Update. You’re not allowed to buy gum at Canberra Airport anymore.

afterpay for fuel? sell everything we're at the peak

About to buy some books

I’m actually reading right now

Stop it

#chips 👍

one protection I'd like to see with children and AI is that chatbots should be banned from having "memory' (i.e. recalling previously conversations and customising their output based on that) with non-adult users.

JUDITH BUTLER: clearly the so-called ‘Wests Tigers’ has been a questionable agglomeration of two profoundly distinct cultural entities but its successes have been real, and live in the memory of the 2005 grand final. It would be foolish to dismiss that

Mid week weddings are a great chance for the second string guests to get a run and get experience so they're ready for a first grade wedding

Mid-week wedding? It’s an absolute game changer.

remembering that time a kitchen cupboard fell off the wall.

Reminded that there used to be a show about GPs called “GP” and another one about the Police Rescue Service called “Police Rescue”. Of course, this was before the computer got involved.

Art

There's never been a better time to get into books

Galvin looks like he wishes he stayed with the Tigers

Mercy rule please

“Queuing in pubs combines the worst elements of communism – yes, the very worst elements – without any of the good stuff, like free housing or hastily built nuclear power stations.”

Ah well, only footy

Oldmate should have said he was from NZ haha

Realised late in the day I’d mixed up my Jimmys

Carribo Kota; Shimati Rd, Giyani-A, Giyani, 0826, South Africa https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-23.3138547%2C30.7188233&query_place_id=ChIJ164ParFaxB4RSTg5BLsarr0

On the topic of universal v targeted government assistance ... www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...

A good little chart from the Parliamentary Library showing how almost all social spending by the Commonwealth is already means-tested #auspol

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The NRL bunker has Gus-pilled me.

Not allowed to win apparently

Not stressed feeling great

Might go to the footy later

Bird is back

@thesportress.bsky.social @harrysaddler.bsky.social today is the day

Release the forward pass technology you cowards

Just read the very good article about scam compounds in Myanmar. Lots of interesting stuff in this edition.

The internet seems to be on track to sort this out

Listening to/watching some music m.youtube.com/shorts/Afw2M...

I’m reading right now …

There’s a bird outside that sounds like the horn riff from Steely Dan’s “Peg” (also sampled by De La Soul on “Eye Know”).

One of the best people decoding all this chaos is @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...

Nice stuff from Prof Headon 💚https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9062508/what-sparked-the-2025-canberra-raiders-resurgence-can-they-win-the-nrl-title/

Sure why not

Went for a run

Do we hate to love Anko, or love to hate it? I wrote this: au.finance.yahoo.com/news/kmarts-...

What would happen to England if train ticket prices were set by someone who wants lots of people to ride trains? I once had an empty car to myself for £80 and thought: This could have been 40 people each paying £2. Instead, those people are on competing buses on the motorway.

Parliamentary Library hosting a lecture on AI and civic participation [15 September] events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ecd00...

Parliamentary Library hosting a lecture on AI and civic participation [15 September] events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ecd00...

Trying out a new thing on the light rail where you let everyone get off before you get on

wrote a little bit about the greatest to ever do it

Sure why not

Movie idea: Downtown Abbey