New Aged Care assessments done by "algorithm" according to the person who interviews and collects raw data. Staff reprimanded recently because assessments are done by AI and the AI's decision is final. Resulting assessment starts with this lie: After careful consideration, a decision has been made

Generally loving Star Trek Academy but not so much the ranty bad guy episodes. It's why I didn't like Wrath of Khan movie, bad guy was way too ranty. Every series has featured their own ranty bad guys, universally don't like those episodes. Klingons even have ranty good guys, pass on them too.

Medication has 2 rpts left on label. Pharmacist refuses to dispense because script expired. No way for me to know that. Apparently, Dr doesn't know either. Pharmacist solution, reduce qty to get script 3 times more often, 3 times hassle going there, 3 times the dispensing fee. No, 3 rpts instead.

“Our elected representatives should remember their job is to represent the interests of Australians, not give our resources away to ingratiate themselves with foreign gas corporations,” said Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute. Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4twmMla

v1.116 is rolling out now! For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.

Didn't think it was possible,but Liberal party have scrapped the bottom of the barrel hard enough to find worse than scummo.

A wealth tax on billionaires is victimless. Remember that. The tax paid makes no material difference to their lives or wealth, no matter how hard they cry about it. Sure, they don't like it. That's just their greed and self centred obsession with only themselves being exposed.

@support.bsky.team There are bots that monitor the firehose and repost to get in your mentions. The repost is instant after posting. Sometimes it's done with a Like. This pattern should be easy to spot and shutdown the bot account.

Some things never change with non-tech folk who use computers, they don't read all of the dialogue in popups. They read the title and assume it's the same as last time, or just assume whatever pops into their head. Like assuming news article content from its headline. Just read it, ffs.

Spur of the moment thing to try seafood buffet at Star Casino. School just gone back, Feb is slow month, so $20 off advertised price. Nice. Noticed the “kids eat free” sign on the way in. There are a lot of young families. The kids are too busy stuffing their faces to make a nuisance. All good.

I must thank autocorrect for improving my vocabulary. Some of its ridiculous suggestions are such obscure words I have to look them up (out of curiosity). Fuck autocorrect is worse now than it’s ever been. Still, assumes 1st letter is correct and makes the dumbest guesses from that.

When your government tells you to protest less, protest more. #ProtestMore

There are a few names missing on chart. Who was President between 2016-2020 when fentanyl deaths first started to take off after being relatively low for many years @oldmantex.bsky.social ?

At work I sometimes had to explain to young guys how to succeed at their job. They were failing too often and they didn't like it. The advice was, "Don't stop trying until you succeed." Stopping before success is giving yourself permission to fail. Ask for help when you need it. Do that instead.

Summary of Peter Hartcher article in Nine

I like how Star Trek Academy writing has been inspired by "Community" to a certain degree. Makes it fun with some clever word play in each episode. "They've shenanned before and they'll shenan again." keeps looping in by brain.

As if we needed more proof, we share no values with this man and his regime. Australia urgently needs an independent foreign and defence policy. End AUKUS.

Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax. Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.

The 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more than 34 million people combined. That level of inequality is totally unsustainable. A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.

@support.bsky.team Huge flood of begging bots today. Hope you're onto them.

From the AFR: sorry but this is absolutely batshit fucking crazy and it needs to stop

Rusted on right wing bigots only have one tune. Only the ALP have ever made major changes to benefit all Australians. Medicare & PBS to name two. Both of which LNP try to wreck every chance they get.

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

We all know a few folk we text that must send the last message in every SMS exchange. Impossible to end an exchange, they’ll always reply. I realise that you may well be that person amongst your friends. In which case, on behalf of everyone you’ve ever texted, fuck you.

Front page Epstein files story today reveals Steve Bannon told Clive Palmer to spend $60mil on anti-China and anti-climate change ads for the 2019 election. D’ya think this could be why we want our media to ask “who’s behind this & who does it serve?” rather than just reporting “pollie said this”?!

How it started, how it’s going.

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New iOS phone has done away with favourites button that had the handful of numbers 99%of my calls were to. So quick and easy. Man, I was sick to death of that convenience. Now have to scroll thru a quagmire of contacts looking for them. About time it was tedious!

New planet just dropped and it 1) is almost exactly Earth-sized 2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year. 3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡 Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪

Follow my blog. There’s a lot of swearing, but there’s a lot of long drawn out stories about amazing things happening if you truly pour your hear into giving a fuck about something. It might be what you need right now. philsturgeon.com/january-was-...

Weather outlook. My @smh @theage cartoon.

One of the best parts of iOS 26.2 is the new UI that requires multiple taps and sub menus to do the same common functions that could be done with only one tap on a flat UI. All that spare time & effort I once had, now put to good use doing common mundane functions all the time!

Perceptive and to the point as always, @cathywilcox.bsky.social

Kinda disappointing the “suggested for you” accounts are topics I wouldn’t follow in a million years. How ever they are chosen couldn’t more wrong about what interests me. “Single mother of 3” for gay dude into tech? Yeah, right.

Stupid Uber UI/UX. Wrongly told QANTAS at T2, so chose that as destination. Then chose QANTAS as airline, Uber then sends that to driver as Jetstar T2. I have NFI what terminal but absolute certainty what airline I booked. Naturally, Uber ignores certainty and makes the NFI its truth. Stupid AF!

Looking for a better date to hold Australia Day? Here’s a good option www.cqu.edu.au/news/1110266...

@support.bsky.team age verification of this same account on another device no longer works on iOS 26.2 Get a spinning busy donut that never ends.

Star Trek Academy starts with terrible disappointment that the Federation still uses the same injustice system the USA has today. No enlightenment, no progress over many centuries. An obvious plot device to setup the series story arc. Much less American culture focus would be much more appealing.

Google Maps must think there’s a secret passage in the back of hungry jacks.

Words to live by. The only way is not the right. Never will be otherwise.

Omg, just ended up on faecebook and after a few posts from ppl I know, a barrage of anti renewable bullshit lies.

Sydney nightlife has picked up a bit. It’s after midnight and the seagulls are still fighting over a chip on the footpath outside hungry jacks on Oxford st.

@octopus.energy perhaps a tiny clue in your profile where in the world you operate would nice? Don’t want to go getting FOMO for something on the other side of the world.

Thanks a lot QANTAS, useless twats. Lounge invite requires login to display. Try again later? FFS, later I’ll be on the damn flight!

iPhone just upgraded from V18 to V26. No warning, just an update I assumed was 18.x not major version. Such an Apple experience, dripping with arrogance. How long will I hate my phone this time until it’s normal again…

It’s a familiar story now. Australia allows deadbeat foreign entity to buy strategic assets, let them run down exporting all profits while they exist. All while paying no tax, not paying bills, then get lashings of public money because we can’t afford strategic asset to go broke. Grifters love us.

Yet again vindicated for never voting @australianlabor.bsky.social since they sided with that turd howard in 2004 to deny marriage equality because of that little homophobic prick. @albomp.bsky.social is no better, promoting gay discrimination in 2026.

We have officially completed the purchase of Warleigh Nature Reserve!! 🎉 We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring. Loads more to come but for those not familiar: youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE @protect.earth #rewilding

This is absolutely obscene. Tax the rich.

You what would be an absolute cracker of a new feature, @support.bsky.team ? Saving the hash of images so they can be muted like accounts. If you post the image that post is muted. This one is the first image I'd mute, sick to death of seeing memes using it.