J Kaul
@j-kaul.bsky.social
Tired. Oh so tired. Geek. Writer. IT type. Digital content person. Annoying folks for the Greater Good. #A11y #Privacy #UX #Spoonie
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Anthropic stole the books I co-wrote in order to train their planet-burning hallucination machine, so I've filed a claim. They wept that if every plagiarised author does so, the company will go bankrupt. Boo emdash hoo. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anthropic stole the books I co-wrote in order to train their planet-burning hallucination machine, so I've filed a claim. They wept that if every plagiarised author does so, the company will go bankrupt. Boo emdash hoo. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
Age verification IDs taken in Discord data breach
September data breach disclosed.
www.itnews.com.au
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Australia's racist party doubles its support since the May 2025 election
Centrist Labor government will absolutely see this as a sign that it needs to be more racist (and in doing so, actively feed more support for One Nation and lose support for themselves)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Centrist Labor government will absolutely see this as a sign that it needs to be more racist (and in doing so, actively feed more support for One Nation and lose support for themselves)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Guardian Essential poll: Australians back emissions target while One Nation support doubles
Poll finds One Nation’s primary vote has doubled to 13% since the May federal election
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Australia's racist party doubles its support since the May 2025 election
Centrist Labor government will absolutely see this as a sign that it needs to be more racist (and in doing so, actively feed more support for One Nation and lose support for themselves)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Centrist Labor government will absolutely see this as a sign that it needs to be more racist (and in doing so, actively feed more support for One Nation and lose support for themselves)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
The NDIS supports transition period is ending | NDIS
The 12-month transition period for adjusting to the NDIS support lists ends on 2 October 2025.
ndis.gov.au
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
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Will it encourage the health care industry to clean the air and mask up?
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Will it encourage the health care industry to clean the air and mask up?
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“Our findings clearly demonstrate that Long COVID brain fog should be recognized as a legitimate clinical condition. This could encourage the healthcare industry to accelerate the development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for this disorder,” concludes Prof. Takahashi.
October 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Our findings clearly demonstrate that Long COVID brain fog should be recognized as a legitimate clinical condition. This could encourage the healthcare industry to accelerate the development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for this disorder,” concludes Prof. Takahashi.
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Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
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Trump and Blair's Gaza plan is (unsurprisingly) shaping up to be an oligarchy of billionaires implementing disaster capitalism.
This is what PM Albanese is backing.
This is what PM Albanese is backing.
October 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Trump and Blair's Gaza plan is (unsurprisingly) shaping up to be an oligarchy of billionaires implementing disaster capitalism.
This is what PM Albanese is backing.
This is what PM Albanese is backing.
Gaza Sumud flotilla live: Israel intercepts ships, detains activists www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli forces intercept Gaza flotilla; detain activists, Greta Thunberg
Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.
www.aljazeera.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Gaza Sumud flotilla live: Israel intercepts ships, detains activists www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Brereton should resign, imo. He's personally compromised (defence), completely stuffed up the Robodebt investigation (and had personal connections with those involved), and his NACC has produced nothing else of any significance, despite thousands of referrals.
Sidenote: Did you know that the NACC employs over 200 people, spends over $50m per year, has 5 offices, and in over two years of operations hasn't landed a single major corruption finding?
September 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Brereton should resign, imo. He's personally compromised (defence), completely stuffed up the Robodebt investigation (and had personal connections with those involved), and his NACC has produced nothing else of any significance, despite thousands of referrals.
Ugh.
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Ugh.
1. The "healthy food" is too expensive for people - a junk food tax won't change that.
2. We don't need a junk food tax - we have a duopoly that increases prices at an exorbitant rate already.
Subsidise whole foods and regulate Colesworth if you're so concerned.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
2. We don't need a junk food tax - we have a duopoly that increases prices at an exorbitant rate already.
Subsidise whole foods and regulate Colesworth if you're so concerned.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Finding of more obese yet malnourished kids reignites junk food debate
UNICEF says more children are now overweight and under-nourished than too thin, stirring fresh calls by health experts and farming bodies to tax ultra-processed food producers.
www.abc.net.au
September 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
1. The "healthy food" is too expensive for people - a junk food tax won't change that.
2. We don't need a junk food tax - we have a duopoly that increases prices at an exorbitant rate already.
Subsidise whole foods and regulate Colesworth if you're so concerned.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
2. We don't need a junk food tax - we have a duopoly that increases prices at an exorbitant rate already.
Subsidise whole foods and regulate Colesworth if you're so concerned.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
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This is an excellent response to the "we have to charge for FOI because forren AI bots!" nonsense from the A-G. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/evid...
