Owen Smith
@owensmithguitar.bsky.social
Eclectic. Musician. Songwriter. Founder. AI/Data Practitioner. SciFi. Comedy. Theology. Decolonisation. Antitrust. Also, cats.
🎸 Australian Country/Rockabilly 🎸
Where tall tales and adrenaline meet
👉 https://owensmithguitar.com/inside-scoop
🎸 Australian Country/Rockabilly 🎸
Where tall tales and adrenaline meet
👉 https://owensmithguitar.com/inside-scoop
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Owen Smith
@owensmithguitar.bsky.social
· Oct 11
If you'd told me two years ago that I'd be holding an album in my hands right now, I would've laughed!
But a thousand steps, and amazing people, have combined to craft this magnificent set of songs for you 💫
owensmithguitar.com/store
#bsnm #nowplaying #musicsky
But a thousand steps, and amazing people, have combined to craft this magnificent set of songs for you 💫
owensmithguitar.com/store
#bsnm #nowplaying #musicsky
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
"GenAI, because you're not worth it."
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"GenAI, because you're not worth it."
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THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Dear Lord, have mercy on us.
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Dear Lord, have mercy on us.
🤣
VOICEOVER: in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet entirely opposite, groups: the police, who are afraid of sandwiches, and sandwich wielders, armed with food consisting of two pieces of bread filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables. these are their stories.
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
🤣
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We cross live to the White House for this televised message from the President:
a baby is laying on a couch and making a funny face with the word waa written on it .
Alt: a baby is laying on a couch and making a funny face with the word waa written on it .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We cross live to the White House for this televised message from the President:
Agentic consumption of the web brings a number of problems.
Our human finitude is an essential feature to how the web has functioned.
Now, the same agents that are taking website foot traffic (revenue) are also increasing load (cost) to those same websites.
Our human finitude is an essential feature to how the web has functioned.
Now, the same agents that are taking website foot traffic (revenue) are also increasing load (cost) to those same websites.
Amazon won't allow agents on its site that don't identify themselves as such. Perplexity is not pleased.
Amazon sends legal threats to Perplexity over agentic browsing | TechCrunch
Amazon won't allow agents on its site that don't identify themselves as such. Perplexity is not pleased.
techcrunch.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Agentic consumption of the web brings a number of problems.
Our human finitude is an essential feature to how the web has functioned.
Now, the same agents that are taking website foot traffic (revenue) are also increasing load (cost) to those same websites.
Our human finitude is an essential feature to how the web has functioned.
Now, the same agents that are taking website foot traffic (revenue) are also increasing load (cost) to those same websites.
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Are Fentanyl addled ferrets piloting your head of state? NEXT on SICK SAD WORLD
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Are Fentanyl addled ferrets piloting your head of state? NEXT on SICK SAD WORLD
Dear America.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dear America.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
Just your average day on council: "Okay, so hear me out, what if we take the whale... and fill it... with dynamite."
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Just your average day on council: "Okay, so hear me out, what if we take the whale... and fill it... with dynamite."
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Heather's new TED talk on AI and human identity, is now online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
How artists can protect their work from AI | Dr. Heather Zheng | TEDxChicago
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Heather's new TED talk on AI and human identity, is now online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJZ...
The new service, Grift Social™️, includes a live 24/7 feed of the Dictator in Chief.
Betters will be able to wager gold bullion from drones to attempt to sway presidential tweets.
Betters will be able to wager gold bullion from drones to attempt to sway presidential tweets.
"Truth Social users will be able to trade prediction contracts related to major events and milestones, such as political elections, interest and inflation rate changes, commodity prices on gold and crude oil, events across all major sports leagues"
What the bloody hell?
crypto.com/us/company-n...
What the bloody hell?
crypto.com/us/company-n...
Truth Social to Become World’s First Social Media Platform Offering Prediction Markets via Exclusive Partnership with Crypto.com
Trump Media Expansion Now Includes Strategic Push into Prediction Markets
crypto.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The new service, Grift Social™️, includes a live 24/7 feed of the Dictator in Chief.
Betters will be able to wager gold bullion from drones to attempt to sway presidential tweets.
Betters will be able to wager gold bullion from drones to attempt to sway presidential tweets.
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I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
And that's just counting Sam Altman's sessions 😅
The fact that these are the numbers the company will put on the record … www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And that's just counting Sam Altman's sessions 😅
When the toddlers monitor the toddlers, both poop their pants.
"It's not about monitoring in the sense of, you know, you monitor a toddler," JD Vance said on Wednesday, standing right next to Mr Netanyahu.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"It's not about monitoring in the sense of, you know, you monitor a toddler," JD Vance said on Wednesday, standing right next to Mr Netanyahu.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
US officials descending on Israel spark claims of 'Bibi-sitting'
Some of the most senior officials from the US arriving in Israel has prompted some to re-imagine the phrase "Bibi-sitting" — and question the motive behind it.
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When the toddlers monitor the toddlers, both poop their pants.
"It's not about monitoring in the sense of, you know, you monitor a toddler," JD Vance said on Wednesday, standing right next to Mr Netanyahu.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"It's not about monitoring in the sense of, you know, you monitor a toddler," JD Vance said on Wednesday, standing right next to Mr Netanyahu.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"Oh no, my old grift's slowing. Quick - I need a bigger investment scam!"
"Tesla Profit Plunges" - Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Tesla Profit Plunges as Musk Turns Focus to ‘Robot Army’
The electric-vehicle maker’s net income fell 37%, even as American shoppers raced to buy electric vehicles before a $7,500 federal tax credit expired last month.
www.wsj.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"Oh no, my old grift's slowing. Quick - I need a bigger investment scam!"
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trump really knows how to build!
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
trump really knows how to build!
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“... Drawing on recent popular and academic literature on genAI, we argue that the values embedded in this technology do not align with the values of critical humanities and social science pedagogy, which include originality, academic freedom, creativity, and critical thinking.”
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“... Drawing on recent popular and academic literature on genAI, we argue that the values embedded in this technology do not align with the values of critical humanities and social science pedagogy, which include originality, academic freedom, creativity, and critical thinking.”
AI slop devalues all of us. My time, your time, our time is invaluable. Slop treats us as harvestable eyeballs and our time as a low value consumable.
Those pumping out slop are breaching their social contract. They prey on our time without equitable exchange of value.
Those pumping out slop are breaching their social contract. They prey on our time without equitable exchange of value.
Hello! My latest in the Guardian is about the AI bubble brewing - if you fear it’s going to smash you into a “permanent underclass”, don’t worry - you’re in it already.
Article features the masthead media debut of @techbrobot.bsky.social. Enjoy the vapidity!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Article features the masthead media debut of @techbrobot.bsky.social. Enjoy the vapidity!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
AI slop devalues all of us. My time, your time, our time is invaluable. Slop treats us as harvestable eyeballs and our time as a low value consumable.
Those pumping out slop are breaching their social contract. They prey on our time without equitable exchange of value.
Those pumping out slop are breaching their social contract. They prey on our time without equitable exchange of value.
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When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.