Shelley Hepworth

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Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month

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Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.

Nine demands Bob Katter apologise for ‘aggressive behaviour’ towards reporter and ‘unacceptable’ threats Media company mulling defamation action after independent MP calls reporter Josh Bavas ‘a racist’ for asking a question about Katter’s Lebanese heritage * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Nine Entertainment is considering legal action against Bob Katter after the independent MP called Nine’s Queensland reporter Josh Bavas a racist and threatened to punch him at a press conference. The Brisbane outburst came after Katter expressed support for anti-immigration March for Australia protests planned for the weekend. Bavas asked: “You’ve got Lebanese heritage yourself … ” before Katter cut him off. Continue reading...

Nine demands Bob Katter apologise for ‘aggressive behaviour’ towards reporter and ‘unacceptable’ threats

Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.

Journalists everywhere need to stand in solidarity on this killing spree and resulting news blackout. See below in this thread for some actions and stay tuned here https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-20-people-including-five-journalists-2025-08-25/

Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer? On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.

"Vallata said he’s heard of incidents in which hikers use artificial intelligence to help them discover a route, only to discover that the trail is not safe.

“Since about one year ago, many people have begun to think everything on ChatGPT is correct"

We are currently looking for an Indigenous affairs reporter and a Melbourne-based associate news editor – come and join the best team in media!
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This incredible essay by Shari Daya is well worth a read

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Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

Targeting journalists is a war crime.
As colleagues, we remember them.
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This is weird because, like, almost all of the actual quoted posts do feel like people who desperately need to be pulled away from 4o

Mark Zuckerberg's vision of 'personal superintelligence' just sounds like supersurveillance. Again.

"Personal devices like glasses that understand our context because they can see what we see, hear what we hear, and interact with us throughout the day will become our primary computing devices."

Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza NSW police estimate 90,000 walked despite force and premier opposing rally, while Palestine Action Group claims up to 300,000 peacefully protested

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The pro-Palestine March over the Sydney Harbour bridge is currently stopped just short of the exit on the north side of the bridge

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked using Wi-Fi signals A new system developed by researchers in Rome can identify specific people and their locations with 95% accuracy.

“At present, the WhoFi system is a proof of concept requiring some incredibly advanced software to implement. But it’s very real, and the hardware used to develop it wasn’t anything special.”

OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google

Me, a rube: governments procure a technology when a specific need is identified.

UK: “lol, no”

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Antoinette Lattouf’s 18-month legal saga is over – but the crisis at the heart of it still hasn’t been resolved Journalist ends ABC termination case in the same place the whole saga began: by talking about the suffering of the people of Gaza

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A notable statement coming from a former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…”

@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.

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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

she did the meme

Get your applications in! Or share it with someone you know. This assistant audience editor position at @australia.theguardian.com closes on Friday 👇

Unprecedented murder

#UPDATE The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that two million people were starving in the Gaza Strip while tonnes of food was being blocked at the border.

Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson? The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election * Election 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat counts * Australian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updates * See our full coverage of the Australian election * Get our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcast Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete. She has defeated the Liberal leader, Peter Dutton, at her third effort at the seat of Dickson, in Brisbane’s west. Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?

Election 2025 live updates: Peter Dutton trailing in Dickson; Antony Green suggests ‘win or big win’ for Labor as Australia votes – latest Australian federal election news Voting booths closing across Australia as last polls suggest Albanese to be re-elected as Australian prime minister

BREAKING NEWS: Labor has won the federal election with Anthony Albanese to be returned as Australian prime minister. Follow live updates