Widening Gyre

Meanwhile, in Australia it’s coming into summer. 😁

The techbros and Board Directors assume their jobs are safe but I think starting at the top with AI is going to be easier than they think. 😂

Plows, PC’s, and spreadsheets were tools that still need a human in the loop. Ai aims to replace the human, and the organisation they work for, not improve their work.

And consumers in allied countries are thinking, no I won’t buy American products and services.

The tree to green bike ratio seems a bit out of whack. 😁

I’m still amazed that in a first world country 40 million people need to be on food stamps and that doesn’t cause outrage.

Understandable, they’re seeing how the US is taking out fishing boats these days.

Nationals To Resurrect Australian Whaling Industry As Part Of Exciting New Energy Policy — The Shovel “What we need is a sensible, modern approach to energy policy and hunting whales and killing them for their oil is exactly that"

“What we need is a sensible, modern approach to energy policy and hunting whales and killing them for their oil is exactly that"

I’m considering if I will continue to put useful content that is very time consuming to produce up on our company website. From a business perspective rather than a hobby, why do it if AI is going to scrape it and no one comes to your site?

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Daleks trying to board a London bus (1963). 📷 Het Parool.

Sydney Morning Herald begins writing article on what Zohran Mamdani’s win means for the Sydney housing market

“Quick, we need interviews with property investors, banks, real estate agents, landlords and young people with rich parents who are buying them a house.” chaser.com.au/general-news...

Walbury Hill is the highest natural point in South East England, standing at 297m (974ft) with the amazing Iron Age Walbury Camp on the summit. Today was glorious up there! #hillfort

Looks like extraordinary cowardice. "...following pressure from the Chinese state and a separate defamation law suit against the university, Sheffield Hallam decided not to publish a final piece of research by Prof Murphy and her team into forced labour." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

YouTube video by GZERO Media What the Trump-Xi meeting means for US-China relations | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take

outcome of trump and xi's talks? a truce, not a reset. us–china relations still defined by distrust, decoupling, and ai competition. @gzeromedia.com

So the US approach to strategic competition with China is to think short term. Pity the next two presidents that have to clean up this mess and try and catch up on China’s tech leadership in solar, wind, motor vehicles, high tech industrial base.

So does he get to choose if there’s a police investigation?

Is this comment an “interesting and add…” 😄

Artists rejoice as Labor rules out copyright carve-out for AI Labor has ruled out changing copyright laws to give tech giants free rein to train artificial intelligence models on creative works, after the proposition was met with widespread backlash from artists...

Australian artists, journalists, authors and researchers create the stories and knowledge that shapes who we are as a nation.

If AI companies want access to their work, they should have to negotiate with copyright holders like anyone else.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Seems the US did lose the cold war after all.

Or I’m losing, so how can I quickly run away. A test run for China this week.

Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' after it deployed huge warship The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.

What happens if one side declares a war but the other side doesn’t show up?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lots of civilians in an easy target get killed. Sounds like a Putin wannabe dividing the world into spheres of influence. Clear message to small countries is they all need nukes.

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

there's a video somewhere of chamath palihapitiya saying that he used to donate millions to democrats but couldn't get a meeting, but is able to with republicans. like everyone, rich donors want to feel special. no better way to make them feel special than a WH ballroom, earning parties more $$$

Sounds more like a private club, which it is.

people of the internet: Listen to Alan

International Wombat Day - October 22, 2025 | internationaldays.co October 22nd is International Wombat Day. The wombat is a marsupial found in Australia, related to koalas, kangaroos, an

but when is International *Male* Wombat Day? www.internationaldays.co/event/intern...

Hmmm, “hunted for fur”, bit difficult as they’re protected in the wild, though some of the big sheep stations up north have started farming them as climate change has kicked in.

Seems like it’s Andrew that decides if the police should investigate him.

They're worse. Why didn't they investigate his crimes? I mean, he first had sex with trafficked Virgina Giuffre in London. We all know this, but apart from Emily Maitless, has anyone ever asked Andrew any questions about this at all?