Danielle Clode

That's crazy! We do usually have 5 repeats on most ongoing scripts but it still means more GP visits than you need.

Ouch. We're meant to have free healthcare in Aust but there's been a $70-100 co-payment for 15min for years. And you're forced to go back just for repeat prescriptions for ongoing conditions (like being female).

Regulation is definitely the best option (we're working on that in Australia but it's tough to counter the AI cult marketing - the lure of easy $$$ is powerful). But I'm not conviced by the "too hard" argument. Looks more like hands in the air.

Would love to read this but it's member only. Thanks for the Qobuz tip!

Another #AI email this morning full of effusive praise for one of my books. What kind of sick criminal industry steals my work and income and uses it to try and scam me out of the money I don't earn using fake praise? #writingcommunity

Can comment boxes be structured for some kind of manual entry that doesn't allow copy and paste? What about human verification systems for emails with unknown addresses? Where's the AI that detects AI slop (length, repetition, circularity, sycophancy, plagiarism..)? It should be ideal for that.

Day off today. Converted the former TV nook into more shelving for the (now) craft room. Toss up between fabric storage and book stock - books won. Plus stuffed toys for school visits.

I can definitely get behind this one.

Reading Ruth Starke's thesis on the history of Adelaide Writers Week. #AWW What a cracker. Can we get this published by March?

Book cover of The Enigmatic Echidna with a picture of an echidna on the cover and a brief descriptive text underneath. From the Australian newspaper.

Hsppy to see The Enigmatic Echidna featured in the Australian's Big Books of 2026. Out in May. #newbook #comingsoon #enigmaticechidna

Love listening to Pater talk about his work!

So a Wikipedia entry (written by someone else who thinks you warrant one) is pretty cool. Not so sure about a Grokopedia entry. Even I wouldn't write that much about myself (although I guess I did at some point). Needs a good edit for repetion and hallucination.

Me neither. I have long planned to go to the US for a writing residency but now it's just not possible. Firstly b/c many of the programs have been shut down but mainly b/c of the lack of protection for human and democratic rights.

I hate how these scammers use books the stole, pumped through a Ponzi scheme AI to constuct compelling emails to try to scam me out if even more of the little money I earn from writing. They really know how to twist the knife. No longer flagged by bad grammar, now it's all cloying greasiness.

More happy-clappy from the cult. Don't miss out or you won't go to AI heaven!

Debating which would be worse - working at Starbucks or drinking their coffee...

Poor language skills by journalists has long been a problem. "Regimes" "union bosses" etc. Not impartial, not objective.

Person in an orange kayak paddling across a small dam in bushland. Border collie looks on from shore.

Happy place! Was gifted a kayak/paddleboard by a friend. Just perfect for tootling around on the dam.

No surprises here.

The French have long recognised that land occupied by others was not free to be claimed by Western powers - they mocked and castigated the English for doing so during Pacific exploration. The English knew it was wrong too but they did it anyway. And eventually so did France.

More countries should criminalise colonisation - historic and current - including Australia. This is not just a historic issue. Failure to accept that #colonisation was a crime, enables the same crimes to be justified today - as the invasions in western Europe and the middle east demonstrate.

Very heartened by the comments though.

That needs to go into a cold case file - as in revenge is best served....

I have them organised in folders, which helps. Useful for book specific obsessions which can be archived later (or not). A couple are longer than the screen.

Woah - that's a lot of tabs! I only have open tabs on my phone because I don't know a good way to save them. Prefer to use bookmarks on my desktop.

Haven't been able to set the old google sites as default on the phone but happily this is a great #AI-free #browser version works well. udm14.com: An easy-to-use shortcut for an AI-free Google search.

udm14.com

We will. The end goal of AI is to completely control your access to all knowledge.

Nah - by the time I get back to them half are defunct anyway. Or I can't remember what they were for.

Good to know AI use is listed under the narrator - and seems to be conspicuously displayed. Wish the use on websites, videos and books was so obvious (other than by the awful realisation that you've wasted moments reading/watching rubbish).

Oh and apparently #Gemini can no longer access a web browser so I can't chose or check the source of any information it provides. So the hub is now useless. #AIshite