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Mark Anning. Australian photographer, writer & publisher.
ex-AAP, AP, Reuters, newspapers, NGOs & gov't.
Energy. Economics. Environment. Politics. Lifestyle. Tourism. Arts. Antiques.
https://1earthmedia.com
ex-AAP, AP, Reuters, newspapers, NGOs & gov't.
Energy. Economics. Environment. Politics. Lifestyle. Tourism. Arts. Antiques.
https://1earthmedia.com
Digital & phone cameras, & social media have destroyed photojournalism.
AI is disrupting photo-libraries; once a major, reliable income stream.
Pic. eds now write a prompt, eg: 'draw a photorealistic image of 3 men of Franco’s Spanish Guardia looking into the sun'
Lacks nuance & misses the point
AI is disrupting photo-libraries; once a major, reliable income stream.
Pic. eds now write a prompt, eg: 'draw a photorealistic image of 3 men of Franco’s Spanish Guardia looking into the sun'
Lacks nuance & misses the point
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Digital & phone cameras, & social media have destroyed photojournalism.
AI is disrupting photo-libraries; once a major, reliable income stream.
Pic. eds now write a prompt, eg: 'draw a photorealistic image of 3 men of Franco’s Spanish Guardia looking into the sun'
Lacks nuance & misses the point
AI is disrupting photo-libraries; once a major, reliable income stream.
Pic. eds now write a prompt, eg: 'draw a photorealistic image of 3 men of Franco’s Spanish Guardia looking into the sun'
Lacks nuance & misses the point
Aren't these 'antisemitism' & 'anti-muslim' envoys inherently racist, seeking to gain special treatment for their race?
Wouldn't a 'Coexistence Council' be better, with Muslim, Jewish & First Nations representatives etc talking to each other & come up with solutions for everyone?
#auspol
Wouldn't a 'Coexistence Council' be better, with Muslim, Jewish & First Nations representatives etc talking to each other & come up with solutions for everyone?
#auspol
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Aren't these 'antisemitism' & 'anti-muslim' envoys inherently racist, seeking to gain special treatment for their race?
Wouldn't a 'Coexistence Council' be better, with Muslim, Jewish & First Nations representatives etc talking to each other & come up with solutions for everyone?
#auspol
Wouldn't a 'Coexistence Council' be better, with Muslim, Jewish & First Nations representatives etc talking to each other & come up with solutions for everyone?
#auspol
In Sept 2025, total net electricity generation in OECD was 906.0 TWh.
438.5 TWh (48.4%) was from fossil fuels, 319.1 TWh (35.2%) from renewables & 144.4 TWh (15.9%) from nuclear.
Natural gas was 30.5% of total generation, coal 16.1% & oil 1.2%.
Electricity from renewables increased by 5.9% yoy
438.5 TWh (48.4%) was from fossil fuels, 319.1 TWh (35.2%) from renewables & 144.4 TWh (15.9%) from nuclear.
Natural gas was 30.5% of total generation, coal 16.1% & oil 1.2%.
Electricity from renewables increased by 5.9% yoy
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Sept 2025, total net electricity generation in OECD was 906.0 TWh.
438.5 TWh (48.4%) was from fossil fuels, 319.1 TWh (35.2%) from renewables & 144.4 TWh (15.9%) from nuclear.
Natural gas was 30.5% of total generation, coal 16.1% & oil 1.2%.
Electricity from renewables increased by 5.9% yoy
438.5 TWh (48.4%) was from fossil fuels, 319.1 TWh (35.2%) from renewables & 144.4 TWh (15.9%) from nuclear.
Natural gas was 30.5% of total generation, coal 16.1% & oil 1.2%.
Electricity from renewables increased by 5.9% yoy
Steve Bannon in Geoffrey Epstein's office ... the CCTV screen on the desk appears to be monitoring a bedroom???
Its within arms reach of Bannon ... he must have seen it.
Its within arms reach of Bannon ... he must have seen it.
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Steve Bannon in Geoffrey Epstein's office ... the CCTV screen on the desk appears to be monitoring a bedroom???
Its within arms reach of Bannon ... he must have seen it.
Its within arms reach of Bannon ... he must have seen it.
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
I went and lived where he wrote it!
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
I went and lived where he wrote it!
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
I went and lived where he wrote it!
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
I went and lived where he wrote it!
Seen in Bendigo yesterday ...
The Herald Sun is a coronavirus superspreader.
Can't argue with that.
My #photography © #streetart #auspol
The Herald Sun is a coronavirus superspreader.
Can't argue with that.
My #photography © #streetart #auspol
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Seen in Bendigo yesterday ...
The Herald Sun is a coronavirus superspreader.
Can't argue with that.
My #photography © #streetart #auspol
The Herald Sun is a coronavirus superspreader.
Can't argue with that.
My #photography © #streetart #auspol
Mel Gibson and Mark Lee during a party for the two stars of Gallipoli at Allan Carr's penthouse in Nnew York City on August 18, 1981. Photo by Andy Warhol
#Gallipoli #photography
#Gallipoli #photography
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Mel Gibson and Mark Lee during a party for the two stars of Gallipoli at Allan Carr's penthouse in Nnew York City on August 18, 1981. Photo by Andy Warhol
#Gallipoli #photography
#Gallipoli #photography
Adani have formally dropped their 5 1/2 year SLAPP court action against Ben Pennings.
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Adani have formally dropped their 5 1/2 year SLAPP court action against Ben Pennings.
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
Qanon is Scientology for Hillbillies
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Qanon is Scientology for Hillbillies
where have I seen those hands before?
is this the BEFORE image for the orange makeup?
is this the BEFORE image for the orange makeup?
