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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 21h

Another data breach...

"Qantas is one of almost 40 global companies that have until Friday to begin ransom negotiations with hackers who are threatening to leak up to 1bn personal data records." #auspol

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing ransom demand from hacker group

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly threatening to leak stolen personal data from dozens of firms in major extortion attempt

www.theguardian.com

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 41m

Nestle's commitment to climate study just hot air
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

www.bloomberg.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 45m

One Banned Book Per Child

MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 16h

Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 46m

AI, automation and robotics set to replace tens of millions of jobs in the US by 2035 according to new government study.
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AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 56m

How AI is fueling surveillance capitalism and undermining democracy
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How AI is fueling surveillance capitalism and undermining democracy

YouTube video by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 9h

Ban Facial Recognition
Facial recognition surveillance is unethical. With this technology we cannot be anonymous in public spaces & our privacy is invaded no matter where we go. Facial recognition systems track and record our movements – even if we have done nothing wrong.
digitalrightswatch.org.au

Digital Rights Watch

digitalrightswatch.org.au

Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 21h

AI Injustice outstrips benefits.
AI is helping tackle case backlogs and improve access to justice for victims. But rampant misuse of AI, bias, and weak oversight means regulators are failing to keep up with the pace of new AI harms.
restofworld.org/2025/latin-a...

Courts don’t know what to do about AI crimes

AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 2d

"The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

www.bloomberg.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 1d

This thread highlights a point I have been making for many years: the logic of authoritarianism and the logic of domestic abuse are exactly the same. It is only a difference of scale.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 1d

See also this new book on Internet Shutdowns which provides in-depth case studies from eleven countries www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Internet Shutdowns in Africa

www.bloomsburycollections.com

Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 1d

This first ever book on internet shutdowns includes chapters on disrupting connectivity as a weapon of war - including in Ethiopia and Sudan.
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Internet Shutdowns in Africa

www.bloomsburycollections.com

Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 1d

Great video! See also these animations on digital rights and a free to download introductory guide. www.africandigitalrightsnetwork.org/what-are-dig...

Digital Rights?

www.africandigitalrightsnetwork.org

Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 1d

China leads the way in renewable energy. The country's overwhelming dominance in clean tech industries remains unchallenged new research shows.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

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tante @tante.cc · 1d

Let's see what we learn from this case of "Big corporation buys up important open source infrastructure because it's organized as a company".
#arduino

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 2d

What's the difference between a new technology that over-confidently spouts conjecture and a top-dollar international consultancy?
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

www.theguardian.com

Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 3d

The Tony Blair Institute is no think tank - it's Oracle'PR firm.

Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 14d

Suspect this New Statesman deep dive into the Tony Blair Institute makes the case that the correct "Economist descriptor" for the TBI is now "Oracle dealership" rather than "think tank" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?

www.newstatesman.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 7d

REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

www.thenerve.news

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