Siale noooo
Scientists worried as rare albino baby whale looking 'a little thin': https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/scientists-worried-for-rare-albino-baby-whale/105999974
Scientists worried as rare albino baby whale looking 'a little thin'
The white humpback calf known as Siale was spotted heading north up the NSW east coast at a time when most whales are searching for food in the Antarctic Ocean.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Siale noooo
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In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
“Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the prime minister's office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.”
Worth reading Steve Cannane’s analysis today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Worth reading Steve Cannane’s analysis today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the prime minister's office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.”
Worth reading Steve Cannane’s analysis today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Worth reading Steve Cannane’s analysis today.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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“Over a dozen Labor MPs, including senior figures in the party, have told ABC Investigations they want action on gambling reform.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Over a dozen Labor MPs, including senior figures in the party, have told ABC Investigations they want action on gambling reform.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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uh i would say it's mildly alarming that the Trump administration is using its sanction powers to compel tech companies into taking its critics offline.
First, the ICC's chief investigator says he was blocked from his Microsoft-hosted email after US sanctions. Now, this
First, the ICC's chief investigator says he was blocked from his Microsoft-hosted email after US sanctions. Now, this
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
uh i would say it's mildly alarming that the Trump administration is using its sanction powers to compel tech companies into taking its critics offline.
First, the ICC's chief investigator says he was blocked from his Microsoft-hosted email after US sanctions. Now, this
First, the ICC's chief investigator says he was blocked from his Microsoft-hosted email after US sanctions. Now, this
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#Analysis So what did Busan actually tell us?
If we want to understand US-China-Taiwan after Busan, we shouldn't obsess over what was announced. We should stare at what was deliberately unsaid and ask why leaders who talk so loudly at home chose to stay quiet when they were finally face to face.
If we want to understand US-China-Taiwan after Busan, we shouldn't obsess over what was announced. We should stare at what was deliberately unsaid and ask why leaders who talk so loudly at home chose to stay quiet when they were finally face to face.
Trump claimed victory in Busan — but Xi was writing the script
Donald Trump's gains are immediate and personal while Xi Jinping's are quiet, reversible, and strategic
www.abc.net.au
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#Analysis So what did Busan actually tell us?
If we want to understand US-China-Taiwan after Busan, we shouldn't obsess over what was announced. We should stare at what was deliberately unsaid and ask why leaders who talk so loudly at home chose to stay quiet when they were finally face to face.
If we want to understand US-China-Taiwan after Busan, we shouldn't obsess over what was announced. We should stare at what was deliberately unsaid and ask why leaders who talk so loudly at home chose to stay quiet when they were finally face to face.
Google might be killing the open web, completely ruining most media outlets' chances at survival and making sure no one finds our journalism but I gotta say... Chrome's new split tab thing is so useful as an editor
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Google might be killing the open web, completely ruining most media outlets' chances at survival and making sure no one finds our journalism but I gotta say... Chrome's new split tab thing is so useful as an editor
Reposted by gina rushton
fun fact: Google's AI summary mentions facts only in my article that are behind the paywall.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
fun fact: Google's AI summary mentions facts only in my article that are behind the paywall.
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Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
Reposted by gina rushton
Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban.
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban.
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Reposted by gina rushton
ok i am about to start filing FOI requests
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
ok i am about to start filing FOI requests
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Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
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‘My eyes are stinging, but damn it, they’re open’: surviving a 12-hour Twilight marathon in the year 2025
‘My eyes are stinging, but damn it, they’re open’: surviving a 12-hour Twilight marathon in the year 2025
Breaking both dawn and sanity, Twilight fan Jared Richards heads to the cinema to watch all five films for the 20th anniversary of Stephenie Meyer’s vampiric bestseller
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
‘My eyes are stinging, but damn it, they’re open’: surviving a 12-hour Twilight marathon in the year 2025
"News sites are the canaries in the coalmine.
This is about the biggest change to the web in 20 years, one that will affect how you access information and what you read and watch."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
This is about the biggest change to the web in 20 years, one that will affect how you access information and what you read and watch."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A tiny new button in your search bar could kill the open web
The launch of 'AI Mode' ushers in a future where news sites are kept alive to train AI chatbots for a US tech company.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"News sites are the canaries in the coalmine.
This is about the biggest change to the web in 20 years, one that will affect how you access information and what you read and watch."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
This is about the biggest change to the web in 20 years, one that will affect how you access information and what you read and watch."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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People are using AI to research topics, answer factual questions, and ask for advice.
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
People are using ChatGPT twice as much as they were last year. They’re still just as skeptical of AI in news.
"For news organizations, our findings are in some ways bitter medicine."
www.niemanlab.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
People are using AI to research topics, answer factual questions, and ask for advice.
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
In essence, they're increasingly using it for tasks that were once the primary domain of search engines and, by extension, news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
"I wish I had told you, before our dinners grew cold, that one day I would speak loudly. Not to wound, but because not speaking would betray everything I was taught to honour.
