Angela Antunovic
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pospi
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@aj Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg were sitting in the first row when Trump became president of the United States. We have concentration camps in the US, unlawful arrests, Musk has performed a Nazi salute in public etc.
Albanese wants to make them the gatekeepers to keep our children safe.
To achieve this, he collaborates with fascists.
Jonathan Schofield
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@urlyman Australian schools have decided to go with AI because ... wait for it ... it's "inevitable" ... and .. they want to make sure our students "know how to use it".
Now, Australian governments are pretty dense when it comes to IT, but this made me laugh out loud. Just what do they think kids need to learn about a technology that leaps out from every corner and grabs you by the throat? It's like saying kids need to learn how to "use" temu ads. The greater need is for them to learn how not to be swallowed whole by AI.
…Anyway, sat here in the UK, all of this has the feel of a tsunami of Americana AI. It’s kind of inevitable, but…
My hope is that a growing number of Americans reflect on just how much of the high energy fucked-up-ness of where we are is a direct product of their culture. And think a bit more carefully before slathering that aesthetic over the other 96% of the world’s population
@urlyman Australian schools have decided to go with AI because ... wait for it ... it's "inevitable" ... and .. they want to make sure our students "know how to use it".
Now, Australian governments are pretty dense when it comes to IT, but this made me laugh out loud. Just what do they think kids need to learn about a technology that leaps out from every corner and grabs you by the throat? It's like saying kids need to learn how to "use" temu ads. The greater need is for them to learn how not to be swallowed whole by AI.
Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx:
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Australia is still a deeply racist country when it comes to Aboriginal people.
This is some of the oldest written communications on Earth.
This rock art was already ~40,000 years old when the Giza pyramids were an ongoing capital works project by the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
But because Aboriginal and created it, we treat it as worthless.
I can't stress this enough.
This should be a source of deep and profound shame for every non-Aboriginal Australian.
We, collectively, see irreplaceable 50,000 year old cultural artifacts as having less value than a tank full of petrol.
Because we view Aboriginal history as essentially worthless.
"The oldest petroglyphs in the world are deemed to be those at Murujuga in Western Australia, which are 40,000–50,000 years old. Some petroglyphs are classified as protected monuments and some have been added to the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, or such status has been applied for."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroglyph
"The Albanese government agreed to weaken conditions it had proposed to protect world heritage-listed Indigenous rock art from Woodside’s giant North West Shelf gas development after the fossil fuel company argued it could be forced to shut the plant.
"The change is explained in a “statement of reasons” document setting out why the environment minister, Murray Watt, approved an application to extend the operating life of one of the world’s biggest and most polluting gas export developments until 2070.
"The statement shows Watt accepted environment department advice that “multiple lines of scientific and other evidence” suggested industrial emissions were having a “significant adverse impact” on rocks in Murujuga, a cultural landscape in northern Western Australia that is home to more than 1m pieces of rock art, known as petroglyphs.
"The minister also accepted advice that future pollution from the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility could cause “degradation, damage, notable alteration, modification, obscuring or diminishing” of the area’s natural heritage."
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"Watt provisionally ruled in May that Woodside could continue operating the LNG plant beyond 2030 only if it cut acidic pollution – particularly nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide – so that there were no air emissions “above the detectable limit” that affect rock art.
"But Woodside responded this was “not technically feasible”. It said the conditions were an “effective refusal” of the development that would lead to the “cessation of business as usual operations” at the end of 2030.
#auspol #wapol #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Australia #Perth #WesternAustralia #capitalism #business #ausbiz
Australia is still a deeply racist country when it comes to Aboriginal people.
This is some of the oldest written communications on Earth.
This rock art was already ~40,000 years old when the Giza pyramids were an ongoing capital works project by the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
But because Aboriginal and created it, we treat it as worthless.
I can't stress this enough.
This should be a source of deep and profound shame for every non-Aboriginal Australian.
We, collectively, see irreplaceable 50,000 year old cultural artifacts as having less value than a tank full of petrol.
Because we view Aboriginal history as essentially worthless.
"The oldest petroglyphs in the world are deemed to be those at Murujuga in Western Australia, which are 40,000–50,000 years old. Some petroglyphs are classified as protected monuments and some have been added to the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, or such status has been applied for."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroglyph
"The Albanese government agreed to weaken conditions it had proposed to protect world heritage-listed Indigenous rock art from Woodside’s giant North West Shelf gas development after the fossil fuel company argued it could be forced to shut the plant.
"The change is explained in a “statement of reasons” document setting out why the environment minister, Murray Watt, approved an application to extend the operating life of one of the world’s biggest and most polluting gas export developments until 2070.
