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When I was in HS, we made thermite, and guncotton, and ammonium tri-iodide, as part of my Chemistry class.
When my brother went to the same high school a few years later, he was almost expelled for putting dry ice and water in a plastic soda bottle so it would pop, because it was "a bomb". Absurd.
When my brother went to the same high school a few years later, he was almost expelled for putting dry ice and water in a plastic soda bottle so it would pop, because it was "a bomb". Absurd.
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
When I was in HS, we made thermite, and guncotton, and ammonium tri-iodide, as part of my Chemistry class.
When my brother went to the same high school a few years later, he was almost expelled for putting dry ice and water in a plastic soda bottle so it would pop, because it was "a bomb". Absurd.
When my brother went to the same high school a few years later, he was almost expelled for putting dry ice and water in a plastic soda bottle so it would pop, because it was "a bomb". Absurd.
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A student taking a physics final at Brown told the student paper that “as much as I wanted to finish, it was obvious to prioritize safety, so I did not continue working on the exam.”
As of the paper's update half an hour ago, he was still on lockdown in the basement of the building.
As of the paper's update half an hour ago, he was still on lockdown in the basement of the building.
December 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A student taking a physics final at Brown told the student paper that “as much as I wanted to finish, it was obvious to prioritize safety, so I did not continue working on the exam.”
As of the paper's update half an hour ago, he was still on lockdown in the basement of the building.
As of the paper's update half an hour ago, he was still on lockdown in the basement of the building.
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25% off at FloMask. The discount code is FLO25OFF. It also says it right there on their website. This week.
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
25% off at FloMask. The discount code is FLO25OFF. It also says it right there on their website. This week.
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp
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If you live long a long and varied enough life that the pre-write of your obituary has been completely written through - with every original word replaced with something different - by the time you finally die, that’s the Obit of Theseus
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If you live long a long and varied enough life that the pre-write of your obituary has been completely written through - with every original word replaced with something different - by the time you finally die, that’s the Obit of Theseus
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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No-one in DEWR has done any work to prepare options for reform of the Targeted Compliance Framework.
They haven't been asked to do so by the Albanese Government since they were briefed on issues on taking office in 2022.
This is going to get you all into a lot of legal trouble.
They haven't been asked to do so by the Albanese Government since they were briefed on issues on taking office in 2022.
This is going to get you all into a lot of legal trouble.
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
No-one in DEWR has done any work to prepare options for reform of the Targeted Compliance Framework.
They haven't been asked to do so by the Albanese Government since they were briefed on issues on taking office in 2022.
This is going to get you all into a lot of legal trouble.
They haven't been asked to do so by the Albanese Government since they were briefed on issues on taking office in 2022.
This is going to get you all into a lot of legal trouble.
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My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
![Screenshot from the article. The text reads:
Illustrative of the government's approach to the system is an app the DEWR claims it built to provide "alerts on known risk areas".
, including providers booking dodgy
appointments that can penalise jobseekers.
When the ombudsman asked to see it, the department had to admit the app does not yet exist.
"Later in the investigation when we sought further information on this data App, DEWR changed its previous advice, stating that the risk monitoring data App for monitoring TCF [Targeted Compliance Framework]-related data was in fact not complete and was expected to be gathering data by late 2025," the ombudsman wrote.
The ombudsman revealed a catalogue of other examples where the department or Services Australia, which administers the welfare cancellations and occasionally checks the work of providers issuing suspensions, made misleading claims to his office, to him, to jobseekers and to the public.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5jtxfxnv4exgujkdbmy43jp/bafkreiakutdnw67stuml4xooynfe6gms377a4rai6begtvzhqv3uxszyvy@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
On the sixth day of Christmas, my Bigbot gave to me...
Six Goosebots Laying...
#12BotsofChristmasRemastered
Six Goosebots Laying...
#12BotsofChristmasRemastered
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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And now Meta is e-mailing me saying that my interactions with their AI (there aren't any) will be used to "personalize [my] experience and ads" which is another great reason to never use those things
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And now Meta is e-mailing me saying that my interactions with their AI (there aren't any) will be used to "personalize [my] experience and ads" which is another great reason to never use those things
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Falsely asserting that I’m already using your AI slopbot is not going to convince me to actually do so, Google 😒
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Falsely asserting that I’m already using your AI slopbot is not going to convince me to actually do so, Google 😒
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Disney for generations: fuck with our IP and we will literally fucking ruin your life
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Disney for generations: fuck with our IP and we will literally fucking ruin your life
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
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More First Nations people have died in custody in the past year than in any since 1980. It’s the inevitable result of policies that flout evidence of what would help.
‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
More First Nations people have died in custody in the past year than in any since 1980. It’s the inevitable result of policies that flout evidence of what would help.
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✨A REQUEST 🙏🏻
I’m writing a new unit on Environmental Justice. If you know of any great readings, films, resources,(etc) I could draw from, please consider sharing them with me?*
I’m particularly keen to include a strong focus on Australia, Indigenous rights, and water & climate justice.
I’m writing a new unit on Environmental Justice. If you know of any great readings, films, resources,(etc) I could draw from, please consider sharing them with me?*
I’m particularly keen to include a strong focus on Australia, Indigenous rights, and water & climate justice.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
✨A REQUEST 🙏🏻
I’m writing a new unit on Environmental Justice. If you know of any great readings, films, resources,(etc) I could draw from, please consider sharing them with me?*
I’m particularly keen to include a strong focus on Australia, Indigenous rights, and water & climate justice.
