Addy Teoh (张美鍊)
@witmol.bsky.social
aunty/she/her
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate.
Tea, zines, spec fic, postcards and long walks.
On Dharug land (Australia)
Comforter, philosopher and lifelong mate.
Tea, zines, spec fic, postcards and long walks.
On Dharug land (Australia)
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As none of you told me, I'm assuming none of you know that you can turn off the AI answers in Google and trigger it to use web-only search. You'll still get slop at the top because that's just SEO in the Age of Enshittification, but do this to remove the overconfident arsewipe of a first answer.
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As none of you told me, I'm assuming none of you know that you can turn off the AI answers in Google and trigger it to use web-only search. You'll still get slop at the top because that's just SEO in the Age of Enshittification, but do this to remove the overconfident arsewipe of a first answer.
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
As none of you told me, I'm assuming none of you know that you can turn off the AI answers in Google and trigger it to use web-only search. You'll still get slop at the top because that's just SEO in the Age of Enshittification, but do this to remove the overconfident arsewipe of a first answer.
This makes me angry in all the ways you might suspect.
As a subeditor, I do fact-checking as part of my role and I cannot imagine what a fucking waste of time it would be for a busy editor to have to verify every single thing about a writer to prove they are not AI.
As a subeditor, I do fact-checking as part of my role and I cannot imagine what a fucking waste of time it would be for a busy editor to have to verify every single thing about a writer to prove they are not AI.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This makes me angry in all the ways you might suspect.
As a subeditor, I do fact-checking as part of my role and I cannot imagine what a fucking waste of time it would be for a busy editor to have to verify every single thing about a writer to prove they are not AI.
As a subeditor, I do fact-checking as part of my role and I cannot imagine what a fucking waste of time it would be for a busy editor to have to verify every single thing about a writer to prove they are not AI.
My mum was a Boomer meme/health alarm sharer until I talked to her as a media professional about fake news and viral outrage campaigns.
After years of being very good and not sharing anything that wasn't a restaurant special, she just shared a Youtube video about new driving rules and fines.
After years of being very good and not sharing anything that wasn't a restaurant special, she just shared a Youtube video about new driving rules and fines.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My mum was a Boomer meme/health alarm sharer until I talked to her as a media professional about fake news and viral outrage campaigns.
After years of being very good and not sharing anything that wasn't a restaurant special, she just shared a Youtube video about new driving rules and fines.
After years of being very good and not sharing anything that wasn't a restaurant special, she just shared a Youtube video about new driving rules and fines.
Folks, I just bought this off Tess and it is ELITE. My Simpsons-loving friend (who is not on BSky, hence the photo) is going to go bananas.
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Folks, I just bought this off Tess and it is ELITE. My Simpsons-loving friend (who is not on BSky, hence the photo) is going to go bananas.
As none of you told me, I'm assuming none of you know that you can turn off the AI answers in Google and trigger it to use web-only search. You'll still get slop at the top because that's just SEO in the Age of Enshittification, but do this to remove the overconfident arsewipe of a first answer.
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
As none of you told me, I'm assuming none of you know that you can turn off the AI answers in Google and trigger it to use web-only search. You'll still get slop at the top because that's just SEO in the Age of Enshittification, but do this to remove the overconfident arsewipe of a first answer.
There's nothing like switching from subediting a bunch of compound-adjective-hyphen-happy writers to people who don't use them at all, even when they're supposed to, to really throw out your instincts about when to use one.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
There's nothing like switching from subediting a bunch of compound-adjective-hyphen-happy writers to people who don't use them at all, even when they're supposed to, to really throw out your instincts about when to use one.
Can't change, won't change.
Black Friday = things on fire in Australia
Black Friday = things on fire in Australia
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can't change, won't change.
Black Friday = things on fire in Australia
Black Friday = things on fire in Australia
Went to my mum's church market day (so much cheaper than op shops + so many mature plants very generously priced) and agreed to meet her for coffee after her volunteer shift and then she forgot about me and drove home 🤣
(It's ok, I already knew I wasn't the favourite kid.)
(It's ok, I already knew I wasn't the favourite kid.)
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Went to my mum's church market day (so much cheaper than op shops + so many mature plants very generously priced) and agreed to meet her for coffee after her volunteer shift and then she forgot about me and drove home 🤣
(It's ok, I already knew I wasn't the favourite kid.)
(It's ok, I already knew I wasn't the favourite kid.)
I want to correct the record to say this is untrue, you can request a callback 24/7 but you have to insist on speaking to an agent to the chatbot and the call will come from a random number that might be labelled 'suspected spam'.
Caught in fucking Adobe chatbot loop trying to find out why I was charged double for my subscription last month, but apparently humans only work Mon-Fri in the PT timezone – just appalling for a global company.
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I want to correct the record to say this is untrue, you can request a callback 24/7 but you have to insist on speaking to an agent to the chatbot and the call will come from a random number that might be labelled 'suspected spam'.
Genuinely moving performance of Beethoven's Ninth by Sydney Symphony tonight. I'm glad I caught the lecture beforehand explaining how weird it was to have so much timpani; it was extra special to sit in Box Y and watch the timpanist (MVP) all night, plus I had the full force of the choir.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Genuinely moving performance of Beethoven's Ninth by Sydney Symphony tonight. I'm glad I caught the lecture beforehand explaining how weird it was to have so much timpani; it was extra special to sit in Box Y and watch the timpanist (MVP) all night, plus I had the full force of the choir.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
So here's a new one: if you open a credit card dispute, your credit card company needs evidence that you've contacted the other party but the options are an AI chatbot log that you can't download (screenshot the whole shebang?) or a 'callback' log from your phone that's marked 'suspected spam'.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
So here's a new one: if you open a credit card dispute, your credit card company needs evidence that you've contacted the other party but the options are an AI chatbot log that you can't download (screenshot the whole shebang?) or a 'callback' log from your phone that's marked 'suspected spam'.
