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Fred Nurk

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Australia. ALL CAPS BECAUSE DAVEMILBO RECKONS WE'RE NOT ANGRY ENOUGH. FUCK YOU, I'M ANGRY. #abortion #autism #adhd #auspol #climate #democracy #journalism #robodebt #religion #riotinto #disinformation #renewables [email protected]

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Jun 25

I GO ONLINE TO TELL PEOPLE TO FUCK OFF - FUCK YEAH! @monaeltahawy.bsky.social.

RESPECTABILITY AND DECORUM ARE FOR WHITE MEN IN INSTITUTIONS BUILT FOR WHITE MEN. CHURCHES AND UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENTS AND MEDIA @davemilbo.bsky.social @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social.
FUCK THAT SHIT. FIX THIS SHIT.

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 2d

How is that "strategic partnership" going with Open AI for @theguardian.com ?

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13d

Worth mentioning that @theguardian.com has a “strategic partnership” with OpenAI:

Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI
Guardian Media Group today announced a strategic partnership with Open Al, a leader in artificial intelligence and deployment, that will bring the Guardian's high quality journalism to ChatGPT's global users.
Under the partnership, Guardian reporting and archive journalism will be available as a news source within ChatGPT, alongside the publication of attributed short summaries and article extracts.
In addition, the Guardian will also roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to develop new products, features and tools.
This announcement comes a year after the Guardian published its approach to Al, focused on ensuring that any use of genAl is under human oversight and for the benefit of its readers, its business and its wider mission. This considered approach to Al continues as the Guardian Media Group explores agreements with both existing and emerging businesses to ensure fair compensation and attribution for its journalism.

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 2d

American Psycho 2

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 8d

If we were living under fascism, we’d be posting our prime ministers in fossil fuelled company uniforms asking how this is a democracy to anyone who says that it is. #antifa #auspil

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder that @theguardian.com have signed a deal with OpenAI.

Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon

I don’t want AI in anything and certainly not everything please stop asking

www.theguardian.com

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 8d

thanks for doing stats!

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 8d

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder that Ketan Joshi + #climate200 are endorsing Engie, a gas company.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 16d

water, renewable energy, telecommunications, post offices, libraries, public transport, recreational centers with pools and sports are public services. some things exist for the public good. we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 16d

Support your home to Nazis? No.
www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/2...

Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content

“We don’t think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away.”

www.theverge.com

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 28d

“Principles imposed obligations on Reuters and its employees to act at all times with integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.”
Why did you fail to mention that Chaney + Pocock are both aligned with fossil fuels, who are also a major sponsor + source of income for sports?

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

OMG: workplace soundtrack:
youtu.be/-kz_CrB0Vf0

Lambrini Girls - Company Culture (Official Video)

YouTube video by Lambrini Girls

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

Which one? The mind boggles...😂

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

yeah.

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 11

How is TAI "public interest research" when they're promoting racist policies eg: Compulsory Income Management via their funding from right wing billionaire Andrew Forrest + relationships with Climate 200, featuring Woodside lovin' Kate?

You do know her father ran Woodside? @jeremywalker.bsky.social

climate 200 conference, featuring Kate Chaney + Richard Denniss, and not a single person of color.

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

That makes two of us, but you know more about the Thing We'd Rather All Forget About than I do!

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

@benjamino.bsky.social I used to have a thing for following up one cover with another back in the glory days of face for radio:
(I could swear Liz Phair did this, but do you think I could find it?)
youtu.be/vVBLGgsw2Ao

VERUCA SALT - MY SHARONA

YouTube video by OmarMata

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

There's a more tech bro name for it: rapid prototyping or some such, so they can x10 their charges, but YES.

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

@ozkitsch.bsky.social

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

@ozkitsch.bsky.social 🎶 FEED THE MAN MEAT 🥩 🎵

Meat Man Sam (80's Australian ad)

YouTube video by CheeseCafe

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

Done in record time in comparison to twitter too.
fyi @wafer.baby who knows far more than us mere mortals about such things.

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🦇 CEO of CuntGPT 🕸️ @cunexttuesday.lol · Sep 14

"thanks for building our platform, marginalised people. Now fuck off so we can go full Twitter" - bsky, apparently

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Sep 13

We knew from the start we can’t get everything right. Moderation is a hard problem, and it’s impossible to please everyone. So we built a protocol where you always have the right to leave. If you don’t trust us, or don’t like our decisions, you deserve the right to choose an alternative.

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

It's the year 2025. Speechless. @allouryesterdays.bsky.social

Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · Sep 14

An oft overlooked part of clean energy transitions is that they necessitate the dismantling of fossil infrastructures, sectors, and economies. Managing this is as critical as managing the creation of new technologies and sectors, imo.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 14

‘These are not deals that lead to the British people owning industry, which Miliband claimed in 2023 was one of Labour’s objectives. They are subsidies and incentives, large sums of public money accruing no equity.’

@ewangibbs.bsky.social on an oil refinery closure: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

Look that's all lovely, but I wish them best of luck @cunexttuesday.lol with getting Australia's richest farmer to sign on. Reckon there might be a problem?
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The Australian Beef Week Show, strayas finest band from the world's largest Coalport of Newcastle. Banger: Gina, Gina, Gina. Wonder who? 🤔

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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

An independent journalist, @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social and his thoughts on the Teals aka #climate200, our "climate independents" which had more Kates than people of color to vote for last election:
bsky.app/search?q=tea...

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

*high fives*

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Jun 15

Maybe it might be an idea to get fossil fuels + #AtlasNetwork out of universities? Steering committee for the Net Zero Australia report which is used for #climateaction obstruction.
@beneltham.bsky.social @nteunion.bsky.social @jamesgdyke.info

Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · Sep 14

Where is the scholar paper determining that men/people who vote Green have more fulfilling [relationships/sex lives/sandwiches/whatever].