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Robotics and AI are revolutionizing the economy.
Who benefits? Who gets hurt? How do we make the new technologies benefit ALL, not just the few.
That is the major economic issue of our time.
Who benefits? Who gets hurt? How do we make the new technologies benefit ALL, not just the few.
That is the major economic issue of our time.
Exclusive | Amazon Is on the Cusp of Using More Robots Than Humans in Its Warehouses
The number of robots in Amazon facilities just surpassed one million, the most the e-commerce giant has ever had.
www.wsj.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Robotics and AI are revolutionizing the economy.
Who benefits? Who gets hurt? How do we make the new technologies benefit ALL, not just the few.
That is the major economic issue of our time.
Who benefits? Who gets hurt? How do we make the new technologies benefit ALL, not just the few.
That is the major economic issue of our time.
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Australia lifted its pension age to 67 in 2023, but some manual labourers say they are physically unable to keep working until retirement and are struggling to survive on unemployment benefits www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Call for manual labourers to access pension earlier due to 'worn out' bodies
There are calls for the age pension to kick in sooner for manual labourers who are physically struggling to work until retirement age.
www.abc.net.au
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Australia lifted its pension age to 67 in 2023, but some manual labourers say they are physically unable to keep working until retirement and are struggling to survive on unemployment benefits www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
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BREAKING NEWS: In the Trump administration's widening campaign against universities, the secretary of state says the US will work to "aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students"
US will ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of Chinese students, Rubio says
The announcement from the secretary of state is the latest in the Trump administrations widening campaign against US universities
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING NEWS: In the Trump administration's widening campaign against universities, the secretary of state says the US will work to "aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students"
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Just terrifying how much more of this there is going to be
Can't live near mountains, can't live near coasts, can't live near forests, can't live near rivers - where's everyone going to live?
Can't live near mountains, can't live near coasts, can't live near forests, can't live near rivers - where's everyone going to live?
INCREDIBLE !!
Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...
Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...
May 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just terrifying how much more of this there is going to be
Can't live near mountains, can't live near coasts, can't live near forests, can't live near rivers - where's everyone going to live?
Can't live near mountains, can't live near coasts, can't live near forests, can't live near rivers - where's everyone going to live?
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#WolffBites: Since 1970s, US ran a reverse Marshall Plan. Asian economies lent US $ trillions used to pay for huge net US imports from Asia. Trump tariffs turn off Asian lenders and risk whole system.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Asia’s $7.5 Trillion Bet on US Assets Is Suddenly Unravelling
Trump’s policies are turning US markets from a haven into a source of volatility and pain.
www.bloomberg.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#WolffBites: Since 1970s, US ran a reverse Marshall Plan. Asian economies lent US $ trillions used to pay for huge net US imports from Asia. Trump tariffs turn off Asian lenders and risk whole system.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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2.5C a tipping point for Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets, triggering “really dire” sea level rise of 12 metres.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on rising sea levels: adaptation has never been more urgent | Editorial
Editorial: Stark warnings about threatened coastal areas should prompt fresh efforts to protect those most at risk
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
2.5C a tipping point for Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets, triggering “really dire” sea level rise of 12 metres.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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ACTU statement on the appalling atrocities in Gaza
May 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
ACTU statement on the appalling atrocities in Gaza
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Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is
Why the one big beautiful bill is the single ugliest you can imagine
The truth
robertreich.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is
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The US desperately needs more doctors, engineers & highly educated workers. But we’re telling students that if they want a higher education, they have to go into debt.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The US desperately needs more doctors, engineers & highly educated workers. But we’re telling students that if they want a higher education, they have to go into debt.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
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Jane Fonda gave an inspiring speech to press outside the United Nations at the major negotiations happening this week to protect the environment.
As billionaires' pockets grow larger, our voices grow louder.
The time to resist is now—will you rise to meet it?
As billionaires' pockets grow larger, our voices grow louder.
The time to resist is now—will you rise to meet it?
May 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Jane Fonda gave an inspiring speech to press outside the United Nations at the major negotiations happening this week to protect the environment.
As billionaires' pockets grow larger, our voices grow louder.
The time to resist is now—will you rise to meet it?
As billionaires' pockets grow larger, our voices grow louder.
The time to resist is now—will you rise to meet it?
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Spain, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and Slovenia.
Australia should be doing the same.
Australia should be doing the same.
#BREAKING Six European nations say reject 'any demographic or territorial change' in Gaza
May 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Spain, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and Slovenia.
Australia should be doing the same.
Australia should be doing the same.
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Australia’s Vice-Chancellors are paid well above counterparts in most parts of the world while other university staff suffer under poor labour conditions.
In 2022, VC remuneration was 7x more than uni lecturers, 9x more than high school teachers & 10x more than primary school teachers. #auspol
In 2022, VC remuneration was 7x more than uni lecturers, 9x more than high school teachers & 10x more than primary school teachers. #auspol
April 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Australia’s Vice-Chancellors are paid well above counterparts in most parts of the world while other university staff suffer under poor labour conditions.
