Volewica

· 1mo ago

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/how-misinformation-ai-hallucinations-infiltrating-australian-parliament Ai is an abomination.

‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament

‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament

Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources

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· 3mo ago

UK emissions fall to 1872 level https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/uk-emissions-fall-to-1872-level.html

UK emissions fall to 1872 level

From Helen Czerski The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really mea...

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· 1mo ago

My son was telling me that three different modes of doing research were tested. ✅ Using pen and paper only ✅ Using the internet ✅ Using AI It won't surprise you that the researchers' brains lighted up the least with AI. It might surprise you, though, that their brains lighted up the most with pen and paper.

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· 2mo ago

Replying to

Consensus seems to be that this is AI. Apologies. The problem is, how does one tell? Sometimes it's obvious, but it never crossed my mind that it was AI. What a shitty world.

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· 2mo ago

Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire

Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire

Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china

· 6mo ago

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance.

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

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· 3mo ago

Christian Brothers sold real estate worth millions for $1. Now it claims in court it lacks money to pay abuse survivors https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/27/christian-brothers-real-estate-sales-catholic-group-failed-to-pay-abuse-survivors-ntwnfb

Christian Brothers sold real estate worth millions for $1. Now it claims in court it lacks money to pay abuse survivors

Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals transfer of assets for nominal sums despite Catholic order telling court it is broke and seeking a halt to victims’ civil claims

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· 2mo ago

Grok's Foul-Mouthed AI "Translation" Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users' Mouths

Futurism

Grok's Foul-Mouthed AI "Translation" Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users' Mouths

In April, Elon Musk's social media platform X instated automatic Grok AI translations for all of its users. The results are appalling.

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· 2mo ago

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/australian-ski-resorts-smash-july-climate-records-with-temperatures-12c-above-average [Reminder: It's winter in Australia. Goddess help us if *summer* temperatures are so much above the average]

Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

Resorts in New South Wales and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areas

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· 2mo ago

How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner

How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner

Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship

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· 2mo ago

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/australia-politician-claims-northern-territory-water-could-flip-earths-magnetic-poles That's the Right for you. Innumerate.

NT minister claims Earth’s magnetic poles could flip if territory doesn’t use more groundwater

NT minister claims Earth’s magnetic poles could flip if territory doesn’t use more groundwater

Business minister Robyn Cahill wants to make NT ‘datacentre capital of the globe’, but Environment Centre says scientific claim is ‘completely cooked’

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· 2mo ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/03/july-driest-month-southern-england-since-records-began But no, ask any rabid right supporter: climate change isn't happening.

July was driest month in southern England since records began

July was driest month in southern England since records began

England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/israeli-army-chief-unequal-enforcement-palestinians-west-bank

· 5mo ago

Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’

Sever all ties with Israel.

Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’

Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’

Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrpnjpl39po

· 5mo ago

His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body

bbc.com

His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body

The UN human rights office condemns incident as "'appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians" in the West Bank.

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· 6mo ago

And this is just the beginning.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands

· 5mo ago

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands

For all the gab, gab, gab about the #environment, they actually couldn't care less.

theguardian.com

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· 3mo ago

Just finished watching Department Q on Netflix. Gosh, it was good. It's based on a book by the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, but is set in Scotland. Netflix does make a lot of rubbsih but this was different.

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· 7mo ago

Oil prices surge past $100 per barrel.

Deep recession, here we come.

Chart from Trading Economics

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· 6mo ago

Replying to

@benno It's a massive defeat for fascists. So of course they won't say anything. What's more, Trump's and Vance's intervention prolly made the result worse.

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· 6mo ago

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@Okanogen@mastodon.social Nor will there be any more wars to get ME oil.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-iran-war-and-international-law-its-worse-than-a-mistake-its-a

· 7mo ago

The Guardian view on the Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime

The Guardian view on the Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime | Editorial

Editorial: Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civilians

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· 2mo ago

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@muddle@infosec.exchange Interesting. Thank you.

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https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-derangement-syndrome.html

· 6mo ago

Trump derangement syndrome
By Nick Anderson

Trump derangement syndrome

By Nick Anderson

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· 3mo ago

NSW's bi-mode diesel/electric trains

I've talked before about bi-mode trains . Most 'diesel' trains are actually diesel-electric. A diesel generator charges batteries (in the...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vaY7ZIDEoc

· 7mo ago

Trump Just Demolished 80 Years of Global Order

A superb and trenchant analysis

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· 5mo ago

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names

People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/israel-vast-illegal-settlement-west-bank

· 9mo ago

Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’

#Israel #Apartheid

theguardian.com

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/11/doctors-warned-andrea-could-die-without-safe-housing-then-discharged-her-to-sleep-on-the-streets-ntwnfb

· 5mo ago

Doctors warned Andrea could die without safe housing, then discharged her to sleep on the streets

This, in one of the richest nations on Earth.

Doctors warned Andrea could die without safe housing, then discharged her to sleep on the streets

The First Nations woman has been on the priority public housing list in WA since 2023. Despite nearly dying from sleeping rough, she still has a two-year wait

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/israel-escalates-attacks-on-medics-in-lebanon-with-deadly-quadruple-tap

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Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’

Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’

Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international law

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/07/australian-greens-max-chandler-mather-voters-major-parties-one-nation

· 6mo ago

Max Chandler-Mather says Greens can use ‘progressive populism’ to win voters deserting major parties for One Nation

Max Chandler-Mather says Greens can use ‘progressive populism’ to win voters deserting major parties for One Nation

The new head of the Greens Institute will organise thousands of volunteers for a major survey of economic and social life around Australia

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/06/secondhand-ev-prices-rise-fuel-crisis-australia

· 6mo ago

‘Doesn’t make sense to hold onto a combustion engine’: used EV prices rise as Australia’s fuel crisis hits.

Used EV prices rise as Australia’s fuel crisis hits: ‘Doesn’t make sense to hold on to a combustion engine’

Used EV prices rise as Australia’s fuel crisis hits: ‘Doesn’t make sense to hold on to a combustion engine’

Stock runs low as oil crunch increases enthusiasm for electric vehicles

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyh-IlCqER0

· 7mo ago

I Found Myself in 1970s San Francisco

#Gay #Queer

I Found Myself in 1970s San Francisco

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSpwneeUguU

· 7mo ago

Greens CRUSH Labour And Reform In Gorton And Denton - Political TSUNAMI

Greens CRUSH Labour And Reform In Gorton And Denton - Political TSUNAMI

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· 9mo ago

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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Yes. Exactly.

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· 1mo ago

The moment I knew: I’d lost his number and was about to switch off my old phone for good – then a text pinged

The moment I knew: I’d lost his number and was about to switch off my old phone for good – then a text pinged

When Karen Bleakley locked eyes with Matt on the dancefloor, it was a sign of a new beginning. But when she lost his number, she thought she’d never see him again

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBb45XSbQt8

· 7mo ago

Is it constitutionally valid to prevent Australian citizens from entering Australia?

Is it constitutionally valid to prevent Australian citizens from entering Australia?

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https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-festering-carcass.html

· 9mo ago

A festering carcass
By Oliver Kornetzke

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· 5mo ago

Family of New Zealand woman detained by ICE pleads for government help to secure her release https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/new-zealand-woman-detained-ice *Don't* go to the USA. Don't visit. Keep away. It's not safe. The US is now a shithole country.