Beddy
@lancecalhoon.bsky.social
Aussie dad with Irish streak. Legislative drafter. Whitlamite.
My interests are pretty niche: sports, music, movies, games. GWJ. May contain traces of Partridge.
Walking on Ngunnawal land.
My interests are pretty niche: sports, music, movies, games. GWJ. May contain traces of Partridge.
Walking on Ngunnawal land.
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Beddy
@lancecalhoon.bsky.social
· Oct 3
when you hate the song the DJ is playing, but the fellas are cutting sick on the dance floor
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Who knew increasing supply of houses makes a difference?
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Who knew increasing supply of houses makes a difference?
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It's kind of amazing just how more affordable Melbourne now is, and also how expensive is Adelaide
#ThePoint
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#ThePoint
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December 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It's kind of amazing just how more affordable Melbourne now is, and also how expensive is Adelaide
#ThePoint
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#ThePoint
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If Sam Altman can get over the murder of Suchir Balaji, do you think he gives a fuck about deaths that he is responsible for but DIDN'T personally arrange?
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If Sam Altman can get over the murder of Suchir Balaji, do you think he gives a fuck about deaths that he is responsible for but DIDN'T personally arrange?
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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Congrats to mob sitting on sacred wetlands to keep Bravus/ Adani away from their waterways.
#StopAdani
#StopAdani
Big News
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
Adani Vs Pennings | Ben Pennings
benpennings.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Congrats to mob sitting on sacred wetlands to keep Bravus/ Adani away from their waterways.
#StopAdani
#StopAdani
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The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians.
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
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Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians
Two charts that show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians.
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information
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Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of environmental activist Ben Pennings.
Pennings declared victory on Thursday, after the Queensland supreme court signed off on orders on Wednesday, ending the five-and-a-half-year court battle. The order requires Pennings not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information or to ask others to do so. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
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Isn't it great that because our gas market is open to the world, our electricity prices have gone up because Russia invaded Ukraine and sent gas prices soaring??
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Isn't it great that because our gas market is open to the world, our electricity prices have gone up because Russia invaded Ukraine and sent gas prices soaring??
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
I love how you can instantly ID Rogan's red velvet background curtains in all these clips of fuckwits saying loser shit. Gives them a real Black Lodge vibe
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I love how you can instantly ID Rogan's red velvet background curtains in all these clips of fuckwits saying loser shit. Gives them a real Black Lodge vibe
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What if we threw every person involved in private equity into the ocean:
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November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What if we threw every person involved in private equity into the ocean:
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aftermath.site/splash-damage-...
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I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
ALP negotiating with Greens instead of Liberals ... you love to see it
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ALP negotiating with Greens instead of Liberals ... you love to see it
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This bill is better than the laws we have now, and it is far better than what would have been delivered if the government had done a deal with the climate-deniers in the Coalition.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This bill is better than the laws we have now, and it is far better than what would have been delivered if the government had done a deal with the climate-deniers in the Coalition.
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Their denial of the body as merely a vessel for code is shown daily by the way these men treat actual living human beings, including the ones who work for their companies.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood
The contrarian venture capitalist believes transfusions may hold the key to his dream of living forever.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Their denial of the body as merely a vessel for code is shown daily by the way these men treat actual living human beings, including the ones who work for their companies.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
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Car battery supply chain causing lead poisoning in villagers. Melted down in hot furnaces, noxious clouds of smoke, high blood lead levels and sick children
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Recycled lead used in U.S. auto batteries linked to poisoning in African communities
Lead is a key element in your car battery and is expensive to produce domestically. U.S. automakers often use recycled lead produced overseas, a practice long framed as an environmental success story....
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Car battery supply chain causing lead poisoning in villagers. Melted down in hot furnaces, noxious clouds of smoke, high blood lead levels and sick children
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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If you’re in Australia, please stop and look at a war memorial, and contemplate why Palestine is commemorated in every suburb and country town.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If you’re in Australia, please stop and look at a war memorial, and contemplate why Palestine is commemorated in every suburb and country town.
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Australian companies like Westpac and Woolworths exaggerating how much they give to charity…who’d have thought! Great work @browne90.bsky.social
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Overstated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies exposed in new report
A new report into 20 of the country’s biggest corporations has found examples of them overstating how generous their reported contributions to the community were.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Australian companies like Westpac and Woolworths exaggerating how much they give to charity…who’d have thought! Great work @browne90.bsky.social
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