AJ Sadauskas
@ajsadauskas.bsky.social
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Main account @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy on BSky or @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au on Mastodon.
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Main account @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy on BSky or @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au on Mastodon.
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AJ Sadauskas
@ajsadauskas.bsky.social
· Apr 19
Hi BlueSky 👋
This account is an experiment in hosting my own BSky and Mastodon social presence, at my own domain, on my own server, using https://gotosocial.org/
This account is an experiment in hosting my own BSky and Mastodon social presence, at my own domain, on my own server, using https://gotosocial.org/
GoToSocial - Fast, fun, ActivityPub server, powered by Go.
gotosocial.org
Going forward, I'll mostly post from @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy 👇👇👇
One small ask: If you haven't already, please follow @ap.brid.gy so your posts are visible on GoToSocial.
One small ask: If you haven't already, please follow @ap.brid.gy so your posts are visible on GoToSocial.
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Watching a RiverCat go by...
#parramatta #parramattariver #nsw #australia #westernsydney #boat #ferry #boats #river #water
#parramatta #parramattariver #nsw #australia #westernsydney #boat #ferry #boats #river #water
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Watching a RiverCat go by...
#parramatta #parramattariver #nsw #australia #westernsydney #boat #ferry #boats #river #water
#parramatta #parramattariver #nsw #australia #westernsydney #boat #ferry #boats #river #water
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Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data – his plan needs state and consumer support to work
https://theconversation.com/tim-berners-lee-wants-everyone-to-own-their-own-data-his-plan-needs-state-and-consumer-support-to-work-269042
https://theconversation.com/tim-berners-lee-wants-everyone-to-own-their-own-data-his-plan-needs-state-and-consumer-support-to-work-269042
Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data – his plan needs state and consumer support to work
In his new book, This is for Everyone, the creator of the web argues for protection against the power and privacy invasion of big tech companies.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data – his plan needs state and consumer support to work
https://theconversation.com/tim-berners-lee-wants-everyone-to-own-their-own-data-his-plan-needs-state-and-consumer-support-to-work-269042
https://theconversation.com/tim-berners-lee-wants-everyone-to-own-their-own-data-his-plan-needs-state-and-consumer-support-to-work-269042
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We are a developed nation
We are a rich nation
We are a literate and educated nation
And this is how we treat people…
We are awful
What happened to ‘a fair go’
#straya
#auspol
We are a rich nation
We are a literate and educated nation
And this is how we treat people…
We are awful
What happened to ‘a fair go’
#straya
#auspol
An overrepresentation of Aboriginal defendants has led to the NT government shutting down Legal Aid, cutting free legal representation and leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court, reports Russell Marks. satpa.pe/7q6wTin
NT cuts legal aid for anyone out of custody
The Northern Territory has made widespread cuts to free legal representation, leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court.
satpa.pe
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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I'm about halfway through. I didn't know a lot of the background info on Bannon (but it's unsurprising he was a tech investor). Great research!
I hope @vanbadham.bsky.social does a follow-up too. It'd be interesting to learn how the trolls reacted to the orange man's Epstein links... #auspol
I hope @vanbadham.bsky.social does a follow-up too. It'd be interesting to learn how the trolls reacted to the orange man's Epstein links... #auspol
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I'm about halfway through. I didn't know a lot of the background info on Bannon (but it's unsurprising he was a tech investor). Great research!
I hope @vanbadham.bsky.social does a follow-up too. It'd be interesting to learn how the trolls reacted to the orange man's Epstein links... #auspol
I hope @vanbadham.bsky.social does a follow-up too. It'd be interesting to learn how the trolls reacted to the orange man's Epstein links... #auspol
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This is a point that needs repeating. It’s fiscally conservative to house the homeless, it’s also the right thing to do.
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a point that needs repeating. It’s fiscally conservative to house the homeless, it’s also the right thing to do.
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These pics capture so much of what's wrong in the world today.
It's BP using a crane to replace a perfectly functional fossil fuel price sign with a new one, because of a brand refresh. On a six-lane stroad.
#photography #streetphotography #climate #climatecrisis #urbanism
It's BP using a crane to replace a perfectly functional fossil fuel price sign with a new one, because of a brand refresh. On a six-lane stroad.
#photography #streetphotography #climate #climatecrisis #urbanism
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
These pics capture so much of what's wrong in the world today.
It's BP using a crane to replace a perfectly functional fossil fuel price sign with a new one, because of a brand refresh. On a six-lane stroad.
