A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
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A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
Another great article featuring our research published in @nature.com
Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
@science.org
oil now reaching the 'um, guys? we sure this is all ok?' stage
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.
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Great to have you in the country Ian
Australian sailors are serving in US submarines because of the AUKUS treaty, but tightly-coupled US-Australian military cooperation has been a bipartisan policy in Canberra for decades www.9news.com.au/world/us-isr...
Sadly, NOTHING has changed.
Very interesting report, supposedly confirmed by the Qataris — Iran missile strikes have taken out a number of radars for THAAD systems defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...
2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog
Well yes that too
I mean I actually liked the milkshake guy but he was never going to vote highly
No it should the *next* TISM
Onya Wendy
I am deeply opposed to the choice of Delta Goodrem as Australia’s pick for Eurovision. Our proud musical nation should be investing in young and emerging novelty acts, with outlandish costumes and incredibly catchy jingles
The Albanese Government's case for crackdown on FOI fell apart when it became clear that there is no "flood" of FOI requests.
Case load is about the same as 20 years ago. The extra costs and delays are a result of FOI officers spending their time trying to block access and censor documents.
Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.
The #FOI Amendment Bill is officially dead.
This is a victory for civil society, which has worked collectively to ensure this Bill – which would have harmed our democracy – did not become law.
Long live transparency! #auspol
Energy Analysis Environment Technology Australia’s data centre lobby stumbles in its dance to avoid real regulation Google’s new data centre is entirely self-sufficient when it comes to power. Sounds like a good thing, right? Think again. Ketan Joshi Ketan Joshi Mar 4, 2026 7 min read
Hey!!! Got a new piece up at @crikey.com.au for you, about how Australia's data centre lobby is trying the subtle dance of avoiding regulation by suggesting weak voluntary actions
But something new has thrown them off balance.........
www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/04/a...
Online radicalisation must be stopped Emma
A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
“Labor sits on a statewide average of 25%”
Well I can’t see any problems for the sitting government here, this is fine
I dust my house. My AI robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
I mean it’s not like we can let a United Nations Special Rapporteur just rock up to a university! And give a speech about international law! It will be anarchy. Where will it end? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pretty good wrap, missed a lot of the best Aus derivatives though, eg 6Ft Hick
Third verse, same as the first
David Pope in Canberra Times
Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI
Bit sick of “progressive” pundits, pollies etc asking for incremental reforms as we careen over the lip of the abyss to oblivion. Let’s at least take a shot at saving our climate, biosphere and civilisation. Hint: a 5% tax on billionaire wealth won’t cut it.