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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 3h

This Belfast LGBTI+ community radio station is angry they got in trouble with the broadcast regular for not serving their community…but when you look at their website it’s like they’re actively hiding the LGBTI+ community. Seems the regulator was spot on: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Juice Radio front page with no LGBTI+ information

Juice Radio playlist of generic pop music.

Juice Radio Navigation that says nothing about the LGBTI+ community

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 8h

Next Treasury paper:

“The “economy” was invented in 1992 by Sir Edward Economy of the renowned Economy family. He invented the economy to economise more efficiently.”

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 16h

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...

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 17h

Elon Musk once said he would pursue former Twitter execs to the ends of the earth. Instead, he just settled their $128 million lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h

If an adult wants to subject themselves to psychological torture, they are free to do so, of course. But Supreme Court Justices saying that ideological radicals have a First Amendment right to abuse your child face-to-face as part of a fake medical treatment the child cannot truly object to is sick.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 17h

“Centrists” don’t turn out to vote.

They’re too comfortable to care news.stanford.edu/stories/2015...

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 17h

Those pesky ideological “facts”.

WIRED @wired.com · 17h

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal. www.wired.com/story/ted-cr...

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.

www.wired.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18h

Libs of Tiktok, Elon Musk, and Robbie Starbuck put everything they had into trying to push a boycott of Netflix over LGBTQ characters in their shows.

Netflix ignored them and the stock is back up. Turns out bots don't actually cancel accounts.

Screenshot of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock summary on October 7. The closing price is $1,191.06 USD, up +27.75 (2.39%) for the day. The day’s trading range shows a low of $1,177.46 and a high of $1,201.36. Previous close was $1,163.31. Market cap is $506.11B, P/E ratio is 50.75, with no dividend yield. The 52-week high is $1,341.15 and the 52-week low is $677.88. A line graph shows intraday stock price movement, peaking above $1,190 before settling at the closing price.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

Train nerds talking about infrastructure like it’s a Taylor Swift album launch.

Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 1d

When Sydney Metro CBD opened, the greater public, who weren't closely following the details of the project, realised for the first time what a game changer it was. The people loved it, the media loved it, and now they all want more.

Melb's Metro Tunnel looks like it's going to squander its debut?

Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 1d

One train every TWENTY minutes???

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

At this point the “Overton Window” is an unhelpful concept.

The demolition of basic human rights isn’t the shifting of a binary “centre”.

It’s evil.

It’s not an ideology. It’s not a theory. It’s not an academic concept to debate.

It’s evil.

Dylan Blaha for Congress @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social · 1d

Is this the next stage of Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover?

He continues to shift the Overton window with unnecessary National Guard mobilizations and unprecedented immigration enforcement operations.

Read my full article here: dylanthomasblaha.substack.com/p/the-next-s...

The Next Stage of Trump's Takeover

Trump continues to shift the Overton window.

dylanthomasblaha.substack.com

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus CNN. What next? “A new report from my uncle Jerry”?

Delete your account.

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

Sock it to me bby.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

“We shouldn’t be expected to do anything because China and India won’t” turned out to be a load of bullshit what a surprise.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased.....

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

@ember-energy.org

Global CO2 emissions plateau
Global CO2 emissions from the power sector fell marginally by 12 MtCO2 (-0.2%) to 6,963 MtCO2 in the first half of 2025. The decline was possible because solar and wind power exceeded demand growth and led to a slight fall in fossil fuel use. Without solar and wind growth, emissions would have risen by an estimated 236 MtCO2 (+3.9%) globally, which is equivalent to almost all emissions (251 MtCO2) from Africa in H1-2025.

At the country level, there was significant variation. Among the four economies that account for the majority of global emissions (64%), emissions fell in China (-46 MtCO2, -1.7%) and India (-24 MtCO2, -3.6%), as clean electricity outpaced growth in demand in those countries.

In contrast, emissions rose in the EU (+13 MtCO2, +4.8%), where strong growth in solar was outweighed by shortfalls in wind, hydro and bioenergy, leading to higher gas and coal generation. Emissions also rose in the US (+33 MtCO2, +4.3%), as clean electricity growth was smaller than demand growth, leading to an increase in coal generation, which was exacerbated by gas-to-coal switching.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t you know? The new First Amendment is “Thou Shalt Not Criticise The Blatant Fraud Happening Right In Front Of Your Eyes”

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking creeps. How cruel and traumatising. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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ANALmal Crossing New Queef @sodomymcscurvylegs.bsky.social · 1d

Correct. I work with AI daily and this thing cannot code for shit lmao

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 9d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 1d

Not fighting the psycho billionaire allegations by hijacking entire playlists with your album 🫠 Big Elon vibes.

A Sabrina Carpenter playlist on Spotify with basically every track of Taylor Swift’s album blocked by the user.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk and Stephen Miller both tweeted against judges today.

A South Carolina judge's house burned down and almost killed her family.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 3d

Leave Gen Z alone. If they’re pushing back where we and our parents never did then good.

Fortune @fortune.com · 3d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not just NIMBY attitudes either.

This flows into how council decision making happens — whether as a result of the “paradox of empowerment” or as systemically as a result of how governance systems are designed.

Renters are excluded from consultations, strategies or even the very act of voting.

Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 3d

Lovely message in our inbox this morning 😊

One of the foundational NIMBY beliefs is that renters aren't worthy of having a say about their communities.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 3d

a woman in a pink dress stands in front of a mirror

ALT: a woman in a pink dress stands in front of a mirror

media.tenor.com

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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 4d

In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.

224 YEARS.

This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.

We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.

Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist.

This system is failing to support people to transition not because it is broken, but by design. The frustrating thing is that this would not be a difficult problem to solve under a different political paradigm.

Trans+ people do not need to be assessed by gender clinics or diagnosed by psychiatrists to tell us what we already know: we are trans. The healthcare we need, especially when it comes to hormones, is already available to cis people through making an appointment with their GP.

Gender clinics are unnecessary and exist to segregate healthcare for Trans+ people. Abolishing this system and providing Trans+ healthcare in primary care, at the GP through an informed consent model, would solve many of the issues this data reveals. GPs already prescribe hormones to cis adults. Trans+ adults simply need the same access to this healthcare.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 3d

Russia or China doing the same would be branded as “foreign actors” engaging in “digital espionage”.

Influencers working for Russia or China would be on watch lists.