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Patron Saint of Perpetual Tiredness. Sunda-Indo-Anglo-intersectional-vegan-solarpunk-fetishist-without-a-socialdeficit.
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[m] +:lthr.ee
🐘 [email protected]
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this is exactly it: Labor talks big about how legislation like this is to protect women while refusing to engage with any attempt to explain how it's always inevitably weaponised against them #auspol
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
this is exactly it: Labor talks big about how legislation like this is to protect women while refusing to engage with any attempt to explain how it's always inevitably weaponised against them #auspol
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Working through through configuring centrally managed baseline config for a client; a config that contains default language and region—en-AU—has caused no issues with the pilot group, so I push it to the rest of the company. Half a dozen workstations are now set to Spanish. 🙄 #SysAdminLife
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Working through through configuring centrally managed baseline config for a client; a config that contains default language and region—en-AU—has caused no issues with the pilot group, so I push it to the rest of the company. Half a dozen workstations are now set to Spanish. 🙄 #SysAdminLife
Finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters, contextualising tracks I've been listening to for months, and the album holds up pretty well without the movie. I got the narrative structure of the movie without having watched it. Album's not as good as, say, West End Girl, but good fun rather than rage. #KPDH
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters, contextualising tracks I've been listening to for months, and the album holds up pretty well without the movie. I got the narrative structure of the movie without having watched it. Album's not as good as, say, West End Girl, but good fun rather than rage. #KPDH
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I should note that I never looked into it again after 1998 because it was clear I was never going to be able to afford to be insured. Those high risk pool prices didn't go down in the intervening years between then and the ACA's enactment.
And those uninsured years are why I'm now fully disabled.
And those uninsured years are why I'm now fully disabled.
Before the ACA I could not be insured unless I joined a high risk pool. The last time I looked into that was 1998 and it would have cost me $8000 a year (the equivalent of $15,600 today) when I was only making $20k before taxes.
We cannot let these Fascist monsters drag us back to that.
We cannot let these Fascist monsters drag us back to that.
Republican Health Care Lingo Every Voter Should Know.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
Do YOU know what your Republican Member of Congress means when they say things like "high-risk pools?"
It means they want to go back to when people with pre-existing conditions like cancer could be denied coverage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I should note that I never looked into it again after 1998 because it was clear I was never going to be able to afford to be insured. Those high risk pool prices didn't go down in the intervening years between then and the ACA's enactment.
And those uninsured years are why I'm now fully disabled.
And those uninsured years are why I'm now fully disabled.
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"the state's highest court ruled that the charge never applied to women"
This seems like a really worrying precedent to set even though it is arising from the context of the relatively rarely judicially considered domain of historical child sex abuse
This seems like a really worrying precedent to set even though it is arising from the context of the relatively rarely judicially considered domain of historical child sex abuse
A former Sydney teacher cannot be held financially liable for engaging in sexual activity with four male students in the 1970s, after a judge found she could not be expected to have known her conduct would cause harm.
Judge finds teacher couldn't have known abuse of boys would cause harm
A former Sydney teacher cannot be held financially liable for engaging in sexual activity with four male students in the 1970s, after a judge found she could not be expected to have known her conduct would cause harm.
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"the state's highest court ruled that the charge never applied to women"
This seems like a really worrying precedent to set even though it is arising from the context of the relatively rarely judicially considered domain of historical child sex abuse
This seems like a really worrying precedent to set even though it is arising from the context of the relatively rarely judicially considered domain of historical child sex abuse
*cackles* I caught a glimpse of an ad on the side of a bus, "Towards Zero" it said. I initially thought it was about suicide prevention, but something about it seemed off. I looked it up and it's re. road fatalities: towardszero.nsw.gov.au/
Home | Towards Zero
NSW Government working towards zero road fatalities
towardszero.nsw.gov.au
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
*cackles* I caught a glimpse of an ad on the side of a bus, "Towards Zero" it said. I initially thought it was about suicide prevention, but something about it seemed off. I looked it up and it's re. road fatalities: towardszero.nsw.gov.au/
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
I don't understand how a cluster of 56 Pi 5s, using ~560W max, could reduce even a small home's monthly heating bills from £375 to £40: www.techspot.com/news/110300-...
This couple heats their home using a garden shed data center filled with Raspberry Pi boards – saving a fortune
Terrence and Lesley Bridges, an Essex-based couple, have become the first people to use the HeatHub system, reports the BBC.
www.techspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I don't understand how a cluster of 56 Pi 5s, using ~560W max, could reduce even a small home's monthly heating bills from £375 to £40: www.techspot.com/news/110300-...
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There are a million children in Aotearoa, about 700 of them have been prescribed puberty blockers (that's 0.07%)
Medication decisions should be decided by the child, their caregivers, and the relevant health professionals, not a party relying on imported culture wars to stay in power
Medication decisions should be decided by the child, their caregivers, and the relevant health professionals, not a party relying on imported culture wars to stay in power
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
There are a million children in Aotearoa, about 700 of them have been prescribed puberty blockers (that's 0.07%)
Medication decisions should be decided by the child, their caregivers, and the relevant health professionals, not a party relying on imported culture wars to stay in power
Medication decisions should be decided by the child, their caregivers, and the relevant health professionals, not a party relying on imported culture wars to stay in power
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This is fucking disgusting.
This platform & a few others has just been finding ways to violently bully or shame the sex workers who enriched them for as long as I can recall.
Just more modern day plantation owners.
This platform & a few others has just been finding ways to violently bully or shame the sex workers who enriched them for as long as I can recall.
