Paul Castle
@sleeperpservice.bsky.social
Velocity complex, Freo, EV convert, games and codes. Needs to do better. We all do.
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“Let them be kids”
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“Let them be kids”
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
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Stuff I voted for
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Stuff I voted for
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Action on climate
Fed ICAC + truth in (political) adverts
Scientifically literate gov (yay!)
Funding for arts & science
Return of my ABC + objective journalism
And CSIRO and ABS
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Mclaren really hate Piastri. What a stupid race strategy.
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Mclaren really hate Piastri. What a stupid race strategy.
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Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works
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Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme
Never again. That was the resounding message delivered via the robodebt royal commission from the thousands of Australians whose lives and livelihoods were upended by the cruellest experiment in bureaucratic automation the country has ever seen.
Now, with plans under way to automate the calculation of individual NDIS support plans, it appears we’ve reached new heights of institutional amnesia. Once again, vital lifelines to support will be placed at the mercy of automated systems. Only this time, the mechanisms for review and redress will be vanishingly thin. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn
Gas stove is being replaced with induction today. Only one more appliance left to swap and thats the hot water heater and more intertwined with old building problems.
a man stands in front of a crowd with the words " it 's electrifying " below him
Alt: John Travolta stands in front of a crowd with the words " it 's electrifying " below him
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Gas stove is being replaced with induction today. Only one more appliance left to swap and thats the hot water heater and more intertwined with old building problems.
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The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
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"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
Vietnam’s Year of Floods, Mud and Death
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago. The rain from the past few days did not even come from a cyclone — but to add inundation on top of injury, a 15th major storm has just formed off the country’s south central coast."
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Whether on CSIRO funding cuts, the genocide in Gaza or speaking out against the gas cartel and their extortionate practices, Ed Husic sounds like what you expect from a Federal Labor leader.
‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters
Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Whether on CSIRO funding cuts, the genocide in Gaza or speaking out against the gas cartel and their extortionate practices, Ed Husic sounds like what you expect from a Federal Labor leader.
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To the trans community, your families, friends, and allies - we love you, we see you, we need you, and we will keep fighting alongside you.
The Greens are committed to anti-discrimination and trans justice.
Because all of us deserve to be our best selves, today and every day.
The Greens are committed to anti-discrimination and trans justice.
Because all of us deserve to be our best selves, today and every day.
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
To the trans community, your families, friends, and allies - we love you, we see you, we need you, and we will keep fighting alongside you.
The Greens are committed to anti-discrimination and trans justice.
Because all of us deserve to be our best selves, today and every day.
The Greens are committed to anti-discrimination and trans justice.
Because all of us deserve to be our best selves, today and every day.
Sure let's gut out future somehow worse than the liberals while we give $800 million every 6 months for vapourware subs.
Why dont we instead give 1600 scientists and research half a million each to do whatever they want. Do it every 6 months and get infinitely more benefits than nuclear subs.
Why dont we instead give 1600 scientists and research half a million each to do whatever they want. Do it every 6 months and get infinitely more benefits than nuclear subs.
Where to start, with a statement like this?
"Tim Ayres said the cuts were aimed at refocusing … CSIRO towards research priorities, such as critical minerals, iron & steel production in Australia."
From some rando down the bus stop, one would brush it off.
But this is from our Science Minister 🤯
"Tim Ayres said the cuts were aimed at refocusing … CSIRO towards research priorities, such as critical minerals, iron & steel production in Australia."
From some rando down the bus stop, one would brush it off.
But this is from our Science Minister 🤯
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Sure let's gut out future somehow worse than the liberals while we give $800 million every 6 months for vapourware subs.
Why dont we instead give 1600 scientists and research half a million each to do whatever they want. Do it every 6 months and get infinitely more benefits than nuclear subs.
Why dont we instead give 1600 scientists and research half a million each to do whatever they want. Do it every 6 months and get infinitely more benefits than nuclear subs.
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Got to sing on this #banger by Crooked Fingers check it out!
Crooked Fingers announce first album in 15 years, shares "Cold Waves" ft Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan
Crooked Fingers announce first album in 15 years, shares "Cold Waves" ft Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan
'Swet Deth' is out February 27 and features appearances from Sharon Van Etten, The National’s Matt Berninger, and more
www.brooklynvegan.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Got to sing on this #banger by Crooked Fingers check it out!
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
I cannot believe how far towards inhumanity we have drifted in the last 20 years since I worked at a YMCA run asylum seeker housing centre in Stockwell.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I cannot believe how far towards inhumanity we have drifted in the last 20 years since I worked at a YMCA run asylum seeker housing centre in Stockwell.
