I do: 📸🥃🍷☕️ I watch: 📽📺🎭 I follow: 🏉🏒🏍 Shy, introvert, anti-gambling sport lover who watches way too many tv shows & movies. Strong advocate for "you do you" where it doesn't impose on others, and Wheaton's Law (aka don't be a dick).
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Last Notes npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Really? Do we really need this? Can we .. I dunno .. not? #CineMastodon📽️ https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/entertainment/celebrity/2024/08/02/universal-pictures-britney-spears-biopic npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/556/042/095/145/165/original/c7fed22ba37b1f51.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I need this shirt. Oh, and fuck live exports. It's an industry that's cruel and deserves to die. Find elsewhere to sell your stock. #KeepTheSheep https://michaelwest.com.au/farmers-fuming-over-live-sheep-export-ban-and-budget/ https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/442/936/764/961/194/original/ba3af4ece9fff2b2.jpg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I watch a lot of dashcam vids (mostly DCOA). A not insignificant number of crashes are caused by someone "being courteous" as opposed to following the right-of-way laws. Follow right-of-way. Be courteous ONLY within right-of-way rules or when there's grey zones about who has right-of-way. Never be courteous in ways that go against right-of-way rules. https://xkcd.com/2932/ https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/437/432/007/252/744/original/a3e2328d9d81c702.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie War Crimes whislteblower David McBride sentenced to 5 years prison for doing the right thing. War Criminals he blew the whistle on still free and completely unpunished. At worst, one suffered self inflicted financial pain for filing defamation suits he then lost. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/david-mcbride-former-army-lawyer-sentenced-to-five-years-for-stealing-and-leaking-afghanistan-war-documents npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie It feels like just last week was the last time this happened. Why are people? Like, why do they? It's not just NRL, this happens across a lot of sports in a lot of countries. You'd think people would have phased such behaviour out of their system 20-30 years ago. And the people who did it are probably reading these articles going "Wow, I wonder who that was? Certainly wasn't me, *I*'m not racist!" https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/431/563/072/765/687/original/3eb0b36634de81b6.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Because selfish employees won’t work double the hours for the love of the company and no extra pay, and insist on premium perks like being paid at least minimum wage and super. The hide of them. How dare. People don’t want to work anymore. Quiet quitters, the lot of them. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/11/feeling-the-pinch-why-are-so-many-australian-businesses-failing npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Warning: Put your irony meters at a safe distance. Mass scraper of copyright work is trying to claim copyright over the use of their logo on a subreddit. https://www.404media.co/openai-files-copyright-claim-against-chatgpt-subreddit/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie There is either a truck eternally backing up. Or a neighbour’s smoke alarm is going off and they’re not home. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Now if they had just put it on the blockchain ... ... isn't this how FB started? As a website for the same thing? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-07/boys-expelled-from-yarra-valley-grammar/103813488 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Brilliance from DavPope. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/376/542/279/234/351/original/da4cee944007119f.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I was going to wish everyone a happy No Pants Day, but is it 3rd of May or 6th of May? https://nationaltoday.com/no-pants-day/ https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/373/689/271/372/004/original/b8aced03157cf3ab.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie This is really a test of whether the previous Liberal Government implemented a reasonable system or whether this is yet another clusterfuck of theirs. I hate that it's Elon challenging it, because he's the last person who I want to get a win out of it. But these eSafety laws (especially as they applied to companies that didn't operate in Australia, you know, like X) were a bit of a joke. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/may/02/australias-online-safety-regulator-has-drawn-a-line-in-the-sand-for-x-will-she-prevail npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie The latest installment of Ed Zitron's @npub1w5g…g3mv investigation in to Google and The Rot Economy is now up. Check it out. These have been fantastic reads. https://www.wheresyoured.at/managing-up/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Is anyone else just hesitantly nervous that one day BTS ARMY & Swifties will one day find something to cross eachother on, that will turn in to all our war between the fan groups? I'm always hoping that day will never come. