Dr Jenny Ng
@drjennyng.bsky.social
Academic, researcher & lawyer. Australian. Former migrant (not expat). https://images.routledge.com/common/jackets/amazon/978113802/9781138025240.jpg
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"It took six attempts at this before finally lining the jumper up with the sunspots, when I used the command to jump."
I mean, sure, the cynical might ask how this advances science. But if the wow factor inspires more science, why not? 🤩🚀
I mean, sure, the cynical might ask how this advances science. But if the wow factor inspires more science, why not? 🤩🚀
“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
This is not photoshopped. That’s really a person falling in front of the Sun.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"It took six attempts at this before finally lining the jumper up with the sunspots, when I used the command to jump."
I mean, sure, the cynical might ask how this advances science. But if the wow factor inspires more science, why not? 🤩🚀
I mean, sure, the cynical might ask how this advances science. But if the wow factor inspires more science, why not? 🤩🚀
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Reposted by Dr Jenny Ng
People experience genuine pleasure—a rush of dopamine—when processing information that supports their beliefs. “It feels good to ‘stick to our guns’ even if we are wrong,” researchers say. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/iXV9M2
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
People experience genuine pleasure—a rush of dopamine—when processing information that supports their beliefs. “It feels good to ‘stick to our guns’ even if we are wrong,” researchers say. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/iXV9M2
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WATCH: Meteor seen over the skies of Victoria, Australia on Sunday night.
August 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
WATCH: Meteor seen over the skies of Victoria, Australia on Sunday night.
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Video of the meteor over central Victoria tonight (video courtesy of Dwayne Rollings via Facebook)
August 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Video of the meteor over central Victoria tonight (video courtesy of Dwayne Rollings via Facebook)
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Tony Gee posted in Australian Meteor Reports on Facebook
August 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tony Gee posted in Australian Meteor Reports on Facebook
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AI chatbots are being used by telco firm TPG to scam the scammers, engaging them in fake conversations to reveal their schemes and the types of organisations they are impersonating www.afr.com/companies/te...
Telco uses AI chatbots to keep scammers hanging on the line
An army of good-guy artificial intelligence bots is being used to trick scammers on phone calls as telecom groups try to stop Australians getting ripped off.
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August 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
AI chatbots are being used by telco firm TPG to scam the scammers, engaging them in fake conversations to reveal their schemes and the types of organisations they are impersonating www.afr.com/companies/te...
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is anyone actually using the My Health Record services in a good way? i've only ever had misery trying to get things into or out of it and its never had useful info for my doctors. what on earth are accenture getting 51mill for www.itnews.com.au/news/accentu...
Accenture picks up $51.7m deal for My Health Record transition
Contracted until June 2026.
www.itnews.com.au
August 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
is anyone actually using the My Health Record services in a good way? i've only ever had misery trying to get things into or out of it and its never had useful info for my doctors. what on earth are accenture getting 51mill for www.itnews.com.au/news/accentu...
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Could Aussie kids be given the "right to be forgotten" online? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Could Aussie kids be given the "right to be forgotten" online? - ABC listen
In amongst the stack of laws and regulations under development to keep kids safer online is the Children's Online Privacy Code, which could include an option for kids to delete their online footprint ...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Could Aussie kids be given the "right to be forgotten" online? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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I’ve had similar issues with an app my son’s teacher’s used to share projects, performances and achievements: parents had no control over it and it wasn’t deleted when he completed primary school. Contained lots of video, audio and photos www.heraldsun.com.au/education/sc...
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I’ve had similar issues with an app my son’s teacher’s used to share projects, performances and achievements: parents had no control over it and it wasn’t deleted when he completed primary school. Contained lots of video, audio and photos www.heraldsun.com.au/education/sc...
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ASIC has announced that they will be launching a review into the debt management and credit repair sector www.asic.gov.au/about-asic/n...
25-144MR ASIC probes debt management and credit repair services | ASIC
Fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians.
www.asic.gov.au
August 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
ASIC has announced that they will be launching a review into the debt management and credit repair sector www.asic.gov.au/about-asic/n...
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NEW: ChatGPT allows Google to index chats users share using the Share functionality - presumably misinterpreting "make this chat discoverable". The result? Frank admissions about sex lives and drug dependencies. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo... tip @techmeme.com
Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data
Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats—including deeply personal details about mental health, relationships, and trauma—are appearing in Google search results, raising major privacy concerns.
www.fastcompany.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: ChatGPT allows Google to index chats users share using the Share functionality - presumably misinterpreting "make this chat discoverable". The result? Frank admissions about sex lives and drug dependencies. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo... tip @techmeme.com
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More than 34,000 power banks that have been recalled due to a risk of causing serious burns and property damage are still in the hands of consumers, the consumer commission warns www.9news.com.au/national/tho...
