One of Australia's biggest banks is worried about the rising costs of AI in return for basically no productivity improvements "You can use AI to create an enormous amount of volume, noise and waste" Pretty sure @edzitron.com predicted this...... www.afr.com/technology/b...

There's something seriously wrong with the way we treat our elderly when it's cheaper to send them on an all-year-round cruise than to put them in residential care. And fly out to visit them.

Labor MP Ed Husic calls for AUKUS 'renegotiation' after Virginia-class changes

"There is something fundamentally wrong with a system where extreme wealth keeps skyrocketing while so many people are struggling to afford the basics" Oxfam Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Random rant on nothing important: Garden Rescue used to be good when they had good design, more plants, + relaxed presenters who have a good relationship. I get they are trying to refresh, but the wooden presenters and the long standing focus on hard landscping hasnt changed.

one more ceo sleepout will turn this around. one more cost of living tax cut. just one more foodbank drive, I swear www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

What if we covered the vehicles in QR codes to malware sites for the drones to look at, taking advantage of lazy visual recognition programming on digital cameras.

New modelling shows upgraded ventilation can sharply cut airborne exposure for staff on respiratory wards. Engineering controls matter. We need this ambition across the NHS. Study by Zachreson, Geard, Sheena Sullivan, et al., @unimelb.edu.au et al. www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...

Dazzle is back. @dreadships.bsky.social

#birdbot

The encroachment of AI into literature is catastrophic for writers, not because of how bad its outputs are or how unoriginal it makes us, but because of what it does to the practice of writing. The case against AI: writing isn’t meant to be easy | Alexander Lee engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...

'Is the government really overhauling employment services, or tinkering at the edges of a broken system?' excellent from @garethhutchens.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Richmond Shire Council backs sorghum as higher-return alternative to grazing

Your reminder that the new president of Australia’s long-term main “conservative” political party is still, as of midday an active member of a fascistic Hungarian influence-operation. Tony Abbott is a component of a transnational influence operation fighting to break democracy. #auspol

Exclusive to all papers: should Tony Blair get involved in politics? From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1042, November 2001.

Both of which happen to be the same positions as Reform UK's. Why would anyone who doesn't care about either the living planet or distributional fairness vote for Streeting, rather than Farage? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rehabilitation fails when prisons strip people of dignity pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05...

A Mount Sinai study shows that autoimmunity causes long COVID symptoms in some people, meaning the immune system attacks its own tissues. www.news-medical.net/news/2026052...

"In addition to its clinical significance, Dr. Putrino believes his study carries an urgent public health warning around the donation of blood and blood products like plasma."

Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds to quit in next few months for new employment, Zelinda Sherlock acting LM from August, new LM will be elected at October elections #lgtas

These outbreaks will continue until it breaks through to all of us that we are responsible for one another.

Once there was an old woman who said F this and lived amongst moss snd and forest forever Only the birds sang and the trees swayed. There was no outrage or random nastiness Her bones became branches and her skin lichen, seeds scattered from her and wild flowers grew. #Dartmoor #Devon #photography

This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna...

The assessment algorithm being spruiked by Aruma is the disastrous aged care Integrated Assessment Tool that is currently under investigation by the Commonwealth Ombudsman www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This is a useful example to counter blind adulation such as I am finding in government atm.

Artificial Intelligence and legal work - a crucial case to read There was a routine court application which would usually go through on nod, but the judge suspected something was not right and asked questions, and this then came out. If you must use AI, be careful. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

Relieved to see more coverage of the grip Nous is getting on #UKHE. Thanks @privateeyenews.bsky.social! A million pound @cardiffucu.bsky.social alone. That’s a lot of money for the very same PowerPoint…

"If data centres were a country, they would be the second-largest destination for gas turbines ordered from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026" New IEA report confirms this isn't a normal industry. It is a fossil-fuelled, high-polluting heavy industry producing socially corrosive products at massive climate cost.

Israeli President Herzog got a personal tour of ASIO headquarters. Asked if they could name another foreign leader ever given that access, ASIO drew a blank.

New research from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reveals a “minuscule” level of trust in AI and social media companies www.cyberdaily.au/tech/13660-r...

South Africa has seen a major rise in low-cost renewable energy innovations specifically designed to support off-grid and rural communities. One of the most creative solutions involves repurposing old, discarded satellite dishes into highly efficient solar concentrators. #ActOnClimate #Renewables

But why are young people not thriving and having loads of children, we muse, as a series of madmen in power wreck the world, A.I. is hyped, the planet burns and social media drives everyone mad? Is it perhaps that they’re just a bit soft?

My sister is intellectually disabled, Greg, and I share your immense frustration at just how comfortable @australianlabor.bsky.social are with throwing some people to the wolves while keeping things very, very comfortable for their corporate political donors. How good is the plutocracy!

Hey @markbutlermp.bsky.social - I am giving you an open invitation to come see my daughter with Down Syndrome and then you can tell me to my face that it will be good to cut her social, economic and community participation funding by 25% (heck the explanatory memorandum gives an eg of 50%).

The house used as Mr Bingley’s Netherfield park in the BBC’s 1995 Pride & prejudice is on the market… yours for £45million.

@norfickchick.bsky.social www.bbc.com/live/cqxpyv5...

If you look at other North Sea countries with really successful uptake on renewables, you'll see a strategy: community buy-in through community ownership. 52% of Denmark's wind farms are community owned. It's 50% in Germany!

The ICJ has ruled that govts and orgs are obliged not to lend any form of support to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. So I again implore the Aus Govt to take meaningful action to hold Israel to account. To do anything less makes us complicit. #politas #auspol

Sorry. My @smh cartoon.

a three stream system isn't even new! they did this exactly (stream A, B & C) in jobactive until 2022 - and guess what, it didn't work. my kingdom for a journalist who understands employment services policy

It is not a "major overhaul" if you keep the mutual obligations system in place. That's punishment as usual. And it's punishment that's been found to be unlawful - which this puff piece completely omits

People aren’t just complaining about Google's AI search overhaul, they’re leaving. Yesterday alone, our week over week installs surged 30% in the U.S. 🚀 Momentum is growing. It’s time to Fire Google.

Just because it can (or in this case can't) doesn't mean you should:

@norfickchick.bsky.social - I liked this, thought you may too.. medievalgill.substack.com?utm_source=n...

Great blog piece on the sacred trees of Ireland open.substack.com/pub/medieval...