Tom Sulston
@tom.sulston.net
Digital rights, bicycles, cats, kitchens.
Don't blame my employer for my bad choice of words.
Don't blame my employer for my bad choice of words.
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hey Victorian renters! if you've used 'RentTech' (think online application platforms, rent payment apps, property management portals), please spend ~5 minutes to share your experience in this survey to contribute to important @cprc-research.bsky.social research: cprc.limesurvey.net/594888?lang=en
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
hey Victorian renters! if you've used 'RentTech' (think online application platforms, rent payment apps, property management portals), please spend ~5 minutes to share your experience in this survey to contribute to important @cprc-research.bsky.social research: cprc.limesurvey.net/594888?lang=en
Confused that the Productivity Commission chose the last working day of the year to release its report mid-way through the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
Surely the authors are proud of their work and want a wide audience? This seems counterintuitive.
www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-an...
Surely the authors are proud of their work and want a wide audience? This seems counterintuitive.
www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-an...
Five pillars of productivity inquiries
The Productivity Commission has been asked by the Australian Government to conduct five inquiries to identify priority reforms under their five pillar productivity growth agenda. We have been tasked w...
www.pc.gov.au
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Confused that the Productivity Commission chose the last working day of the year to release its report mid-way through the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
Surely the authors are proud of their work and want a wide audience? This seems counterintuitive.
www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-an...
Surely the authors are proud of their work and want a wide audience? This seems counterintuitive.
www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-an...
Great to see young Australians, freed from the shackles of social media, hanging out together in the real world.
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
Teen arrested in beach clash with police after storming Mordialloc supermarket
One boy remains in custody after riot police were called in to disperse a large group of teenagers allegedly brawling on Mordialloc beach.
www.smh.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Great to see young Australians, freed from the shackles of social media, hanging out together in the real world.
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
Note for future US presidents: you can order the Navy to murder civilians on small boats in international waters, but don't you dare slag off a Hollywood director.
December 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Note for future US presidents: you can order the Navy to murder civilians on small boats in international waters, but don't you dare slag off a Hollywood director.
Thoughts and prayers for everyone in the UK at this most difficult of times.
December 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Thoughts and prayers for everyone in the UK at this most difficult of times.
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“Let them be kids!”
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Let them be kids!”
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
The Trump administration is a big fan of the Times New Roman Salute.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Trump administration is a big fan of the Times New Roman Salute.
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Incredible the difference I'm observing mere hours after the child social media ban. Four boys on my street started a journey from their treehouse to find the body of a missing kid in the wilderness. Along the way, they're learning about themselves, & the meaning of friendship. Great to see
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Incredible the difference I'm observing mere hours after the child social media ban. Four boys on my street started a journey from their treehouse to find the body of a missing kid in the wilderness. Along the way, they're learning about themselves, & the meaning of friendship. Great to see
Why does the Murdoch press give breathlessly favourable coverage to the Al-ban-ese social media ban when it's a Murdoch press-instigated policy designed to beat up the companies that are eating the profits of the Murdoch press?
It is a mystery.
It is a mystery.
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Why does the Murdoch press give breathlessly favourable coverage to the Al-ban-ese social media ban when it's a Murdoch press-instigated policy designed to beat up the companies that are eating the profits of the Murdoch press?
It is a mystery.
It is a mystery.
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And when this fails spectacularly, doing more harm than good for zero real world benefit because it was an arse rained idea from the start, it will of course be someone else's fault.
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
And when this fails spectacularly, doing more harm than good for zero real world benefit because it was an arse rained idea from the start, it will of course be someone else's fault.
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And force them to moderate it properly.
And regulate genAI.
They have no intention of standing up to anyone.
And regulate genAI.
They have no intention of standing up to anyone.
Framing the teen social media ban as standing up to big tech to protect the children is such bullshit.
If they had any desire to stand up to big tech they’d tax it properly.
If they had any desire to stand up to big tech they’d tax it properly.
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And force them to moderate it properly.
And regulate genAI.
They have no intention of standing up to anyone.
And regulate genAI.
They have no intention of standing up to anyone.
Everyone's got an opinion about the Social Media Ban.
Here's one of the better ones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Here's one of the better ones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Everyone's got an opinion about the Social Media Ban.
Here's one of the better ones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Here's one of the better ones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Anyone else really looking forward to the Detrumpification that the US is going to have to do in a few short years?
re: www.bbc.com/news/article...
re: www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Anyone else really looking forward to the Detrumpification that the US is going to have to do in a few short years?
re: www.bbc.com/news/article...
re: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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There’s no such thing as a perfect intersec—
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There’s no such thing as a perfect intersec—
Is it because Jeremy Clarkson lives in the UK?
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Is it because Jeremy Clarkson lives in the UK?
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The great thing about Australia is that a child can be too young to use Instagram and simultaneously old enough to be sentenced to life imprisonment.
What a lucky country!
What a lucky country!
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The great thing about Australia is that a child can be too young to use Instagram and simultaneously old enough to be sentenced to life imprisonment.
What a lucky country!
What a lucky country!
Who could have possibly foreseen this apart from literally everyone?
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Who could have possibly foreseen this apart from literally everyone?
Congratulations, lovebirds.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Congratulations, lovebirds.
Come on, authors. You heard the man. Get to it.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Come on, authors. You heard the man. Get to it.
I worked for Neville Roy Singham for a number of years and am now the regional branch manager for antifa. AMA.
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I worked for Neville Roy Singham for a number of years and am now the regional branch manager for antifa. AMA.
It's galling to see the Albo government paint the U16 social media ban as a great success when there are expert organisations working with vulnerable children queuing up to demonstrate how it will make young people less safe online.
Children will suffer as a result of the social media ban.
Children will suffer as a result of the social media ban.
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's galling to see the Albo government paint the U16 social media ban as a great success when there are expert organisations working with vulnerable children queuing up to demonstrate how it will make young people less safe online.
Children will suffer as a result of the social media ban.
Children will suffer as a result of the social media ban.
Honestly mind-boggling that after a 30-minute conversation, the @qantas-official.bsky.social call centre doesn't know the answer to my question "Does my booking give 30 or 60 status credits?"
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Honestly mind-boggling that after a 30-minute conversation, the @qantas-official.bsky.social call centre doesn't know the answer to my question "Does my booking give 30 or 60 status credits?"
Oh, come on. If a company's systems and processes are so fragile that a single "human error" causes such an outage, their systems and processes are manifestly inadequate.
Human error caused deadly outage: Optus CEO
Investigation underway as previous $100m 'unconscionable conduct' fine upheld.
ia.acs.org.au
September 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Oh, come on. If a company's systems and processes are so fragile that a single "human error" causes such an outage, their systems and processes are manifestly inadequate.