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BellingenNSW

NT parliament passes CLP government's territory coordinator bill
The Northern Territory government has passed the territory coordinator bill through parliament, giving it the power to override dozens of regulatory laws relevant to projects of "economic significance".
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abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/nt-

The English-only NT parliament is undermining healthy democracy by excluding Aboriginal languages

"42% of NT residents speak a non-English language at home. Only half of eligible Aboriginal residents in the NT are enrolled to vote, and voter participation is even lower. Recognition – Rejecting someone’s language means rejecting their identity. Reconciliation is not just something parliamentarians should direct others to do, it’s something that needs to happen within parliament itself."

"The NT is a rich, multilingual society. How can the Legislative Assembly claim to fully represent the breadth of NT society when it chooses to be monolingual?"
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theconversation.com/the-englis
#governance #EconomicSignificance #laws #regulation #conservation #language #IndigenousPeoples #participation #NT #monolingualism #language #mining #extractivism #zeitgeist

ABC News · NT parliament passes CLP government's territory coordinator billBy Jack Hislop
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

Localization is important to make Decentralization work and last.

Decentralization without Localization can be susceptible to Centralization.

Decentralization with Localization spreads out decision-making and power to groups (that could consistent of a single individual) with a personal stake in the outcome of the decision-making.

Which creates incentives that lead to greater resilience to Centralization.

#Decentralization#DeSo#Fediverse
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NSW.Biodiversity

The wombat outcry :
An (illegal) selfie with wildlife
vs systematic wildlife destruction and wilful neglect

"The irony of our country’s leaders condemning the actions of a young tourist’s treatment of a wombat while shamelessly sanctioning their slaughter is impossible to overlook...Kangaroos, native birds, possums, black swans and emus are just a few of the many native animals that landholders are granted licences to kill under the ATCW list."

"Our leaders have a lot to answer for and must confront the uncomfortable truth of their own involvement in wildlife destruction. They can no longer ignore the role they play in enabling the harm of native animals while lecturing others on respect for wildlife."
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/
#biodiversity #WildlifeCrime #Australia #culture #EPBCAct #ecocide #governance #roadkill #deforestation #logging #harm

The Guardian · Attacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the pointBy Guardian staff reporter
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BellingenNSW

Australians’ love affair with monster family cars

"These big cars are fuelling congestion, blocking up streets and outstripping the size of car parks, leading to calls to build bigger ones – dismaying safety and environment advocates."

"The Monash University Accident Research Centre has also found that larger cars are much more likely to cause deaths and serious injuries to other people when they’re in an accident."

“We’re breathing emissions, our children are breathing emissions...You’re polluting the air.”
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theguardian.com/australia-news
#cars #SUVs #families #Australia #identity #schoolrun #climatechange #pollution #RoadViolence #MobilityDesign #standards #governance

The Guardian · ‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big carsBy Tory Shepherd
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

The Nerd Reich podcast, episode 1: The Network State

A deep dive into how tech billionaires like #ElonMusk are trying to dismantle traditional #governance to create their own #power structures through #crypto and #ArtificialIntelligence.
thenerdreich.com/the-nerd-reic

"we share bold predictions about where tech #authoritarianism is heading & reveal strategies for #resisting the growing control of billionaire #tech elites."

Headline and illustration. Headline: The Nerd Reich podcast, episode 1: The Network State A deep dive into how tech billionaires like Elon Musk are trying to dismantle traditional governance to create their own power structures through crypto and artificial intelligence. by Gil Duran 12 Mar 2025 — 45 min read Illustration: Digital image of computer zombie Network State tech bros taking over the US Capitol
#Musk#Coup#Corruption
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Daniel Guagnin

Happy that I had the opportunity to present my findings from my PhD in English to a #FOSS audience at #fossbackstage25
In a nutshell: The analyis of different GNU/Linux distributions shows how community culture inform technology development, and technology shapes its users.
In times of #Trumpism and #musk it becomes evident, that we need control over our software.
We also need to include users and adress their needs through #governance and #participatorydesign
25.foss-backstage.de/schedule/
#fossback

Me presenting my talk. Slide: # Motivation: Freedom / Sovereignty - Freedom to shape software in general interest - Independence from company-leaders (getting crazy) - Independence from government regime changes - … an essential infrastructure! - Not free as in „free beer“
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arkhi

“Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free”, by @Daojoan.

joanwestenberg.com/big-tech-wa

> It's about whether we build systems that distribute power or concentrate it. Big Tech's dominance wasn't inevitable, and it's not unbreakable. But it's reinforced by the choices we make every damn day. Because over and over again, we choose easy. We choose platforms with less friction.

westenberg. · Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You FreeBig Tech designed their platforms to keep you trapped. YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok aren't neutral spaces. They're businesses built on capturing your attention and data. Their algorithms, notification systems, and content policies all serve one purpose: keeping you engaged on their terms. And their terms alone. There's no freedom
#openWeb#social#media
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Akshay

Why cutting red tape needn’t cut red tape: you can’t just have zero rules so you’ll end up with a mess of different rules.

