Antony J Funnell
@antonyjfunnell
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Antony Funnell is a Walkley award winning author and broadcaster. He presents the ABC podcast Future Tense. Subscribe in iTunes: https://t.co/O3CpLKvTtO
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Joined March 2009
Some of the analysis in this piece is excellent -
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By 2050, cities may float or fly, according to proposals cooked up by billionaires.
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RT @leecronin: It is trivial to explain why a LLM can never ever be conscious or intelligent. Utterly trivial. It goes like this - LLMs hav….
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Donald Trump once called Bitcoin a "scam", but questions are now being asked about his own involvement in crypto currencies.
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Donald Trump is establishing a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. He wants it to rival the country's stockpile of gold. He boasts America will one day be the "Bitcoin superpower of the world", but what's...
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RT @abcnews: Award-winning journalist Sally Sara has been announced as the new presenter of Radio National Breakfast in 2025. https://t.co….
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Award-winning journalist Sally Sara has been announced as the new presenter of Radio National Breakfast in 2025. Sally has reported from more than 40 countries as an ABC foreign correspondent,...
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RT @TheRealPBarry: So many people thanking @ABCmediawatch for tonight’s program. Hard to watch, I know, but the story needs to told. Thanks….
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PBS News Hour’s Leila Molana-Allen on reporting from the front line in Lebanon and why it’s critical for journalists to see first-hand the horrors of war.
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And our detailed look at the problems with "net zero" -
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Net Zero isn’t just a climate target, it’s become a badge of commitment in the global effort to bring down Greenhouse Gas emissions. But its real worth is debateable, with some environmentalists and...
Twiggy Forrest has called out "net" zero as a "con to maintain fossil fuels" & plans to decarbonise Fortescue. So, what is "real" zero?. Richard Denniss tells ABC Radio Illawarra "real" zero is simple: less bad things & more of the good things. #auspol #climate @RDNS_TAI
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It's Ageism Awareness Day and, always on theme, here's our contribution to the discussion. #ageismawarenessday @COTAAustralia
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Could the realities of an aging population and a declining birth rate soon make our obsession with youth a thing of the past? It's not just an equity issue it also has implications for politics and...
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RT @CSS_ETHZurich: More than 80 countries, containing over half the world's population, are holding elections this year. @GoranaGrgic Senio….
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RT @MediaActive: #PODCAST “Future Tense” @RadioNational with @antonyjfunnell. Always solid, informative #audiojournalism. This episode….
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While technology platforms increasingly dictate the way we write and converse, language is being modified to fight back, to subvert the platforms. In this show we examine the growth of "algospeak"....
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Hello @Scienceofsport I present the Future Tense programme on the Australian ABC. We're trying to get in touch re an interview. Could you please follow me and DM a suitable email contact. Antony.
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RT @meadea: New Weekly Beast: As News Corp rages over Laura Tingle, Sharri Markson bewails an ‘explosion of racism’ across Australia.https:….
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Murdoch’s empire down under has been quietly reorganised – with a long, slow cull of journalists expected to follow
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RT @wendy_harmer: In Margaret River and spending time with brain box @acgrayling recently, he offered the view that we are not living in ti….
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Are we being manipulated for profit? Why fear and anger play such a large role in our daily lives. @rspeckham @noel_castree @mfaraci @jenniferlerner @erikaferszt
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Anger and fear dominate our world right now, but experts say those who are engineering these emotions are often doing so for the money.
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It seems duration matters a great deal if you're trying to create a Universal Basic Income scheme that can work.
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The world's largest Universal Basic Income trial is currently underway in Kenya. It involves 295 villages and more than 20,000 families. The trial has just reached the two-year mark and Nobel-Prize...
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RT @NickBryantNY: Lessons learnt from covering Trump - and mistakes we should avoid repeating - is the theme of my Brian Johns memorial lec….
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Hello @emilyadh I'm a presenter with the Australian Broadcast Corp. We'd like to line up an interview with you, but we're having trouble reaching you by email. Could you please DM me and send me a suitable email address? cheers Antony.
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RT @wendy_harmer: Doing some house cleaning this morning and re-listening to my fave podcast with @antonyjfunnell .I'd missed this one . ….
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Managerialism is a Neo-liberal philosophy that critics accuse of bloating both the public and private sectors with unnecessary management. It's also accused of having bred a separate highly-paid...
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RT @DanRather: If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest. As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch….
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Fans are spending thousands a month to support their favourite streamers on TikTok Live, but most of the money is going to TikTok itself. And it has experts concerned about the effects on online culture and the possibility of addiction. @FELLJulian
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Fans are spending thousands of dollars a month to support their favourite streamers on TikTok Live, but most of the money is going to TikTok itself.
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