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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 8h

Amazing story:
Jelena Dokic with Leigh Sales in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/austral...

The power of the personal. Compelling stories about real people that illuminate, entertain and inspire. Presented by Leigh Sales.

iview.abc.net.au

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Professor Clare Collins AO @profccollins.bsky.social · 10h

Sick of eating the same things? 5 ways to boost your nutrition and keep meals interesting and healthy
theconversation.com/sick-of-eati...

Sick of eating the same things? 5 ways to boost your nutrition and keep meals interesting and healthy

Small dietary changes can make a big difference to how you feel, how your body functions and health indicators such as blood pressure.

theconversation.com

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 10h

I was going to say that!
Has to be Patrick, Paddy for short 😁

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

I will await your entry into Gardening Australia!
It’s harder than the lottery, I suspect.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

It's a universal truth.

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

My backyard. It needs some serious tending!

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

It threatened and threatened all day.
Finally, the first drops.
🤞🏼for a proper downpour

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

I saw it before they moved in. Will have to visit again during the Christmas break

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

Could be!
Or shipped to actual archeological dig sites?

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

It’s as big as the whole of Melbourne zoo!
Go elephants!

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 1d

The pickaxe will be dismantled??

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 4d

And as Jj says “AI isn’t helping you build something novel. It can’t. It only knows what’s been done before. It’s autocomplete with a superiority complex."

deplet.ing/the-copilot-...

The Copilot Delusion

Disclaimer: This post was written May 2025, and the arguments apply to AI code capabilities at this time. The arguments around lack of competence are certainly likely to become less prevalent-while th...

deplet.ing

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 4d

You have arrived!!

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 4d

Time and again the hallucinations of GenAI have been revealed, but still we go on…

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

For those days where I consider my work to be dumbed-down, phoned-in crap (and I feel this a LOT), I have this superb 101-second reminder from Ira Glass:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQ...

If you're having a "ugh I'll never get good at this stuff" day, I hope it helps you too.

The Gap by Ira Glass

YouTube video by brien daniels

www.youtube.com

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 5d

I remember Anoia - The amazing imagination of Terry Pratchet!

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · Nov 26

I recently learned something amazing about the Arctic - & my tiny mind is blown.

Like many folk, I've always believed it's a featureless, empty place. Which is true! But this week I learned what's underneath it - & if THAT was on dry land, it'd be a wonder of the modern world.

Buckle up!

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Map of the Arctic Circle, showing Canada on the left, Russia on the right, Greenland below, and the frozen Arctic Ocean over the Pole.

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 6d

I was wondering how long it would take before someone called me out 😁

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 6d

🤣🤣

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 6d

Missed
Aralditie: The Goddess of fixing things
😁

Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 6d

Thinking today about some less well-known (but still important!) ancient #Roman deities:

Cardea: goddess of door hinges
Suadela: goddess of persuasion
Fornax: divine personification of ovens & properly-baked bread
Verminus: god who protected cattle from worms

🏺 #AncientBlueSky #MythologyMonday

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 8d

Same here! I don’t say “sorry” either.

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 8d

Yep! That’s where this is headed. As we know, it’s not a question of if they will be breached, it is WHEN!!

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12d

While Ring has offered end-to-end video encryption since 2021, it isn’t the default setting so users should look into changing the privacy settings on their security cameras, EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told WBUR’s Here & Now. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/...

Ring says police partnerships help solve crimes. What does it mean for your privacy?

Since Amazon acquired Ring, the company has waffled on its messaging around crime and fallen under scrutiny for data privacy failings. Recently announced partnerships with police departments and weapons manufacturer Axon signal a renewed focus on using private cameras to fight crime.

www.wbur.org

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 13d

So, what happens when a driverless car violates a traffic rue?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn

San Bruno officers pull over Waymo but say a ticket wasn’t issued, as ‘our citation books don’t have a box for “robot”’

www.theguardian.com

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 15d

I agree. I supervised a profoundly disabled PhD student - it gave me so much understanding, and also showed me how hard it is for the able bodied to actually understand.

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