Veracity Cat
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“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them" ~ Maya Angelou
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them" ~ Maya Angelou
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Switzerland bans Palantir
"The fear is that Palantir is handing over sensitive data to the US and from there to Israel"
(Note: Palantir currently has many UK government contracts and is bidding fir many more ...)
meme via Anti-Capitalist League
"The fear is that Palantir is handing over sensitive data to the US and from there to Israel"
(Note: Palantir currently has many UK government contracts and is bidding fir many more ...)
meme via Anti-Capitalist League
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Switzerland bans Palantir
"The fear is that Palantir is handing over sensitive data to the US and from there to Israel"
(Note: Palantir currently has many UK government contracts and is bidding fir many more ...)
meme via Anti-Capitalist League
"The fear is that Palantir is handing over sensitive data to the US and from there to Israel"
(Note: Palantir currently has many UK government contracts and is bidding fir many more ...)
meme via Anti-Capitalist League
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I want to know how face recognition can distinguish someone who is 15 years and 11 months old from someone who is 16 years and one month old.
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I want to know how face recognition can distinguish someone who is 15 years and 11 months old from someone who is 16 years and one month old.
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Data centres use heaps of energy and heaps of water.
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
The first of two features with @petrastock.bsky.social on the rush to build data centres in Australia for AI and the energy and water requirements they bring. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Data centres use heaps of energy and heaps of water.
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
The AI which they generate cost heaps of human jobs.
Basically we are squandering our valuable resources in order to further enrich the tech billionaires, at the expense of our environment and our communities.
#Auspol
#Enshittification
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Albanese , Marles and the #duopoly giving away sovereignty to the rogue US and paying handsomely to do so.
#StopAukus
#nonuclear
@stopaukuswa.bsky.social
#auspol
#wapol
#StopAukus
#nonuclear
@stopaukuswa.bsky.social
#auspol
#wapol
"The reality of Aukus, from Australia’s perspective, is that it is not, fundamentally, an agreement that will deliver this country nuclear-powered submarines. It is a plan that will further enmesh Australia into US defence strategy..."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Full steam ahead with Aukus – but where to?
Defence agreement kept afloat through sheer political will, despite Pentagon doubts over its ability to ever deliver what it promises
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Albanese , Marles and the #duopoly giving away sovereignty to the rogue US and paying handsomely to do so.
#StopAukus
#nonuclear
@stopaukuswa.bsky.social
#auspol
#wapol
#StopAukus
#nonuclear
@stopaukuswa.bsky.social
#auspol
#wapol
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Not that I would want to go, but there is no fricken way I would ever go now.
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Not that I would want to go, but there is no fricken way I would ever go now.
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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It’s interesting that McCullum as a player has not had a great record against Australia. Of the 16 Tests he played against Australia, he lost 13, drew 2 and won 1 (by 7 runs). Perhaps he’s not best placed to know how to beat Australia.
#Ashes
#Ashes2025
#Ashes
#Ashes2025
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s interesting that McCullum as a player has not had a great record against Australia. Of the 16 Tests he played against Australia, he lost 13, drew 2 and won 1 (by 7 runs). Perhaps he’s not best placed to know how to beat Australia.
#Ashes
#Ashes2025
#Ashes
#Ashes2025
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Chart shows mind-boggling $ spent on Defence v other govt depts.
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Chart shows mind-boggling $ spent on Defence v other govt depts.
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
December 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
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What could possibly go wrong
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What could possibly go wrong
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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I would like a device without AI on it that I did not request to be there. Oh, you don't currently sell any? And the ones I'd need to "bring myself" aren't available on your list of products? Then I'll keep the one I have.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I would like a device without AI on it that I did not request to be there. Oh, you don't currently sell any? And the ones I'd need to "bring myself" aren't available on your list of products? Then I'll keep the one I have.
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That @albomp.bsky.social hides behind ‘caucus solidarity’ as a pathetic excuse for refusing a free vote on issue of banning gambling advertising is a poignant illustration why political parties are on the nose.
Most Australians want a gambling advertising ban, few wanted a social media ban
#auspol
Most Australians want a gambling advertising ban, few wanted a social media ban
#auspol
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
That @albomp.bsky.social hides behind ‘caucus solidarity’ as a pathetic excuse for refusing a free vote on issue of banning gambling advertising is a poignant illustration why political parties are on the nose.
Most Australians want a gambling advertising ban, few wanted a social media ban
#auspol
Most Australians want a gambling advertising ban, few wanted a social media ban
#auspol