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Plain, simple, Cin Australian non-binary nerd, 25-year veteran of the IT industry, former Microsoftie, life-long space enthusiast who actually got to work with rockets for a little while.

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A lot of journalism folks are offering editing advice as Grammarly’s AI “experts” Grammarly's AI-powered "Expert Review" promises "writing feedback by subject-matter experts," and if you write about journalism, there's a good chance that includes you.

If you think any of these professional writers use this piece of crap, you're a fool.. it's spyware that steals your every keystroke, and has been from the day it was built.

I wish them a very sued by a bunch of famous people

www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/a-lo...

11.03.2026 01:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Unfortunately the change so far has been a lot of people with a uterus cancelling their scans for fear of getting dissected for no reason. 😣

11.03.2026 01:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Google search bar containing the term MRSUnknownError followed by Did you mean: MR Unknown Error

Google search bar containing the term MRSUnknownError followed by Did you mean: MR Unknown Error

Google so sexist even the errors can't be female presenting

11.03.2026 01:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Grammarly have been stealing your every key stroke since before it was cool. There's a good reason it's banned in most government agencies. They're just being more blatant now.

With Grammarly, nothing stays on your PC. Every interaction with every open app is shipped off to servers in the US.

10.03.2026 21:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I just think men are too emotional for politics

10.03.2026 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Help me cover the rego for my Corolla help me pay the green slip and rego check for my Corolla to keep me on the road 🚗

I’m collecting $500 until 04/04/2026 for Help me cover the rego for my Corolla. Can you help?
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9ncA...

06.03.2026 06:51 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack Could steal sensitive personal and financial data After a whopper of a Patch Tuesday last month, with six Microsoft flaws exploited as zero-days, March didn't exactly roar in like a lion. Just two of the 83 Microsoft CVEs released on Tuesday are listed as publicly known, and none is under active exploitation, which we're sure is a welcome change to sysadmins.…

Critical Microsoft Excel bug weaponizes Copilot Agent for zero-click information disclosure attack

10.03.2026 20:38 👍 17 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 2
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Age verification code comes into effect

Experts say the new online safety codes that require age verification for R-rated games and websites could compromise user privacy www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/2026/03...

10.03.2026 08:08 👍 18 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1
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WA government’s Microsoft 365 issues led to $71k being stolen, exposure of child data The data breach on the West Australian government that resulted in the data of children being exposed, as well as an invoice fraud incident that led to $71,000 being stolen, reportedly came from the s...

WA government’s Microsoft 365 issues led to $71k being stolen, exposure of child data www.cyberdaily.au/security/133...

10.03.2026 08:04 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

If you see a message from “Signal Support Bot”, no you didn’t

09.03.2026 17:31 👍 235 🔁 79 💬 6 📌 1
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Age verification for R-rated games and websites raises privacy concerns New online safety codes requiring R-rated games and websites to verify their users' ages come into effect, prompting concerns about online privacy.

Speaking as a digital media expert, I really think it's about time we abolish the eSafety Commissioner

09.03.2026 09:35 👍 52 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
09.03.2026 11:54 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Melbourne, please put a quiet cabin on your trains 😭

I'm going somewhere, I didn't sign up for some wannabe DJ to destroy what's left of my hearing.

09.03.2026 06:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Disgraceful': Petrol stations running dry as suppliers cut off fuel

Independent petrol stations running dry as suppliers cut off fuel to regional Australia www.9news.com.au/national/fue...

09.03.2026 05:20 👍 41 🔁 19 💬 7 📌 11

I'm too bored of this to try and be clever about it anymore.

If you think that two men kissing, or two women kissing, requires any more explanation than a man kissing a woman, that is homophobia.

08.03.2026 09:56 👍 5812 🔁 1398 💬 60 📌 19
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Outsourced call centre sweeps Centrelink customer privacy breaches ‘under the rug’, staff allege Workers accuse government-contracted Telco Services Australia of fabricating performance statistics, denying adequate breaks and penalising staff for taking leave

The welfare system is not safe for welfare recipients and not safe for the workers employed in it.

08.03.2026 21:23 👍 30 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 1

Yes, it's November 19

(Iykyk)

07.03.2026 22:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2 good 2 go is the app. Bakers delight have most their stores on there

07.03.2026 11:07 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

It's both disingenuous to celebrate Proton (who are a business making money in a friendly nation) as bulletproof, and to compare them to Google, who make money by mining your email content. Understand your threat model and message accordingly. www.404media.co/proton-mail-h...

07.03.2026 01:38 👍 88 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 2

fish doorbell fish doorbell fish doorbell FISH DOORBELL FISH DOORBELL🐟🛎️

06.03.2026 13:49 👍 307 🔁 87 💬 7 📌 3
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Albanese has now admitted that Australians were onboard the US nuclear sub that sank an Iranian vessel and left the crew to drown, in a violation of international law. This was always an inevitability of AUKUS. End AUKUS now.

06.03.2026 02:03 👍 455 🔁 206 💬 25 📌 18
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

05.03.2026 20:39 👍 2484 🔁 1410 💬 91 📌 339
A 35mm camera with film being loaded

A 35mm camera with film being loaded

A 120 format camera with film being loaded

A 120 format camera with film being loaded

Looking forward to seeing how the lomochrome purple comes out

05.03.2026 09:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
freeq — IRC with identity IRC server with AT Protocol (Bluesky) identity authentication. Connect with any IRC client, authenticate with your Bluesky account.

Not quite ready to launch, but if you're a decentralized identity and/or AT proto nerd, you might want to take an early peek at this freeq.at

05.03.2026 01:11 👍 171 🔁 46 💬 13 📌 16

Given real human people cannot grasp that a total and permanent disability/terminal condition is never going to be "cured", I find this shocking....

05.03.2026 09:07 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I was amazed someone beat me to explaining haha

05.03.2026 09:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Praktica needs to be looked at again, and the replacement lens for the Mamiya hasn't arrived yet, so borrowing an Olympus OM10 as my 35mm for the week. Very polycamerous this trip: OM10, Isolette, Brownie, Ektralite 10, OMD5, and of course the Charmera 😂

05.03.2026 09:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Super proud of you!

05.03.2026 08:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That's 100% it, there was a call in to JJJ about it decades ago 😂

05.03.2026 08:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Exclusive: NDIS algorithm designed to put scheme back on track at 'critical risk' Documents seen by Crikey show that senior staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency have warned that the policy design of the so-called New Framework Planning is in disarray.

Rollout of new NDIS reform in chaos, as fears grow over impact of computer-driven assessments www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/r...

05.03.2026 07:50 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0