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/312/993/421/964/960/original/1bee500f4e0f6082.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Phrasing matters. ESPECIALLY in journalism. I'm listening to the ABC News Daily podcast, it's on Trump's view on abortion. They keep using the term "pro life" despite anti-abortion campaigners making it clear time and time again that they don't care less about the life of the mother or child (won't support pre/post-natal care, don't care if the abortion leads to BOTH mother & child dying), they just don't want abortion. Full stop. Calling them "pro life" is very showing. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Some years you need to get to the second or even 3rd round of playoffs before seeing proper playoff hockey. Both matches today have looked the part. First matches of first round. #NHL #StanleyCup #StanleyCupPlayoffs npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie First #NHL #StanleyCup #StanleyCupPlayoffs game down. Now to watch the first game in Boston knocking the Maple Leaves out of the playoffs. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie The people best known for screaming "BUT MAH FREEDUMS!!!" have abolished the freedom to peacefully protest in 3 US states. https://www.vox.com/scotus/24080080/supreme-court-mckesson-doe-first-amendment-protest-black-lives-matter npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Oh god. Ohgodohgodohgod. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/art-6 https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/254/574/160/717/475/original/2b754e58c61b7904.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie A place I used to work, the boss *loved* D-Link NAS's. And the boss was a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Never patched devices & systems. The only reason any client's systems got updated was *me*. I can guarantee you as long as the drives are still spinning, those clients will still have these in use. Possibly internet facing. https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/dlink_issues_rip_and_replace/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie IPA doing IPA things again. Released a review showing AAP FactCheck and RMIT FactLab were "favourable" to left poli's 65% of the time and right poli's 35%. Is it because the right lies more? Nahh, has to be favouritism & bias! #AusPol #MissingThePoint https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/04/09/fact-checking-australia-bias-culture-war-ipa/ https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/238/632/544/688/133/original/252ebf2f5c0d7647.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie There's now been 111.4mm rain since midnight in BoM's nearest gauge to me. And the report I heard this morning expected Sydney to be hit hardest TONIGHT. #SydneyWeather npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie "Reynolds had to mortgage a property to pay for the case in her bid to 'vindicate her reputation'" She absolutely did not *have* to. This was a choice. This is vindictive. This is spite. This is revenge. Further traumatising a rape victim & prolonging their pain by suing for defamation does more to damage Reynold's reputation than Higgins' comments ever did. #AusPol #Higgins #Defamation #Reynolds https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/04/04/taylor-auerbach-seven-massages-bruce-lehrmann/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Oh dear god. There's one person in the office who has said "I'm a bit of an elon musk fanboi" a few years ago. Now in a work group chat he's quoted The Babylon Bee X account (a VERY right-wing / racist / white nationalist "satire" account). npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Popcorn shortages to hit Australia as #BruceLehrmann defamation trial to be extended. New evidence being allowed. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-02/act-network-ten-new-evidence-bruce-lehrmann-defamation/103658440 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I totally get wearing logos, colours & branding for a sports team, sure. But paying your own money to wear logos, colours & branding for a company? What? They should be paying people to do their advertising. Not asking people to pay for the privilege of doing their advertising. Why would anyone do this? https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/consumer/2024/04/02/aldi-mania-streetwear npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g I mean when you’re OK with an entire sport that in itself is pure animal abuse, there’s probably a whole bunch of other stuff you just DGAF about too. Child welfare etc. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g 7th concussion in 3 years .. at THIRTEEN YEARS OLD??? JFC. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I’M AWAKE! npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Do these proposals include dog whistling to racists and nazi's? But seriously, surely this is all already covered by existing laws and is nothing more than grandstanding and headline grabbing but the potato? #AusPol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-14/dutton-push-criminalise-social-media-crime-promotion/103586388 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Dear people whinging about pie day and American-only date formats, the ISO standard is 2024-03-14. Your DD/MM/YYYY isn't the standard either. Embrace ISO8601. Set all your computers and devices that support it to using it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Chiro's are quacks. They're not back doctors nor back specialists. And they're ESPECIALLY not anything-else doctors. They've gotten in to the public psyche as back doctors, but what they do isn't supported by scientific evidence. