Rohan Pearce

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

it nice

settle down sydney

I mean, better than the Bluey theme tune I guess

Joy Division stuck in my head all day. Not sure whether to blame the PM or the opposition leader.

great film that

lmao fucking hell

Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to www.aph.gov.au because this website requires a secure connection.

Parliament's website periodically crapping itself today

"It is telling that this act by the PSF is so remarkable. It stands in stark contrast to the actions of many other larger and better funded organisations. It is easy to talk about leadership; it is much harder to actually lead." pivotnine.com/blog/python-...

distinct piscine theme to my day (this is about submarine cables)

Just ate an astonishingly good kebab from Cedar in Katoomba. Amazing. Probably the best I've had in Australia. This has been my 2.18pm AEDT kebab update.

Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court Parent of transgender child successfully challenged decision by Crisafulli government to halt treatment for under 18s Queensland’s controversial ban on puberty blockers for transgender patients has been overturned by the supreme court. On Tuesday, Justice Peter Callaghan ruled in favour of a challenge by the parent of a transgender child, judging that the directive establishing the ban was made improperly and is unlawful. Continue reading...

Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court

shameful

drawing a distinction with popping down to the corner store to buy your own box of crime (I assume it's about commissioning others to commit crimes on your behalf)

@stilgherrian.com @daedalus.eigenmagic.com you two may or not appreciate this

I feel like I'm losing my mind!

The Seafood Consumers Association (SCA) thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important subject.

Submission to the Combatting Crime as a Service inquiry by the "Seafood Consumers Association Ltd". www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor... (PDF)

Headline: 'When Google called my friend a murderer it solved my daughter’s career choice'

homicide is a venerable profession I guess

Goblin Forest now more accessible

not sure tasmania should make goblin forest more accessible. sounds like asking for trouble imo.

Origin warns customers after employee steals credit card details A rogue employee who had been made redundant created an encrypted file with customers’ details, including the credit card numbers used to pay their bills.

Origin warns customers after employee steals credit card details www.afr.com/technology/o...

Frilled Neck Lizard is an elite tier coin design.

I'd love to know the back story about why it's taken them so long

HTTPS finally 😱 www.bom.gov.au

"The Department of Home Affairs will work with social media providers to access publicly available data to identify non compliance"

Telstra has gone public on it now www.telstra.com.au/exchange/old...

PSPF Direction 003-2025 requires Australian Government entities to manage the risks arising from personnel disclosing information that identifies or alludes to their access to security classified material, including the fact that they hold a security clearance, on online platforms, by expanding established personnel security risk management and monitoring activities and including a specific policy prohibiting publication of this information.

federal government wants people to stop talking about all the classified stuff they can get their hands on www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/system/files... (PDF)

Major mobile carriers are raising concerns that a cohort of handsets in active use may be unable to camp-on to Triple Zero in the event of a network failure, potentially placing them in breach of new 2024 rules requiring the blocking of such devices. The full extent of the problem, however, is not yet well understood.

big story in this morning's CommsDay (not by me)

gonna be a big-ass telco day today

NSA Accused of Stealing Secrets from China's National Time Centre China's State Security Ministry accused U.S. intelligence of prolonged attacks on the National Time Service Center.

NSA Accused of Stealing Secrets from China’s National Time Centre moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/10/19/n...

Screenshot of charges table requiring a payment of $1,508.80 for access to documents from a South Australian government agency.

Last Friday I appeared before a Senate committee to talk about the Commonwealth's proposed changes to FOI laws @withmeaa.bsky.social, in my capacity as a working freelance journalist. The changes copy FOI regimes at the state level -- two hours later, one of those states hit me with a charge:

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