Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/10/2026If you are wondering why Anthropic aren't coming out and opposing statements like this, it's because they very genuinely do not care about climate responsibility and will burn absolutely whatever they can get their hands on to keep the grift going. www.capitalbrief.com/article/anth... 13610203
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side 2451116454063
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 10/10/2026What’s happening to our climate is utterly terrifying. We’re looking at 4 degrees above average this southern summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world 21283153
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.social🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 07/10/2026Under-pressure families suffering cutbacks to their disability supports are being referred to child protection services if they complain.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... 42417
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Barely any media reporting on this. Instead it's one big tech weirdo after another talking about how their god machines want to kill us all so they need all of earth's resources immediately 7365103
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The US needs to be building 2.3 subs per year to deliver us #AUKUS subs. They're only at 1.1. And they're struggling to keep built subs at sea. USS Connecticut damaged in 2021. Repairs started in 23 for a finish in 25, now 27. Deactivation in 2031. #auspolslashgear.comDamaged Nuclear Sub Dashes US Navy Hopes For A 2026 Return To Service - SlashGearAlthough the U.S. Navy was hoping to get the USS Connecticut back into service this year, that seems not to be on the table as the timeline gets extended. 1611252
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.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 1516374
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026There are early signs that the fire season in Victoria and Tasmania could be bad. This seasonal outlook for rain (left) and temperature (right) over the next three months is not friendly. There is lots of time to pass until fire season down here - and things will shift! - but this is a bad start. 38329
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialLizzy Schofield @musictplove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Any thoughts Jillian Segal? Any thoughts to those politicians wanting us arrested for opposing genocide by saying words ????? #auspol #freepalestine 55633
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax. 38556289
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialPurplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Reserve Bank of Australia: "millions of working class people have to suffer because some rich fucks got a bit greedy again x" 616451
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026Very common story across the world: construction of homes hitting a wall where data centres are sucking up resources. Also see: Australia www.brokernews.com.au/news/breakin... Anyway, great work abundance / yimby folks, you're doing a good jobbrokernews.com.auData centre boom threatens to squeeze residential buildersCreditorWatch warns residential builders face rising risk as data centres compete for trades 06732
zakmckrakken.bsky.social @zakmckrakken.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I feel sad for his family. He was a bit dark and troubled the last few years, but still brought us joy back in the day. RIP 000
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialSeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yes, he is a fire-breathing dragon. And, yes, he has amassed a gigantic treasure mound of gemstones, gold and jewelry in his cave. But does he have to be so Smaug about it? 24110
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialSharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Middle aged white guy killed by shark minding his own business in his own home : Kill the shark Three women killed by men minding their own business in their own home: Kill the shark #YeahYouCanAllFuckAllTheWayOff #auspol 12313
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Please note @albomp.bsky.social @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social @tonyburkemp.bsky.social We have not solved either the #economic or #energy issues with data scraping. Meantime #human creativity and #community based care appears to be a big additional cost. #auspol 034
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialGeorge's Σουβλάκια🏺🥙 @thebigsouvlaki.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Who does the economy work for ? Govt says it can't afford to Raise The Rate yet is throwing money to large corporations. The RBA say we need to keep 700K people unemployed to keep inflation down. ALP/LNP/ON telling you its immigrants that are the problem. #auspol www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg JerichoLifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives 086
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialFiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026God. Read this 910047
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Why does this micronation, the third smallest country in the world, with no tourism and fewer residents than Horsham, have an international commercial airline – let alone one with seven Boeing 737s? How our immigration politics corrupts everything:thepoint.com.auWhy is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req... 415875
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialMichael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026When the Paris Agreement goals was negotiated in 2016, targets were set based on what was feasible at the time. A stark takeaway from today's UNEP 'overshoot' report is that we fucked it up. We didn't do the things we needed to do. We wasted a decade and the consequences are coming. 715174
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialWyvernsrose #RaiseTheRate @wyvernsrose.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now? dlvr.it/TVHGZG 002
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialSirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“Fuck fascism. Free Palestine.” 💜 04010
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Shot has the right to "self-defence" 24476135
zakmckrakken.bsky.social @zakmckrakken.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live Mumford and Sons Tori Amos Phil Collins Shortcut to Mushrooms Midge Ure Chris de Burgh Sonia Dada Thompson Twins The Killers Tim Minchin ❤️ 000
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialJustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Bill Shorten lost the 2019 unlosable election because he proposed cuts to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, and that 50% of new cars be EVs by 2030. Tax changes are now law, and the 50% EV target could be achieved before 2030. Voters owe Bill a huge apology. Voters fell for the BS. 2521249
