We live in a global dominance hierarchy and this is the pinnacle. And look who is sat at the top table? Not Zuckerberg. Not Altman. Not Bezos. But Musk and Huang.
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Climate futures, adaptation and change And a little geology sprinkled in
“Action is not optional. For Australia, as it must be for all of us, that action starts at home," said Albanese… Yet his climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen is traveling to India and Saudi Arabia this week for talks on strengthening Australia's oil supplies” www.afp.com/en/outgoing-...
Outgoing UN chief makes final climate push at New York summit
Outgoing UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday hailed the "unstoppable" rise of renewable energy and urged countries to develop firm plans to quit fossil fuels in his final climate meeting...
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Endless record heat in AUSTRALIA: Mountain stations which had their Highest September temperature in history today: 16.0 Thredbo 19.3 Perisher Valley 14.3 Mount Hotham
Extreme Temperatures Around the World@extremetemps.bsky.social · 6d agoHISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA Dozens of records pulverized in the West. After an almost no-winter,springs started looking like a summer already. Last Monthly records broken list courtesy of Australianweathernews:
MOST EXTRAORDINARY DAYS IN HSTORY Dozens of thousands of records are being pulverized in over 200 countries and Territories in all Continents. WORLD RECORDS are being smashed. We are witnessing something beyond any imagination. WAit for MANY updates later...
CHINA HISTORIC HEAT From Arabia To China thousands of records are being smashed everywhere. An absolute madness. Today 21 more stations broke their late September heat records with possibly hundreds more doing it in the rest of the month.(and beyond) Kudos:Jim Jiang
The post-WTO US-China economic integration has largely unwound over the last decade.
“This is pretty simple physics. This would be the single largest, single-site energy source — heat source — on the planet and that includes volcanoes. And it’s in the middle of this ecosystem that’s already in a pretty advanced state of collapse.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem for Cities
As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines
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“OpenAI discloses new 'concerning' behavior New transparency reports from OpenAI show that some AI models have engaged in deceptive behavior, raising fresh questions about the safety, reliability, and governance of advanced artificial intelligence” www.dw.com/en/openai-di...
OpenAI discloses new 'concerning' behavior
New transparency reports from OpenAI show that some AI models have engaged in deceptive behavior, raising fresh questions about the safety, reliability, and governance of advanced artificial intellige...
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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 It's blue skies ahead as multicoloured cubes of #Halite are up against the bubbly cool-toned #Chrysocolla. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Niño 3.4 monitoring region have been unparalleled for this time of year for a while. Though the daily Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) perspective is a bit more moderate, that index shows high (and increasing) values as well.
This chart in the 2026 Intergenerational Report is not at all comforting. Sea level rise, higher temps, lower crop yields and declines in tourism are all projected to drive Australia's GDP down, by up to 1.5% by 2066. treasury.gov.au/sites/defaul... #auspol #climatecrisis
New IGR focuses on 4 physical risks (Sea level coastal damage, heat impacting workforce, tourism decline, agriculture crop losses) when the National Climate Risk Assessment identified 63 "Nationally Significant Climate Risks" & subset 11 "Priority Risks". Do we multiply IGR impact by 2.25 or 15.75?
Andrew B. Watkins@windjunky.bsky.social · 5d agoNew Treasury Intergenerational Report has said "we cant model the impacts outlined in the National Climate Risk Assessment so we'll do a conservative estimate across 4 broad sectors". If this isn't at least one to two orders of magnitude out, I'll be monkeys uncle treasury.gov.au/sites/defaul...
“Huawei, the Chinese-owned tech giant banned in 2018 from being involved in Australia's 5G rollout, released a report a few days ago predicting data centres could consume up to 10 per cent of the world's electricity by 2035” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Labor's dilemma is that Australia needs two things voters fear
The Intergenerational Report released today suggests population growth is slowing. But migrants are crucial for the economy and along with data centres have become the most dangerous political issues ...
