Grant MacDonald

I am sick of having AI provided as an opt out rather than opt in service. A lot of users will just get it and never use it. Notion is good as it provides AI as a monthly extra. I pay for it only when I am using it.

Sounds like you need a cafe brunch as compensation 😀

Australia news live: Nationals ‘proud’ to officially abandon net zero as Watt warns of ‘real test’ for the Liberal party Follow the latest updates live

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Only way back for #LibetalParty is to split the coalition and adopt centrist policies that appeal to urban Australia. Nats are left picking over the scraps of the far right vote.
#netZero #Auspol #LNP

Based on 1 Kings 7:23,24 the #Trump has issued an executive order that Pi will be exactly 3.0 from now on.
School curriculums will change to reflect this.
Don't laugh, it could happen.

Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning

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Next resolution "Set pi to exactly 3". I mean that silly value we use just makes calculating areas harder.

Yes, with all the money and show Hollywood can't make movies like this or Love Actually or Notting Hill or ...

Been off it for a while, and deleted it. Tidal gives better quality sound and pays creators (a bit ) better. No doubt there are problems with Tidal too and someone on here will tell me about it. 🫤

The animal suits at protests look to me like neodadaism. A non-confrontational mockery of a system that is both self-important and incompetent.

American democracy was obviously in bad shape even before they elected a child president that thinks pooh jokes are funny. Get your act together guys!

The problem is all the testing. The USA does more testing than other countries. Stop testing for pregnancy and there is no fertility issue.

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Trump says US looking at land attacks in Venezuela after lethal strikes on boats – live Trump also claims without evidence that every US strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat saves thousands of lives

OK, so now that the Nobel Peace Prize is decided #Trump gets back to business as usual. #uspol
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Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.

Looks like the #Nobel peace prize has been scammed. Can't take it seriously from now on?
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#Trump is not concerned about #Hamas shooting members of rival groups. Not surprising given his support for summary extrajudicial execution of suspects by the USA armed forces. e.g. 'drug boats' approaching US waters.
#uspol

I think Catch 22 applies here. Anyone enjoying talking dirty with a computer program is not mature enough, and should be blocked from talking dirty with a computer program.😀

I am unable to find an answer to which platforms are impacted, apart from the obvious big ones. I wonder how a federated app could block kids and if kids are on bsky or mastodon who would actually get fined? The business model is different.

The local council put up a sign like this when someone illegally cleared some foreshore to improve their view. Standing at the sign and looking back you could see who was responsible, but obviously there was not enough evidence of guilt to fine them.😀

These "Christian Nationalists" really need to study their Bible instead of just waving it around. I suggest they start with the parable of the good Samaritan. Luke 10:25-37
#uspol #ChristianNationalism

Use Lumo. A privacy based AI.

In Green Agenda, Simon Copland reviews Klein and Thompson's Abundance. The book sounds progressive but delivers repackaged trickle-down economics, blaming NIMBYs while ignoring corporate power and capitalist inequality. Read Simon's review at buff.ly/TbUwUzE

Trump doesn't understand that Kimmel is a comedian, not a journalist. A president with a more robust personality would just laugh with everyone else.

I think the cookers believe they are living in the USA.🤪

Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines

Creating the first Christian Nationalist martyr. #USA heading ever closer to a theocracy.
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That would be worrying if they weren't so incompetent. Probably just means applying tariffs that hurt them more than us.

Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month

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Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.

It also has an algorithm which influences what you see. The algorithm is designed to provoke reactions, as engagement equals profit. X users are constantly being manipulated, or fighting being manipulated.

Leave X for your mental health. Also having an account just validates it.

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Most of us living in democracies worry that our government is incompetent or that politicians are self-interested. Only in the USA do people seem to worry that their government is malevolent towards them and feel they need second amendment rights

Postal traffic into US plunges by more than 80% after Trump ends exemption Dozens of operators have suspended service to the US until a solution is implemented on parcels worth $800 or less

Seems that #MAGA equals isolationism. The rest of the world is just getting on with life and leaving the #USA alone.
#TrumpFail.

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