> most people grew up in a system that didn't teach how to be in a health polyamorous relationship. uhhh, most people grew up in a system that didn't teach how to be in a healthy relationship *at all*, not even mono lol

$workplace has sent out some cyber advice. To avoid the temptation to reuse passwords across multiple websites, they advise, sign up to fewer websites.

Found this 1954 Scrabble variant in the op shop and had to try it.

Gluten free and halal but very much not vegetarian. Dammit I wanted to steal the kids' lollies.

hey remember when The Files came out and showed close relationships between people pulling the levers of power and the owner of the island, people that the president has surrounded himself with and the pres himself, but absolutely nothing has happened in the US?

Did people used to live in, like, high speed or something? When did time change? Seems it happened in the 2020s sometime? How many old seconds fit into a new second? What in the world gave you that idea, child? Because all the old books talk about the stars as fixed points in the sky or doing […]

I'm going to get on my usual soap box for a minute here. Tech giants and their platforms are harmful to kids and everyone else. Banning kids from them is a bad idea because it requires all of us to give up our privacy, for no gain, as kids will still get on. This has been proven. But on top of […]

Western Hypocrisy part 1 #WesternHypocrisy #WesternDoubleStandards #IsraelWarCrimes #Gaza #UrsulaVonDerLayen #EU

Western Hypocrisy part 2 #WesternHypocrisy #WesternDoubleStandards #IsraelWarCrimes #Gaza #AntonyBlinken #USA

@cdarwin If Russia owned the administration, this is pretty much what they would do. Not saying, but,

[Parenting] A pretty major factor in parenting our clumsyy, impatient, confused, teen boy, is what I would loosely term correction fatigue. Basically, there's only a certain percentage of all interactions that can consist of us correcting him without it becoming a serious issue. This afternoon […]

#justaustraliathings #justaussiethings The extremely linear positive correlation between my time in any given job, and the % of my chat responses that consist entirely of "maaaate"

This is a truer representation of the actuality of the situation.

Why is Microsoft like this? So I made a typo in my Link, now I have to delete and go again?

Wow. "AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months. High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. " […]

Making GenZ whince by continuing to use "gooner" in the sense of Arsenal fan.

bluesky has discovered Harry Pottern and the Methods of Rationality, the fanfic the rationalist cult used as a recruitment method and that led in a straight line to the Ziz cult. Everyone at the Ai bubble companies has read this thing […]

That royal Commission should be renamed "Australian royal Commission into what upsets israel" Hugz & xXx

Some Tech Companies Have Privately Pushed Back on #ICE Subpoenas. They Should All Do More. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/some-tech-companies-have-privately-pushed-back-ice-subpoenas-they-should-all-do #privacy #immigration #politics

AI that absolves you from thinking critically sure did land at a convenient time when thinking critically about the world is a constant torment and moral injury.

Oh, you say you care are about genocide? So why do you remain silent about the ethnic cleansing of future AI people.

Too much a fan of The Streets to ever be a White Shirted Man, but I sometimes sport a range of off-whites

Australia's grid emissions are falling *way* slower than previous grid operator scenarios laid out. Fossil fuel elimination and climate action are the reasons the 'energy transition' exists: if coal plants are being extended, then something is going *very very* wrong. ketanjoshi.co/2026/08/14/p...

@machote2000 account led than a month old, 2200 follows and no posts? Blocked & reported.

Bris... Veges.

Thinking about fixing a semi-broken thing, a stream of consciousness🧵