Matt Bevan
@mattbevan.bsky.social
Host/writer of 'If You’re Listening’ from ABC News. http://seedisclaimer.com
Contact me via ifyourelistening [at] abc.net.au
Contact me via ifyourelistening [at] abc.net.au
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Matt Bevan
@mattbevan.bsky.social
· Nov 8
How much energy, water and money is the AI boom consuming? | If You're Listening
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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A lot of people have voiced concern about the energy and water consumption of AI data centres. In this week’s If You’re Listening, we’ve taken a close look at the data: youtu.be/_mJLTOs5i44?...
Australia: Spends 6 months debating who’s going to open the batting in the Boxing Day test
Also Australia: Travis Head and Scott Boland opening the batting on Boxing Day
#ashes
Also Australia: Travis Head and Scott Boland opening the batting on Boxing Day
#ashes
Australia: Spends 6 months debating who’s going to open the batting in the first #Ashes test
Also Australia: Inadvertently ends up with Smith and Labuschagne at the crease 3 balls in.
Also Australia: Inadvertently ends up with Smith and Labuschagne at the crease 3 balls in.
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Australia: Spends 6 months debating who’s going to open the batting in the Boxing Day test
Also Australia: Travis Head and Scott Boland opening the batting on Boxing Day
#ashes
Also Australia: Travis Head and Scott Boland opening the batting on Boxing Day
#ashes
Merry Christmas everyone
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Merry Christmas everyone
I’d pay a significant amount of money to see a video of a kid opening a gift from the President and it’s an LP of Elton John’s cover of the hit track from the 1969 rock opera Tommy.
Trump to kids aged 6 and 10 who asked for a Kindle: "You must be a high IQ person, we need more high IQ people in the country."
Kid: "I'd like a pinball machine."
Trump: "Elton John did Pinball Wizard, we'll send you that."
Kid: "I'd like a pinball machine."
Trump: "Elton John did Pinball Wizard, we'll send you that."
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’d pay a significant amount of money to see a video of a kid opening a gift from the President and it’s an LP of Elton John’s cover of the hit track from the 1969 rock opera Tommy.
Surprisingly high crossover between MasterClass “tutors” and Epstein list members.
December 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Surprisingly high crossover between MasterClass “tutors” and Epstein list members.
Checking what’s going on over at CBS
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Checking what’s going on over at CBS
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Once again, Matt Bevan delivers the goods, this time on the nitty-gritty of our gun laws and its many loopholes. #Auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WSf...
After Bondi, are Australia’s gun laws as strong as we thought? | If You're Listening | ABC In-depth
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December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Once again, Matt Bevan delivers the goods, this time on the nitty-gritty of our gun laws and its many loopholes. #Auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WSf...
The flaw in Australia’s gun laws exposed by the Bondi attack | If You’re Listening youtu.be/-WSf_vAL2WE?...
The flaw in Australia’s gun laws exposed by the Bondi attack | If You're Listening | ABC In-depth
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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December 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The flaw in Australia’s gun laws exposed by the Bondi attack | If You’re Listening youtu.be/-WSf_vAL2WE?...
My kids are going out this arvo and I finally had a chance to just sit down and watch cricket and these absolute gooses are going to self-destruct because they have an 8 second attention span. #ashes
December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My kids are going out this arvo and I finally had a chance to just sit down and watch cricket and these absolute gooses are going to self-destruct because they have an 8 second attention span. #ashes
Honestly have these clowns ever watched test cricket before? Grinding your way back into the game then getting out trying to hoik it into the river. #ashes
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Honestly have these clowns ever watched test cricket before? Grinding your way back into the game then getting out trying to hoik it into the river. #ashes
Watched Titanic for the first time in a long time and I didn’t realise til now how ham-fisted some of the exposition is.
“Rose, remember what I told you about there not being enough lifeboats?”
“Captain have you noticed how very difficult it would be to see an iceberg tonight”?
“Rose, remember what I told you about there not being enough lifeboats?”
“Captain have you noticed how very difficult it would be to see an iceberg tonight”?
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Watched Titanic for the first time in a long time and I didn’t realise til now how ham-fisted some of the exposition is.
“Rose, remember what I told you about there not being enough lifeboats?”
“Captain have you noticed how very difficult it would be to see an iceberg tonight”?
“Rose, remember what I told you about there not being enough lifeboats?”
“Captain have you noticed how very difficult it would be to see an iceberg tonight”?
Why is Venezuela’s economy such a disaster? Is it corruption? US sanctions? Socialism? Or delusion?
Today on If You’re Listening, the bizarre economics behind Venezuela’s economic collapse. youtu.be/ptJpPoupiaI?...
Today on If You’re Listening, the bizarre economics behind Venezuela’s economic collapse. youtu.be/ptJpPoupiaI?...
What's Going on in Venezuela? | If You're Listening
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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December 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Why is Venezuela’s economy such a disaster? Is it corruption? US sanctions? Socialism? Or delusion?
Today on If You’re Listening, the bizarre economics behind Venezuela’s economic collapse. youtu.be/ptJpPoupiaI?...
Today on If You’re Listening, the bizarre economics behind Venezuela’s economic collapse. youtu.be/ptJpPoupiaI?...
Real uphill push rn
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Real uphill push rn
You know this Sweden info is good cos it comes from Peter Sweden
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
You know this Sweden info is good cos it comes from Peter Sweden
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Matt Bevan, Australian journalist and presenter, discusses Taiwan’s precarious position in relation to China in his latest ‘If You’re Listening’ podcast. He also makes a brilliant joke about it but you might need to be Australian to get it. “Taiwan is girt by Xi” love a pun!
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November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Matt Bevan, Australian journalist and presenter, discusses Taiwan’s precarious position in relation to China in his latest ‘If You’re Listening’ podcast. He also makes a brilliant joke about it but you might need to be Australian to get it. “Taiwan is girt by Xi” love a pun!
youtu.be/J9s6m8V8Eyg?...
youtu.be/J9s6m8V8Eyg?...
I am generally against Test Cricket turning into a demolition derby like that Perth test, but at least it allowed me to give my 5yo some interesting answers when he asked every hour who was winning. #ashes
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I am generally against Test Cricket turning into a demolition derby like that Perth test, but at least it allowed me to give my 5yo some interesting answers when he asked every hour who was winning. #ashes
Reposted by Matt Bevan
Have England Spent The Last Four Years Practising How To Lose Faster?
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #Ashes 🏏
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Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/have-engla...
Have England Spent The Last Four Years Practising How To Lose Faster?
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer
newsletter.danliebke.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Have England Spent The Last Four Years Practising How To Lose Faster?
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/have-engla...
Musings on the first Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/have-engla...
The Perth Stadium groundsman watching today’s play knowing he’s going to get a call from accounting in the morning #ashes
a man wearing an apron and a plaid shirt is scratching his head in a kitchen .
ALT: a man wearing an apron and a plaid shirt is scratching his head in a kitchen .
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November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The Perth Stadium groundsman watching today’s play knowing he’s going to get a call from accounting in the morning #ashes
Look, that’s a travesty. How can you spend 8 minutes watching the same 3 frames of footage and then decide you’re certain it’s out? #ashes
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Look, that’s a travesty. How can you spend 8 minutes watching the same 3 frames of footage and then decide you’re certain it’s out? #ashes