I’m writing a new unit on Environmental Justice. If you know of any great readings, films, resources,(etc) I could draw from, please consider sharing them with me?*
I’m particularly keen to include a strong focus on Australia, Indigenous rights, and water & climate justice.
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It does seem like Australian governments don’t see children as rights-bearing people who deserve evidence-based laws that respect their autonomy and need for connection & community, and allow them the space to mature and learn.
“Let them be kids!”
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
But Victoria passed the Adult Time for Violent Crime legislation which can send 14 year olds to adult jails.
Which is it you want them to be? Adults or children?
Or simply not seen or heard at all?
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It does seem like Australian governments don’t see children as rights-bearing people who deserve evidence-based laws that respect their autonomy and need for connection & community, and allow them the space to mature and learn.
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“As philosopher Peter Hershock observes, we don’t merely use technologies; we participate in them. With tools, we retain agency—we can choose when and how to use them. With technologies, the choice is subtler: they remake the conditions of choice itself.“
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“As philosopher Peter Hershock observes, we don’t merely use technologies; we participate in them. With tools, we retain agency—we can choose when and how to use them. With technologies, the choice is subtler: they remake the conditions of choice itself.“
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Just learned 'access fatigue' 🤯
meaning: the effects of constantly having to explain, teach, & reinvent access. This demand wears us down, shapes how we see ourselves, and makes pushing for inclusion harder.
It IS exhausting. I'm so glad I have the vocabulary for this now.
#DisabilityJustice
meaning: the effects of constantly having to explain, teach, & reinvent access. This demand wears us down, shapes how we see ourselves, and makes pushing for inclusion harder.
It IS exhausting. I'm so glad I have the vocabulary for this now.
#DisabilityJustice
December 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Just learned 'access fatigue' 🤯
meaning: the effects of constantly having to explain, teach, & reinvent access. This demand wears us down, shapes how we see ourselves, and makes pushing for inclusion harder.
It IS exhausting. I'm so glad I have the vocabulary for this now.
#DisabilityJustice
meaning: the effects of constantly having to explain, teach, & reinvent access. This demand wears us down, shapes how we see ourselves, and makes pushing for inclusion harder.
It IS exhausting. I'm so glad I have the vocabulary for this now.
#DisabilityJustice
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"saying, 'I don’t know' is not a failure. It’s a way of gesturing out to a horizon that goes on forever" We need more "I don't know" - less leaders BSing their way through interviews and it should be applauded, not seen as having suvccessfullytripped them up
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"saying, 'I don’t know' is not a failure. It’s a way of gesturing out to a horizon that goes on forever" We need more "I don't know" - less leaders BSing their way through interviews and it should be applauded, not seen as having suvccessfullytripped them up
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"Anti-poverty and human rights groups are calling on the government to abolish the Targeted Compliance Framework, following a scathing report from the Commonwealth ombud" www.themandarin.com.au/304738-targe...
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Anti-poverty and human rights groups are calling on the government to abolish the Targeted Compliance Framework, following a scathing report from the Commonwealth ombud" www.themandarin.com.au/304738-targe...
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There are lots of myths about the Australian #SocialMediaBan for under16s. One is that it will stop cyberbullying. It won't.
Here's a short, blunt piece from me in @theconversation.com explaining why: theconversation.com/australias-s...
Here's a short, blunt piece from me in @theconversation.com explaining why: theconversation.com/australias-s...
Australia’s social media ban won’t stop cyberbullying
A technical fix can’t solve a social problem.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
There are lots of myths about the Australian #SocialMediaBan for under16s. One is that it will stop cyberbullying. It won't.
Here's a short, blunt piece from me in @theconversation.com explaining why: theconversation.com/australias-s...
Here's a short, blunt piece from me in @theconversation.com explaining why: theconversation.com/australias-s...
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The group credited with pushing for the teen social media ban used its political connections to spruik its AI tool for monitoring students in a meeting with the education minister.
‘Everyone got paid’: How Wippa’s pro-teen social media ban group cashed in on its success
www.crikey.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The group credited with pushing for the teen social media ban used its political connections to spruik its AI tool for monitoring students in a meeting with the education minister.
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Not👇as many weeks away as you think. If you're feeling strung out pause on my photo & delve into the details-research shows yr stress levels levels will decrease & your mood will lift.
*whispers* this is the Feb print of my '26 calendar designed to improve mental health: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
*whispers* this is the Feb print of my '26 calendar designed to improve mental health: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Not👇as many weeks away as you think. If you're feeling strung out pause on my photo & delve into the details-research shows yr stress levels levels will decrease & your mood will lift.
*whispers* this is the Feb print of my '26 calendar designed to improve mental health: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
*whispers* this is the Feb print of my '26 calendar designed to improve mental health: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
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Same society that sends hundreds of children aged 10 to 13 *to prison each year* (approximately 600 last time I looked) and forced thousands more through the criminal justice system?
“Freeing them to grow up in a society that protects them.”
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
The fuck is this
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Same society that sends hundreds of children aged 10 to 13 *to prison each year* (approximately 600 last time I looked) and forced thousands more through the criminal justice system?
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Thanks, Australian government. Now we're all expected to deliver our ID to random companies on the internet for safe keeping.
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thanks, Australian government. Now we're all expected to deliver our ID to random companies on the internet for safe keeping.