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Writing/Pod: urbanmind.substack.com Elsewhere: parenting, tech stuff Also: vices, capitulating to Plus: storm photos ⚡ Threads @nickgilpin

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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I wrote an essay about a very alarming / disturbing event that has a mystery at its centre. Banks, credit cards, scammers, and hacking using social influence converge here. One big question remains - is it a coincidence, or a conspiracy? urbanmind.substack.com/p/a-psycholo...
urbanmind.substack.com
A Psychological (and Digital) Hack
Authority, Social Influence, and an 18 hour Scam Call
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Essay here by me on parenting, raising little minds, talking about mental health through the lens of kids sport open.substack.com/pub/shedding...
open.substack.com
Growing Minds
A 10 Year Old's Thoughts on Mental Health - Through Sport
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Here is Aus we woke yesterday to an election result that completely rejected right-wing culture war mini-Trump fashy politics, returning our centre left govmt in landslide numbers for another 3 years. Then, this rainbow happened out the front of our house ☺️
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
If you've ever suffered fatigue, read this short essay I just posted and we can compete over who is more exhausted 😘 sheddingskin.substack.com/p/whats-wrong
sheddingskin.substack.com
What's Wrong?
Chronic Fatigue in a Fatiguing World
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This is my understanding of the US tariffs
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This 20 min audio essay from DFW from 2005 is pretty bloody good
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I wonder why Microsoft are hiking prices +28% for family Office subscriptions, and Google +22% for Workspaces Business licenses, both in the same month? Any ideas @edzitron.com or @garymarcus.bsky.social ? Hints below
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This appears to be true. I'm just an Aussie, watching from downunder, as the US flame-torches its own economy and reputation. Quite wild
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The fundamental weakness of Elon Musk is a lack of empathy
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Some shots of #Khruangbin from last night's set in #brisbane to brighten your feed. Epic fun 🎸🕺🏻
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Zelensky's official fundraising site here (.ua is the country code top-level domain [ccTLD] for Ukraine) u24.gov.ua
u24.gov.ua
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ignorant. Petulant. Aggressive. Egomaniacal. Degrading. Embarrassing.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Latest pod ep is up! Back for season 2, starting with the classic David Foster Wallace commencement speech 'This is Water' from '05. Timely, and timeless The pod is also on Apple and Spotify, search 'shedding skin podcast' sheddingskin.substack.com/p/s2-ep01-th...
sheddingskin.substack.com
S2 Ep01 - The Effort of Self Awareness with David Foster Wallace
Season 2 launching here with a 2005 speech by American author DFW
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Haaa. Elon's hastily constructed official 'doge' US gov site is easily hacked and has been defaced already
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Morning. What's happening? This: 🤦🏻🙈
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hello Bluesky! Here is a sun halo snap from my walk this morning. In case, you know, you need to *stop*, and grab a bit of natural beauty on your feed ❤️
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
IT guy here managing Google Workspaces for many clients. They're all having Google's Gemini generative AI semi-forced on them, and there's (currently) no way to turn it off (as confirmed in this article, worth a read) This is weird. Cc @garymarcus.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com
Google Quietly Installed A.I. to My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy.
Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hey @microsoft.com - no one *ever* wants to add a 2nd keyboard layout Ever. (those that do can do so once the PC is set up, like *a million other things* that don't need to be part of the initial config of Windows. Thanks!) #techguy
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Sunset looking over Mapleton Falls national park up the sunshine coast on the weekend 🌄
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13/01/2025
Seen in Venice Beach today
Graffiti wall art by @Steeke13. Text reads “THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS”
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Had this recommended to me, haven't listened yet. Will report back once I get to it No doubt control and paranoia are a big part of this man's reality www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/elons...
tortoisemedia.com
Elon’s Spies
<p>Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world. He's a billionaire, the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and more. To his followers, he's a hero; to his critics, a far-right rabble rouser. </p> <p...
