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Dr Deborah O’Connell
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Climate adaption, disaster resilience, systems science, systems leadership
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"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!"

Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
October 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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We should all be losing g politeness and be making the point in no uncertain terms to every politician and decision maker
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15d
I go through this problem in great detail here. The reason it is long is because I am just at a total loss as to why there is such a deep-set refusal to engage with these basic questions of the climate danger of a fossil-fuelled power grid. I'm losing my politness

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How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute
Data centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them?
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September 23, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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September 22, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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Apple’s vision of constant recording that still ‘protects your privacy’ may help usher in a world where ambient surveillance is the norm.
Apple’s new watches are always listening
theconversation.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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This PSA by the Norwegian consumer council is absolutely brilliant. Its so cathartic to see enshittification explained and laid bare for all to see.

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The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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September 20, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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The most insightful thing I heard about business was an academic saying that the corporate dream is that their customers should cheerfully hand over 10% of their disposable income for the rest of their lives.
September 20, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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truthout.org
3 months ago Google search started to prioritize AI summaries over links, and the impact on journalism could not be more devastating. Truthout's overall readership from Google is down 54% against last year. We lost a huge chunk of our audience overnight that we painstakingly built over decades.
We’re Already Living Through Journalism’s Dystopian Future
AI is devouring our industry and undermining access to factual information. We all have a duty to fight back.
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September 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
80% of off-grid power for planned data centres will come from fossil fuels

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Power sourcing strategy of announced BTM projects (risked) Percent
September 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Everyone needs to understand the Hugging Face hack. It’s natural for us to worry that AI will kill jobs and make high school essays even more lame. But we also should worry about AI enslaving the whole human race.
Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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markjacob.bsky.social
This AI-run-amok episode ought to scare the hell out of everyone. The tech boys who view AI simply as their own cool toy and magical moneymaker must rein it in before it kills us all.
Anatomy of an Autonomous Attack: 5 Alarming A.I. Capabilities (Gift Article)
When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts imagined — a dangerous harbinger of what such bots could do in the future.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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cinephiliabeyond.org
Rest in peace to one of cinema’s most outstanding artists; the legendary actor Sam Neill (1947–2026)
July 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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sedvitae.bsky.social
Looking forward to his deep dive on what The ABC is doing with AI. #Auspol
July 1, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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FOI laws exist so ordinary Australians, not just politicians or journalists, can hold governments accountable. #FOI #Transparency @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Lambie, Hanson and Pocock form unlikely alliance to protect transparency campaigner Rex Patrick
Exclusive: Patrick is using freedom of information rules to seek where nuclear waste from Aukus submarines will be kept
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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June 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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So many of them. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content
Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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June 27, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Australia Electricity Emissions June Update:
Average NEM emission intensity over last 12 months: 523 kg CO2-e/MWh. Down 23% since 2020, down 38% since 2015
Sth Australia reductions leading the way thanks to its increase in wind & PV generation. Down 29% since 2020, 69% since 2015.
June 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE
Page from a book saying: From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your Leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery. t
June 1, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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aunz.theconversation.com
Australia’s spy agency has issued a stark warning about the privacy and national security risks of ‘connected cars’.
Are our cars spying on us? A cybersecurity expert explains how to stay safe
theconversation.com
June 1, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
In the 17 years since the future sub program commenced, Defence has spent 3,400 million NOT buying French subs 🤦‍♂️ and 1,000 million NOT life extending Collins subs 🤦‍♂️ and 5,000 million on US subs that WON’T arrive🤦‍♂️. #waste #CapabilityGap #AUKUS #aupsol
Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence's toxic submarine waste
The shame of it is $693 million doesn’t even touch the sides of our wasted investment in submarines. Rex Patrick crunches the numbers.
www.crikey.com.au
May 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Peacock Spider (genus Maratus), a group of tiny Australian jumping spiders famous for their vibrant colours and elaborate courtship dances to attract its mate. They are very tiny in size only between 2-5 millimetres ( the size of a pea)
May 22, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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rodcampbell.bsky.social
The Australian Government raises less revenue from Australian gas exports than Japan does.

How can this be?

Here's my explainer on @thepointau.bsky.social

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How the Japanese Government taxes Australian gas
The Australian Government is getting less money from our gas exports than Japan is. How can this be?
thepoint.com.au
May 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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corybooker.com
Love this! Going to miss moments like this with @colbertlateshow
May 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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natureportfolio.nature.com
Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. A feature in Nature outlines how neurosciences are researching them for insights into how intelligence evolved. #Neuroskyence 🧪
Do octopus brains work like humans’ — or is there another way to be smart?
Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.
go.nature.com
May 8, 2026 at 1:28 AM