Russell Baker
@russ.amodernremedy.com
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🔴 Watch/listen: amodernremedy.com/NewWays
🌏 Sustainability | Tech | People | Planet
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🌏 Sustainability | Tech | People | Planet
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Russell Baker
@russ.amodernremedy.com
· Feb 10
Did I just see the best SuperBowl ad, ever?
✅ Sells nothing
✅ Long-term thinking
✅ Backed by science
✅ Focuses on empathy
✅ Helps people & planet
👉 sciencemoms.com | @katharinehayhoe.com
#climatechange #environment
✅ Sells nothing
✅ Long-term thinking
✅ Backed by science
✅ Focuses on empathy
✅ Helps people & planet
👉 sciencemoms.com | @katharinehayhoe.com
#climatechange #environment
Happy New Year from Melbourne, Australia! 🎆🥳🎉
It's early days, but so far 2026 is looking pretty good.
May you all have a wonderful start to the year!
PS: I think this is going to be the best one yet...
It's early days, but so far 2026 is looking pretty good.
May you all have a wonderful start to the year!
PS: I think this is going to be the best one yet...
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy New Year from Melbourne, Australia! 🎆🥳🎉
It's early days, but so far 2026 is looking pretty good.
May you all have a wonderful start to the year!
PS: I think this is going to be the best one yet...
It's early days, but so far 2026 is looking pretty good.
May you all have a wonderful start to the year!
PS: I think this is going to be the best one yet...
Reposted by Russell Baker
The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/
Governments welcomed data centers. Now they’re grappling with the fallout
The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.
restofworld.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟱𝟬/𝟱𝟬
Today we're training... birds?
👇 That's Mabel, the Aussie Magpie living in my backyard since she was a chick.
So, how'd we go on the fitness front?
- Sleep quality massively improved
- 40x strength sessions
- Down 4.5 KG (10lbs)
- Ran over 100KM
Think I'll do this again to start 2026!
Today we're training... birds?
👇 That's Mabel, the Aussie Magpie living in my backyard since she was a chick.
So, how'd we go on the fitness front?
- Sleep quality massively improved
- 40x strength sessions
- Down 4.5 KG (10lbs)
- Ran over 100KM
Think I'll do this again to start 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟱𝟬/𝟱𝟬
Today we're training... birds?
👇 That's Mabel, the Aussie Magpie living in my backyard since she was a chick.
So, how'd we go on the fitness front?
- Sleep quality massively improved
- 40x strength sessions
- Down 4.5 KG (10lbs)
- Ran over 100KM
Think I'll do this again to start 2026!
Today we're training... birds?
👇 That's Mabel, the Aussie Magpie living in my backyard since she was a chick.
So, how'd we go on the fitness front?
- Sleep quality massively improved
- 40x strength sessions
- Down 4.5 KG (10lbs)
- Ran over 100KM
Think I'll do this again to start 2026!
Wishing y'all a very merry, holly jolly, happy (dappy?) Christmas, ya filthy animals!
And in case you're wondering, this is what Dec 25 looks like in Australia. XMas lunch, then sun 🐨🦘🌞
Pls note: Our creeks are not, in fact, made of chocolate, beer or gravy. They are brown from algae. Just because
And in case you're wondering, this is what Dec 25 looks like in Australia. XMas lunch, then sun 🐨🦘🌞
Pls note: Our creeks are not, in fact, made of chocolate, beer or gravy. They are brown from algae. Just because
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wishing y'all a very merry, holly jolly, happy (dappy?) Christmas, ya filthy animals!
And in case you're wondering, this is what Dec 25 looks like in Australia. XMas lunch, then sun 🐨🦘🌞
Pls note: Our creeks are not, in fact, made of chocolate, beer or gravy. They are brown from algae. Just because
And in case you're wondering, this is what Dec 25 looks like in Australia. XMas lunch, then sun 🐨🦘🌞
Pls note: Our creeks are not, in fact, made of chocolate, beer or gravy. They are brown from algae. Just because
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝟰/𝟱𝟬
In the home stretch!
Today I woke up feeling... great?
As in, no tiredness, no desire to hit snooze, no brain fog.
Seems that my sleep routine, training schedule and work-life balance readjustment is now paying off.
In the home stretch!
Today I woke up feeling... great?
As in, no tiredness, no desire to hit snooze, no brain fog.