In 2022, VC remuneration was 7x more than uni lecturers, 9x more than high school teachers & 10x more than primary school teachers. #auspol
In 2022, VC remuneration was 7x more than uni lecturers, 9x more than high school teachers & 10x more than primary school teachers. #auspol
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Australia’s universities spend hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, marketing and consultants, while cutting costs, staff and courses, according to new research by The Australia Institute's @joshuablackjb.bsky.social.
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Australian universities slash costs, staff and courses, while lavishing hundreds of millions on themselves - The Australia Institute
Australia's universities spend hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, marketing and consultants, while cutting costs, staff and courses, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
australiainstitute.org.au
April 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Australia’s universities spend hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, marketing and consultants, while cutting costs, staff and courses, according to new research by The Australia Institute's @joshuablackjb.bsky.social.
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This is absolutely happening across the country. Polling stations in marginal seats are being swamped by “Liberal volunteers” who are members of the Exclusive Brethren cult. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Exclusive Brethren are secretly campaigning for Coalition
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church don’t vote but are sending hundreds of their people to hand out how-to-vote cards.
www.smh.com.au
April 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is absolutely happening across the country. Polling stations in marginal seats are being swamped by “Liberal volunteers” who are members of the Exclusive Brethren cult. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Albanese wins studio verdict in Seven debate 50-25 but that's from a sample of 60. Will be best remembered for Dutton not knowing that eggs are eggspensive.
April 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Albanese wins studio verdict in Seven debate 50-25 but that's from a sample of 60. Will be best remembered for Dutton not knowing that eggs are eggspensive.
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Analysis by Labor suggests that the Coalition would need to shut down 10 government agencies entirely to achieve their planned 41,000 APS job cuts which would slash 1 in 5 jobs www.canberratimes.com.au/story/894860... #ausvotes #auspol
Labor claims Dutton would have to shut whole departments to shrink the APS by 41,000 places
Gallagher says Coalition plan is 'nonsense'
www.canberratimes.com.au
April 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Analysis by Labor suggests that the Coalition would need to shut down 10 government agencies entirely to achieve their planned 41,000 APS job cuts which would slash 1 in 5 jobs www.canberratimes.com.au/story/894860... #ausvotes #auspol
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Constant cuts aren’t just harming staff, they’re harming student recruitment and the future of our universities. #SaveHE #StopTheCuts
News of constant job losses and course closures across the UK sector is causing lasting damage to universities’ reputations
#highered #EduSky
#highered #EduSky
UK staff and course cuts ‘putting off prospective students’
Impact of cost-saving measures the first question being raised at open days, report academics at under-fire institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Constant cuts aren’t just harming staff, they’re harming student recruitment and the future of our universities. #SaveHE #StopTheCuts
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As mother of a 27 yo son: "An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said,"Take him anyway."
Sent to a concentration camp in EI Salvador. Just 19 yo. Life in prison.
How can anyone, who proclaims to be a US citizen, live with this outrage?
Sent to a concentration camp in EI Salvador. Just 19 yo. Life in prison.
How can anyone, who proclaims to be a US citizen, live with this outrage?
April 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
As mother of a 27 yo son: "An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said,"Take him anyway."
Sent to a concentration camp in EI Salvador. Just 19 yo. Life in prison.
How can anyone, who proclaims to be a US citizen, live with this outrage?
Sent to a concentration camp in EI Salvador. Just 19 yo. Life in prison.
How can anyone, who proclaims to be a US citizen, live with this outrage?
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Easter chocolate: cocoa price up a third as extreme weather and #climate change bite eciu.net/media/press-...
Easter chocolate: cocoa price up a third as extreme weather and…
‘Less for more’ – imports to UK down as price per kilo rises
eciu.net
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Easter chocolate: cocoa price up a third as extreme weather and #climate change bite eciu.net/media/press-...
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Renewables provided over 90 per cent of the world's increase in generation capacity in 2024. That's because renewables are the cheapest sources
open.substack.com/pub/davidtok...
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Renewables provided over 90 per cent of the world's increase in generation capacity in 2024. That's because renewables are the cheapest sources
Solar and wind power are dominating new generation capacity around the world.
open.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Renewables provided over 90 per cent of the world's increase in generation capacity in 2024. That's because renewables are the cheapest sources
open.substack.com/pub/davidtok...
open.substack.com/pub/davidtok...
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Finland almost coal-free four years ahead of schedule. Coal power has dropped to less than 1% of its energy mix. Wind energy has more than doubled since 2020, now supplying 25% of the country's electricity while reducing consumer priceshttps://buff.ly/MOTqcuf
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How Finland has replaced coal power with wind in less than 10 years
Wind power in Finland has more than doubled since 2020 to supply a quarter of the country’s energy.
www.euronews.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Finland almost coal-free four years ahead of schedule. Coal power has dropped to less than 1% of its energy mix. Wind energy has more than doubled since 2020, now supplying 25% of the country's electricity while reducing consumer priceshttps://buff.ly/MOTqcuf
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