@danalibrariana.bsky.social it is midnight in Australian and I am going to have a nightmare about AUTOMATED MOVING SQUISH SHELVES. Dana, what do you mean AUTOMATED?!

@danalibrariana.bsky.social · 20h ago

I’m a librarian at a university. The automated compact shelving puts us at even more risk for being squished.

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. When your SpaceX rocket hits the moon like a big piece of junk and you don't give a shit, you're a moron.

WTeverlovingF. I've lost count of how many surgical procedures I've had but there are always multiple name & DOB checks: on admission, again by nurse, asked to confirm wrist/ankle name bracelets, again in pre-op, also by anaesthetist/assistant, AND again in the OR. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Wrong operation: Melbourne grandmother sues after catastrophic hospital mix-up

The woman claims the incorrect and highly invasive procedure was performed on her after she was confused with another woman of the same name.

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Oh my lordy, yes. I overheard a bloke on the tram this week telling a younger man and I quote; "So I asked the ChatGPT if I was right about Ballarat and she agreed". Did he mean Siri? What about Ballarat? Now that Substack is getting scraped by AI, will everyone agree on the mystery Ballarat thing?

Kate Manne@katemanne.bsky.social · yesterday

Generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

All great families should follow this progression.

Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 22h ago

@forbes.com you don't mean 'contentious', you mean 'very stupid'. And why say 'factually inaccurate' when it's clearer to say, 'not true', 'lies', 'complete. bullshit' or 'just plain apeshit crazy'. Don't waft, report.

Forbes@forbes.com · 2d ago

During a contentious interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several claims about COVID-19, vaccines and measles. Here are some of the statements that were factually inaccurate.

Early medication abortion accounts for up to 90% of procedures in many high-income countries around the world, but only about half of early abortions in Australia receive medication care. Fixing this gap means expanding telehealth, supporting GPs, and exploring new models of care.

Medication abortion access still limited by location, study finds

Many Australian women are struggling to access early medication abortion because of where they live, despite more GP’s offering the option.

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Wow. Most people who've visited Stonehenge or even just seen photos or footage of the site surrounded by lush green grass should be shocked to see it looking like this. But hey ... we'll keep on mining and burning those fossil fuels, right? Right. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Spydere Man, Spydere Man Doth al things a spydere kan Sondry webbes he kan weaven Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man!

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Farewell to Vane Lindsay, 1920-2026, a giant and a gent in Australian cartooning, a child of The Great Depression who came through the technical college system, a WW2 veteran, book-lover & designer. Sympathy to all those who'll miss him.

Those of you still on X. How goes it on the deep-fake nudes & generated sex-pic distribution network targeting children & non-consenting women run by a sad creep who deliberately does Nazi salutes & has a baby-mama compound?

MPR News@mprnews.org · last wk.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent.

Lordy.

🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝@pepperraccoon.com · last wk.

Welp, I fired my client. I can't believe I have to say this, but please never ever ever ever ever feed an artist's work into an gen-AI LLM. Ever. Don't. Do. It.

Almost every big media site has reported this tiny study - with less than 25 New Jersey women who restricted eating to an 8-hour daily window & then did better on some, not all, cognitive tests - to say it protects against dementia. Scientists with good Press releases about weight get big coverage.

I beg your specific pardon. If you're seeing carnal theatre in a restaurant's open kitchen, you should definitely tip.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

Review by Elazar Sontag: When it comes to the carnal theater of live-fire cooking, Argentine restaurant Brasero Atlántico, which opened last year, is up there with the likes of the Dabney and Maydan. But something is wrong.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · last wk.

They're coming for your children www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/jk-r...

Australia has made the most of compulsory voting; it's a brilliant system that encourages community-engaged whingeing, cake stalls & sausage sizzling at polling places to help fund the public schools that whichever newly elected government will then underfund.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · last wk.

This would be a very good move. I'm a recent convert to mandatory voting and increasingly messianic about it open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

The Guardian is reporting this ... in its business section. #womenshealth

America is about to re-run the 18th Century.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

welcome to the Age of Diarrhea

I am both alert & alarmed. #testalert

Britain's vocal rightwing-activists, some politicians & its tabloid & columnist-driven media have a weird anti-trans obsession. Is it a colonial craving to always have a group to oppress? A pile-on mentality? The next square on the bingo card after 'communist' & 'gay'?

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2w ago

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

'Artificial intelligence systems—now an integral part of the Israeli war machine—began as tools developed to surveil every aspect of Palestinian life.' Target Practice - by Sophia Goodfriend #AI #Israel www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Target Practice | Sophia Goodfriend

In April 2024 international news sources circulated a video of a talk delivered by a senior Israeli military official during a tech conference at Tel Aviv

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Pontificating from your car seat is the new shaking your fist at a street-light.

Lady Yapper (KJ Colt)@moistenedtart.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is why I hate living in a post truth era. I can’t stand this guy, honestly, and she tells us exactly why I find him “off”. Also follow her, she’s pretty switched on.

Sister Pat Sparrow & other midwives at Crown St women's hospital in Sydney were never formally acknowledged for their 1961 warnings that thalidomide was damaging babies. Dr William McBride, who prescribed it, took credit (later exposed for research fraud). I can't even find a photo of her.

Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey single-handedly blocked the "wonder drug" thalidomide (US, FDA, 1960) & saved American children from severe birth defects. The first woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology, she used her expertise & immense courage to defy intense industry pressure. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)

Oh, wow I had no idea it was thought real-looking. Those velvet & pile faux furs look fake to me but what do I know!? I haven't even got an ermine hoodie ... like King George, or even an old-biffer hairy velvet bucket hat.

Mark Armstrong@fabricatus.com · 2w ago

Good point, they could have been kicking back against other furs like mink and rabbit. However I looked up the history of faux fur and the material seems to have been quite advanced by the time of these photos: americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stor...

I'd love to know if people avoiding movies & TV shows with certain men makes a dent in viewer numbers. I can't watch Casey Affleck, James Franco, Woody Allen, Mel Gibson, Cuba Gooding Jnr, without thinking of loathsome matters, so I don't watch any of their euwvre.

Lady Yapper (KJ Colt)@moistenedtart.bsky.social · 2w ago

Maybe if he hadn’t been a domestic abuser I might have hate watched it on principle… now I’ll just forget it exists

They were such a badge of poshness/respectability. Little rabbit capes were a thing and, with no idea of endangerment, spotty quoll muffs and knee blankets for travel. Kids of country-raised parents will remember, when they were small, being told 'skin a bunny!' when having their clothes taken off.

Richard Chirgwin@rchirgwin.bsky.social · 2w ago

In the 60s mum still kept a rabbit stole. Foxes still endured, but she detested them. I suspect even a rabbit represented $$$ so she kept it.

Since posting a photo of Lady Conan Doyle wearing a fox carcass (complete with paws & head) in a pic from my forthcoming book, some folk are agog to learn that it was a real 1930s-50s era fashion item. A taxidermy fur tippet or stole denoted respectability. More bananas than the crocheted bikini.

The only good moment of the dinner was Khadeeja Safdar’s handshake with Trump. She’s the WSJ reporter who broke the story on Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Trump published her home address and she had to go into hiding.

Michael Idato, a thoughtful cut-above in arts reporting, talking to & about director Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey and AI. (Good Weekend paywall.) www.theage.com.au/national/why...

Why is Christopher Nolan such a good director? We asked him (and Matt Damon, and Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine...)

From the Batman trilogy to Inception to Oppenheimer, the director has elicited the best from the big names. For his latest film, he takes on the original epic tale.

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