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialDr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026most people want government to ban gambling ads, oppose genocide, tax fossil fuel billionaires, and stop approving slop machines. Instead we get expanded state surveillance powers serving white supremacist and foreign interests. www.deepcutnews.com/p/dave-hughe...deepcutnews.comDave Hughes’s ‘common sense’ is just another rich person whining – Amy RemeikisWe hear too often about the concerns of the rich, and not enough about the concerns of Australia’s silenced majority 27123
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026UN rapporteur calls for international protection force in Gaza, West Bank Francesca Albanese says deployment is 'absolutely urgent' and calls on states to act on International Court of Justice rulingaa.com.trUN rapporteur calls for international protection force in Gaza, West BankFrancesca Albanese says deployment is 'absolutely urgent' and calls on states to act on International Court of Justice ruling | Anadolu 110452
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Care package. My @smh cartoon. 17541231
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialpinconp.bsky.social @pinconp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026So. NDIS will be ‘sustainable’. But AUKUS is full steam ahead 3 gambling ads an hour - good for punters. Right. Got it. Mr Albanese: Can you IMAGINE how much I dislike your ‘centrist’ policies. I Used to be an ALP member! Disgusting #auspol 2127
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 18/08/2026💥 Israel just blew up the public water reservoir in Mansouri, South Lebanon — cutting off the town’s water supply. Not a military target. A water reservoir. Essential civilian infrastructure. This is a war crime. This is an act of genocide. 8/18 @sarahabdallah.bsky.social 16158114
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/08/2026Folks: here's a meaty long read for you on how Australia's data centre industry lobbied (successfully) to kill regulations that would force them to cover their new demand with renewables And how (this is spicy) the desire within some climate/energy spaces to see data centres as 'cleantech' helpedketanjoshi.coHow Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to to freely polluteData centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them? 13413259
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16/08/2026An Israeli spy company has been sneaking it's way into various government agencies, giving access to peoples phones without any authorization or oversight. Be aware of Cellebrite.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Australian Federal Senator David Shoebridge 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 04526
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialbystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"In the first of an IA two-part series, Dr Evan Jones examines the Australian Special Envoy for Antisemitism's 'Understanding Antisemitism in Australia' report and describes the handbook as a dangerous farce. "independentaustralia.netJillian Segal's 'Understanding Antisemitism in Australia': A lesson in propagandaJillian Segal's Understanding Antisemitism in Australia Report is an embarrassment, writes Dr Evan Jones. 33227
zakmckrakken.bsky.social @zakmckrakken.bsky.social · 16/08/2026@albomp.bsky.social you're never getting any submarines 000
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialDr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns. 11287922730
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The world that $6,700,000,000,000 in annual fossil fuel subsidies has bought us. 33315
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026All of the AI nerds keep insisting that the water issues are fake while the companies keep pointing machine guns at authorities and demanding more water 2309140
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialthriveability.bsky.social @thriveability.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Let's go deeper. 031
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Great post! Excellent summary. Time for parents and grandparents to speed up change by #voting and #lobbying to build them a survivable future. #auspol 062
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKaren James @kejames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It’s that time again, friends. Time to share the greatest eclipse explainer ever. 9898257
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialVoice of Kiki @voiceofkiki.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I used to play a game with SCA newbies who got too starry-eyed about the past. The game: "Given your personal history, what age would you have died in the Middle Ages?" People stop romanticizing it when you point out that weird fever at age 2 would have been it for them. 2131
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialakayea.bsky.social @akayea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Why is the savings so low? Because two thirds of NDIS spending goes to families with zero taxable income -- because they're on DSP 162
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026European summers aren't what they used to be! Grey curve is the climate of 1950-90. Every coloured line is a summer since 1991. Every one since 2005 sits beyond the 95th percentile of the curve. This isn't a shifting #climate. It's already a new one! 🤯🥵 Plot inspired by Barriopedro et al. 2011 4228146
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/08/2026A data centre in Australia is already free to build and use as much as gas it wants with no climate limits. If it were to be covered by the Safeguard Mechanism they could buy and use as many CCS offsets as they want, to falsely claim "compliance". 38830
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026SARS-CoV-2 did not come from a lab. There is no evidence pointing to laboratory origins. There’s been a massive disinformation campaign to convince the public otherwise. It’s scary how effective that campaign has been. 23996243
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Leaked video from an ICE camp details people suffering from tuberculosis, a never ending “flu” & conjunctivitis. ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event. These are concentration camps. They’re a breeding ground for disease which will lead to preventable suffering, disability and death. 11587284
Reposted by @zakmckrakken.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/08/2026You have definitely heard this at some point: "data centres are driving clean energy growth" The reality is most often they just pretend to be doing this using some offset-style moral trickery. Here's an explainer (using Australia's data centre lobby as a prime example) 410044