And as a surprise to nobody, the rich get another break .. who paid whom here?

The raw onion eating "I'm not a tech head" is back, because it's not like the Liberal party has anything more to lose. It's almost as if they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

If you think that Open Source software licence enforcement should be funded, the Software Freedom Conservancy is getting ready to defend the AGPLv3 and attempts at silencing those who would challenge the freedoms it embodies. #FOSS #OSS #GPL #AGPL #SFC sfconservancy.org/news/2026/ma...

"One Nation will always stand for your right to speak, debate, and express your views." Members are under strict gag orders, a media silence policy, social media bans and best of all, it's ensured by an NDA. So .. "enforced silence" rather than "free speech". Is Pauline still running this show?

Wow, Gina's "gift" is really paying for itself, first unlimited government funded fossil fuel exploration, now we're arguing climate science. Can't wait to discover what's next. I've got embedded 5G chips and Ivermectin on my Bingo card.

So .. I guess we now know how much the plane costs and who gets to pay for it.

i have many justifications for hating AI but ultimately don't think i need any besides "they stole the book it was my life's dream to write without compensation, and did not get punished." their hands are literally in my pocket and they can fuck off

#BambuLabs #agpl #foss #opensource #3dprinting sfconservancy.org/news/2026/ma...

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare vetoed research funding to 13 projects ‘for reasons relevant to the security, defence or international relations’.

Kristen Wiig and Flight of the Conchords, S2E6, "Love Is The Weapon Of Choice" is absolute comedy gold!

Well .. that's a doozie. Based on the apparent quotes from the story in this thread, it seems to me like perhaps the judges didn't even read it. On the positive side, next year it's going to be a banger! #fail

Ask yourself: Who exactly is arguing against the recently proposed tax reform? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

#BambuLabs #agpl #foss #opensource #3dprinting youtu.be/bNEL6syg6VQ

In a domestic fridge, should milk be lined up, oldest to newest from the hinge, or away from the hinge, and why?

Barnaby Joyce seems to be very exercised about testamentary trusts. No idea why. www.aph.gov.au/-/media/03_S...

(Psst journalists - the register of interests is right here...) Some even have 2 trusts... eg www.aph.gov.au/senators_and...

If you've ever been curious about the way a pipe organ works, here is an absolutely delightful explanation that will get you underway. ⁨https://youtu.be/TzK-tYFGQx4⁩

This sparks unbridled joy: youtube.com/@annalapwood...

“Outrageous”🔥 Jordon Steele-John has ripped into legislation for massive cuts to the NDIS & called on Senators to vote for his amendment to give the Disability community time to simply review changes impacting their lives. Penny Allman-Payne also not holding back.💥 #auspol

Inkscape supports German petition to recognize Open Source volunteers #petition #opensource #volunteering #inkscape inkscape.org/news/2026/05...

Recognition of open-source work as voluntary work Call for open-source work to be recognised as voluntary work for the common good – on a par with voluntary work for community organisations, youth work or emergency services. #opensource #volunteering #petition www.ehrenamt-opensource.de/en/

How about publishing this as actual text, rather than a picture of text, so mortals can actually read it without going insane attempting to scroll horizontally, not to mention providing accessible content to people who require a screen reader to participate in society, or colour correction?

Whoot! My historical #podcasts are back on the Internet Archive thanks to Kay K6KJN who is doing amazing work for the amateur radio community in building the #DLARC archive.org/details/what... archive.org/details/vk0e... archive.org/details/ft5z...

While we're at it, why does the MacOS updater tell me 30 minutes for three seconds, then changes it to say 5 minutes and then spends 30 minutes doing the update. #apple #ux #softwaregore #fail

Can someone please explain why when I set my Mac to "Only download" updates, none of the updates are downloaded and I have the privilege of watching my system download 10 GB of data? #apple #ux #softearegore

When you search YouTube for the phrase: "a very unusual town" You get many results. #Surreal #Art #YouTube #AI Does anyone know why there are so many results from so many different channels? Is this a contest, spam, copying, or something else?

So .. Assumed Intelligence corrupts your documents. Who'd a thunk? #Microsoft #Research #AI www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

The rot has well and truly set in ... #climate #security #privacy #environment #ai #gdpr #google #chrome #enshitification #softwaregore

This is not good. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

If you'll permit me, a thread: On the weekend, former Age editor Michael Gawenda had a crack at @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social via The Australian. Jeff's supposed crime was organising and publishing an anti-genocide letter in 2023 while editor of Overland and senior lecturer in journalism at UniMelb.

This is insane. Tax companies that are exporting our wealth overseas and are currently paying nothing in taxation, even though they're making millions of dollars in profit. To run society, every participant needs to actually contribute, rather than extract. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

This is how Art should be! I hope Banksy lights a fire in the belly of all artists to shine brightly like this.

But not yet. Now’s not the time. Now’s not the time to raise the rate or support social housing. It’s the time to back the fossil fuel industry, cut the NDIS and legal aid, and spend more on missiles and submarines.

Nothing quite like proofreading your article after it's been published. When you believe the snake oil salesmen that their Assumed Intelligence don't hallucinate .. much.

Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies.

I've asked it before and I'll ask it again. What's the difference between a gift and a bribe? #auspol #corruption

I've been pulling at threads on Palantir's push into Australia for ages. Some of what I found is a previously undeclared new contract with Corrections Victoria for $9m and no evidence that Palantir has been assessed against the federal supplier code of conduct. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

No U.S. distributor would touch this documentary so now we're giving you free access May 1-4. Including interviews with historian Heather Cox Richardson, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky. www.democracyundersiegedoc.org/signup

So .. this is a gift and not a bribe? Can someone please explain the difference? #auspol #corruption www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

How Volodymr Zelenskyy manages to survive in a literal war without a ballroom to keep him safe is just shocking to me.

So .. the leader of the Liberal party prefers fascism over democracy? Good to know. #auspol

Thinking about how there's a lot of second-guessing and miserable self-reflection involved in trying to be better person, and that being selfish is just much easier. This is what we miss in discussing "good guy" characters. The choice to be good is actually much, much harder than choice to be bad

Just finished watching "The Life of Chuck" .. the best 107 minutes I've spent in a long time! From the mind of Stephen King and no Horror anywhere. Very Highly Recommended! #movie

#privacy #android #cybersecurity #data #apps #mobile At some point the Australian Government is going to go after the absurd amount of information and permissions everyday mobile phone applications use .. right? #auspol

This is rather shocking. But yes - Japan has a gas import tax australiainstitute.org.au/post/japanes...

Today 18 April is World Amateur Radio day!

"I'm not happy with Australia" "Oh no!" "Anyway"