Tom Sulston

Photo of Lupin, from the TV show.

I worked for Neville Roy Singham for a number of years and am now the regional branch manager for antifa. AMA.

It is the content, but it is also the platforms. Their unregulated algorithms push bigotry and mis/dis-information at us to increase "engagement" and advertising dollars. We could try to fix that first.

It's galling to see the Albo government paint the U16 social media ban as a great success when there are expert organisations working with vulnerable children queuing up to demonstrate how it will make young people less safe online.

Children will suffer as a result of the social media ban.

Honestly mind-boggling that after a 30-minute conversation, the @qantas-official.bsky.social call centre doesn't know the answer to my question "Does my booking give 30 or 60 status credits?"

I am not an expert in American sportsball, but could swear that throwing the ball at the ground shortly before getting sacked is naughty and not allowed.

_Some_ people are fine with what social media companies do with their image. Many others are not but now they will be opted-in, and for more platforms than just socials.

And the tool-providers will want to store faces for training their algorithms.

Is a person's face not part of their identity?

Yes! Privatisation has been a massive clusterfuck in so many domains not least of which telcos.

Is it weird for a person to celebrate how they're going to make children more miserable and less safe? It feels like it's weird. This is weird.

Human error caused deadly outage: Optus CEO Investigation underway as previous $100m 'unconscionable conduct' fine upheld.

Oh, come on. If a company's systems and processes are so fragile that a single "human error" causes such an outage, their systems and processes are manifestly inadequate.

Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt

Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Roblox and even dating apps Lego Play and Steam among the unexpected additions to the list that includes Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X

Surely there are better sites than Github to ban teenagers from? What about Hawthorn FC, aph.gov.au, realestate.com.au, and Jim's Gardening?

Perhaps eSafety should have it explained to them that a "pull request" on Github is different to Grindr.

Good work, the Indie. Can’t wait to see the choreography for “Lick my love pump”.

A photo of Jimmy Kimmel with the headline “Abc pulls Jimmy Kimmel off”

Shocking.

Because that's how it's pronounced.

How does this man, husband of the Guardian's editor-in-chief, keep getting published in the Guardian? It is a mystery.

Yet, somehow, both of the cars pictured in the near distance have been parked inside the lines. 🤔

News headling: senior labour figures tell Kier Starmer to stop making mistakes"

A bold political gambit. (They're not wrong)

a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers Alt: Mr Bean, a man wearing a suit and tie, is standing in a field of yellow flowers. He checks his watch.

Waiting for Bandcamp Friday to start before hitting the checkout button on some shiny new tunes for the weekend.

5: Solidarity with all working people
4-1: Solidarity is difficult when you're still hungry.

i actually think brits aren't especially bad on the whole, so why all 3 parties are chasing the 35% of people who are assholes and no one else is a mystery!

I think if Britain colonised your country of origin you should get free BBC iplayer.

A postcard from Denmark, a terrible woke snowflake lefty-liberal yoghurt knitting country where everyone can access everything they need safely and without a car, urban and rural; there's free lifelong learning, free healthcare, a pro-tenant rental landscape, and wealth redistribution. Horrible.

Copyright and AI have been all over the dial recently. We're going to talk with some smart people about the AI threats to creative Australians. Join us for this zesty online briefing on the 12th August.

We'll discuss:
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A photo of Simon and Eric Patterson.

I hope that now the mushroom trial is over, Simon can get some normality in his life and back to his regular job of presenting Hard Quiz.

ha! Threads in Bluesky clearly NQR.

Anyway, have you considered the Hurra Torpedo cover? It's really good.

YouTube video by frozentoast Hurra Torpedo - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (live)

It's a great tune but the Hurra Torpedo cover is its zenith. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUj...