Gillian
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Sydney. Geek. Music. Travel. Curious about the world.
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What an utter outrage…how does a country dumb down itself so comprehensively…
December 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
What an utter outrage…how does a country dumb down itself so comprehensively…
Nothing like bunging your knee to force you to rest for a few days. Like, absolute rest, because it’s too painful to move. Painful, but perfect for this time of the year
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Nothing like bunging your knee to force you to rest for a few days. Like, absolute rest, because it’s too painful to move. Painful, but perfect for this time of the year
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Trump says he's going to talk to Putin on the phone *again* after he meets with Zelenskyy
December 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump says he's going to talk to Putin on the phone *again* after he meets with Zelenskyy
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I'm dead-set anti the bros who have made the slop machine peoples' default notional AI, displacing long-standing research projects like ML.
December 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I'm dead-set anti the bros who have made the slop machine peoples' default notional AI, displacing long-standing research projects like ML.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I always think about the maya Angelou quote because it’s really true,
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I always think about the maya Angelou quote because it’s really true,
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
“People will always remember how you made them feel,"
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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I say his gently, but…
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I say his gently, but…
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry.
Not because its government doesn’t fix it —
but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost.
That’s the part that sits wrong.
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Have we reached the point where the first boats will cross the line in the Sydney to Hobart or will the #BoxingDayTest finish first?
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Have we reached the point where the first boats will cross the line in the Sydney to Hobart or will the #BoxingDayTest finish first?
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December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals. n.pr/3NbOdQk
How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time be 4.8 microseconds off
Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals. n.pr/3NbOdQk
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What do we want? - "Social cohesion!"
When do we want it? - "Just after we finish booing our political opponents at a memorial service!"
That one might need a bit more work.
When do we want it? - "Just after we finish booing our political opponents at a memorial service!"
That one might need a bit more work.
December 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What do we want? - "Social cohesion!"
When do we want it? - "Just after we finish booing our political opponents at a memorial service!"
That one might need a bit more work.
When do we want it? - "Just after we finish booing our political opponents at a memorial service!"
That one might need a bit more work.
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From @profgalloway.com 2026 predictions: “The Data Center Bubble Bursts”
“.. the greatest AI hallucination yet is the assumption that in the next few years we’re going to build anywhere near the required grid and power capacity.”
www.profgalloway.com/2026-predict...
“.. the greatest AI hallucination yet is the assumption that in the next few years we’re going to build anywhere near the required grid and power capacity.”
www.profgalloway.com/2026-predict...
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
From @profgalloway.com 2026 predictions: “The Data Center Bubble Bursts”
“.. the greatest AI hallucination yet is the assumption that in the next few years we’re going to build anywhere near the required grid and power capacity.”
www.profgalloway.com/2026-predict...
“.. the greatest AI hallucination yet is the assumption that in the next few years we’re going to build anywhere near the required grid and power capacity.”
www.profgalloway.com/2026-predict...
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The idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?
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This from Kos Samaras, with whom I have often disagreed, is very well said:
"Crises demand one thing above all else: national cohesion and calm authority. Protect people. Back the agencies. Target those who promote or plan violence, not peaceful communities. Speak like a leader, not a commentator"
"Crises demand one thing above all else: national cohesion and calm authority. Protect people. Back the agencies. Target those who promote or plan violence, not peaceful communities. Speak like a leader, not a commentator"
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This from Kos Samaras, with whom I have often disagreed, is very well said:
"Crises demand one thing above all else: national cohesion and calm authority. Protect people. Back the agencies. Target those who promote or plan violence, not peaceful communities. Speak like a leader, not a commentator"
"Crises demand one thing above all else: national cohesion and calm authority. Protect people. Back the agencies. Target those who promote or plan violence, not peaceful communities. Speak like a leader, not a commentator"
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Essentially, all Australians who have demonstrated peacefully for the end of mass murder in Gaza are now being accused of responsibility for this horrifying antisemitic terrorist attack by an IS cell.
We know who we are. Our very large numbers include many Jewish people, & we are not antisemitic.
We know who we are. Our very large numbers include many Jewish people, & we are not antisemitic.
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Essentially, all Australians who have demonstrated peacefully for the end of mass murder in Gaza are now being accused of responsibility for this horrifying antisemitic terrorist attack by an IS cell.
We know who we are. Our very large numbers include many Jewish people, & we are not antisemitic.
We know who we are. Our very large numbers include many Jewish people, & we are not antisemitic.
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Sussan Ley out there fostering hate and division. The Liberal Party has not learned one lesson from its election loss. They only now appeal to extremists.
Using the “first they came for” lines is so fucking gross.
Also her team putting in “applause” is truly pathetic.
Using the “first they came for” lines is so fucking gross.
Also her team putting in “applause” is truly pathetic.
![Transcript from a speech the soon to no longer be Leader of the Opposition gave at Bondi today:
My team and I want you to be proud of your Jewish faith, to be able to celebrate a time like this. First they came for the Opera House, then they came to the Harbour Bridge, now they've come for Bondi, but we will not let them win. [Applause]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ebyirfmcml2wmydrexhxu27t/bafkreieborcz53jugom2e326uhkvo52qlrutbgdxwd443e5jrdfygtjafe@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Sussan Ley out there fostering hate and division. The Liberal Party has not learned one lesson from its election loss. They only now appeal to extremists.
Using the “first they came for” lines is so fucking gross.
Also her team putting in “applause” is truly pathetic.
Using the “first they came for” lines is so fucking gross.
Also her team putting in “applause” is truly pathetic.
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Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
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Traditional European Christmas Deserts by region. Being from Munich I am favoring the Frankonian Lebkuchen, the Italian Panettone and basically everything from Eastern Europe. Let’s just say that I’m no a picky eater... Source: buff.ly/2WxBIkC
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Traditional European Christmas Deserts by region. Being from Munich I am favoring the Frankonian Lebkuchen, the Italian Panettone and basically everything from Eastern Europe. Let’s just say that I’m no a picky eater... Source: buff.ly/2WxBIkC
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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One thing Pratchett didn't live long enough to articulate:
"And *if* someone ever made five-dollar boots to equal fifty-dlollar boots, some rich bastard would devote his life to ending them."
"And *if* someone ever made five-dollar boots to equal fifty-dlollar boots, some rich bastard would devote his life to ending them."
It costs more to have less money. The Terry Pratchett argument for UBI.
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
One thing Pratchett didn't live long enough to articulate:
"And *if* someone ever made five-dollar boots to equal fifty-dlollar boots, some rich bastard would devote his life to ending them."
"And *if* someone ever made five-dollar boots to equal fifty-dlollar boots, some rich bastard would devote his life to ending them."