Prof. West Wing Chicken Fried Shack

Prof. West Wing Chicken Fried Shack

@garystark.bsky.social

Retired software developer, musician, photographer and broadcaster. Putting the fun in dysfunction. Putting the pit in epitome. My insanity keeps me sane

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Ahhhh ... Wonderful. ๐Ÿ˜– Several years ago I opted out from MyMedicare. Tomorrow I am moving into respite care, where, despite the paperwork clearly stating that signing up to MyMedicare is voluntary, unless I sign up, I can't be admitted. A new meaning of the word voluntary, I see.

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Last week, I wrote a piece about Aussie sites breaking Google with misinformation, something I've continued to track. Out of 142 URLs, 66 were used for misinformation. In the interest of helping, I provided Google my resources. This week, it's rolling out fixes. Score one for journalism.

pickr.com.auGoogle set to fix scourge of misinformation searches โ€“ PickrThe power of investigative journalism manages a win, with Google rolling out fixes for the misinformation plaguing its systems over the past weeks.

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Been watching the first few episodes of The Hack on Stan, about the News of the World phone hacking scandal, and Iโ€™m so glad that whole thing cleaned up the media/police/govt power monopolies and everything is above board now.

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Robyn D - Difficult Woman@koparafallskid.bsky.social

A month ago I posted the article quoted below - now here is more distressing AI outcomes 'A predator in your home': Mothers say chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves Warning - this story contains distressing content and discussion of suicide

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Still amusing to me that MAGAโ€™s alpha male hero is obsessed with a gilded ballroom. They voted for Rambo and got Liberace.

Has anyone considered that tRump may have screwed up yet again, confusing the question from an ABC (Australia) journo perhaps with equally astute statements froman ABC US journo about how corrupt the tangerine turd really is?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the United States government. This is a direct attack on the First Amendment. Everyone who values freedom of speech should be outraged โ€” and they should speak out.