Just more modern day plantation owners.
“OnlyFans will screen creators in the United States for criminal convictions, CEO Keily Blair has announced in a post on LinkedIn”
www.xbiz.com/news/293733/...
www.xbiz.com/news/293733/...
OnlyFans Institutes Criminal Background Checks for US Creators
OnlyFans will screen creators in the United States for criminal convictions, CEO Keily Blair has announced in a post on LinkedIn.
www.xbiz.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is fucking disgusting.
This platform & a few others has just been finding ways to violently bully or shame the sex workers who enriched them for as long as I can recall.
Just more modern day plantation owners.
This platform & a few others has just been finding ways to violently bully or shame the sex workers who enriched them for as long as I can recall.
Just more modern day plantation owners.
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there is some controversy here, where other scientists insist that Neanderthals and early Humans were only roommates
"Scientists of the University of Oxford think Neanderthals and early Humans may have held hands "
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists
Study from University of Oxford looks into evolutionary origins of kissing and its role in relations between species
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
there is some controversy here, where other scientists insist that Neanderthals and early Humans were only roommates
~Two decades ago a friend asked what I thought of SEO work, I called it "morally bankrupt twiddling with no societal value." It astounds me how many tech " innovation " since have been even worse. #LineGoesUp #PerverseIncentives
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes
“the google page is not good,” Epstein wrote
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
~Two decades ago a friend asked what I thought of SEO work, I called it "morally bankrupt twiddling with no societal value." It astounds me how many tech " innovation " since have been even worse. #LineGoesUp #PerverseIncentives
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
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i've half-joked about how you aren't actually rich until you have "cancer money", or enough that you can pay for treatment *and* be out of work for however long *and* maintain your or your family's basic quality of life (ie, not having to liquidate core assets like your primary residence).
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
i've half-joked about how you aren't actually rich until you have "cancer money", or enough that you can pay for treatment *and* be out of work for however long *and* maintain your or your family's basic quality of life (ie, not having to liquidate core assets like your primary residence).
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electrons
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Once you roll over for genocide, you roll over for anyone.
Jamie Raskin Faces Backlash After Saying Democrats Could Accept MTG
Does the Democratic Party really have room for someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene?
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Once you roll over for genocide, you roll over for anyone.
lol Downdetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe both use Cloudflare. *slow clap*
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
lol Downdetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe both use Cloudflare. *slow clap*
lol Downdetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe both use Cloudflare. *slow clap*
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
lol Downdetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe both use Cloudflare. *slow clap*
lol Downdetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe both use Cloudflare. *slow clap*
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
lol Downdetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe both use Cloudflare. *slow clap*
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this is interesting! this is often what big brains from Southeast Asia say and I think the Australian response previously has typically been 'nah settle down'
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
this is interesting! this is often what big brains from Southeast Asia say and I think the Australian response previously has typically been 'nah settle down'
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I haven't been online because I've been writing
but we got another one to raise funds for. A lady needs to see a man about a horse: you know what to do. About $700, housing covered already. Timely.
Venmo linda-tirado-3
Chime $linda-tirado-3
PayPal riseandbeheard or bootstrapindustries@gmail
but we got another one to raise funds for. A lady needs to see a man about a horse: you know what to do. About $700, housing covered already. Timely.
Venmo linda-tirado-3
Chime $linda-tirado-3
PayPal riseandbeheard or bootstrapindustries@gmail
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I haven't been online because I've been writing
but we got another one to raise funds for. A lady needs to see a man about a horse: you know what to do. About $700, housing covered already. Timely.
Venmo linda-tirado-3
Chime $linda-tirado-3
PayPal riseandbeheard or bootstrapindustries@gmail
but we got another one to raise funds for. A lady needs to see a man about a horse: you know what to do. About $700, housing covered already. Timely.
Venmo linda-tirado-3
Chime $linda-tirado-3
PayPal riseandbeheard or bootstrapindustries@gmail
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Supporting the Epstein survivors is important, but please don’t support World Without Exploitation. They advocate for policies that are really harmful to sex workers, like the Nordic Model, which puts sex workers at greater risk of violence and poverty by criminalizing their clients.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Supporting the Epstein survivors is important, but please don’t support World Without Exploitation. They advocate for policies that are really harmful to sex workers, like the Nordic Model, which puts sex workers at greater risk of violence and poverty by criminalizing their clients.
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Jesus shit.
Remember folks, a real publisher won't ask you to pay them money to make your book.
(they will instead ask you to work a third, unpaid job to market and promote your book for them)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Remember folks, a real publisher won't ask you to pay them money to make your book.
(they will instead ask you to work a third, unpaid job to market and promote your book for them)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Lost in the plot: how would-be authors were fooled by AI staff and virtual offices in suspected global publishing scam
Book publishing websites in Australia, the UK and New Zealand appear to be using fake testimonials and AI staff pages to lure aspiring writers into handing over their money
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Jesus shit.
Remember folks, a real publisher won't ask you to pay them money to make your book.
(they will instead ask you to work a third, unpaid job to market and promote your book for them)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Remember folks, a real publisher won't ask you to pay them money to make your book.
(they will instead ask you to work a third, unpaid job to market and promote your book for them)
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Links to Alice Wong's work in the thread below.
If you're just stumbling across everyone's posts about Alice Wong ( @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ) today, she was an active writer and editor, in addition to her work as a disability visibility advocate with disabilityvisibilityproject.com
Disability Visibility Project
"Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Links to Alice Wong's work in the thread below.