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Old Aussie dude into gaming and tech and sometimes politics.
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Ken Henry not backward in coming forward www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

Hot gaming take: any game with a skill tree should let you re-spec it as much as you want for free.

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

Well what do you know, turns out there is a corruption issue in the Robodebt referrals worth investigating. NACC independent reviewer says all six people referred should be investigated for possible corrupt conduct. The NACC gets to do the investigation, of course. www.nacc.gov.au/news-and-med...

submitted 6 days ago • 63 comments

I’m predicting this meme format is going to get a workout this year:

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

More of this please.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

A French AI tool that its maker claims can tell if you're an adult with 99% accuracy by analysing a user's hands is part of an Australian government trial linked to the teen social media ban These claims have not yet been independently tested by anyone outside of the company www.crikey.com.au/20...

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.

submitted 19 days ago • 276 comments

Ha ha!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Peter Dutton’s line that having a strong public sector is about “pleasing the unions” is just wrong. It is about providing decent services to Australians, something he clearly doesn’t care about. He wants to return to mass outsourcing to their favourite consultants #insiders

submitted 22 days ago • 46 comments

I applaud the AFP's efforts to keep kids safe online but also lol

submitted 25 days ago • 18 comments

OpenAI scraped the internet and copyrighted material, and now it’s suddenly concerned about plagiarism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

Truth from former Australian of the Year, Grace Tame: The pearl-clutching among the political and media class over her T-shirt decrying the malign influence of the Murdoch empire just proves her point.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Odd, how living in the most ridiculous days of human history aren't even good for a laugh.

submitted 26 days ago • 1875 comments

😆

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I second that!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Q: What is this actual bullshit?? A: Actual bullshit

submitted 30 days ago • 56 comments

@obsidianent.bsky.social @obsidian.net which one of these accounts is official and can you please post here as well as Twitter?

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

"If we are unwilling to either reward politicians who try to improve the system or punish those who vote to keep the system unfair, then we are sentencing our nation to worse inequality and a much more fractured society ruled by vested interests and fear" www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

submitted 32 days ago • 916 comments

And apparently, they never will.

submitted 32 days ago • 361 comments

"It was an awkward gesture. Maybe he was trying to karate chop a fly?"

submitted 34 days ago • 17 comments

I just watched The Terminator 2 again and apart from a couple of minor things, the special effects hold up really well. They really should have stopped there though. I think the rest of the movies pale in comparison.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t care what you identify as unless you’re an asshole, then you can gtfo.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Started //// going (Democracy dies in capitalism)

submitted 40 days ago • 558 comments