@soberdan.bsky.social
AI-bots that follow prompts but not grammar (or actual laws/rules) - you can wear a helmet while you fill up, but are often prohibited from keeping the helmet on when entering the servo.
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
AI-bots that follow prompts but not grammar (or actual laws/rules) - you can wear a helmet while you fill up, but are often prohibited from keeping the helmet on when entering the servo.
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Queensland Museum has been accused of misleading teachers and children about the root cause of the climate crisis through a multimillion-dollar misinformation partnership with one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Queensland Museum has been accused of misleading teachers and children about the root cause of the climate crisis through a multimillion-dollar misinformation partnership with one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
When you drive an oversized ute, but can’t read parking signs or learn road rules.
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
When you drive an oversized ute, but can’t read parking signs or learn road rules.
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If I am watching TV with you I will always point out when someone is left-handed
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If I am watching TV with you I will always point out when someone is left-handed
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
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"No one asked for TV Show/Movie." I hate when I see this comment. No one asked for TOS. No one asked for Star Wars. No one asked for NCIS: XXXXXX. Sorry if it's not something that interests you, but fuck off with the arrogant presumption that YOU know what everyone wants.
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"No one asked for TV Show/Movie." I hate when I see this comment. No one asked for TOS. No one asked for Star Wars. No one asked for NCIS: XXXXXX. Sorry if it's not something that interests you, but fuck off with the arrogant presumption that YOU know what everyone wants.
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Kid from social housing kicking down on the most vulnerable Australians. This is what the Labor Party has become.
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Kid from social housing kicking down on the most vulnerable Australians. This is what the Labor Party has become.
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Several Australian retailers have kept facial recognition technology (FRT) on despite the Australian Privacy Commissioner ruling Kmart and Bunnings’s use of the technology illegal, sparking concerns from computer scientists, unions and privacy advocates ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Retailers still using facial recognition tech
Sparks workplace and consumer rights concerns.
ia.acs.org.au
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Several Australian retailers have kept facial recognition technology (FRT) on despite the Australian Privacy Commissioner ruling Kmart and Bunnings’s use of the technology illegal, sparking concerns from computer scientists, unions and privacy advocates ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
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Information collected includes the older person’s name, date of birth, contact details (address, email, phone), demographic information (e.g. gender), identifiers (e.g. Medicare number, healthcare identifier, aged care ID), applications, consents and supporters
In estimates today the Department confessed to me that older people are having their My Aged Care data stolen by providers for use in sales calls.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
This is aged care under Labor: jacking up out-of-pocket costs then letting telemarketers loose to gouge vulnerable people even more.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Information collected includes the older person’s name, date of birth, contact details (address, email, phone), demographic information (e.g. gender), identifiers (e.g. Medicare number, healthcare identifier, aged care ID), applications, consents and supporters
No. All AI controls emphasise human oversight - even the disclaimers from the AI firms (who don’t give a shit about humans) say to check the output because AI is useless (I’m paraphrasing).
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
No. All AI controls emphasise human oversight - even the disclaimers from the AI firms (who don’t give a shit about humans) say to check the output because AI is useless (I’m paraphrasing).
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Really sad we stopped using inline skates for modes of transportation
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Really sad we stopped using inline skates for modes of transportation
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It felt like things were moving slowly for active transport infrastructure in Brisbane, but the way @space4cyclingbne.bsky.social lay out the statistics as revealed in Brisbane City Council's Infrastructure Committee is absolutely damning of the administration's lack of delivery.
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It felt like things were moving slowly for active transport infrastructure in Brisbane, but the way @space4cyclingbne.bsky.social lay out the statistics as revealed in Brisbane City Council's Infrastructure Committee is absolutely damning of the administration's lack of delivery.
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can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
can we just say this out loud? Climate change = horny male media editors going absolutely nuts with the skimpy fun-in-the-sun pics
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Will always be funny
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Will always be funny
The first test of Australian values should be do you say sanga or sando?
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The first test of Australian values should be do you say sanga or sando?
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Love love love how everything is made to rely on cloud services with no possible way to run them offline so they just turn into e-waste even though they still work fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Love love love how everything is made to rely on cloud services with no possible way to run them offline so they just turn into e-waste even though they still work fine
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Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
Demanding accountability of Blak parents for the crimes/indiscretions of their children’s but refusing to acknowledge white privilege is my favourite genre of Facebook comments.
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Demanding accountability of Blak parents for the crimes/indiscretions of their children’s but refusing to acknowledge white privilege is my favourite genre of Facebook comments.
Why aren’t flight boarding groups called groups called in order? Hearing the groups called out is like a mechanic explaining the firing order of cylinders.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Why aren’t flight boarding groups called groups called in order? Hearing the groups called out is like a mechanic explaining the firing order of cylinders.
Travelling around the top end and you hear so many people referring to First Nations People as ‘they’ or ‘them’ like it cleverly disguises the racism being spewed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Travelling around the top end and you hear so many people referring to First Nations People as ‘they’ or ‘them’ like it cleverly disguises the racism being spewed.
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Speaking of cars, I am in fact willing to meet drivers "in the middle", so to speak.
For example, let driver licenses stay valid longer. Like, ten years, same as a passport.
But
The road test is a condition of renewal. I mean, if you're a responsible driver it should get easier every time, right?
For example, let driver licenses stay valid longer. Like, ten years, same as a passport.
But
The road test is a condition of renewal. I mean, if you're a responsible driver it should get easier every time, right?
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Speaking of cars, I am in fact willing to meet drivers "in the middle", so to speak.
For example, let driver licenses stay valid longer. Like, ten years, same as a passport.
But
The road test is a condition of renewal. I mean, if you're a responsible driver it should get easier every time, right?
For example, let driver licenses stay valid longer. Like, ten years, same as a passport.
But
The road test is a condition of renewal. I mean, if you're a responsible driver it should get easier every time, right?
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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Australia is the only signatory of the Seoul AI Summit declaration without an institute.
Would like to see a stakeholder committee that includes people who aren’t on the Tech Council of Australia or academics
Would like to see a stakeholder committee that includes people who aren’t on the Tech Council of Australia or academics
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Australia is the only signatory of the Seoul AI Summit declaration without an institute.
Would like to see a stakeholder committee that includes people who aren’t on the Tech Council of Australia or academics
Would like to see a stakeholder committee that includes people who aren’t on the Tech Council of Australia or academics
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Indeed. Not only do we have the world’s richest 8-year-old thinking that insulting (“roasting”) people at parties with “forbidden words” is the height of hilarity, it’s that this shit podcast happens four times a week for 2.5 to 3 hours, and it’s (one of?) the most listened-to podcast in the world.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Indeed. Not only do we have the world’s richest 8-year-old thinking that insulting (“roasting”) people at parties with “forbidden words” is the height of hilarity, it’s that this shit podcast happens four times a week for 2.5 to 3 hours, and it’s (one of?) the most listened-to podcast in the world.