Thousands of dangerous recalled power banks may still be in use, ACCC warns
More than 34,000 power banks that have been recalled due to a risk of causing serious burns and property d...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
More than 34,000 power banks that have been recalled due to a risk of causing serious burns and property damage are still in the hands of consumers, the consumer commission warns www.9news.com.au/national/tho...
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A ‘plan for a plan’ on AI is better than NZ’s policy abdication www.innovationaus.com/a-plan-for-a...
A 'plan for a plan' on AI is better than NZ's policy abdication
The Albanese government has copped a bad rap for its slow-moving regulatory response to artificial intelligence over the past two years, and for good reason. While other countries were quick to respon...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A ‘plan for a plan’ on AI is better than NZ’s policy abdication www.innovationaus.com/a-plan-for-a...
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A reminder: be more Harold. 🩰
July 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A reminder: be more Harold. 🩰
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1. Individuals have data rights
2. Data scrapers owe a duty to care to update incorrect data, even when they weren’t the original source of the data or when data scraping is automated
2. Data scrapers owe a duty to care to update incorrect data, even when they weren’t the original source of the data or when data scraping is automated
July 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
1. Individuals have data rights
2. Data scrapers owe a duty to care to update incorrect data, even when they weren’t the original source of the data or when data scraping is automated
2. Data scrapers owe a duty to care to update incorrect data, even when they weren’t the original source of the data or when data scraping is automated
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A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases breached privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped www.lawyerly.com.au/tribunal-say...
Public court lists not 'free for all', tribunal says in privacy loss for publisher
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July 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases breached privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped www.lawyerly.com.au/tribunal-say...
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It's never any less striking, every time💔.
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's never any less striking, every time💔.
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
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Holy shit. Yep, this is first I have seen too. This is insane
First time a judge has decided a case based on hallucinated case law in the US that I've encountered.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Holy shit. Yep, this is first I have seen too. This is insane
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The article has a good placement. It must therefore be well-reasoned and likely correct, compared to others placed at lower-ranked law journals that say the opposite.
I predict lots of scholarly impact and major effects on people's lives for which they will certainly be proud.
#Satire
I predict lots of scholarly impact and major effects on people's lives for which they will certainly be proud.
#Satire
👀 The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has just published an article by A3P Sr. Counsel Josh Hammer, Timon Cline, & Yoram Hazony. It calls on SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states & requires a separation of church & state. 1/
July 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The article has a good placement. It must therefore be well-reasoned and likely correct, compared to others placed at lower-ranked law journals that say the opposite.
I predict lots of scholarly impact and major effects on people's lives for which they will certainly be proud.
#Satire
I predict lots of scholarly impact and major effects on people's lives for which they will certainly be proud.
#Satire
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June 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Reposted by Dr Jenny Ng
One of my students was also a victim of Heydon, and I find his reception back into the profession’s fold highly objectionable.
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I was among this disgraced judge’s victims. Attempts to honour him are an insult
The former High Court judge Dyson Heydon is being rehabilitated in some parts of the legal profession. It’s galling.
www.smh.com.au
June 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
One of my students was also a victim of Heydon, and I find his reception back into the profession’s fold highly objectionable.
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Daft and stereotyping to the extreme. It doesn't seem to have occurred to them that the ND population and 'bare below elbows' workforce just MIGHT intersect? Like, even just a little bit? 🙄
Sorry, wtf? Speaking personally, I don't "live with being autistic ", I am autistic. I also don't fancy the idea of the police sticking a green band on me because I am, rather than providing officers with actual training so they don't continue to discriminate against neurodivergent individuals. 1/
June 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Daft and stereotyping to the extreme. It doesn't seem to have occurred to them that the ND population and 'bare below elbows' workforce just MIGHT intersect? Like, even just a little bit? 🙄
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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BBC News - Phone snatcher caught with DNA from lost shoe
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Ludgate Hill phone snatcher caught with DNA from lost shoe
Spencer Duarte lost a trainer as he was tackled by members of the public after he stole a phone.
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June 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
BBC News - Phone snatcher caught with DNA from lost shoe
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