Sign in

Andrew Jennings

@andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
99 followers 3 following 2.1K posts

ebike touring, writing Born at 312ppm, Melbourne (Naarm) Australia [background picture is Flinders blowhole on a calm day] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ aus.social/@andyjennings, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Andrew Jennings
Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 19h
I got a call from someone I don't know. "Hi. We have a FreeBSD server. It's been working perfectly for years, but it hasn't been updated since then. We asked AI to update it, but now it won't boot anymore. It didn't even make a backup before starting. The AI keeps trying things, everything is […]
mastodon.bsd.cafe
Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe
151186
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Eshaness, Shetland #travel
rugged cliffs with huge waves
012
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
A photo in the Shetland museum #travel
a band looking relaxed
001
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
all that remains of a 12 century temple on Shetland. Located at one of the few spots you can’t see the sea #travel
a temple stone wall
011
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
[AI] antipodes.substack.com/p/everything…
antipodes.substack.com
Everything AI Is Killing Was Dying Already
I’ve been writing software since the late 1990s.
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Lerwick, Shetland #travel
A very old house right in the water
012
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
[AI] It’s a large industry, writing about AI. But for philosophical and moral clarity the Pope is by far the most clear
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
I’m reading Vigil by George Saunders #bookstodon #fiction
001
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
#travel I am in Helsinki on way to Shetland. Melbourne to Narita then over Alaska and Greenland. Extreme measures to avoid the Middle East
001
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
was behind a motorcycle rider on the Eastern freeway today. He had to slow to about 40km/hr as the surface was so dangerous. So I sat behind him in the car. There should be criminal penalties for the politicians that created this mess. #auspol #springst
210
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
For the next six weeks I will be travelling. Scotland: Shetland, Orkney. Norway: Tromso. Japan: Kobe, Beppu. Will post the odd photo #travel
021
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
the UK triple lock pension is as hard for me to understand as the American fascination with guns.
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I watched the final season of The Bear. It’s brilliant
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
new record on my morning walk. One house has ten cars.
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
gold www.betootaadvocate.com/alan-kohler…
betootaadvocate.com
Alan Kohler Retires And Realises Lifelong Dream To Open Boutique Graph Shop In Charming Rural Village
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Financial journalist Alan Kohler has left the public broadcaster after thirty odd years to open a boutique graph shop in a nice country town not too far from Melbourne. As this masthead rarely concerns itself with the affairs of so-called "regional Victoria", the
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I have been doing my new volunteer job for a month. Answering the phone for people seeking emergency relief. They are unfailingly polite and patient while I go through a list of questions. As the phrase "global warming" is trite and ridiculous so the phrase "cost of living crisis" does not begin […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Mr Shoebridge absolutely nailing the national mood "People are desperate for material change. They don't want another meaningless message being delivered by some Labor hack that they know isn't going to change their lives. They want to take on the vested interests." #auspol (every time Mr […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
085
Reposted by Andrew Jennings
Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This sort of fall takes house prices back to where they were only a few years ago, when the headlines were about the insane unaffordability. It's the more expensive homes (already over inflated) which are experiencing a drop - the lower end of the market has barely moved.
1325491
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
I will really miss his work. Legend www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/alan…
abc.net.au
Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC
Alan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year.
001
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
my favourite Pt Leo sculpture park
100
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
I should have clarified my comment on China EVs. BYD makes no profit on each car sold. This is a problem #ev
002
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
On how wrong they are joequant.substack.com/p/my-god-thes… #auspol #china
joequant.substack.com
My God these China experts are idiots - What is really happening with the Chinese economy
I’ve been reading a lot of “foreign policy experts” and “China economic experts” talking about the Xi-Trump summit, and I have been absolutely astounded at how clueless and uninformed these people are.
012
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Hartcher (Age today) annoyed at Trump for his concessions to China. That meme you've been stoking for two decades, Peter? The impending US-China conflict that is inevitably approaching? (That you and Richard Marles stoke continuously?). You are a journalist, Peter. You are supposed to interpret […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
today’s grandkid activity: Pt Leo sculpture park
001
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@glyph/117346820196… Rather than wait for the fake stuff to crash, instead ask what actually useful systems look like. #AI
