Greg Jericho
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
Chief Economist at @australiainstitute.org.au Columnist on economics and politics for Guardian Australia. Dollars & Sense podcast https://australiainstitute.org.au/news/category/podcasts/dollars-sense/
“Relax, I’m not gonna fly off the handle or anything like that, but I am just a bit curious as to why you chose not to see this film.” — Tom Cruise
Smiling, Unblinking Tom Cruise Just Wants To Know Why Nation Didn't See 'Digger'
WASHINGTON—Faced with a weekend of dismal ticket sales that ranked among the worst in the megastar’s career, a smiling, unblinking Tom Cruise calmly stated Monday that he just wanted to know why the n...
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Netflix Now Requiring All Subscribers To Recruit 5 New Customers https://theonion.com/netflix-now-requiring-all-subscribers-to-recruit-5-new-customers/
Because we get the backwash of this stuff, *looking forward* to the Lib / Phon "Family Law Amendment (I Don't Know Why You Won't Talk To Me Anymore, Maybe It's Your Therapist) Bill 2028."
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6d agoGov. nominee Byron Donalds promises a Florida Republican voter "his word" that he will work on a 'grandparents' rights' law so her daughter stops estranging her
A 'lifelong Labor voter' just concerned about the power of the union movement and convinced the party of capital doesn't have any money. He is suck a fucking dickhead.
Some rare very good climate news! 🚨✊🚨✊ Climate win: Hunter community group wins four-year legal fight in landmark High Court ruling thepoint.com.au/new/261007-c...
Climate win: Hunter community group wins four-year legal fight in landmark High Court ruling
The High Court has ruled that NSW planning authorities must consider how burning exported coal overseas contributes to climate damage in Australia. Climate advocates say the ruling would reshape how f...
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OpenAI doing a denial of service attack on mathematicians rn Like, spamming us with shit that nobody but us cares about or can grok as a flex is pointless outside of an IPO push If it matters to produce these, let the pros do it the right way, so they understand and don’t accrue tech debt
For reference, of the 500 problems in the link below, the OpenAI dump claims to prove 50 of them and disprove 29 by counterexample. 9 more have conditional claims and 39 are advanced. Biggest one fully proved is Hilbert’s tenth problem over ℚ, which is solved with "nah, too many variables bruh." 🤷♂️
Top 500 Open Math Problems: LLM-assessed Importance — ProofAtlas
Top 500 open problems in mathematics, ranked by LLM-assessed importance, with exact statements, dated status notes, sources, and ranking uncertainty.
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@green496.bsky.social · 10h agoOpen AI just released hundreds of proofs of new mathematical results: openai.com/index/sharin... Here are some notable (to me) points:
My take: is a good album. The band has some promise. I think they have a strong future ahead.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 9h ago'Rubber Soul' caught the Beatles on the cusp of change. A new box set opens the vaults
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoTroy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
I am yet to be persuaded that Albanese did this protest for any other reason than to be photographed doing it
Crikey@crikey.com.au · 10h agoOpinion | The University of Sydney is cracking down on students’ intellectual freedom. Anthony Albanese, the once proud student protester, is encouraging it. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/07/a...
"But the more staid and plodding carriages – those with warnings outside the political cycle, with a focus on the bigger picture, they tend to get left to circle the track ignored" writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/UvEMQKc3
Meanwhile the Liberal party made Tony Abbott its president
Pat McCaffrie@patmccaffrie.bsky.social · 12h agoIf Gillard and Ardern are "has-beens" then why do you and The Oz still ask John Howard his opinion on anything?
"The modelling, undertaken by her economic team" We really need more wallet inspectors in the Press Gallery, there's an absolute bonanza to be made.
Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h agoPhil Coorey should stop pretending he is a political journalist. #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Watching East of Eden on the Netflix ad tier... Cathy Ames: Evil is not always apparent at first glance. It can come cloaked in beauty, or goodness, or lov— DraftKings: EVERY DAY IS A NEW OPPORTUNITY! EVERY GAME IS A NEW POSSIBILITY!
The trout's... a little trouty. Vale. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...
Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102
Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life
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"They don't make supervillains like they used to" a new cartoon by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social See today's cartoon on The Point: https://sbrew.link/R84bjFD8
A student protest movement against educational inequality is reverberating throughout France
'No future': Thousands gather in France as high school protests continue
Police have fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools as students, teachers and parents take to the streets over school conditions.
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At pre-COP in Fiji, leaders are making statements after returning from a visit to Tuvalu. There, Pacific leaders repeatedly called for leaders phaseout of fossil fuels and a defence of language to that effect. President Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr is speaking now and is reiterating this call, again.
“The company started as a bitcoin miner, surfing that craze” JFC. www.smh.com.au/business/com...
Australia’s great AI hope just hit a speed bump
Its plan to double Australia’s data centre computing power may have fallen over but ASX-bound Firmus’ backers – from a Canberra air-conditioning family to billionaires – aren’t worried.
smh.com.au
"For enterprises, the challenge is no longer simply deciding whether to invest in AI. It is working out how much individual agents are costing, what they are doing with that expenditure and whether the resulting productivity, security or other business benefits justify the investment."
The Big Short - Fuck me
ALT: The Big Short - Fuck me
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Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social · yesterdayLulz "AI agents are driving up costs but enterprises are struggling with ROI, says Splunk executives" Gee, ya think? itwire.com/business-it-...
At some point we need to conclude that the waste, fraud and poor / bad outcomes for people is a feature, not a bug of voucher-based delivery of social services. It flows directly from the mode of economic organisation of the programs in their current forms. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions
The companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale.
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Lulz "AI agents are driving up costs but enterprises are struggling with ROI, says Splunk executives" Gee, ya think? itwire.com/business-it-...
AI agents are driving up costs but enterprises are struggling with ROI, says Splunk executives | iTWire
The rapid adoption of AI agents is creating a new financial headache for enterprises with many lacking a reliable way to determine whether their increasing AI investment is...
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hilarious. youd think the ONE THING he wouldve learned by now is to steer clear of grocery discourse at all costs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayDR OZ: We went grocery shopping. Butter in America -- it's about a buck for a stick INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
While miles apart in their responses to the Trump administration, Canada & Australia are in lock-step on expanding fossil fuel production. Senator for Québec Rosa Galvez joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss shared challenges & common failures in Australia & Canada. 🎧 theaus.in/3VRTBfQ
