- Badenoch to face Jenrick in Tory leadership race ↗︎ « Equally terrible choices for a terrible party. The Tories, Liberals, Republicans and their ilk must go. —
- Helene was supercharged by ultra-warm water made up to 500 times more likely by global warming, study finds ↗︎ « This is only getting extremely worse — and if you’re not a billionaire, help isn’t coming either. We need to change this exploitative system, now! —
- These car brands are collecting and sharing your data with third parties ↗︎ « The mass data collection being done by all kinds of technology is a veritable goldmine for corporate AI training which has essentially strip mined the internet — and is now looking for infinitely more personal information about your life. Apple’s deeply integrated anti-private AI is a prime example starting in iOS 18.1. —
- Google threatened with being broken up by US ↗︎ « I know it wouldn’t be the same laws, but could you do Meta, please? One evil mega corp controlling every (social) media outlet is a terrible monopoly — not to mention easy hegemony. —
- Scientists Simulate Alien Civilizations, Find They Keep Dying From Climate Change ↗︎ « Hilariously these scientists assumed that the civilisations would similarly to us seek infinite growth at the altar of capitalism. Y’all need a Marxist for your alien experiments. —
- Israel’s wars are now out of control — and its defenders hysterical ↗︎ « The ABC’s coverage is all “woe is hard done by Israel” while they literally threaten to decimate Lebanon. The Zionist bullshit in this country is astounding. These genocides must end — and the fucking politicians driving complicity must step down. —
- Queensland crossbencher Robbie Katter says he will consider forcing a vote to recriminalise abortion if the Liberal National party wins government at this month’s state election ↗︎ « It’s not just America. The fucked fascist governments are growing everywhere. —
- Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop ↗︎ « This is what “they” want to do with AI, create endless disinformation, not free the working class. —
- Australian universities tumble in world rankings as some record worst result ever ↗︎ « Funny what happens when a government is completely hostile to any form of education amongst the citizenry. —
- ‘Death sentence’: Asbestos released by Israel’s bombs will kill for decades ↗︎ « The horrors of this genocide never end. Israel must pay for their crimes. —
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They’re telling us what’s next
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We’re not listening, but the oligarchs are signalling the next phase of climate denialism...
- Former Google CEO says climate goals are not meetable, so we might as well drop climate conservation — unshackle AI companies so AI can solve global warming ↗︎ « Sharing this again from a different source just to soak in how fucked up the hegemony is — make no mistake the billionaires do not care about our inevitable heat death and look only to accelerationism to fuck us harder. —
- Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes ↗︎ « Surveillance capitalism strikes regularly. —
- Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts ↗︎ « I don’t know about you, but constantly elevating Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Anthony Albanese, Donald Trump, and other psychopathic oligarchs’ bank balance isn’t how the planet deserves to go. We need action. —
- Self-described Nazi becomes first in Australian state of Victoria to be convicted over Nazi salute ↗︎ « What a fucking dickhead. —