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Watch this clip.

Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.

12.03.2026 16:42 👍 5416 🔁 1599 💬 317 📌 78

Name the perpetrators. It's not Grok. It's men.

07.03.2026 21:14 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

I say a similar thing to most people at work. "I have a coffee cup that has been working here, longer than you've been alive."

06.03.2026 06:20 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

sounds like you would have memorised all the AT commands as well. I know I did.

06.03.2026 06:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

05.03.2026 05:17 👍 17447 🔁 5770 💬 129 📌 101

Maybe @toomanyspectra.bsky.social could assist

05.03.2026 23:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rob, the only one trying to redefine the discussion is you, with your false equivalence.

05.03.2026 20:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Why Australia Needs Action on Wealth Inequality With Gary Stevenson
Why Australia Needs Action on Wealth Inequality With Gary Stevenson YouTube video by Australian Greens

youtube.com/watch?v=b8f3...

05.03.2026 05:13 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Contrast: "We turned off all the lights on the upper decks, and with the ship stopped with no ripples, all of the stars reflected perfectly off the ocean, and it felt like we were in the middle of the universe."

More of us could have that sky, if we fight for it.

04.03.2026 05:05 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 👍 8130 🔁 2405 💬 259 📌 525

Tell that to the Germans, on the Eastern front, during WW2

04.03.2026 10:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Data centre ARMS RACE must END!
Data centre ARMS RACE must END! YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge

#StateOfTheNation

Thank You @davidshoebridge.bsky.social

way too many people sexed up over Ai Data Centres without knowing the logistical and environmental impacts they will have.

a #VoiceOfReason for the Nation 🙏

#AusPol #BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor #AiData

youtu.be/KWGtsULfDJU?...

04.03.2026 08:40 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

It's not just the heat and launch costs, which should nix the whole project anyway. But cosmic radiation will absolutely punish computers; especially those that are trying to push the boundaries of processing speeds.

23.02.2026 10:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We're nowhere near anywhere close to being able to build a Dyson sphere, nor the orbiting data centres.

23.02.2026 10:19 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Pope Leo tells priests not to use AI to write homilies or seek likes on TikTok "To give a true homily is to share faith," and artificial intelligence "will never be able to share faith," the pope said.

“Pope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek ‘likes’ on social media platforms like TikTok.”

“‘To give a true homily is to share faith,’ and artificial intelligence ‘will never be able to share faith,’ the pope added.”

22.02.2026 16:39 👍 3134 🔁 776 💬 39 📌 244

Just caught up with Anthony Albanese and Chris Minnsanyahu hobnobbing it with Lachlan Murdoch and his gang of rwnj’s at the Sky News rebrand to News24. The Australian Labor Party is cooked. Money, mining and maaates. They’re just as bad as the conservative side of politics.

20.02.2026 22:10 👍 76 🔁 26 💬 10 📌 1

Well, at this point you are a hard unfollow. Anyone who promotes generative AI is grifting, in my book.

20.02.2026 08:43 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Prof Lyon explains with examples the “huge” benefit #Big4 receive
A company with $100 reward could ‘become extinct’ when sanctioned, while a Big4 firm with $2.5Bill profits is paying just $1mill in costs
This while paying No corporate income or payroll tax💥
It’s a farce #auspol

20.02.2026 04:56 👍 78 🔁 29 💬 6 📌 0

I would happily watch a full 2hr version of this than anything made with genAI

19.02.2026 08:03 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

18.02.2026 19:00 👍 26494 🔁 6439 💬 552 📌 1081
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Australian man died in Bali after consulate refused to assist with medical transfer Consular officials told son of unconscious, critically ill man they could not discuss the situation for ‘privacy’ reasons

FFS, this is the sort of "apology" you get after complaining the hotel bathroom wasn't properly cleaned.

"We are sincerely sorry the consular services provided in relation to Wayne’s case did not meet your expectations."

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

16.02.2026 09:09 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

Roo looks so much like my Jack Russell pup. they are awesome companions.

15.02.2026 22:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CSIRO funding falling short by ‘at least’ $1 billion Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.

“Cuts at CSIRO simply shift the cost to the Australian Government into paying another provider. And when there is no other organisation that can provide scientific expertise at the same level, then the costs will go up and the quality will go down.” satpa.pe/I4oZaxk

15.02.2026 20:17 👍 24 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 3
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Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes Dick Smith, Graham Marr and Richard Barnes are the only Australians among 400 millionaires and billionaires globally to sign an open letter calling for higher taxes on the super rich

Five times higher at least!

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

12.02.2026 01:47 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Didn't they attempt to invoke war powers for Venezula?

12.02.2026 00:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The death of the CIA Factbook and Trump's war on usefulness Wherever government does something helpful, the regime wants to kill it.

The CIA scrubbing the World Factbook from the web may not seem like a big deal in itself, but it's a symptom of something larger: the Trump administration's war on government usefulness.

My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/cia-world-...

10.02.2026 14:10 👍 726 🔁 241 💬 18 📌 9

NSW Police have proven themselves unfit to hold their standard powers, time and time again.

Their punishment for case after case of incompetence, corruption and misuse of their current powers is . . . more powers.

#NSWPol

#AusPol

09.02.2026 09:24 👍 105 🔁 23 💬 11 📌 0

Not only can a colonoscopy catch cancer early and save your life, it can also *prevent* cancer if they find and remove any polys.

If you're old enough to qualify, you owe it to yourself and to your loved ones to get it done.

06.02.2026 20:10 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

bi-annual booking for me. I'm glad when they tell me they've removed polyps.

06.02.2026 21:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0