this is very fun and cute and also extremely frustrating lol

Christoph von Dohnanyi, who has died at 95, was brought up by heroic parents who endured extraordinary torment at the hands of the Nazis - as he revealed to me in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...

Asking ChatGPT if it knows the notes to Old MacDonald Had a Farm. What’s the worst that could happen?

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

“Show me a list of Australian prime ministers since Robert Menzies, with their names and years in office under their portraits.” ChatGPT –

I asked for the app to generate a map Of Australian states and territories with a ‘r’ in them. To be fair, despite announcing itself as ChatGPT 5, I suspect this is still 4.5.

There was a bit of a queue to get in the shop. #WombatWednesday #Tasmania #fieldwork #wombats #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

Thirty years ago today, when I was 31, I was diagnosed with AIDS. At that time, my life expectancy was less than a year. I am incredibly fortunate and grateful for the scientific miracle of antiretroviral treatment, and for the activists that fought for these life-saving drugs to be made available.

The players are women over 50. The oldest this year is 87. They took the field in South Africa for their "World Cup." One team was crowned the winner but all the players consider themselves champions.

Six years since an Australian terrorist murdered people at prayer in their mosques in #Christchurch NZ. Some #music I wrote, performed by @maraisproject.bsky.social youtu.be/vZCo88fORbs?...

Rest well Sofia Gubaidulina. I came to your music only recently but how transformative.

You know it’s the festive season when you have the first heartburn of the year.

Composer Olivier Messiaen was born on 10 December 1908. It is impossible ignore the influence of Messiaen’s synesthesia on his music, and what colour that music sets before us! What are your favourite Messiaen works and recordings?

Hahaha! Just passed a man with his dog. He looked at me, stopped and said "Gosh!" then apologised profusely."Sorry" he said "you reminded me of someone I loved many years ago as a kid; she did a kids' show on the telly called Magic something; but she must be dead!" "Oh yes" I said...I probably am! 😂

This Sunday, one of my art orgs is presenting the final of their 2024 pre-professional music competition in #adelaide - if you want to see a selection of 6 kickass young classical music performers, you can attend in person ($10) or watch online for free :) recitalsaustralia.org.au #supportlivemusic

Al-ban-ese … Matt Golding .. #auspol

Really worth checking out @vhsrevue.bsky.social - another great episode.

@nancycato.bsky.social Calloo callay! Welcome!!

An exciting exhibition at Art Gallery SA - rebellious knitting and political pants - reported by @theguardian.com - don’t fear the exhibition is on until 30 March 2025 (not 2024 as written at www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...)

I have been meaning to post this good news story for a while - two months ago I joined a bunch of other volunteers to sample water from rivers and creeks throughout the Kiewa Valley in Victoria, which was then analysed for #platypus DNA. The results are very positive! #wildoz

Morning

There's one in every crowd. Galahs near Balaklava, South Australia. Another photo from my back catalogue. #birds