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Person with knowledge of the meeting. Accident-prone tractor with an interest in news, politics, scandals, banter, public health and general nonsense. Open to bribery/corruption etc. She / her / Madam Tractor

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12.12.2025 10:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a shit photoshopped image of people sitting on a railing

a shit photoshopped image of people sitting on a railing

Time Magazine's 'person of the year' is "the architects of AI" and the image they've used is the jankiest photoshop I've seen in ages?

They didn't even use a slop image generator?? It gets funnier the closer you look. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is now a tiny child

12.12.2025 08:02 — 👍 100    🔁 11    💬 8    📌 1

Another covidish Christmas. Yay.

12.12.2025 07:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nothing to see here, says Penny Wong about Israel brief she hasn't read - Michael West DFAT country brief on Israel omits mention of regional conflict, while Penny Wong defends Australia’s cybersecurity cooperation with Israel.

Nothing to see here, says Penny Wong about Australia’s official country brief on Israel that doesn’t mention Gaza, settler violence or illegal occupation.
michaelwest.com.au/nothing-to-s...

12.12.2025 06:29 — 👍 97    🔁 52    💬 7    📌 1
An abundant dahlia plant with pretty pink flowers with yellowish centres.

An abundant dahlia plant with pretty pink flowers with yellowish centres.

Omg she has gone and done it again

12.12.2025 07:44 — 👍 35    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love it

12.12.2025 07:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ll tolerate MANY things but being called a Hokkaido cheese tart is not one of them

12.12.2025 07:41 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

In the latest episode of abolish local government.

12.12.2025 04:10 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

How could a child possibly be this insufferable?

12.12.2025 07:04 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My bluesky chats are currently unavailable until I provide ID to prove I’m an adult 🫠🫠🫠

12.12.2025 07:03 — 👍 25    🔁 0    💬 10    📌 0

The Sydney Morning Herald (southern edition) finding new passive-aggressive ways to sook about the state government’s transport infrastructure.

12.12.2025 06:01 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Still, there was a problem. Hilton’s insurance would not foot the bill for a lawyer to defend against a subpoena. He would have to cover his legal costs out of pocket. Instead of finding an attorney, he did two things legal experts always advise against: he decided to represent himself and to use ChatGPT to help draft his legal briefs. At first, this did not go smoothly. An early filing written by ChatGPT, which Hilton nicknamed Dad, invented several legal references. “There’s this phenomenon called ghost law,” Hilton said. “They make up citations, they make up anything.” After a set of embarrassing errors was called out on social media, Hilton started double- and triple-checking every citation, and asked ChatGPT to review its own output. The process went more smoothly from there—so much so that Hilton came to see AI as a great legal leveler. “Now that I know that I can so effectively use ChatGPT, I’m not going to be paying a lawyer unless it’s absolutely necessary,” he told me.

Still, there was a problem. Hilton’s insurance would not foot the bill for a lawyer to defend against a subpoena. He would have to cover his legal costs out of pocket. Instead of finding an attorney, he did two things legal experts always advise against: he decided to represent himself and to use ChatGPT to help draft his legal briefs. At first, this did not go smoothly. An early filing written by ChatGPT, which Hilton nicknamed Dad, invented several legal references. “There’s this phenomenon called ghost law,” Hilton said. “They make up citations, they make up anything.” After a set of embarrassing errors was called out on social media, Hilton started double- and triple-checking every citation, and asked ChatGPT to review its own output. The process went more smoothly from there—so much so that Hilton came to see AI as a great legal leveler. “Now that I know that I can so effectively use ChatGPT, I’m not going to be paying a lawyer unless it’s absolutely necessary,” he told me.

AI making false case citations, Perez Hilton edition. www.cjr.org/feature/pere...

12.12.2025 01:41 — 👍 56    🔁 16    💬 5    📌 3

My only request for Christmas is that Linda Reynolds doesn’t bankrupt me

12.12.2025 05:53 — 👍 38    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

BREAKING
US Navy seizes tanker full of Peace Prizes off the coast of Sweden

12.12.2025 03:58 — 👍 65    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Japan's northeast, tsunami warning issued A tsunami warning has been issued following a strong quake off northeast coast of Japan.

A tsunami warning has been issued following a strong quake off northeast coast of Japan.

12.12.2025 04:00 — 👍 83    🔁 57    💬 0    📌 0
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Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott sues bank after losing $13.5m bonus Despite his being stripped of millions of dollars in bonuses, influential governance advisory firms have told clients that the punishment isn’t enough.

Never, and I mean NEVER, get between a banker and their bonus!

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12.12.2025 03:16 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 1

Please go ahead and post safe in the knowledge that you are protected from litigation for the next 15 minutes.

12.12.2025 02:52 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody

More First Nations people have died in custody in the past year than in any since 1980. It’s the inevitable result of policies that flout evidence of what would help.

12.12.2025 02:03 — 👍 53    🔁 27    💬 0    📌 2

When we choose not to tax wealthy people and corporations appropriately we are choosing children in poverty and aged stuck in hospital beds, we choose suffering for the many for the privilege of the few

Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us

12.12.2025 00:46 — 👍 40    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 0

Wippa and Paul Brereton run this country and we should be honoured to serve as their minions

12.12.2025 02:33 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

joke of a country run by feckless fatally-compromised donation-piggy clowns

12.12.2025 02:18 — 👍 50    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 0

You couldn't make this up

12.12.2025 02:27 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Well done all! The power of protest @austhistassoc.bsky.social

11.12.2025 22:21 — 👍 48    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 1
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Anti-corruption boss in open dispute with deputies over defence recusal The National Anti-Corruption Commission's chief personally drafted lines in a media release saying his recusal from defence cases was "unnecessary". His deputies have publicly disagreed.

