dr honk*
@terrihonk.bsky.social
Rogue librarian.
Horror, food, politics and gardens.
And just in case work is spying on me: All opinions are mine and do not reflect those of my employer (thank god).
FOD, Flopper, ‘bino
*not a doctor.
Horror, food, politics and gardens.
And just in case work is spying on me: All opinions are mine and do not reflect those of my employer (thank god).
FOD, Flopper, ‘bino
*not a doctor.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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"Albanese government staffers – as well as senior Commonwealth public servants – privately fume at what they claim are abuses of laws and practices surrounding transparency by people whose sole aim is to embarrass the government."
Exclusive: PM’s office directs lobbyists to use encrypted, disappearing messages
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requir...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Albanese government staffers – as well as senior Commonwealth public servants – privately fume at what they claim are abuses of laws and practices surrounding transparency by people whose sole aim is to embarrass the government."
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Predictably, News Corp have ignored teachers’ pleas for them to stop pitting schools against each other by publishing uncontextualised rankings. Since they’ve ignored this, I’m sharing the list of Australia’s most untrusted brands. News Corp number 8 - should be higher! A toxic stain on Australia.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Predictably, News Corp have ignored teachers’ pleas for them to stop pitting schools against each other by publishing uncontextualised rankings. Since they’ve ignored this, I’m sharing the list of Australia’s most untrusted brands. News Corp number 8 - should be higher! A toxic stain on Australia.
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"shared values", @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #AUKUS #auspol
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"shared values", @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #AUKUS #auspol
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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Israel’s INGO rules are barring organisations like Save the Children and the Quakers from Gaza and the West Bank. Helen McCue asks why humanitarian aid and reporting are being treated as “delegitimisation”. #Auspol #Gaza
Israel’s NGO rules are shutting out humanitarian aid from Gaza
Rules introduced by Israel in 2025 are being used to block humanitarian organisations from operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, limiting aid delivery and silencing advocacy.
johnmenadue.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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So, is this tge right time to remind Tasmanians that the AI centres courted by Launceston council require continuous, enormous water resources?
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Sydney records highest temperature in nearly two years amid heatwave as Tasmanian bushfires threaten homes
Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sydney records highest temperature in nearly two years amid heatwave as Tasmanian bushfires threaten homes
Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So, is this tge right time to remind Tasmanians that the AI centres courted by Launceston council require continuous, enormous water resources?
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Naive I know but people DO know that when they get power, they don’t necessarily have to become assholes right? It’s not inevitable?
Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Naive I know but people DO know that when they get power, they don’t necessarily have to become assholes right? It’s not inevitable?
We need to cut as many ties with the US as possible. #auspol @albomp.bsky.social
CDC vaccine committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B recommendation for newborns | via @mayahoman.bsky.social #ksleg
CDC vaccine committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B recommendation for newborns • Kansas Reflector
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to do away with a recommendation that all newborn babies receive a vaccine against hepatitis B, ending a policy that has been in place sinc...
kansasreflector.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We need to cut as many ties with the US as possible. #auspol @albomp.bsky.social
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We’re on track to become the first species to go extinct due to politeness. Gonna follow the dinosaurs out the door because it was too uncomfortable and confrontational to tell a few billionaires and empire managers to fuck off.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/on-becomin...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/on-becomin...
On Becoming The First Species To Go Extinct From Politeness
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We’re on track to become the first species to go extinct due to politeness. Gonna follow the dinosaurs out the door because it was too uncomfortable and confrontational to tell a few billionaires and empire managers to fuck off.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/on-becomin...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/on-becomin...
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Sydney Water has estimated up to 250 megalitres a day will be needed to service datacentres planned by 2035, more than Canberra's entire drinking water.
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This. This right here is the problem.
Mediocre white people rewarding other mediocre white people.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This. This right here is the problem.
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it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
it’s so blatant how obvious this setup grift is
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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We believe that celebrating a spectacle of international togetherness while ignoring the suffering of millions contradicts the spirit of the Eurovision Song Contest. In response to Israel's inclusion, we have made the difficult decision to boycott this year's contest.
Full statement 👉 eurovision.nz
Full statement 👉 eurovision.nz
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We believe that celebrating a spectacle of international togetherness while ignoring the suffering of millions contradicts the spirit of the Eurovision Song Contest. In response to Israel's inclusion, we have made the difficult decision to boycott this year's contest.
Full statement 👉 eurovision.nz
Full statement 👉 eurovision.nz
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Eurovision is willing to lose the European countries of Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia in order to allow a west Asian settler colony currently carrying out a genocide sing their little song on TV
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation comes in spite of several broadcasters calling for its exclusion
Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in next year’s song contest in spite of several participating broadcasters calling for its exclusion.
At the general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union, the body that organises the hugely popular international annual singing competition, no vote on Israel’s participation was held. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Eurovision is willing to lose the European countries of Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia in order to allow a west Asian settler colony currently carrying out a genocide sing their little song on TV
fuck this and fuck eurovision
Israel will be allowed to compete in Eurovision 2026, the European Broadcasting Union has decided.