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/13/no-one-should-see-a-chiropractor-thinking-they-are-seeing-a-doctor npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie A lot of "viral" and "real sitaution" reels / short videos are scripted. There's an industry behind it. https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/03/11/happy-meal-karen-viral-video-anatomy/ https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/073/978/158/101/136/original/d7dbd3cea764afb9.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie -reads what Sam Kerr apparently said- JFC, really? Is that all? 🙄 How the actual F are you a police officer if you're that damned sensitive and fragile? Harden the F up. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/06/sam-kerr-allegedly-called-police-officer-a-stupid-white-bastard-source-says npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Sussan Ley confirms that the Liberals are digging in on Victoria's nazi problem and appealing to / targeting that demographic in the by-election. Their campaign will actively be dog-whistling xenophobes, racists, white nationalists, etc. #AusPol #VicPol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-01/dutton-ley-immigration-detainee-wrongful-arrest-dunkley/103531676 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie If you want to subscribe to something that renews annually, you’ve only got a few hours left to do it. #29Feb npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I know I saw this in the cinema just 3 weeks ago, but 3 weeks ago wasn’t a double header with Dune: Part 2 (2024). #CineMastodon📽️ Tonight is. #NowWatching https://trakt.tv/movies/dune-2021 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Gen-X nerds who were carrying around cases that contained 24, 50, or more CD's containing DivX movies & TV Show collections. Pull those old cases out of storage, your time is about to come again! https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-super-dvd-scientists-develop-massive-1-petabi-1851272615 https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/001/451/249/503/283/original/d640371a00282701.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1fuh…3kut @npub19g8…he8h One month ago Sky News Aust was outraged, outraged I tell you because the membership of a WhatsApp group that lobbied to have an ABC journalist fired was leaked / doxxed. Doxxing was terrible etc. So many innocent people. Now they’re out there doxxing Palestinians for escaping genocide and ending up in Australia because all Palestinians are terrorists or something. The. Fucking. Hypocrisy. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie If you go to a bar, look around you and see nothing but Nazi’s, you’re at a Nazi Bar. I’ve long said CPAC was an extremist gathering and no right person should be proud to show their face there. They’re no longer hoping nobody notices the Nazi’s and kicking out the most blatant ones. They’re now openly welcoming and mingling with Nazi’s. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/988/718/539/630/408/original/4333b9bfd8655ec9.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g Both Florida and Texas are two places I’d avoid right now. And there’s so many other states doing not good things too. Heading in bad directions. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie This. https://aus.social/@[email protected] /111958800765737876 When you "round up your total and donate to charity", the company is using your money to give themselves a tax break, rather than putting their own money to charity for their tax break. You get all of the cost, they get all of the benefit. Never do those. Save the money and make your own charity donations at a later time. Get your own tax break from it. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/960/125/605/061/886/original/992497db8ef47f1a.png npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie User generated content being provided for free to Reddit is being sold to unnamed AI company in $60m/year deal that content creators don't see a cent of. https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/19/reddit-user-content-being-sold/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Both the regulators and the industry were aware of the asbestos issue for more than 10 years. Sat on it. They’re complicit in the problem and all deserve the book thrown at them. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/19/ex-senior-watchdog-staffer-says-nsw-asbestos-crisis-destined-to-happen-after-decade-of-regulatory-failure npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Queensland still hasn’t recovered from the last 2 cyclones and all he flooding they brought, and there’s another incoming. