Google just turned my phone into a slop factory. Thanks but no thanks for the new features. Any recs for a refurbished phone with the least amount of AI possible? (Preferably none?)

Been training myself to spot AI in videos. Now I can't even watch cute animals do unexpected things without scrutinizing the background for signs. We truly can't have anything nice on this Internet. #slop

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

What's your favorite album?

Needed this reminder today.

@seejanemarie.bsky.social really enjoyed The Dream that came up in my hyperfixed feed. Great narrative journalism well done! I wanted to say one (1) thing about your use of a content warning at the start of the EP though.

Oh, QANTAS paid me back. I enjoyed writing my story but I no longer have the righteous anger to fuel me. Needless to say I had enough material to keep me going for a month or so, they really dicked me around.

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd Part 9: With cautious optimism I set out on my quest, and dialed the Qantas help line. I did not expect to encounter my first challenge so soon, but sure enough the voice on the line said, "if your flight is not within 24hrs, please hang up."

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd Part 8: "I must call on them at once, and surely they will come to my aide! After all, we are dear friends! Every time I fly Qantas they tell me it was a 'pleasure' to have me on board. Those were surely not empty words!" Thought I.

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd Part 7: If you're very clever you will have already guessed what happened next: I awoke the next morning to find just over $400nzd missing! At first I thought I suspected foul play, but then I checked my emails. A second flight confirmation.

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd Part Ah yes. I tried again a little later with another payment method and the transaction went through. That night I drifted peacefully off to sleep knowing that my flight was safely booked... Or so I thought.

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd Part 5: *lunges forward and grabs your shirt* But I swear! I swear this is true! The "error" message told me to try again later. I swear it! *Registers your discomfort and releases you* Where was I?

@qantas-official.bsky.social l Qantas owes me $310nzd: Part 4 Now, all these business days later as I sit here telling you this tale, I do not recall if it was PayPal or Visa I tried first. What I do recall is my first attempt at buying the flights failed. There was an "error", you see.

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd: Part 3 '"Non-refundable"? Well the matter is settled then. Surely Qantas does not owe you $310nsd.' I hear you say, dear reader. And in most cases you would be correct, but read on, and I will tell you a take most confounding.

@qantas-official.bsky.social Qantas owes me $310nzd: Part 2 This day was my final chance to take advantage of a double status credits deal. I was eager not to miss out! I double checked my dates and made sure I'd be home in time for a wedding, and then confidently booked a non-refundable flight.

@qantas-official.bsky.social QANTAS owes me $310nzd: Part one: It was a beautiful clear evening on the 18th of March, 73 business days ago. I remember it well because I chose to sit outside. This day will forever be seared into my memory as day 1 of QANTAS owing me $310nzd.

You see all this stuff online about Gen Z being this strange different generation but every irl interaction I have with them they're just normal teenagers and twenty-somethings.

Why do they call it cracking a semi when they could call it boner-petit?

Aus petition to relate those horrible bright headlights that burn my retinas! Sign sign sign! www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

🧪 Wow! This is potentially huge. Link to the original papers in the article www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

Let me be clear. I will play ads on mobile games to get dumb little bonuses, but I will NEVER buy anything advertised, and I will ESPECIALLY never buy anything from an ad that MUTES my PODCAST.

I love watching him stare Byronically out the window

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Happy Mardi Gras girlies

I'm going to try reading the Booker long list this year. (Hold me to it) lithub.com/heres-the-lo...

Does anyone know why keyboards have num lock? I see no practical use for it and it never fails to make my day slightly worse.

Hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah!!!!!

ABC News daily's podcast about the brutal job market touched on the fact that a single vacant role can be flooded with applicants overwhelming the HR team. It did not mention that Centrelink requires people to do a certain number of job applications per week.

Kyle from Tenacious D was right.

My kitten Special Agent Scully is so curious and confident! I was in the bath and she jumped up on the rim of the bath to say hi and then fell in the bath and was completely unbothered by falling in the bath. And kept jumping up on the rim of the bath. I truly strive to be more like her.

I'm realizing I'm a commitment-phobe but for jobs. I've been hurt by so many jobs in the past that my immediate reaction to an (on paper) amazing job offer is anxiety and doubt. I'm sure I can't be the only one?

I keep on reading headlines about a big Pokemon card scandal and I can't decide whether I want to read more or let it remain a bizarre mystery...

I love scrolling through blue sky and reaching the point where I'm re-reading posts from yesterday. They should do that on all social media sites

I loved Isabella Rossellini's performance in #conclave as Chekhov's nun

Welcome my confident new angel Special Agent Scully. Stand aside, she's a medical doctor and her big brother Robin loves her so much.

!!!! Apparently if you swear in a Google search they won't do the AI thing !!!! I've tried and it seems to work? It also send to yield the most sweary results hehehe

Just saw #queer with #Danielcraig and I haven't cried that hard in the cinema since 2006 (You won't guess what it was last time)

I think I've been craving good news lately. Anyone have some good news?

Waiting for the bus with a woman whose melodramatically pacing up and down the line. Stressing me right out.

DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You My guide to do-it-yourself hormone therapy, months in the making, is out now on YouTube. Tell your friends! xoxo youtu.be/o2Ggwe2j0Gc

A friendly reminder that the closing date for parliamentary submissions regarding the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill is Tuesday, 7 January 2025!!!! Get on it!

Why the hell is the Temu app on my phone? I did not download it

#rollingsetsfestival if anyone finds my other earring and gives it to me I'll buy them a drink or pay ID them $20

Free Pumpkins 🎃🌾✨

Walking to the supermarket and was overtaken on the foot path by a guy with the most 12-rules-for-life-ass walk I've ever seen 😂

Most of the time I'm pretty chill but sometimes I get so sick of my schedule being dictated by late people

Seeing a show at the Actor's Center Sydney. It's currently 20 minutes behind because the ushers insist on seating each individual group. Plz just let us Lord of the Flies it out I'm so bored.

My dentist texted me to say they were running late. I can't express how much I genuinely appreciate this small gesture.