Karen Kissane
@karenkissane.bsky.social
Recovering journalist (ex-Age). Author of two prize-winning non-fiction books on legal proceedings. Following, not posting, for the most part.
They can’t feed their huddled masses but Big Brother is morbidly obese.
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
They can’t feed their huddled masses but Big Brother is morbidly obese.
Reposted by Karen Kissane
Fewer than 60,000 people control 3 times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
The poorest half of the global pop accounts for only 3% of carbon emissions, while the wealthiest 10% account for about 77% of emissions.
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
We need Change
The poorest half of the global pop accounts for only 3% of carbon emissions, while the wealthiest 10% account for about 77% of emissions.
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
We need Change
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Fewer than 60,000 people control 3 times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
The poorest half of the global pop accounts for only 3% of carbon emissions, while the wealthiest 10% account for about 77% of emissions.
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
We need Change
The poorest half of the global pop accounts for only 3% of carbon emissions, while the wealthiest 10% account for about 77% of emissions.
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
We need Change
Reposted by Karen Kissane
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So much, so fast, so good
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
So much, so fast, so good
Reposted by Karen Kissane
The sooner this AI abomination flares into flame, burns out and becomes a mere ember on the ashes of the arid, infertile imaginations of the very few ... the better.
Look I’m not one of those crazy Luddites or anything, but this does seem like it could be quite bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Australian man encouraged to murder his father by AI chatbot
Experts are calling for new regulations on artificial intelligence chatbots, after a triple j hack investigation uncovered a disturbing example of a chatbot encouraging a man to murder his father whil...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The sooner this AI abomination flares into flame, burns out and becomes a mere ember on the ashes of the arid, infertile imaginations of the very few ... the better.
Reposted by Karen Kissane
Oh man - it’s not like this is a secret, but it needs to be said over and over. How does anyone in government justify this? #auspol
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT.
‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Oh man - it’s not like this is a secret, but it needs to be said over and over. How does anyone in government justify this? #auspol
Reposted by Karen Kissane
Reposted by Karen Kissane
Omg. Send in another battalion.
A new Portland character has entered the chat at the ICE facility….meet The Unipiper!
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Omg. Send in another battalion.
LOL this needs Benny Hill music 🤣
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Grok praises Hitler, refers to itself as MechaHitler, and makes antisemitic and white supremacist comments on X, forcing Elon Musk's xAI to delete the posts. www.theguardian.com/...
Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot
The popular bot on X began making antisemitic comments in response to user queries
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Criminalise climate lies, says new report
Criminalise climate lies, says new report
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Criminalise climate lies, says new report
Criminalise climate lies, says new report
BEST. THING. EVER.
Thank you, @theradr.bsky.social -- that was so on point, concise, and clear. #MustRead
Thank you, @theradr.bsky.social -- that was so on point, concise, and clear. #MustRead
From @theradr.bsky.social, still relevant
forward.com/opinion/3702... "The crime so heinous that God torched the whole city was that of hoarding resources, leaving the economically vulnerable to suffer without assistance."
Their selfishness and greed caused them to impose immigration & travel bans
forward.com/opinion/3702... "The crime so heinous that God torched the whole city was that of hoarding resources, leaving the economically vulnerable to suffer without assistance."
Their selfishness and greed caused them to impose immigration & travel bans
June 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The bugs are disappearing, which means the birds are disappearing, and then…
The bugs are disappearing, which means the birds are disappearing, and then…
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The bugs are disappearing, which means the birds are disappearing, and then…
The bugs are disappearing, which means the birds are disappearing, and then…
www.theage.com.au/technology/i...
These guys are even loopier than we thought.
These guys are even loopier than we thought.
I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are
Like the rocket ships Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shovelling money into, the tech being prioritised by Silicon Valley’s billionaires isn’t designed to save us. It’s meant to save them.
www.theage.com.au
June 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
www.theage.com.au/technology/i...
These guys are even loopier than we thought.
These guys are even loopier than we thought.
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
bsky.app/profile/wire...
Horrifying.
Horrifying.
NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.
The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
www.wired.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
bsky.app/profile/wire...
Horrifying.
Horrifying.
Excellent summary of the media’s double standards, negligence and recklessness in giving us the abomination that is Trump…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan
A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-president’s decline. But that distracts from a bigger problem
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It has been fun working with broadcast king Jon Faine on this new podcast for Melbourne Law School. A great mix of legal topics and informed, insightful interviewees. JUSTICE with Jon Faine is on Apple and Spotify. First episode is on AI 'companions' and their dangers for the lonely.
May 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It has been fun working with broadcast king Jon Faine on this new podcast for Melbourne Law School. A great mix of legal topics and informed, insightful interviewees. JUSTICE with Jon Faine is on Apple and Spotify. First episode is on AI 'companions' and their dangers for the lonely.
