The names behind the core software we use every day: https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet/read #OpenSource

The people holding up the internet

Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

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Average woomba levels across Australia

If you run Linux, this list of CVEs suggests that upgrading the kernel sooner, rather than later, might be an excellent idea: https://lwn.net/Articles/1097401/ #linux #security

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PavelASamsonov/117361907824365148 AI can not generate _human_ opinion. By definition. It should come as no surprise that two of their key findings were "AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance. " and […]

Petty vs Bitter, an essay on not letting others grind you down. https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-be-a-petty-motherfucker/

How to be a petty motherfucker

Is there really a difference between being bitter or being petty? Most of the time I feel the latter is being confused with the former. Am I missing something here?

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Science geekery meets gaming. Analyzing the corrosion of the mugs in Monkey Island by Grog. https://jgeekstudies.org/2026/09/23/the-science-of-monkey-island-can-grog-actually-dissolve-a-metal-mug-that-fast/ #science #Games

US AI companies are trying to get an exception carved out of Australian copyright law. This is utterly uncouth. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/ai-companies-train-on-creator-work-documents-reveal/107154688 Yes, copyright law is broken, but cutting an exception into Australian law for […]

Given the horrors of the printing industry these days (DRM ink cartridges anyone?!?!), this seems like an excellent project for anyone in the market for an inkjet printer: https://www.opentools.studio/ #print #OpenSource

OpenTools / OpenPrinter

This is the homepage of the website

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An excellent Clarke and Dawe style take on the utter stupidity that is the #AusPol approach to ebikes and mobility scooters. By @rubenerd https://www.rubenerd.au/with-apologies-to-clarke-and-dawe-scooters/

Rubenerd: With apologies to Clarke and Dawe: Scooters

Senator Carr talking about banning mobility devices.

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A note from a paramedic friend of mine who worked the 2016 thunderstorm #asthma event in #melbourne #australia The last time we had a Victorian winter as wet as 2026 has been was 2016. We then went into a hot, dry spring - which is what's happening again. 1/10

Browsing through my webserver logs to see what the internet brings me today and I come across: user_agent: cve-2026-63030/1.0 Nice when the attack bot tells you exactly what it's after. This came from 85.239.151.0/24 registered under "Aeza International LTD". Turns out this company is under […]

#Australia switches the rules for #COVID boosters as of October 1. If you're due for a booster, best get it done in September as it's only covered for over 65 and immunocompromised people after that. Reference […]

I still lurk on the r/London subreddit and came across this hilarious piece of activist art which turns a bin into a "smart glasses amnesty bin" that apparently is just across the Ray Ban store. 💅 https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1wdqum6/outside_ray_ban_covent_garden/ #pervertglasses

France has added fees of up to 50% of an items price in an effort to curb ultra-fast fashion. This seems like an unalloyed good that #Australia needs to get on board with. I was somewhat horrified to learn that Australia has the highest per capita use of textiles in the world and that around […]

Various EV battery tests have shown that Electric Vehicle batteries retain the majority of their capacity, and their range, far longer than previously thought. As an owner of an Ioniq 5, @czds and I really like this article […]