When you ask ChatGPT to show you the scales of things compared to a T-Rex. So... a human (oh sorry uman) is taller than a bus and an elephant. I guess we don't need umans after all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEdZ...

Everyone needs to watch this & share it with your circle. @racheltobac.bsky.social is utterly brilliant & makes the topic of cyber security accessible. There are parts of this discussion that are very unsettling. The potential for harm goes well beyond being scammed.

Another great explainer by Asianometry on the history of we pay for stuff with cards. Such GenX feelings for me. I sit right between the end of the zip zap machine and the start of the internet. A great one for the Zoomers: "What do you mean you had to physically sign?!"

youtu.be/k2rKS4l6MAk?...

Scott Morrison warns about China weaponising trade while appearing at a committee run the country that baselessly weaponised trade against its own allies... oh and also China. Same geniius who sold us out, and drew a nuclear target on us for subs we will never get.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Sandi Toksvig absolutely cooking. The Mappa Mundi Project should interest us all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGu...

A very good summary of how the Broligarchy enshittified the Australian news media and how dangerous that's turning out to be. Great story @mattbevan.bsky.social. Keep fighting the good fight mate.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9NJ...

Rachel Maddow's (@maddow.msnbc.com) Prequel is a must read. The parallels of action are limited, but the alignment of ideas and intent are the same. The cohort of fascist thinkers who underpin the current round of depravity draw straight out of the same playbook.

www.penguin.com.au/books/preque...

Don't fall for it. We've seen the truth most of us already knew. The US must diminish. Their notions of freedom and inclusion are as paper thin as the skin of their grotesque leader. No one country should ever have this much power again. Complex issues need serious people, not contrarian bullies.

The USA Now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9wG...
The EU Now - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCh...

The contrast could not be starker...