hawthorne00
@hawthorne00.bsky.social
Hibernating economist, hibernating muso. Mostly. Also beer, cricket.
@kjbar.bsky.social If if turns out the Liberal senator who thinks their being named as a possible defector is defamatory does subsequently defect, that would be a good first question.
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
@kjbar.bsky.social If if turns out the Liberal senator who thinks their being named as a possible defector is defamatory does subsequently defect, that would be a good first question.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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Never start a pelican war in Asia.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Never start a pelican war in Asia.
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Scott Boland faced 72 balls today.
No England batter has managed 60.
No England batter has managed 60.
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Scott Boland faced 72 balls today.
No England batter has managed 60.
No England batter has managed 60.
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I would love a still photo with the names of all of every single pathetic, sycophantic jackasses standing behind Trump and going along with this
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I would love a still photo with the names of all of every single pathetic, sycophantic jackasses standing behind Trump and going along with this
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Why I'm banging on about the State Library fiasco: people who know how bad it is are forbidden to speak out; scared of political reprisals or for their jobs or prospects. I'm a cross, menopausal freelancer who won't be invited to any schmoozy money-drinks & as such can go orf like a Catherine Wheel.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Why I'm banging on about the State Library fiasco: people who know how bad it is are forbidden to speak out; scared of political reprisals or for their jobs or prospects. I'm a cross, menopausal freelancer who won't be invited to any schmoozy money-drinks & as such can go orf like a Catherine Wheel.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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You can’t just show me a dog once in your TV show, that dog is a main character now. Give me more dog
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You can’t just show me a dog once in your TV show, that dog is a main character now. Give me more dog
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the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
arxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
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Just gonna say that the entire US White House press corps could set themselves up for a similar moment of satisfaction if they could be arsed.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just gonna say that the entire US White House press corps could set themselves up for a similar moment of satisfaction if they could be arsed.
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I have always admired C4C's willingness to bite bullets, but "we must embrace French style banlieux in order to unlock Japanese style GDP growth" is absolutely next level
Urban Britain is missing mid-rise (4–9 storey) housing.
France and Japan achieve high density through mixed neighbourhoods with more mid-rise flats— we don’t.
France and Japan achieve high density through mixed neighbourhoods with more mid-rise flats— we don’t.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I have always admired C4C's willingness to bite bullets, but "we must embrace French style banlieux in order to unlock Japanese style GDP growth" is absolutely next level
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xAI is currently in talks to raise $15 billion at a $230 billion valuation.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
xAI is currently in talks to raise $15 billion at a $230 billion valuation.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
The flagship product is self-identified "MechaHitler" chatbot with training so warped it describes Elon Musk as more physically fit than LeBron James. It is powered by gas turbines poisoning South Memphis.
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Every day he plumbs new depths of Can You Believe This Loser Shit. You think you’ve reached the bottom of the Marianas Trench of Can You Believe This Loser Shit but then there’s a bang and a lurch and your little internet bathyscaphe plunges into a new fissure of Can You Believe This Loser Shit.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Every day he plumbs new depths of Can You Believe This Loser Shit. You think you’ve reached the bottom of the Marianas Trench of Can You Believe This Loser Shit but then there’s a bang and a lurch and your little internet bathyscaphe plunges into a new fissure of Can You Believe This Loser Shit.
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It would be crass to include a sponsorship arrangement or paid product endorsement in the eulogy at a State funeral. But in the case of John Laws you can rely on it being there
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It would be crass to include a sponsorship arrangement or paid product endorsement in the eulogy at a State funeral. But in the case of John Laws you can rely on it being there
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I have just noticed from my bank account that the company name (as opposed to trading name ie the name I know the place by) for my dentist is “Natural Born Fillers.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I have just noticed from my bank account that the company name (as opposed to trading name ie the name I know the place by) for my dentist is “Natural Born Fillers.”
Or they own the herd.
Most interesting hint of what their culture is like is in Predator 2, when he spares a woman because his infrared vision shows that she’s pregnant. Shows they have some fish and game regulations.
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Or they own the herd.
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On performative cruelty as a centrist political strategy
congratulations: your allies believe you are a monster and your enemies believe you are insincere
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On performative cruelty as a centrist political strategy
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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the government forcing the wiggles to do a podcast episode as punishment really shifts the Overton window of regulatory enforcement possibilities
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
the government forcing the wiggles to do a podcast episode as punishment really shifts the Overton window of regulatory enforcement possibilities
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
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From the diary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, 1912
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
From the diary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, 1912
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🎬 The part-time IPL problem
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🎬 The part-time IPL problem