Oh my god.

Unregulated AI like speeding with no steering wheel.

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton insists on the need to strictly regulate the technology, warning that it remains unclear if humanity can co-exist with super intelligent AI

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Michael review: Michael Jackson biopic is bad, is bad, you know it “Michael” isn’t a movie. It’s a filmed playlist in search of a story.

Let me be straight with you: MICHAEL is horrid.

My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social

The Petroleum Resources Rent Tax is broken. Australians deserve a fair return for our resources.

A 25% tax on gas exports would raise $17 billion a year (which yes, is far more than $6.9 billion over four years!)

📺 @richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol

Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day Human rights campaigners say honour for Avraham Zarbiv endorses ethnic cleansing and war crimes

Ethnic cleansing used to be Israel's surreptitious policy. Today, it is Israel's in-our-face pride and joy. Time to ban Israel from every international organisation, like we banned Apartheid South Africa. Enough is enough! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

That word "quietly" is doing some heavy lifting. This is huge, surely

The Point Live: Business and gas companies have their say on gas tax proposals. Representatives from the Business Council, Shell and ConocoPhillips are among those fronting the gas tax senate inquiry today, while the health minister lays out proposed changes to the NDIS.

Today the Gas Tax committee is hearing from Gas industry companies and lobbyists and @amyremeikis.bsky.social and her company of soldiers is on it!!! (Get ready to have a lot of bullshit being called) #PointLive
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Britain left leaderless after Sir Keir Starmer does not resign as prime minister In a stunning turn of events, Sir Keir Starmer has left the nation leaderless after he failed to offer his resignation as prime minister.

Britain left leaderless after Sir Keir Starmer does not resign as prime minister
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Happy 89th Birthday George Takei!

George Takei, born on April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, is an actor, activist, and social media phenomenon who has lived one of the most remarkable lives in American entertainment.

As a child, Takei and his family were forcibly relocated to Japanese...

Make it make sense.

New report just out from @investigate-europe.eu: Microsoft and DigitalEurope (a tech lobby group) decided they don't EVER want anyone knowing the energy consumption of individual data centres

So they lobbied successfully to get their own wording copy-pasted into regulations in the EU.

Sign the Petition Save 2SER-FM

Pls sign this...
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Opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald about community radio station 2SER-FM. Titled 'Shutting this priceless cultural asset would hurt.'

The University of Technology in Sydney is poised to close community radio station 2SER-FM. Here's my opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, arguing that it would be pure folly to do so.

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

The latest Truth Social post by Trump boasts of war profiteering from the illegal US blockade of Strait of Hormuz, while threatening war crimes against the Iranian people. All in a night’s work for an increasingly deranged US President. End AUKUS, free us from being part of this.

Ahoy me hearties ☠️

STEFANIK: President Trump didn't call for genocide, Jake. You are putting those words in his mouth


TAPPER: 'Your entire civilization will die'?

STEFANIK: It's the terrorist regime, Jake. He's targeting the terrorist regime


TAPPER: You're changing his words!

Sunday service

4 Screenshots from the movie "Ed Wood" (1994): First, a man in a tuxedo appears on an old-fashioned television screen with a patterned curtain backdrop, raising both index fingers and saying, "Furthermore, I predict." Second, the same man continues speaking on the television screen, now with his eyes closed, saying, "by April 19, 1970,". Third, he opens his eyes dramatically and finishes his statement with, "I predict men will have colonized Mars." Fourth, two men in tuxedos, one younger and smiling, the other older and intense, react to the prediction; the younger man says, "Wow! Ain't that somethin'?"

Apr 19th 1970 - Jeron Criswell King (aka The Amazing Criswell) predicted, that by this date, we will have colonized Mars.

📽️📅 Ed Wood (1994)

John 11:35
"Jesus wept."

1/2 Yes, Coal Australia does highly deceptive astroturfing like this.

The lobby group is also a funding source for right-wing, Atlas Network-aligned think tanks and advocacy groups [such Advance and IPA], often acting to oppose #ClimateAction.

For more on this, follow @lucyham.bsky.social.

A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim.
#justsayin

Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame “I think we’re going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday.

"I’d say keep it a secret." You've done well, Doug Burgum.
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Oh this really pisses off DNC leaders and their corporate donors.

We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.

Sean Hannity, who's been telling people he is no longer a Catholic for some 20 years, announces today that he's no longer a Catholic because he disapproves of Pope Leo's criticism of war.

As Soon As Possible O'Clock?

The head of the FBI isn't supposed to be getting blackout drunk. He's supposed to be cross-dressing

"Premier Chris Minns must decide whether to proceed with the next restrictions he planned to impose on protests."

No.

He must publicly apologize for a flagrant violation of democratic rights on behalf of the Israel lobby, and resign. #nswpol

the United States’ duty to safeguard tax return information under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 and the Privacy Act. The case remains in its early stages. Good cause exists to grant an extension in this matter while the Parties engage in discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation. This limited pause will neither prejudice the Parties nor delay ultimate resolution. Rather, the extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently. II. Argument A. Good Cause Supports a 90-day Extension. Courts routinely grant extensions motions where, as here, an extension serves the interests of justice and efficiency without harming any party. The Parties are engaging in discussions and need time to work through how to ensure those discussions can take place productively to avoid protracted litigation. This brief period will allow the Parties to initiate and structure those discussions in a manner that best serves the interests of all Parties and the Court

BREAKING: IRS confirms it's negotiating with Trump family to pay a "settlement" in the wildly defective lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.

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