Mike Funnell
@mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of).
Sydney, Australia.
Sydney, Australia.
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I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
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Outsourced call centre staff at NDIS have to pretend to work for government, workers say
Serco employees also say they are given email addresses identical to public servants, making them indistinguishable
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Serco employees also say they are given email addresses identical to public servants, making them indistinguishable
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Outsourced call centre staff at NDIS have to pretend to work for government, workers say
Serco employees also say they are given email addresses identical to public servants, making them indistinguishable
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Outsourced call centre staff at NDIS have to pretend to work for government, workers say
Serco employees also say they are given email addresses identical to public servants, making them indistinguishable
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Serco employees also say they are given email addresses identical to public servants, making them indistinguishable
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Watching the US - democracies are extremely fragile.
It’s not taken long & it’s been relatively easy to pull it all down.
Business, institutions & orgs, media, the judiciary, the military politicians - all buckled quickly.
Now - it’s up to the people #auspol
It’s not taken long & it’s been relatively easy to pull it all down.
Business, institutions & orgs, media, the judiciary, the military politicians - all buckled quickly.
Now - it’s up to the people #auspol
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Watching the US - democracies are extremely fragile.
It’s not taken long & it’s been relatively easy to pull it all down.
Business, institutions & orgs, media, the judiciary, the military politicians - all buckled quickly.
Now - it’s up to the people #auspol
It’s not taken long & it’s been relatively easy to pull it all down.
Business, institutions & orgs, media, the judiciary, the military politicians - all buckled quickly.
Now - it’s up to the people #auspol
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The domestic terrorist organization known as "ICE" is stalking people at food pantries. And following people who deliver food to those too scared to leave their residences to go to those pantries. Despicable, lawless ghouls.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Volunteers delivering groceries to families report being followed by ICE
Twin Cities Food Justice is partnering with local schools to donate 1,000 food bags to families.
www.kare11.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The domestic terrorist organization known as "ICE" is stalking people at food pantries. And following people who deliver food to those too scared to leave their residences to go to those pantries. Despicable, lawless ghouls.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Damn the soulless Nazis of Trumpism straight to Hell.
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Damn the soulless Nazis of Trumpism straight to Hell.
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Perhaps not the smartest day for a bike ride 🔥 🤭
But: Sunday lunch is sacrosanct, car parking hard to find - and rain had me miss 🚲 days earlier in the week..
But: Sunday lunch is sacrosanct, car parking hard to find - and rain had me miss 🚲 days earlier in the week..
January 25, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Perhaps not the smartest day for a bike ride 🔥 🤭
But: Sunday lunch is sacrosanct, car parking hard to find - and rain had me miss 🚲 days earlier in the week..
But: Sunday lunch is sacrosanct, car parking hard to find - and rain had me miss 🚲 days earlier in the week..
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Imagine living in a country run by people who cling desperately to their right to own guns…who then use a citizen’s legal gun ownership to defend his outright murder by government thugs and call him a domestic terrorist.
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Imagine living in a country run by people who cling desperately to their right to own guns…who then use a citizen’s legal gun ownership to defend his outright murder by government thugs and call him a domestic terrorist.
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The Trump regime had an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia removed, calling it “corrosive ideology.” It was called “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation,” and it honored nine people enslaved by George Washington.
January 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The Trump regime had an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia removed, calling it “corrosive ideology.” It was called “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation,” and it honored nine people enslaved by George Washington.
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They say the perfect meme doesn't exi-----
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 AM
They say the perfect meme doesn't exi-----
I recall, back in the middling-early days of alt.folklore.urban on Usenet when ‘troll’ first came into use.
It started as a fishing analogy: as in dragging a lure through the water in the hope something (someone) would bite.
Then, jokingly, those fishing, were referred to as ‘trolls’..
It started as a fishing analogy: as in dragging a lure through the water in the hope something (someone) would bite.
Then, jokingly, those fishing, were referred to as ‘trolls’..
Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I recall, back in the middling-early days of alt.folklore.urban on Usenet when ‘troll’ first came into use.
It started as a fishing analogy: as in dragging a lure through the water in the hope something (someone) would bite.
Then, jokingly, those fishing, were referred to as ‘trolls’..
It started as a fishing analogy: as in dragging a lure through the water in the hope something (someone) would bite.
Then, jokingly, those fishing, were referred to as ‘trolls’..
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Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived
Probably a good thing 👏
Trying to think back to the era (not listening: just based on what you’ve mentioned): King Missile? Garbage? Hootie and the Blowfish? Tori Amos? Single Gun Theory? Gabrielle?
I’m sure there are more that haven’t occurred to me..
Trying to think back to the era (not listening: just based on what you’ve mentioned): King Missile? Garbage? Hootie and the Blowfish? Tori Amos? Single Gun Theory? Gabrielle?
I’m sure there are more that haven’t occurred to me..
Her comment on the Hottest 100 overall: Not bad.
She’s a hard marker.
She’s a hard marker.
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Probably a good thing 👏
Trying to think back to the era (not listening: just based on what you’ve mentioned): King Missile? Garbage? Hootie and the Blowfish? Tori Amos? Single Gun Theory? Gabrielle?
I’m sure there are more that haven’t occurred to me..
Trying to think back to the era (not listening: just based on what you’ve mentioned): King Missile? Garbage? Hootie and the Blowfish? Tori Amos? Single Gun Theory? Gabrielle?
I’m sure there are more that haven’t occurred to me..
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This was an unexpectedly fascinating article. I didn't know it had a name or such deep tradition. I've noted that since the Mark Scott era at Aunty the news site headlines have become increasingly inane with my last 'objective' count of 7 question headlines (out of 21 total stories on front page)
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This was an unexpectedly fascinating article. I didn't know it had a name or such deep tradition. I've noted that since the Mark Scott era at Aunty the news site headlines have become increasingly inane with my last 'objective' count of 7 question headlines (out of 21 total stories on front page)
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
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I've seen people assume the FBI Agent who resigned after being pressured to stop investigating the murder of Renee Good was male.
She is FEMALE.
Her name is Tracee Mergen.
Women are at risk under the Rump regime because they are less likely to toe the line.
She is FEMALE.
Her name is Tracee Mergen.
Women are at risk under the Rump regime because they are less likely to toe the line.
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I've seen people assume the FBI Agent who resigned after being pressured to stop investigating the murder of Renee Good was male.
She is FEMALE.
Her name is Tracee Mergen.
Women are at risk under the Rump regime because they are less likely to toe the line.
She is FEMALE.
Her name is Tracee Mergen.
Women are at risk under the Rump regime because they are less likely to toe the line.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
Don’t say I didn’t warn you 😂
I reckon Melissa McIntosh rather fancies herself. I mean *really* fancies herself.
Whether the party room is as keen on her as she is might be a different matter 🤔
Whether the party room is as keen on her as she is might be a different matter 🤔
January 23, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Don’t say I didn’t warn you 😂
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The Australian Office of the Information Commissioner (OAIC) says that lack of disclosure around use of automated decision-making (ADM) systems across government agencies is putting trust in the technology and the public service at risk www.itnews.com.au/news/oaic-ca...
OAIC calls on federal agencies to be transparent on ADM use
To build trust.
www.itnews.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The Australian Office of the Information Commissioner (OAIC) says that lack of disclosure around use of automated decision-making (ADM) systems across government agencies is putting trust in the technology and the public service at risk www.itnews.com.au/news/oaic-ca...