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🌎Progressive Aussie, focused on a better, kinder world. πŸ“šAlways learning. πŸ”¬Trusts the science. πŸ’¬Here for meaningful conversations

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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.

Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!

19.12.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 8801 πŸ” 4076 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 443
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

17.12.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 8097 πŸ” 1638 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 628

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03.11.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

im starting to think it's not that hard to steal from the Louvre

03.11.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vigorous exercise can reduce risk of developing dementia, research shows Scientists have, for the first time, linked exercise with a particular protein in the blood that is associated with brain health.

Scientists have, for the first time, linked exercise with a particular protein in the blood that is associated with brain health.

21.09.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For the record.

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.

I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

15.09.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 36288 πŸ” 9234 πŸ’¬ 1803 πŸ“Œ 479

Watching on from Australia in disbelief and horror.

07.09.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

WOAH!!! 😳😳😳
I knew it was so but this is the first time I’ve seen it used as a threat publicly.

09.08.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Keep us posted Ian. Glad you’re comfortable.

02.08.2025 06:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Keep us posted Ian. Glad you’re comfortable.

02.08.2025 06:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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20.05.2025 21:09 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

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20.05.2025 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It will never not blow my mind that we can take pictures of the SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET and only a *few hours later* see them on our phones

like this one, taken earlier today

14.05.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 316 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

I’m thinking along the lines of activity/conversations the Saudis want tracked.

That plane has got to be bugged.

13.05.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

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11.05.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WOW. A brutal analysis.
I applaud every sentence.

11.05.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, saying 'Never again war' In his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of aid

Good one: Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine & an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages & delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.

www.npr.org/2025/05/11/g...

11.05.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

04.05.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 45444 πŸ” 8242 πŸ’¬ 2773 πŸ“Œ 585
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I always look forward to funerals too. Good times.

21.04.2025 20:08 πŸ‘ 30467 πŸ” 4670 πŸ’¬ 5522 πŸ“Œ 1130
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Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

17.04.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 4890 πŸ” 3029 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 115

The President of the United States: "I just asked the brutal dictator of a foreign country to build extermination camps in his country so I can send innocent American citizens there to die!"

American media: "Wow, look, Katy Perry went to space today!"

14.04.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australians are also avoiding America.

16.04.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Never a dull moment! 🀣

14.04.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved β€œA mass bleaching event is, by definition, a mass mortality event,” a leading coral reef expert says

Interview re coral reefs with Scientific American:

β€œWe shouldn’t give up on the world’s coral reefs…. But restoration is not the way to save them.

The way to save them is to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, & that, of course, is much, much harder.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...

18.01.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 9
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This.

05.03.2025 03:51 πŸ‘ 51216 πŸ” 10983 πŸ’¬ 599 πŸ“Œ 408
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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

01.03.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 55658 πŸ” 10600 πŸ’¬ 385 πŸ“Œ 418

Never trust a person with thin lips. Particularly one who curls them in to that extent.

10.02.2025 11:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will also tell him there are millions of great Americans who care and worry about their country. πŸ€—

09.02.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We are keeping a close eye on America ( as is the rest of the world ). I dearly want to visit your amazing National Parks.

But if things continue to deteriorate over there with Trump and his tech-bro oligarchs steadily dismantling institutions that are fundamental to democracy I’ll just wait.

09.02.2025 06:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Up here in North QLD, it feels like we’ve regressed.
People are emboldened to voice their racism proudly.

QLD has reversed a plan for a treaty. And the steady removal of Welcome To Country and re-introduction of Australia Day merch is disappointing.

09.02.2025 05:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0