Nate Cochrane
@natecochrane.bsky.social
Recovered journalist. Game show maven.
#technology #boardgames #photography #auspol
#technology #boardgames #photography #auspol
Anyone else having problems entering tracking data into #AusPost?
Been down for this little chicken for two days with a mysterious ‘500’ error across app & website.
#fulfilment #postal #logistics #delivery #auspol
Been down for this little chicken for two days with a mysterious ‘500’ error across app & website.
#fulfilment #postal #logistics #delivery #auspol
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Anyone else having problems entering tracking data into #AusPost?
Been down for this little chicken for two days with a mysterious ‘500’ error across app & website.
#fulfilment #postal #logistics #delivery #auspol
Been down for this little chicken for two days with a mysterious ‘500’ error across app & website.
#fulfilment #postal #logistics #delivery #auspol
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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Simple message to those in uniform and civilians committing atrocities for Trump's depraved regime of oligarch overlords, traitors, and pedophiles:
When the reckoning comes, the excuse "I was just following orders" will not save you.
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
When the reckoning comes, the excuse "I was just following orders" will not save you.
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
a black and white photo of a man in a military uniform sitting at a desk .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a military uniform sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Simple message to those in uniform and civilians committing atrocities for Trump's depraved regime of oligarch overlords, traitors, and pedophiles:
When the reckoning comes, the excuse "I was just following orders" will not save you.
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
When the reckoning comes, the excuse "I was just following orders" will not save you.
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
TL;DR Rising prices aren’t cooling demand so the RBA has to lift prices still more (ie hike interest rates) to cool demand that higher prices heated up. :-/
Dude, it’s price gouging by oligopolists & monopsonists.
Economics textbooks need to be rewritten.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dude, it’s price gouging by oligopolists & monopsonists.
Economics textbooks need to be rewritten.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The RBA's likely next interest rate move has surprised just about everyone
Hotter-than-expected inflation figures have caught most economists and policy makers off guard. The ongoing price pressures in the economy open the door for an RBA interest rate hike in 2026.
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
TL;DR Rising prices aren’t cooling demand so the RBA has to lift prices still more (ie hike interest rates) to cool demand that higher prices heated up. :-/
Dude, it’s price gouging by oligopolists & monopsonists.
Economics textbooks need to be rewritten.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dude, it’s price gouging by oligopolists & monopsonists.
Economics textbooks need to be rewritten.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The light at the end of the #AGI tunnel is a metaphorical freight train without brakes hurtling towards us.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #Sapient #LLM #OpenAI #Anthropic #Grok #Claude
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #Sapient #LLM #OpenAI #Anthropic #Grok #Claude
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
Two Gen Zers turned down millions from Elon Musk to build an AI based on the human brain—and it's outperformed models from OpenAI and Anthropic | Fortune
William Chen and Guan Wang believe they will be the first ones to build artificial general intelligence.
fortune.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The light at the end of the #AGI tunnel is a metaphorical freight train without brakes hurtling towards us.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #Sapient #LLM #OpenAI #Anthropic #Grok #Claude
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #Sapient #LLM #OpenAI #Anthropic #Grok #Claude
fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...
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Holy shit! Trump has no decency or compassion.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Holy shit! Trump has no decency or compassion.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
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Never been anyone so unpresidential
Never been anyone so unnecessarily mean and aggressive
Never been anyone who embodies Dunning Kruger syndrome more
Never been anyone so unnecessarily mean and aggressive
Never been anyone who embodies Dunning Kruger syndrome more
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Never been anyone so unpresidential
Never been anyone so unnecessarily mean and aggressive
Never been anyone who embodies Dunning Kruger syndrome more
Never been anyone so unnecessarily mean and aggressive
Never been anyone who embodies Dunning Kruger syndrome more
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#ClimateReality: The #Climate is the #Economy.
They can't be separated. Anyone attempting to do so is pulling some sort of rhetorical trick to continue being #ClimateCriminals.
They can't be separated. Anyone attempting to do so is pulling some sort of rhetorical trick to continue being #ClimateCriminals.
SETTING: SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: We were hurtling towards climate chaos which ended up really hurting the economy. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#ClimateReality: The #Climate is the #Economy.
