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Cheyne Anderson
@cheyno.bsky.social
Journalist and producer

cheyne.anderson@proton.me
Took my film camera on a gorgeous sun soaked holiday and the only shots that came out were the test photos of my dog before I left #dogsofbluesky
January 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Spent the new year trying to run away from the void. The void persists in 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I have a story on the 7am podcast today that hopefully gives a bit of insight into the Rising Tide coal port blockade in Newcastle and how the government and police have been pulling out all the stops to shut it down over the past few weeks

7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/how...
How police try to shut down climate protests
Hundreds of climate activists, aboard rafts and kayaks, have paddled out into the Port of Newcastle for a so-called “protestival”, to disrupt the world’s largest coal port. The activists behind the pr...
7ampodcast.com.au
November 21, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Reposted by Cheyne Anderson
Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Chris Masters on the 7am podcast today about what he learned about how power works while investigating Alan Jones

7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/ala...
The arrest of Alan Jones
Alan Jones was at his luxury Circular Quay apartment yesterday morning when Child Abuse Squad detectives arrived to arrest him. For nine months, police had been conducting a top secret investigation. ...
7ampodcast.com.au
November 18, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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If we don't fight for change and build systems to amplify more women and progressive voices online, we will be stuck with a media landscape that continues to exacerbate inequality and warps our political landscape for the worse. www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...
The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
www.usermag.co
November 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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NSW government 'throwing a tantrum', says 12-year-old protester as harbour access cut – video
NSW government 'throwing a tantrum', says 12-year-old protester as harbour access cut – video
NSW government 'throwing a tantrum', says 12-year-old protester as harbour access cut – video Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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A thread of my favourite moments from Forget the Frontbench, my weekly Crikey column profiling those who wield power outside the major parties 🧵
www.crikey.com.au/topic/forget...
Forget the Frontbench • A Crikey column by Rachel Withers
Who are the players shaking up our two (and a half) party system? Rachel Withers probes and profiles those who wield power beyond the major parties.
www.crikey.com.au
November 13, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I wonder how long it will be until Twitter embeds are no longer part of breaking news reporting
November 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
New to Bluesky?

If you want to understand the far right, violent extremists, White Supremacists, and Christian nationalists, these are the journalists, researchers, academics, and other experts that monitor, research, and provide analysis on all the flavors of the far right and extremist movements.
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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Ah yes, a great way to try and stop the public from further distrusting journalists and the media! Let's put some AI news anchors on there! What could go wrong????

radioink.com/2024/06/24/a...
Aiir To Bring AI News Anchors To Radio Stations - Radio Ink
Aiir Inc. has announced the acquisition of RadioNewsAI, a company known for its generative AI technology that creates artificial news anchors for broadcasts.
radioink.com
November 12, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Rudd should've posted it on Bluesky #auspol
November 12, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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"A precedent-setting case alleges the oil giant misled investors about future emissions, using unsubstantiated data and following direct interventions by the chief executive."

My report on ACCR v Santos in The Saturday Paper this week.
Santos faces greenwash charge
A precedent-setting case alleges the oil giant misled investors about future emissions, using unsubstantiated data and following direct interventions by the chief executive.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 8, 2024 at 7:08 PM
What are we doing with our old Twitter accounts? Aka
Is there a way to exit twitter with maximum 'fuck you Elon' energy
November 12, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Watching the corpse flower live stream while locked in a small room with my greyhound is like my own little 4D cinema. 10/10.
November 11, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Very excited to share the first ep of Rupert - a narrative investigation of the media's most powerful man. It's been an incredible effort over the past 6 months alongside Paddy Manning and my fellow wizards at 7am. Enjoy. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
‎Rupert: The last mogul on Apple Podcasts
‎History · 2023
podcasts.apple.com
October 31, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Coach, put me in!!
July 20, 2023 at 9:43 AM
I would love it if this could become the kind of positive community for audio makers in Australia that Twitter kinda was before it got overtaken by the idea of podcasting-as-brand-strategy. Like the heyday of the audiocraft community
July 12, 2023 at 1:18 AM
7am today releasing part 3 of @squigglyrick.bsky.social on robodebt. So much of this story has to do with the sheer indifference built into the machinery of bureaucracy.

https://7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/inside-robo-debt-the-social-engineering-of-shame
July 11, 2023 at 10:49 PM