JFC. Talk about entitlement

“NACC deputy commissioners have disagreed with chief, Brereton, that it was "unnecessary" for him to step aside from..referrals involving defence. NACC Inspector Furness says executives should have been told Brereton was still consulting”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

11.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 33    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 2
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2024 Eurovision winner returns trophy over Israel's participation Swiss singer Nemo says they will return the trophy they won in 2024 over the EBU's decision to let Israel participate in 2026.

”Nemo said the contest was "repeatedly used to soften the image of a state accused of severe wrongdoing, all while the EBU insisted Eurovision is 'non-political'"

Competitions like Eurovision and the Olympics are valued as they offer validation to nations on the international stage

11.12.2025 23:17 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1
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Reddit has filed its High Court legal challenge against the teen social media ban.

On top of arguing that it infringes on the implied right to freedom of political expression, Reddit says it isn't "age restricted social media platform" and shouldn't need to comply

11.12.2025 23:03 — 👍 60    🔁 18    💬 5    📌 2
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Melbourne man Tom Silvagni, son of AFL great, identified as rapist whose name was suppressed Court lifts order preventing the son of footballer Stephen and TV presenter Jo Silvagni from being named as the man found guilty of two rape charges

Melbourne man Tom Silvagni, son of AFL great, identified as rapist whose name was suppressed.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

11.12.2025 13:13 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Gardening.club
556 followers
1w
Our team at The Gardening.Club have been pouring in the hours to achieve something that we finally feel ready to put our name to, and while Al film might be dividing opinions, we want to open the process up and reveal just how much human expertise and craft went into this campaign.
There's this idea floating around that Al will do all the work for us. Let's set the record straight: the man-hours poured into this film were more than a traditional Production.
Yes, this ad is 100% Al. But it was built with the same care that we bring to any live-action film.
The brief was tightly prescribed, with a clear mandate for every single scene, so complete control of each shot was essential and pulled off by our team using proprietary workflows, and pulled off spectacularly well, this was not a prompt-and-pray process.
Just like a traditional shoot, the film needed a director, real storytelling instincts, and intentional casting, we selected and shaped each Al performer, their look, energy, and emotional presence, to meet the brief just as we would in live action film. It required virtual location scouting, solid references, screen tests, and a countless amount of takes to maintain true cinematic continuity.
Our in-house Gardening.club Al and Post team, spent seven intense weeks refining every single frame. They rebuilt shots, debated composition, shaped shadows, and tuned emotional microbeats with precision all overseen by Sweetshop director duo MΑΜΑ.

Gardening.club 556 followers 1w Our team at The Gardening.Club have been pouring in the hours to achieve something that we finally feel ready to put our name to, and while Al film might be dividing opinions, we want to open the process up and reveal just how much human expertise and craft went into this campaign. There's this idea floating around that Al will do all the work for us. Let's set the record straight: the man-hours poured into this film were more than a traditional Production. Yes, this ad is 100% Al. But it was built with the same care that we bring to any live-action film. The brief was tightly prescribed, with a clear mandate for every single scene, so complete control of each shot was essential and pulled off by our team using proprietary workflows, and pulled off spectacularly well, this was not a prompt-and-pray process. Just like a traditional shoot, the film needed a director, real storytelling instincts, and intentional casting, we selected and shaped each Al performer, their look, energy, and emotional presence, to meet the brief just as we would in live action film. It required virtual location scouting, solid references, screen tests, and a countless amount of takes to maintain true cinematic continuity. Our in-house Gardening.club Al and Post team, spent seven intense weeks refining every single frame. They rebuilt shots, debated composition, shaped shadows, and tuned emotional microbeats with precision all overseen by Sweetshop director duo MΑΜΑ.

Many scenes had ten or more specialists, with each shot running through a tightly engineered pipeline, Google Earth base plates, style-transfer passes, pixel-level refinements, custom LoRAs, control nets, and bespoke ComfyUl workflows. We composited, fixed physics, balanced lighting, and cleaned artifacts in Flame. New tools, same goal: a film that feels real.
Of course, we came across roadblocks. There were many times we were challenged, but the team was able to problem-solve on the spot. This project demanded a team willing to push further than the tech was ready to go. But that's exactly why it works.
So no Al didn't make this film. We did.

Many scenes had ten or more specialists, with each shot running through a tightly engineered pipeline, Google Earth base plates, style-transfer passes, pixel-level refinements, custom LoRAs, control nets, and bespoke ComfyUl workflows. We composited, fixed physics, balanced lighting, and cleaned artifacts in Flame. New tools, same goal: a film that feels real. Of course, we came across roadblocks. There were many times we were challenged, but the team was able to problem-solve on the spot. This project demanded a team willing to push further than the tech was ready to go. But that's exactly why it works. So no Al didn't make this film. We did.

This is a since-deleted LinkedIn post from the marketing agency that created the since-deleted AI-generated McDonalds Christmas ad, and all I can think of is how the energy consumption must've been about on par with a small suburb or heavy industrial load to produce 30 seconds of slop everyone hated

11.12.2025 17:27 — 👍 344    🔁 91    💬 27    📌 26
Guy scrolling on instagram

Guy scrolling on instagram

“Virtual location scout”

11.12.2025 20:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Israel ‘we kill brown babies with impunity’
US ‘we kill brown fishermen with impunity’
UK ‘we hate immigrants’
AUS ‘we killed more indigenous people in police custody this year than ever’

All while the MSM provide cover, it’s no wonder they hate us talking amongst ourselves #auspol #ukpol #uspol

11.12.2025 20:13 — 👍 24    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

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