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Haaa. Elon's hastily constructed official 'doge' US gov site is easily hacked and has been defaced already

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Morning. What's happening? This: 🤦🏻🙈

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Hello Bluesky! Here is a sun halo snap from my walk this morning. In case, you know, you need to stop, and grab a bit of natural beauty on your feed ❤️

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IT guy here managing Google Workspaces for many clients. They're all having Google's Gemini generative AI semi-forced on them, and there's (currently) no way to turn it off (as confirmed in this article, worth a read) This is weird. Cc @garymarcus.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Hey @microsoft.com - no one ever wants to add a 2nd keyboard layout Ever. (those that do can do so once the PC is set up, like a million other things that don't need to be part of the initial config of Windows. Thanks!) #techguy

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Sunset looking over Mapleton Falls national park up the sunshine coast on the weekend 🌄

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Seen in Venice Beach today

submitted 41 days ago • 60 comments

Had this recommended to me, haven't listened yet. Will report back once I get to it No doubt control and paranoia are a big part of this man's reality www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/elons...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

I made a mistake. I logged back into Twitter to take a peek. This was the 'news' section. This just in - Elon is a hero, and something insane Trump said is being 'debated'!!

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Apple AI on a roll here.... From @crikey.com.au written by Cam Wilson cc @garymarcus.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/08/a...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

The ultimate 'how it started' - 'how it's going' 2016 -> 2021 -> 2025 #zuck #trump #meta

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I refuse all those cookies. I don’t want to sign up. I don’t want to review the product. I shan’t become your member. I won’t stay on the line for a short survey. I don’t want to receive emails. No, you can’t have my email, phone, date of birth. Unsubscribe, unsubscribe, unsubscribe.

submitted 49 days ago • 17 comments

The title says it all. Except that Apple 'admitted to no wrongdoing' arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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Where am I off to? To spend this whole dollar on penny whisles and moonpies of course! (Bupa, our health insurer, have 'given back' some money because of disruptions during covid times) We spend $13.50 per day on cover 😂

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Crowded House in Brisbane last night. Completely blown away. 'Private Universe' still floating through my head 24 hrs later. I feel so fortunate that we got to see them, immense musical pros who totally transported me for 2 hrs. I was sober, and the night felt like a deep drug trip. Very special

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Apple 'Intelligence' off to a good start. It 'AI-ified' some BBC notifications and shared 'Luigi Mangione shoots himself'. Earlier, 'Netanyahu arrested'. Both spectacularly wrong and made up, of course A brand neew way to get misinformation! www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

It's time for 'Nick's Parenting Wrap 2024' I'm looking for solidarity, and only a whisper of judgement my Bluesky friends! 😂 1/2

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Interesting population stats for Australia: Population - 27.2 million Over the last year: Births 289,100 Deaths 182,700 Immigration: 666,800 moved to Aus 221,200 left Pop increase 552,000 (2.1%)

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Must read longish essay / reporting by @davidmcswane.bsky.social - incredibly told tale of medical deceit and corruption Brutally heartbreaking for the people affected who are mere collateral to rampant ego/greed www.propublica.org/article/thom...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform. With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

submitted 81 days ago • 562 comments

Just swap 'reading' with 'listening' and 'eyes' with 'ears' and 'pages' with 'chapters of your audiobook' and you have me covered

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Matt Johnson writing in @quillette.bsky.social about The Free Press giving a pass to RFKj on the constellation of conspiracy theories he spouts and his often batshit takes on health/vaccines/everything Bad thinking, and bad reporting about bad thinking, all round quillette.com/2024/12/03/s...

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

I log into FB (I know, why), scroll for a screen or two, and get this. AI slop shit that has nearly 600k likes w 9k comments, the majority of which are 'very nice' and 'nice picture'. What is happening? #enshittification

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Good read here by @garymarcus.bsky.social on 2 years of chatGPT - which has shown little improvement in that time, despite constant hype and billions of $$ open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

Black Fri is a good reminder to unsubscribe from the email lists of every company you've ever bought anything from since time began

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Hi Elon 👋🏻

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

This is worth a read given the current state of geopolitics... (from the 1st scene of Francis Ford Coppola's #Megalopolis)

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

One night when we lived in Barcelona I sat near the Sagrada Familia for hrs taking photos as the sun set and the lights came on. No idea why I just thought of this, but good memories of patiently waiting for that dusk light 👍🏼 (And yes, I spent hrs editing out the cranes back then 😂 - 2013)

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