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Tim's Motorbike Rides

@timsrides.bsky.social

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Out of Brisbane, Australia, I organise small-group motorcycle rides... long day rides full of fun, adventure, great people and good food, and road trips along amazing roads to iconic destinations across eastern Australia. https://www.youtube.com/@timsrides

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hey everyone! I'm an Aussie motorcyclist who spends most weekends leading small-group rides around SEQ and Northern NSW. But my real love is road trips... whether its 2 days or 2 weeks... big adventures to fun places.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 27

You're arguing against a position I've never taken.

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 19

At least on that we can agree 🙂

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yeah… LLMs don't assign truth values… they learn statistical correlations from massive text data. “Patterns of meaning” emerge from co-occurrence and context. Transformers use an attention mechanism to model these complex relationships between words, creating a structured (but not grounded) output.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 19

On your first point... absolutely agree there needs to be a wider understanding of the limitations of LLMs, but that should involve an accurate and up-to-date explanation of how they work (and it also doesn't change the fact they can be incredibly useful). No arguments at all on your other points. 🙂

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 19

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but the simple answer is: because that's how they're trained. 🙂

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 19

That's an oversimplification... we're well beyond that now. While pre-training involves large-scale web data (which can include a mix of "good" and "bad" info), the data is filtered and weighed, and post-training reinforcement learning and fine-tuning pushes models towards more accurate response.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 19

Close, but an oversimplification. LLMs aren't trained on random data... they model factual knowledge and can retrieve it with a high (and continually improving) degree of accuracy. It's true they lack actual "understanding", but they match patterns of meaning, not just words.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 15

Chillin’ in Nimbin with good vibes and great company. ✌️🌈

#BeKind #RainbowWalk #Nimbin #PrideMonth #MotorcycleLife

Two smiling men pose arm in arm in front of a colorful sign about the Nimbin Aquarius Festival and Rainbow Walk. Both wear ‘Be Kind’ T-shirts with rainbow logos. They stand at the corner of a wooden building on a sunny day, with nearby signs advertising crystals, books, and the Nimbin Artists Gallery. A few people stroll past on the shaded footpath, adding to the village’s relaxed, alternative vibe.

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 15

Nimbin vibes 🙂

#Nimbin #Pride #MotorcycleLife

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 15

Enjoying pizza in Nimbin 🙂

#NimbinPride

A group of eight men are seated around an outdoor café table, smiling and enjoying drinks after a meal. Several empty plates and bottles are visible on the table. One man is standing in the background holding a coffee. The setting appears to be a small town with shops and parked cars in the background. The atmosphere is casual and friendly, with clear blue skies overhead.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 14

I had planned to bling my bike up, but typically for me I left it too late 😢.

But I'll be wearing this t-shirt!

Black T-shirt displayed on a rustic wooden background. The shirt features a vintage-style rainbow in Pride colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet—symbolizing LGBTQ+ pride. Above the rainbow is the curved phrase 'In a world where you can be anything,' and below it, in large, typewriter-style text, it reads 'Be kind.'

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 14

Off on a ride to celebrate Pride Month tomorrow morning. First time I've done this, but I'm keen to support everything this month stands for—and it has become more personal to me this year.

Nimbin, a centre of counterculture, seems like a fitting destination 🙂.

Illustrated poster featuring a large, weathered rainbow overlaid with the text 'Nimbin Pride Ride' in a distressed typewriter font. The background shows a colorful forested landscape with native Australian wildlife, a red and white VW van, and two characters—one with a guitar and another smoking in a tree. The style evokes a retro, psychedelic, and counterculture aesthetic.

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hey what about Brisbane @astrokatie.com! 🙂

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 8

Damn... so close 🙂

Went hunting... this is the photo I was thinking of, taken by ISS astronaut Alexander Gerst... he's tagged it as the Amazon, but it's actually the Juruá...

Amazon River

These photos give an idea of why the legendary Amazon River has fascinated so many explorers. / Diese Fotos vermitteln einen Eindruck davon, warum der Amazonas so viele Entdecker fasziniert hat. ESA-...

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ah, yep, familiar with Procreate. Nice!

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 5

IIRC, the second photo is the Juruá River, a tributary of the Amazon River? 🙂

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 5

That's pretty neat. How'd you create it? Programmatically, or by hand?

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 4

So... that'd be a no, then? 🙂

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · Jun 4

The impact of the TACO administration is global, and millions will die as a result of its anti-science agenda.

A tweet by Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) reads: “Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted by President Trump.” Below the tweet is a quote on a white background: “She knew the president was threatening to pull grants from the university, but she had hoped her research might be spared. ‘I thought maybe somehow Harvard will escape,’ Fortune said. ‘I was very naive. Then the scope of the attack became clear.’” Below the quote is a photo of Dr. Sarah Fortune standing in a laboratory, wearing a black coat with red glasses hanging from the collar. She has shoulder-length blond hair and a serious expression. Laboratory equipment and shelves with supplies are visible in the background.

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 4

Visited Hallstatt a few years ago on a trip to Austria. A truly beautiful town. Of course the entire trip I was thinking "I wish I was on a motorcycle" 🙂

Nature 🔴 Gallery @nature-gallery.bsky.social · Jun 3

Jul 17, 2019: Photo by Sheng L on Unsplash

Discover Hallstatt, Austria, a picturesque town surrounded by mountains and a serene lake, showcasing a blend of old and new architecture.

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Aerial view of Hallstatt, Austria, showcasing its architecture, lake, and surrounding mountains. Photo by Sheng L on Unsplash

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Jun 2

I was happy to help Filippo out and annotate the beautiful still of his image (non-annotated version sent to @apod.shinyakato.dev as I really think it is worthy).

You could do so much science communication from this one image:

- galaxies (plural!)
- aurora
- stellar evolution
- nearest system

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landscape image looking out over a cliff to the ocean. The sky has the Milky Way arch hanging over it, and to the lower right, above the ocean and hugging the cliffs are the bright red and orange aurora australis. The image is annotated with features of the Milky Way galaxy.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Jun 2

Ok, here it is!

This beautiful footage, made by my friend Filippo Rivetti was taken last night during the height of the storm from Royal National Park, on the southern outskirts of Sydney.

We see #aurora, the beautiful Milky Way and a sea of stars above our Earthly ocean.

They sent a poet ...

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Aurora Australis at Royal NP

YouTube video by Filippo Rivetti

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Tim Barham @timbarham.bsky.social · Jun 2

Just one reason promoting Pride Month is so important. I have treasured friends whose lives are at risk simply because of who they are. This is not hyperbole... this is the reality they live with every day.

A Facebook post on the account of Jonathan Joss, contains a statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales, husband of Jonathan Joss. The statement reads:

"My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carr…

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Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · Jun 2

Even without the stunning colour mapping used in the Hubble or James Webb images, the Pillars are still bloody awesome 🙂. Thanks for sharing!

Tim's Motorbike Rides @timsrides.bsky.social · May 30

Hey send enough and surely at least some of them won't blow up 🙂