#photography #streetphotography #climate #climatecrisis #urbanism
It's BP using a crane to replace a perfectly functional fossil fuel price sign with a new one, because of a brand refresh. On a six-lane stroad.
#photography #streetphotography #climate #climatecrisis #urbanism
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Have to recommend QAnon and On for anyone wanting to know how something as bizarre as QAnon could leave the depths of the Darknet and and infect so many people, including here in Oz. It's crying out for a sequel or update #VanBadham! 😛
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Have to recommend QAnon and On for anyone wanting to know how something as bizarre as QAnon could leave the depths of the Darknet and and infect so many people, including here in Oz. It's crying out for a sequel or update #VanBadham! 😛
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November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Look what I found at Parra Library earlier today...
#book #books #ronnisalt #VanBadham #auslit #ausbooks #authors
#book #books #ronnisalt #VanBadham #auslit #ausbooks #authors
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Look what I found at Parra Library earlier today...
#book #books #ronnisalt #VanBadham #auslit #ausbooks #authors
#book #books #ronnisalt #VanBadham #auslit #ausbooks #authors
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Yaaaaaaay!! What great company - thanks for the shout out AJ. xx
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Yaaaaaaay!! What great company - thanks for the shout out AJ. xx
The most critical form of free speech for working people is the right to collectively demand that problems in the workplace are fixed, through a Union.
If you don't support the right for workers to organise, then no, you really don't support free speech.
#FreeSpeech #capitalism #politics #auspol
If you don't support the right for workers to organise, then no, you really don't support free speech.
#FreeSpeech #capitalism #politics #auspol
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The most critical form of free speech for working people is the right to collectively demand that problems in the workplace are fixed, through a Union.
If you don't support the right for workers to organise, then no, you really don't support free speech.
#FreeSpeech #capitalism #politics #auspol
If you don't support the right for workers to organise, then no, you really don't support free speech.
#FreeSpeech #capitalism #politics #auspol
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Is Kellie Sloane for real? She thinks people will react well to her saying she will be a "frequent flyer" to Parramatta?!
It is literally less than 30mins on the train from Central to Parramatta. She's acting like it's the wild wild west. #nswpol www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
It is literally less than 30mins on the train from Central to Parramatta. She's acting like it's the wild wild west. #nswpol www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
NSW Liberal leader Kellie Sloane heckled during visit to Parramatta
A protester shouted at Sloane to “go on back to Vaucluse” as she tried to woo voters in western Sydney, but she told them she wasn’t afraid to have “difficult conversations”.
www.smh.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Is Kellie Sloane for real? She thinks people will react well to her saying she will be a "frequent flyer" to Parramatta?!
It is literally less than 30mins on the train from Central to Parramatta. She's acting like it's the wild wild west. #nswpol www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
It is literally less than 30mins on the train from Central to Parramatta. She's acting like it's the wild wild west. #nswpol www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Folks in #Sydney
To mark the opening of the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta, the museum is inviting members of the public to contribute small, sciencey objects for the time capsule that will be sealed and buried, not to be opened until 2126.
Submissions close Wed 26 Nov. (next week!)
To mark the opening of the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta, the museum is inviting members of the public to contribute small, sciencey objects for the time capsule that will be sealed and buried, not to be opened until 2126.
Submissions close Wed 26 Nov. (next week!)
Powerhouse Parramatta 100-Year Time Capsule
Looking to get involved with the time capsule set to be buried at Powerhouse Parramatta and opened in 100 years? Here, you can pitch your objects to be buried.
powerhouse.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Folks in #Sydney
To mark the opening of the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta, the museum is inviting members of the public to contribute small, sciencey objects for the time capsule that will be sealed and buried, not to be opened until 2126.
Submissions close Wed 26 Nov. (next week!)
To mark the opening of the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta, the museum is inviting members of the public to contribute small, sciencey objects for the time capsule that will be sealed and buried, not to be opened until 2126.
Submissions close Wed 26 Nov. (next week!)
We need a strong, organised trade union movement to ensure workers get their fair share.
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We need a strong, organised trade union movement to ensure workers get their fair share.
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[US Pol: quitters]
Conservative girlies love to quit their job and act like it's a sacrifice.
Do. Your. Work.
(MTG, Sarah Palin... same thing, I wonder what consulting job MTG has lined up?)
Conservative girlies love to quit their job and act like it's a sacrifice.
Do. Your. Work.
(MTG, Sarah Palin... same thing, I wonder what consulting job MTG has lined up?)
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
[US Pol: quitters]
Conservative girlies love to quit their job and act like it's a sacrifice.
Do. Your. Work.
