Nobel peace prize decision: "The decision (i.e. when the committee finalizes who will be awarded the prize) is made by the beginning of October at the latest" - seems relevant #auspol

He’s right. I’ve looked at some of the research programs here and they are at the “so ignorant they don’t know they are ignorant” stage. https://fortune.com/2025/09/29/rodney-brooks-mit-roboticist-irobot-roomba-optimus-tesla-figure-optimus-robots/ #ai #business

people are noting that much of the AI industry has an "underpants gnomes" theory of profit :-) Back in the late 1990s, South Park had an episode called “Gnomes,” where gnomes devise a business plan with three simple steps - “collect underpants, “?”, “profit.” #ai #business

I have started watching The Assembly. It should not have surprised me, but the journalism is absolutely outstanding. The questions are Kerry O'Brien level. #abctv

The third rule of Financing Club: If the first and second rule don't apply anymore, shits gonna hit the fan

enjoying the one week of Spring in Melbourne before it flips “it’s 4c or it’s 40c”

German car industry is kaput, but Hastie is going to miraculously breathe life into Australian car manufacturing. He’s doing stand up, surely? #auspol

i don' really like some of the presenters of BackRoads. So I was going to be critical of it. But the latest episode about Tambo made me quite emotional. The local music person describing how in the city he lost his mother, his business during covid. Was left with nothing. Somehow he ended up in […]

previously I noticed that some of the best AI tech work was in China. Now I am seeing that the best fundamental AI thinking is in China. There is a massive shift happening. #ai

those arguing that Australia should align with other countries in the region to balance against the US. These countries are weighing up the situation and choosing a side. They have the experience of the cold war to draw from, and understand the necessary […]

my favourite gym equipment now is increasing the reported weight while keeping the actual weight fixed. All equipment should do this

“Hard rain’s gonna fall” #ai #bubble https://www.wheresyoured.at/oracle-openai/

I read the full transcript of Trump’s speech. Fundamentally he is an isolationist. So if you reduce your interactions with the US to zero then you can ignore him. Trade with them, or seek to have alliances? This is a very bad idea. #auspol

launching my new broadcast channel "we have more coverage of North Korea than we have of the US'

I cannot think of a purer expression of Australian culture than a holiday to prepare for a sporting final. #australia

Yesterday visited grandson’s favourite restaurant. IKEA Springvale.

As surely as the sun rising every morning. China's response to the US $100K tech visa. You don't need a weatherman here to see which way the wind is blowing. #china China's equivalent to the U.S. H-1B visa is the recently introduced K visa, which aims to attract young, skilled STEM […]

I remember I got angry with farmers and was going to call for them to be replaced by trees. But the sad truth here is they will go broke so quickly that you won't even have to pay for the land […]

it does not seem to have occurred to anyone in the Australian defence and security establishment the big problem with having US bases and forces in your country. It's this. When US decides to use them against you they don't have to travel. They are already here. #auspol #AUKUS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-22/older-australians-to-pay-for-showers-under-home-care-changes/105796118 if you think George is hard done by here, have a look at https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/income-and-means-assessments - basically George is not poor, and should pay. #aging

Greetings real estate statistics reporters. Why are houses so large? All these unused bedrooms. In my neighbourhood young families move in with two kids and it is reported as a five bedroom house. How can this be? A bedroom per person then two offices for each of the parents. So next time you […]

I watched DuoCon2025

I didn’t think this could get more stupid, but NSW excels. Imagine you are a train employee required to distinguish between a kit e-bike and a manufactured e-bike. Not possible at all. #ebikes […]

this is not the language of an ally https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-21/republicans-warn-australia-over-palestinian-statehood/105798830 #auspol

#silentsunday grandson at Flinders blowhole.

Only a few months in the job and he absolutely nails it. #education https://theconversation.com/bill-shorten-re-imagines-universities-with-specialist-institutions-and-bespoke-degrees-264778

so pleased to see VIC govt using their power over Universities to improve the international student experience. They should go further and do a complete management clean out. #auspol #education #victoria

I am reading Michael Veitch “Borneo”

This is quite polite. The reality is that we also have to drastically reduce US emissions. With the current regime that seems impossible - but history tells us we will find a way. #climate https://mastodon.social/@IndyMediaAus/115232987597174915

I help maintain a large garden. What I find intensely annoying is that ABC's "Gardening Australia" is completely foreign to the work I have to do. It has become so irritating I can only last about five minutes usually. #gardening

"Can you hear the drums Fernando?" https://medium.com/predict/the-crash-i-see-coming-why-ive-liquidated-my-portfolio-ea9bd4ae6837 #finance #ai

I only discovered The Chats thanks to Hard Quiz and my goodness they are excellent #music

this is a positive move. But I am not sure it will stop the several high power ebikes near me that are literally batteries bought off ebay and strapped to the bike frame with duct tape […]

I don’t think I’ll post on the US anymore. Might just re-toot statements from chairman Xi “The world can move on without the United States. 100 years ago, the British Empire dominated global commerce, commanding more than 20% of the world’s wealth. Many believed its sun would never set. 200 […]

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/clearing-the-air-published-uk?r=2wzki&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #climate

Chip Le Grand (Age today) on Vic premiers visit to China. There is much more to Jacinta than we have realised. Shows a deeper understanding and is quite prepared to take big risks. Also, unlike her predecessors is actually quite human. #auspol #springst

David Pope captures it beautifully.

So you are going to “soft secede” and cut off the economic supply lines to a fascist in control of nuclear weapons. I think you better “war game” this a few further steps forward. #uspol https://open.substack.com/pub/cmarmitage/p/its-time-for-americans-to-start-talking?r=2wzki&utm_medium=ios

Without US participation it is impossible to prevent this catastrophe. We need to be honest about this #climatechange https://halo.nu/@theguardian_climate_crisis/115217510021768947

watched DuoCon2025 with the grandson (we are both customers). Really interesting company. Business model should work across a wide range of educational sectors. #ai #education

Boycotting the Eurovision is cool (especially because Israelis *really* care about the Eurovision) but this, right here, is another level

Truth to power, literally the definition. Good on you John Lyons. It is not overstating things to say that he puts himself in physical danger asking that question. #auspol […]

Good things do happen. I asked my local Frankston council representative whether we could have some seats in our small park. He said "I'll ask and see what happens". They have started work on the seats. #frankston

I think you could review almost all Netflix shows this way “No matter how enticing the prospect may sound on paper, and even with the efforts of director Chris Columbus (of Home Alone and Mrs Doubtfire fame), the whole affair is so flimsy you’ll lose nothing from watching it on an iPad while […]

Last federal election narrative: Australians profoundly reject the right wing call. They are a bulwark against the world wide drift to the alt right. My view: the dramatic incompetence of the Liberal Party distorts the vote. Australia is not exceptional at all. The danger is real. #auspol

walking the dog yesterday passed by what looked like a 12 year old child on a 1.5kw ebike. He was travelling at about 60km/hr on the road and the footpath. This is not good.

I have watched the Vance and the coffin footage several times. The real problem here is that these people are extremely good at what they do. #uspol

this is incredible. Why? #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-13/albanese-announces-aukus-12-billion-dollar-defence-spend-perth/105770188?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other