Julia D
@juliadassin.bsky.social
Slightly secretive Sydneysider. 🎥 🎶 🍳 🐕
I know a tiny amount about many things so I guess that makes me a scatty fox rather than a deep-thinking hedgehog.
I know a tiny amount about many things so I guess that makes me a scatty fox rather than a deep-thinking hedgehog.
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Julia D
@juliadassin.bsky.social
· Aug 1
I suppose I should be doing some actual work, really.
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
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On national jukebox day I must come out against being able to control the jukebox from your phone, people should know who put on that awful song and you should stand there and support your taste with whole heart
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On national jukebox day I must come out against being able to control the jukebox from your phone, people should know who put on that awful song and you should stand there and support your taste with whole heart
LOL. Has he met anyone from the Australian Government?
“Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
LOL. Has he met anyone from the Australian Government?
“Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
At the risk of dating myself terribly
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (eponymous)
Patti Smith - Gloria, “Horses”
The Beatles - Help, “Help”
Tom Petty - Refugee, “Damn The Torpedos”
Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, “In The Aeroplane over the Sea”
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (eponymous)
Patti Smith - Gloria, “Horses”
The Beatles - Help, “Help”
Tom Petty - Refugee, “Damn The Torpedos”
Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, “In The Aeroplane over the Sea”
Beatles - Abbey Road “Come Together”
Doors - s/t “Break on Through”
Replacements - Let It Be “I Will Dare”
Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model “ No Action”
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle “Opera House”
For Rob Gordon:
13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds of “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
Doors - s/t “Break on Through”
Replacements - Let It Be “I Will Dare”
Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model “ No Action”
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle “Opera House”
For Rob Gordon:
13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds of “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
At the risk of dating myself terribly
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (eponymous)
Patti Smith - Gloria, “Horses”
The Beatles - Help, “Help”
Tom Petty - Refugee, “Damn The Torpedos”
Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, “In The Aeroplane over the Sea”
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (eponymous)
Patti Smith - Gloria, “Horses”
The Beatles - Help, “Help”
Tom Petty - Refugee, “Damn The Torpedos”
Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, “In The Aeroplane over the Sea”
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Preparing a pitch to sell the government a $96 million dollar ant farm.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Preparing a pitch to sell the government a $96 million dollar ant farm.
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Currawong sunset song, down where the river bends 🎶🙏😊
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Currawong sunset song, down where the river bends 🎶🙏😊
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🎶 And I…..
Will always love….
Will always love….
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🎶 And I…..
Will always love….
Will always love….
Discovered I’d let my covid vax schedule slip, but only after someone alerted me to a new exposure at their house after I’d visited.
Boosted now, but I don’t want to go anywhere crowded for a while now.
Boosted now, but I don’t want to go anywhere crowded for a while now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Discovered I’d let my covid vax schedule slip, but only after someone alerted me to a new exposure at their house after I’d visited.
Boosted now, but I don’t want to go anywhere crowded for a while now.
Boosted now, but I don’t want to go anywhere crowded for a while now.
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Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
The Space Exploration Logo Archive
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. There is also a book, but it looks like it was only
kottke.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
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What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
“A voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase out of fossil fuels.”
So, concepts of a plan then.
🙄
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So, concepts of a plan then.
🙄
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“A voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase out of fossil fuels.”
So, concepts of a plan then.
🙄
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So, concepts of a plan then.
🙄
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We had Duralex glasses at home when I was a kid. I wonder which of my sisters ended up with them. They must still exist somewhere - they were nearly indestructible.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We had Duralex glasses at home when I was a kid. I wonder which of my sisters ended up with them. They must still exist somewhere - they were nearly indestructible.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Re-reading this from 2008. I’d like to think people have learned more about large software projects, but based on discussions this week, they haven’t.
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
The Wetware Crisis: the Thermocline of Truth : Bruce F. Webster
brucefwebster.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Re-reading this from 2008. I’d like to think people have learned more about large software projects, but based on discussions this week, they haven’t.
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/t...
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image 1: CNBC, Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by AI (April 29, 2025)
image 2: from Xitter, Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken (November 20, 2025)
image 2: from Xitter, Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken (November 20, 2025)
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
image 1: CNBC, Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by AI (April 29, 2025)
image 2: from Xitter, Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken (November 20, 2025)
image 2: from Xitter, Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken (November 20, 2025)
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Just to echo Rodent, UK politics makes much more sense if you understand it as Thatcherism collapsing in 2008 but persisting as gospel among the elites, who then spent the next two decades setting up various scapegoats to slaughter and then go, "Whoops. Turns out the blood is in another neck!"
I am not going to tell you my ideas are for def 100% the solution but I am going to say that it was crystal clear ten years ago that migrant-squealing Thatcherite centrism was a democratic disaster, and the lads spent that entire time screeching and gargling to protect it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just to echo Rodent, UK politics makes much more sense if you understand it as Thatcherism collapsing in 2008 but persisting as gospel among the elites, who then spent the next two decades setting up various scapegoats to slaughter and then go, "Whoops. Turns out the blood is in another neck!"
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
Oops
It’s the first really secure electronic voting I’ve seen. It’s very, very secure now.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
It’s the first really secure electronic voting I’ve seen. It’s very, very secure now.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
Voting system required three keys. One of them has been “irretrievably lost.”…
arstechnica.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Oops
It’s the first really secure electronic voting I’ve seen. It’s very, very secure now.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
It’s the first really secure electronic voting I’ve seen. It’s very, very secure now.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Nuclear waste reminds us that many new technologies simply never solve their safety issues
"New U.S. #nuclear boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: Radioactive waste.
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
95,000 metric tons spent nuclear fuel (with a minority from weapons programs) sits temporarily stockpiled in water-filled pools or dry casks at 79 sites in 39 states."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/09/n...
New U.S. nuclear power boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: What to do with radioactive waste
As government and industry, from tech giants to utilities, commit to big nuclear power plants, there is still no clear solution for radioactive waste storage.
www.cnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Nuclear waste reminds us that many new technologies simply never solve their safety issues
All the GP Clinics near me have been bought out by major corporations (I’m looking at you, Fullerton). Or the GPs rent space and facilities from retired doctors (Holdsworth). I’m not surprised the Government’s scheme is failing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
GP visits dropping by 10,000 a day, as cost pressures mount
Medicare figures quietly published online show bulk-billing has not improved from a year ago, despite billions being tipped into the scheme. As out-of-pocket costs rise, GPs are delivering 10,000 fewe...
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
All the GP Clinics near me have been bought out by major corporations (I’m looking at you, Fullerton). Or the GPs rent space and facilities from retired doctors (Holdsworth). I’m not surprised the Government’s scheme is failing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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They should add being a Liberal Party leader to the list of jobs you can do for a 'work for the dole' scheme
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
They should add being a Liberal Party leader to the list of jobs you can do for a 'work for the dole' scheme
COP30 being actually on fire seems appropriate to the climate emergency.
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
COP30 being actually on fire seems appropriate to the climate emergency.
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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80s: Japan is the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
80s: Japan is the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
90s, 00s: Japan in dying country typified by stagnant incomes, xenophobia and toxic, sexless nerd culture
Now: oh, that WAS the future
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.