A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human | Wendy Liu

lol www.theverge.com/tech/936176/...

This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.

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“Did you see this Jeff? Did you see what we wrote?? Do you like it???”

“In my lifetime I have witnessed a terrible decline. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.” What an immense privilege it has been to be alive at the same time as this incredible human being—David Attenborough. #Happy100thBirthday🥳 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

I honestly think that real, busted faces are going to come back into vogue & Instaface is going to be the equivalent of skinny jeans… it’s going to be hip & fashion-forward to have a wrinkly forehead, starburst eyes & jowls, so get ahead of the curve!

Spoke to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about Wikipedia and AI, and the social media ban. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘On the inside I felt a rage’: Antoinette Lattouf on emerging from her bruising battle with the ABC

hilarious and thought-provoking www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.

Do you have to use your car because there is no PT in your area? Do you have to do "Mutual" Obligations right now? Would you feel comfortable chatting for a story? contact @caitkelly.bsky.social (cait rules btw)

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.” www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

A Clear Air column today www.theguardian.com/environment/...

something deeply wrong with a religious movement that is okay with bombing schools full of children but draws the line at blasphemous slop memes anyways here’s my most recent article

Behind this door is the huge fatberg that can’t stop depositing poo balls on Sydney’s beaches

AI systems aren’t just supporting decisions—they’re structuring how public authority is exercised, writes Michael A. Santoro. “Human in the loop” isn’t enough. Accountability must be built upstream through guardrails embedded in system design, not added after the fact, he argues.

australia having a Very Normal Weather Day www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

Pauline Hanson’s daughter employed in taxpayer-funded job with NSW One Nation senator www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

'Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

AI keeps recommending nuclear strikes when put into wargame tests, a new study finds... which is... alarming. By me for @newscientist.com www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

In which @readfearn.bsky.social subjects himself to extreme heatwave conditions, the likes of which will be far more common in our future

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

Guardian Australia reporter Jordyn Beazley filmed this video not long ago of police moving towards protesters down Elizabeth Street in the Sydney CBD following the rally at Town Hall.

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

About thousand people are marching from the protest at Town Hall down George Street in the Sydney CBD with no police escort through traffic, which is not blocked off | 🎥 Blake Sharp-Wiggins

What seems to be happening here in the US in response to the ICE violence a switch from 'will the police protect' to 'we will do without police'.

AI will never replace the institutional knowledge and memories of an absolute legend who was *listening to the police scanner the night of the Watergate break-in.* www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

I realized that a lot of the guys who have been found in the Epstein files are probably really struggling because the guy they would have gone to for advice about being discovered in the Epstein files was JEFFREY EPSTEIN

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader. One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...

Co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident arrested in Iran

Incredible story

“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.” Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

'The arts have allegedly become “unsafe” and artists are a danger to the community’s psycho-social wellbeing. But, let’s be quite clear, the routine invocation of “safety” is code for “I don’t want to hear your opinion”.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

Google’s Antigravity AI deleted a developer’s drive and then apologized www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Today we launched a multimedia investigation based on two years of reporting by our tenacious Queensland correspondent Ben Smee. www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

Hannah Thomas required surgery after police allegedly struck her at a pro-Palestine protest. She was charged with three offences. She's "sickened" to see the force approve a neo-Nazi rally on the steps of parliament, arguing it exposes "a clear double standard". www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

From The Descendants to Gina: Guardian Australia’s nominations for the 70th annual Walkley awards

Peter Thiel turning out to be this stupid honestly messes with my idea of him as the eminence grise behind the Gawker lawsuit, maybe Hogan pitched him on it and kept having to explain like “a lawsuit is like when they blew up the Death Star brother”

my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.