Onno Benschop
@owh.bsky.social
Experienced polyglot IT professional, software developer, trouble shooter, researcher, public speaker, educator, writer and publisher, founder and small business owner, podcaster, and licensed radio amateur (VK6FLAB).
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The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.
NZ’s rejection of emission targets fuels risk of international law breach
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.
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Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
In typical fashion the media has finally caught up with some of the issues with age verification, it's taken them months to get to this point.
No wonder society at large is so technology illiterate in an era overrun by "AI" and "privacy", neither of which exists.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
No wonder society at large is so technology illiterate in an era overrun by "AI" and "privacy", neither of which exists.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Cybersecurity experts alarmed by Snapchat's age-verification plan
As the social media ban for kids under 16 approaches, popular messaging app Snapchat says young people will be able to verify their age by sending a selfie or their ID to a third-party platform, but s...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In typical fashion the media has finally caught up with some of the issues with age verification, it's taken them months to get to this point.
No wonder society at large is so technology illiterate in an era overrun by "AI" and "privacy", neither of which exists.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
No wonder society at large is so technology illiterate in an era overrun by "AI" and "privacy", neither of which exists.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
AI is Assumed Intelligence.
AI is autocorrect on steroids.
AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator.
AI is autocorrect on steroids.
AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator.
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
AI is Assumed Intelligence.
AI is autocorrect on steroids.
AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator.
AI is autocorrect on steroids.
AI is a Dunning-Kruger accelerator.
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Someone has asked for a couple of Dismissal anniversary tea towels. I’m about to make an order. Does anyone else want one (they may be around $50 each if a run of 10)?
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Someone has asked for a couple of Dismissal anniversary tea towels. I’m about to make an order. Does anyone else want one (they may be around $50 each if a run of 10)?
Assumed Intelligence is not a substitute for human endeavour and I can't wait until someone uses their own AI against them with a significant financial impact to the bank.
Stop using Autocorrect on Steroids to run your business!
Stop using Autocorrect on Steroids to run your business!
Banking is set to be fundamentally rewritten by artificial intelligence, whether we’re ready or not. The real test is whether that transformation will be fair.
Your bank is already using AI. But what’s coming next could be radically new
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Assumed Intelligence is not a substitute for human endeavour and I can't wait until someone uses their own AI against them with a significant financial impact to the bank.
Stop using Autocorrect on Steroids to run your business!
Stop using Autocorrect on Steroids to run your business!
This isn't sad .. it's despicable.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This isn't sad .. it's despicable.
Here's how the #cba holds your money hostage:
Q: (After waiting for 40 minutes on hold) What is this monthly charge on my business account?
A: You need to go into a branch to discuss this.
Q: Seriously?
A: I don't have access to that information.
All this for a new $10 charge I don't recognise.
Q: (After waiting for 40 minutes on hold) What is this monthly charge on my business account?
A: You need to go into a branch to discuss this.
Q: Seriously?
A: I don't have access to that information.
All this for a new $10 charge I don't recognise.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Here's how the #cba holds your money hostage:
Q: (After waiting for 40 minutes on hold) What is this monthly charge on my business account?
A: You need to go into a branch to discuss this.
Q: Seriously?
A: I don't have access to that information.
All this for a new $10 charge I don't recognise.
Q: (After waiting for 40 minutes on hold) What is this monthly charge on my business account?
A: You need to go into a branch to discuss this.
Q: Seriously?
A: I don't have access to that information.
All this for a new $10 charge I don't recognise.
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What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
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In Tesco’s this afternoon: an elderly Polish man at the self-checkout, trying to buy a pint of milk and a white radish. There is no picture for the radish on the machine. The assistant doesn’t know what it is. She asks a colleague: “It’s a white radish.” There is no entry for it on the machine.
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In Tesco’s this afternoon: an elderly Polish man at the self-checkout, trying to buy a pint of milk and a white radish. There is no picture for the radish on the machine. The assistant doesn’t know what it is. She asks a colleague: “It’s a white radish.” There is no entry for it on the machine.
Can someone please explain using small words and a whiteboard how the fuck the authorities spent three months getting a court order to shut down an illegal tip?
Did they ask an intern to look sternly at a judge?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Did they ask an intern to look sternly at a judge?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This dump appeared 'in broad daylight'. UK authorities are investigating how
British authorities are scrambling to work out how an estimated 100 tonnes of garbage could be dumped in plane sight, and they're looking to the underworld for answers.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Can someone please explain using small words and a whiteboard how the fuck the authorities spent three months getting a court order to shut down an illegal tip?
Did they ask an intern to look sternly at a judge?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Did they ask an intern to look sternly at a judge?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Q: What do these things have in common?
* Chainsaw
* Ear and Nose hair removal clippers
* Swivel chair
* BBQ
A: They're things that the #Myers website thinks we'll like after not having "The Velveteen Rabbit" book in stock anymore.
#shopping #fail #sale #oops #customerservice #bot
* Chainsaw
* Ear and Nose hair removal clippers
* Swivel chair
* BBQ
A: They're things that the #Myers website thinks we'll like after not having "The Velveteen Rabbit" book in stock anymore.
#shopping #fail #sale #oops #customerservice #bot
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
#ANZ telegraphic transfer is realtime 24/7, but only on weekdays between 8am and 5pm Melbourne time and not available online, despite whatever two different staff members tell you, one on the phone, the other face to face.
#fail #customerfocussed #banking
#fail #customerfocussed #banking
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#ANZ telegraphic transfer is realtime 24/7, but only on weekdays between 8am and 5pm Melbourne time and not available online, despite whatever two different staff members tell you, one on the phone, the other face to face.
#fail #customerfocussed #banking
#fail #customerfocussed #banking
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Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …
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52yo Sean Sharman sent a death threat to 30yo Federal MP Fatima Payman. The judge: Payman was targeted bc of her gender, race & religion, it was offensive, hateful & racist. No jail time. Media: he'd been drinking. Now imagine if a Muslim man had sent a death threat to an MP. #auspol #justice
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I just got an email from myself in 2005 www.scientificamerican.com/article/forb...
I Sent Hundreds of Thousands of E-mails to the Future. Here’s the Story
Twenty years ago Forbes.com sent hundreds of thousands of messages to the future. Here’s what happened next
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I just got an email from myself in 2005 www.scientificamerican.com/article/forb...
As a surprise to absolutely nobody with a brain, the Look No Plan party is lying .. again.
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
As a surprise to absolutely nobody with a brain, the Look No Plan party is lying .. again.
LNP .. Look No Plan
Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LNP .. Look No Plan
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Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
Is it just me, or should #AlintaEnergy stop running competitions and make their gas cheaper instead?
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Is it just me, or should #AlintaEnergy stop running competitions and make their gas cheaper instead?