Iain Shepherd
@lainshep.bsky.social
he/him. Bunurong land / Melbourne Australia.
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Iain Shepherd
@lainshep.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Request to newskies following me:
If you post/repost some stuff first, it helps me know whether to follow you back! Cheers!
If you post/repost some stuff first, it helps me know whether to follow you back! Cheers!
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"Put it in the Louvre" shifting quickly from describing something you want to celebrate to describing something you want to lose
The works will “be dried, sent to a bookbinder to be restored, and then returned to the shelves” 📜
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says
Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Put it in the Louvre" shifting quickly from describing something you want to celebrate to describing something you want to lose
Memory flooding back: playing in the string sectionals of #NationalChildrensOrchestra (UK) summer schools in the early 90s nco.org.uk
BBC Radio 3
Breakfast
Now Playing
Edward Elgar, Hallé & Sir Mark Elder
Chanson de matin Op.15`2
Breakfast
Now Playing
Edward Elgar, Hallé & Sir Mark Elder
Chanson de matin Op.15`2
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Memory flooding back: playing in the string sectionals of #NationalChildrensOrchestra (UK) summer schools in the early 90s nco.org.uk
Thankyou to all the experts answering my Aus Elections batsignal (muddled question) yesterday!!
Is there a record for the lowest rank of preferences that have ever been required to find a winner in an Australian election?
Like say, have the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th preferences ever decided a result? Paging @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
Like say, have the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th preferences ever decided a result? Paging @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Thankyou to all the experts answering my Aus Elections batsignal (muddled question) yesterday!!
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If you've never seen Red Dwarf, consider this your instruction to go watch it coz it's a goddamn classic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQ5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQ5...
Red Dwarf: Out of Context
YouTube video by Nicholas Cecic
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you've never seen Red Dwarf, consider this your instruction to go watch it coz it's a goddamn classic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQ5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQ5...
Is there a record for the lowest rank of preferences that have ever been required to find a winner in an Australian election?
Like say, have the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th preferences ever decided a result? Paging @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
Like say, have the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th preferences ever decided a result? Paging @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Is there a record for the lowest rank of preferences that have ever been required to find a winner in an Australian election?
Like say, have the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th preferences ever decided a result? Paging @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
Like say, have the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th preferences ever decided a result? Paging @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
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With Girlguides and the WI announcing that the new laws are forcing them to exclude trans girls and women, it seems like a good time for any cis women who haven't signed Not In Our Name yet to do so. Stand with our sisters.
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
With Girlguides and the WI announcing that the new laws are forcing them to exclude trans girls and women, it seems like a good time for any cis women who haven't signed Not In Our Name yet to do so. Stand with our sisters.
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
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This video is one of the videos I watch again and again. My favorite genre--- stupid video about stupid product that is so stupid and stupid people did stupid to steal your money.
Spotify's Car Thing Disaster
YouTube video by Harry James Miller
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This video is one of the videos I watch again and again. My favorite genre--- stupid video about stupid product that is so stupid and stupid people did stupid to steal your money.
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sorry everyone, Your Party was a skit I organized on leftist factionalism that got out of hand. I honestly thought the name was a big enough clue.
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
sorry everyone, Your Party was a skit I organized on leftist factionalism that got out of hand. I honestly thought the name was a big enough clue.
Welcome to the Taylor Swift Education Center.
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Welcome to the Taylor Swift Education Center.
Melbourne Metro Tunnel opened for passengers today … really impressed. Whole system was crowded full of people and yet you feel like it could have been 2-3x the number with absolute ease. They really futureproofed this thing 🏆
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Melbourne Metro Tunnel opened for passengers today … really impressed. Whole system was crowded full of people and yet you feel like it could have been 2-3x the number with absolute ease. They really futureproofed this thing 🏆
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Sydney's 2000 postcode is associated with harbour views and flashiness, but Parker's seen a different side. #homelessness #public #housing
Opportunity's slipped through Parker's grasp a few times. It may happen again
Sydney's 2000 postcode is associated with harbour views and flashiness, but Parker's seen a different side. #homelessness #public #housing
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sydney's 2000 postcode is associated with harbour views and flashiness, but Parker's seen a different side. #homelessness #public #housing
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No bailouts.
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
No bailouts.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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On Medium, Dan Perrin reviewed TOY STORY for its 30th anniversary medium.com/framerated/t...
Toy Story — revolutionary CG-animation still delivers wonder, humour, and heart
A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy’s bedroom.
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On Medium, Dan Perrin reviewed TOY STORY for its 30th anniversary medium.com/framerated/t...
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As silly as it sounds, Snow Crash taught me as much about reading like an adult as any class I took in my primary education. From my initial teenaged "books can DO that?!" surface level read to the satisfaction of understanding historical contexts, themes, and motifs in fiction in later years.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As silly as it sounds, Snow Crash taught me as much about reading like an adult as any class I took in my primary education. From my initial teenaged "books can DO that?!" surface level read to the satisfaction of understanding historical contexts, themes, and motifs in fiction in later years.
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these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
wondering where I have reached on the long road to hoe
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
wondering where I have reached on the long road to hoe
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Batman ‘climbing’ a skyscraper, 1966.
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Batman ‘climbing’ a skyscraper, 1966.
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Well, that frankly looks like a battle cry, and one I would be happy to answer.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well, that frankly looks like a battle cry, and one I would be happy to answer.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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I can translate Alan for you.
"I've got a bloke in Hong Kong who can get me Z80's at 2 quid a pop from any one of 10 suppliers. Why the fuck would I pay 20 quid a pop from Motorola for 16 bit when surely that's 4 quid? You think I'm some sort of banana?"
"I've got a bloke in Hong Kong who can get me Z80's at 2 quid a pop from any one of 10 suppliers. Why the fuck would I pay 20 quid a pop from Motorola for 16 bit when surely that's 4 quid? You think I'm some sort of banana?"
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I can translate Alan for you.
"I've got a bloke in Hong Kong who can get me Z80's at 2 quid a pop from any one of 10 suppliers. Why the fuck would I pay 20 quid a pop from Motorola for 16 bit when surely that's 4 quid? You think I'm some sort of banana?"
"I've got a bloke in Hong Kong who can get me Z80's at 2 quid a pop from any one of 10 suppliers. Why the fuck would I pay 20 quid a pop from Motorola for 16 bit when surely that's 4 quid? You think I'm some sort of banana?"
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Congratulations Victorian Liberal Party on replacing a leader whose name I honestly can’t recall ever hearing prior to this week with a new leader who has the most generic Anglo name imaginable. Shan’t bother learning who any of you are
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Congratulations Victorian Liberal Party on replacing a leader whose name I honestly can’t recall ever hearing prior to this week with a new leader who has the most generic Anglo name imaginable. Shan’t bother learning who any of you are
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?