Stuart Palmer
@spalm.bsky.social
Professional engineer. Recovering academic. Working with data to improve work safety in Victoria. Opinions my own. https://stuartpalmer2.github.io/spalm/index.html
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Brah, confusing language with intelligence has been the schtick of literary society for yonks; tech reinventing the bus again
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence.
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Brah, confusing language with intelligence has been the schtick of literary society for yonks; tech reinventing the bus again
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November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Is the GO8 attempting to get the government on side ahead of potential adverse findings into governance dysfunction? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Is the GO8 attempting to get the government on side ahead of potential adverse findings into governance dysfunction? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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So strategic
Strategic cuts to the CSIRO include 'environment' and 'health and biosecurity' 🤓
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
So strategic
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OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
"Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a key piece of environment legislation" - tells you everything you need to know.
Australia's leading universities sign letter opposing environment legislation: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/group-of-eight-go8-universities-environment-legislation/106056594
Australia's leading universities sign letter opposing environment legislation
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a key piece of environment legislation" - tells you everything you need to know.
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"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
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kitchen politician..
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
kitchen politician..
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"Watt asks Austns to believe we can better protect nature by faster exploitation..less regulation & less scrutiny taking the framework recommended by Samuel & watering down almost every key element & bringing Ministerial discretion where independence was recommended"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Watt asks Austns to believe we can better protect nature by faster exploitation..less regulation & less scrutiny taking the framework recommended by Samuel & watering down almost every key element & bringing Ministerial discretion where independence was recommended"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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"How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?" asks Richard Denniss.
"That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’".
Read Richard’s full piece: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’".
Read Richard’s full piece: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?" asks Richard Denniss.
"That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’".
Read Richard’s full piece: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’".
Read Richard’s full piece: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Just look at this horseshit focus group blather.
O'Brien has no clue about real people so he has to make one up to empathize with.
Elon talking to Grok level shite
O'Brien has no clue about real people so he has to make one up to empathize with.
Elon talking to Grok level shite
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just look at this horseshit focus group blather.
O'Brien has no clue about real people so he has to make one up to empathize with.
Elon talking to Grok level shite
O'Brien has no clue about real people so he has to make one up to empathize with.
Elon talking to Grok level shite
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Absolutely superb pickup by @amyremeikis.bsky.social - Ted O'Brien's made up "Jess" is just the Howard era "Jenny" that Lynton Crosby came up for for the 1996 election #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Absolutely superb pickup by @amyremeikis.bsky.social - Ted O'Brien's made up "Jess" is just the Howard era "Jenny" that Lynton Crosby came up for for the 1996 election #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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UNAIDS says Trump's cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/unaids-report-hiv-medicine-shortage-after-aid-cuts-extra-deaths/106054186
UNAIDS says Trump's cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine
The United Nations body charged with fighting the spread of HIV says the Trump administration's cuts to the US foreign aid budget have sent the global aid response into "crisis mode".
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
UNAIDS says Trump's cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/unaids-report-hiv-medicine-shortage-after-aid-cuts-extra-deaths/106054186
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Ted O'Brien has spent his entire NPC speech talking about a made up person called "Jess"
He just said "What we do believe in is Jess"
He just said "What we do believe in is Jess"
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Ted O'Brien has spent his entire NPC speech talking about a made up person called "Jess"
He just said "What we do believe in is Jess"
He just said "What we do believe in is Jess"
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It's staggeringly unlikely this stupid power will ever be used.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It's staggeringly unlikely this stupid power will ever be used.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
Congratulations to the Albanese Government and @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social for embarrassing themselves, for insulting the welfare and legal sectors, and wasting everyone's time for no public or political benefit whatsoever.
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So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
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Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Sadly, they cut a deal with the Libs to indeed rush this through
Sorry, you may not hear from me for a while, I have some work to do.
Google Maps Will Let You Hide Your Identity When Writing Reviews
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Google Maps Will Let You Hide Your Identity When Writing Reviews
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PCMag: Four new features are coming to Google Maps, including a way to hide your identity in reviews. Maps will soon let you use a nickname and select an alternative profile picture for online reviews, so you can rate a business without linking it to full nam...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sorry, you may not hear from me for a while, I have some work to do.
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Fair to say the way you vote is not the way your mum and dad voted (or how you voted 30 years ago)
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fair to say the way you vote is not the way your mum and dad voted (or how you voted 30 years ago)
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Analysis of over 10,000 necropsies reveals that seabirds face a 90% mortality risk after ingesting 23 pieces of plastic, marine mammals after 29 pieces, and sea turtles after 405 pieces, providing quantitative information on plastic pollution impact. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/GkZZ50XxIBV
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Analysis of over 10,000 necropsies reveals that seabirds face a 90% mortality risk after ingesting 23 pieces of plastic, marine mammals after 29 pieces, and sea turtles after 405 pieces, providing quantitative information on plastic pollution impact. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/GkZZ50XxIBV
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Insult to injury.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Insult to injury.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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Minister Murray Watt asks Australians to believe we can better protect nature by facilitating faster exploitation with less regulation and less scrutiny.
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Minister Murray Watt asks Australians to believe we can better protect nature by facilitating faster exploitation with less regulation and less scrutiny.
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/voter-study-shows-coalition-economic-losses/106053538
Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy
The results of Australia's most prominent election study show Peter Dutton was the least popular leader in four decades.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/voter-study-shows-coalition-economic-losses/106053538
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A lot of people who live in the country believe in climate action. Unlike the National Party, their livelihood is tied to the land, which everyone can see is changing rapidly
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A lot of people who live in the country believe in climate action. Unlike the National Party, their livelihood is tied to the land, which everyone can see is changing rapidly
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Gotta say, if the genre of article that goes “I talked to the machine that’s poisoning Black communities, and here’s what it said” went extinct tonight, we’d all be better off.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Gotta say, if the genre of article that goes “I talked to the machine that’s poisoning Black communities, and here’s what it said” went extinct tonight, we’d all be better off.