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/16/tropical-cyclone-lincoln-queensland-weather-warning-forecast-flood-death-brisbane-rain-storms-bom-radar npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/939/060/867/923/967/original/2a8b3b0bf71d3cca.jpg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie This is one thing I still don't understand about every company jumping in on AI. Until it can be confirmed the AI is giving ACCURATE information, it's quite simply not fit for purpose. Sure play with it now, but don't put it live until it's confirmed accurate. Air Canada was ABSOLUTELY responsible for this. That they fought it to the point it went to court is absolutely ridiculous and shows them to be utter shitcunts. https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/air_canada_chatbot_fine/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie For those who missed the note on why the queer.af domain was shuttered. It's the Taliban. https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-breaking-mastodon-instance/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Ahh 4chan. If it's not spawning brainworm conspiracy theories such as QAnon, it's doing absolutely terrible things like daily challenges that create a deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/4chan-daily-challenge-sparked-deluge-of-explicit-ai-taylor-swift-images/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Google and Mozilla don't like Apple's new iOS browser rules. Google and Mozilla want iOS's new EU browser rules to apply worldwide, not just inside the EU. Sheepie does too. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/google-and-mozilla-dont-like-apples-new-ios-browser-rules/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie From the 🦋 place. Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame has finally seen the stupidity and selfishness of Libertarianism. https://bsky.app/profile/mightygodking.com/post/3kjtdzk2um22l https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/819/447/488/185/173/original/c0ab63e55343622b.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie 90% of top media sites block AI scraping bots. Right-wing media welcomes them. Nothing could possi-blye go wrong. https://www.wired.com/story/most-news-sites-block-ai-bots-right-wing-media-welcomes-them/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Want to start your day off with a laugh? The supportive crowd sizes at Trump's rallies have shrunk so small that the jeering and boos from those outside protesting can no longer be covered up. He actually stopped his speech and stood around waiting for an opportunity to speak through the boos. https://boingboing.net/2024/01/22/trump-booed-mercilessly-at-a-new-hampshire-rally.html npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1env…82t0 I'm going to get a portable thing for now. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1env…82t0 Thursday & Friday are scheduled to be even warmer. I'm actually hoping they'll keep her to / beyond those days. Make sure she has time to be strong enough for them. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Welp. At Royal North Shore hospital. Mum not coping with today’s heat very well. Seems OK now. They’re doing more tests on her. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I'm a big fan of Indigenous art. It's vital to make sure if you're buying it, that it's from an actual artist. Especially for this. Support local. https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/01/19/artificial-intelligence-fake-indigenous-art-stock-images/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie "Freed immigration detainee sues Australian government for damages for alleged false imprisonment" Good. Both Liberal and Labor have been all-in when it comes to offshore concentration camps and constantly trying to one-up the other in horrible treatment of LEGAL asylum seekers. Seeing an ex-detainee do this makes me happy. #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/16/freed-immigration-detainee-sues-australian-government-for-compensation-for-alleged-false-imprisonment npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie If it's impossible then their business model is a failed one. Aaron Swartz was arrested and charged federally with wire fraud for automating the collection of academic journal's he had authorised access to download which eventually lead to his suicide. So much less than OpenAI was doing, received so much more punishment than they have so far & driven to suicide due to it. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/01/openai-says-its-impossible-to-create-useful-ai-models-without-copyrighted-material/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie I saw people this morning celebrating Substack changing its stance on Nazi's and platforming them. It's only removing 5 posts. They're still being platformed & monetised. This is not anything to celebrate. via @npub1a24…dkqm . https://www.platformer.news/p/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie That Alaska Airlines flight that had the outer door cover blow out leaving a massive hole in the side of the plane? The person sitting closest to it lost their iphone. It's been found. Undamaged. https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/08/iphone-survives-fall-from-plane/ npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g But of course they will. How did I not see this paragraph coming? I feel so naive in my not expecting it. