Watching the #BBC series "Human" on the #ABC and despite being produced in 2025, has so far no reference to the 2017 discovery of Australian First Nations people being here 65,000 years ago, whilst apparently including information that's from more recent research. Why is that?

Everyone on Earth is likely to be able to see an aurora: listserver.ips.gov.au/pipermail/ip...

BREAKING: I have just received this from the Adelaide Festival Board as a (former) Adelaide Writers Week participant. They have apologised to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, cancelled Writers’ Week, expressed regret and the remaining festival board members will now step down.

If jury pool selection is random from the electoral roll, how is it possible for one person to be randomly selected multiple times over five years and another person not at all for 75 years? What are the chances of a jury room having jurers who have done jury duty before, let alone more than once?

3/ Props to Michelle de Kretser, Melissa Lucashenko, Peter Greste, Yanis Varoufakis, Evelyn Araluen, Amy McQuire, Clare Wright, Chelsea Watego, Bernadette Brennan & Amy Remeikis. And counting ... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Jess Miller

Average people who commit crimes don’t have a chance to comment on statements about their guilt before they’re issued by the police. Why the hell do companies who do wrong things get given this option by ACMA? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

#covid #vaccine www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

12/29/25 "USPS didn't change how fast mail moves. They changed what the postmark means. That affects elections, healthcare, BILLS, and anyone living by a deadline." Our bills are about to be late as well. #USPS #VotingRights #MaillnBallots #HealthcareAccess #PatientRights

What will it take for the #ABC to stop treating people who are hard of hearing like second class citizens? For months I've been reporting broken and missing Closed Captions on iView and their response has been poor to put it mildly. It's like CC is a distant afterthought, if it comes up at all.

The thing I rarely see discussed is that these Assumed Intelligence implementations are now purposefully being used by companies to actively reduce their workforce, further suppressing workers' rights, reducing wages, increasing the wealth gap and destroying the environment while they're doing it.

If you're into #AI, here's what the 2024 #Nobel Laureate for #Physics has to say on the topic. youtube.com/watch?v=-f5W...

#auspol Given the importance of political decisions and their impact on the lives of millions of people, perhaps it's time to start weekly drug testing of every politician.

Going live with my weekly vid in 13 mins! Spicers Pwned (and visited); 630 Million Passwords via the FBI; Qantas Breach Spam youtube.com/live/LXDI04Q...

Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night

I’m sorry for the personal appeal, but the nonprofit I run got blocked because I put its founding date as its birthday. I can’t log in to fix it because it’s too young to have an account. I’ve filed numerous support requests and the latest advice is wait 48 hours. Help? The amount is @free.law.

This was proof of an ‘attempted’ delivery by Australia Post yesterday, I was at home + sitting near front window with a clear view of the verandah. I reckon this person was stoned. Also, it cost me an additional $32 to get a Maxi Taxi to collect the item this morning, it’s disgraceful #disability

Should #Australia boycott the #Eurovision Song Contest in 2026? There's already five who have: * Spain * Ireland * Slovenia * the Netherlands * Iceland www.bbc.com/news/article...

I think that a much bigger conversation is required, one that takes into account that technical solutions for social issues don't appear to ever work, mainly because the technology moves faster than the law. We need a social conversation around online content and (un)acceptable behaviour.

Can anyone explain why the setting up of projection units on the pylons of the #Sydney Harbour Bridge takes hours each and every time? Don't they use the same gear in the same location each time? Is nobody taking notes? Who is paying for this?

The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.

Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.

In typical fashion the media has finally caught up with some of the issues with age verification, it's taken them months to get to this point. No wonder society at large is so technology illiterate in an era overrun by "AI" and "privacy", neither of which exists. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

AI is Assumed Intelligence. AI is autocorrect on steroids. AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator.

Someone has asked for a couple of Dismissal anniversary tea towels. I’m about to make an order. Does anyone else want one (they may be around $50 each if a run of 10)?

Assumed Intelligence is not a substitute for human endeavour and I can't wait until someone uses their own AI against them with a significant financial impact to the bank. Stop using Autocorrect on Steroids to run your business!

This isn't sad .. it's despicable.

Here's how the #cba holds your money hostage: Q: (After waiting for 40 minutes on hold) What is this monthly charge on my business account? A: You need to go into a branch to discuss this. Q: Seriously? A: I don't have access to that information. All this for a new $10 charge I don't recognise.

What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't

In Tesco’s this afternoon: an elderly Polish man at the self-checkout, trying to buy a pint of milk and a white radish. There is no picture for the radish on the machine. The assistant doesn’t know what it is. She asks a colleague: “It’s a white radish.” There is no entry for it on the machine.

Can someone please explain using small words and a whiteboard how the fuck the authorities spent three months getting a court order to shut down an illegal tip? Did they ask an intern to look sternly at a judge? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Q: What do these things have in common? * Chainsaw * Ear and Nose hair removal clippers * Swivel chair * BBQ A: They're things that the #Myers website thinks we'll like after not having "The Velveteen Rabbit" book in stock anymore. #shopping #fail #sale #oops #customerservice #bot

Ever wondered if the money in your bank account belongs to you or the bank? You should. Try paying for something big, like say a car. #bank #fail

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

#oops www.heise.de/en/news/3-5-...

#ANZ telegraphic transfer is realtime 24/7, but only on weekdays between 8am and 5pm Melbourne time and not available online, despite whatever two different staff members tell you, one on the phone, the other face to face. #fail #customerfocussed #banking

Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …

52yo Sean Sharman sent a death threat to 30yo Federal MP Fatima Payman. The judge: Payman was targeted bc of her gender, race & religion, it was offensive, hateful & racist. No jail time. Media: he'd been drinking. Now imagine if a Muslim man had sent a death threat to an MP. #auspol #justice