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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 38m

Is the question, "How can the ABC turn the story into clickbait?"

ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 2h

The question hanging over SA's biggest health project: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/cost-blowout-fears-womens-and-childrens-hospital/105874396

The question hanging over SA's biggest health project

The Malinauskas government has become well-versed in the language of cost blowouts, and the $3.2 billion Women's and Children's Hospital is another chance for it to flex its vocabulary.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 39m

Anytime I narrowly avoid being reminded about Triple M, I have the same reaction.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1h

Leaving the ECHR is a fucking stupid idea. It's on a par with leaving the European Union. So we'll probably end up doing it.

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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 1d

“I am deeply humbled to return the stewardship of Australia to its original owners, the Sports Betting industry.”

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 2h

Week coming is carer's week at work, there will be a generic article about the importance of supporting carers on the staff portal. Time for me to again add a comment under it how my application for the not very generous new permanent carer's leave provision in the enterprise agreement was rejected.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 2h

I hate to break it to you, but those videos are, in fact, AI slop.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4h

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

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Steve Farrugia @fasterandworse.com · 6h

Jared Leto is a tremendous choice to play an anthropomorphic SaaS product

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 13h

Gotta stay off Reddit. Makes me despair for the human race.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13h

Troy Hunt: “Court injunctions are the “thoughts and prayers” of data breach response” www.troyhunt.com/court-injunc...

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 13h

Halp.

Quickest and easiest way to get kids baptised?
We want to send my kids to a local catholic high school, they are typically at capacity and not being baptised means my kids likely won’t get in.
Is there a simple way to make it happen? Can I just approach a church?
Any info would be amazing, thanks!

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 13h

Hasty, Dutton, Anus. Sad little triumvirate. You love to see it.

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 14h

Qantas customers' data leaked to dark web after cyber attack: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-11/hackers-release-qantas-customers-data-on-dark-web/105881266

Qantas customers' data leaked to dark web after cyber attack

Hackers have released personal data from Qantas customers onto the dark web, following a cyber attack in July.

www.abc.net.au

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 16h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTu_...

Full Metal Jacket (1987)- Battle of Hue City

YouTube video by The New Debate Brothers

www.youtube.com

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 17h

Jake LaMotta called himself “a no-good bastard,” and his memoir proves it – rape, violence, and cruelty, told with chilling casualness. Martin McKenzie-Murray on how Martin Scorsese turned his book into something close to a biblical lament. satpa.pe/0OOAJ8R

Raging Bull and the real-life cruelty of Jake LaMotta

Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull won an Oscar for Robert De Niro, with his portrayal of boxer Jake LaMotta’s misogyny, depravity and violence in and outside the ring.

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Kane Murdoch @ccguerilla.bsky.social · 17h

For those who support the use of AI detectors, by all means feel free to attempt a response. But please don't say "I care about my students" or I care about academic integrity" because neither of those things can be true if you believe in the efficacy of detectors. Shocking,I know, but there you are

Associate Professor Mark A. Bassett @drmarkbassett.bsky.social · 17h

The preprint of 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣, 𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚: 𝘼𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 is now available on EdArXiv.

The paper presents a definitive academic critique of AI detectors.

doi.org/10.35542/osf...

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 17h

Explaining to someone at work that you can watch Full Metal Jacket on SBS On Demand movies. Deserves its <R> rating. Hard to describe in a few words when entire theses have been written about aspects of the film. Worth it for the Battle of Huế recreated pre-CGI in East London near the Thames.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 17h

LinkedIn brane remains undefeated.

"With 20 years of experience leading product, strategy, and commercial outcomes across some of Australia's largest banks as well as IT Security and Utilities providers, I've built a career delivering results that have helped and simplified the lives of over 1 in 5 Australians"

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 1d

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 17h

Gets my vote.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize should go to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Delivering peace through superior trolling.

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