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Last Notes npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian YouTube has decided that I need to know about Stevyn Colgan and this invention, and perhaps you do too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJk2JvHTcz4 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “A billion-dollar residential complex dubbed as a futuristic wellness utopia is being built in Melbourne” https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/a-billion-dollar-residential-complex-dubbed-as-a-futuristic-wellness-utopia-is-being-built-in-melbourne-061324 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian My attention has been drawn to this packaging design from HP, which presumably someone approved. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Scientists in Queensland think they have recorded a world first after a tiger shark that they caught for tagging vomited up a whole, intact echidna. ‘It just got unlucky and got snapped,’ said one.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/06/tiger-shark-regurgitates-eats-echidna-australia npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “The BBC News channel is now available as a free livestream in Australia for the first time, available via BBC.com and the BBC app.” https://mumbrella.com.au/bbc-news-channel-now-streaming-free-in-australia-834343 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Review finds radio waves from mobile phones do not affect cognition,” which means these people were just stupid to begin with. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/review-finds-radio-waves-from-mobile-phones-do-not-affect-cognition npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “APS [Australian Public Service] tech professionals bullied, underpaid and looking for a new job” https://www.themandarin.com.au/247190-aps-tech-professionals-bullied-underpaid-and-looking-for-a-new-job/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “In a post to China’s popular WeChat platform last week, one writer bemoaned the shocking loss of nearly a full decade of information from the early days of the country’s domestic internet. Within hours the writer’s reflections had vanished too.” https://chinamediaproject.org/2024/05/27/goldfish-memories/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 730: Two podcasts down, a slightly fixed back, and a photo of a pub from weeks ago” https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/730/ Covers 20–27 May 2024 and contains the usual links to Interesting Things. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Enjoying the delightfully symbolic photos of a very wet Rishi Sunak. This one is by Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters via CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/22/uk/uk-early-elections-sunak-conservatives-intl/index.html npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 727: A quantity of geekery plus Katoomba in the mists equals productivity” https://stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/727/ Covers 29 April to 5 May 2024 and contains all the usual things. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Lol how timely from the Australian Institute of Criminology. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Sydney’s Inner West light rail will start running through the night” https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/sydneys-inner-west-light-rail-will-start-running-through-the-night-042624 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Poster seen in the student-ish section of Broadway, Sydney, last night. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Let's not make things worse for each other by reposting all the things that make us angry. Or even the news. If people want the news they can get the news for themselves. No one needs a crowd of people repeating what's already in the headlines. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian REMINDER TO YOUTUBE CREATORS: Do your audience a favour and turn off the “For You” section of your channel’s Home page and just let us look at what *you* choose to highlight, or just your latest work. Take control! npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Why does this feel like a challenge? npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “The [Australian] Department of Defence has released 10 pages of documents about UFOs, in response to a freedom of information request.” https://www.themandarin.com.au/243606-defence-drops-10-page-ufo-dossier/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “A world-first study has found that when asked a health-related question, the more evidence given to ChatGPT the less reliable it becomes -- reducing the accuracy of its responses to as low as 28 per cent.” https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2024/April/Good-evidence-confuses-ChatGPT-when-used-for-health-information npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Thailand on track to become first South-East Asian country to legalise gay marriage” https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/max-opray/2024/03/28/thailand-votes-gay-marriage-rights npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Oh now I can’t stop laughing! npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Well this sounds a bit shit. Is there any particular reason Australia suddenly needs a new way to be arseholes to foreigners? npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Lol the Ombudsfolk are unhappy with the ATO’s robotax processes. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/ato-criticised-for-resurrecting-old-tax-debts-causing-distress/103628076 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Lol. Crikey’s FoI request for documents relating to legal advice provided to the prime minister on doxxing was rejected “because they did not exist”. https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/03/20/anthony-albanese-doxxing-advice-freedom-of-information/ Ablo hav brain fart! npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian I see the Coalition tried to shut down debate on the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill this morning. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Chamber_documents/Live_Minutes?autorefresh=&track=0&scrollto=newest npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian IMPORTANT! I have just learned that Mark Humphries @npub1lna…vlea is crowdfunding for a documentary, “he Renters: A funny and factual look at the disrupted lives – and communities – of the millions of renters who make our towns tick.” https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/the-renters/ You know what to do. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “A tourist draw in Japan and the US, cherry blossom season is starting earlier as climate change makes winters warmer.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-03-17/cherry-blossoms-are-blooming-early-from-tokyo-to-washington ($ but it’ll probably offer you a freebie in exchange for your email.) npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Elon Musk Says Ketamine Is His Special Medicine” https://futurism.com/elon-musk-ketamine-don-lemon npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Inventor of the First Karaoke Machine, Shigeichi Negishi, Dead at 100” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/karaoke-machine-inventor-shigeichi-negishi-dead-obituary-1234988273/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Today, Friday 15 March, is World Sleep Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-sleep-day/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “The surprising key to [Australian] magpie intelligence: it’s not genetic” https://theconversation.com/the-surprising-key-to-magpie-intelligence-its-not-genetic-225654 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Personal trauma and criminal offending are closely linked – real rehabilitation is only possible with justice system reform” https://theconversation.com/personal-trauma-and-criminal-offending-are-closely-linked-real-rehabilitation-is-only-possible-with-justice-system-reform-224627 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “China and the US are wrestling over a web of cables we never see, but rely on every day” from ABC Pacific. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/the-cloud-under-the-sea/103137378 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Meth use is declining in Australia – but the public still sees it as the most worrying drug” https://theconversation.com/meth-use-is-declining-in-australia-but-the-public-still-sees-it-as-the-most-worrying-drug-224620 npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian NEW SURPRISE PODCAST: “The 9pm Cheap Booze Cheap AI Chocolate-Free Disappointment” (45m36s) https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00213/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Services Australia quietly stopped its use of automation for social security and welfare claims processing almost 12 months ago, resulting in a blowout in wait times for some Centrelink payments.” https://www.innovationaus.com/services-australia-quietly-paused-automation-12-months-ago/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Happy Lunar New Year, right now at 0959 AEDT with the New Moon. npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian Today’s the day that Gmail starts rejecting inbound bulk email that isn’t properly authenticated. https://blog.google/products/gmail/gmail-security-authentication-spam-protection/ npub1cqme7dyhgfz7894axzwrr2l0zh6sq9tcg58g533v2qf5mm07thfskcyq69 Stilgherrian “Elon Musk's company directors feel an 'expectation' to use drugs with him to avoid upsetting the billionaire, report says” https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-company-directors-drug-use-report-wsj-2024-2
