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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 11h

All my soybeans, piled up.

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Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 11h

We love a story about bad oil execs more than most, but we love fact-checking even more. Brazilian model-turned-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke is pushing some long-debunked conspiracy theories in her new book, which undermines her argument.By @roycerk2.bsky.social
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Isabelle Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is

Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 11h

No LinkedIn, they're not missed notifications, they're ignored notifications.

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cherojack @cherojack.bsky.social · 14h

14 years ago, Obama killed an American citizen with no due process via drone strike because he was al-Queda. No one with actual power or influence gave a shit. It's been a long road to get here, but a real bipartisan success

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 12h

FapGPT

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 1d

Worse is understanding the climate science and then pretending carbon offsets are going to reduce emissions. Do you know anyone who can do anything about that?

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 2d

More than $10M in super should just be confiscated FFS.

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy your catch-up @albomp.bsky.social #sharedvalues

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d

We're told the online age verification codes will prevent young people from seeing sexual or violent content but it's simply not true. Those searching in a logged out state can still search for this content.

Companies are going to be age checking all of us for nothing!

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 2d

Cow-banger

Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck that guy.

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 3d

It sux that Bill Burr sux.

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 3d

Oh been there done that. Er, the bookshelf painting thing. Don't envy you.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 4d

It really does say something when an article about reactions to a coal power plant continuing to operate says nothing about climate change, the existential threat it poses and the need to phase out oil, gas and coal.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 4d

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

Plan to extend life of coal-fired power stations sends 'mixed messages'

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

www.abc.net.au

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah seems pretty weird

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H.D. Gregg - Designated Terrorist™️ @hdgregg.bsky.social · 4d

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, ‘Peace’ Has Lost Its Meaning

Far from a symbol of peace, the article exposes Machado's history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

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When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, 'Peace' Has Lost Its Meaning - Venezuelanalysis

Michelle Ellner exposes Machado's history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 5d

Israel dropped around 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza since Oct 7th, equivalent to nearly 13 Hiroshima bombs.

Evil.

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 5d

I can confirm Mandarake Chaos Shop is definitely full of chaos, six floors of it #japan #osaka

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 5d

How is Pocock going to get any exercise now?!

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 6d

Just because Trump is an evil fuck does not make Kamala Harris a good person.

They’re all evil fucks occupying our government on behalf of the worst of humanity: billionaires.

Beautiful mosaic of Kamala Harris made out of all the black men she locked up and kept in prison past their release date for jail labor

Kamala Harris convicted almost 2,000 for marijuana violations and sent many to prison. Now she laughs at 'Kamala Kush' weed variety and says pot smokers shouldn't be jailed
By Charlie Spiering, Senior Political

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty giant fuck you to Greens and Teal voters, not to mention LEAN members in Labor. Apalling, but unsurprising.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 6d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 6d

November?! So much respect for the institution of Christmas

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 6d

You can almost guarantee that the AFP’s new taskforce for investigating things-that-aren’t-terrorism will be looking closely into climate activists

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 6d

In the Trump era, this is terrifying. Apparently criticising capitalism 🥴🤣 is terrorism now in the US.
#Auspol

Australian Federal Police ®
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The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia's social cohesion.
The NSI teams will work closely with state and territory police, law enforcement and national security partners to provide a coordinated, consistent and intelligence-led response to security threats, and also work on a global level through operations, capabilities and relationships with the international law enforcement intelligence community.
There are current and emerging groups dispersed across Australia and in some cases, overseas, who are eroding our country's social fabric by advocating hatred, fear, and humiliation. While many of these crimes may not meet the threshold of terrorism, the AFP has identified concerning behaviours which could escalate to politically-motivated violence or hate crimes, which seriously put the Australian community at risk.
There is no place for hate or violence in our communities and the AFP will defend and protect Australia and Australia's future from these threats.
Anyone with information about possible threats to the community or suspicious activity should make a report to the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400. In an emergency or life-threatening situation, contact Triple

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Craig Harvey @internetofzings.bsky.social · 6d

Given the frequency of their trains, I postulate Japan must have eleventy billion carriages.