Onno Benschop
@owh.bsky.social
Experienced polyglot IT professional, software developer, trouble shooter, researcher, public speaker, educator, writer and publisher, founder and small business owner, podcaster, and licensed radio amateur (VK6FLAB). /home is ext4 .. in a VM on ext4
Watched "Father Mother Sister Brother" and I can't stop thinking about it. Offering an all too recognisable peek at how three families navigate life, revealing the gap between sporadic wellness checks and reality with some intricate teeth clenching awkwardness. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_...
Father Mother Sister Brother - Wikipedia
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Until just now I'd never heard of Leon Black, seems he's never heard of the Streisand effect. I wonder who else is hidden away in the #Epstein files. www.nytimes.com./2026/09/03/b...
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
Are you sure that these geography enlightened ones aren't talking about Austria?
The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · last wk.Australia is being called a ‘loser country’ over the News Bargaining Incentive. Will we stand our ground?
Why does the Spirit of Tasmania V only have four lifeboats when it has a passenger capacity of 1,800?
How do you tell the #ABC News team that they have a spelling error? The name is Zeist, not Ziest as any Dutch speaking person could tell you. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottis...
More than 30 years on from Lockerbie bombing, first US trial faces delay
Almost four decades on from the Lockerbie bombings, as the first trial on American soil faces delays, here is what we know about the third man accused of the deadly terror attack.
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Finally we're hitting mainstream media. Australia next? Now all I need is a formal diagnosis, it's been 14 years, or 18, or almost 60 depending on how you count, we shouldn't rush these things. #hEDS #hypermobility #EDS #HSD #EhlersDanlos #MCAS #brainfog #constipation www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hypermobility - the little-known 'bendy disease' that causes pain
The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands in the UK, but many face delays in getting a diagnosis.
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#wtf "Tell nobody" .. this advice is what continues to benefit employers and disadvantage employees, as-if we don't already have more than enough power inequality in the workplace, wage and conditions secrecy to name one. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
The rules on job hunting while you're still employed
Expert advice on how to navigate job hunting and avoid burning bridges if you do find a new job.
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The designers at Royal Doulton need some reeducation in relation to how humans use crockery. 1. You need to be able to stack it. 2. It needs to fit in the dishwasher or drying rack. "Pretty" is not the primary design consideration, useless pretty is still #useless. #firstworldproblems
#Microsoft just devastated 171,000 non-profits by deleting their OneDrive data. slate.com/technology/2...
The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.
slate.com
Just arrived from the NSW Government’s small business support team thingy.
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Does your #Super fund have investment in any of these? #Alphabet, #Amazon, #Apple, #Tesla, #Meta Platforms, #Microsoft and #NVIDIA The European Central Bank is warming that this represents a serious risk that cannot be mitigated. www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
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Fiona's last delightful cartoon for guardo as a regular freelancer. Obviously I can't comment on this situation but I will say it is an unfortunate decision which I strongly disagree with. I love Fiona and if you run a media something you should hire her.
Fiona Katauskas@fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 4w agoMy final cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com 😭 (I always did cartoons for the International Guardian on Saturdays so this is a #USPol one with a bit of Leavitt-y) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#shopify continues to provide reasons to find an alternative service thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee
The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’
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If you need a reason to turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC when not in use, here's one. theconversation.com/new-tech-add...
New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable cars
License plate readers are widely used in the US. A new product marketed to police departments promises to add the ability to sense phones and other devices in passing cars.
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So .. perhaps it's time to take people who express themselves like this to court instead of the ballot box. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
One Nation candidate says gay people have a mental illness
A One Nation candidate in WA has described gay people as having a mental illness in an offensive new video posted onto social media.
abc.net.au
#genai If you're a writer and anything you produce is open to plagiarism claims, here's why you should seriously stop using unsupervised text extruders aka #llm www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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You don't need AI for productivity improvement, a simple script that detects the same consignment number coming through the same sorting centre more than once would prevent shipments travelling across the nullarbor five times .. and counting .. like say a box shipped to us a month ag. #auspost #fail
This is hilarious. The report exaggerates exceptionally tiny changes in the number of under-16s using age-restricted social media, downplays the number of under-16s moving to unmonitored private chats and sketchy sites, stomps its feet a lot about sites failing to accomplish the impossible,
Pete Etchells@peteetchells.bsky.social · last mo.The data report from the first three months of the Australian social media ban has now been released: www.esafety.gov.au/research/soc... Some thoughts:
Just watched Episode 1 of "New Zealand Spy" on ABC #iView and it's an absolute ripper with nods all over the place. Very funny! Highly recommended. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea...
New Zealand Spy - Wikipedia
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If you're a #radioamateur #solar #hf #propagation forecasts might seem impenetrable until you have an understanding of how the parts interact youtu.be/g7rZaYslkB0
CME, Wind, Flares, Flux and Geomagnetic Storms .. say what?
YouTube video by Onno VK6FLAB
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You've likely heard the terms Coronal Mass Ejection, or #CME, #SolarFlare and perhaps #SolarWind, Solar and #GeomagneticStorm, and #SolarFlux, but what do these terms actually mean and how do they relate? podcasts.itmaze.com.au/foundations/...
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