Cheyne Anderson

Took my film camera on a gorgeous sun soaked holiday and the only shots that came out were the test photos of my dog before I left #dogsofbluesky

Spent the new year trying to run away from the void. The void persists in 2025.

How police try to shut down climate protests Hundreds of climate activists, aboard rafts and kayaks, have paddled out into the Port of Newcastle for a so-called “protestival”, to disrupt the world’s largest coal port. The activists behind the pr...

I have a story on the 7am podcast today that hopefully gives a bit of insight into the Rising Tide coal port blockade in Newcastle and how the government and police have been pulling out all the stops to shut it down over the past few weeks

7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/how...

100% would play this until I forgot my identity

Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.

Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...

The arrest of Alan Jones Alan Jones was at his luxury Circular Quay apartment yesterday morning when Child Abuse Squad detectives arrived to arrest him. For nine months, police had been conducting a top secret investigation. ...

Chris Masters on the 7am podcast today about what he learned about how power works while investigating Alan Jones

7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/ala...

The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem

If we don't fight for change and build systems to amplify more women and progressive voices online, we will be stuck with a media landscape that continues to exacerbate inequality and warps our political landscape for the worse. www.usermag.co/p/the-majori...

NSW government 'throwing a tantrum', says 12-year-old protester as harbour access cut – video NSW government 'throwing a tantrum', says 12-year-old protester as harbour access cut – video Continue reading...

NSW government 'throwing a tantrum', says 12-year-old protester as harbour access cut – video

Forget the Frontbench • A Crikey column by Rachel Withers Who are the players shaking up our two (and a half) party system? Rachel Withers probes and profiles those who wield power beyond the major parties.

A thread of my favourite moments from Forget the Frontbench, my weekly Crikey column profiling those who wield power outside the major parties 🧵
www.crikey.com.au/topic/forget...

She's not cranky it's resting chook face

naturally

how is this story *not* about Alan Wearne

I wonder how long it will be until Twitter embeds are no longer part of breaking news reporting

Aiir To Bring AI News Anchors To Radio Stations - Radio Ink Aiir Inc. has announced the acquisition of RadioNewsAI, a company known for its generative AI technology that creates artificial news anchors for broadcasts.

Ah yes, a great way to try and stop the public from further distrusting journalists and the media! Let's put some AI news anchors on there! What could go wrong????

radioink.com/2024/06/24/a...

That's definitely not your bank...

Rudd should've posted it on Bluesky #auspol

Santos faces greenwash charge A precedent-setting case alleges the oil giant misled investors about future emissions, using unsubstantiated data and following direct interventions by the chief executive.

"A precedent-setting case alleges the oil giant misled investors about future emissions, using unsubstantiated data and following direct interventions by the chief executive."

My report on ACCR v Santos in The Saturday Paper this week.

What are we doing with our old Twitter accounts? Aka
Is there a way to exit twitter with maximum 'fuck you Elon' energy

The wafting aroma of eggs and death 🌼

Watching the corpse flower live stream while locked in a small room with my greyhound is like my own little 4D cinema. 10/10.

‎Rupert: The last mogul on Apple Podcasts ‎History · 2023

Very excited to share the first ep of Rupert - a narrative investigation of the media's most powerful man. It's been an incredible effort over the past 6 months alongside Paddy Manning and my fellow wizards at 7am. Enjoy. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Coach, put me in!!

Old Person Surprise!

Idk I was thwarted by a childproof bottle cap in my 30s...this sounds right at my level

Are they? Gonna need proof

I would love it if this could become the kind of positive community for audio makers in Australia that Twitter kinda was before it got overtaken by the idea of podcasting-as-brand-strategy. Like the heyday of the audiocraft community

7am today releasing part 3 of @squigglyrick.bsky.social on robodebt. So much of this story has to do with the sheer indifference built into the machinery of bureaucracy.

https://7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/inside-robo-debt-the-social-engineering-of-shame

Ben Roberts-Smith v the media: part eight, the pursuit of truth - podcast Ben Doherty speaks to Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters, the journalists who first wrote stories accusing Ben Roberts-Smith of war crimes

Time to fill the void with podcasts, here's part 8 of this cracking series which dropped today from @guardianaustralia.bsky.social

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2023/jul/11/ben-roberts-smith-v-the-media-part-eight-the-pursuit-of-truth-full-story-podcast