Katgallow
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Law and land
Some law and tech
Australian
Some law and tech
Australian
Public health messaging in a nutshell.
📢 Do you regularly enjoy more than nine hours’ kip a night? A new study reveals you could be doing yourself more harm than good.
Too little sleep is bad for your health, but too much could be worse
www.smh.com.au
June 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Public health messaging in a nutshell.
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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
Thanks to ABC News 24 I’m entirely across the views of former PM Morrison on the Iran strikes.
June 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Thanks to ABC News 24 I’m entirely across the views of former PM Morrison on the Iran strikes.
Joh’s legacy should be to sustain a keen understanding of governance and accountability in the public, pollies, public servants & lawyers. But so many have forgotten. Looking forward to watching this.
King or crook?: the enduring legacy of Queensland’s political strongman Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
King or crook?: the enduring legacy of Queensland’s political strongman Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Bjelke-Petersen’s leadership of Australia’s most blinkered, authoritarian and corrupt postwar regime is reassessed in Stan’s TV documentary Joh: Last King of Queensland
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“Sir Joh will be remembered, and he will long be remembered. But not for what he wanted to be remembered for.”
This was my prediction when Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen died in 2005, heading up one of a number of obituaries. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Joh’s legacy should be to sustain a keen understanding of governance and accountability in the public, pollies, public servants & lawyers. But so many have forgotten. Looking forward to watching this.
I’m just not sure about this.
All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years
All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years
Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illness
Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government’s £650m investment in DNA technology, it has been reported.
Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases and is expected to form part of the government’s 10-year plan for the health service. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’m just not sure about this.
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The Atlantic should be ashamed of publishing this nightmare piece from Liz Bruenig, whose callous dismissal of Adriana Smith's dignity is one of the most shocking things I've ever read.
June 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Atlantic should be ashamed of publishing this nightmare piece from Liz Bruenig, whose callous dismissal of Adriana Smith's dignity is one of the most shocking things I've ever read.
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25 years ago, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people gathered side by side to erect a memorial marking a shameful historical chapter in a move of reconciliation and truth-telling. Every year, hundreds of people gather, many travelling from interstate, to mark the Myall Creek Massacre at Bingara.
Reconciliation and truth-telling: Hundreds gather at Myall Creek memorial for important anniversary
25 years ago, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people gathered side by side to erect a memorial marking a shameful historical chapter in a move of reconciliation and truth-telling. Every year, hundreds of people gather, many travelling from interstate, to mark the Myall Creek Massacre at Bingara.
nit.com.au
June 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
25 years ago, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people gathered side by side to erect a memorial marking a shameful historical chapter in a move of reconciliation and truth-telling. Every year, hundreds of people gather, many travelling from interstate, to mark the Myall Creek Massacre at Bingara.
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Ah yes. Because it’s individual consumers who can turn this ship around.
May 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Ah yes. Because it’s individual consumers who can turn this ship around.
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Just to complicate things.
There is no Liberal Party or National Party in Queensland. David Littleproud is a member of the Liberal National Party of Qld. However under its constitution, the LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia. online.lnp.org.au/lnp-constitu... #auspol
There is no Liberal Party or National Party in Queensland. David Littleproud is a member of the Liberal National Party of Qld. However under its constitution, the LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia. online.lnp.org.au/lnp-constitu... #auspol
May 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Just to complicate things.
There is no Liberal Party or National Party in Queensland. David Littleproud is a member of the Liberal National Party of Qld. However under its constitution, the LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia. online.lnp.org.au/lnp-constitu... #auspol
There is no Liberal Party or National Party in Queensland. David Littleproud is a member of the Liberal National Party of Qld. However under its constitution, the LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia. online.lnp.org.au/lnp-constitu... #auspol
Traditionally, law has been sourced from verified authority. Then it became open and we could search online. We could assess quality of source. If we use AI, an algorithm generates a response. The filtering is taken out of our hands. Someone else controls the algorithm.
Over on X, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is glitching out and inserting information about “white genocide” in South Africa in response to hundreds of completely unrelated user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts.
Elon Musk's Grok AI Can't Stop Talking About 'White Genocide'
In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Traditionally, law has been sourced from verified authority. Then it became open and we could search online. We could assess quality of source. If we use AI, an algorithm generates a response. The filtering is taken out of our hands. Someone else controls the algorithm.