Just watched Taskmaster NZ S4E8 where Dai Henwood introduces gongfu cha to the nation.
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just watched Taskmaster NZ S4E8 where Dai Henwood introduces gongfu cha to the nation.
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Products that are possibly dangerous, defective, or compromised are pulled from sale all the time, and yet AI chatbots are left to continue chatting shit to suicidal teens. The double standards of accountability due to rich cunts wanting a return on investment boils my piss.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Products that are possibly dangerous, defective, or compromised are pulled from sale all the time, and yet AI chatbots are left to continue chatting shit to suicidal teens. The double standards of accountability due to rich cunts wanting a return on investment boils my piss.
Caught in fucking Adobe chatbot loop trying to find out why I was charged double for my subscription last month, but apparently humans only work Mon-Fri in the PT timezone – just appalling for a global company.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Caught in fucking Adobe chatbot loop trying to find out why I was charged double for my subscription last month, but apparently humans only work Mon-Fri in the PT timezone – just appalling for a global company.
Shouldn't this be 1st December 01/12? (Or 12th January if you're American?)
Tomorrow on Sunday, November 23rd, it's #FibonacciDay
It's a day.
It's #math
It's a celebration!
Celebrate responsibly.
@scientistmel.bsky.social
@drstevenhobbs.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
@mathemaphysics.humanedrug.org
@mcpozz.bsky.social
It's a day.
It's #math
It's a celebration!
Celebrate responsibly.
@scientistmel.bsky.social
@drstevenhobbs.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
@mathemaphysics.humanedrug.org
@mcpozz.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Shouldn't this be 1st December 01/12? (Or 12th January if you're American?)
My writing group, Sydney Speculative Scribes, has decided to start a Short Story Club (a reading club with a large dose of writers' craft discussion). Which then made me realise I was not, in fact, subscribed to Uncanny as I thought, though I've read many! wonderful stories there.
Do it!
Do it!
Home - Uncanny Magazine
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
My writing group, Sydney Speculative Scribes, has decided to start a Short Story Club (a reading club with a large dose of writers' craft discussion). Which then made me realise I was not, in fact, subscribed to Uncanny as I thought, though I've read many! wonderful stories there.
Do it!
Do it!
Sharing this, mostly for the term 'bitchkrieg'.
Didn't care for either Lawsy or Richo, may they spin in their graves every time Vicky's dog barks outside the QVB.
Didn't care for either Lawsy or Richo, may they spin in their graves every time Vicky's dog barks outside the QVB.
Who deserves a state funeral less? Lawsie or Richo?
It’s nice for John Laws that so many people remembered him when he finally shuffled off his golden coil, even if they were lining up to piss on his grave, and it’s nice too that he died so close to Gr...
aliensideboob.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Sharing this, mostly for the term 'bitchkrieg'.
Didn't care for either Lawsy or Richo, may they spin in their graves every time Vicky's dog barks outside the QVB.
Didn't care for either Lawsy or Richo, may they spin in their graves every time Vicky's dog barks outside the QVB.
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As a seasoning white pepper is better than black pepper
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As a seasoning white pepper is better than black pepper
A zoomer just asked how we caught the bus in the beforetimes and several people just started thinking about nursing homes and retirement.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A zoomer just asked how we caught the bus in the beforetimes and several people just started thinking about nursing homes and retirement.
Why is it so hard to find on-ear noise-cancelling headphones?
My earholes are small (weirdly shaped?) so earbuds don't stay in and I wear glasses, so over-ear headphones press the legs into the side of my head.
I love my old Bose pair but they won't refurb the padding again.
My earholes are small (weirdly shaped?) so earbuds don't stay in and I wear glasses, so over-ear headphones press the legs into the side of my head.
I love my old Bose pair but they won't refurb the padding again.
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Why is it so hard to find on-ear noise-cancelling headphones?
My earholes are small (weirdly shaped?) so earbuds don't stay in and I wear glasses, so over-ear headphones press the legs into the side of my head.
I love my old Bose pair but they won't refurb the padding again.
My earholes are small (weirdly shaped?) so earbuds don't stay in and I wear glasses, so over-ear headphones press the legs into the side of my head.
I love my old Bose pair but they won't refurb the padding again.
So angry about this for a multitude of reasons, which you can probably guess.
Lost in the plot: how would-be authors were fooled by AI staff and virtual offices in suspected global publishing scam
Book publishing websites in Australia, the UK and New Zealand appear to be using fake testimonials and AI staff pages to lure aspiring writers into handing over their money
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
So angry about this for a multitude of reasons, which you can probably guess.
This year I set out to revive/start a whole bunch of website projects I've been putting off and I swear I started them at different times but they've all come in this week, just when I actually have writing and editing work.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This year I set out to revive/start a whole bunch of website projects I've been putting off and I swear I started them at different times but they've all come in this week, just when I actually have writing and editing work.
So I used to play Candy Crush and got to a really high level and then went cold turkey when they said they were replacing game designers with AI (that the game designers helped train as 'tools'). Instead I've started playing games on the NYT app and have blown through the Connections archive.
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So I used to play Candy Crush and got to a really high level and then went cold turkey when they said they were replacing game designers with AI (that the game designers helped train as 'tools'). Instead I've started playing games on the NYT app and have blown through the Connections archive.
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I wanna open an Escape Room
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wanna open an Escape Room
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.