As an AFL fan who hates the Cats, and a Bulldogs fan who can't stand Bailey Smith for many reasons, I'm relishing their total destruction.
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As an AFL fan who hates the Cats, and a Bulldogs fan who can't stand Bailey Smith for many reasons, I'm relishing their total destruction.
I rarely watch commercial tv, but seeing the green washing of natural gas shift to ads declaring how much tax the mining industry shows discontent with the Australian tax system, particularly regarding major corporations and industries. Feathers are sufficiently ruffled to open the purse strings.
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Per the below, if itโs โprejudiceโ to believe that academic work should be written by the academic and not generative AI then fine call me prejudiced. If people think AI can produce social science or humanities work better than that they could create themselves then they should quit or be sacked.
In five years we'll still be laughing at this dumbass-take...
Apparently, we're at that point in this chaotic timeline that we've reverted back to the crusades.
This is extraordinarily dangerous for Israel. If true, it means that Israel can determine when the US goes to war and Americans die. If a lie, then Israel is being made the fall guy for Trumpโs unpopular policy.
Prof. Robert Pape:
"I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".
This is a hugely important story: everyone concerned with learning and truth should read it. Presented with prompts about a lesser-known turn-of-the-last-century composer, an LLM produces a nice, clear readable evaluation of her Symphony No. 1 - which DOESN'T EXIST. Everything is made up. ๐ตโ๐ซ
I'm currently collecting material for an article around the various Australian Middle East defence inquiries, but not yet published, unfortunately.
Extending this out to historical studies in other countries, particularly UK, Canada and New Zealand. Any which use submissions to inquiries as their primary source base
Donโt elect Presidents who canโt be bothered to read a book.
I donโt even really think this is fair. Iraq was heavily debated publicly, and there was a plan. It was a stupid and delusional plan based on unrealistic assumptions, but it was known publicly and voted on by Congress.
There was no public debate or Congressional authorization in this instance.
Dates are important: US/Israel operations in/against Iran begin on the anniversary of the end of the Gulf War, 28 February 1991.
This is important, particularly for people trying to flee domestic violence:
And turn off phones that you don't want people to know about the day before and don't turn them on until the day after.
Also check which regional tests are being done first.
I see serious outcomes for so many people from this: domestic violence victims, neurodivergents, elderly people, anyone driving when this goes off unexpectedly.
It also happens to be a teaching day, so I don't envy anyone who has to be in a room or lecture theatre full of these going off!
Hi folks, after some very hard graft, I've a UK publication date - 2 July 2026 - for Book I of my Second World War Trilogy.
COLLAPSE will publish with @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social. The cover, which I love, is below!!
Details and pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/316660...
I agree BlueSky is inferior owing to network effects, and the various sub-communities (foreign policy vs knitting or beer) may be better or worse than others. But I do feel like between โX is better for talking to my peersโ with โthis site is designed to turn people into Nazis,โ one view is stronger
OK, but the risks of attacking Iran were all knowable before the massive forward deployment of US forces to the region.
This is a military buildup in search of a political and strategic rationale.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The Conversation is hiring two cadet journalists, send this on to all the young journos and new grads jobs.theconversation.com/jobs/5026001...
In case your articles are still on Academia.edu: why?
Lots of fantastic quotes in this interview, as you'd expect, but it's still consistently funny to watch Gilroy push back on the notion he's clairvoyant when all he and the other writers of Andor did was look to historical references.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...
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i have had to find other ways of framing this to get people to respect my boundaries around gen AI, but what i really want to say is: do not pollute me spiritually
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It's almost as if the human brain has unique qualities and capabilities that computerised models (i.e. maths) can't mimic, let alone replicate.
This is an irresponsible headline.
Overall, veterans are less likely to have criminal records.
Mass shooters are overwhelmingly younger white men and thatโs where the correlation with veterans is.
Veteran mass shooters are usually those with *failed* military careers who were discharged early.
