J Kaul

Anthropic stole the books I co-wrote in order to train their planet-burning hallucination machine, so I've filed a claim. They wept that if every plagiarised author does so, the company will go bankrupt. Boo emdash hoo. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

Age verification IDs taken in Discord data breach September data breach disclosed.

Of course.

Age verification IDs taken in Discord data breach
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Guardian Essential poll: Australians back emissions target while One Nation support doubles Poll finds One Nation’s primary vote has doubled to 13% since the May federal election

Australia's racist party doubles its support since the May 2025 election

Centrist Labor government will absolutely see this as a sign that it needs to be more racist (and in doing so, actively feed more support for One Nation and lose support for themselves)

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NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place

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Will it encourage the health care industry to clean the air and mask up?

“Our findings clearly demonstrate that Long COVID brain fog should be recognized as a legitimate clinical condition. This could encourage the healthcare industry to accelerate the development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for this disorder,” concludes Prof. Takahashi.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Trump and Blair's Gaza plan is (unsurprisingly) shaping up to be an oligarchy of billionaires implementing disaster capitalism.

This is what PM Albanese is backing.

Israeli forces intercept Gaza flotilla; detain activists, Greta Thunberg Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

Gaza Sumud flotilla live: Israel intercepts ships, detains activists www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

And turmeric. Can't forget the turmeric.

Clearly the solution is to just get better. /s

It's just like 'the solution to housing affordability is to only do things that will make housing more expensive'

Brereton should resign, imo. He's personally compromised (defence), completely stuffed up the Robodebt investigation (and had personal connections with those involved), and his NACC has produced nothing else of any significance, despite thousands of referrals.

Ugh.

Finding of more obese yet malnourished kids reignites junk food debate UNICEF says more children are now overweight and under-nourished than too thin, stirring fresh calls by health experts and farming bodies to tax ultra-processed food producers.

1. The "healthy food" is too expensive for people - a junk food tax won't change that.
2. We don't need a junk food tax - we have a duopoly that increases prices at an exorbitant rate already.

Subsidise whole foods and regulate Colesworth if you're so concerned.
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Evidence related to AI bots making FOI requests - a Freedom of Information request to Attorney-General's Department In recent public media, the Attorney-General and other government ministers have referred to “AI bot generated requests” and FOI requests being made by “foreign powers, foreign actors, (and) criminal ...

This is an excellent response to the "we have to charge for FOI because forren AI bots!" nonsense from the A-G. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/evid...

UN-backed global hunger monitor confirms famine in Gaza The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.

UN-backed global hunger monitor confirms famine in Gaza

The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.

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The disclosed interests by the Climate Change Authority board is really quite brazen: several members hold dual positions in organisations that make money from carbon credits. (making no allegations of impropriety by individuals)

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screenshot: https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/kean-urged-to-quit-climate-job-over-obvious-conflict-of-interests-20240813-p5k229 Kean urged to quit climate job over ‘obvious conflict of interests’ John Kehoe and Hannah Wootton Aug 13, 2024 – 5.04pm Save Share Gift this article Listen to this article 7 min Conflict of interest perceptions mean Matt Kean should choose between his job as chairman of the federal government’s Climate Change Authority or working for a private energy transition fund led by a former Macquarie banker, a former top public servant and a fan of the ex-NSW treasurer says. Wollemi Capital stands to make millions of dollars from investing in carbon credits – the same emissions offsets generated from carbon farming that the authority advises the government on and over which it influences the value. Chris Bowen, left, Matt Kean and Anthony Albanese at a press conference to announce his appointment in June. Alex Ellinghausen The Australian Financial Review revealed on Monday that the former NSW Liberal treasurer and energy minister had become director of strategic partnerships and regulatory affairs at the climate and energy transition investment firm, less than two months after being appointed CCA chairman. The twin roles immediately triggered conflict-of-interest alarm bells among conservative MPs and public integrity campaigners. Stephen Bartos, a former head of the NSW budget watchdog and an ex-federal finance department deputy secretary, said he was a “fan” of Mr Kean’s past work on climate policy but that he should choose between the public and private sector jobs.

screenshot: https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/matt-kean-has-material-interests-in-carbon-credit-schemes-20250401-p5lo42 Matt Kean has ‘material interests’ in carbon credit schemes Paul Karp Paul Karp NSW political correspondent Apr 1, 2025 – 6.42pm Save Share Gift this article Listen to this article 5 min Climate Change Authority chairman Matt Kean has material personal interests in three agricultural projects generating carbon credits through green investment firm Wollemi Capital, while at the same time advising the federal government about carbon farming and emissions targets. Kean, the former NSW Liberal treasurer appointed to the CCA by the Albanese government in June 2024, declared the interests to CCA’s register of material interests when he took on the role. The Australian Financial Review obtained Kean’s declarations to the register under the Freedom of Information Act.

The chair of the Climate Change Authority is advising the govt on policy that affects the demand and supply of carbon credits WHILE ALSO employed by a firm that describes itself as "Generating high-integrity carbon credits".

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"the reality of the abundance agenda: more for those with the most, and less for those with the least. Every single letter in the PC’s climate and energy report seems imbued with that philosophy." 💥🎯👏👏👏 #auspol #ClimateCrisis

The abundance agenda brainworm has infected Labor's climate change reform The Productivity Commission wants us to focus on the 'costs' of climate action, neutralising an urgent safety issue into a bland optimisation and efficiency project, and in doing so, ridding it of any...

HEY friends - new @crikey.com.au piece up now!

American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.

Have a read!

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

The BDS movement is calling for people to pressure Microsoft with divestment and exclusion from contracts, whenever feasible. We also call for boycotting Microsoft’s gaming products, with the following options as tiers of engagement: Cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription. Boycott Candy Crush, Minecraft and Call of Duty – flagship videogame franchises owned by Microsoft. Boycott all Microsoft Gaming products, including Xbox-branded consoles, headsets, accessories and all games published by Microsoft-owned publishing labels (such as Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Bethesda and Blizzard).

And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.

Digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia has accused the Productivity Commission of being influenced by US President Donald Trump’s deregulation of that country’s AI sector, which has benefited Big Tech companies. 👇

Again, please know that your period tracking app is not contraception, and may now or in the future sell, use or accidentally expose your data. It can be used against you by controlling partners and police in places where miscarriages and terminations are criminalised.

Should big tech be allowed to mine Australians’ text and data to train AI? The Productivity Commission is considering it Interim report on digital economy also mulls changes to privacy rules and copyright collections to help harness AI’s benefits

There is a call for an overhaul of Australian copyright rules in response to big tech mining text & data to train AI models. No surprise, arguments against warn "clumsy or excessive regulation risk stifling the technology’s potentially transformative benefits" 🙄

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JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

Cuts to the park service for us, special water release to facilitate a canoe excursion for them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LinkedIn exposes transgender users to targeted harassment after company quietly changes hate speech policy The changes involve edits to LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, specifically the “Hateful and Derogatory Content” and “Harassment and Abusive Content” sections.

"LinkedIn has quietly stripped explicit protections for transgender and nonwhite users from its English-language hate speech rules, repeating a playbook now familiar to LGBTQ+ advocates tracking the rollback of content safeguards across major social media platforms."
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