So, The #Oddysey. My thoughts: -Loud movie -Why was I crying at the last scene with the dog!?!? -Would I have cried more if I saw it on IMAX 70mm? -Christopher Nolan believes subtext is for cowards -Film had like 5 female characters. Still cant pass the Bechdel Test

Antony Green: “Hidden in the detail of the results is that One Nation turned Labor’s side of the electoral pendulum upside down. Liberal seats and Labor’s most marginal seats swung to Labor, but many of Labor’s safest seats swung strongly to One Nation.” #auspol antonygreen.com.au.

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The crunch wrap is takeaway's sinful equivalent of Ortolan

Peak AI brainrot its reading an article from 2006 but thinking "this sounds a lot like ChatGPT"

Anyone else been hearing the word 'accoutrement' everywhere since the John Cena coffee video?

Headcanon: 'Take me with U' by Prince is a Christmas song. No, I won't be taking any questions on this matter.

Spending time in the beautiful and cheery streets of Paris, I struggle to understand how it has borne some of the most pessimistic (although obviously brilliant) philosophers of the last century. Was the 80s vastly different in France?

Political correctness gone mild. Snoop is literally the last person anyone should go to for a meaningful take on same sex parenting. Let him play www.news.com.au/sport/afl/sn...

Imagagining the inevitable HR nightmare created when xAI start rolling out enterprise licenses. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat

xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.

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Stop the presses. New shrew has dropped. insideecology.com/2025/07/03/o...

Once-in-a-lifetime finding of incredibly rare ‘humbug’ pygmy shrew photographed in Cornwall - Inside Ecology

An extremely rare pygmy shrew with an albino mutation was found by Anita McMillan near St Austell, Cornwall, while out for a walk.   “I went for a walk with my zoom lens, hoping to capture some good p...

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If you've ever wondered what the news market looks like on Facebook, here is my latest article on Australian news diversity on Facebook, published in MIA. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Australian news diversity on Facebook: An empirical study using engagement metrics and concentration analysis - Cameron McTernan, 2025

News diversity has long been a critical issue in Australia, but current research overlooks the significant share of content that is consumed via social media. F...

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Looking forward to living in less 'interesting times'

Duolingo has been serving up some fever dream dialogue. Do people say this in Germany? 🇩🇪

Moo deng summer seems so far away now...

Sabrina Plumber Sabrina Sparky Sabrina Bricklayer Sabrina Cert IV Financial Planning

Southern Cross tattoo but you're really into astronomy

Can we get a definitive guide for self-citation? I see top scholars do it all the time, but ECRs are more reluctant. Should I do it?

Each resident of Greenland to receive an Xbox 360 or equivalent console in exchange for joining the US

People say don't meet your heroes, but has anyone else questioned their reality after searching what their fav podcast host looked like?

What are the chances Meta goes for a second round of news blackouts after this. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Facebook, Google to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan

The government wants to impose a new tax to push the tech platforms to make funding agreements with news organisations.

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My words in @aunz.theconversation.com. Can new platforms (i.e. Bluesky) forge better relationships with news companies or are they frenemies for life?

The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 2y ago

There is still public hunger for reliable and trustworthy information. This should give news media outlets hope – and inspire them to invest in new ways to reach audiences.