000
Reposted by Andrew Jennings
Glyph @glyph.im · 28/09/2026
New Blog: What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like? Every “AI” tool is missing critical features that you would need if you wanted to do real work with them. What would those look like, if they existed? blog.glyph.im/2026/09/serious-ai-pr…
blog.glyph.im
Deciphering Glyph :: What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like?
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
4518
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
result of my study of China ev market? When you discount to zero profit eventually you need someone to bail you out. I can’t see that being forthcoming from the China govt. They outlawed predatory discounts in China, so why would they support them overseas? #ev #business
101
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
spent some time studying China ev market. If you think end time capitalism is weird then Leninist economics says “hold my beer” #business #finance
013
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
RE: mastodon.online/@kentparkstreet1/11… I read this that they offered a holiday house to the Liberal MP. Of course they would not work with such trackable items. #auspol
mastodon.online
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
I do like Ted Lasso. It also has the most unlikely of characters: a surgeon with a human personality
121
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Laura writes about Europe and Russia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-26/euro… - surely the important story here is that Russia looks set to take both […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
"China can control BYD cars" My response "The China cyber army consists of around 70K personnel. They are highly trained and well equipped. They can hack any car in minutes." #ev
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
#gardening anyone have experience with the Ozito water pump? My old pump just died and this looks good for my modest needs
202
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
one image explaining why i am absolutely over 1N farmers. Over 70% of australian agriculture is for export, and it is just not a sensible place to be doing it #auspol
graph showing how much of each country is arable. Australia sits at 4%
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
[AI] every second day i have to explain about the stochastic parrot machines. "What are they doing?" "Giving children fireworks and matches and then wondering why the house burns down"
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
www.newstatesman.com/politics/econo… #auspol (read it, albo)
newstatesman.com
Andy Burnham's crusade against neoliberalism
Unproductive, indebted and internationally uncompetitive, Britain is caught in a savage economic bind
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
"Germany’s government, led by Friedrich Merz, has committed itself not merely to higher defense budgets but to remaking the consciousness of its people for war. It mailed roughly 300,000 registration letters to young men of military age, encouraging them to volunteer. Five hundred and […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
011
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
my oldest friend that I ghosted lives in Pattaya. I'm pretty sure that the location serves a purpose, and I'm glad that I ghosted him.
100
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
the level of cognitive disconnect in Australia is remarkable. You have Richard Marles treating the US as a global power ready to come to our aid, where the Australian finance sector has the US as equivalent to Haiti #auspol
074
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
my gym has a big "blue zone" display. Places on the planet where people live much longer than normal lives. Indicating my gym as an aspiring blue zone. Younger me would have pointed out that data analysis has shown that the blue zones are created by people faking their birth dates to get early […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
grandson explaining to me all the ways of defeating ipad screen time monitoring.I tried the line "everything you do on there is logged". I should have realised this was futile.
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
drove through Frankston the other day and my companion pointed out the shops that are money laundering exercises. "That one, that one, ...." #melbourne
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
went shopping at the expensive suburb. Supermarket was full of employees doing shopping for the online customers. Spooky
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
read an excellent article by a Chinese- American person investigating the surrounds of the Tesla megafactory in Shanghai. The quietest, least disturbing building in the location? The data centres.
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Yes, it’s not about immigration. Fastest growing sectors globally are renewables, AI and health tech. I’m not sure that Australia is equipped to compete. #auspol #business […]
aus.social
Original post on aus.social
002
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
i am available as a guide to steer tourists away from hot spots. For example in Victoria: my favourites: Sale, Hastings, Mortlake, Beaufort #travel #Victoria
011
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
like the rest of australia i contemplate that if it is 25C in September it will be 55C in February
000
Andrew Jennings @andyjennings.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
great story. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/apri… I shake with rage when I contemplate the current dialogue about immigration in australia #auspol
abc.net.au
April Laguros came from the Philippines to save a regional aged care facility
The small agricultural town of Coolamon in NSW has sponsored 15 workers from the Philippines to keep their aged care facility afloat.
052