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rchirgwin.bsky.social
Former tech writer specialising in telecoms and infosec. Still an aspiring guitarist at over 60. Nothing I do or say is licenced to anyone scraping social media accounts to train AI.
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theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part... ‘The Albanese Government, which was swept to power in 2022 on a platform of “accountability” and “transparency”, refused to implement truth in political advertising laws…’ Bet they regret that now.

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

Early morning pelican action. I love how their wingtips sometimes gently kiss the surface of the water. Such beautiful creatures. Bald Hill Beach, South Australia.

submitted 3 hours ago • 6 comments

Peter Lalor - who was sacked as a cricket commentator at SEN because the sound of his voice “made people feel unsafe” - donated his final pay cheque to UNICEF. Another decent person paying a high price for showing concern about children being bombed.

submitted 4 hours ago • 7 comments

daring the bureaucracy to submit a report, or else is like daring a dragon to show its teeth

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Bullshit Would this be caught by truth in political ads laws?

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

If the storm that just passed Wentworth Falls reaches Eastern Creek, the Supercars round could be interesting... Brief but intense.

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Science is pretty good, let's keep it 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

If I had to write a weekly email as a fed gov employee, I would troll that shit so hard and be creative to keep it interesting: - have conversations with yourself - translate into pirate language - insert non-existent drama about people in the office that do not exist - onomatopoeia sentences

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

‘accidents will happen’

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Safety is an internal industrial workplace requirement. Ethics is for philosophers

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

From United Humanists on FB

submitted 1 day ago • 817 comments

Time to start consciously decoupling methinks 🧐

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

“Microscopic particles emitted from brake pads can be more toxic than those emitted in diesel vehicle exhaust, a study has found.” People generally associate pollution from cars as being from exhaust pipes… but that’s only part of the problem with cars.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

Part of the problems here is that safer, first-generation rodenticides are close to unobtainable now in Australia. Nearly the *whole shelf* at Bunnings is a dangerous owl, quoll and lizard killing second-gen: brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone, difenacoum and flocoumafen. READ THE DAMN LABEL.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Anyone who has ever tried to get ‘at the coal face’ DEI related action at a University anywhere in the world (eg Disability Accommodations) KNOWS that their policies where only ever window dressing. As easy to rip away like a fusty net curtain in a haunted mansion….

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment