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He/Him #retiredTim Bayswater (Biraliny), Perth (Boorloo), Western Australia Trying to perfect the art of being powerless and completely stupid. The only way to travel.
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Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Machine that’s programmed to be sycophantic favoured over friends by 1 in 5 arse-holes who expect people to agree with them and tell them they’re right, and unique and a thinker like no one else in history. That so many people don’t know the difference between sycophancy and empathy is a tragedy
🚨 NEW POLLING🚨 AI is now so good at mimicking empathy that many people prefer it to their friends. 1 in 5 UK adults have used an AI chatbot for personal or relationship advice – and 54% of them found it more helpful than talking to friends or family.
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For only the second time ever, house prices have fallen across all Australian capital cities, falling by 4.7 per cent last quarter, the steepest drop on record.
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I subscribed (yes, mail order money to the UK and a physical fanzine mailed to Australia maybe four times a year) to the Amazing Pudding in the late 80s en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ama...
The only fan club I ever joined was Mud and if Amol even dreams he’s in that sort of company he better wake up and apologise.
Allsopp's India Pale Ale was released in 70 pubs across the country on Friday, including Burton Bridge Inn and The Roebuck Inn, returning the beer to its original hometown #bskybeer bbc.com/news/article...
A decade after losing power, the trio are in charge federally and in key state branches, meeting at private clubs, deciding policy and purging moderates. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/775614...
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So there is an excellent online resource of historical survey plans of Perth, from about 100 years ago. mapping.sro.wa.gov.au Looks like some wag at the Metropolitan Water Works Board obviously wasn't a big fan of the Swan Districts Football Club. #history #wafl #perth
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Explore @mondyboy74.bsky.social’s review of THE ROUSE by China Miéville
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I tried to understand that feeling you get when your love of a cute animal video turns to sick realisation you're watching AI slop.
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These stories are shitting me. Card fees are just a business cost. You add up all your business costs, fixed and variable. You decide on a fair profit margin and set your prices accordingly. The customer pays the price on the price list. 1/2
NSW small businesses contend with how to cover merchant fees after card surcharge ban
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Only seppos would think saying “hell” or “damn” is swearing. What a fucking garbage country.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump has always been fond of ‘damn’ and ‘hell,’ which were part of his populist shtick from the outset,” John McWhorter writes about the president’s use of language. “So we would have predicted that he would progress to more piquant profanity.”
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It’s 156 years since French lawyer/politician Léon Gambetta decided, during the Franco-Prussian war that Paris under siege wasn’t the safest place to be, so skipped town in a coal-gas-fired balloon
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While best known for wine, the McLaren Vale region has become home to plenty of local beer since 2010. In our latest Crafty Crawl, Briony Liebich from Flavour Logic guides you through the eleven venues with their own beer on tap located there and in the wider Fleurieu Peninsula.