Anne-Maree Gray
@mtramg.bsky.social
Aussie who drinks too much coffee, writes fanfic as mrstrentreznor and books (that I never finish) as me, AM Gray. She/her
https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2154210/Mrstrentreznor
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The insured costs of climate change are now 12 times higher than 20 years ago, while local government revenue is only three times higher, a new report from the Australia Institute shows.
“Big gas, coal and oil companies make a killing from climate change, and it’s time they started paying for it."
“Big gas, coal and oil companies make a killing from climate change, and it’s time they started paying for it."
New analysis shows soaring cost of climate change for councils - Inside Local Government
Local government revenue is not keeping pace with the rapidly rising costs of climate change, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute. The Institute’s analysis found the costs of climate ...
insidelocalgovernment.com.au
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The insured costs of climate change are now 12 times higher than 20 years ago, while local government revenue is only three times higher, a new report from the Australia Institute shows.
“Big gas, coal and oil companies make a killing from climate change, and it’s time they started paying for it."
“Big gas, coal and oil companies make a killing from climate change, and it’s time they started paying for it."
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Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The former chief executive of Norsta Maritime - a leading defence and border security contractor - has accused the firm he once led of misleading the Australian military and exposing it to potential cybersecurity risks as it managed key taxpayer-funded contracts www.theage.com.au/national/mis...
Former CEO of top defence contractor sues company
Dan Smith claims he was forced out after refusing to drop his concerns that the firm was misleading the Australian military.
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The former chief executive of Norsta Maritime - a leading defence and border security contractor - has accused the firm he once led of misleading the Australian military and exposing it to potential cybersecurity risks as it managed key taxpayer-funded contracts www.theage.com.au/national/mis...
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why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Meet CoreWeave, the AI industry’s ticking time bomb
The debt-laden AI compute company has been boosted by Nvidia.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
why is Nvidia propping up a company that seems doomed? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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I personally might have mentioned the six-figure paycheck RFK Jr got from a vaccine denial group www.statnews.com/2024/12/03/r...
RFK Jr. was paid six figures by his vaccine-challenging group before presidential run
Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has challenged vaccines, doubled Kennedy's pay rate for a shorter tenure.
www.statnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I personally might have mentioned the six-figure paycheck RFK Jr got from a vaccine denial group www.statnews.com/2024/12/03/r...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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This is the kind of stuff that really radicalizes me and should infuriate any decent person: Big Pharma’s abuse of the patent system.
I know this sounds naive, but something has got to change… there’s no constituency for Big Pharma!
And no one, except for the lobbyists, wants higher drug prices.
I know this sounds naive, but something has got to change… there’s no constituency for Big Pharma!
And no one, except for the lobbyists, wants higher drug prices.
Big Pharma Can Tweak Drugs to Keep Generics Off the Market
Taking advantage of a broken patent system, Big Pharma is making minor tweaks to medications just to keep affordable generics off the market, a new report suggests. They’ve made billions of dollars in...
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is the kind of stuff that really radicalizes me and should infuriate any decent person: Big Pharma’s abuse of the patent system.
I know this sounds naive, but something has got to change… there’s no constituency for Big Pharma!
And no one, except for the lobbyists, wants higher drug prices.
I know this sounds naive, but something has got to change… there’s no constituency for Big Pharma!
And no one, except for the lobbyists, wants higher drug prices.
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
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•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
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Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
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Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
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A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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Watching a report on Target missing earnings calls and what they're doing about it.
They're investing $5B - billion with a b - into prettifying their stores and stocking 20,000 new products.
Nothing about the DEI boycott or affordability. Absolutely wild behavior.
They're investing $5B - billion with a b - into prettifying their stores and stocking 20,000 new products.
Nothing about the DEI boycott or affordability. Absolutely wild behavior.
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Watching a report on Target missing earnings calls and what they're doing about it.
They're investing $5B - billion with a b - into prettifying their stores and stocking 20,000 new products.
Nothing about the DEI boycott or affordability. Absolutely wild behavior.
They're investing $5B - billion with a b - into prettifying their stores and stocking 20,000 new products.
Nothing about the DEI boycott or affordability. Absolutely wild behavior.
WHAT???
Two photos taken from Downtown L.A.
They're from the L.A. Herald Examiner in 1951 and 1952. One from the Herald's roof, the other, I don't know, west of Downtown, maybe?
Not particularly remarkable. Kind of boring, really. Unless you know what they are.
They're nukes.
They're from the L.A. Herald Examiner in 1951 and 1952. One from the Herald's roof, the other, I don't know, west of Downtown, maybe?
Not particularly remarkable. Kind of boring, really. Unless you know what they are.
They're nukes.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
WHAT???
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This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
🎁
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
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37 days in jail for a Facebook post that merely quoted Trump saying, “We have to get over it” following a school shooting in January 2024, posted after the Charlie Kirk killing.
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
Opinion | He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
Daniel Burnett: A 61-year-old Tennessee man was arrested for sharing a meme during the moral panic following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
37 days in jail for a Facebook post that merely quoted Trump saying, “We have to get over it” following a school shooting in January 2024, posted after the Charlie Kirk killing.
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
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Japan's best stop-motion studio isn't loud about it. But the quiet charm of its work speaks for itself.
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Japan's best stop-motion studio isn't loud about it. But the quiet charm of its work speaks for itself.
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
We're exploring the specialness of dwarf studios in this issue:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/inside-dwa...
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Anyone calling for a return to normalcy without consequence needs to have their career ended immediately so we can get people in office willing to do what is needed, which is to build a new and better normal, having disarmed and defunded the corporatist fascist occupation of our government.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Anyone calling for a return to normalcy without consequence needs to have their career ended immediately so we can get people in office willing to do what is needed, which is to build a new and better normal, having disarmed and defunded the corporatist fascist occupation of our government.
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Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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"As scientists, we are duty-bound to speak plainly about the dangers that lie ahead.
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
Over 1,000 scientists urge MPs to attend landmark climate briefing https://geographical.co.uk/climate-change/1000-scientists-urge-mps-to-attend-national-emergency-briefing
Over 1,000 scientists urge MPs to attend landmark climate briefing
UK experts issue urgent call to MPs ahead of next week’s National Emergency Briefing on the climate crisis
geographical.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"As scientists, we are duty-bound to speak plainly about the dangers that lie ahead.
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org
We urge all our elected representatives to take responsibility for being fully informed and to join this critical @nebriefing.bsky.social on 27 November"
Please contact your MP via:
www.nebriefing.org