Sue Young
@suetas.bsky.social
Editor, publisher, dachshund fan, hoping to make my bit of the earth in southern lutruwita Tasmania a bit better.
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"At the event, which barred questions, Hegseth said the US was seeking “practical, realistic” ways to improve #AUKUS."
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Turnbull slams secrecy over Pentagon’s AUKUS demands
Richard Marles should reveal what changes to the pact the US review has requested before Australia hands over its next cheque, the former prime minister says.
www.afr.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"At the event, which barred questions, Hegseth said the US was seeking “practical, realistic” ways to improve #AUKUS."
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
Many Australians are seeking practical, realistic ways to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
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I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Watching some Grand Designs build in the Tasmanian mountains, massive great house and all I want to know is what they do about power, water and sewerage. Can't see any solar panels. I wish this show would tell us that with rural properties.
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Watching some Grand Designs build in the Tasmanian mountains, massive great house and all I want to know is what they do about power, water and sewerage. Can't see any solar panels. I wish this show would tell us that with rural properties.
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Heads up.
Aldi has Peace Prizes in the middle aisle today.
Grab one while you can
Aldi has Peace Prizes in the middle aisle today.
Grab one while you can
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Heads up.
Aldi has Peace Prizes in the middle aisle today.
Grab one while you can
Aldi has Peace Prizes in the middle aisle today.
Grab one while you can
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Australia has the most consolidated media market in the western world. It is the primary reason that our democracy has eroded so terribly.
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Australia has the most consolidated media market in the western world. It is the primary reason that our democracy has eroded so terribly.
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If China had done this. You guys would already have done:
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If China had done this. You guys would already have done:
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
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My department adopted a policy that is roughly “at teacher’s discretion, ai may be used in a manner that only aids the learning process.” I got to teach my kids on day 1 what “heavy lifting” meant, eg “the phrase teachers discretion is doing a lot of heavy lifting as we will not be using ai ever”
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My department adopted a policy that is roughly “at teacher’s discretion, ai may be used in a manner that only aids the learning process.” I got to teach my kids on day 1 what “heavy lifting” meant, eg “the phrase teachers discretion is doing a lot of heavy lifting as we will not be using ai ever”
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Labor only managed 1 speaker on the Stadium order - a billion dollar vanity project that burdens future Tasmanians with enormous debt. Yet they’ve managed 6 spirited speakers to defend the cruel greyhound racing industry. Absolutely bizarre & totally out of touch with public views #politas
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Labor only managed 1 speaker on the Stadium order - a billion dollar vanity project that burdens future Tasmanians with enormous debt. Yet they’ve managed 6 spirited speakers to defend the cruel greyhound racing industry. Absolutely bizarre & totally out of touch with public views #politas
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It is remarkable how all of these things seem to have gone mostly unremarked, or if not unremarked, then sort of shrugged off as irrelevant
To me, it's the spectacle of a predatory industry feasting on infrastructure that was meant to be used to eliminate fossil fuels, and killing climate progress
To me, it's the spectacle of a predatory industry feasting on infrastructure that was meant to be used to eliminate fossil fuels, and killing climate progress
How data centres are killing Australia’s climate progress
Australia's climate ambitions are being completely screwed by the tech industry’s panicked data centre frenzy.
www.crikey.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It is remarkable how all of these things seem to have gone mostly unremarked, or if not unremarked, then sort of shrugged off as irrelevant
To me, it's the spectacle of a predatory industry feasting on infrastructure that was meant to be used to eliminate fossil fuels, and killing climate progress
To me, it's the spectacle of a predatory industry feasting on infrastructure that was meant to be used to eliminate fossil fuels, and killing climate progress
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Not even Day One...and so it begins
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Not even Day One...and so it begins
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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Tasmanian Gothic started out as a literary genre but electing Eric Abetz means it is now a lifestyle.
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Tasmanian Gothic started out as a literary genre but electing Eric Abetz means it is now a lifestyle.
I think someone's auto-email is on turbocharge this morning: every few minutes there are more emails from Daria, Mia, Kasey and their colleagues offering to revamp my website. Go away!
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I think someone's auto-email is on turbocharge this morning: every few minutes there are more emails from Daria, Mia, Kasey and their colleagues offering to revamp my website. Go away!
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That's because, for most public uses, "Generative AI" is like if you burned millions of tons of fossil fuels, increased carbon emissions& waste heat, & captured more fresh water than many cities use in a year all to make What If Sea Monkeys Constantly, Sometimes Dangerously, Bullshitted People
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
That's because, for most public uses, "Generative AI" is like if you burned millions of tons of fossil fuels, increased carbon emissions& waste heat, & captured more fresh water than many cities use in a year all to make What If Sea Monkeys Constantly, Sometimes Dangerously, Bullshitted People
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There are so many competent people in the world who are good at their jobs and I'm tired of constantly seeing the results of those people not being put in charge of things.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
There are so many competent people in the world who are good at their jobs and I'm tired of constantly seeing the results of those people not being put in charge of things.
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Capitalism is the thief that never gets caught
Aral Sea, 1989-2014
Aral Sea, 1989-2014
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Capitalism is the thief that never gets caught
Aral Sea, 1989-2014
Aral Sea, 1989-2014
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Political capital being pissed away
“The environment minister, Murray Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition that would require concessions, including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“The environment minister, Murray Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition that would require concessions, including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’
Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Political capital being pissed away
“The environment minister, Murray Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition that would require concessions, including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“The environment minister, Murray Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition that would require concessions, including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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So much mediocrity.
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
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Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So much mediocrity.
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
In Hobart, one of the proposals for Macquarie Point was a science precinct, in an Antarctic gateway city which has more scientists per capita than anywhere else. But what Utopian idea floated to the top m: an afl stadium, a place to watch rather than lead😬😵💫😩
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Salmon from TAS is in the “say no” category here goodfish.org.au/sustainable-...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Salmon from TAS is in the “say no” category here goodfish.org.au/sustainable-...
It's astonishing – even for Tasmania, home of the Spirit of Tasmania saga – that the use of Florfenicol was approved without anyone thinking of the consequences for the rock lobster season. Great news for the lobsters, at least.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Salmon antibiotic leads to partial rock lobster fishery closure
The Tasmanian government closed two zones within the state's rock lobster fishery just hours after the commercial season opened. The closure is in response to concerns about an antibiotic being used b...
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It's astonishing – even for Tasmania, home of the Spirit of Tasmania saga – that the use of Florfenicol was approved without anyone thinking of the consequences for the rock lobster season. Great news for the lobsters, at least.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
First peony for the season in my garden. Coral Charm.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
First peony for the season in my garden. Coral Charm.
Pissed-off academics do great snark. 'The pervert billionaire sector'! More power to your keyboard, Dr Ingrid M.
ai in education causes huge increases in workload for no increase in pay. It dramatically lowers our productivity for our employers and gives it to the pervert billionaire sector. Time for being an academic instead goes to ai guidelines, ai interviews, ai detection and referral, ai this, ai that.
Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Pissed-off academics do great snark. 'The pervert billionaire sector'! More power to your keyboard, Dr Ingrid M.
