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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 15h

So yes

Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 1d

Senate Cttee engages with ANU train wreck. "Twas not me, not me" say the train drivers - www.youtube.com/live/wSt5Yi-...

Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee | 10/10/2025

YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal

www.youtube.com

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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 1d

"’This technology is a new vector for sexual harassment and bullying, which were long-standing issues [before widespread use of AI],’ [CDT’s] Laird says, ‘and this has become a new way to exacerbate that.’” www.npr.org/2025/10/...

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 1d

"[W]e found that as few as 250 malicious documents can produce a 'backdoor' vulnerability in a large language model —regardless of model size or training data volume".

And the large-scale implementation of these bullshitting devices in government and academia is duly on its way. Wonderful.

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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Bronwyn Fredericks @bronfredericks.bsky.social · 1d

Out early walking & running in the city this morning. We’re in for a gorgeous day in SE Qld! Enjoy your day wherever you are & whatever you’re doing today. ☀️👣👋🏽😀

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hawke23.bsky.social @hawke23.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the infamous fake invoice. Plenty of other false / forged documents to go with it. It’s quite an extensive collection.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 2d

Purrfect ending: Missing Virginia store cat found after hitching a ride to another state / #catcanoe #catsky
apnews.com/article/miss...

Purrfect ending: Missing Virginia store cat found after hitching a ride to another state

Francine the cat is back home at a Lowe’s store in Virginia after going missing for a few weeks. The calico cat hitched a ride to a sister facility in another state.

apnews.com

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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 2d

the contractor is the equivalent of British Rail's 'wet leaves on the line'

Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 2d

Australian Information Commissioner v Australian Clinical Labs Limited (No 2) [2025] FCA 1224 - landmark data breach enforcement - www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...

Australian Information Commissioner v Australian Clinical Labs Limited (No 2) [2025] FCA 1224

www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 2d

Fabulous news. Things should never have got to this point. ANU Council has done an appalling job overseeing terrible times at the University.

The strategic timing of this announcement one day out from senior officials appearing at Senate estimates tomorrow is not lost on me.

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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 2d

region.com.au/thom-to-inve...

Thom to investigate Allen's Senate claims against ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop | Region Canberra

A former Australian Government investigator will lead a confidential inquiry into issues raised during the Senate hearing of 12 August…

region.com.au

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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 5d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Major data breach as up to 3,000 flood victims' details loaded to ChatGPT

The NSW Reconstruction Authority says the breach occurred in March and involved the personal data of applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program.

www.abc.net.au

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 6d

They are almost instantly recognizable, mostly due to having a 9 foot wingspan and being the size of a small car🤣
This white pelican was hanging out with a bunch of cormorants, when it decided it was time to go for a cruise around the lake!
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

A white pelican with its huge yellow bill and bright orange feet, takes off from a small lake in late evening light. It has kicked up a splash with its feet as it’s taking off.

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 6d

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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 6d

NCAT re Grubisa - www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/199...

The Council of the Law Society of NSW v Grubisa - NSW Caselaw

www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au

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Bronwyn Fredericks @bronfredericks.bsky.social · 6d

I went to the garden shop early & enjoyed just looking around. Ahh Spring!! I got my new garden hose attachment because the other one broke. I don’t throw much away & instead fix, reuse & recycle etc but when something breaks & can’t be repaired, I buy a new or secondhand one.

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Bronwyn Fredericks @bronfredericks.bsky.social · 6d

I got bedazzled by the beauty in the garden shop, inc by the orchids. I thought of my mum when I saw them, because she likes them. Have a lovely day wherever you are & whatever you’re doing today! 🌸👋🏽😀

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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 8d

we are incredibly grateful for your effort, effectiveness and courtesy Dr Clohesy

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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 8d

One of our biggest ACT contingents ever to @nteunion.bsky.social National Council! A testament to the significant growth of our union. 💜

This team of legends is in Melbourne with NTEU members from across the country.

Not yet a member? Join your union today at www.nteu.au/join. ✊

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Dr Bruce Baer Arnold @baerarnold.bsky.social · 8d

from the lord of lies - www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/elon...

Elon Musk promises to do to Wikipedia what he did to the federal government

Wikipedia is one of the 10 most popular websites on planet Earth and, in this reporter's opinion, one of humanity's greatest modern achievements of the digital age. It's the closest we've gotten to ma...

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 11d

Another craven act of surrender by Big Tech. There is exactly zero merit to this lawsuit. For Google to pay Trump off adds it to the long list of companies that have decided to be complicit in his attack on free speech
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Google to Pay $24.5 Million to End Trump Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 Ban

Google agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve Donald Trump’s claims that being banished from his YouTube channel after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol was illegal censorship, according to a c...

www.bloomberg.com

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 11d

Taking time off for school holidays. Got to September and realised tank was empty...

Teddy helps

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 11d

I have a piece on "Ivory Washing" coming out shortly which looks at the misuse of academic expertise to provide unwarranted legitimacy to political views. This is one of my case studies

Jacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social · 11d

Just to take stock: the first claim was that there was an entire literature supporting the anti-birthright position. Then, *after* that claim, scholars emerged to post drafts on SSRN. And *now* the government points to a "growing body of modern scholarship" all drafted after the initial claim.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 11d

A LITERATURE IS BORN!

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Mathieu Carpentier @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Just out in Jurisprudence: a special issue, edited by D. Dyzenhaus and G.B. Ratti, devoted to the close relationship between HLA Hart and Norberto Bobbio.

It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 14d

Hmmmmmmm! www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...

Screenshot of part of the newspaper article in this thread. It reads:

At the end of July, a final response to the clarifications sought by Knight and the other person were being prepared. UTS chief legal counsel Kylie Gould reviewed the statement. So did KPMG. Vice-chancellor Parfitt directed it be sent out by his acting chief of staff, Danielle Woolley, herself a partner at KPMG until she was hired by the university.

“I can confirm that no master spreadsheet of research staff as referred to was produced or delivered in partnership with KPMG,” Woolley wrote, without indicating whether any versions of the spreadsheet existed. “I trust the above clarifies the matter.”

Now it has been produced and confirmed delivered, although the university maintains it was never finished and was not used. By way of explanation, UTS inserted a “context” page just before the sudden appearance of the Excel spreadsheet and emails between McGrath and KPMG.

“As part of this work at that time KPMG began developing a list of D to E researchers but the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research intervened, and upon reviewing and seeking to validate this data with our own research data insights team, the work was discontinued,” the university says in its explanation.

Instead, it says, the university used “aggregate” data from its own internal systems “in order to consider whether any proposed OSI changes would impact on our research activities”.

Coincidentally, UTS says, the resulting insights are the same as if they had relied on the KPMG analysis.

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