Peter Davidson 🇦🇺

The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US

Huge shouts to @cameronwilson.bsky.social who has diligently and thoughtfully covered the social media ban in ways few others have. Critical, evidence-based, fair. Great stuff.

YouTube video by The Christo Files We found this Russian spy -- using her cat #catlady #rusia #funny #truestory

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Live: Experts answer questions as the social media ban comes into effect Ten major platforms are now expected to check the ages of all their Australian users and prevent anyone found to be under 16 from holding an account. We've asked experts how to best navigate it. Follow live.

Ten major platforms are now expected to check the ages of all their Australian users and prevent anyone found to be under 16 from holding an account. We've asked experts how to best navigate it. Follow live.

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (permalink) Last night, I gave a speech for the University of Washington's "Neuroscience, AI and Society" lecture series, through the university's Computational Neuroscience Center. It was called "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI," and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June:

"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."

This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.

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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."

"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

Most of us humans should be striving to be like this guy.

They'll have to pause every 5 minutes for adverts.

US Air Force wants AI to power high-speed wargaming The Air Force wants a cloud-based, AI-powered “digital sandbox” as a hub to generate and run wargames at speeds of up 10,000 times faster than real time.

The Air Force wants a cloud-based, AI-powered “digital sandbox” as a hub to generate and run wargames at speeds of up 10,000 times faster than real time.

Isn't this the premise in the plot of the first edition of the rise of Skynet in the Terminator series? 🤔

Lies again from the pedo piggy. Who’s he with ?? Oh Russia. Fake news bad country. A stupid piggy!

Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from Ukraine US president recycles far-right tropes on European immigration and presses Zelenskyy to accept his peace plan

“rambling & sometimes incoherent..the president struggled to name Ukrainian cities except for Kyiv, misrepresented elements of the trajectory of the conflict, & recycled far-right tropes about European immigration that echoed “great replacement” conspiracy theory”
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YouTube video by emptywheel How the 2016 Russian Election Attack Led Donald Trump to Destroy US Hegemony

This is the culmination of the plan that Trump was chasing in 2016 when the Mueller investigation thwarted everything.

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I've twice explained to spouse that there is no peace plan. Rather, there's a plan to limit the blowback when Trump capitulates to Russia.

Trump will do it anyway: Trump is going to reverse sanctions bc he wants the grift.

He's just trying to limit blowback for Russia Russia Russia.

Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says Market operator says capital cost of infrastructure under optimal path would be $128bn in today’s dollars, but price of delay is even higher

Makes the argument for grid nationalisation even stronger

“The capacity of Aust’s electricity grid will need to triple by 2050 – including a fivefold expansion of..wind, solar & storage – under the most likely development path, the energy market operator says”
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

What we know about water use of the over 250 data centres in Australia Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers.

Demand for water cannot be an 'afterthought' in AI push www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

NT corrections workers not to speak to UN human rights officials Canberra watchers are eyeing the NT after it blocked a UN detention inspection, adding fresh tension to Australia’s stalled OPCAT work.

The Northern Territory blocked UN detention inspectors from speaking to corrections workers, adding fresh tension to Australia’s stalled OPCAT work www.themandarin.com.au/304681-nt-co...

Longevity supplements are sold as helping prevent ageing. But do they have any long-term benefits or increase lifespan? | Antiviral Much of the enthusiasm for these ‘anti-ageing’ products is based on animal studies, mostly involving rodents

Want longevity - leave the US

“While clever marketing makes it sound like products containing these or other building blocks can increase longevity, “the likelihood that any single compound..is responsible for all ageing is pretty much zero”, Jones says”
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Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk Michigan man received kidney transplant from donor who had fought off a skunk and was later found unresponsive

Holy shit balls 😱

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“Marco Rubio is sitting there going, you know, ‘The president is the most vigorous, brilliant man ever,'" Rothkopf said, "and Trump’s like passed out next to him, you know?”

The Colby Review, AUKUS and Lopsided Commitments In one of his many cutting observations about the fallibility of politicians, H. L. Mencken had this to say about the practical sort: “It is his business to convince the mob (a) that it is [...]

Has the AUKUS trilateral security pact turned Australia into a vassal state of the USA?

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Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”

SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:

How to restore Australia’s national security

“There is near-universal agreement that the security situation is now the most unstable since World War II, yet recent Australian governments have asserted that China’s military expansion represents a threat to Australia without providing a coherent explanation.” satpa.pe/MzCEwZ5

In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real-world’ violence | Julie Posetti Our UN report reveals the link between the online misogyny and offline crimes that are hounding women out of public life, says Julie Posetti, lead author of a new report published by UN Women

“threats are heightened by..AI tools that allow the near-instant misrepresentation & discrediting of female journalists through deployment of deepfakes & worse..over 19% of female journalists had experienced what they believed to be AI-assisted online violence”
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UN blocked from inspecting crammed NT prisons The number of people in custody has surged dramatically in the Northern Territory since the government passed sweeping bail and justice reforms in 2024.

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention denied visits to NT prisons, meetings with government www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Bluesky is starting to feel more like X lately — and battling misinformation is exhausting. If my reply settings tighten up, it’s not because of most of you.

Thanks to everyone who comes here to stay informed and cares about staying safe. You’re why I’m here. 💙

Time to stop tiptoeing around and step on the gas to ease inflation For a decade, a disaster has unfolded. We've run short of gas through indecision and incompetence, and that's driving energy costs and inflation. We need a solution and an unlikely source may have one...

Taxing gas exports is such an easy & smart win both policy and politics wise
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