James Clark
@jamesclark.bsky.social
I work in and write about, the climate crisis, big tech, organising and politics. New website with links to said writing coming eventually.
I make music too https://savoyager.bandcamp.com
📍 Naarm
I make music too https://savoyager.bandcamp.com
📍 Naarm
Labor giving a $45m loan to KKR is just something else.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Labor giving a $45m loan to KKR is just something else.
It's cool how businesses can just do whatever they want with our biometric data. Going great. Let's give these tech companies more power. ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Retailers still using facial recognition tech
Sparks workplace and consumer rights concerns.
ia.acs.org.au
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's cool how businesses can just do whatever they want with our biometric data. Going great. Let's give these tech companies more power. ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
This is Labor's approach to the housing crisis in action www.theguardian.com/business/202...
New rules crack down on high risk loans as Australian property market heats up
Regulator announces 20% cap on share of new lending banks can do on mortgages worth more than six times borrower’s income
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is Labor's approach to the housing crisis in action www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Incrementalism for progressive reform; pedal to the metal on neoliberal bastardry.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Government playing down impact of CSIRO job cuts
The prime minister, when in opposition, accused the Coalition of "hollowing out" the CSIRO. Now, following the announcement 350 research positions at the organisation will be cut, he is being accused ...
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Incrementalism for progressive reform; pedal to the metal on neoliberal bastardry.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
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And the Tories looked back along the beach and asked why sometimes there were only one set of prints, and the Labor Party replied, "That was when I carried you."
Sorry kids, believe us, we tried, really hard, to push our political leaders to do better.
"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And the Tories looked back along the beach and asked why sometimes there were only one set of prints, and the Labor Party replied, "That was when I carried you."
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The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia
Am I getting older or is it a recession indicator?
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Am I getting older or is it a recession indicator?
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I've been near just one US 1000 pound bomb explosion in my lifetime. We were about half a kilometre away. The noise, and pure gut-moving energy of the thing are deeply etched. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to have Israel rain US bombs on you, day after day, for weeks, months, years.
Here's what the US did for Laos, by personal experience -- a giant Yank UXO explosion, completely without warning, 30 years after Kissinger's war crime.
It used to be the most bombed place on earth yk, before Israel's Gaza. There's plenty still there.
It used to be the most bombed place on earth yk, before Israel's Gaza. There's plenty still there.
September 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I've been near just one US 1000 pound bomb explosion in my lifetime. We were about half a kilometre away. The noise, and pure gut-moving energy of the thing are deeply etched. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to have Israel rain US bombs on you, day after day, for weeks, months, years.
Hello nerds. I have an iPod Classic 6th Gen that I’ve heard you can mod to upgrade with a larger SSD and even a Bluetooth transmitter. I do not have the time or skills to do this but would pay a fair price to have it done. Recommendations? Pitfalls? Advice?
September 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hello nerds. I have an iPod Classic 6th Gen that I’ve heard you can mod to upgrade with a larger SSD and even a Bluetooth transmitter. I do not have the time or skills to do this but would pay a fair price to have it done. Recommendations? Pitfalls? Advice?
Honestly, this is the simple truth underpinning politics across the world. The fossil fuel industry is funding the rise of fascism to prevent democratic action to stop climate change heated.world/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk was a fossil fuel industry plant
Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.
heated.world
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Honestly, this is the simple truth underpinning politics across the world. The fossil fuel industry is funding the rise of fascism to prevent democratic action to stop climate change heated.world/p/charlie-ki...
Important reporting. Police regularly deploy violence against peaceful left-wing demonstrations while facilitating right wing violence. There is never any accountability and they do it with the continued support of both Labor and Liberal govts www.deepcutnews.com/p/police-fai...
Police failed to monitor neo-Nazis at March for Australia protests: legal observers
Reviews of police conduct during right-wing rallies found "serious" failings
www.deepcutnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Important reporting. Police regularly deploy violence against peaceful left-wing demonstrations while facilitating right wing violence. There is never any accountability and they do it with the continued support of both Labor and Liberal govts www.deepcutnews.com/p/police-fai...
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remarkably bleak stuff
ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners
Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
futurism.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
remarkably bleak stuff
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Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation
Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation
Secret report from CutlerMerz finds yearly cost of inspections – $520,219 – is more than cost of paying compensation – $28,375 a year
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Ausgrid cut safety inspector numbers by more than half after receiving a secret report that said it was cheaper for the company to pay compensation for a permanent disability injury than to continue paying for the inspections.
The secret report, conducted by consultancy CutlerMerz and seen by Guardian Australia, recommended Ausgrid slash the inspections it was doing by as much as 55%, saying the cost – $520,219 per year – was “grossly disproportionate to the cost of the consequence being managed”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
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For more info ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/north-w...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/north-w...
North West Shelf final approval a climate, economic and energy security disaster
Australia Institute analysis shows today's final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
australiainstitute.org.au
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
For more info ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/north-w...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/north-w...
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Shoutouts to Annabel Crabb and Kitchen Cabinet
September 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Shoutouts to Annabel Crabb and Kitchen Cabinet
I am begging journalists to stop writing puff pieces like this while Labor gives the fossil fuel industry everything they want
September 15, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I am begging journalists to stop writing puff pieces like this while Labor gives the fossil fuel industry everything they want
Labor really didn't want to release this, and you can see why. It makes an absolute mockery of their rhetoric while they approve new coal and gas projects. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns
Climate risk assessment find heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Labor really didn't want to release this, and you can see why. It makes an absolute mockery of their rhetoric while they approve new coal and gas projects. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The fkg hypocrisy is galling. They extend Woodside by 50 years, open more mines and today they sombrely declare ‘we have to be honest with the Australian ppl’. Mfg, your govt has ensured our demise with your support for the mining industry 😡😡😡
September 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The fkg hypocrisy is galling. They extend Woodside by 50 years, open more mines and today they sombrely declare ‘we have to be honest with the Australian ppl’. Mfg, your govt has ensured our demise with your support for the mining industry 😡😡😡
Honestly feel like I am going insane watching our governments rush to embrace "AI" technology. Shoving it into everywhere just because some US tech company told them they should. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians hoping AI can fix Australia’s housing crisis are risking another Robodebt | Ehsan Nabavi
The technology will be used to ‘simplify and speed up assessments and approvals’. But planning is more than just paperwork waiting to be automated
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Honestly feel like I am going insane watching our governments rush to embrace "AI" technology. Shoving it into everywhere just because some US tech company told them they should. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Our political class have enabled one of the greatest wealth transfers of all-time by allowing these tech fascists to consolidate resources and power in order to allow them to create a “new economy” built on our suffering." jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-threat...
The Threat No One Wants to Talk About
As details emerge in the Kirk Assassination, the picture is becoming much clearer
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Our political class have enabled one of the greatest wealth transfers of all-time by allowing these tech fascists to consolidate resources and power in order to allow them to create a “new economy” built on our suffering." jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-threat...
What does that even mean?
September 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
What does that even mean?