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Seamus Byrne
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Tech, media, digital culture. Regular tech talker on ABC radio. PhD student at UNSW Media Futures Hub and ADM+S tackling Generative Authenticity. Was @seamus in the Twitter era. Living on Gundungurra land.
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serrels.bsky.social
It's Black Friday so you should buy my book IMO.

It's currently only $10 dollarydoos at Big W.

Secure yourself your very own BIG DUB. Buy Toilet Time Machine today!

www.bigw.com.au/product/toil...
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Turns out Safari for mobile has a limit of 500 tabs. 👀
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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joshtaylor.bsky.social
Waited to get the court docs before reporting on the high court challenge to the social media ban.

They reveal an injunction will be sought against esafety, the minister and the govt to stop enforcement. And one of the teens is turning 16 before the ban.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban
Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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404media.co
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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somssich.bsky.social
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...

I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.

ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...

#PlantScience
A graph plotting the CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP from 1978 to 2025. In 1980 it was around 0.17 %, since then it has sharply fallen to 0.03 %.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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mrsambarlow.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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edzitron.com
It is wild to me that the largest company on the stock market, one with such incredible prestige and a huge PR team got dog-walked here. Why would you EVER give this ANY oxygen? Now everybody is asking whether NVIDIA is like Enron! This didn't help at all!
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d
Nvidia refuted accounting questions in a memo to analysts, saying "Unlike Enron, NVIDIA does not use Special Purpose Entities to hide debt and inflate revenue" (Tae Kim/Barron's Online)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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I know one major imported tech conference in Sydney that didn’t think this zeitgeist theme was worthy of a panel discussion this year. Hmmm…
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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australia.theguardian.com
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including Ozempic face, blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire AI slop is here, it’s ubiquitous, it’s being used by US president Donald Trump and now, it’s the word of the year. The Macquarie Dictionary dubbed the term the epitome of 2025 linguistics, with a committee of word experts saying the outcome embodies the word of the year’s general theme of reflecting “a major aspect of society or societal change throughout the year”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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aftermath.site
We now have a full text RSS feed for members, if you're into that kinda thing:

aftermath.site/aftermath-rss-...
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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When Dan Carlin drops an emergency Common Sense you know things are concerning in the USA.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
"It is located 5km from the town of Deniliquin, but none of that town’s population of more than 2,700 people objected to it.

All 66 objections came from more than 50 kms away, with 60 of them from people located more than 100kms away, and 26 from interstate"

reneweconomy.com.au/long-distanc...
Indeed, there were no objections that related specifically to this project, its location or its impact on any local fauna or flora. It is likely that few if any of the objectors had actually read the project documents in detail. Several objectors think the battery is actually a wind farm, and others think it is a solar project. One is concerned about its impact on the catchment of the Keiwa River, which is 250 kms away, located in another state and on the other side of the Murray River. Maybe they had been encouraged to complain about another project, and forgot to change it for this one. Most simply don’t like the idea of renewables: “Soon, we’ll all be in the dark thanks to delusional Global Boiling cultists!” said one. Some object to the use of agricultural land for a big battery. But the project is located right next to a substation, and is not used for any grazing or crops because it has been degraded by a gravel borrow pit on the site, which has formed a depression with poor soils and weedy vegetation. The battery project developers are actually proposing to do something the previous users didn’t do – rehabilitate it so it can actually be used for agriculture in the future, perhaps sheep grazing. The department of planning said it is likely the project would improve the land, not degrade it. There were plenty of constructive consultations, mostly with local council and other bodies such as the Rural Fire Service, the local Fire Brigade, the local irrigation council, and other entities. The developers, Avenis, responded accordingly and made some adjustments to the project. It has waded through thousands of pages of documents and patiently responded to each and every concern, no matter how wild the claim. The NSW Planning department noted the considerable local benefits, saying some $1.4 million in community benefits had been offered via the council through a voluntary planning agreement, and also noting the injection of some $206 million of capital inv…
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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COP climate events are diffusion of responsibility inaction, and the lobbyists who abuse such events know it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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outonthemoors.bsky.social
It's that time of year
The Distracted Boyfriend meme, but their heads are now: Guy - a wide-eyed cat Girlfriend - a cat tree Red dress woman - a Christmas tree
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Unbelievable turn around. We were in pieces at lunch. Travis Head you legend. And whoever gave him the opener bump, I salute you too. Perfection. #Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Absolute cinema from Head. #Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Pleased to announce Head has made that choice. #Ashes
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If someone could choose to bat like they mean it I’d be a lot happier right now. #Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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WTF is this bowling strategy? So crazy. Feeding them runs. #Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Phew, I can talk about cricket again. Boland and Stark on fire! #Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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edmondtran.bsky.social
Fortnite is good again
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I know they say you have to see both sides bat on it, but I didn’t expect both sides to enjoy throwing their wickets away all day long. #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Head and Carey to the rescue. I said what I said. #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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We can just shake hands on the series. 5-0. In the bag. Too good. Bury Bazball and salt the Earth where it lies. #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Any Ashes drinking game that includes commentators mentioning 'Bazball' will lead to alcohol poisoning. They love that word tooooo much. #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Had a meeting. Came back to 7 for. Tidy. #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM