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Erin S. Pumpkins @erincikanek.bsky.social · 20m

If all that was needed was access, schools would have been phased out by books.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 2h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 19m

Anyone who thinks the rest of Latin America would want to emulate the ridiculously incompetent, economy-wrecking Millei, needs their head checked.

Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 6h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the bailout for Argentina, now doubled to $40 billion, is part of an effort to swing Latin America to the right

@jacobbogage.bsky.social @davidjlynch.bsky.social David Feliba report

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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helenmargy.bsky.social @helenmargy.bsky.social · 38m

“ Israel is so evil it is actually hard to wrap your mind around it” And yet, on and on it goes 😫 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 free the world 🌍 open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...

Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

open.substack.com

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 36m

Turns out Zionism breaches the Australian constitution. What a surprise.

NSW anti-protest law ruled unconstitutional after Palestine Action Group court challenge

PAG had challenged expanded police powers to restrict protests near places of worship

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · 2h

To be fair

It’s hard to find the spare change for the CSIRO when you’re giving around half of Australia’s gas away royalty free to multinational gas export giants, and not making them pay PRRT.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

www.theguardian.com

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Reluctant Antagonist (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 42m

Sam Altman tweet.

JFC

@sama
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.
Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.
In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).
In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our "treat adult users like adults" principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social · 1d

So looking forward to this! Melburnians please join me in conversation w Esther Anatolitis about her new book, When Australia Became a Republic - it's marvellous btw - Wed 15 Oct 6pm Readings Carlton. So much to discuss, bookings essential and it's free! #auspol www.readings.com.au/events/esthe...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient is not all that great.

Not being Trump doesn’t make you good.

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country

Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.

johnmenadue.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10h

I’m assuming that any other nation with rampant illegal state kidnappings in public would probably already be seeing international sanctions by now.

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 4h

#NotAllArseholes

jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 6h

If Albanese can’t support even a basic right to freedom from torture, what is he doing in the Prime Ministership?

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 6h

Australia must impose nationwide sanctions:

“Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors”

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors

Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 6h

Dog state.

Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 6h

Activists aboard the Sumud Flotilla also made shocking allegations of sexual assault, physical violence and threats of murder by Israeli soldiers while they were held in captivity.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 7h

Australian activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, personally threatened to “gas” them.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...

'Shut the f--k up or we'll gas you' – Australian flotilla activists allege direct threats from Israeli minister

Australians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted them in captivity

www.deepcutnews.com

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 6h

“The Israeli flag was placed so that it would touch me. When it fluttered and touched me, they shouted ‘Don’t touch the flag’ and kicked me in the side. After a while, my hands were tied with cable ties, very tightly. A bunch of guards lined up to take selfies with me while I was sitting like that.”

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 19h

😞

jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 19h

When someone shows you who they are (by starting their career building books of women’s faces for men to rate), believe them the first time.

Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 1d

The Onion meme where a person labeled “Sickos” is outside a window says “yes hahaha … Yes” but it’s a photo of mark zuckerburg wearing Meta Glasses.

The subtext is that Meta glasses bring up concerned of use by stalkers, predators, and for other socially unacceptable behaviors.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 1d

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 19h

It’s been called by the United Nations, Kamala. But sure, feel free to keep asking those questions.

Kamala Harris says 'genocide' in Gaza is 'question that needs to be asked'

Biden's vice president, who lost last year's election to Trump, addresses claim that Israel is committing genocide directly for first time: 'Look at the number of innocent children and civilians kille...

www.ynetnews.com

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 19h

"The communications could demonstrate willful infringement, potentially leading to enhanced damages of up to $150,000 per work, a massive increase from just $750."

futurism.com/artificial-i...

OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

futurism.com

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 20h

“The Albanese Government is committed to no new extinctions” Environment Minister Murray Watt, reaffirming Labor’s 2022 pledge on Threatened Species Day 2025

2 weeks later Australia’s only shrew is declared extinct.
#auspol #climate @australiainstitute.org.au
minister.dcceew.gov.au/watt/media-r...

screenshot of Minister watt's media release. Text captured says:
Recognising Threatened Species Day
7 September 2025
Today is Threatened Species Day, an opportunity to acknowledge the risks to Australia’s unique species and the work being done across the country to help them recover and thrive.

From tree plantings and weed removal to species specific mapping and monitoring using the latest conservation technology, countless individuals and organisations help every day to support and provide hope for threatened species.

It’s not just the work happening on the ground – research is finding innovative solutions to stay ahead of the game in the fight against key threats like feral cats, invasive weeds and climate change.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 22h

ChatGPT going for a psychosis Murder/Suicide inducing machine to being marketed as a Sexbot in a couple months is the plot to like 13.7% of sci-Fi horror plots …

but typically in these Torment Nexus plots the public isn’t *already* aware of the Psychosis Murder/Suicide aspect of the product.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 21h

So many of the world’s greatest arseholes are just one personal experience away from re-assessing their attitudes. If only there was a way to help them along 🤔

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing Jeremy Clarkson u-turns on his criticism of the NHS after receiving urgent treatment his private care couldn’t provide.

Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter, who called service ‘a creaking monster’, says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

www.independent.co.uk

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 21h

So many of the world’s greatest arseholes are just one personal experience away from re-assessing their attitudes. If only there was a way to help them along 🤔

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing Jeremy Clarkson u-turns on his criticism of the NHS after receiving urgent treatment his private care couldn’t provide.

Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter, who called service ‘a creaking monster’, says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

www.independent.co.uk

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jwwr @jwwr.bsky.social · 1d

Would be great if have a feature here that allows users to dial US content. Like, I’ve curated the crap out of my follows and it’s still permeated with US bin fires.

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