Consequently, Spain and the Netherlands have announced their withdrawal from the contest.
Consequently, Spain and the Netherlands have announced their withdrawal from the contest.
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I know it’s Instagram but if people want to know what’s going on at State Library Victoria, check this out:
www.instagram.com/save.our.lib...
www.instagram.com/save.our.lib...
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I know it’s Instagram but if people want to know what’s going on at State Library Victoria, check this out:
www.instagram.com/save.our.lib...
www.instagram.com/save.our.lib...
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Ecocide.
There is no taking back life once it is gone. There is no other ecosystem
There is no taking back life once it is gone. There is no other ecosystem
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ecocide.
There is no taking back life once it is gone. There is no other ecosystem
There is no taking back life once it is gone. There is no other ecosystem
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Listen to The Science, ffs.
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Listen to The Science, ffs.
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
Innovative Makers & ORIGINAL co creators.
Not slavish closed source AI copy cats.
#auspol #create #homegrown
www.innovationaus.com/australians-...
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#gaza #killings #massacres #israel #idf #palestine #genocide
Despite a cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, 2025, Israeli forces have continued lethal operations in Gaza, killing 357 Palestinians in the first 50 days, according to data from Gaza’s Health Ministry and Media Office.
Despite a cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, 2025, Israeli forces have continued lethal operations in Gaza, killing 357 Palestinians in the first 50 days, according to data from Gaza’s Health Ministry and Media Office.
Israel kills 357 Palestinians in Gaza since cease-fire began
Despite a cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, 2025, Israeli forces have continued lethal operations in Gaza, killing 357 Palestinians in the first 50 days,...
www.dailysabah.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#gaza #killings #massacres #israel #idf #palestine #genocide
Despite a cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, 2025, Israeli forces have continued lethal operations in Gaza, killing 357 Palestinians in the first 50 days, according to data from Gaza’s Health Ministry and Media Office.
Despite a cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, 2025, Israeli forces have continued lethal operations in Gaza, killing 357 Palestinians in the first 50 days, according to data from Gaza’s Health Ministry and Media Office.
God I’m sick of this patronising, paternalistic corporate-speak. It’s maddening and it’s doing sooo much damage, ESPECIALLY in government organisations. #auspol #springstreet
Centrelink get pushed on how they get to take so long to "fix" their errors, while people cut off payments get no such luxury
Centrelink: "Well, our systems are large & complex"
@pennyallmanpayne.com: People impacted are very vulnerable & we're asking them to deal w/ a very complex system
Centrelink: "Well, our systems are large & complex"
@pennyallmanpayne.com: People impacted are very vulnerable & we're asking them to deal w/ a very complex system
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
God I’m sick of this patronising, paternalistic corporate-speak. It’s maddening and it’s doing sooo much damage, ESPECIALLY in government organisations. #auspol #springstreet
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A *very* good paper on AI, education and sci-fi here:
"As we demonstrate by analyzing the paradigmatic ideas espoused by Salman Khan, educational AI is designed to optimize the acquisition of knowledge and largely ignores other aspects of teaching and learning, such as care, play, or curiosity."
"As we demonstrate by analyzing the paradigmatic ideas espoused by Salman Khan, educational AI is designed to optimize the acquisition of knowledge and largely ignores other aspects of teaching and learning, such as care, play, or curiosity."
What do The Matrix and educational AI have in common? Unfortunately way too much, as they promote very narrow ideas of what education should be.
Instead, Alberto Romele and I highlight better sci-fi inspirations in this new paper in Educational Theory:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Instead, Alberto Romele and I highlight better sci-fi inspirations in this new paper in Educational Theory:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How to Imagine Educational AI: The Filling of a Pail or the Lighting of a Fire?
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning, generative AI) have led to increased interest in its application in educational settings. AI companies hope to revolutionize teachi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A *very* good paper on AI, education and sci-fi here:
"As we demonstrate by analyzing the paradigmatic ideas espoused by Salman Khan, educational AI is designed to optimize the acquisition of knowledge and largely ignores other aspects of teaching and learning, such as care, play, or curiosity."
"As we demonstrate by analyzing the paradigmatic ideas espoused by Salman Khan, educational AI is designed to optimize the acquisition of knowledge and largely ignores other aspects of teaching and learning, such as care, play, or curiosity."
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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Having been a Brownie, Guide and young leader, and then had a Brownie daughter, I’ve always been proud of Girlguiding’s inclusivity. So I’m devastated to hear that they’ve decided to exclude trans girls from the organisation. Sign here to protest (and appeal directly if you have contact with them).
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Having been a Brownie, Guide and young leader, and then had a Brownie daughter, I’ve always been proud of Girlguiding’s inclusivity. So I’m devastated to hear that they’ve decided to exclude trans girls from the organisation. Sign here to protest (and appeal directly if you have contact with them).