Lanute
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Thinking prole who worries a lot and loves toy poodles
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“Time to ask which future we’re advancing towards. And time to demand our politicians choose democracy over their donors.”
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How American Dark Money and Mining Billionaires are Buying the Liberals’ Climate Surrender The Liberal Party meets this week to decide whether to dump its Net Zero pledge. Drama over a decision the av...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Time to ask which future we’re advancing towards. And time to demand our politicians choose democracy over their donors.”
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"Last July, NPR reported that each ChatGPT search uses ten times more electricity than a Google search. In March 2024, Forbes reported that the water consumption associated with a single conversation with ChatGPT was comparable to that of a standard plastic water bottle."
A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It
The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Last July, NPR reported that each ChatGPT search uses ten times more electricity than a Google search. In March 2024, Forbes reported that the water consumption associated with a single conversation with ChatGPT was comparable to that of a standard plastic water bottle."
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How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought on.ft.com/43qoQ2L
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought on.ft.com/43qoQ2L
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More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
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Today Gina Rinehart reminded Australia who owns the LNP
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Today Gina Rinehart reminded Australia who owns the LNP
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THE WORLD'S LARGEST MASS GRAVE
Australia did nothing to prevent GENOCIDE in Gaza - in fact we provided and still provide, military aid to Israel
WE ARE COMPLICIT
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Australia did nothing to prevent GENOCIDE in Gaza - in fact we provided and still provide, military aid to Israel
WE ARE COMPLICIT
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
10,000+ Palestinians buried beneath Gaza rubble in ‘world’s largest mass grave’
“We call on the world to send international teams to recover the bodies of the missing,” said the member of one civil society group. “We call on the world to provide the necessary equipment to recover...
johnmenadue.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
THE WORLD'S LARGEST MASS GRAVE
Australia did nothing to prevent GENOCIDE in Gaza - in fact we provided and still provide, military aid to Israel
WE ARE COMPLICIT
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Australia did nothing to prevent GENOCIDE in Gaza - in fact we provided and still provide, military aid to Israel
WE ARE COMPLICIT
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Whitlam would these days been more likely to have been an Independent, perhaps a Green, but I figured he'd rather stand alone, like Eddy hints at. #auspol #Whitlam #ALP
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The impossible candidate: Whitlam would struggle in today’s Labor Party
Could a reformer like Gough Whitlam survive in today’s risk-averse, faction-bound Labor Party… or would he have been stopped long before he got there?
newpolitics.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Whitlam would these days been more likely to have been an Independent, perhaps a Green, but I figured he'd rather stand alone, like Eddy hints at. #auspol #Whitlam #ALP
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“Independents’ warning on resources: don’t repeat mistakes of gas exports to Japan” #ThePoint
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Independents’ warning on resources: don’t repeat mistakes of gas exports to Japan
Australians are being massively ripped off. We are paying higher prices for our gas than many of the countries that import our gas.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Independents’ warning on resources: don’t repeat mistakes of gas exports to Japan” #ThePoint
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"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
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Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
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No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
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Russia unveiled its human-like AI robot, which stumbled and fell while walking onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Russia unveiled its human-like AI robot, which stumbled and fell while walking onto the stage.
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No, not Home Depot stuff 😂
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No, not Home Depot stuff 😂
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"Those who launched the latest attack on the BBC have close ties to the MAGA movement, from Friends of Trump like Farage and former Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson to others with links to the US Christian Nationalist organisation the Heritage Foundation."
It’s bigger than you think.
The Far Right Hits The BBC
The assault on free media gathers pace
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Those who launched the latest attack on the BBC have close ties to the MAGA movement, from Friends of Trump like Farage and former Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson to others with links to the US Christian Nationalist organisation the Heritage Foundation."
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
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"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
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Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
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Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
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www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
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The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
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Very good read by @yelgeb.bsky.social on debate over Albo v Gough Whitlam #auspol
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Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam? - Michael West
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam
michaelwest.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Very good read by @yelgeb.bsky.social on debate over Albo v Gough Whitlam #auspol
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Yet more evidence that the UK is being targeted by Trump and his UK-based agents.
It’s funny, the supposedly independent Michael Prescott hasn’t mentioned the promotion of Nigel Farage by the BBC over many years.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s funny, the supposedly independent Michael Prescott hasn’t mentioned the promotion of Nigel Farage by the BBC over many years.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Yet more evidence that the UK is being targeted by Trump and his UK-based agents.
It’s funny, the supposedly independent Michael Prescott hasn’t mentioned the promotion of Nigel Farage by the BBC over many years.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s funny, the supposedly independent Michael Prescott hasn’t mentioned the promotion of Nigel Farage by the BBC over many years.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just watched a very old Twilight Zone in which adults were kowtowing to a horrible murderous 6 year old brat exactly as Trump is treated by the whole fucking insane world. BBC News has some journo giving the creepiest advice ever sounding very much like the terrified Twilight Zone folks. Jesus.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just watched a very old Twilight Zone in which adults were kowtowing to a horrible murderous 6 year old brat exactly as Trump is treated by the whole fucking insane world. BBC News has some journo giving the creepiest advice ever sounding very much like the terrified Twilight Zone folks. Jesus.
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So the right-wing ideologue appointed by the Tories who has dumbed down the @BBC and turned its news and politics operations into far-right propaganda outlets now relentless promoting neofascist Reform has resigned because he offended Donald fucking Trump. You couldn’t make it up
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So the right-wing ideologue appointed by the Tories who has dumbed down the @BBC and turned its news and politics operations into far-right propaganda outlets now relentless promoting neofascist Reform has resigned because he offended Donald fucking Trump. You couldn’t make it up
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Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
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Murdoch, the Dismissal and my job in Japan https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/murdochs-role-in-the-dismissal-and-my-job-in-japan #auspol
Murdoch, the Dismissal and my job in Japan
Rupert Murdoch played a critical role in the Dismissal. He knew how to bring pressure on Kerr and provided strong support for Malcolm Fraser.
johnmenadue.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Murdoch, the Dismissal and my job in Japan https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/murdochs-role-in-the-dismissal-and-my-job-in-japan #auspol