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• Post #4398878

  Golly. Turns out these AI agents will cheat, lie & steal in order to achieve their programmed goals. They appear to embody the ethical frameworks that enabled the plundering classes that funded their development to accrue their vast wealth. What a surprise. Are we afraid yet? #AI #ethics #plunder https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/openai-anthropic-models-went-rogue-cybersecurity-test-ai-security-institute?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #4389417

  ‘For most of Australia’s history, the two-party system entrenched the belief that “the lesser evil” was all we could aspire to at the ballot box. The major parties had flanked us, narrowing the Overton window to ensure we say thank you for the crumbs – while the banquet is served behind locked doors.’ The comfy system, supported by lazy journalism, endless distraction & clickbait team sports, that has had me voting all my life for minor amelioration as the only alternative to undisguise...

• Post #4389416

  Lost experiments revisited. Fascinating. #forestry #conservation #research We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding https://theconversation.com/we-revisited-a-forest-experiment-that-lay-forgotten-for-30-years-what-we-found-was-astounding-288105?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inside%20the%20murky%20world%20of%20peptides%20-%203892839644&utm_content=Inside%20the%20murky%20world%20of%20peptides%20-%203892839644+CID_03b93633d8d84...

• Post #4389415

  This is even worse than the experts predicted. Pyrology expert Professor David Bowman. #ClimateChange #fire #catastrophe ‘The fire has such power’: why the wildfires gripping France and Spain are off the charts https://theconversation.com/the-fire-has-such-power-why-the-wildfires-gripping-france-and-spain-are-off-the-charts-288507?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Good%20and%20bad%20news%20for%20mortgage%20holders%20-%203890039605&utm_content=Good%20and%20bad%20news%20for%20mortga...

• Post #4389414

  As climate catastrophe ravages continents & destroys livelihoods we will see much more of this. The racist Right’s obsession with border control is often sold as a package that includes distrust or denial of the science of climate change. It is actually grounded in the opposite. The plundering classes have long recognised that as more lands & communities are despoiled the lives of the privileged few will be spent in gated environments, served by workers who are effectively stu...

• Post #4389413

  Addiction, begun early, is too lucrative a business model to give up. #profit #plunder #exploitation #health https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/01/ultra-processed-food-companies-hindering-health-drives-by-suing-countries-says-who?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #4389412

  💔 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/01/first-australian-mass-mortality-event-suspected-as-deadly-bird-flu-virus-rapidly-escalates-among-native-birds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #4389411

  The power of our votes is already vastly uneven. Why not weight them in ways that make sense? Food for thought from Bernard Keane #democracy #equity #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/02/the-case-for-a-blatantly-discriminatory-australian-voting-system?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #4389410

  Bats carry many viruses that can infect & kill other mammals, including humans. What causes cross species infection to happen? Habitat loss leading these migratory creatures to forage & nest in areas closer to farms & people. Australian research has shown that planting blocks of eucalypts that blossom in winter, away from developed areas, can provide refuge for bats from all over the country, thereby preventing spillover events from occurring. This research was haphazar...

• Post #4389409

  What a wonderful use for this beautiful space & the books it was home to. Love the warm light. Also - for my neurodivergent metabolism matcha is the BEST study drug. Stimulates focus & clarity of thought like coffee but without the shakes, delivers a deep feel good effect like chocolate but without the sugar hit. Drink respectfully, it’s the best there is. 🍵 More spaces like this please! #StudyCafe #matcha #GouldsBookArcade #SensoryJoy #neurodivergent https://www.theguardian....

• Post #4389408

  Demographer Dr Liz Allen on how the census works, what it’s used for & why completing it is a contribution to the common good. ‘Censuses are personal for me. I wasn’t counted in the 1996 census because I was homeless. That’s part of why I ended up becoming a demographer – so no one is invisible when it counts.’ I know that census data have a mixed history & that some communities are rightfully sceptical about them. I know also that risks to our privacy are far greater now than...

• Post #4389407

  The poor seals 💔. Plus, important advice for folks with backyard chooks. #BirdFlu The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife https://theconversation.com/the-warning-signs-are-over-australia-now-faces-a-devastating-bird-flu-outbreak-in-wildlife-288889?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How%20the%20census%20helps%20you%20flush%20your%20toilet%20-%203894839668&utm_content=How%20the%20census%20helps%20you%20flush%20your%20toilet%20-%2038...

• Post #4389406

  Queensland LibNats showing us what the future holds as the patriarchal right gains ascendancy in Australian politics. #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/05/queensland-office-for-women-website-gender-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #4389405

  Systemic racism is alive and well in Australian policing. Thank you to all those involved in calling this abusive culture to account. #racism #NT #AusPol #courage https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/05/aboriginal-community-police-officers-sue-nt-authorities-over-alleged-racial-abuse-and-discrimination-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #4343649

  What happens when the machines succeed & can deliver our wildest dreams? The cautionary tale of Forbidden Planet. Worth a rewatch. #SciFi #AI #theTempest #id #PopCulture #hubris Forbidden Planet hit cinemas in 1956. Its warnings about AI should terrify us https://theconversation.com/forbidden-planet-hit-cinemas-in-1956-its-warnings-about-ai-should-terrify-us-288391?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How%20the%20census%20helps%20you%20flush%20your%20toilet%20-%203894839668&utm_content=...

