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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 26d

Women’s Cricket World Cup – Australia v Sri Lanka – live

* Updates from Australia’s second match in Colombo * Play at R. Premadasa Stadium starts 3pm local/7.30pm AEST * Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Not a fantastic update to have to share first up – seems like delayed starts are the trend in Australia’s matches today. Rain also delayed the start of the Australian Men’s team’s game against New Zealand earlier today! News from the ground is that the rain isn’t heavy and people are walking around without umbrellas, but it is continuing to fall at the moment. We will keep you updated! Hello and welcome, wherever you’re joining us from around the world! Continue reading...

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · 27d

Love the optimism of the score predictor that thinks South Africa are going to get to 103 #CWC25

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Sep 30

The women’s Cricket World Cup starts tonight! I spoke to two of the Australian team’s young stars about the future, as we sit poised at the end of an era

Australia’s next generation is ready to bring the fireworks at Women’s Cricket World Cup

While the end of an era looms, Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll are out to make sure Australia’s dominance continues for years to come

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 19

People keep "debunking" the claim that Charlie Kirk wanted to stone gay people to death but I'm pretty sure he meant it.

She's not totally wrong. […] The first part is Deuteronomy 6:3-5. The second part is Leviticus 19. So you love God, so you must love his law. How do you love somebody? You love them by telling them the truth, not by confirming or affirming their sin. And it says, by the way, Ms. Rachel, might want to crack open that Bible of yours, in a lesser reference — part of the same part of scripture is in Leviticus 18, is that thou shall lay with another man shall be stoned to death. Just saying. So, Ms. Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19, love your neighbor as yourself. The chapter before affirms God's perfect law when it comes to sexual matters. Now, so how do you best love somebody? You love them by telling them the truth. Don't be cruel […] I would love for Ms. Rachel to respond to this: Is pride a Christian value? She thinks it is. Happy Pride Month everybody! […] In fact the Scriptures tell us the opposite. "Pride goeth before the fall."

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DAISY CUTTER @daisycutterzine.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wes Agar has lived with OCD since childhood - he spoke to daisy about the impact it's had on his life and his cricket.

Long read - lots of insight into a complex and misunderstood condition. Grateful he could be so candid for the first time 👇🏻

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Jun 19

Love this!! Also Wes Agar is such a daisy girl, so this interview is perfect 😍

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Jun 18

I thought the whole point of Perth is that it doesn’t rain there? #Origin

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Jun 13

Clearly Hazlewood wasn’t expecting to bat this test, he’s left his arm guard at home and has had to fashion one out of a bit he cut out of the change room wall #WTC25 #SAvAUS

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · Jun 9

"We are sad that the journalist didn't dodge the projectile that chose to go towards her" said her employer.

Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

Image of journalist being shot.

Headline: Media changes definition of ‘crossfire’ to include when a cop points a gun at you and shoots you

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Crystal Jane @crystaljane.bsky.social · Jun 9

The most maddening thing is that it would be perfectly fine to write "9News reporter shot by police" because it is it accurate, true and backed up by the video footage.

Even *if* the cops want to claim it was accidental, to word "shoot" says nothing about intent.

We're using passive voice to lie.

Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · Jun 9

and here's the context: extreme passive voice from her own outlet

"A 9News reporter has been caught in the crossfire of chaotic protests that have engulfed parts of Los Angeles."

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9News reporter caught in crossfire of violent protests

A police officer was seen aiming his gun and firing at 9News' Lauren Tomasi as she reported from the front...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jun 8

Riley Gaines: Why won't Simone Biles support the horrifying three-armed children trying to steal her ladder

AI slop: a child with three arms seeks to grab a ladder

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jun 7

Riley Gaines is comparing teenage trans girls to rapists.

This vile coward defended her own swim coach after it was revealed he sexually assaulted her teammates. Simone Biles stood up to the man that systematically sexually abused her and her teammates.

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Michael Harris @michaelsharris.bsky.social · Jun 8

This is Tilly, a lovely dog looking for a home.

