Prof Marc Tennant AM

I hot day in Perth today.

Sent this days hiding at home working on up-tooling my coding. VS-Cide, GIT, UV - getting with the program!!! And yes adding a little AI help to coding too!!

I took the normal approach to not shareing much about the job I have had for the last 2 years. But I have decided this year its time to talk a little of what its like. I was voted by my Colleagues to be the Chair of the Academic Board, the peak academic body of @uwanews

UWA Emeriti Professors College In celebrating the vital contributions of Emeriti both new and existing, UWA are pleased to announce the establishment of the Emeriti Professor’s college. Ensuring the continuation and recognition of…

I am proud. We just passed the 5th anniversary of the @UWAnews Emeriti Professors College. Been a real journey that contributes to an amazingly talented group of wisdom holders. Love it when idea's come to success. alumni.uwa.edu.au/emeriti-coll...

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I've been away for a good while (6 months) but are planning an "all-new" return

Any ideas? Crystalographers are encouraged to reply!

Secret rating system kept parents in dark about safety fears at NSW childcare centre Case in which parents were not told centre was in the ‘very high risk’ cohort illustrates a glaring safety gap, critics argue

This is the same in aged care - national standards are disconnected from reality. I would argue that national standards be it child care , hospitals, aged care, are a failed regulatory model. They have been captured by business.

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Thousands of Tesla SUVs recalled in Australia over software fault that ‘can increase risk of injury’ All 2025 Tesla Model Y variants affected by issue that risks window closing on body parts ‘with excessive force’

When is a recall not a recall? When it is fixed overnight with a software update?? Maybe the law needs to redefine some of these parameters???

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Love visiting a building that the same designers as one I was part of designed. All the parallels. Makes me want to go to more.

Forkenife You’ve Had Eggs Before, but Never Like This…. Recipes and More 👇

I dont promote things. I know the maker of this shorts reel on youtube. www.youtube.com/@Forkenife_

Lockie you are a genius!!! Great video's!!! Make more mate!

SHocking news in Australia. Three police shot - 2 dead. Awful. still searching high country for Culprit.. An awful days events.

An inner-speech decoder reveals some mental privacy issues Words you’ll never speak still cause activity in the brain’s speech centers.

WOW - what a very interesting risk associated with brain monitoring. The risk of reading inner speaking.

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Dont leave it to familes to have to break the law to show mistreatment of elders. Stop forcing people to be criminals when all they want is proper care provided with care. Start a CCTV trial just the same as in childcare!

National childcare worker register, CCTV trial and mobile phone ban declared in major Australian safety reform Jason Clare says CCTV trial at 300 centres to begin later this year and improved training regime rolled out in 2026

Can the same CCTV trail be run in aged care! Its the SAME. Highly vulnerable people and to much history of abuse. Get a trial going at the same time.

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Yep - twice in 2 weeks now... What have I done?
1. Two-factor authentication - ON.
2. Password safe - ON.
3. Massive random password.

Just do modern basics.

Today I rode my bike behind an electric bus for first time. No diesel fumes no black smoke. All I heard was sound of tires on the road. How far we have come in one generation.

Woops - (try again with arrow this time)

Inquiry says at least 13 people took their life as a result of UK's Post Office scandal The inquiry also finds that hundreds of people were wrongly prosecuted and convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting due to incorrect data in an information technology system.

And if you get to the essence of why the government was finally brought kicking and screaming to the fact there was a problem. It was a movie! Thank goodness for creative arts - they make a difference!

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Profit comes before safety inside Australia's childcare centres For those like me who have been investigating childcare for almost a year now, the news was horrifying but not a surprise.

Substitute the word childcare for agecare and reprint - ITS THE SAME!!

Its a TOTAL MISTAKE for profit and care to be in the same sentance.

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Absolutely needs to be, too many horror stories that could have been prevented with this.

Agree 100%
These measures must be brought in immediately.

Aged care should get the same. CCTV - global mandate. Protect our young and our elders - and people at risk. Yes, needs really controlled viewing (not left to organisations/businesses).

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MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours Removable transparent films apply digital restorations directly to damaged artwork.

Lets not forget AI also has amazing opportunity to add great good to the world too.

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I never thought the day would come on a POTUS birthday I would be seeing a massed military parade with the leadership hidden behind 2inch thick bullet proof glass. This is not what I ever expected in the USA.

McMigraine: Does the TikTok migraine cola and fries 'cure' really work? Migraines are one of the most complex neurological disorders. What is the science behind the latest hack?

I am migrane person, less as I get older. I found double strength coffee, two pandadol and a LONG shower with hot water on neck and head was a winner. Interesting in other tricks.

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So having to wear N95 many hours every day. Always preload on two glasses of water before hours of wearing masks.

No words from me... :(

A really moving meeting. Indigenous health. @uwanews

Move to end Welcome to Country protocols at council rejected A motion calling on a Tasmanian council to dispense with Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country protocols at events has been rejected — but the "damage has been done", the mayor says.

Seriously - its reconciliation week. What on earth? Show kindness. It was Sorry Day on Monday - please, coucillor, go and read the stores.

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Anti-Musk sentiment runs high in Australian city as 95% of submissions oppose land sale to Tesla Council in Adelaide censors strong language in some of the nearly 1,000 submissions that called for proposal to be struck down

Oh my.

If I were a Tesla shareholder, what would I think right now!!!!???

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WA government announces redress scheme for Stolen Generations Survivors of the Stolen Generations in Western Australia will be compensated through a state government redress scheme, the state government announces.

What a stain on our history. I am glad we are folowing the national steps. Reconciliation includes saying sorry for the past. Sorry.

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