Andrew Donnellan
@andrew.donnellan.id.au
lover of Jesus, Linux, PowerPC, Canberra, housing, trains, unions | hater of RZ1 | fighting for a better city @greatercanberra.org.au
https://andrew.donnellan.id.au | @ajdlinux | @[email protected]
https://andrew.donnellan.id.au | @ajdlinux | @[email protected]
presently wishing my multiple minor but long term life problems didn't compound such that each of them makes it harder to take action on the others
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM
presently wishing my multiple minor but long term life problems didn't compound such that each of them makes it harder to take action on the others
pleased to report I went to an unfamiliar country in Asia this month and did not have significant gastrointestinal distress
I really hate when writers add that they got Jakarta/Bali/Delhi whatever Belly. There is absolutely no reason to tell me you had a gastro nightmare. You keep that to yourself.
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
pleased to report I went to an unfamiliar country in Asia this month and did not have significant gastrointestinal distress
hmm where should I go and what should I do in Europe
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
hmm where should I go and what should I do in Europe
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
I need to get good at food for the sake of being able to care about any of my friends' food discussions
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I need to get good at food for the sake of being able to care about any of my friends' food discussions
filling out a JobSeeker application for lulz and getting even more @davidsligar.bsky.social pilled than I was before
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM
filling out a JobSeeker application for lulz and getting even more @davidsligar.bsky.social pilled than I was before
I have, thanks to life circumstances, fallen out of the habit of going to the gym over the last 2 months, and now that I'm finally at the point where I can bring myself to pick it back up again, it's a heatwave week
January 26, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I have, thanks to life circumstances, fallen out of the habit of going to the gym over the last 2 months, and now that I'm finally at the point where I can bring myself to pick it back up again, it's a heatwave week
tfw someone includes their membership of the Golden Key International Honour Society on their citation for an Order of Australia award
January 25, 2026 at 12:21 PM
tfw someone includes their membership of the Golden Key International Honour Society on their citation for an Order of Australia award
British twitter CANZUK advocates are so insufferable, in a way that makes them incapable of focusing on the elements of their agenda for which right now is a great time to push hard
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
British twitter CANZUK advocates are so insufferable, in a way that makes them incapable of focusing on the elements of their agenda for which right now is a great time to push hard
prediction: Trump will use his lifetime position as Board of Peace Chairman + the billion dollar permanent membership contributions to fund a post-presidency Chairman's Office slush fund and/or a Board of Peace Peace Prize to be awarded to himself
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
prediction: Trump will use his lifetime position as Board of Peace Chairman + the billion dollar permanent membership contributions to fund a post-presidency Chairman's Office slush fund and/or a Board of Peace Peace Prize to be awarded to himself
On my way to #EverythingOpen #EO2026, come say hi
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
On my way to #EverythingOpen #EO2026, come say hi
has anyone started work on porting the newly released X For You recommender algorithm to Bluesky? no-one wants this but it'd be mildly funny
January 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM
has anyone started work on porting the newly released X For You recommender algorithm to Bluesky? no-one wants this but it'd be mildly funny
The nostalgic part of me sometimes wishes we weren't abolishing cheques completely in 2029 - there's something about the principle of being able to handwrite a negotiable instrument that I like.
Back when my bank still issued cheque books, I got one purely so I could pay a few bills that way...
Back when my bank still issued cheque books, I got one purely so I could pay a few bills that way...
I don’t know about you folks, but I still get bills that I have to pay by writing checks
You don't actually still write checks...do you?
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 AM
The nostalgic part of me sometimes wishes we weren't abolishing cheques completely in 2029 - there's something about the principle of being able to handwrite a negotiable instrument that I like.
Back when my bank still issued cheque books, I got one purely so I could pay a few bills that way...
Back when my bank still issued cheque books, I got one purely so I could pay a few bills that way...
The Aus/UK dual citizen passport rules discourse is hilarious with most participants being just so incredibly amazingly entitled
January 20, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The Aus/UK dual citizen passport rules discourse is hilarious with most participants being just so incredibly amazingly entitled
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
This is all crazy but I just want to once again reiterate what a tragedy expanded character limits have been to enjoying Trump posts on a purely technical level. You used to get gold like “I’ll still keep drinking that garbage” and now it’s like damn this old man won’t shut up
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is all crazy but I just want to once again reiterate what a tragedy expanded character limits have been to enjoying Trump posts on a purely technical level. You used to get gold like “I’ll still keep drinking that garbage” and now it’s like damn this old man won’t shut up
Friday was my last day at IBM, and the final end of the 2001-2026 IBM era of the ragtag group of hackers we call OzLabs. We had a good run!
Now to enjoy being funemployed and looking for a job...
Now to enjoy being funemployed and looking for a job...
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Friday was my last day at IBM, and the final end of the 2001-2026 IBM era of the ragtag group of hackers we call OzLabs. We had a good run!
Now to enjoy being funemployed and looking for a job...
Now to enjoy being funemployed and looking for a job...
I spent a week and a half in Sri Lanka post-Christmas, and my biggest takeaway is that even as a Christmas decorations hater I can't help but be impressed by the slightly weird vibes of going all out on the lights
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I spent a week and a half in Sri Lanka post-Christmas, and my biggest takeaway is that even as a Christmas decorations hater I can't help but be impressed by the slightly weird vibes of going all out on the lights
love it when a government agency responds to me in <24 hours for something I expected to take considerably longer
January 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
love it when a government agency responds to me in <24 hours for something I expected to take considerably longer
Loving the emphasis on being state owned at the Colombo Airport gift shop
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Loving the emphasis on being state owned at the Colombo Airport gift shop
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
All countries with Guzman y Gomez have gone to war against each other
January 9, 2026 at 5:58 AM
All countries with Guzman y Gomez have gone to war against each other
upon further reflection based on my catch up chats there is a ~100% chance she has undiagnosed ADHD
saw a friend for the first time in ~13 years today, and it was so very very good. new year off to good start
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
upon further reflection based on my catch up chats there is a ~100% chance she has undiagnosed ADHD
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
This might seem like it doesn't matter but having all the people involved with an emerging technology, even one you dislike, stewing in the fascist ideology soup that is X is extremely bad for the world.
Lots of people tried to reconstruct the ML/AI/stats community over here. 90% of them left because the random abuse they got for just posting ordinary research results was too much.
bsky.app/profile/jwhe...
bsky.app/profile/jwhe...
Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
This might seem like it doesn't matter but having all the people involved with an emerging technology, even one you dislike, stewing in the fascist ideology soup that is X is extremely bad for the world.
Thinking about the fact that the petty cash that I withdrew from an ATM last night to cover random expenses for the next 3 days of travel that I can't use my credit card for is equivalent to a full month of this country's minimum wage
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Thinking about the fact that the petty cash that I withdrew from an ATM last night to cover random expenses for the next 3 days of travel that I can't use my credit card for is equivalent to a full month of this country's minimum wage
Assuming they do actually put Maduro on trial in a US court, imagine being one of the 12 random citizens summoned for jury duty
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Assuming they do actually put Maduro on trial in a US court, imagine being one of the 12 random citizens summoned for jury duty
angery at places where prices can be advertised without including taxes and surcharges
January 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
angery at places where prices can be advertised without including taxes and surcharges