Matt Cengia

Screenshot of https://theconsole.webcentral.au/login The right half of the page describes their "new, refreshed, customer panel". The left half has *huge* text saying "Login" above a traditional username/password form.

Screenshot of https://theconsole.webcentral.au/2fa The right half of the page is blank with a navy blue fill. The left half has huge text: "Enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator app. This helps us keep your account secure by verifying it's really you." taking up 7 lines; almost the entire left of the screen,above 4 pale grey boxes with grey circles in them and a blue "Verify code" button

This 2FA prompt was so unusually huge that it took me a good 5 seconds to work out what I was looking at.

Newsletter #6: Three New Book Recs, Upcoming Events, Dating as a Queer Nomad, and More Hey there, If this is your first newsletter from us, it’s because you’ve either signed up recently (probably from Everywhere is Queer) or because we’ve merged the email lists from our forum and job board. You can always adjust your subscription settings below, unsubscribe, or upgrade your

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Rail Safety Week 2025 runs from August 11th - 17th.

This week we're taking a break from our usual nonsense to promote the important - and sometimes difficult - things you all need to see and hear to keep you, the rail network, workers and everyone else safe and alive.

#MetroTrains #RSW2025

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Likening PhD holders to a (non-functional) algorithm is a form of dehumanisation & anti-intellectualism that is a bellwether for contemporary fascism. Essentially it's a typical — if not the archetypal — first step towards fascism: to dehumanise, deskill, defund, and, ultimately, fire the academics.

A visual timeline titled "Prime Ministers of Australia Since Robert Menzies" featuring portraits of Australian Prime Ministers from 1949 to the present. Each portrait includes the leader's name and term dates. The sequence starts with Robert Menzies (1949–1968) and continues through to Anthony Albanese (2022-). Some date entries contain typographical errors, and Tony Abbott appears twice with different dates. The portraits of the prime ministers are also really bad, absolutely incorrect and totally fucked up e.g. Gough Whitlam looks like a Bob Hawke hybrid and Bob Hawke doesn’t even look like Bob Hawke. These images are a clear indication that AI hasn’t quite got it right just yet.

“Show me a list of Australian prime ministers since Robert Menzies, with their names and years in office under their portraits.”

ChatGPT –

That's the one! Thanks!

Earlier today I saw an AI image of Australian prime ministers and now I can't find it. Please help me, internet?

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

Katy Perry went to space?

We are VERY close to 29,000 responses now. :)

If the gender binary doesn't know what to do with you, please click here: survey.gendercensus.com The survey closes on 30th August.

The teen 'Luddites' rethinking how they use tech ahead of Australia's under-16s social media ban - ABC News Meet the teen 'Luddites' who want to "empower young people" to rethink their relationship with their phones.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
> "We realised the hardest part about making that transition [is] the feelings of isolation that come with it and a lack of community,"

This is exactly how I feel not being on mainstream social media. I miss so many events and incidental opportunities to see friends.

5 Misconceptions About Digital Nomads That Get Under My Skin Last week, the Guardian published an article about digital nomads that made the rounds on Bluesky. It was so full of stereotypes and sensationalist quotes that it reads more like a parody than an actu...

#TheGuardian has been getting a lot wrong about #digitalnomads lately. Here are 5 misconceptions about digital nomads that get under my skin: remotequeer.co/misconceptio...

A photo of an Apple keyboard with the alphabet keys changed depending on the frequency of letters in English in this case. the E, A, D, T, I, O, L and N keys are quite large, while Q, X, Z, K, and V are quite small.

Studies have found the most logical and fastest keyboard layout is not between key orders like qwerty and dvorak, but one that prioritises the size of keys depending on the frequency of those letters in the language being typed, regardless of the ordering.

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I think the main thing to keep in mind is, as Molly alludes, not all RSS readers are created equal, so shop around rather than give up if your first choice doesn't work for you!

Curate your own newspaper with RSS Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use RSS.
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Hey, hey, Collective Shout, hey. Hey guess what?

Fuck you, we're gonna win.

Been reading about ADHD and justice sensitivity - that people with ADHD are often have a higher sensitivity for unfairness (hate discrimination, dishonesty, fake people and unfair situations) and I put it to you that that should just be the standard sensitivity people should have.

Newsletter #7: A Queer Open Mic, 6 Queer Financial Planners, and Our First Online Hangout (Aug 8th!) Last week, I had the chance to play one of my songs at the Queer Open Mic night at Artichoke Music in Portland, Oregon. It happens on the fourth Wednesday of every month, and is a super welcoming…

Our latest newsletter: feat. a queer open mic in #Portland, and a free-for-members virtual event you should come to!

Newsletter #7: A Queer Open Mic, 6 Queer Financial Planners, and Our First Online Hangout (Aug 8th!) Last week, I had the chance to play one of my songs at the Queer Open Mic night at Artichoke Music in Portland, Oregon. It happens on the fourth Wednesday of every month, and is a super welcoming environment to share your music or poetry. They also have an acoustic

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Thanks folks! Also TIL flighttocalendar.com, which I can just give a date and flight number (or multiple) and download an ICS!

It is _ridiculous_ that so many airlines make it hard/impossible to add flights to your calendar. I recall some apps make this easier by allowing you to add flights by flight number etc, but I forget their names. Any suggestions?
/CC @gdayitsjack.bsky.social, @chrisjrn.fyi, @hey.paris

Dating Apps Need to Learn How Consent Works Staying safe whilst dating online should not be the responsibility of users—dating apps should be prioritizing our privacy by default, and laws should require companies to prioritize user privacy over...

Consent fatigue isn’t an excuse for dating apps to sidestep user rights, especially when these same platforms are harvesting intimate user data to build and power their AI tools.

Consent must be provided by design and not through nagging pop-ups or bundled terms.

Stop the internet, I want to get off.

Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia – with huge implications for privacy and inclusion | Samantha Floreani New rules will radically change the way we use the internet in Australia, and not just social media

Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia – with huge implications for privacy and inclusion

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nah, you've got more face in this pic than plenty of folks (usually guys, admittedly) I've swiped on recently! And an abundance of eye contact!

Oh hello. I just got a phishing email that that claimed I needed to verify my PyPI email address but I noticed (thankfully) that the address it had sent me to was not pypi.org but pypj (yes, that's a j) .org.

It very nearly got me. Be careful folks.

YouTube (of all companies) is begging to be excused from the social media ban | First Dog on the Moon Of course banning kiddies from doing anything won’t make them want to do it more so that should be fine * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

YouTube (of all companies) is begging to be excused from the social media ban | First Dog on the Moon

"The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) provides HIV-negative individuals around 99% protection"

It would be great if the article headline didn't oversell this as 100%. At world scale, 1% is a big number.

Don't get me wrong; this is still fabulous news!