Somehow the UK re-elected the fucking Tories in the last election.
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Somehow the UK re-elected the fucking Tories in the last election.
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WA is seeking public submissions on greyhound racing. It's a cruel and unnecessary "sport" that sees massive numbers of injuries and killing of thousands of "waste" (too slow to race) dogs every year. Please consider submitting www.freethehounds.com.au/wa-governmen...
Submit by 17 Nov- this week!
Submit by 17 Nov- this week!
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
WA is seeking public submissions on greyhound racing. It's a cruel and unnecessary "sport" that sees massive numbers of injuries and killing of thousands of "waste" (too slow to race) dogs every year. Please consider submitting www.freethehounds.com.au/wa-governmen...
Submit by 17 Nov- this week!
Submit by 17 Nov- this week!
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This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Great comment in the Valve hardware announcement on YouTube. (I know right)
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Great comment in the Valve hardware announcement on YouTube. (I know right)
Didn't JB HiFi already get pinged for deceptive pricing?
Apparently "Clearance" doesn't necessarily mean a price reduction just that the product is end of life on the shelves and the yellow sticker denotes this.
Not that they want to get rid of the stock at a better price.
Apparently "Clearance" doesn't necessarily mean a price reduction just that the product is end of life on the shelves and the yellow sticker denotes this.
Not that they want to get rid of the stock at a better price.
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Didn't JB HiFi already get pinged for deceptive pricing?
Apparently "Clearance" doesn't necessarily mean a price reduction just that the product is end of life on the shelves and the yellow sticker denotes this.
Not that they want to get rid of the stock at a better price.
Apparently "Clearance" doesn't necessarily mean a price reduction just that the product is end of life on the shelves and the yellow sticker denotes this.
Not that they want to get rid of the stock at a better price.
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If you polled the public(ok #auspol public, so they’d know who Brereton was) I reckon…
Ah heck-let’s do this:
👇 👇 👇
Do you want Brereton removed from his position in the #NACC?
Yes - REPOST/QUOTE POST👈
No - LIKE👈
#EnoughIsEnough #AccountabilityNow
#TransparencyNow
#RobodebtRC #RoboDebt #auspol
Ah heck-let’s do this:
👇 👇 👇
Do you want Brereton removed from his position in the #NACC?
Yes - REPOST/QUOTE POST👈
No - LIKE👈
#EnoughIsEnough #AccountabilityNow
#TransparencyNow
#RobodebtRC #RoboDebt #auspol
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If you polled the public(ok #auspol public, so they’d know who Brereton was) I reckon…
Ah heck-let’s do this:
👇 👇 👇
Do you want Brereton removed from his position in the #NACC?
Yes - REPOST/QUOTE POST👈
No - LIKE👈
#EnoughIsEnough #AccountabilityNow
#TransparencyNow
#RobodebtRC #RoboDebt #auspol
Ah heck-let’s do this:
👇 👇 👇
Do you want Brereton removed from his position in the #NACC?
Yes - REPOST/QUOTE POST👈
No - LIKE👈
#EnoughIsEnough #AccountabilityNow
#TransparencyNow
#RobodebtRC #RoboDebt #auspol
We would not have our beautiful boy without a fertility clinic. Zero reason to bomb one unless you want to prevent births.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says
Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We would not have our beautiful boy without a fertility clinic. Zero reason to bomb one unless you want to prevent births.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A month without Netflix/Disney and honestly does not feel like I am missing out on anything.
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A month without Netflix/Disney and honestly does not feel like I am missing out on anything.
Kid is super enjoying Flash Gordon. Running around the house shouting "Flaaassshhhh Aaahaaaaahhh"
boxd.it/257a
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Flash Gordon (1980)
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
boxd.it
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kid is super enjoying Flash Gordon. Running around the house shouting "Flaaassshhhh Aaahaaaaahhh"
boxd.it/257a
boxd.it/257a
Trying to repair this vacuum head is super fun without the right tools, a proper guide and possibly shouldn't be doing it on the computer desk. Dust everywhere!
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Trying to repair this vacuum head is super fun without the right tools, a proper guide and possibly shouldn't be doing it on the computer desk. Dust everywhere!
After 4 months of kerfuffle at the somehow still going DaDa records here in Perth have finally got the first Middle Kids LP
Super nice purple colour 💜 #music
Super nice purple colour 💜 #music
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
After 4 months of kerfuffle at the somehow still going DaDa records here in Perth have finally got the first Middle Kids LP
Super nice purple colour 💜 #music
Super nice purple colour 💜 #music