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Vance/Trump/Musk/King C/AIPAC/Palantir/AI/Digital ID are the same team
Free yourself from bigtech (Apple too). Ask me how
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Opposition to #datacentres in the US is really heating up and rightly so. These anti human behemoths consume the power of 800,000 households and the water of 50,000 households PER DAY! This is the fight of our time, get vocal.
Victorian MP David Ettershank leading the way in Melbourne's AI datacentre opposition. Great to hear him and others speak at todays rally in Melbourne. #datacentres
An open letter to the Minister for Home Affairs – Australia’s obligations to Palestinians must reach the visa system https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-06-10/469939/ #Auspol
An open letter to the Minister for Home Affairs – Australia’s obligations to Palestinians must reach the visa system

In an open letter to the Minister for Home Affairs, Meg Schwarz argues that Australia’s obligations to Palestinians must be reflected not only in foreign policy statements, but in the practical systems that shape access to visas, scholarships and education.

Pearls and Irritations
The latest episode of the EFFector Podcast is out! This time we're chatting with EFF's Rindala Alajaji about how police are really using the mass surveillance capabilities of license plate readers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/mass-surveillance-loud-music-effector-3811
🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11

Across the country, surveillance companies have spun a vast web of tens of thousands of license plate cameras. The people selling this tech want you to believe that it's for your safety, but how are authorities really using automated license plate readers (ALPR)? In this week's EFFector newsletter...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
"People with less power need privacy to have protection against people with more power," EFF’s Cindy Cohn told the New York Times's Hard Fork podcast. "And mass surveillance supercharged by AI tends to make us a lot less powerful" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/podcasts/hard-fork-live-part-1-satya-nadella.html
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn

A tech titan, a digital rights defender and two menacing-looking robot dogs took the stage at our second-ever live show.

The New York Times

100+ gathered today at the Vic. State Library to oppose the proliferation of data centres. Victorian LC MP David Ettershank lead the way with some spirited opposition to these environmental vandals. Most encourage were the young voices who braved public speaking to air their views.

The spectre of AI is deeply affecting our young people, especially artists. There is no room for these anti human behemoths in our society, they must be ended. Both The ALP and The LNP are endorsing them. Find out who is currently favoured to win your seat and put them last.