Jeez no wonder morale at Meta is so dire

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3mo ago

huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know

"I would never thought the United States would act this way" - Nunca Pensé featuring Mariachi Arcoiris is available on all streaming platforms

Italy could be the next country to build a solar railway after Switzerland’s successful trial. I feel we are on the cusp of breaking free from fossil fuels...even though predatory capitalist are trying to hold us back. www.euronews.com/2026/07/05/i...

Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next?

Solar railways could soon become commonplace in Europe, following a successful trial in Switzerland.

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Professor Mike Berners-Lee, in this month’s Byline Times, explaining why it’s time for the government to level with the public about the climate and nature crisis. Article online here: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/88/n... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

In 1976 Tom Wolfe wrote this essay which predicted why American baby boomers would end up as they have - obsessed with holding on to as much as they could for as long as possible, damn anyone else nymag.com/article/tom-...

MUM IS DROWNING IN ONE NATION AI SLOP [video] watch: youtu.be/Bc0PIfOGlyk Call your mum. Your mum reckons Pauline Hanson is saving the homeless and kids with brain tumours. Mum's on the AI slop. A look at a little of the AI slopaganda flooding social media, contributing to the recent rise of ON.

Mum is Drowning in One Nation AI Slop

YouTube video by Tom Tanuki

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Australia consumes more diesel per capita than any other country in the world. 80% more than the USA. Why did Australia get so hooked on diesel? Great discussion below with @akshatrathi.bsky.social + @davidfickling.bsky.social. The graph that every Australian needs to see + do something about:

Bo Vagner Hansen@bovagner.eurosky.social · 7mo ago

David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social and Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social discuss the fossil fuel dependency of (primarily) Asian countries. Did you know that Australia spends more on diesel subsidies than on their army, and almost as much as on public education? youtu.be/r8Rl41HfQ20

You don't often see this many organisations together! A LOT of people are very unhappy.

Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

More than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, and conservation experts have written collectively to @albomp.bsky.social and @jimchalmers.bsky.social, pleading for adequate $ to protect and restore nature biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/scienti... - @biodivcouncil.bsky.social

Last change to apply for a 2027 Anne Kantor Fellowship at the Australia Institute. Along the lines of a grad program, this is a chance to work with some of Australia's leading thinkers, working to change minds. Applications close midnight, 1 June.

How to apply

annekantorfellowship.org.au

Holy shit!

David Milner@davemilbo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If you call DFAT about the 6 Aussies kidnapped near Crete, you get a message that says, "the Israeli Navy is patrolling territorial waters" (Greece's!?), and, "Don't join others seeking to break the blockade. Previous attempts have resulted in death..." and then it hangs up.

ANZ bank is reporting a 70% rise in profit. WTAF?!!? That is obscene! #auspol www.raskmedia.com.au/2026/05/01/a...

ANZ (ASX:ANZ) share price in focus as profit jumps 70% to $3.8 billion

The ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:ANZ) share price is under the spotlight after reporting its FY26 half-year result.

raskmedia.com.au

Tell me again that shit wasn’t staged.

If you would like a deep dive on the mix of Atlas Network, Christian extremists, Cookers and oddbods in some of our astroturf-front groups, join me here. Red Unions, Aligned Council of Australia, Australians for Science & Freedom and more. #Auspol needs to act lucyham29.substack.com/p/astroturfi...

Astroturfing updates

The proliferation of astroturf bodies continues apace. Australia's democratic project is undermined by this strategy of spreading confusion. We need our governments to act.

lucyham29.substack.com

"I've never run away from a fight": Ben Roberts-Smith. Really, Ben? Then perhaps you can explain this: t.co/SRyrQ7Urrh #BRS #warcrimes #auspol

I recently learnt that Pauline Hanson had long dark brown hair in high school. I am shocked. Shocked I tell you, to discover that she chooses to dye her hair that colour!

BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won.

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

Years now of calling for these murderers to stop killing everyone and start "respecting" the law - this would be evil and absurd by itself, but to do this while also arming the murderers and funding them and calling them your "friend" makes this a uniquely ghoulish exercise of propaganda.

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

Everything we need to do to stop climate breakdown, we also need to do for national security. Energy saving, more renewables, more electricity storage and interconnectors, electrification of transport, heating, cooking and industrial processes, plant-based diets. We win on all fronts.

The Rothschild raid just got bigger. French prosecutors say diplomat Fabrice Aidan transferred UN Security Council briefings to Epstein. Epstein had access to classified international intelligence. This is no longer about money. This is about state secrets

Part 2 in "Just how big is the oil and gas industry". The private adult education sector pays almost as much in wages as does the gas industry. Profits are a tad different. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...

New research out showing the South Australia algal bloom has already caused at least a quarter of a billion dollars damage to the South Australia economy. Fishing and tourism industries are being hit hard with jobs and business survival at stake.

At the 2019 federal election, PM Scott Morrison famously declared that Bill Shorten wanted to "end the weekend" with his EV policy. If Australia hadn't delayed EV policy it's estimated by now 100m litres of petrol & diesel would be displaced per month. #auspol thedriven.io/2026/03/15/r...

Ruin your weekend? How Scott Morrison's silly EV scare campaign backfired on Australia

Australia could have had three times as many EVs on the road, powered by renewable. Instead, we are pumping dirty fuel into our tanks because of a ridiculous scare campaign.

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"You're giving away your natural resources...I find it mind-boggling." @josephestiglitz.bsky.social Australian beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies pay in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year! #auspol

Great analysis

Tom Tanuki@tomtanuki.bsky.social · 8mo ago

MARCH FOR AUSTRALIA 3: A POISONED WELL [video] watch: youtu.be/6QpWCCQP3vc You'd think Marching for Australia would be very popular on the National Day of Racism, 26 January. But it was not. Here, I have taken the time to consider why.