If you are interested in having a dog in your house, please get in touch and I'll put you in touch.

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Jun 8

This reads like one of those paragraphs that’s made up specifically to demonstrate why Oxford commas are important

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Jun 6

Scott Morrison will be given Australia’s highest award for service as part of the King’s Birthday honours. The awardee list is currently embargoed, but Crikey has obtained and is choosing to report on it.

Scott Morrison is getting Australia's highest honour despite a laundry list of scandals and embarrassments

Media have been circulated a list of every Australian set to get a King’s Birthday honour. Scott Morrison — whose legacy includes robodebt, multiple ministries and habitual lying — is the latest politician to be given the award.

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Jun 1

So that’s a good reason to pick it up and run with it without thinking?

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Jun 1

Can someone please tell Sue to stop calling Cholhok “The Big C” please and thank you 🙃 #SSN2025 #FEVvFIR

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 17

Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye

In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole story, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

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Lwo tew a @levisatyrane.bsky.social · May 8

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · May 8

Skorts v shorts: ‘They’re awkward, and if it’s your time of the month it’s just not comfortable’

Fear of exposure is one of the most common issues raised by players in the skorts debate

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karynormal activity @karynmoy.bsky.social · May 7

“I asked ChatGPT” yeah well I made one of these and asked it, checkmate

An icker-acker, or uhhh, paper fortune teller I suppose, the folded up paper thing where you pick a colour and then a number to get your fortune!

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · May 6

Another addition to the 'generative AI energy use is small when you compare it to something bigger so what's the problem' series, this most recently from Hannah Ritchie's substack.

This reply from @sashamtl.bsky.social is informative

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Electricity use in the United States is about three times higher than in the UK, so ChatGPT prompts are an even smaller piece of the pie. Ten searches per day would come to 0.09% of per capita electricity generation, while 100 searches would be 0.9%.

Unless you’re an extreme power user, asking AI questions every day is still a rounding error on your total electricity footprint.

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The "3 Wh per ChatGPT query" estimate is back and haunting my social media feeds! 🧟‍♀️

First of all -- that number is a back of the envelope calculation 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. We don't know much about the model underpinning ChatGPT, how big it is, what hardware it's running on, nor how much energy it's using. 💡

Second -- even if it is true, or close to being true, the 𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲. We are switching out technologies that worked well for decades to new, shiny ones that use orders of magnitude more energy, and that comes with a cost. It's not just a matter of asking ChatGPT a question or 2, but also using genAI for searching the web, drafting emails, and generating images and video.🔌

So please don't listen to people who are loudly proclaiming that this "isn't an issue". We don't know the answer to that question -- and actually, there is no single answer to that question, since every gram of CO2 and Wh of energy matters in the fight against climate change. 🌎

What we need is:
- More 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 about the energy and GHG emissions of all in production AI models, right now. 🔎
- More 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 and legislation to incentivize tech companies to choose more efficient models and truly renewable energy sources 🌱
- More 𝗯𝘂𝘆-𝗶𝗻 from the AI community (as opposed to this truly c…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 6

My patient’s cancer was curable but for years she endured painful sex as a result. This story is all too familiar | Ranjana Srivastava

Many cancer patients suffer sexual health problems but this important quality of life indicator is woefully ignored

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Megan Maurice @meganmaurice.bsky.social · Apr 29

I think her issue was that it wasn’t credited - she always credits when she uses other people’s recipes and often tweaks them, adds her tips/substitution options etc. Whereas this appears to have just been fed into ChatGPT to slightly reword & printed as if it’s completely original

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · Apr 18

A landmark piece of Australian journalism. The headline makes it sound like it’s about one person. It’s an exposé of ongoing medical bias against half the population. www.theage.com.au/national/the...

‘Never taken seriously’: Jenny says doctors dismissed her concerns for years. Now she’s dying

More than 1800 women told us their stories of medical misogyny. Today we begin sharing those stories and building the case for change.

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