Seems that my sleep routine, training schedule and work-life balance readjustment is now paying off.
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝟰/𝟱𝟬
In the home stretch!
Today I woke up feeling... great?
As in, no tiredness, no desire to hit snooze, no brain fog.
Seems that my sleep routine, training schedule and work-life balance readjustment is now paying off.
In the home stretch!
Today I woke up feeling... great?
As in, no tiredness, no desire to hit snooze, no brain fog.
Seems that my sleep routine, training schedule and work-life balance readjustment is now paying off.
Reposted by Russell Baker
We noticed a rising interest regarding the use of AI in browsers. To be clear about our position on this: Zen currently is disabling all AI features included in Firefox and will continue to do so.
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We noticed a rising interest regarding the use of AI in browsers. To be clear about our position on this: Zen currently is disabling all AI features included in Firefox and will continue to do so.
Reposted by Russell Baker
“Despite the chaos & abject harm the law in Australia has wrought, US lawmakers are eagerly seeking to replicate it.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Despite the chaos & abject harm the law in Australia has wrought, US lawmakers are eagerly seeking to replicate it.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
Reposted by Russell Baker
Add to this that social media age checks in Australia are being outsourced to KWS, a US-based subsidiary of Epic Games -- created by startup SuperAwesome (youth-targeted ad strategies).
"We may share your information with our Epic Games family of companies" www.kidswebservices.com/en-US/partne...
"We may share your information with our Epic Games family of companies" www.kidswebservices.com/en-US/partne...
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Add to this that social media age checks in Australia are being outsourced to KWS, a US-based subsidiary of Epic Games -- created by startup SuperAwesome (youth-targeted ad strategies).
"We may share your information with our Epic Games family of companies" www.kidswebservices.com/en-US/partne...
"We may share your information with our Epic Games family of companies" www.kidswebservices.com/en-US/partne...
Reposted by Russell Baker
Feeling overwhelmed by the onslaught of invasive age-verification mandates? You’re not alone. We built a resource hub to break down how these laws work, who they harm, what’s at stake, and how to protect yourself. Join the fight at EFF.org/Age.
Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious
www.eff.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Feeling overwhelmed by the onslaught of invasive age-verification mandates? You’re not alone. We built a resource hub to break down how these laws work, who they harm, what’s at stake, and how to protect yourself. Join the fight at EFF.org/Age.
🔴 Live: Australia’s Social Media Ban Impacts Everyone (Not Just Kids)
After following (& living under) the Australian Government's attempts at internet censorship for nearly twenty years, I finally decided to weigh in on it.
Equal parts explainer, and a warning for the future.
youtu.be/8gxmp2pHZ2w
After following (& living under) the Australian Government's attempts at internet censorship for nearly twenty years, I finally decided to weigh in on it.
Equal parts explainer, and a warning for the future.
youtu.be/8gxmp2pHZ2w
Australia’s Social Media Ban Impacts Everyone (Not Just Kids)
YouTube video by A Modern Remedy
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🔴 Live: Australia’s Social Media Ban Impacts Everyone (Not Just Kids)
After following (& living under) the Australian Government's attempts at internet censorship for nearly twenty years, I finally decided to weigh in on it.
Equal parts explainer, and a warning for the future.
youtu.be/8gxmp2pHZ2w
After following (& living under) the Australian Government's attempts at internet censorship for nearly twenty years, I finally decided to weigh in on it.
Equal parts explainer, and a warning for the future.
youtu.be/8gxmp2pHZ2w
Reposted by Russell Baker
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support
Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
We've decided to upgrade all of ours to Linux instead.
✅ Zero advertisements
✅ Zero M$ accounts
✅ Zero Telemetry
✅ Zero 'AI'
✅ Zero advertisements
✅ Zero M$ accounts
✅ Zero Telemetry
✅ Zero 'AI'
500 MILLION eligible pcs not upgrading to windows 11 😳
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We've decided to upgrade all of ours to Linux instead.
✅ Zero advertisements
✅ Zero M$ accounts
✅ Zero Telemetry
✅ Zero 'AI'
✅ Zero advertisements
✅ Zero M$ accounts
✅ Zero Telemetry
✅ Zero 'AI'
🔴 LIVE: Speaking with @johnoberg.bsky.social about
- how to use social media as an activist
- government social media bans
- making a (real) impact
- stories vs statistics
& much more.
