed by almost 600 alumni, academics and former Fellows of Senate, the Chancellor of the university, David Thodey, rejected it. michaelwest.com.au/sydney-uni-senat…
Sydney Uni Senate to decide if free speech is okayAlthough the request to hold a Convocation was signed by almost 600 alumni, academics and former Fellows of Senate, the Chancellor of the university, David Thodey, rejected it.He also insisted the Senate would not be able to limit the university’s ties to Israel, which highlights why a Convocation is necessary. As though concern with alleged antisemitism was the university policy priority, he reasoned that any resolution of the Convocation would come bNo dissent allowed
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My worst fears were confirmed by Tony Burke yesterday. The right to seek asylum & work while seeking safety are both in imminent danger. Help us bring a delegation of refugees to Parliament, to make sure their voices are heard by those in power. Donate 👇🏼 donate.asrc.org.au/_support
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Yvette Skinner @yvetteskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
💯 this
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Much like RFK Jr.’s health and science qualifications, chemtrails do not exist. That conspiracy has been as debunked as the flat Earth. The only ones trying to put toxic chemicals in the air and poison you are the Trump administration.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Newly disabled people, I say this with love: Two things are true. 1. Your expectations for your life have been disrupted. Maybe permanently. You have the right to take space and grieve that. 2. There is life beyond that disruption. Millions of us are living it.
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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Would we have Shakespeare (eg Tempest) without Homer's Odyssey. Well, that's too crude a question, of course. But we start to chew into it on this episode of Instant Classics. It's here to enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0wT...
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How Homer’s Odyssey Conquered the English-speaking World
YouTube video by Instant Classics
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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"I thought about my uncle, Hisham Zafer Mushtaha, his wife, Hanan, their sons, Basel and Mohammed, and their four grandchildren, Raged, Hisham, Lana and Abdrahman, aged between three and 12 years old. I imagined them being killed because an AI algorithm assumed there might be a target there."
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
'We missed the 1.5c target so that means it's too late to stop climate change' Ah, we missed the 'zero road deaths' target this year. What a shame. Time to take the hummer out, squeeze my eyes shut and smash the accelerator in a pedestrian zone. Come on people, let's make some sense here
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fact: Canada is warming at roughly 2x the global average, 3x in the north. As permafrost thaws, greenhouse gases are released, accelerating warming. As snow/ice melts, less heat is reflected and more is absorbed, accelerating heating in areas with traditionally more snow cover, including mountains.
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