"The statement shows Watt accepted environment department advice that “multiple lines of scientific and other evidence” suggested industrial emissions were having a “significant adverse impact” on rocks in Murujuga, a cultural landscape in northern Western Australia that is home to more than 1m pieces of rock art, known as petroglyphs.
"The minister also accepted advice that future pollution from the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility could cause “degradation, damage, notable alteration, modification, obscuring or diminishing” of the area’s natural heritage."
...
"Watt provisionally ruled in May that Woodside could continue operating the LNG plant beyond 2030 only if it cut acidic pollution – particularly nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide – so that there were no air emissions “above the detectable limit” that affect rock art.
"But Woodside responded this was “not technically feasible”. It said the conditions were an “effective refusal” of the development that would lead to the “cessation of business as usual operations” at the end of 2030.
#auspol #wapol #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Australia #Perth #WesternAustralia #capitalism #business #ausbiz
Angela Antunovic
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Richard Boyle avoids criminal conviction, whistleblower law remains broken https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/richard-boyle-avoids-criminal-conviction-whistleblower-law-remains-broken #Auspol
He's hoping when NZ and USA are the only countries not recognising Palestine Seymour will change his mind.
I enjoyed #AusPol PM Albanese having a little dig at NZ when he said in response to US bullying Aus over P decision, Australia is an independent country that doesn't take foreign policy instruction from Washington or Beijing nor from Wellington for that matter.
Richard Boyle avoids criminal conviction, whistleblower law remains broken https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/richard-boyle-avoids-criminal-conviction-whistleblower-law-remains-broken #Auspol
Please, Australia, don’t be stupid enough to buy into this Trojan horse #auspol
Joel 🔪 May-Kill 🔪
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I would suggest every Australian lodge a complaint with a demand for an explanation to the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.
The complaint form can be found here: https://www.rch.org.au/form/
For reference, the person who submitted the complaint called The Greens "Green Nazis" and has a history of posting vile stuff online:
Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff
I would suggest every Australian lodge a complaint with a demand for an explanation to the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.
The complaint form can be found here: https://www.rch.org.au/form/
For reference, the person who submitted the complaint called The Greens "Green Nazis" and has a history of posting vile stuff online:
Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff
Kate Bowles
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Last federal election narrative: Australians profoundly reject the right wing call. They are a bulwark against the world wide drift to the alt right. My view: the dramatic incompetence of the Liberal Party distorts the vote. Australia is not exceptional at all. The danger is real. #auspol
Last federal election narrative: Australians profoundly reject the right wing call. They are a bulwark against the world wide drift to the alt right. My view: the dramatic incompetence of the Liberal Party distorts the vote. Australia is not exceptional at all. The danger is real. #auspol
Angela Antunovic
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One of the world’s leading climate scientists has urged Australia, and the world, to go “full sail” on decarbonisation, arguing that the scale of climate events already show that we are in “a place we’d rather not be.” #Auspol#ClimateChange#Australia
https://reneweconomy.com.au/a-place-wed-rather-not-be-why-labor-needs-to-listen-to-and-respect-the-climate-science
One of the world’s leading climate scientists has urged Australia, and the world, to go “full sail” on decarbonisation, arguing that the scale of climate events already show that we are in “a place we’d rather not be.” #Auspol#ClimateChange#Australia
https://reneweconomy.com.au/a-place-wed-rather-not-be-why-labor-needs-to-listen-to-and-respect-the-climate-science
Being a progressive Australian voter is more and more frustrating, imo.
Labor continues its now decades-long efforts to be the most mediocre, least effective, do-nothing party afraid of its own shadow. Their rusteds are deaf to critique and quick to anger.
The Greens persist in never having learned the lesson that being the finger-wagging, purse-lipped party of telling people they are wrong and stupid (they're right, but they are deeply terrible at conducting actual politics) makes no friends and plenty of enemies. Their supporters are a fractured mob, each wanting their own micro-issue to be the most important thing, and righteous in a way that's off-putting; no wonder the party can't win more seats in various parliaments.
The Democrats are long done.
The other minor progressive parties all have some weird off-putting agenda, or are single-issue whackjobs.
There seems to be a tiny handful of very good progressive independents, who while all smart, considered, and ethical, won’t ever make more than small differences - Haines, Pocock, Wilkie, Payman.
Kathy Reid
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Hey aussies. I think you should make a lot of noise about this
The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 I I'll give government nnew ways to refuse FOI requests, as and also introduce a fee for making the request.
Hey aussies. I think you should make a lot of noise about this
The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 I I'll give government nnew ways to refuse FOI requests, as and also introduce a fee for making the request.