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
- how to use social media as an activist
- government social media bans
- making a (real) impact
- stories vs statistics
& much more.
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
How to Be an Effective Social Media Activist, with Johnny Oberg
YouTube video by A Modern Remedy
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔴 LIVE: Speaking with @johnoberg.bsky.social about
- how to use social media as an activist
- government social media bans
- making a (real) impact
- stories vs statistics
& much more.
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
- how to use social media as an activist
- government social media bans
- making a (real) impact
- stories vs statistics
& much more.
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
Reposted by Russell Baker
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
I think this fitness thing is starting to work.
Finished a 10KM run, and my pod, just in time to hear a couple talking on a nearby bench:
"...and what if I looked like him? (points at me)
What if I got a bunch of muscles and some fake tan?"
Both the muscles and tan are real, kind sir. But, noted.
Finished a 10KM run, and my pod, just in time to hear a couple talking on a nearby bench:
"...and what if I looked like him? (points at me)
What if I got a bunch of muscles and some fake tan?"
Both the muscles and tan are real, kind sir. But, noted.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I think this fitness thing is starting to work.
Finished a 10KM run, and my pod, just in time to hear a couple talking on a nearby bench:
"...and what if I looked like him? (points at me)
What if I got a bunch of muscles and some fake tan?"
Both the muscles and tan are real, kind sir. But, noted.
Finished a 10KM run, and my pod, just in time to hear a couple talking on a nearby bench:
"...and what if I looked like him? (points at me)
What if I got a bunch of muscles and some fake tan?"
Both the muscles and tan are real, kind sir. But, noted.
Reposted by Russell Baker
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Reposted by Russell Baker
Everyone always laughs nervously when I show this slide, but - seriously - don't make things that are creepy and weird. Don't purchase tools that are creepy and weird. Don't get free licenses to see how they work, just in case. Don't take meetings with the people who make them.
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Everyone always laughs nervously when I show this slide, but - seriously - don't make things that are creepy and weird. Don't purchase tools that are creepy and weird. Don't get free licenses to see how they work, just in case. Don't take meetings with the people who make them.
Reposted by Russell Baker
"Swearing has been shown to improve physical performance in tasks that are relatively short and intense..."
Effect of swearing on physical performance: a mini-review
Swearing, or using taboo language with the potential to offend, has been shown to improve physical performance during short and intense tasks requiring strength and power development. While consistent ergogenic effects of swearing have been observed ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Swearing has been shown to improve physical performance in tasks that are relatively short and intense..."
Reposted by Russell Baker
Australia's new national AI plan has an “opportunity first” approach to capitalise on the "productivity" and "innovation" that AI apparently delivers. The plan rejects the mandatory protective guardrails that were included in the standalone AI act proposed by former industry minister Ed Husic 🧵
In an exclusive interview, Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres defends the National AI Plan:
“There are clear accountabilities for existing regulators and existing portfolio agencies to do their work, and the AI Safety Institute is there to support that work.”
satpa.pe/IaRecnc
“There are clear accountabilities for existing regulators and existing portfolio agencies to do their work, and the AI Safety Institute is there to support that work.”
satpa.pe/IaRecnc
Labor’s new AI plan puts faith in self-regulation
In a bid to support Australian innovation in the AI revolution, the Albanese government has stripped back layers of regulation, which critics say hands big tech too much power.
satpa.pe
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Australia's new national AI plan has an “opportunity first” approach to capitalise on the "productivity" and "innovation" that AI apparently delivers. The plan rejects the mandatory protective guardrails that were included in the standalone AI act proposed by former industry minister Ed Husic 🧵
This morning, I said f*ck it.
❌ Closed 262 open browser tabs, across 15 windows
❌ Then I closed all 46 tabs on my phone
Some of these have been open for years. Literally.
Only 12 tabs remain.
I consider this a success.
❌ Closed 262 open browser tabs, across 15 windows
❌ Then I closed all 46 tabs on my phone
Some of these have been open for years. Literally.
Only 12 tabs remain.
I consider this a success.
December 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This morning, I said f*ck it.
❌ Closed 262 open browser tabs, across 15 windows
❌ Then I closed all 46 tabs on my phone
Some of these have been open for years. Literally.
Only 12 tabs remain.
I consider this a success.
