Trying to explain through a language barrier that dressing your child companion robot like Michael Jackson is a bad look

Their entire spiel was unapologetically about embedding AI agents in cars and other devices to push users to buy specific products. One example was filtering map suggestions for restaurants based on which companies had deals with SoundHound.

SoundHoundAI came to CES 2026 to show off their AI Agent building software. I caught one rep explaining to a team from Coca-Cola how their agent taking orders for Burger King can be programmed to "push" specific product lines or even sizes of beverage, altering the menu display if needed.

404 Media has obtained material that explains how two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Hey Victorians! If you're in an area with Catastrophic fire conditions for tomorrow, and you can leave to somewhere safer. GO. Do not wait. Tomorrow will be a nightmare. Install the Vic emergency app. Turn on your watch area. Call family & friends. Plan, and act quickly. Save lives.

Tonight's fire briefing was grim. 'The 2 major fires – at Longwood & Walwa – are spreading uncontrollably & cannot be contained despite the best efforts of hundreds of firefighters. The fires are demonstrating pyro-convective behaviour, generating their own weather systems'.

Josh Frydenberg was part of the Coalition government cohort who attempted to weaken Australia's Racial Discrimination Act. By March 2017 it was clear the government didn't have the numbers in the senate to modify section 18c. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I love that time of day where you can open up the doors & windows because it’s finally cooler outside than inside. #SydneyWeather

Birdbath bliss

Through the window. https://flic.kr/p/2rQPKbx #OMSystems #Sydney #365PhotoToday #photography

For shits and giggles I decided to have a look at how much Adobe's Photography package was. When I first signed up it was AUD$90/year (I got first year discounted to $70). I left when they tried boosting that from $220/year to near $300/year. Now? $340/year!!! Lightroom alone is $230/year!

Sky News genocide supporters: Examine antisemitism!! RC: Ok lets look at which media platform Nazis. Sky News: Wait not that...

Anthony Albanese could surrender leadership of the Labor Party to Josh Frydenberg and The Australian would still run stories condemning him for not doing enough. It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation. Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.

Sigh, here we go. Frydenberg would only be happy if either he or Netanyahu were appointed as the commissioner. Frydenberg used the massacre to stoke his own political fortunes. Utterly contemptible.

It seems likely that the govt will do a royal commission, so just know they Zionists etc will now shift to "we don't like the terms of reference" "we don't like the the commissioner". The entire point of the calls for the RC was not to get one, but to be able to complain and attack the govt.

I see the US cost savings of sacking everyone via DOGE then replacing them with AI is going brilliantly. #USPol

Backlog of photo processing, I finally have my half-lap of Australia processed. https://flickr.com/photos/182900476@N03/sets/72177720331307844 #OMSystems #iPhone #iPhone13ProMax #photography #Kangaroos #Uluru #Outback #landscape

NSW police arresting someone because of vibes, basically www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If you’ve got bsky set to not show boosts you’re probably completely missing my photography now I’m getting back in to it. I’m not posting it from this account, just from my pixelfed account which I then boost. Give that a follow if random photography is in your interests.

Repetition. https://flic.kr/p/2rQwwiR #OMSystems #365PictureToday #photography

The ICC has cleared English captain Ben Stokes of Intimidation on Marnus Labuschange after it was determined that Stokes is in fact incapable of intimidating anyone. #Ashes #Ashes2025 #AUSvENG #cricket

The #RoTM is closing in. Skynet lives! Soon!

Mal Lanyon is the same bloke who declared in September that he would be adopting a "laser-like" focus on combating antisemitism, & whose Force in November approved a neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament with a banner reading 'Abolish The Jewish Lobby'. So, y'know. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

These restrictions will last until after Australia Day at the very least to put a stop to Invasion Day events. But somehow White Nationalist events will still go ahead that day without any issue. Waving Australian flags and headed up by nazis. Just watch. #NSWPol

"we care so much about antisemitism, that's why we continue to post to the Nazi site". Just like they care about kid safety online. Not enough to give up their precious (meaningless) engagement numbers from the Nazi site with the CSAM generator.

Melbourne people! Don’t forget to put out bowls and buckets of water early tomorrow for our bird and animal friends! 42° is no fun for anyone 🤬 #MelbourneWeather #Summer

Potato Scallop

NSW Police Commissioner says stopping free speech not about stopping free speech.

What a complete shitshow of a company. electrek.co/2026/01/05/t...

One of my favourite movies. I love scifi, space and future tech movies, but one of my biggest turnoffs is everything being shiny (a la new Trek). Give me dingy, dirty.

Feels stupidly good to finally be caught up on my Flickr albums (and their local storage counterparts). Especially the shots from my big 3.5 week trip in 2024. www.flickr.com/photo...

Nothing quite demotivates me from photography like having a huge backlog of images to do post on. This album was from a 2023 road trip. I posted live at the time but never processed the proper photos. https://www.flickr.com/gp/sheepie_au/R12b084Bfx #Photography […] [Original post on pixelfed.au]

Red. https://flic.kr/p/2rQm9Ne #OMSystems #Sydney #365PictureToday #photography

macOS 26.whatever is amazing*. Apple's attention to detail is beyond none*. If you use column view for finder, as I've done for decades, the bit where you adjust the width of columns is at the bottom. If you open up numerous folders, the scroll-bar covers that, so you can't adjust the width.

That's what "free" really means. The business model depends on turning your search history into a detailed profile that can be sold, shared, and accessed by third parties.

The court's reasoning: users have no expectation of privacy because "it is common knowledge that websites, internet-based applications, and internet service providers collect, and then sell, user data."

In the U.S, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that police can access your Google searches without a warrant. 🧵

Anyone collaborating with us to make illegal content using the tools we created to make illegal content will face the same consequences as they would if they did it alone. We will also face the same consequences as if they did it alone: none.

I just got visited by a bunch of Galahs. https://flic.kr/p/2rQbQdm https://flic.kr/p/2rQaaSS https://flic.kr/p/2rQ5Dtj https://flic.kr/p/2rQbQe8 #OMSystems #Sydney #Birds #galahs

This one is resonating today. #Andor

Terrible take. Literally every FIFA Peace Prize winner has done this.

Storms are a coming. Central Coast all the way down to the Illawarra. #SydneyWeather

When the abc portrays Sam Newman as an elite athlete and give him political credibility there is a cause for concern about accountability and ethical decision making at the abc . The abc also used Packer as some sort of authority on Royal Commissions .

Keep reading how m4/3 is dead, and how m4/3 is making a resurgence. I hope it doesn’t die. I switched to it because I want to do telephoto without the weight. IMHO these days, specialist lenses are the only reason to use anything more than a phone for most people’s needs.

Just this morning in a discord chat I was saying they have no sense of subtlety. They don’t think they need it. They take the stance of “Who’s going to stop us? It’s not illegal if nobody stops us”. #USPol #Venezuela

For those who need a refresher, here's a Media Watch segment from last February... www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...

Ha! The “sports stars” petition for an Antisemitism Royal Commission was signed by Sam Newman. Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.

John Howard in the commentary box. -turns cricket off- Don’t need that arsehole in my face. #Ashes