Tony Searl
@pabatai.bsky.social
I came with a warning label but I ate it | Nature photography | Proud Dad | Creative Spaces for listening #art #ecology #auspol #music #science #poetry #birds #trees stand up c’s. Why so serious? Unless it is. http://2428barringtoncoast.blogspot.com/
Pinned
Our Watch and FARE urge stronger action on alcohol to prevent…
A new policy brief from Our Watch and FARE urges integrating alcohol harm minimisation strategies into efforts to prevent violence against women and children.
www.ourwatch.org.au
Research Starts at the root causes. End violence against women & children with Stronger action on Alcohol harm. #auspol
www.ourwatch.org.au/news/our-wat...
www.ourwatch.org.au/news/our-wat...
No Crows On Setting Wires
Moon Rise @FreewinsWalk
#bennetshead ##Barringtoncoast #getoutside #Nature #luna
Moon Rise @FreewinsWalk
#bennetshead ##Barringtoncoast #getoutside #Nature #luna
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
No Crows On Setting Wires
Moon Rise @FreewinsWalk
#bennetshead ##Barringtoncoast #getoutside #Nature #luna
Moon Rise @FreewinsWalk
#bennetshead ##Barringtoncoast #getoutside #Nature #luna
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Vote now for one of the most competitive fields the awards have ever seen: www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...
Vote now for Crikey's 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it's a crowded field
What a time its been. Even with an extended list of nominations to honour our 20th anniversary, Crikey's Arsehat of the Year faces one of its most competitive fields ever.
www.crikey.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Vote now for one of the most competitive fields the awards have ever seen: www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...
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It’s no accident that foreign streaming services do little to promote Australian music and podcasts to Australians…and it’s no accident that our governments have chosen not to do more to fix it. Local content matters more in the digital age than ever
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it
If you don't have Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped, you're not alone - it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem.
thepoint.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It’s no accident that foreign streaming services do little to promote Australian music and podcasts to Australians…and it’s no accident that our governments have chosen not to do more to fix it. Local content matters more in the digital age than ever
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Listen to The Science, ffs.
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Listen to The Science, ffs.
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
Gumball 🎶🎵🎶
happy 21st birthday to the best festival known to human kind.
And I’m not even biased… 🤣
Aussie Music Elevates
#music #art #dance
www.dashville.com.au/thegumball
happy 21st birthday to the best festival known to human kind.
And I’m not even biased… 🤣
Aussie Music Elevates
#music #art #dance
www.dashville.com.au/thegumball
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Gumball 🎶🎵🎶
happy 21st birthday to the best festival known to human kind.
And I’m not even biased… 🤣
Aussie Music Elevates
#music #art #dance
www.dashville.com.au/thegumball
happy 21st birthday to the best festival known to human kind.
And I’m not even biased… 🤣
Aussie Music Elevates
#music #art #dance
www.dashville.com.au/thegumball
Obviously, one classy nook!
📚book me in. 🤣
📚book me in. 🤣
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Obviously, one classy nook!
📚book me in. 🤣
📚book me in. 🤣
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Didn't have many Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped? You're not alone- and it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem. thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it
If you don't have Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped, you're not alone - it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem.
thepoint.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Didn't have many Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped? You're not alone- and it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem. thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Daily dose
She’s consistent 👣🐾
Good morning Mother Nature 🌱
#barringtoncoast #sunrise #ocean
#beachbums #coffee
She’s consistent 👣🐾
Good morning Mother Nature 🌱
#barringtoncoast #sunrise #ocean
#beachbums #coffee
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Daily dose
She’s consistent 👣🐾
Good morning Mother Nature 🌱
#barringtoncoast #sunrise #ocean
#beachbums #coffee
She’s consistent 👣🐾
Good morning Mother Nature 🌱
#barringtoncoast #sunrise #ocean
#beachbums #coffee
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For those who couldn't access this because of a paywall, it's now available via my Substack: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-lang...
Large Language Mistake
Current AI models are not on the path to artificial general intelligence
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
For those who couldn't access this because of a paywall, it's now available via my Substack: buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-lang...
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Pre-print for the Critical AI Literacies here:
zenodo.org/records/1778...
zenodo.org/records/1778...
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies (CAILs) is the collection of ways of thinking about and relating to so-called artificial intelligence (AI) that rejects dominant frames presented by the tec...
zenodo.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Pre-print for the Critical AI Literacies here:
zenodo.org/records/1778...
zenodo.org/records/1778...
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Join Grace Blakeley and Dr Richard Denniss for our upcoming free webinar 'Grace Blakeley on Inequality, Democracy, and the Economy'.
🗓️ Tuesday 9 December
⏰ 7pm (AEDT) / 8am (GMT)
📍 Zoom
Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ Tuesday 9 December
⏰ 7pm (AEDT) / 8am (GMT)
📍 Zoom
Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Join Grace Blakeley and Dr Richard Denniss for our upcoming free webinar 'Grace Blakeley on Inequality, Democracy, and the Economy'.
