Andrew Donnellan
@andrew.donnellan.id.au
Fan of Jesus, Linux, PowerPC, Canberra, social democracy, efficient land use, trains. Enemy of RZ1 zoning. Fighting for a better city @greatercanberra.org.au.
https://andrew.donnellan.id.au / @ajdlinux / @[email protected]
https://andrew.donnellan.id.au / @ajdlinux / @[email protected]
TIL the Prospera Arbitration Center actually conducts its Alternative Dispute Resolution in Canberra, in the House of Reps chamber
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
TIL the Prospera Arbitration Center actually conducts its Alternative Dispute Resolution in Canberra, in the House of Reps chamber
"Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls."
tell me more!
tell me more!
Airbus update on A320 Family precautionary fleet action
Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical. Read more.
www.airbus.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls."
tell me more!
tell me more!
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I am so stoked about this. I could moan about some details, and how an enduring service must run multiple times a day, but simply having an operator prepared to run this in such a hostile car-centric environment is such a step up from having nothing for over two decades—I’m thrilled. We need this!
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I am so stoked about this. I could moan about some details, and how an enduring service must run multiple times a day, but simply having an operator prepared to run this in such a hostile car-centric environment is such a step up from having nothing for over two decades—I’m thrilled. We need this!
"oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where is my hairbrush" except instead of a hairbrush it's a stapler and also this desperate search is inexplicably occurring at 1:36am
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where is my hairbrush" except instead of a hairbrush it's a stapler and also this desperate search is inexplicably occurring at 1:36am
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I've covered this in the piece but TLDR:
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I've covered this in the piece but TLDR:
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
- there is a legal definition of 'age restricted social media platform'
- esafety doesn't decide who fits the definition, but it does have enforcement powers
- esafety says only its list of 10 platforms in the ban have to worry about the ban ATM
This goes so far beyond merely separating church and state. Canada being Canada, and Quebec being Quebec, the CCRF will legalise euthanasia through the courts while being completely powerless when the legislature says the magic word "notwithstanding"
Quebec is launching an unprecedented attack towards all forms of organized religion.
According to the CBC, the CAQ government has also invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively, shielding it from challenges under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
According to the CBC, the CAQ government has also invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively, shielding it from challenges under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This goes so far beyond merely separating church and state. Canada being Canada, and Quebec being Quebec, the CCRF will legalise euthanasia through the courts while being completely powerless when the legislature says the magic word "notwithstanding"
putting together documents ahead of @greatercanberra.org.au's AGM on Saturday, and it's very satisfying to be reminded that in spite of how many goals we've failed at or neglected to do, we've done so much that I've actually forgotten half of it
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
putting together documents ahead of @greatercanberra.org.au's AGM on Saturday, and it's very satisfying to be reminded that in spite of how many goals we've failed at or neglected to do, we've done so much that I've actually forgotten half of it
The workers affected by this should all be paid a bonus for impact on mental wellbeing
The ACT govt told them their jobs would end at Christmas. It was an 'administrative error'
Housing ACT apologises for the distress caused by its 'administrative error'.
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The workers affected by this should all be paid a bonus for impact on mental wellbeing
My possibly-unpopular-on-this-platform hot take is that regardless of the merits of the age limit as a policy, a successful constitutional challenge would make it far harder, legally or at least politically, to do many other kinds of substantial regulation around big tech companies
Social median ban: teens challenge law before High Court www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Teens challenge law before High Court
They argue the law - which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts - is unconstitutional.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My possibly-unpopular-on-this-platform hot take is that regardless of the merits of the age limit as a policy, a successful constitutional challenge would make it far harder, legally or at least politically, to do many other kinds of substantial regulation around big tech companies
As an Australian it astounds me that the UK justice system still, in 2025, runs off the back of lay magistrates
though again remember that magistrates are just volunteers without any legal training! which makes an automatic right to retrial more tenable.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As an Australian it astounds me that the UK justice system still, in 2025, runs off the back of lay magistrates
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
autonomous flying taxi may have some negative externalities but otoh it would be extremely cool which is a significant positive externality sooooo
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
autonomous flying taxi may have some negative externalities but otoh it would be extremely cool which is a significant positive externality sooooo
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Today someone mentioned that we had a month until Christmas and the sound that came out of me was not human.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Today someone mentioned that we had a month until Christmas and the sound that came out of me was not human.
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I never enjoy the weird interrugnum in the lead up to the end of a year, where everything is somehow busy and quiet all at once, and there's a social expectation that This Is The Fun Season. this year the dread feeling has arrived way early.
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I never enjoy the weird interrugnum in the lead up to the end of a year, where everything is somehow busy and quiet all at once, and there's a social expectation that This Is The Fun Season. this year the dread feeling has arrived way early.
Tfw you think you've fixed the locking and you have not, in fact, fixed the locking
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tfw you think you've fixed the locking and you have not, in fact, fixed the locking
KDE 3.5 was the peak of human civilisation, nowadays I still use KDE but more out of familiarity and a sense of loyalty which lets me overlook how broken it can get
KDE is simply broken software lol
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
KDE 3.5 was the peak of human civilisation, nowadays I still use KDE but more out of familiarity and a sense of loyalty which lets me overlook how broken it can get
It sucks that copyright law is the hammer that people have which creates the most obvious private rights of action and negotiating leverage against gen AI companies, when it also won't successfully address any of the longer-term economic impacts
It sucks that gen AI excesses have negatively polarized people into wanting even more restrictive copyright regimes than what we have now
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It sucks that copyright law is the hammer that people have which creates the most obvious private rights of action and negotiating leverage against gen AI companies, when it also won't successfully address any of the longer-term economic impacts
Press release is up: www.industry.gov.au/news/austral...
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Press release is up: www.industry.gov.au/news/austral...
love to be looking for SWE jobs when new frontier AI models are coming out every how many days
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
love to be looking for SWE jobs when new frontier AI models are coming out every how many days
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I love this sort of post where "this country" could be pretty much anywhere. Does she commute to central London from somewhere in Kent? Has she tried to get from New York to LA by rail? Has she got a sore back from the overnight train from Sydney to Brisbane? Maybe Berlin to Dresden wasn't much fun?
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I love this sort of post where "this country" could be pretty much anywhere. Does she commute to central London from somewhere in Kent? Has she tried to get from New York to LA by rail? Has she got a sore back from the overnight train from Sydney to Brisbane? Maybe Berlin to Dresden wasn't much fun?
on the job market, if you've got any leads for mid-level software engineering roles (in Canberra or remote), let me know!
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
on the job market, if you've got any leads for mid-level software engineering roles (in Canberra or remote), let me know!
thinking of multiple people I know who are very smart, articulate, skilled across multiple domains, and yet have no sense of basic taste or understanding of standard convention when it comes to stuff like writing letters or resumes or whatnot
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
thinking of multiple people I know who are very smart, articulate, skilled across multiple domains, and yet have no sense of basic taste or understanding of standard convention when it comes to stuff like writing letters or resumes or whatnot
b4 is so good
Finally actually trying out b4 to send my patch emails, it's very cool and I should've switched a while ago I think
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
b4 is so good
housemate: "I choose to believe that L'Oreal has been tasked with developing better thermal paste"
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
housemate: "I choose to believe that L'Oreal has been tasked with developing better thermal paste"