• Post #4267697

  Just as the unpaid labour of women in families invisibly supports the careers of men, the services provided by workers who support clients in their own homes & communities is the edifice on which the whole system of community care rests. Policies guiding deinstitutionalisation were designed in consultation with professional disciplines to which the labour of these workers was barely visible. And it shows. They’re just the support workers (women, new migrants, not privileged, educated profess...

• Post #4125372

  For the first time, our census will collect information about sex attributed at birth, gender, our sexual orientation & the gender of our partner, separately. All of us who have felt invisible or less entitled to exist than our cishet peers can finally feel seen. Quality data is the basis of good policy. This is good news. #census #LGBTQI+ #visibility #policy #governance #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/27/australias-most-progressive-census-comes-at-personal-c...

• Post #4100881

  Cultivating hatred against vulnerable minority groups is a strategy to distract us from accelerating plunder & the catastrophes unfolding in its wake. This strategy has a long history. Because it works. Don’t fall for it. We are in this together. #hatred #obedience #distraction https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/berlin-pride-march-called-off-after-car-crashes-into-crowd-of-people-near-route?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #3922260

  The ‘screen for T’ initiative makes perfect sense as part of a broader strategic policy of policing gender. Goes like this: define gender as binary & the extremes of its cultural expression as natural; assume a hierarchy in which men are superior to women; normalise institutional cultures in which the highest status is accorded to those who most clearly embody attributes coded as male. These framings offer a pathway for men whose life prospects have been destroyed by the accelerating plu...

• Post #3871379

  I see this headline as part of the problem. How different would it be as ‘Four women killed by men in four days’ or ‘Four women killed by male partners or former partners in four days’ or ‘Four women killed in four days by men who wished to control them’ or ‘Four women killed in four days by men who felt entitled to treat them as objects’ or ‘Four women killed in four days by men who felt entitled to treat them as chattels’. Imagine if men’s violence was always reported like this. Statements...

• Post #3711868

  #colonisation #genocide #history #denial Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research https://theconversation.com/sydneys-1789-smallpox-epidemic-came-from-the-first-fleet-and-killed-up-to-220-000-indigenous-australians-new-research-284098?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

• Post #3547328

  Silver linings. #RenewableEnergy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-climate-crisis-europe-heatwave?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #3525009

  Just as being American is not the same as supporting their current regime - or being Australian is not the same as supporting our governments’ capture by the fossil fuels industry - being Jewish is not the same as supporting their actions of the Israeli state. We can all recognise genocide. Sarah Schwartz https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/url-royal-commission-antisemitism-jewish-australian-supporting-palestinian-freedom-sarah-schwartz-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #3501105

  I like what Peter Lewis is saying here. The anger that is the profitable engine of clickbait media has accelerated the success of the fascist right. Every time we participate in that, we fuel the process. An alternative? Take a breath before responding. Listen politely & say, ‘I’m not sure I understand you. Can you explain?’ When we’re overwhelmed by anger, outrage & exhaustion we can’t do this. Looking after ourselves is a necessary first step. Our anger and outrage are powerful tools...

• Post #3384987

  If only we’d known this was coming 🤦🏼‍♀️ #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels #StateCapture #governance #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/heatwave-france-spain-italy-europe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #3154311

  Whose accounts have authority? Not ours. #misogyny #medicine #control https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/07/medical-misogyny-women-experiences?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #1886469

  Researching the corporate bullshit generator (it’s a thing). Findings? People who fall for the corporate bullshit consistently make worse decisions. Who is surprised? Not me. For folks who can parse language & think clearly, failure to challenge incoherent pap indicates obedience & a tacit agreement to keep critical & ethical analysis out of the workplace. For those who don’t see through it (or who doubt their own assessments), compliance gives the comfortable feeli...

• Post #1805240

  This is how we acculturate the boys who are born to rule. Your actions have no consequences. Other people (women, queers, people of colour, poor folk, anyone who’s not a cishet privileged white boy like you) are objects for your entertainment. Cruelty to these ‘others’ gives status in the group. Hierarchy is everything. Look around. #AggrievedEntitlement #ToxicMisogyny #pathetic https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/28/brisbane-marist-ashgrove-queensland-school-ntwnfb?CMP=Shar...

• Post #1706551

  Melissa Lucashenko on ambient racism & the white man’s fantasy. #history #colonisation #denial https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/apr/19/melissa-lucashenko-on-rebuilding-social-cohesion-indigenous-australians-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #1706550

  What an impoverished world view we learned in the histories we were taught in school, where only white men count. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/pitcairn-register-bounty-mutineers-descendants-returns-south-pacific?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other