Good job Victoria. Playing into the Sydney vs Melbourne discourse. More seriously, who the hell wants this. Illegal cigarette retailers? Sovereign citizens? They're buying Victorian Govt now? #auspol

There are literally DECADES of computer science dedicated to reliable control of aircraft. It is based on multiple redundant and reproduceable decision making. Along with advances in material science, this had been leading to near continuous improvement in aircraft safety per passenger mile. No AI!

Why does Segal continue to have a job @albomp.bsky.social ?

I wish we had an owl family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_iy...

As someone who retired in frustration with the ever-worsening security failures in IT, this statement is absolute perfection. "(Cloudflare) exist solely because the Internet is a mess of dumped externalities, "bright ideas" and techbro arrogance."

*Outside* the White House, is not the news we need people.

Barr on Ch7's Sunrise going with 1 in 5 under 28 investing in shares. Three young women (LNP operatives?) all re-enforcing it. "Lots" of companies thinking of moving NZ now. 🤡 Just pathetic. #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social

Heading out tonight for a retiring past work colleague (from Cork) who has the most incredible accent, but he has lived in Australia for 35 years. To me his accent hasn't changed a bit, but tells me when he was recently in Ireland everyone said he sounded 'Australian'. 😂

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live. Pink Floyd David Bowie Queen Rammstein Alice Cooper Devin Townsend Garbage Leningrad Cowboys Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Talking Heads

Incredible no-one was killed. These things can really move. If I remember the cross correctly it isn't far from a station, so lucky to probably not be moving at full speed. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap.

The problem with Australia Labor or UK Labour style incrementalism/small-target-strategy is you get attacked anyways. Tinkering doesn't do shit. *I appreciate this is not a new observation. But they suck. #Ãüšpøł #brœkęns

This is kinda what we have been doing. Since they were launched. Practically. #AUKUS

Is the work stressful? You have to be able to 'let go'. 😆

Sorry @drdrehistorian.bsky.social, looks a bit like the Mighty Dockers are ON. #afl #essendon #dockers

I haven't seen @unburntwitch.com here for a while. Dev blocklisted again? 🙂 If taking a socmed break, take care of yourself Zoë.

The Onion need Omar Al-Farouq as their Middle East Expert. @bencollins.bsky.social (Back on ONN as well if the actor is still available - he is absolutely BRILLIANT). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OI...

Australian friends; is anyone else's Aussie Church (Bunnings) self-checkout closed? I've been to four in two weeks and the self-checkouts are closed. Something to do with the face recognition ruling perhaps. Staff don't know why and I didn't see any of the required AI facial recognition signage.

Our office received this email from Fedex, suggesting individual (illegal tariff) refunds *will* be made.

Xi: Sure we'll help, but only if Trump is removed.

"Idiocracene" needs to be in the dictionary for next year. On the other place I had claimed to have invented it, but I see it pre-dates my (justified) ban. 😆

Australia needs to follow AND cancel the never-will-exist AUKUS submarines.

No I don't Robert. #freeLuigi oh and ...

Voting for SCHOOL BOARDS. Voting. Sort your shit out USA. Is there any other country that does this?

The give-away was that it would fail any other country's safety standards and therefore can't be sold outside the US.

Name your top 15 TV shows ever Yes Minister Yes Prime Minister Ripping Yarns Blake's 7 The League of Gentlemen People Like Us The World At War I, Claudius Monty Python's Flying Circus Peep Show Simpsons (pre Season 11) Blackadder Edge Of Darkness Kenny Everret Video Cassette Muppett Show (original)

Re-program my time machine from an accidental 1066 to 20 April 1889, deal with that satan. Then forward again to June 14, 1946 to deal with the new satan.

(1/3) That's not strictly true, as "ultra processed" comes from NOVA classification. However NOVA doesn't assess nutritional quality (wasn't designed to). Does that mean NOVA upf classification is meaningless? No. But should be combined with s-t else eg HFSS (high in fat, salt & sugar).

5 topics I could give an hour-long talk on: 1. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy / Monty Python 2. Pink Floyd Lore 3. 6502 processor as the GOAT 4. Why VMS is (still) superior to Unix(es) 5. Das Boot / Downfall

Top US Industries: 1. Military Industrial Complex (of course) 2. Electioneering (PACs, consultants) 3. Evangilism 4. Grift not covered by #3 5. Energy waste

In a way, the most accurate way to conceptualize the business model of an AI company is it's a machine that turns Saudi oil money into datacenter waste heat.

Fremantle has had more use of the new Tasmania ferries than Tasmanians. We could also dock them. Photo credit: Les Moyle

An Uber for collecting unused portions of superglue tubes, you'd otherwise stuff in the tool drawer, to reconstitute into new tubes. When you go to use that saved bit of superglue in a few years, it is always solid.

Lone wolf action aint gonna get 'er done. #SomebodyNeedsToDoIt

Ooohh @drdrehistorian.bsky.social, there's FINALLY a return date for the Australind service! #trains

Bootcamp for ARM so the machines can be used for when Apple decide they're 'obsolete'.

Limited edition "Tim Cook Sold Out to Trump" gold desk ornaments. Circular glass, with a fake gold base. $5k retail. $20 to make. Apple cultists would scoop those up.

A factor that might influence how people look back on Covid is how competently their national Govt handled the required response. Australia's response was far from perfect, but I don't believe we have the lasting trauma of the UK or US responses (both murderous).

AI LLM functional diagram.

This isn't an Archduke Ferdinand equivalent. If China 'dealt' with Trump, like Maduro, the world would be like "yup, fair" and "thank you". Snatch him from the Mar-a-lago golf course and the world exhails.

Hooo-boy, I think @ketanjoshi.co (and the rest of us) will have an aneurysm over Liam Barlett's special renewables "investigation". www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaMm...

Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end.

WTaF is Hakeem Jeffries 'trending'? Was he involved in the free website's outage or has he resigned?

The surprise from people when they learn the oil tankers discharging today left maybe a few days before #StupidSeuz started. People think crude oil travels by airfreight or something ....

Alright Corel, step-up. Make a quality replacement for Outlook and I'll start the work of Microsoft 365 removal with all our clients. Word Perfect and Quattro Pro are great, but clients absolutely will not give up Outlook.

The heckling of Vance had the audio quality of a recording made in an empty oil tank farm.

She might have to save money by pulling One Nation donations / Ch7 advertising. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Could this finally result in AUKUS being cancelled, but by the US-side. 🤞

Hi @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social - do you need me to have a chat to Bevo? #aflhawksdogs

“OK GIna, imagine BRS is your child and they want a 15% larger share of your wealth than you want to give them …’