Sometimes. It ultimately depends on whether the output is transformed and the work becomes a derivative or whether it's copyright slop. Though I will concede more of the latter happens than the former. @ruggy.bsky.social

Ruggy@ruggy.bsky.social · 2d ago

and even if the energy-devouring genAI process ended up streamlined to the point of, somehow, requiring -no- energy you're still just making a slurry of other people's work without adding any of your own effort to it. it's still lame crap!!

There is zero reason for the Govt not to ban pervert glasses except for cases where they have been prescribed for medical reasons (ie assistance for those with vision impairment).

Statistical proof of the Albanese govt standing with corporate lobbyists over the public. Good work by @roycerk2.bsky.social

Albanese keeps backing lobbyists over public opinion, our analysis shows

From salmon to supermarkets, gas to Gaza, the PM has consistently backed those with power and wealth

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David Pocock left stunned as Luke Bateman who has recovered from a serious gambling addiction also reveals he was being offered drugs, Pocock “The actual leaders of these companies knew what was happening?” Bateman “Not only did they know, they were participating in it.”💥

Factcheck: News Corp isn’t excluded from subsidies from the Journalism Assistance Fund because they’re conservative – it’s because they’re foreign-owned thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

A key software supplier warns the public service is drifting into deeper dependence on foreign tech companies and brittle legacy systems www.canberratimes.com.au/story/930657...

Govt digital agency rejects vendor lock-in claims from software giant

The debate over vendor lock-in and open-source software heats up.

canberratimes.com.au

PSA: overheard at chemist warehouse. Customers getting out of date/expired insulin supplied to them. If this is relevant to you - please be extra careful when filling your scripts. Check the drugs are in date.

Shipping to Steam, itch, Epic, GOG, Humble, App Store and Google Play means writing your game's description seven times. Seven copies of the same paragraph, in seven text boxes, each with a different character limit. We're building a tool so it's once. Copy, paste, ship #Gamedev #Steam #itch #gog

There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.

every independent progressive publication be like: our special investigation has revealed that....the Australian government is NOT left-wing 🤯

"With the end of the fuel excise and continuing disbelief that Trump has any ability to negotiate an end to the war, Australians have already been dealt financial pain equivalent to more than a rate rise in the past month. Another rate rise would very much hurt Australians for no good purpose."

Petrol price increase delivers rate-rise-sized impact ahead of RBA meeting

From today, with the end of the cut in the fuel excise, petrol is back at full price. And over the past month, Australians have experienced economic pain equivalent to around one and a half RBA rate r...

thepoint.com.au

I noticed from my 12yo's lock screen notifications over the w/e that he is still using all of the apps, only difference now is that none of the parent filters and controls apply

Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

not just buried in Australia, but buried in every foreign jurisdiction that is taking the same ugly shortcuts to avoid real regulation of tech. Hello Norway :)

Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

theconversation.com

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund (NBIM) lent Meta money so that they could build this Louisiana data center.

Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · last wk.

This is some incredible in-the-room reporting from @elitan.bsky.social and Maureen Farrell on how Meta got its vast, six-square-mile data center cooking in Louisiana www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...

People think of Spokane as rural, but it's a major city. It's bigger than the city I live in. More than half a million people live there. A solid third just got GET THE F--- OUT NOW orders. It's got to be chaos on that alone, even if there's little actual fire in suburbia yet.

Whelp. Here is another day where I now will be morbidly attached to news posts. Spokane, WA is burning, and burning fast. The evacuation orders have gotten into some deep surburbia. That's not where I'm at, but there's family there.

This might sound elitist, but I don’t think the people liking the Peanuts slop posts should have rights

Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎@blongley.bsky.social · 5d ago

Situational Awareness is an AI focused hedge fund. They buy shares in AI stocks and short software companies thought vulnerable to AI. The big drop for AI hardware stocks in the last month caused heavy losses, so their banks demanded more money to secure loans, forcing them to sell all their stock

The winning game in the 2026 #KenneyJam was #MadeWithConstruct! Play Axiora here: pixelpun.itch.io/axiora

AXIORA by PixelPun

Scale blocks, avoid monsters, beat all six levels!

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Kenney@kenney.nl · last wk.

The #KenneyJam 2026 winners have been announced! 🏆 Go play all winning games at jam.kenney.nl or watch the video; www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMa7...

“It’s cold, it’s pointless and then there’s the heat death of the universe…” Ah. Forgot to change the estraderm patch on time again

Yesterday, the Monochrome Games Festival kicked off! If you're into this kind of aesthetic, swing by and wishlist GreedCore - my "hand-drawn"🖊️ tower defense game! Wishlist💖: store.steampowered.com/app/4341920/... Festival🎆: store.steampowered.com/curator/4614... #indiegames #gamedev #towerdefense

Mortgage offset account errors mean some Australians are owed thousands of dollars. Are you among them?

Mortgage offset account errors mean some Australians are owed thousands of dollars. Are you among them?

Asic review finds banks repaid millions to borrowers who unknowingly paid too much interest on their home loans * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The corporate regulator has detailed how banks have had to pay tens of millions of dollars in compensation to customers for mortgage offset failures. In a new report, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission showed lenders repaid $55m to customers over two years after they unknowingly paid too much interest on their mortgages – and warned the number would climb higher. Continue reading...

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I don't know if Australians remember how many crops and livestock we lost last year to floods. And now the Central Desert is green with grasses that will dry out and burn in the coming El Nino. And now huge swathes of the Northern Hemisphere have lost crops and livestock. We failed to stop it.

Lucy Hamilton@lucyham.bsky.social · last wk.

Catastrophic floods drown & fires rage across different parts of the globe. Asia & Latin America under water. Europe & North America burning. Apart from the devastation to survivors, think about the food supply loss (added to Hormuz impact on fertiliser & diesel). 😬 Climate crisis = food shortages

FUN FACT: In the last three months of 2025, Australia imported more oil than it ever has in all its history The first quarter of 2026 came third in terms of volume of imported oil www.datawrapper.de/_/3au0M/

If you have type-O positive blood and you can manage it, please consider donating blood *as soon as possible* - this is a very bad situation.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · last wk.

yikes

“Australia Post stamp price increase not opposed by ACCC” www.accc.gov.au/media-releas...

Australia Post stamp price increase not opposed by ACCC

The ACCC has not objected to Australia Post’s proposed stamp price increase of 8.8 per cent after finding Australia Post would likely not cover the costs of delivering its reserved letter services, ev...

accc.gov.au

This is getting funny. Karl Stefanovic left a $2 million contract to earn *hundreds* of dollars on YouTube. And his viewing numbers are falling rapidly.

ha a judge says that he whacked a judgment into ChatGPT as a test and, when it spat out incorrect details, had it admit that it had hallucinated

@kenney.nl Am curious if you remember my jam entry and if you do if you had a few thoughts on it? Totally fine if you don't. Twas Spatula & Scale.....still unfinished.