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OJ (Owen Jones)

@iowenjones.bsky.social

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Woke as f$@k. (he/him) Senior Content Advisor (UX). Surfer, musician and sailor learning to wing foil. #ResearchOps #UXresearch #InclusiveResearch. On unceded Gumbaynggirr lands. Now blocking crypto advisors and pornbots,

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OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 11h

I match the colour scheme

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 11h

Don't judge me

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Parliament house from the back of the old one

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OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 1d

In the Capital for a couple of days #Australia

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 2d

USA: the thing is doing exactly what it says on the packet and in the reviews.

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Mmmm kay

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 5d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine if essential workers earned essential wages.
#SocialistSunday

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OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 3d

Already too late

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 3d

A Xenomorph is going to go through that mining camp. Nuke it now!

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 3d

Millions of Americans are marching against Trump today. I sure hope no leader from Australia is about to pop over and bend the knee to him, offer him tribute and fawning adoration, maybe some of our resources and real estate for US military bases. Surely that won’t happen.

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 3d

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 5d

When applied to the right tasks, with appropriate human oversight, AI can enhance performance. Here are three simple steps to get the most out of the technology.

AI ‘workslop’ is creating unnecessary extra work. Here’s how we can stop it

theconversation.com

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#1 Sasuke & Shanks Hater | DO THE WORK | Where's ur alt text? 🤨 @overstandbasics.bsky.social · 6d

Now with alt-text:

Classic meme of Chris Pratt trying to fend off three raptors in Jurassic World (2015) by just holding his palms out in the "hold up/stop" motion and by speaking to them.

The raptor to the far left has the text "Late Stage Capitalism" on it.

The raptor in the middle has the text "Fascism" on it.

The raptor to the far right has the text "Climate Change" on it.

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OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 5d

✍️ I'm currently working on a new Help Hub article for our government agency content managers, exploring how people use the search on nsw.gov.au based on our research— and how they can optimise their content to align with real user behavior and search patterns.

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 5d

We talk about CO2 emissions, but we really care about CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
If the land & oceans no longer soak up half of the carbon humans emit--and the land sink disappeared in 2023--we are in a whole new ballgame.
2024 saw the biggest increase ever.

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OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

And an optimistic 48x optical drive!

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 6d

Every single day - & twice on Tuesdays - our government is sitting down & listening to people whose only objective is to maximize shareholder profit while deliberately killing billions of people.

This political system is a death machine.

Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

www.theguardian.com

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OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

Vaguely recall a year 9 or 10 trip too. Might have been some pot and heavy duty pillow fights in that one 😐

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

So there's some nostalgic connection there but we won't get to share it while there this time around. Will have to go back and do it again . Also, I'm so happy she and her friends get to enjoy this Australian right of passage as we did in year 6 back in the day.

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

We visited dear friends in Belconnen when our daughter was 6 - 8 weeks old in utero nearly 13 years ago. She got the pre birth nickname Boomba on that trip.

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

I spent some time there playing in bands in my early 20s while a full time music student in nearby Goulburn.

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

Weird because we also have a connection with Canberra. While I was born there, my family moved away before I was 6 months old. Yet it's still on my birth certificate 56 years later.

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

We won't see her for 5 days, just deliver her meals to the accommodation. Longest we've been separated for. Will be working remotely half day flex leave

OJ (Owen Jones) @iowenjones.bsky.social · 6d

Next week is going to be weird. We're all going to my birth city Canberra, the capital of Australia, but not as a family. It's our 12yo daughters school camp. But because she is allergic to egg and peanuts, we need to go to prep her meals separately from everyone else.

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