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“Surprisingly, Australia has more cybersecurity regulation around connected washing machines or vacuum cleaners than cars” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
We asked a cybersecurity expert to remotely access a BYD. It was too easy
To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely.
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“the attackers compromised tank pressure control systems and pressure relief valves and disrupted the boil-off gas management cycle. “This disruption significantly increases the risk of tank rupture and explosion,” the email stated”
Maritime RSS@shipbot.bsky.social · 6d agoCrew claims hackers seized control of LNG carrier safety systems Splash247 · 20 Sep 2026 #ArmedConflict #Enforcement #Infrastructure #ShippingIndustry
““There are many disasters in this country. So we really need a vessel or platform that could carry many helicopters, because the helicopters can drop logistics quickly to remote areas,” Ali said” aje.news/mj3reg
Indonesia acquires first aircraft carrier amid military upgrade
Indonesia says vessel will be used to aid disaster relief across the archipelago.
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Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.Indonesia says vessel will be used to aid disaster relief across the archipelago.
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Saudi Arabia short of options against Iran-aligned Houthis Renewed Houthi attacks have sparked concern across the Middle East. The Iran-aligned rebels are expanding their reach in Yemen while stepping up drone and missile attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia. www.dw.com/en/saudi-ara...
Saudi Arabia short of options against Iran-aligned Houthis
Renewed Houthi attacks have sparked concern across the Middle East. The Iran-aligned rebels are expanding their reach in Yemen while stepping up drone and missile attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia.
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This Chart is striking. Strongest El Nino’s on record VS the forecasts from our best seasonal models. Historically the strongest El Nino’s dating back 170 years peaked with a monthly ocean anomaly in the mid-high 2’s. Now 9 of 10 of our national models have 4°C + for late fall. #elnino 1/
“Leaders from the EU, plus Ukraine, Britain, Norway, Canada and others, should convene in a new format to coordinate responses to mounting security threats, she will say” www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Von der Leyen to call for ‘European Security Council’ in SOTEU text | Euractiv
The potential rival to NATO will come with a call for an ‘Alliance for the future’ with Canada, according to a draft
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We have seen Russia’s recklessness at full display in the past 48 hours. A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter. NATO jets had to shoot down a drone over Lithuania. Russia struck a passenger train near the border with Ukraine. And Poland pulled a drone from its shores. (1/2)
European cities look to Phoenix to deal with heat. ALL these extra costs should be in the price of fossil fuel. Free-to-pollute must end.
We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
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“We've got to shift taxation away from the producers — the workers and businessmen — and put it on those whose assets have increased dramatically in value." But of course, he warned, any attempt to tax assets and land more heavily would upset some very wealthy” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Next few decades will be 'very difficult', influential economist warns
An emeritus professor at the London School of Economics and former senior official at the Bank of England says the 70 years to 2020 were as good as things ever got, and there is little hope of returni...
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Increased Antarctic melt will affect our future temperatures (in a surprising way, perhaps) and hence drought risk and human health. The impact on our rainfall and hence agriculture and energy security is, alarmingly, not clear. We need to resolve this. 2/2
🧊🇦🇺 How does the melting of #Antarctica affect the #Australian climate? Our new science explainer explores how Antarctic meltwater could influence future temperature and rainfall projections, providing crucial insights for Australia's climate future. Dive in ▶️ antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
Andy Burnham is considering requests from Saudi Arabia for a range of military support to counter attacks from the Houthis, as the UK fears a “catastrophic” economic hit from a new front in the Iran war.
How India has become Russia's trade lifeline The war in Ukraine reshaped trade between India and Russia. Oil still dominates, but Indian companies are gaining ground in a wider range of sectors. www.dw.com/en/how-india... Was
How India has become Russia's trade lifeline
The war in Ukraine reshaped trade between India and Russia. Oil still dominates, but Indian companies are gaining ground in a wider range of sectors.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “If China were to move against Taiwan, Xi Jinping would first call his junior partner, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow to keep us busy here. “In other words, the Indo-Pacific and Europe are more and more interconnected.”