(MTG, Sarah Palin... same thing, I wonder what consulting job MTG has lined up?)
Conservative girlies love to quit their job and act like it's a sacrifice.
Do. Your. Work.
(MTG, Sarah Palin... same thing, I wonder what consulting job MTG has lined up?)
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How NOT to design & build public transport!
The light rail stop buried in the bowels of Star Casino is such a dismal environment; dark, internalised, closed to the street & harbour, the poor cousin to the shiny casino above.
Never make public transport subservient to private agendas.
#publicsydney
The light rail stop buried in the bowels of Star Casino is such a dismal environment; dark, internalised, closed to the street & harbour, the poor cousin to the shiny casino above.
Never make public transport subservient to private agendas.
#publicsydney
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
How NOT to design & build public transport!
The light rail stop buried in the bowels of Star Casino is such a dismal environment; dark, internalised, closed to the street & harbour, the poor cousin to the shiny casino above.
Never make public transport subservient to private agendas.
#publicsydney
The light rail stop buried in the bowels of Star Casino is such a dismal environment; dark, internalised, closed to the street & harbour, the poor cousin to the shiny casino above.
Never make public transport subservient to private agendas.
#publicsydney
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It might have then. Was it connected to a regular PAL TV, using a regular power supply that plugged into Australian wall sockets?
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It might have then. Was it connected to a regular PAL TV, using a regular power supply that plugged into Australian wall sockets?
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ZX Spectrum…my first computer…
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
ZX Spectrum…my first computer…
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I was rockin a Sega saturn, at the time
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I was rockin a Sega saturn, at the time
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As a nintendo fan it was hard to admit Playstation won that generation. N64 library just couldn't compare. Sure thewre's great n64 games but for every banger PS1 had 3-5
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
As a nintendo fan it was hard to admit Playstation won that generation. N64 library just couldn't compare. Sure thewre's great n64 games but for every banger PS1 had 3-5
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@aj @ajsadauskas I thought they were great. The command line language was DCL, I got fairly proficient. They had an extensive library of routines for programs to do inter-process comms, terminal screen manipulation, etc. They had a BASIC variant (that didn't require line numbers!), and of course […]
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aus.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
@aj @ajsadauskas I thought they were great. The command line language was DCL, I got fairly proficient. They had an extensive library of routines for programs to do inter-process comms, terminal screen manipulation, etc. They had a BASIC variant (that didn't require line numbers!), and of course […]
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@stacey_campbell @ajsadauskas Well, there's a decent chance those old DEC machines you used looked exactly like this.
Just out of curiousity, what were they like to work with?
Just out of curiousity, what were they like to work with?
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
@stacey_campbell @ajsadauskas Well, there's a decent chance those old DEC machines you used looked exactly like this.
Just out of curiousity, what were they like to work with?
Just out of curiousity, what were they like to work with?
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@ajsadauskas I used DEC VAX/VMS systems at La Trobe Uni for years, but they were locked away in a machine room and I had absolutely no idea what they looked like.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@ajsadauskas I used DEC VAX/VMS systems at La Trobe Uni for years, but they were locked away in a machine room and I had absolutely no idea what they looked like.
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Some not-so-mini Digital minicomputers and their terminals.
See it in person at acms.org.au.
#dec #digital #minicomputer #Server #computerhistory #computermuseum
See it in person at acms.org.au.
#dec #digital #minicomputer #Server #computerhistory #computermuseum
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Some not-so-mini Digital minicomputers and their terminals.
See it in person at acms.org.au.
#dec #digital #minicomputer #Server #computerhistory #computermuseum
See it in person at acms.org.au.
#dec #digital #minicomputer #Server #computerhistory #computermuseum
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The iconic Commodore 64 was one of the most popular home computers in Australia in the '80s.
Along with the Sega Master System and MicroBee, it helped ensure the Nintendo NES struggled in the Australian market.
#retrocomputer #retrocomputers #c64 #Commodore #commodore64
Along with the Sega Master System and MicroBee, it helped ensure the Nintendo NES struggled in the Australian market.
#retrocomputer #retrocomputers #c64 #Commodore #commodore64
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The iconic Commodore 64 was one of the most popular home computers in Australia in the '80s.
Along with the Sega Master System and MicroBee, it helped ensure the Nintendo NES struggled in the Australian market.
#retrocomputer #retrocomputers #c64 #Commodore #commodore64
Along with the Sega Master System and MicroBee, it helped ensure the Nintendo NES struggled in the Australian market.
#retrocomputer #retrocomputers #c64 #Commodore #commodore64