Because for me, love is not blind loyalty – to an ideology, a state or even a community"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because for me, love is not blind loyalty – to an ideology, a state or even a community"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz
Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"I wish I had told you, before our dinners grew cold, that one day I would speak loudly. Not to wound, but because not speaking would betray everything I was taught to honour.
Because for me, love is not blind loyalty – to an ideology, a state or even a community"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because for me, love is not blind loyalty – to an ideology, a state or even a community"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Google is ramping up AI. Here's why that may be bad for news sites: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-10-08/how-googles-ai-overviews-are-affecting-australian-news-websites/105839588
Google is ramping up AI. Here's why that may be bad for news sites
One year on from the rollout of Google AI Overviews in Australia, exclusive data shows steep year-on-year declines in readership for the top news websites as smaller publishers warn of lay-offs.
www.abc.net.au
October 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Google is ramping up AI. Here's why that may be bad for news sites: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-10-08/how-googles-ai-overviews-are-affecting-australian-news-websites/105839588
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Scoop: OpenAI has signed its first ever Australia government contract, quietly inking a deal with Treasury amid the ChatGPT-maker's charm offensive on policymakers.
This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
October 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Scoop: OpenAI has signed its first ever Australia government contract, quietly inking a deal with Treasury amid the ChatGPT-maker's charm offensive on policymakers.
This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Hard to figure out sometimes whether submissions were made using AI, but then sometimes they make it fairly easy.
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hard to figure out sometimes whether submissions were made using AI, but then sometimes they make it fairly easy.
"Dalton’s fourth novel is a wife-guy manifesto, an uxorious fable. It’s bleakly retrograde: women as redeemers; men as awestruck limpets; love as an unyielding grip."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton review – ocker crime caper plagued by more than a beleaguered ballsack
The bestseller’s fourth novel could have tackled timely questions about true crime – but instead it offers a bleakly retrograde fable about being a good bloke
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"Dalton’s fourth novel is a wife-guy manifesto, an uxorious fable. It’s bleakly retrograde: women as redeemers; men as awestruck limpets; love as an unyielding grip."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Wrote about anxiety about the creep of artificial intelligence into the courts and concerns that the use of these tools could erode Australia’s core judicial values
Artificial intelligence is coming for the law. Are we ready for robots to become judge and jury?
Lawyers are already using AI. Will judges be next?
Artificial intelligence is coming for the law. Are we ready for robots to become judge and jury?
www.abc.net.au
October 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wrote about anxiety about the creep of artificial intelligence into the courts and concerns that the use of these tools could erode Australia’s core judicial values
Reposted by gina rushton
2 bits of new info in my piece:
- eSafety Commissioner will say which platforms that it considers in the teen social media ban
- Communication Minister has not asked the Privacy Commissioner for advice on what data social media companies may not collect
- eSafety Commissioner will say which platforms that it considers in the teen social media ban
- Communication Minister has not asked the Privacy Commissioner for advice on what data social media companies may not collect
Anthony Albanese is taking a victory lap on the teen social media ban before we know how — let alone if — it works
You’d be forgiven for assuming that the government’s victory lap meant it had settled details like what social media companies are in the ban, or how well the ban has to be enforced. It hasn’t.
www.crikey.com.au
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
2 bits of new info in my piece:
- eSafety Commissioner will say which platforms that it considers in the teen social media ban
- Communication Minister has not asked the Privacy Commissioner for advice on what data social media companies may not collect
- eSafety Commissioner will say which platforms that it considers in the teen social media ban
- Communication Minister has not asked the Privacy Commissioner for advice on what data social media companies may not collect
RIP Chad Profitz (who was deactivated after posting too close to the sun). Will love you 4eva.
www.capitalbrief.com/article/meet...
www.capitalbrief.com/article/meet...
Meet Chad Profitz, Australia's best LinkedIn creator
Rarely professional, Chad might just be what the networking platform needs most.
www.capitalbrief.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
RIP Chad Profitz (who was deactivated after posting too close to the sun). Will love you 4eva.
www.capitalbrief.com/article/meet...
www.capitalbrief.com/article/meet...
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Research shows police regularly perform inadequate rape investigations and fail to test for DNA evidence. That has led lawmakers across the country to extend their statutes of limitations.
This hasn’t happened in Massachusetts.
👉 Read more (w/ @wbur.org):
www.propublica.org/article/mass...
This hasn’t happened in Massachusetts.
👉 Read more (w/ @wbur.org):
www.propublica.org/article/mass...
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Research shows police regularly perform inadequate rape investigations and fail to test for DNA evidence. That has led lawmakers across the country to extend their statutes of limitations.
This hasn’t happened in Massachusetts.
👉 Read more (w/ @wbur.org):
www.propublica.org/article/mass...
This hasn’t happened in Massachusetts.
👉 Read more (w/ @wbur.org):
www.propublica.org/article/mass...