One adjacent example of intentional miscommunication: the word "open" as applied to AI. An LLM cannot be "open source" unless you have access to the training data and methodologies. "Open weights" is a craven attempt to misdirect the word "open" — we might as well say that bunch of machine code […]

I never feel more seen than when the Goat goes down. I'm off Facebook more or less permanently, but people have been finding novel ways to contact me and go J THE GOAT FELL DOWN. PMs and tagged posts and email, I even had a Snapchat Please Sign Up to See Message and a thumbnail full of straw […]

THE GOAT IS DOWN, I REPEAT THE GOAT IS DOWN. #GävleGoat

ACCIDENTALLY BOUGHT CHRISTMAS WRAITH. EVERYONE DEAD.

Ran into a problem in prod? Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix. #foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec

"Hello, We're Firefox, The Only Browser That Hasn't Hit Itself In The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our un-hammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--"

With no reason to stay, twelve year old Amber sets her sights on boarding school, leaving behind questions she'd rather not have answered. Clean slates and white chalk await, and old institutions have deep roots and secrets of their own. Get it at Patreon […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation. And […]

I was told to expect a cyberpunk dystopia, so no surprises there. But it's much brighter and hotter and people don't dress as well as I had been led to expect.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@astronomerritt/115672661875298047 Australian also. Mine is midnight blue with stars, @phononrain rotates between a massive Daiso number our son gave him and a couple of math and science themed ones. This behaviour is practical - it prevents accidental beverage theft […]

Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist. Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract. Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]

Did we not have a war about this? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-12/no-scope-to-block-neo-nazis-registering-a-political-party-aus/106000692

When people tell you who you are, listen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-09/neo-nazi-protest-nsw-parliament-house-police/105989586

"I asked chatgpt and..." without wishing to be rude, I cannot now take anything else you say remotely seriously

Pinched from here: https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/792066131316850688/the-classic-xkcd-all-modern-digital

Publication date very important. https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

Today is a GREAT day to clean your keyboard.

This is extremely short notice, granted, but a Metafilter member has written code to help you save your Typepad blog before service shutdown (looks at calendar) TOMORROW. I just got the permission to share it yesterday, and it didn't sink in how close it was until just now Honestly I don't know […]

About bloody time. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-21/australia-formally-recognises-state-of-palestine/105799238

hacker: i am spying on you through your webcam linux user: omg you got it working?

Frankly, a miracle he made it that far. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-23/ozzy-osbourne-dies/104766804

New Chapter is Live! When getting out and touching grass isn't enough, you gotta grab whoever is handy & take a day trip to the seaside. Sea! Sand! Fresh air! Mediocre cafe food! Half the fun is always the chat on the drive down, of course, & Amber and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I think about this a lot.

Miss Thing here speedrunning 'die a hero or become a villain': "Police said the hacks began in 2021, when Birdie Kingston, 27, allegedly first accessed the school's servers to secure free parking on campus. Once inside the university's system, the former student then allegedly began changing […]

@betsybookworm @lyndaljane This is actually really informative for me as someone who has only just really started producing ebooks; is there any metadata that is absolute ride or die on a file itself? Like what do I need to make sure I'm including to make this sorting stuff easier for you?

"From a natural party of government and power, the Nationals under Littleproud will physically and practically join the ranks of the nation's pre-eminent letter writers. Noisy but so often impotent." […]

McMansion Hell finds the exact plastic Roccoco flourish That Asshole has hot glued all over the White House; what follows is a deep take on taste and America. No Pat membership required to read. https://www.patreon.com/posts/mcmansionization-126873692

Probably old news to my Deaf culture conversant friends, but this is a very cool breakdown on Deaf parents teaching Deaf kids to read. As a writer, it's thrilling to see the sign choices made by parents to convey tone and authorial intent to the child that may otherwise be missed while […]

Oh look, it's fucking me. What a joy. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-25/genetic-night-owl-delayed-sleep-phase/105184648

MALENY (AAP): Are dragons Solarpunk? As winter starts to bite in south-east Queensland, an annual debate is flaring up over whether dragon-heated “tiny homes” are “Green”, or even ethical. Dragonets (as lesser eastern fire dragons under the age of six are known) begin to flame around age two and […]

Free read for the long weekend! ::: This is a core event, and cannot be changed ::: When the Skyneedle is lit, all the world will have its eyes on Brisbane - across time as well as space. This snappy little read can be downloaded for free, no sign up […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Alternate headline: House left vacant for almost twenty years broken into by squatters who install new heating system and perform repairs. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/purple-pingers-jordan-van-den-lamb-squatters-post-senate-elex/105150596

Big nights in lead to slow mornings after. Hung over & with the memory of the previous evening fading, Amber has work ahead of her. But she's not the only one seeking out what remains of the dearly departed. Content advisory: Very bad language, drinking […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Jesus Christ I fucking hope not. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/does-swearing-in-front-of-our-kids-cause-them-harm/105032882

Heyhey friends, fans and followers! Chapter 12 is now available for paid subscribers. A good night out leads to an intimate sleepover cut short, with the fruits of Amber's advertising campaign falling from the tree at an inopportune moment. Some times you […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Just quietly, if you use the detachable hand vac from your stick vac to clean up a spill of Japanese curry powder, I would suggest you clean the filter before you do any further vacuuming or your house will reek of fenugreek, heavily mimic the tumeric and otherwise just burn with a miasma of […]

Cyclone Alfred is that mate who texts you "omw just leaving now be five minutes" while they are still sitting on their bed in a towel.

FREE FREE FREE FREE Get the first two chapters of River City Bones FOR FREE at the link - epub and pdf. I'm right under Alfred's path and the RIver City could very well become the Washed Out To Sea City by this time next week, so enjoy Adverse Possession and Serenades before they become Washed […]

New chapter's out for paid members! If Saturday morning is good enough for one trip to the park, why not try for two? Amber and Dio meet a client at New Farm, before taking the scenic round to the West End markets. Featuring small fluffy dogs, rose gardens […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A reminder that the Sad Bastard Cookbook ("Food you can make so you won't die") is available as a free pdf download: https://traumbooks.itch.io/the-sad-bastard-cookbook

The Primary Source now has a fedi-bot! Follow @primarysourcebot for news & resources that help you find & use Australian #glam collections (that's #galleries, #libraries, #archives, & #museums).

Chapter Ten is out! We're back to modern Brisbane, and our girl makes an important phone call, and takes a moment breathe. River City Bones is an all Brisbane local and organic spooky fiction project by yours truly. It's maybe two bucks a month, fresh & […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Joyful reminder for Southern Hemisphere public transport riders - a N95 mask cuts down on BO, durry smoke and perfume fog that may waft off other passengers. Won't catch me rawdogging a summertime outbound suburban route ever again if I can help it. Even all day tradie stank gets beaten into […]

Is today a good day to suggest that Aussie creatives with American dollars held in escrow cash the fuck out? Mr. 0.62 to a buck says yes.

My extended feelings on how to get to a post-Meta online experience. https://medium.com/@jilder/ditching-facebook-6f7b00b71478

Bad art is the antidote to AI art. AI art prioritised the end result over the act of creation. It's as sterile as a chain supermarket. Bad art, on the other hand, deliberately made, is a playground & you can dig out your worms. If you haven't arted in years […] [Original post on mastodon.social]