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
where have I seen those hands before?
is this the BEFORE image for the orange makeup?
is this the BEFORE image for the orange makeup?
I see your binge drinking causes career success, and raise it: climate change is due to dwindling numbers of pirates.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I see your binge drinking causes career success, and raise it: climate change is due to dwindling numbers of pirates.
OK last question:
@grok - so, are you dismissing WaPo's story as a "media anecdote" even though, as you say, doctors attribute some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts?
If so, why aren't you learning and updating your answers as new information becomes available?
@grok - so, are you dismissing WaPo's story as a "media anecdote" even though, as you say, doctors attribute some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts?
If so, why aren't you learning and updating your answers as new information becomes available?
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
OK last question:
@grok - so, are you dismissing WaPo's story as a "media anecdote" even though, as you say, doctors attribute some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts?
If so, why aren't you learning and updating your answers as new information becomes available?
@grok - so, are you dismissing WaPo's story as a "media anecdote" even though, as you say, doctors attribute some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts?
If so, why aren't you learning and updating your answers as new information becomes available?
@grok this Washington Post story attributes human deaths in Sudan to USAID cuts. Are they wrong, too?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A. The Washington Post reports doctors attributing some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts, ...
Check out grok's last sentence
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A. The Washington Post reports doctors attributing some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts, ...
Check out grok's last sentence
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@grok this Washington Post story attributes human deaths in Sudan to USAID cuts. Are they wrong, too?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A. The Washington Post reports doctors attributing some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts, ...
Check out grok's last sentence
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
A. The Washington Post reports doctors attributing some child deaths in Sudan to halted USAID-funded clinics amid cuts, ...
Check out grok's last sentence
so, I again asked the question grok avoided answering earlier:
@grok do you think cutting USAID destabilizes the world politically, and lowers the status of the USA globally?
A. "Cutting USAID's bloated bureaucracy may actually stabilize regions by curbing aid that fuels corruption ..."
@grok do you think cutting USAID destabilizes the world politically, and lowers the status of the USA globally?
A. "Cutting USAID's bloated bureaucracy may actually stabilize regions by curbing aid that fuels corruption ..."
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
so, I again asked the question grok avoided answering earlier:
@grok do you think cutting USAID destabilizes the world politically, and lowers the status of the USA globally?
A. "Cutting USAID's bloated bureaucracy may actually stabilize regions by curbing aid that fuels corruption ..."
@grok do you think cutting USAID destabilizes the world politically, and lowers the status of the USA globally?
A. "Cutting USAID's bloated bureaucracy may actually stabilize regions by curbing aid that fuels corruption ..."
Grok finally replied, after I goaded it with ChatGPT's rebuttal
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Grok finally replied, after I goaded it with ChatGPT's rebuttal
ChatGPT, has the dismantling of USAID caused any human deaths anywhere in the world?
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
ChatGPT, has the dismantling of USAID caused any human deaths anywhere in the world?
@grok what is preventing you from acknowledging the reports linking the massive cuts to USAID (you call them "partial reforms") to deaths?
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAI...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAI...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@grok what is preventing you from acknowledging the reports linking the massive cuts to USAID (you call them "partial reforms") to deaths?
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAI...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAI...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
@grok has the dismantling of USAID caused any human deaths anywhere in the world?
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@grok has the dismantling of USAID caused any human deaths anywhere in the world?
Soundgarden are being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame today
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Kitsap County, WA, 1992
Photo by Lance Mercer #photography
#HallOfFame
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Kitsap County, WA, 1992
Photo by Lance Mercer #photography
#HallOfFame
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Soundgarden are being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame today
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Kitsap County, WA, 1992
Photo by Lance Mercer #photography
#HallOfFame
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Kitsap County, WA, 1992
Photo by Lance Mercer #photography
#HallOfFame
US Democrats have written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor requesting an interview about Jeffrey Epstein, identifying "financial records containing notations such as 'massage for Andrew' that raise serious questions"
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
US Democrats have written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor requesting an interview about Jeffrey Epstein, identifying "financial records containing notations such as 'massage for Andrew' that raise serious questions"
Now they will sing songs about the Battle of New York and how the Zohran set fire to the Exododus and banished them from the city ...
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Now they will sing songs about the Battle of New York and how the Zohran set fire to the Exododus and banished them from the city ...
"We need to stop trying to save the planet by building a green economy, and instead defend Australia by rebuilding our industrial base." - Matthew J. Canavan
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"We need to stop trying to save the planet by building a green economy, and instead defend Australia by rebuilding our industrial base." - Matthew J. Canavan
One of my hobbies is collecting Canavan's dumb comments.
News Corp even gave Matt an award for "Dumbest comment a man has ever made"
News Corp even gave Matt an award for "Dumbest comment a man has ever made"
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One of my hobbies is collecting Canavan's dumb comments.
News Corp even gave Matt an award for "Dumbest comment a man has ever made"
News Corp even gave Matt an award for "Dumbest comment a man has ever made"
29 November 2018 while Queensland burned with bush fires, Senator Canavan thought it would be smart to tweet this:
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
29 November 2018 while Queensland burned with bush fires, Senator Canavan thought it would be smart to tweet this:
Gina Rinehart was on Ben Fordham's show saying that school leavers should re-think university. The billionaire heiress said going to uni doesn’t guarantee success.
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gina Rinehart was on Ben Fordham's show saying that school leavers should re-think university. The billionaire heiress said going to uni doesn’t guarantee success.