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@skippyhammond

Aussie nerd. #python/@rustlang/@mozilla. he/him

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Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories' worst disasters still have the keys to No 10
George Monbiot
Who is running the government's growth school' for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears
Thu 11 Sep 2025 15.00 AEST
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Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories' worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 George Monbiot Who is running the government's growth school' for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears Thu 11 Sep 2025 15.00 AEST < Share 660

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐ŸงตA big warm welcome to all the lovely Canadians jumping on the Atlas Network train. #NZpol has led the way with the Aus academic @jeremywalker.bsky.social showing the history that got them a โ€œthinkโ€ tank operative as Dep PM. George Monbiot says โ€œjunktanksโ€๐Ÿ‘Œ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

08.03.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 69 ๐Ÿ” 35 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.

15.02.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 842 ๐Ÿ” 91 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Proud to be ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australian! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ‘Š...๐Ÿ˜โœŒ๏ธโ˜ฎ๏ธ
#thosecarterboys #Australia #Italy #olympics #Nutbush #dance #TinaTurner

15.02.2026 01:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The wrong one unfortunately.

31.01.2026 01:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 88 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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WHO removing Us Flag

23.01.2026 21:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 7821 ๐Ÿ” 3496 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 635 ๐Ÿ“Œ 623
Test sites for browser developers | Jonathan Almeida Scribblings and nonsense

I compiled a list of test sites I use when working on web browsers: https://jonalmeida.com/blog/browser-test-sites/

Will try and keep it up-to-date as I recall or find more.

22.01.2026 06:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.01.2026 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even UNICEF is like "yo, Australia, this social media ban for kids is a terrible fucking idea."

www.unicef.org/press-releas...

13.12.2025 06:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 657 ๐Ÿ” 182 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

When Gmail receives an email containing a Google Drive link it displays as an attachment. What happens when you click on the attachment to download it?

Gmail does an XHR to a URL like clients6.google.com/drive/.

This request responds with a base64 encoded version of the Google Drive file.

07.01.2025 20:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi, yes I am!

15.12.2024 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On "Safe" C++ ATTENTION! This post contains high amounts of both psychic damage and catharsis. Everything you learn will be done so against your will. Reader discretion is advised.

Hi! I've written 22,000+ words on "Safe" C++

izzys.casa/2024/11/on-s...

18.11.2024 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 250 ๐Ÿ” 94 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22