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I made a mistake. I logged back into Twitter to take a peek. This was the 'news' section. **This just in - Elon is a hero, and something insane Trump said is being 'debated'!!**
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Apple AI on a roll here.... From @crikey.com.au written by Cam Wilson cc @garymarcus.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/08/a...
crikey.com.au
Apple’s new AI feature rewords scam messages to make them look more legit
'This is going to catch people out and cost them money,' one expert told Crikey.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The ultimate 'how it started' - 'how it's going' 2016 -> 2021 -> 2025 #zuck #trump #meta
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I refuse all those cookies. I don’t want to sign up. I don’t want to review the product. I shan’t become your member. I won’t stay on the line for a short survey. I don’t want to receive emails. No, you can’t have my email, phone, date of birth. Unsubscribe, unsubscribe, unsubscribe.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The title says it all. Except that Apple 'admitted to no wrongdoing' arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Where am I off to? To spend this *whole dollar* on penny whisles and moonpies of course! (Bupa, our health insurer, have 'given back' some money because of disruptions during covid times) We spend $13.50 *per day* on cover 😂
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Crowded House in Brisbane last night. Completely blown away. 'Private Universe' still floating through my head 24 hrs later. I feel so fortunate that we got to see them, immense musical pros who totally transported me for 2 hrs. I was sober, and the night felt like a deep drug trip. Very special
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Apple 'Intelligence' off to a good start. It 'AI-ified' some BBC notifications and shared 'Luigi Mangione shoots himself'. Earlier, 'Netanyahu arrested'. Both spectacularly wrong and made up, of course A brand neew way to get misinformation! www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
It's time for 'Nick's Parenting Wrap 2024' I'm looking for solidarity, and only a whisper of judgement my Bluesky friends! 😂 1/2
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Interesting population stats for Australia: Population - 27.2 million Over the last year: Births 289,100 Deaths 182,700 Immigration: 666,800 moved to Aus 221,200 left Pop increase 552,000 (2.1%)
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Must read longish essay / reporting by @davidmcswane.bsky.social - incredibly told tale of medical deceit and corruption Brutally heartbreaking for the people affected who are mere collateral to rampant ego/greed www.propublica.org/article/thom...
propublica.org
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/12/2024
NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform. With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.
wired.com
Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification
At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just swap 'reading' with 'listening' and 'eyes' with 'ears' and 'pages' with 'chapters of your audiobook' and you have me covered
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Matt Johnson writing in @quillette.bsky.social about The Free Press giving a pass to RFKj on the constellation of conspiracy theories he spouts and his often batshit takes on health/vaccines/everything Bad thinking, and bad reporting about bad thinking, all round quillette.com/2024/12/03/s...
quillette.com
Sanitising a Paranoid Crank
Misleading and irresponsible journalism is being used to launder the reputation of RFK Jr.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I log into FB (I know, why), scroll for a screen or two, and get this. AI slop shit that has nearly 600k likes w 9k comments, the majority of which are 'very nice' and 'nice picture'. What is happening? #enshittification
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Good read here by @garymarcus.bsky.social on 2 years of chatGPT - which has shown little improvement in that time, despite constant hype and billions of $$ open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com
ChatGPT, at Age Two
The bullshit just keeps on coming.
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Black Fri is a good reminder to unsubscribe from the email lists of every company you've ever bought anything from since time began
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hi Elon 👋🏻
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This is worth a read given the current state of geopolitics... (from the 1st scene of Francis Ford Coppola's #Megalopolis)
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
One night when we lived in Barcelona I sat near the Sagrada Familia for hrs taking photos as the sun set and the lights came on. No idea why I just thought of this, but good memories of patiently waiting for that dusk light 👍🏼 (And yes, I spent hrs editing out the cranes back then 😂 - 2013)
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The man never sleeps. Or thinks... Just tweets #elon
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Anthony Starks @ajstarks.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I could not resist:
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I'm a parent to young children I have a new existential crisis daily Let's keep this going!
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I see a lawsuit in your future
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Interesting chart
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
- How I make sense of different media platforms - Reddit: Tyrion (seems smart but often wrong) Threads: Jamie (honourable but bound to die under a pile of rubble) Bluesky: Samwell (immature but seeking wisdom) Patreon: Bron (will pay for pleasure) FB: Walder Frey .... X: Joffrey ....
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
An interesting study by Q.U.T finding right-wing algo boosting on X once Musk endorsed Trump Cc @arthurcdent.bsky.social Not surprising in the least of course, but good to see evidence eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
eprints.qut.edu.au
A computational analysis of potential algorithmic bias on platform X during the 2024 US election | QUT ePrints
Graham, Timothy & Andrejevic, Mark (2024) A computational analysis of potential algorithmic bias on platform X during the 2024 US election. [Working Paper] (Unpublished)
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Looking down our street last night, nabbed this cracker #storm #lightning #brisbane
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Nick @nickgilpin.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
New essay by me on seeking wisdom, AKA how to be less stupid. I lean on Socrates, Lao Tzu, Carl Sagan, also Greenday, Forrest Gump, Tyler Durden and Homer (Simpson). You know, all the classics sheddingskin.substack.com/p/seeking-wi...
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