Welcome to Opt Out October, our collection of tips to slowly break free from online surveillance and throw sand in the gears of overreaching large tech companies. Today’s tip is about establishing good online security fundamentals. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Calling young people aged 14 and under! The Guardian is looking for your 250-word pieces of writing about nature and landscape for the Young Country Diary. Entry here (and published diaries will be paid): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💚 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EXCLUSIVE: In correspondence seen by the Guardian, Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her removal from the Gaza aid flotilla, including insufficient food and water.

And daylight saving has started in Australia 😅. Confusion reigns. (Image via SBS News.)

I love Australian magpies. 😁

It’s a fantastic story, but for sure the story underneath mattered more. A really shameful time in some parts of British journalism. All credit to the Guardian for pursuing it.

If you enjoyed #TheHack tonight here’s why the story mattered….

😳 ”The commission revealed at the inquiry it had not consulted with the creative industry or modelled either the impact of that recommendation or the benefit the industry injects into the economy.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.

I remember following this story at time but it’s even more gobsmacking than it appeared then theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day. Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

IPCC’s 2023 Synthesis Report shows: There are tried & tested policy measures that can work to achieve deep emissions reductions & climate resilience if they are scaled up & applied more widely.  #IPCC #ClimateReport Explore the findings 👉 bit.ly/SRYRpt23

There were just four protesters on the sidewalk near the Ice field office Trump claimed was “under siege”. One, wearing a chicken costume and draped in an American flag, held up a sign that read: “Portland Will Outlive Him.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Had a v interesting chat with the creator of this petition last weekend about fast fashion, emissions, sustainability and embracing the circular economy. Read it and sign! chng.it/27znRcLGLR

27 September is the official birthday of the railway. This history of the railway timeline explains. #Railway200

Fluoride in Qld drinking water became a political weapon. Premier Anna Bligh set a target of getting the state to 90% coverage by 2012. Then came Campbell Newman who passed the issue to each council to decide. Gympie is the latest to remove it. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Feel very fortunate I’ll be able to see this in Brisbane www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Such a short sighted decision 🦷 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Wikimedia Foundation joins the fight for library digital rights! 🎉 @wikimediafoundation.org has signed onto the 4 Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, affirming memory institutions' rights to Collect, Preserve, Lend & Cooperate in the digital age. ➡️ www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/26/w...

Yup: “Awareness and skepticism remain your best defense.”

The Fossil Free Declaration is a way for fans, athletes and sports organisations to build power against polluting sponsors in sport. Join the call for clean sport. 👇 7/7

Medical scholars say efforts to find a singular cause for autism has historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma.

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Read Eco's astonishingly prescient essay here: www.openculture.com/2024/11/umbe...

How to recognise fascism when you see it, by the the Italian humanist and author Umberto Eco. This 14-point guide is taken from Eco's 1995 essay 'Ur-Fascism' – informed by his own experiences of Nazism in the 20th century.

"From pregnancy complications to chronic disease in old age, the evidence shows that the costs of coal, oil, and gas extend far beyond climate change." said @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/fossil-...

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right. Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

This sort of stuff is extremely dangerous. People will die. Playing footsie with the lunatics running public health in America is extremely unwise.

Important to see this statement ranzcog.edu.au/news/paracet...

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us. More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social

Front page of @apnews.com calling it like it is. These claims are unfounded. #VaccinesSaveLives #TylenolisSafe #Tylenol #FireRFK #MedSky #Vaccines

For those at the back - or in the QLD government - *pill testing saves lives*

This is a very good description of what is being done in the US and we need to recognise this for what it is: ‘“mal-information” – twisting information to reach a certain end’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Then they came for the talk show hosts and I was like yeah whatever... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Public health organisation votes to condemn ongoing genocide in Gaza www.croakey.org/public-healt...

I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.

Housing is a human right. ACT the first Australian jurisdiction to enshrine fundamental protection. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

If you would like to point to one major problem that led to why we are here, it is this. And what people tend to pay for more and more is opinions from people who are on the same page, and who utilize reporting from the last few outlets that do much.

In all the noise and chaos, enjoy this - and remember to sleep well, so you too can sing 🎶 “As the young bird reaches adulthood it continues to dream of song and when deprived of sleep, song output will suffer.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I spoke with the wonderful @jessdavis.bsky.social about why fatalism makes me so intensely mad, and how most of it comes from the fossil fuel industry, or its lobbyists, defenders and acolytes the whole piece on collapse is a great read -->>>> www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Exclusive: Australians have only been given half of the climate threat assessment used to support the government's bid to cut emissions by 62-70 per cent by 2050. Karen Barlow on the push to declassify the other half. satpa.pe/DqsqDaE

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients https://www.ft.com/content/128ee880-acdb-42fb-8bc0-ea9b71ca11a8

All hype about the power of facilitating "human-AI collaboration" aside, we don't quickly implement extremely strong norms of disclosure around AI use, science is cooked. From arxiv.org/pdf/2509.12282, one of many many efforts in this direction.

Well, well “Unlike human intelligence, it lacks the humility to acknowledge uncertainty,” said Neil Shah, VP for research and partner at Counterpoint Technologies. “When unsure, it doesn’t defer to deeper research or human oversight; instead, it often presents estimates as facts.”

Don’t publish or perish

History made for the ocean: #BBNJ Agreement enters into force, protecting high seas & deep seabed, safeguarding life under water. “Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step forward to save our ocean, & to save our future” - ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social

I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link: