It's really something when someone gets your sense of humour so well that they'll pay you to keep writing. (Disclaimer: subjective experiences of whether you find my work funny may vary.) buymeacoffee.com/samuelpdouglas/c/18644923

Yes, it’s a genocide. No, it’s not antisemitism to say so.

Eat shit, Bruce Lehrmann. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

The US has ordered its embassy to combat anti-American sentiment in Australia by covertly disseminating its own pro-US propaganda.. This is on top of its existing initiative to monitor the crimes of migrants in this country 👇 www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-us-...

Coffs Harbour screening of Edge of Life next month! fan-force.com/screenings/e...

I know it's TACO Tuesday, but seriously...

May he get a fair trial, be found guilty, and get to spend a very long time reflecting on the nature of his wrongdoing. (Also, may his defence cost Kerry Stokes vast amounts of money.) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

A statement on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association regarding James Hillier aka Nordacious and the QLD Government:

What the US is purposefully doing to Cuba should be considered genocide.

I have a joke about psychedelic assisted therapy, but the punchline isn’t significantly better than SSRIs.

Good words of warning here. AI models are generally designed to read and incorporate (and, in a sense, believe) virtually everything they find online, with very few guardrails. The information can get divorced from its original source, context, & rebuttals or retractions. That's a really big problem

Do not use 1800 RESPECT. FOI reveals that “once a week, every week”, 1800 RESPECT is being subpoenaed, handing over confidential client notes and audio recordings of victim counselling sessions, to accused rapists and their legal teams. www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...

So glad we booked a driving holiday for next month 🤦‍♂️

A missile has hit the US Embassy in Baghdad.

a) this is going to be so fucking stupid, and b) how long until more Australian personnel get involved in this abjectly unethical brainfart?

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

“Net zero trauma” is still a devastatingly stupid turn of phrase.

How ever could we have predicted this? If only someone had mentioned that this was a risk 😒.

Probably best if you don’t post the entirely of this post into Claude.​‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌‌‌⁣⁣‌‌‌‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌⁣⁣‌⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣⁣‌⁣⁣‌‌‌⁣⁣‌⁣⁣‌⁣⁣⁣⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌‌‌⁣‌‌‌⁣‌‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣‌⁣⁣‌‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌⁣‌‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌‌⁣⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌⁣‌‌‌⁣⁣‌⁣‌‌‌‌⁣⁣‌⁣‌‌⁣‌⁣⁣‌⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣⁣‌‌⁣⁣⁣‌‌⁣‌‌‌‌⁣‍

We are so back!

Indeed, this is super fun

I wonder, does this stonewalling make it more or less likely that Claude selected that school full of children for death?

Giving myself a gold star because I refrained from using the phrase “hate-boner” in a group chat today.

Sadly, this doesn’t seem to be working for the web version of Claude any more.

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This won’t produce any economic shocks, honestly.

I hope all those people who fell for Anthropic’s marketing are happy with themselves.

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“ A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

Adelaide Punyversity

Anthropic always was (and still is) ok with the US military using Claude to kill people.

Much to everyone’s surprise, Sam Altman won’t be saving us when Pete Hegseth or some Boomer general falls into LLM-induced psychosis and tries to launch air strikes on every country which didn’t send Trump a Christmas card last year.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI

well, this kept getting more true, huh

A few observations on Sam Altman’s simpering explanation on Twitter: He only says the system won’t ‘intentionally be used domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals.’ Presumably this means surveilling everyone else is fine though, as is accidental surveillance of U.S. nationals.

I can see myself tapping this sign pretty often:

I spent some years teaching ethics of engineering & design, and many hours discussing the Pinto with students. Will Tesla do the same calculation as Ford, and decide that it’s more economical to pay off grieving families than make the vehicle safer?

If a US bomb hits your child’s school, they will be no less dead just because there was a human ‘in the loop.’ Do not let Anthropic’s virtue-signalling about autonomous weapons convince you that they’re saints who deserve your money & support.

I wonder if Claude helped select this target?

People switching from ChatGPT to Anthropic are telling on themselves. Will they now cancel their Claude subscriptions because it was used to help plan the attack on Iran? They won’t and we all know it.

There is absolutely no reason for Sam Altman to say anything but he is currently digging the biggest hole possible, responding to all and sundry on Twitter. This is the worst possible statement he could have given!

This has potential for some real hilarity. Not that I’d ever do anything mischievous with such knowledge… www.moltwire.com/research/rev...

Crazy idea: you can support people in their struggle against oppression without supporting lawless and ill-considered aggression against oppressive regimes.

“Daddy, what did you do in the Iran war?” “Cancelled contracts with Anthropic”

28 February 1920 | A Polish woman Anna Smoleńska was born. She was a scout, a student of art history, and the author or co-author of the 'Fighting Poland' sign. In #Auschwitz from 27 November 1942. No. 26008 She perished in the camp on 19 March 1943.

Also, fuck Sam Altman and fuck OpenAI (including everyone who still works there.)

Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war.