OTOH, I guess you could abolish Rule of Law altogether and go for pure corruption, but administering that much corruption will create its own bureaucracy

grist.org/regulation/trump-whi

Grist · How a Trump effort to cut environmental red tape could backfireBy Naveena Sadasivam
#Environment#Policy#Government
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Andrew Scott

Is AI hallucination a new risk?
If you have heard anything about Generative AI, you have heard about its "hallucinations". They provide great fodder for the media, who can point out many silly things that Gen AI has produced since appeared on the AI scene (around 2021-2022). However, as Gen AI gets adopted by more organisations, how should Directors and Executives think about hallucinations, the resulting risk to their organisations, and what approach can be taken to probe whether the risks are being managed? Are Gen AI hallucinations a new risk, or do we already have tools and approaches to manage them?
aes.id.au/blog/2025/03/10/is-a
#ai #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #governance #hallucinations #technology

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DoomsdaysCW

In other news...

Meet the 2024-2026 #NDN #Changemakers

By Jordynn Paz • March 5, 2025

"In October, NDN Collective announced the recipients of the 2024/26 Changemaker Fellowship, a cohort of 21 #Indigenous leaders from throughout #TurtleIsland, Islands of #Hawaii, #Borikén / #PuertoRico, the U.S. territories of American #Samoa, #Guam, the Northern #Mariana Islands, and the U.S. #VirginIslands. These incredible fellows are transforming their communities, defending Indigenous lands and waters, developing solutions for #regenerative and #sustainable futures, and revitalizing #IndigenousLanguages, #governance, #ceremonies and ways of being.

"We are honored to support the important and necessary work of each of these changemakers through this two-year fellowship program. With the NDN Changemaker Fellowship, individuals will focus on education, skill building, networking, community building, theory of change mapping, and mentorship."

Read more:
ndncollective.org/meet-the-202
#TraditionalKnowledge #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #SocialJustice #IndigenousHealth #IndigenousWellBeing #FoodSecurity #Decolonize #ProtectMotherEarth #LanguagePreservation #CulturePreservation #NDNCollective

NDN COLLECTIVE · MEET THE 2024-26 NDN CHANGEMAKERS - NDN COLLECTIVEIn October, NDN Collective announced the recipients of the 2024/26 Changemaker Fellowship, a cohort of 21 Indigenous leaders from throughout...
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David Clubb

Community Governance in Wales; local democracy at risk?

"This report on the democratic health of community and town councils... highlight(s) significant challenges that, if left unaddressed, threaten the very foundation of local democracy." Shereen Williams, Chair, "Democratic health of community and town councils" Boards Wales takeaways: Community and Town Councils play an important role in the creation and maintenance of local amenities Most wards are uncontested and more than 20% of seats were unfilled at the last election (2022); this […]

boards.wales/2025/03/07/commun

Somebody is kite surfing in the foreground. The background is a coastal community with brightly coloured terraced houses, and more houses on land that rises quite steeply from the shore.
A map of Wales subdivided into the 745 community and town councils, some coloured to represent different types of area (such as those without CTCs, or jointly managed).
#communityandtowncouncils#governance
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Will We Let a Digital Coup Against Democracy Prevail?

#DOGE, #Democracy, & What the #Privacy Act of 1974 has to do with it
contrarian.substack.com/p/will

"Right now in #WashingtonDC, technology is being weaponized...

If it wasn’t already abundantly clear that how #technology is built & used can control our daily lives, manipulate our system of #governance, & be a dire threat to #liberty (code as #law), this past month has made these truths fully evident."

Headline from The Contrarian: Will We Let a Digital Coup Against Democracy Prevail? DOGE, Democracy, and What the Privacy Act of 1974 has to do with it Feb 25, 2025
#Musk#Coup#Trump
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Tiago F. R. Ribeiro

Superintelligent Agents Pose Catastrophic Risks (Bengio et al., 2025)

📎arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15657

Summary: “Leading AI firms are developing generalist agents that autonomously plan and act. These systems carry significant safety risks, such as misuse and loss of control. To address this, we propose Scientist AI—a non-agentic, explanation-based system that uses uncertainty to safeguard against overconfident, uncontrolled behavior while accelerating scientific progress.” #AISafety #AI #Governance

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