🗓️ Tuesday 9 December
⏰ 7pm (AEDT) / 8am (GMT)
📍 Zoom
Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ Tuesday 9 December
⏰ 7pm (AEDT) / 8am (GMT)
📍 Zoom
Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Australia’s social media ban for children may feel like action, but it won’t stop harm online. Poorly targeted, hard to enforce, and politically symbolic, it risks failing the kids it claims to protect, writes @waterfordjack #SocialMedia #ChildSafety #DigitalPolicy #Australia #Regulation #Politics
Why our government protects gambling apps but bans TikTok
Australia’s social media restrictions on children were sold as decisive action on harm. But the policy risks becoming symbolic, unenforceable, and ultimately counterproductive.
johnmenadue.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Australia’s social media ban for children may feel like action, but it won’t stop harm online. Poorly targeted, hard to enforce, and politically symbolic, it risks failing the kids it claims to protect, writes @waterfordjack #SocialMedia #ChildSafety #DigitalPolicy #Australia #Regulation #Politics
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Very disappointing the Albanese Govt has refused to accept the full suite of recommendations from the Briggs Review designed to stop the jobs for mates culture in federal politics.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
‘Patronage, nepotism’: Labor releases damning jobs-for-mates report
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher commissioned the review in early 2023 after the Coalition was accused of stacking dozens of plum positions.
www.afr.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Very disappointing the Albanese Govt has refused to accept the full suite of recommendations from the Briggs Review designed to stop the jobs for mates culture in federal politics.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
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I've worked hard with all non-govt senators to secure release of the Briggs review.
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've worked hard with all non-govt senators to secure release of the Briggs review.
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Wild Blue Yonder
Spectacular chilli mornings 😎
Good morning, limit less.
#barringtoncoast 🐬🐋🐟 #ocean #life
Spectacular chilli mornings 😎
Good morning, limit less.
#barringtoncoast 🐬🐋🐟 #ocean #life
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wild Blue Yonder
Spectacular chilli mornings 😎
Good morning, limit less.
#barringtoncoast 🐬🐋🐟 #ocean #life
Spectacular chilli mornings 😎
Good morning, limit less.
#barringtoncoast 🐬🐋🐟 #ocean #life
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I had the joy of getting to meet some baby blue-winged parrots today 💚💙
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I had the joy of getting to meet some baby blue-winged parrots today 💚💙
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🤣 That’s Exactly The Point…
One Moment, Please.
#enoughISenough
#Barringtoncoast #whysoserious
#unlessITis
One Moment, Please.
#enoughISenough
#Barringtoncoast #whysoserious
#unlessITis
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
🤣 That’s Exactly The Point…
One Moment, Please.
#enoughISenough
#Barringtoncoast #whysoserious
#unlessITis
One Moment, Please.
#enoughISenough
#Barringtoncoast #whysoserious
#unlessITis
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Make room in your heart, and at your table . . . in the end, only kindness matters 💚 Artist ~ Jennifer Bloomer 💚
#greenwitch #peace #love #kindness #bethechange
#greenwitch #peace #love #kindness #bethechange
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Make room in your heart, and at your table . . . in the end, only kindness matters 💚 Artist ~ Jennifer Bloomer 💚
#greenwitch #peace #love #kindness #bethechange
#greenwitch #peace #love #kindness #bethechange
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Zhao Leji’s visit should have been about diplomacy and Australia–China relations. Instead, media coverage fixated on security threats and missed the point entirely, writes John Queripel. #China #Australia #Diplomacy #Media #ForeignPolicy
A Chinese visit, a security panic, and a silent media
The visit of China’s third-ranking leader should have prompted serious discussion about diplomacy and economic relations. Instead, Australia’s media fixated on security theatrics and fed a familiar cycle of fear.
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Zhao Leji’s visit should have been about diplomacy and Australia–China relations. Instead, media coverage fixated on security threats and missed the point entirely, writes John Queripel. #China #Australia #Diplomacy #Media #ForeignPolicy
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Girl on a space hopper, 1971,
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Girl on a space hopper, 1971,
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
Byker series, Newwcastle, UK, by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling
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On this week's #SundayShot, @roycerk2.bsky.social rolls off the plane from @cop30brazil.bsky.social to join Lorena Allam on the panel. Plus an interview with newly minted @walkleys.bsky.social-award winner Yaara Bou Melham on her powerful documentary feature KURLU COUNTRY.
Join us!
Join us!
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
On this week's #SundayShot, @roycerk2.bsky.social rolls off the plane from @cop30brazil.bsky.social to join Lorena Allam on the panel. Plus an interview with newly minted @walkleys.bsky.social-award winner Yaara Bou Melham on her powerful documentary feature KURLU COUNTRY.
Join us!
Join us!
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is steadfastly refusing to condemn the NSW Parliament neo-Nazi rally. Paid over $1,000 a day by taxpayers but MIA since far-right Advance scandal over four months ago... theklaxon.com.au/wheres-jilli...
Where's Jillian Segal? Over $1,000-a-day but MIA - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family bankrolls far-right group “Advance” — is refusing to denounce the neo-Nazi rally held outside NSW Parliament House.
theklaxon.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is steadfastly refusing to condemn the NSW Parliament neo-Nazi rally. Paid over $1,000 a day by taxpayers but MIA since far-right Advance scandal over four months ago... theklaxon.com.au/wheres-jilli...