And to declare that water use issues around data centres are "fake" as well, parroting Sam Altman. What has happened to everyone? bsky.app/profile/did:...

Pretty disappointing to see @adamtooze.bsky.social posting that climate issues around data centre growth are just barely "real" and are verging on "fake" Me and many others have done a huge amount of work I think solidly demonstrating how real they are. Much more than.......whatever this graphic is

"Every gold mine pays a royalty for gold. But more than half of the gas we export is given away royalty-free." Add your name to the petition to fix Australia's gas export problem: https://theaus.in/fix_gas_export_problem

If you earned the 2025 US median wage of around $63k pa, it would take you around 15,770 years to earn $1 billion www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Latest example of the documented result of what happens when supposed ‘centre left’ parties go to the right to try and appease conservatives rather than stand for something different - voters go even further rather than stick with the imitators

Trump's comments about hantavirus will give a jolt of PTSD to anyone who remembers his mishandling of covid

So are they gonna rename it Project Freedom Go, then Project Freedom Max, then just Freedom, then back to Project Freedom, then—

Off to the grifting circuit. First stop: a podcast with Vinny Prasad, where they tell each other they were right about everything. 🙄🙄🙄

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

thanks i’d rather spork out my eyes

We tried to warn you about Anthropic. Now they're using xAI's ultra-polluting community-killing nightmare data centre to power your toxic claude relationship All the new paid subs from @rutgerbregman.com and @quitgpt.bsky.social's campaign, now powered by Musk 🫠 www.anthropic.com/news/higher-...

A new poll conducted for The Australia Institute reveals that more than half of Australian voters believe Donald Trump is a greater threat to global security than Russian President Vladimir Putin or Chinese President Xi Jinping. Read more on our website ⬇️ https://theaus.in/4uy01N8

Interest rates won’t affect the global oil price, so why did the Reserve Bank hike rates again? @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss the rationale for the RBA’s rate hike & how changing the way trusts are taxed could reduce inequality. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3P7H70M

"Michele Bullock said that in her press conference afterwards, the higher interest rates will not impact prices over the next six months." "Why put up interest rates now when households are suffering if it's not going to lower inflation?" - Senior Economist @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol

HA!

Excellent work from @maximumwelfare.bsky.social and Lamestream @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy for exposing just how cooked this whole story is. Whipping up hate against people on welfare AND running bullshit for the insurance industry - quite the combo from our national broadcaster!

They may take Julie Bishop's job, but they'll never take her $800,000 office located 3,092km from where her job was. We'll never see her like again.

Given ABC let through the 8m on income support line, I'm guessing I should apply for a job as the ABC wallet inspector

Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...

"Let’s not use right-wing tropes that income support is rising out of control. Rather, we should be wondering if those on income support are being forced to live in poverty and despair, and just how much that is contributing to issues such as mental health."

Sorry ABC - 8m are not on "income support". My fact check for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Treasurer urged to cut $260m+ of Future Fund investments in Israeli weapons & war crimes in Budget apan.org.au/treasurer-ur...

Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable

Invest in the US. Make sure in something Trump approves of, or your money gets stolen. Don't be too successful, or Trump will demand a share or even equity. Don't send skilled workers, ICE might grab them. Don't have a good product, it will be stolen. The legal system is corrupt, so no help there.

The Trump administration has seized $120M USD owned by the Canadian pension fund earmarked for a wind development — and demanding the pension-backed company invest in fossil fuels instead.

Hey, it's me! I'm reference 47 :) And a reminder for the Labor government: the Paris Climate Agreement it claims to be aligned with cannot be reached without the elimination of fossil fuels from human society. Also see: the IPCC.

The latest Dollars & Sense is up in which @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social has a rant (and so do I, but mostly Elinor) about the RBA australiainstitute.org.au/post/more-pa...

Good fricken riddance. May she never hold any office again. May we never have to hear from this crumb maiden again.

would be shocked if any americans said differently about their own decade since the dawn of recorded music

BREAKING: Federal trade court strikes down Trump’s backup tariff plan, imposed after the Supreme Court invalidated his broad-based tariffs. Going to need some economists to chew on this one. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Like a bit of a chook raffle”🔥 Albury hotel owner Rolf Lossow has blasted One Nation’s “disorganised" & “inexperienced” venue booking. “They had no understanding.” “Left a really bad taste in my mouth.”💥 They want to run the country, but can’t even run a bar tab. 🙄 #auspol

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Truly disgusting from a bloke who directed Rabbit Proof Fence and The Quiet American so cannot say he is politically clueless or naive www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Really good piece on the history of gas tax in Australia by Gareth Hutchens www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Every journalist in DC already knows what's going on with his hands. They won't say out of respect for decorum or whatever. It'll be in all the books after he dies and they'll refer to it very casually, as something "everybody" knew about.

The ALP report from the Senate Gas Tax inquiry said our submission "criticised the relatively low level of tax paid by gas companies under the PRRT regime over carefully selected time periods." Our carefully selected time periods...

Over 24 hours later, the article is still up, unaltered. The ABC is by now in receipt of questions for publication from one source. I will continue to pursue every avenue of accountability—internally and publicly—until the article is retracted and the proper information published with apologies.

Trump has told the same lie about being close to a deal every week of the war, and the market still responds as if this is the first time he’s told this lie.

Pulitzer Prize winner gets no media coverage. Total coincidence he is a Palestinian? #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social #gaza michaelwest.com.au/palestininan...

"The court at times simply has to make evil decisions"

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

"And this way when I get out of office in let’s say eight or nine years from now, I’ll be able to use it myself." He says these things smiling and pretending to joke around, but we know he isn't. If given half the chance, he would GRAB it, as it keeps him out of prison! #StopTrump #resist 👊🏼

The most dangerous thing in the world to cops being thugs, is when they do it to a middle aged white man of means with a powerful friendship group. Go sick'em Rex www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"A tragic birth, and death, in a tent – and still our poorest must pay" @amyremeikis.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

How much revenue will be raised from a gas reservation?? Yeah. That’d be ZERO

We're in the Ranking Pedophiles phase of rationalization.

The very rich don't make money the same way everyone else does - they seek income that is easier to avoid paying tax on (and use the tax system that is set up to ensure richer people can avoid paying tax) www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

If the govt targets discretionary family trusts there will be a lot of guff about how they will hit middle Australians just trying to get by. Don't believe it www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? https://newrepublic.com/post/210013/fbi-investigation-atlantic-reporter-kash-patel-drinking