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As if to prove a point, leaked Qantas group chats reveal a gross problem

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Center for Anthropocene History @anthropocenekth.bsky.social · 8h

Open PhD position at KTH: "AI Planetary Futures: Climate and environment in Silicon Valley's AI paradigm". Apply by Oct 23! lnkd.in/dCs8eZjb

The project analyzes the climate and environmental aspects of Silicon Valley-based general-purpose AI systems developed by Big Tech companies.

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 14h

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/08/q... Getting second hand old planes from USA... what could possibly go wrong?🤔

The embattled airline is already facing turmoil over its union bargaining with staff and pilots, as well as backlash over a decision to close regional crew bases.

Can wise heads fix the hard problem of AI policy?

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 14h

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/08/a... We should not discount the emissions budget caused by AI data centres. This is not just "productivity". Keeping a lid on emissions might force more transparency in the sector too. We have a "known issue" here already.

The problem with AI is no-one is quite sure what its impacts will be. They could be positive or negative, significant or colossal. So how do governments prepare?

OpenAI signs first ever Australian government contract

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 19h

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/08/o... There is just one new idea coming at us from all angles. Every second headline is "AI" ... So venture capitalists have invested heavily in AI futures, but those of us waiting in queues serviced by chatbots & despairing of getting human care are *already fed up*.

The ChatGPT-maker's first contract with Treasury might be small, but as one firm's analysis of procurement argues, it could be the first step towards a lucrative whole-of-government deal.

Students' lives shattered as top universities sued over unaccredited courses

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 19h

Australian politics live: Tony Abbott suggests UK put migrants in English channel ‘mothership’ . Not a new idea Tony. This harks back to the Hulks of Dickens' era. Except these people haven't even stolen a loaf of bread...

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 23h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Maybe "job ready" isn't an international qualification? I hope students are not further punished for accreditation of degrees invented by unqualified execs. While 🇦🇺 teachers & students work in good faith, US is suspicious of all foreign quals. A perfect storm.

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

Cars left with bullet holes, windows smashed after dramatic arrest in Sydney

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David Farrier @david-farrier.bsky.social · 1d

Still can't quite believe it, but Vanity Fair Italy interviewed me about Nature's Genius
www.vanityfair.it/article/davi...

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Windscreen correct in the story. But image caption has US English windshield
... "One SUV had bullet holes in the front and rear windshield."@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
This is *news* not LAPD ... and it's in 🇦🇺

A major police operation has taken place in Sydney's south-west after tactical operations officers conducted a "high risk" arrest on a suburban street.

ehs.se/kalender/tel... @carsoncenter.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @aehhub.bsky.social

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

The TAS govt has just put fmr minister Roger Jaensch on the committee which is supposed to scrutinise the implementation of the many Commission of Inquiry recommendations … which was Roger Jaensch’s responsibility. #politas
Never change, TAS. This is sure to get to the bottom of whose fault it is.

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

Telling a Different Story - Religion, Extractivism and (Green) Colonialism in Europe - Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm

Welcome to a conference that explores the intersections of religion, spirituality, colonial legacies, and ecological sustainability in European contexts. It encourages a conversation across discipline...

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

Let's hope the researchers at Melb Uni tried out the tool from the receiving end... if not they will have to pay back their contractual earnings like Deloitte did...

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

A new tool, developed by the University of Melbourne, is set to be used by the NDIA to determine funding, writes Rick Morton. The tool – called I-CAN version 6 – collects self-reported questionnaires and feeds them into algorithms to generate “typical support packages”. satpa.pe/pZD0DgV

Algorithm to be used for NDIS plans

The government is using an ‘instrument’ designed by the University of Melbourne to reassess support payments for disabled people.

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Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... AI doesn't save human scrutiny. It can obstruct "productivity". Don't fail to employ responsible humans to test drive your so-called "solutions". Or you have to pay back your earnings...

Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

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www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/07/a...

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

And Australia's worst company is...

The inaugural winner of the Alan Bond Award for Corporate Misconduct goes to an Australian icon that has truly demonstrated awfulness across a wide range of criteria.

Financial analysts cast doubt on mega Woodside gas project

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 1d

The robot didn't like a Norwegian o? Not a lot of diversity in IT management. Also a lot of annoying "cyber-security" updates happening right now - across many diff systems.

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 2d

Love the idea of a Re-Con-Suction Authority! Well done @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Not checking the standfirsts again...🤣

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 3d

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion Aluminium manufacture is #energy hungry too... maybe we need to minimise its use, and reuse what we have? Leaving bauxite in the ground is the option never canvassed. 🤔

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 3d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... So why approve it? Sends bad messages to international friends in the Pacific and helps no one ... not even Sir Bottom Line. Trying to avoid trouble isn't leadership.

The Browse gas project is staring down the full weight of Australia's climate movement. Analysts say that is the least of its worries.

Bob Brown’s pulmonary embolism

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 4d

“On Wednesday morning I was surprised to find myself puffing a little from the one-block walk up Murray Street to the office of our environmental foundation. Next morning, I knew my turn had come.”

Bob Brown on living a full life and being ready to leave it: satpa.pe/uuzmVDl

A pulmonary embolism has Bob Brown reflecting on mortality and whether it is right to push too hard against death.

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 4d

Read the full comment by Marcia Langton: satpa.pe/1seoL9e

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 4d

Try a different journal. Outright rejection is sometimes easier than a long and painful reviewing process to deal with random suggestions from #Reviewer2 whose concerns are about their own citations...

The media regurgitated Albo's PR, but there's no commendable 'middle path' on climate targets

Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 5d

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/03/m... Physics will win. Not spin. Just because the opposition & the US are worse doesn't give the 🇦🇺 Gov a free pass to pollute. Great analysis @nickfeik.bsky.social

The Albanese government sailed through its week of climate announcement, courtesy of media coverage that obsessed over the political fallout instead of the actual policy.