❌ Closed 262 open browser tabs, across 15 windows
❌ Then I closed all 46 tabs on my phone
Some of these have been open for years. Literally.
Only 12 tabs remain.
I consider this a success.
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱/𝟱𝟬
Halfway there! Let's talk sleep.
- Last three nights I've closed my eyes at 11PM 🛌
- Did I fall asleep then? Nope...
- But I've logged my earliest avg bedtime in 3+ yrs
- Focus & confidence = ⬆️
- Weight = ⬇️
Sleep matters.
Keep going.
Halfway there! Let's talk sleep.
- Last three nights I've closed my eyes at 11PM 🛌
- Did I fall asleep then? Nope...
- But I've logged my earliest avg bedtime in 3+ yrs
- Focus & confidence = ⬆️
- Weight = ⬇️
Sleep matters.
Keep going.
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱/𝟱𝟬
Halfway there! Let's talk sleep.
- Last three nights I've closed my eyes at 11PM 🛌
- Did I fall asleep then? Nope...
- But I've logged my earliest avg bedtime in 3+ yrs
- Focus & confidence = ⬆️
- Weight = ⬇️
Sleep matters.
Keep going.
Halfway there! Let's talk sleep.
- Last three nights I've closed my eyes at 11PM 🛌
- Did I fall asleep then? Nope...
- But I've logged my earliest avg bedtime in 3+ yrs
- Focus & confidence = ⬆️
- Weight = ⬇️
Sleep matters.
Keep going.
"Anthony Albanese defends under-16 social media ban as world-leading move to save young lives"
❌ This isn't about saving children
❌ This isn't about left/right
✅ This is about censorship, control & moral panic
Lots to say about this one. Think I've found the subject for my next video
#censorship
❌ This isn't about saving children
❌ This isn't about left/right
✅ This is about censorship, control & moral panic
Lots to say about this one. Think I've found the subject for my next video
#censorship
PM’s message to tech giants as Australia moves towards social media ban for kids
Anthony Albanese says the world-first legislation is not perfect but will save lives.
7news.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Anthony Albanese defends under-16 social media ban as world-leading move to save young lives"
❌ This isn't about saving children
❌ This isn't about left/right
✅ This is about censorship, control & moral panic
Lots to say about this one. Think I've found the subject for my next video
#censorship
❌ This isn't about saving children
❌ This isn't about left/right
✅ This is about censorship, control & moral panic
Lots to say about this one. Think I've found the subject for my next video
#censorship
Here's my chat with @ethicalemails.bsky.social about why one-sided, transactional emails suck, and what we can do about it.
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
Good Business: It’s Time for an Ethical Marketing Revolution, with Yuval Ackerman
YouTube video by A Modern Remedy
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here's my chat with @ethicalemails.bsky.social about why one-sided, transactional emails suck, and what we can do about it.
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
👉 Available wherever you get your pods 👈
#NewWays
🔴 Back in the studio today, recording an episode w/ Dr Simon Schillebeeckx of Handprint.tech
🗓️ Tomorrow we drop an episode w/ @ethicalemails.bsky.social
👇 And ICYMI, here's last week's episode w/ @andrealearned.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjB...
#climate #technology #socialmedia
🗓️ Tomorrow we drop an episode w/ @ethicalemails.bsky.social
👇 And ICYMI, here's last week's episode w/ @andrealearned.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjB...
#climate #technology #socialmedia
Why the Planet Needs You to Become a Better Influencer, with Andrea Learned
YouTube video by A Modern Remedy
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🔴 Back in the studio today, recording an episode w/ Dr Simon Schillebeeckx of Handprint.tech
🗓️ Tomorrow we drop an episode w/ @ethicalemails.bsky.social
👇 And ICYMI, here's last week's episode w/ @andrealearned.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjB...
#climate #technology #socialmedia
🗓️ Tomorrow we drop an episode w/ @ethicalemails.bsky.social
👇 And ICYMI, here's last week's episode w/ @andrealearned.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjB...
#climate #technology #socialmedia
Reposted by Russell Baker
Here’s a special Thanksgiving Better Offline monologue - thank you for listening, it means the world to me ❤️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
A Thanksgiving Monologue
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 11/27/2025 · Bonus · 7m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here’s a special Thanksgiving Better Offline monologue - thank you for listening, it means the world to me ❤️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline