JB_AU
@jbau.bsky.social
Aussie queer dude. 30 something. Nintendo. Politics. Butts. Photography. Cheerleader for proud nerds and good causes.
He’s sitting down with a professional “comedian” (VERY loosely using this term) and explaining comedy to him 😂
“You see comedy is when you tell your phone to be mean to people hahahahahahaha I’m so smart”
“You see comedy is when you tell your phone to be mean to people hahahahahahaha I’m so smart”
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
He’s sitting down with a professional “comedian” (VERY loosely using this term) and explaining comedy to him 😂
“You see comedy is when you tell your phone to be mean to people hahahahahahaha I’m so smart”
“You see comedy is when you tell your phone to be mean to people hahahahahahaha I’m so smart”
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Outsourcing your sense of humour to AI www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Outsourcing your sense of humour to AI www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
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Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
What “test”? Israel just wants to keep bombing civilians and yet again noone’s bothering to stop them.
It is not the first time that Israel has carried out similar waves of strikes after reported attacks on its forces during the ceasefire.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test
It is not the first time that Israel has carried out similar waves of strikes after reported attacks on its forces during the ceasefire.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What “test”? Israel just wants to keep bombing civilians and yet again noone’s bothering to stop them.
God Australia is ridiculous. Homelessness is out of control, people can’t afford rent and yet reality TV stars get sob stories because they’re not taking in millions out of their fame like they hoped. Cry me a river… www.pedestrian.tv/entertainmen...
The Block’s Emma & Ben List Their Personal Home For Sale After Disastrous Auction
“Our plan was to see how we go on The Block and if we made any money on the show, we would have loved to have stayed living there."
www.pedestrian.tv
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
God Australia is ridiculous. Homelessness is out of control, people can’t afford rent and yet reality TV stars get sob stories because they’re not taking in millions out of their fame like they hoped. Cry me a river… www.pedestrian.tv/entertainmen...
Oh no the Senate is slightly more representative of the actual population 😢
For most of our Federation's history, the two-party system has been an efficient organiser of the population. That has all changed.
Australians have made the Senate the government's worst nightmare
For most of our Federation's history, the two-party system has been an efficient organiser of the population. That has all changed.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Oh no the Senate is slightly more representative of the actual population 😢
“Hot Daddies, Hot Daddies, Hot Daddies…”
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Hot Daddies, Hot Daddies, Hot Daddies…”
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Denmark's Social Democrats held as proof of Pollingism's core thesis: take up what polls as "popular" & ignore or echo oppo on scapegoating. And, yes, this can win you battles but as Danes (& Dutch) show - it moves electorate toward oppo long term.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Social Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election losses
PM Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left party loses control of Copenhagen for first time in more than 100 years
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Denmark's Social Democrats held as proof of Pollingism's core thesis: take up what polls as "popular" & ignore or echo oppo on scapegoating. And, yes, this can win you battles but as Danes (& Dutch) show - it moves electorate toward oppo long term.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Saying «AI is just a tool» might be the laziest form of aggressive ignorance. As a statement, it's ultimately both trivial and almost meaningless, serving only to free you from further thought so that you can use the gadgets without caring about their preconditions, implications, and consequences
Also this by Rafman: "What I still don’t understand is this whole idea of ‘ethical AI’. To me, even framing it that way is already problematic. AI itself isn’t unethical – it’s a tool." That's naive at best (I'm trying to be very understanding here).
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Saying «AI is just a tool» might be the laziest form of aggressive ignorance. As a statement, it's ultimately both trivial and almost meaningless, serving only to free you from further thought so that you can use the gadgets without caring about their preconditions, implications, and consequences
No fucking shit.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
No fucking shit.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
Regulation is needed more than ever because techbros are stupider than they’ve ever been.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Regulation is needed more than ever because techbros are stupider than they’ve ever been.
Amazing how the management/executive class find a new argument every week for why workers having rights is the root of all evil.
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Amazing how the management/executive class find a new argument every week for why workers having rights is the root of all evil.
The free market: “You have choice! It’s your fault if you make the wrong decision!”
Reality: “There’s 50 options lying to you in 200 different ways about their pricing, features and payment options. They’re paying Google and social media to trick you as well”
Reality: “There’s 50 options lying to you in 200 different ways about their pricing, features and payment options. They’re paying Google and social media to trick you as well”
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The free market: “You have choice! It’s your fault if you make the wrong decision!”
Reality: “There’s 50 options lying to you in 200 different ways about their pricing, features and payment options. They’re paying Google and social media to trick you as well”
Reality: “There’s 50 options lying to you in 200 different ways about their pricing, features and payment options. They’re paying Google and social media to trick you as well”
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i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
![However, the brothers' Google search history in the weeks after the theft for phrases including "how to wash crypto”, “top crypto lawyers”, “wire fraud statute / wire fraud statue [sic] of limitations”, and “prison or jail worse” suggest that perhaps the brothers had some clue that their actions could be interpreted criminally, as do the brothers' own descriptions of their plan as “sus”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreicpwu5pjoddgp2ovmaka2kfu6d6uc7uijrld5a4hovz5qpaqlkk5u@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
“I don’t want you to miss out”, “I’ve noticed”…
Well *I* think you are not an “I”.
You are a social media network. A collection of 1s and 0s scurrying about a bunch of cables and servers around the world.
Well *I* think you are not an “I”.
You are a social media network. A collection of 1s and 0s scurrying about a bunch of cables and servers around the world.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“I don’t want you to miss out”, “I’ve noticed”…
Well *I* think you are not an “I”.
You are a social media network. A collection of 1s and 0s scurrying about a bunch of cables and servers around the world.
Well *I* think you are not an “I”.
You are a social media network. A collection of 1s and 0s scurrying about a bunch of cables and servers around the world.
I just misread the word “solopreneur” and “sloppreneur” and honestly it’s a pretty accurate alternative for the kinds of people who call themselves solopreneurs lol
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I just misread the word “solopreneur” and “sloppreneur” and honestly it’s a pretty accurate alternative for the kinds of people who call themselves solopreneurs lol
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years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)
You walk around town and they call us “f-slurs”
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
You walk around town and they call us “f-slurs”
Jesus Christ ABC you couldn’t have constructed a more inappropriate headline.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Jesus Christ ABC you couldn’t have constructed a more inappropriate headline.
What is it about this woman that gives me hope youtu.be/vitil9qMN6A?...
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
What is it about this woman that gives me hope youtu.be/vitil9qMN6A?...
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"Matt Gaetz raped a homeless teenager and yet remains a free man because he's friendly with the current administration, where the president is also embroiled with accusations of rape and sex trafficking" is what you meant to write, one would hope.
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Matt Gaetz raped a homeless teenager and yet remains a free man because he's friendly with the current administration, where the president is also embroiled with accusations of rape and sex trafficking" is what you meant to write, one would hope.
Incredibly concerning to see public media organisations bend the knee to fascists so easily www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
BBC apologises to Trump, but rejects compensation demands
The BBC tells the US president it is sorry for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of a speech he gave on January 6, 2021, but says it won't meet his demands for compensation.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Incredibly concerning to see public media organisations bend the knee to fascists so easily www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...