They can't be separated. Anyone attempting to do so is pulling some sort of rhetorical trick to continue being #ClimateCriminals.
They can't be separated. Anyone attempting to do so is pulling some sort of rhetorical trick to continue being #ClimateCriminals.
AusGov naïveté is off the charts.
Mandarins really live & operate in a fantasy world far removed from the one in which everyone else breathes.
#cybersecurity #privacy #AgeVerification #GetAWarrant #auspol #SocialMediaBan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Mandarins really live & operate in a fantasy world far removed from the one in which everyone else breathes.
#cybersecurity #privacy #AgeVerification #GetAWarrant #auspol #SocialMediaBan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Cybersecurity experts alarmed by Snapchat's age-verification plan
As the social media ban for kids under 16 approaches, popular messaging app Snapchat says young people will be able to verify their age by sending a selfie or their ID to a third-party platform, but s...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
AusGov naïveté is off the charts.
Mandarins really live & operate in a fantasy world far removed from the one in which everyone else breathes.
#cybersecurity #privacy #AgeVerification #GetAWarrant #auspol #SocialMediaBan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Mandarins really live & operate in a fantasy world far removed from the one in which everyone else breathes.
#cybersecurity #privacy #AgeVerification #GetAWarrant #auspol #SocialMediaBan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The Cincinnati Children's hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they've known it for all 73 days!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Cincinnati Children's hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they've known it for all 73 days!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
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How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How much money do you think a private school linked to Scientology should get from the NSW Government?
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
In 2022, the Athena school with only 55 students received total Government funding of over a million dollars.
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There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
Strong Northern Ireland during the Troubles energy.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Strong Northern Ireland during the Troubles energy.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Whitlam wasn’t perfect. But he was big. He was brave. But mostly, he was rational. He bulldozed his way through the incrementalist policy that kept Australians small, and scared and ill-educated and insular because he knew the evidence was on his side." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social for The Point
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AI is showing us the GIGO principle in super slow-motion. And large corporations won’t listen to us. We are telling them that AI is making everything worse. We are telling them that AI rubbish will eventually affect their profits. They are refusing to listen.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
AI is showing us the GIGO principle in super slow-motion. And large corporations won’t listen to us. We are telling them that AI is making everything worse. We are telling them that AI rubbish will eventually affect their profits. They are refusing to listen.
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On the topic of speech-to-text: Norway's national broadcaster NRK is cutting pay for subtitlers bc they're replacing manual translation w/ machine outputs
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
NRK kutter i honoraret til tekstere – skal bruke mer KI
NRK skal effektivisere tekstingen ved hjelp av kunstig intelligens (KI). For teksterne betyr det et heftig kutt i honorarene.
www.kampanje.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
On the topic of speech-to-text: Norway's national broadcaster NRK is cutting pay for subtitlers bc they're replacing manual translation w/ machine outputs
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Been noticing a lot of this Dark Side behaviour from @bsky.app lately, including booting UN human rights groups investigating and prosecuting war crimes. It took #BlueSky 12 months to plumb depth #Twitter to 12 years to reach. #censorship
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Been noticing a lot of this Dark Side behaviour from @bsky.app lately, including booting UN human rights groups investigating and prosecuting war crimes. It took #BlueSky 12 months to plumb depth #Twitter to 12 years to reach. #censorship
@intlcrimcourt.bsky.social drops huge vote of no confidence in America's Tech-military-industrial Complex under Trump.
#trust #cybersecurity #InternationalJustice #WarCrimes
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
#trust #cybersecurity #InternationalJustice #WarCrimes
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
@intlcrimcourt.bsky.social drops huge vote of no confidence in America's Tech-military-industrial Complex under Trump.
#trust #cybersecurity #InternationalJustice #WarCrimes
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
#trust #cybersecurity #InternationalJustice #WarCrimes
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Next-level Arthur Daley.
#cybersecurity #HumanRights #LawEnforcement #Minder
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#cybersecurity #HumanRights #LawEnforcement #Minder
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Next-level Arthur Daley.
#cybersecurity #HumanRights #LawEnforcement #Minder
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#cybersecurity #HumanRights #LawEnforcement #Minder
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