Annika Wells - ‘we now have enough Qld women in the house for a netball team and we’re here if you need.’
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
May 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Annika Wells - ‘we now have enough Qld women in the house for a netball team and we’re here if you need.’
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
I don’t need co-pilot or whatever to write for me. But some basic formatting would be great. ‘Please fix chaotic numbering, tabs & tables’. Or, idk, Microsoft could throw some coin to make their existing WP system actually work?
May 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I don’t need co-pilot or whatever to write for me. But some basic formatting would be great. ‘Please fix chaotic numbering, tabs & tables’. Or, idk, Microsoft could throw some coin to make their existing WP system actually work?
Speaking of universities, the Oz has published an attack on a second law lecturer based on a leak of a recorded lecture. Policy prohibits sharing lecture recordings. For 20yrs I’ve warned of vulnerability for staff & students of recording class. It’s now become a reality that Uni’s must address.
May 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Speaking of universities, the Oz has published an attack on a second law lecturer based on a leak of a recorded lecture. Policy prohibits sharing lecture recordings. For 20yrs I’ve warned of vulnerability for staff & students of recording class. It’s now become a reality that Uni’s must address.
That senator last night on the ABC. I can’t stop thinking of his insistence that pre-polls would overcome the *9+%* swing against Mr Dutton. It was incredible to watch.
May 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
That senator last night on the ABC. I can’t stop thinking of his insistence that pre-polls would overcome the *9+%* swing against Mr Dutton. It was incredible to watch.
I guess Jane Hume’s proposal to have TEQSA check every university subject outline for ‘woke’ content will not become a reality.
NB this is from the people who commissioned an inquiry into academic freedom & implemented a policy to uphold it.
‘Do academic freedom’
‘No, not like that’
NB this is from the people who commissioned an inquiry into academic freedom & implemented a policy to uphold it.
‘Do academic freedom’
‘No, not like that’
May 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I guess Jane Hume’s proposal to have TEQSA check every university subject outline for ‘woke’ content will not become a reality.
NB this is from the people who commissioned an inquiry into academic freedom & implemented a policy to uphold it.
‘Do academic freedom’
‘No, not like that’
NB this is from the people who commissioned an inquiry into academic freedom & implemented a policy to uphold it.
‘Do academic freedom’
‘No, not like that’
Let’s see if the senate inquiry into university governance will actually do something, given the govt is set to continue.
May 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Let’s see if the senate inquiry into university governance will actually do something, given the govt is set to continue.
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If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
As a collateral casualty of the culture wars who reads the Oz to keep tabs on the landscape, I can’t imagine the pile ons and obsessions finishing any time soon.
Laura Tingle asks “who’s going to be going back into culture wars after this election result?”
“Not just in politics, Newscorp was in it up to their armpits.”🔥💯
#AusVotes25
“Not just in politics, Newscorp was in it up to their armpits.”🔥💯
#AusVotes25
May 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As a collateral casualty of the culture wars who reads the Oz to keep tabs on the landscape, I can’t imagine the pile ons and obsessions finishing any time soon.
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Can we just spare a thought, too, for the official end of News Corp as a political force. No one outside an aging political class pays any attention to them.
May 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Can we just spare a thought, too, for the official end of News Corp as a political force. No one outside an aging political class pays any attention to them.
Advance Australia anti-Albo ads 4 in a row (!!) every 15 minutes during the NRL. I thought there was an ad blackout?
May 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Advance Australia anti-Albo ads 4 in a row (!!) every 15 minutes during the NRL. I thought there was an ad blackout?
Except on car headlights.
Something which has significantly improved everyone's lives, but is completely taken for granted or even reviled for some reason is the humble LED. Cheap, a fraction of the energy and heat, lasts for years and years. Marvellous.
April 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Except on car headlights.
Was there an authorisation?
At the request of MACS (Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools), Catholic schools have today sent this email to parents asking them to please vote LNP.
April 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Was there an authorisation?
Wombat news.
Is there pefectly shaped animal?!
#Wombats' blockish heads allow them to ram things in their way (with space for strong, deep jaw muscles for munching tough plants); while their huge sloping backsides can act as doors their burrows, or crush predators to death.
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania
#Wombats' blockish heads allow them to ram things in their way (with space for strong, deep jaw muscles for munching tough plants); while their huge sloping backsides can act as doors their burrows, or crush predators to death.
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania
April 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Wombat news.