Evidence related to AI bots making FOI requests - a Freedom of Information request to Attorney-General's Department
In recent public media, the Attorney-General and other government ministers have referred to “AI bot generated requests” and FOI requests being made by “foreign powers, foreign actors, (and) criminal ...
www.righttoknow.org.au
September 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
This is an excellent response to the "we have to charge for FOI because forren AI bots!" nonsense from the A-G. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/evid...
UN-backed global hunger monitor confirms famine in Gaza
The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
UN-backed global hunger monitor confirms famine in Gaza
The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.
www.sbs.com.au
August 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
UN-backed global hunger monitor confirms famine in Gaza
The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
The report details that "as this famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed," with the committee calling for swift action.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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The disclosed interests by the Climate Change Authority board is really quite brazen: several members hold dual positions in organisations that make money from carbon credits. (making no allegations of impropriety by individuals)
www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/sites/defaul...
August 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The disclosed interests by the Climate Change Authority board is really quite brazen: several members hold dual positions in organisations that make money from carbon credits. (making no allegations of impropriety by individuals)
www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/sites/defaul...
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The chair of the Climate Change Authority is advising the govt on policy that affects the demand and supply of carbon credits WHILE ALSO employed by a firm that describes itself as "Generating high-integrity carbon credits".
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
August 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The chair of the Climate Change Authority is advising the govt on policy that affects the demand and supply of carbon credits WHILE ALSO employed by a firm that describes itself as "Generating high-integrity carbon credits".
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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"the reality of the abundance agenda: more for those with the most, and less for those with the least. Every single letter in the PC’s climate and energy report seems imbued with that philosophy." 💥🎯👏👏👏 #auspol #ClimateCrisis
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American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.
Have a read!
American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.
Have a read!
The abundance agenda brainworm has infected Labor's climate change reform
The Productivity Commission wants us to focus on the 'costs' of climate action, neutralising an urgent safety issue into a bland optimisation and efficiency project, and in doing so, ridding it of any...
www.crikey.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"the reality of the abundance agenda: more for those with the most, and less for those with the least. Every single letter in the PC’s climate and energy report seems imbued with that philosophy." 💥🎯👏👏👏 #auspol #ClimateCrisis
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HEY friends - new @crikey.com.au piece up now!
American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.
Have a read!
American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.
Have a read!
The abundance agenda brainworm has infected Labor's climate change reform
The Productivity Commission wants us to focus on the 'costs' of climate action, neutralising an urgent safety issue into a bland optimisation and efficiency project, and in doing so, ridding it of any...
www.crikey.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
HEY friends - new @crikey.com.au piece up now!
American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.
Have a read!
American 'abundance agenda' brain rot has killing brain cells in Canberra. But as we can see from what's happened over there, deregulatory fantasies only ever end up serving those doing the most harm to climate / environment.
Have a read!
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Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
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And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.
August 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.
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Digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia has accused the Productivity Commission of being influenced by US President Donald Trump’s deregulation of that country’s AI sector, which has benefited Big Tech companies. 👇
Australia’s Productivity Commission says the federal government should pause its work on mandatory guardrails for high-risk uses of artificial intelligence and only introduce specific regulation of the technology as “a last resort”, given its potential economic benefits.
Read more:
Read more:
AI laws should be 'last resort', Productivity Comm says
Government warned to pause work on mandatory guardrails.
ia.acs.org.au
August 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia has accused the Productivity Commission of being influenced by US President Donald Trump’s deregulation of that country’s AI sector, which has benefited Big Tech companies. 👇
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Again, please know that your period tracking app is not contraception, and may now or in the future sell, use or accidentally expose your data. It can be used against you by controlling partners and police in places where miscarriages and terminations are criminalised.
Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds
Lawyers hail jury’s “clear message” to Big Tech; Meta will fight verdict.
arstechnica.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Again, please know that your period tracking app is not contraception, and may now or in the future sell, use or accidentally expose your data. It can be used against you by controlling partners and police in places where miscarriages and terminations are criminalised.
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There is a call for an overhaul of Australian copyright rules in response to big tech mining text & data to train AI models. No surprise, arguments against warn "clumsy or excessive regulation risk stifling the technology’s potentially transformative benefits" 🙄
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Should big tech be allowed to mine Australians’ text and data to train AI? The Productivity Commission is considering it
Interim report on digital economy also mulls changes to privacy rules and copyright collections to help harness AI’s benefits
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August 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There is a call for an overhaul of Australian copyright rules in response to big tech mining text & data to train AI models. No surprise, arguments against warn "clumsy or excessive regulation risk stifling the technology’s potentially transformative benefits" 🙄
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