Leo Puglisi from @6newsau.bsky.social gave evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the social media age ban - I asked him about the real impacts on young people. This isn't about protection, it's about control. You can't lock kids out of news and social connection and call it safety.

Seagrasses are great but this is false. Most carbon in the ocean is dissolved inorganic carbon and seagrass carbon is a tiny fraction of that. The mixing of stock and flux is also unhelpful. The only way to stop climate change is not burning fossil fuels. reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...

New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41... We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance 1/

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

On the 14th of the month, no less.

Trump is a fading buffoon. Miller is positioning to take over as America's Stalin.

apparently billionaire-built digital slop machine output is being posted to billionaire-built digital platforms in an effort to create and spread misinformation as widely and harmfully as possible ikr. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

A slap on the wrist behind closed doors undermines the case put forward by Finance that the culture of PwC is all cleaned up, which was their justification for allowing PwC back into the fold of government contracts. #auspol

It really does say something when an article about reactions to a coal power plant continuing to operate says nothing about climate change, the existential threat it poses and the need to phase out oil, gas and coal.

A concerning development regarding Madeleine Habib, the Tasmanian/Australian citizen being held by Israel after being taken from the humanitarian vessel the Conscience. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #politas #auspol

How we ‘fess up when we mess up shows who we are. Pay it all back Deloitte. And apologise. Give yrsrlf some procurement teeth Labor: the capability to ban for poor behaviour, commensurate with the misdemeanour, up to 5 yrs.

The teen social media ban "is not a blank cheque to use personal or sensitive information," warns Australia's privacy commissioner.

A letter to those who taught me my Jewishness, and who now sit on the other side of a deep chasm. When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yet again a failure of quasi-NGO university education for which minister Clare takes no responsibility

Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸

"I, along with every other reporter I know who has worked in Gaza ... have reported a reality in Gaza that bears no resemblance to how it is portrayed by Israeli politicians, its military and many media outlets that serve as Israel’s echo chamber." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

"It truly isn’t complicated and never has been. If governments ensure people’s basic needs are guaranteed and affordable – then hope doesn’t seem so hopeless." www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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When the National Press Club is opposed to hearing from journalists

More ill thought out 'conservation' translocations 🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵

I wonder go how far his “language of violence” would have to go before the Royal Society would find it unacceptable? Have they got a red line, or is the marketplace of ideas a complete free-for-all?

Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon

Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social 'The myth of ‘social cohesion’ – do as they say, not as they do'

"The flotilla, which was carrying symbolic humanitarian aid..." Try telling a malnourished baby that the infant formula they are drinking is symbolic. If 40-odd aid boats were sent by governments rather than civilians, the aid they were carrying would never be diminished like this.

There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament. The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“One wonders how any crony capitalist deal with Trump to hand him access to our critical minerals […] would sit with section 92.3 of the Criminal Code, which deals with people who recklessly prejudice Australia’s national security in collaboration with a foreign party.”

There are spontaneous protests throughout Italy for Gaza happening right now. This is in addition to calls for a general strike this Friday by the country's largest union (see above in thread) Here Napoli/Naples www.instagram.com/reel/DPRlQP9...

Don't mistake a mild manner for centrism. Or banality for harmlessness.

Artificial Intelligence - is it good? Nobody knows but I laughed at this cartoon (which I did myself no robots) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Compulsory viewing. #auspol #NPC #ChrisSidoti #BenSaul #GazaGenocide www.youtube.com/live/MoUMmkQ...

Happy to say that I just finished the page proofs on the upcoming 2nd Edition of Spatial Ecology and Conservation Modeling! Wow, that took some time (over 700 pages in this edition!) Should be out in November!

“Australia should end all defence ties with Israel and cease trade in anything with potential military application, including raw materials, technology or so-called “dual use” material, such as drones." - Chris Sidoti

The National Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner has had distractions from his day job. Perhaps this helps explain why the #NACC has, at such great expense, delivered so little? #robodebt #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Commissioner Brereton told the public and parliament that his position with Defence was entirely honourary, now we know that is not true, that he is part of a chain of advice to Ministers and Defence.

“That fundamental contradiction, between equality at home and assumption of superiority over the vast bulk of external humanity, has been a defining feature of the West.” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

I'm double reposting this thread, because it's amazing. If you have the time, read it.

NT Environment Protection Authority chair Paul Vogel, who faced scrutiny over his paid role with lobbyists for a company with a stake in the Darwin Liquefied Natural Gas plant (DLNG), has become a "strategic adviser" to a miner with interests in the NT.

Here's a wider view of that nest. It must be very old. These things are like apartment buildings with zebra finches taking up the lower floors while the wedge-tailed eagles get the penthouse 😀

Very important (independent) journalism. Morgan McSweeney's plan to bring down Jeremy Corbyn & the left, and failure to declare hundreds of thousands of pounds of donations used to do it. (Love that he has talked election tactics with Anthony Albanese - great.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAOk...

The media release for our recent article on magpie quantity discrimination is out now! Check it out below 🐦⬇️ www.uwa.edu.au/news/article...

It's almost like autism is RFK Jr's restricted interest or something.

If you ignore who is calling for this (I mean, get stuffed!), increasing transparency about foreign interests in activism/conservation is actually a good idea. Things can get murky when you have local organisations that claim independence but share names & ethos with sister orgs overseas.

What a shock that all the journalists who for two years smugly said they wouldn’t call it a genocide unless the UN does, are still not calling it a genocide after the UN did

Can I introduce an unscientific index of how to tell if it’s ok to translocate a species into the former habitat of its ancestors based on the fossil record? If it’s so old you had to chisel it out of a rock, it’s probably a no. au.news.yahoo.com/ancient-outb...

1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

Does anyone have a subscription to National Geographic? I'm quoted in an (online) article that I can't read!

My niece kicking some Humanities butt. lsaclassics.com/2025/09/19/t...

No, you cant. The Biodiversity Heritage Library is like nothing else in the history of the world.

Henley residents advised to keep windows, doors closed amid algal bloom crisis. Strong winds are expected to whip up more foam and blow aerosols into residential areas. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...