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Professional engineer. Recovering academic. Working with data to improve work safety in Victoria. Opinions my own. https://stuartpalmer2.github.io/spalm/index.html
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Absolute AI desperation.

Setting the “days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft” clock back to zero www.hcamag.com/au/specialis...

The Dogs #Israel #USPolitics #auspol #Iran

AUKUS in doubt (12/6). At last, some good news from the USA. Ross Hudson, Mount Martha @theage letters

They are managing to both sides cops roughing up a United States Senator for California. This is "beat one, educate a million stuff." Who is gonna protest if Senator Padilla (a week after the leader of the biggest union in CA got days in custody) gets this treatment.

Unaccountably forgotten something important that happened in Australian higher educ and research 2013-23? Chances are Campus Morning Mail can jog your memory, The CMM archive is live for another year @ shorturl.at/btr5k

ABC discovers that Queensland spans ~23 degrees of latitude.

Safe bet the optimistically titled Productivity Commission ignore the enormous tax concessions we give to big dumb utes…hope they prove me wrong but history suggests the PC has a keen eye for support for climate action & turns a blind eye to all things fossil fuel polluting…hope they prove me wrong

Every budget the treasury increase its estimates for fuel tax credits. Apparently that is not a blowout even though it’s now over $10bn.

When writing about pop cultural artefacts it's vitally important to not get the how it relates to anything else.

Don't forget about this one

Breaking: SA man dies two weeks after becoming unresponsive during arrest: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-13/man-dies-after-attempted-arrest-royston-park/105361774

You just know we’ll be screwed. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Shrill, bitter and increasingly twisted. Her legacy defined by her own vindictive quest. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Keating always delivers the clearest message “”AUKUS will be shown for what it always has been: a deal hurriedly scribbled on the back of an envelope by Morrison, along with the vacuous British blowhard Boris Johnson & the confused President Joe Biden," Keating said” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

🚨 The Trump regime just arrested a sitting U.S. Senator at a DHS presser—then lied about it. Tanks in D.C., Newsom fights back, Trump's latest trade surrenders, and more. Full breakdown on the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!

Construction on the newest Australian submarine began the year this was released. Formal processes around new replacement subs have been going since 2007, with real billions already spent for zero current prospect of getting an actual submarine. And it's "vital." Well done all.

Many seemingly personal conversations can be publicly viewed on a “discover” tab in Meta AI, a chatbot platform that doubles as a social feed, including some conversations containing sensitive information tied to user names and profile photos.

“That star means everything to me. My entire self-worth is wrapped up in getting external validation from people I pretend to despise but am actually desperate to impress" Full details: theshovel.com.au/2025/06/13/trump-deploys-150000-troops-to-protect-hollywood-star/

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

“fewer than 4,000 people – have more than 80% of their retirement savings in non-residential retail property, such as farms” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Marines Raise American Flag Outside Cell Phone Store After Defeating Skateboarding Teenagers theonion.com/marines...

ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary

The NSW property developer who bankrolled Moira Deeming’s defamation case against John Pesutto offered the former Liberal leader a $1 million lifeline on the condition he did not attempt to win back the party leadership within the next three years. These VIC Liberals are just corrupt. #auspol

According to Linda, there is nothing more important than Linda’s feelings. Sadly, saying this will hurt Linda’s feelings, so I’m not sure how to feel about it myself.

Pokies boss Neumann under investigation for alleged corruption overseas: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/boss-of-australian-pokies-giant-under-corruption-investigation/105410078

I'm going to have to roll up a Reddit scraper, aren't I?

"It’s time to recognise that since the AUKUS deal was announced, circumstances have changed dramatically. A grown-up country would respond accordingly." "Donald Trump has given us an opportunity to get out. We should take it." @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol

@bronwynhemsley.bsky.social Have you seen/heard this before? skeptoid.com/episodes/4831

Wild @roycerk2.bsky.social story: @monashuniversity.bsky.social were so ashamed of the luxury Italian conference they held in partnership with openly evil fossil fuel company Woodside that they deleted the entire website moments after the conference was done. Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)

i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone

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AI doesn't just make everything dumber and destroy the planet, it also creates entirely new vulnerabilities for criminals to exploit... #NihilismAndTechnology

The Minister has absolutely no idea what's going on here. The Targeted Compliance Framework is not paused, as explained in the article. What has been paused are delegated decisions of the Secretary of DEWR to cancel or reduce benefits for compliance failures. They can still be suspended under TCF.

$5m in Trump Coin would probably do the trick.