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/678/326/353/495/351/original/2aedfa975eb6c715.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie So our decision to join the Iraq invasion was based purely on John Howard being a dumbass. Cabinet and parliament saw no official documents, purely had to go by lil’ jonny howard’s word and oral testimony. And the dumbass still stands by the decision. #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/01/australia-went-to-war-in-iraq-based-on-oral-reports-to-cabinet-from-john-howard npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g Knowing Elon he's probably seeking to penalise the staff for shutting the system down and losing productive hours, seeking compensation from them for lost productivity. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie NSW Police have announced the days drivers will be too distracted staring at their speedo to pay any attention to the road & lanes around them this christmas and in 2024. https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/593/239/282/893/597/original/6c8de97e842fbcda.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g Remember days after 6th of January when all bar a few Republicans said they were disavowing Trump and would never support him again? And everyone celebrated this? npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie And this is why you never EVER trust cold callers. Even if they’re calling from the right number. If they’re an org you actually do deal with, look up the number yourself (don’t ask them for it), and call that. They have ways to verify you. You don’t have ways to verify them other than by being the caller. https://mastodon.social/@shoq/111525752265963314 Hoping the person being discussed got some proper help from their actual bank and has been able to get this resolved. Best wishes. It can happen to anyone. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub1r6c…ul6f If I'm reading that cover right, the way for men to conquest over cannibal crabs is to marry the virgin ones? npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie TIL Clive Palmer's denied coal power plant was claiming it'd be "carbon neutral". A COAL power plant. Through "Carbon Capture and Storage" of course, a tech that is unproven. The most efficient at-scale plants only operate at 50% MAX, meaning half "captured" carbon is returned to atmosphere. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-23/clive-palmer-carbon-neutral-coal-power-plant-waratah-coal/103136992 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Push headline "Australians tipping habbits are failing to keep up wiht rising restaurant prices". WHO THE FUCK TIPS IN AUSTRALIA? Don't we pay our staff living wages so you don't have to? So it's purely a gratuity rather than a way for them to survive? Please don't normalise the American tipping system here. It's horrible. Normalise living wages. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/21/australians-tipping-habits-fail-to-keep-up-with-rising-restaurant-prices-data-reveals npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie @npub1xr8…3q0g If you're Gen X or elder Gen Y, it's worthwhile getting another measles booster or getting an antibody test. There was a period where only one measles vaccine was given standard, but it's now recommended there be 2. So there's a not insignificant number of people in Australia who are under-vaccinated for measles. About a year before the dark times I got a blood test and there was no sign at all of measles antibodies in my system, so the doc scheduled me in for dual measles boosters. I went and got this checked due to ongoing outbreaks thanks to antivaxxers and due to being in the age group where only 1 was standard. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Oh dear. Bronwyn Bishop tells Sky News Aus that ABC is aligning itself with nazi policies. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/10/abc-complain-bronwyn-bishop-sky-news-nazi-national-socialism If she's not hyperventilating about things being communism, she's hyperventilating about other completely made up and fantasized concerns. She needs to be in a home, not on a "news" channel. And of course the host was the queen of claiming there's controversy and conspiracies in places where there isn't in fact any at all, Sharri Markson. #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/10/abc-complain-bronwyn-bishop-sky-news-nazi-national-socialism npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie But, but, but, the Liberals are good with money! Morrison Government wasted $46m on face masks that were unusable against covid. #AusPol #Covid https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/08/australian-government-paid-millions-for-unusable-covid-face-masks-from-obscure-online-retailer-ntwnfb npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie You know that feeling when you get out of the shower, put on a clean shirt and it’s just, itchy? Only lasts about half an hour at most. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Someone on BlueSky referred to this as “LARPing as a firefighter” and I just can’t even. That’s perfect. Don’t. Don’t do that. Especially during a bushfire emergency. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-31/queensland-bushfires-live-updates/102872682 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Today is apparently the 1 year anniversay of Musk officially buying X, which means 1 year of me being on Mastodon. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie -bottom lip tremble- No more truly fitting moment for this comic than here. #DogsOfMastodon https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-24/worlds-oldest-dog-dies-bobi-rafeiro-do-alentejo-/103013148 https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/287/935/226/455/054/original/b82983fc6e8e10ee.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/111/287/935/804/541/691/original/30c3de4023a09067.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie (1/5) I'm voting yes and I'm asking others to vote yes as well. One way I've had the #VoiceToParliament described to me, is that it gives Aboriginal people the same type of access to see early drafts of policies and provide feedback on them, that lobbyists have. Without having to pay for access. I find this an absolutely wonderful thing for Aboriginal people to get. If this description is accurate, then I absolutely support it. #VoiceToParliament #Yes23 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Lachlan Murdoch has endorsed Tony Abbott to join the Fox Corp (US) board of directors. Talk about actively trying to sink your own company. JFC. 😂🤣 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/23/lachlan-murdoch-endorses-tony-abbott-to-join-fox-corporation-board-of-directors npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Internet Of Things Chastity Cages. What a world we live in. The future is truly lit. (Oh, and the company has left everything in plain text including addresses of customers). https://infosec.exchange/@lorenzofb/110996963209452134 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Normalise politicians wearing the embroided logo of their corporate paymasters on their outfits. #AusPol https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/110/998/540/669/646/352/original/ee4ada8b3ad1a873.jpeg npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie #CineMastodon #NowWatching https://trakt.tv/movies/major-league-1989 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Every single podcast in my feed this morning is on the #Matildas #FIFAWWC . How good is this for #WomenInSport #PlayLikeAGirl ? I absolutely love the way people are discovering women's sport is actually good. If I follow a sport it's generally both men's & women's teams. Not always but mostly. It'd be great to see larger crowds at the women's matches! Especially the #SuperW Rugby Union and #AWIHL Ice Hockey (starting late October). npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie "Supermarket evacuated after spider whose bite can cause painful erections [...] spotted" I'm assuming it was evacuated around overcrowding by boomers & politicians fears? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/penny-spider-erection-venom-supermarket-b2391534.html npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie In America, a student shooting a teacher is a "workplace incident" and thus is only entitled to workers comp, nothing else. That's how normalised school shootings are now. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/03/educators-outraged-teacher-shot-in-school-workplace-injury/ #USPol #GunControl npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie PM announces $38m in drought funding to help farmers against climate change. How does this compare to fossil fuel subsidies that work against farmers and climate change? #AusPol #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/anthony-albanese-announces-drought-funding/102717124 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Iraq bans the term "homosexuality". Asks media to use "sexual deviance" instead. Fuck Iraq and their homophobia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-09/iraq-bans-homosexuality-asks-media-to-use-sexual-deviance/102705452 npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie Newscorp has been using OpenAI to create 3,000 news stories per week. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/01/news-corp-ai-chat-gpt-stories They already pay their journalists bugger all while giving their opinion writers high 6-figure salaries. Now they're automating the real journalist's jobs. Despite OpenAI's propensity to bullshit (or as they call it "hallucinate", it's probably still more accurate than The Daily Mail Aust. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie One good thing about the Twitter/X rebranding is now we can use "Twitter" to refer to the pre-Musk site and "X" to refer to the post-Musk site. That's the terminology I'm running with from now on anyway. npub1vz4pyjg6wh7hfmsrtuqjy8elezwscxk0kxz09x845jnhfqcgd73sf8cagr Sheepie The movie "Sound of Freedom" is just a QAnon wet dream. Written by and starring QAnon people. Many get in to it with concerns about child abuse protection, and often act in ways that actually thwart the authorities and organisations actually working in those areas, making their jobs harder. I'd recommend avoiding this movie rather than falling in to the trap of it that also gets many in to QAnon. #CineMastodon https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/28/australian-cinema-chain-co-owned-by-mel-gibson-to-screen-us-conservative-hit-sound-of-freedom