Reposted by Reselsnarkproblem goose @mammothfactory.bsky.social · 17hONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EASTaljazeera.comArab party leader forced to withdraw from Israeli electionsPalestinian participation in upcoming Knesset vote continues to shrink with withdrawal of Sami Abu Shehadeh. 810144
Reposted by ReselsnarkDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 1h"I don’t live in her [Gina’s] pocket." Barnaby Joyce confirms One Nation move to Gina Rinehart’s property. Her investment company Hanrine has purchased a three-storey office in the Brisbane suburb of Spring Hill for about $8 million. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comOne Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina RinehartBarnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates 71810
Reposted by ReselsnarkAnthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 2hOh yeah man, this datacentre stuff? Solid reputable businesses. www.afr.com/rear-window/...afr.comFirmus missed first rental payment to data centre landlordOliver Curtis and Tim Rosenfield’s multibillion-dollar juggernaut needed chasing to pay the bill that keeps the lights on. 4479
Reposted by ReselsnarkGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 8hAmy notes that China has joined Japan is now onselling Australian gas. FMD we *really* need to tax the gas. Barely a more obvious policy has presented itself. One political party will do it and they will get all the advantage. #TaxTheGas www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...thenewdaily.com.auTwo things easily missed while we were distracted by triviaIn Australia, we’re too busy looking at the next carriage on the political sushi train to realise the track itself is broken. 14329134
Reposted by ReselsnarkGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 8h“Sensible centre” code for status quo 1916331
Reposted by ReselsnarkBriony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 8hAll politicians are rich compared to most Australians, as is Karvelas. A tiny minority are acting for ordinary people who are having a hard time even surviving in this country and who will be impacted immediately by things like climate change. The rest are cosplaying and think it’s all a game. 173
Reposted by ReselsnarkAnthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 8hLike I said - they have no intention of changing how they behave. Look at this bullshit, "oh you should accept that we wont act as though we are a part of society" get absolutely fucked. bsky.app/profile/leah... 241
Reposted by ReselsnarkAnthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"oh we don't know how to sandbox or monitor our own software" is so incredibly fucking obviously a skill issue. If you don't have people capable of doing that, hire some. Or y'know, we can start asking questions about criminal liability for consequences of your shit software engineering practices 44711
Reselsnark @reselsnark.bsky.social · 9hWhy is it impossible for so many people to just say “yep, you’re right. I made an overly broad statement that could easily have been narrowed by adding a clarifier like “in academic economics” in my post. It’s perfectly reasonable people reacted to the plain ordinary meaning of the words I wrote.” 110
Reposted by ReselsnarkW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 15hWhy is reducing ideological bias a goal? To what end? Politics is almost always a fight over values, not facts. I don’t care if I am “biased” towards social justice, whatever that means. 421276159
Reposted by Reselsnarkkate @katewitko.bsky.social · 12hwe stopped the game and just stared at it for awhile 2396
Reposted by ReselsnarkVikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 17hThey do not want legal immigration. They brag about revoking legal visas and denying legal naturalizations. They want negative net migration, and they are succeeding at it 59132
Reposted by ReselsnarkBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16hPart of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 269102611861
Reposted by Reselsnarkshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12hi especially love all the dopes saying “when the internet first went mainstream everyone hated it too” like it happened in the pioneer days so no one can dispute it, like mf’ers we were THERE 1042481180
Reposted by ReselsnarkPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 9hThe two rules of software development: - Up-front thinking is Waterfall; we can only learn by shipping - There's no room on the roadmap for rework, so everything needs to be done right the first time Bosses love AI because they think it can give them up-front certainty on the cheap. But it can't.productpicnic.beehiiv.comThe fake double diamond is dead. The real double diamond is immortal.AI is not a substitute for divergent thinking, and the false certainty it gives will never save you from having to iterate. 66516
Reselsnark @reselsnark.bsky.social · 9hIf you ask an LLM about the future of AI, you aren’t going to get a reasoned understanding of where we are now, and what trajectory we are on. You are going to get a pastiche of every single science fiction novel or other media that has been stolen and ingested by these models. Stop it. 000
Reposted by ReselsnarkJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12hSchmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment. 642767511
Reposted by ReselsnarkJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 17hI am increasingly convinced that so many people have built their entire careers on plagiarism, and they do not know what real journalism is. 627064
Reposted by ReselsnarkTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 10hYour favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself. 311193247
Reposted by ReselsnarkCZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 11hVoter fraud remains a GOP tradition, example gazillion. Oklahoma Republican funder drinks and drives, almost kills someone, gets 8 year sentence, is released on ankle monitor after 73 days, immediately violates terms of release by voting while a felon serving sentence. www.koco.com/article/sara...koco.comSara Polston back in jail after allegedly voting twice illegally as a convicted felonAuthorities confirmed that Sara Polston is back in jail after she allegedly voted twice illegally as a convicted felon. 48229
Reposted by ReselsnarkScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10hA passionate love of snow is what unites the Trump and Witkoff youngsters and helps tie them together. 614052
Reposted by ReselsnarkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h80-something white conservative journalist thinks 60-something white conservatives journalist has a good point about how the more diverse media is unfair to Mr. President Trump 2048863
Reposted by ReselsnarkTim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 10hVictorian Premier: "The best way for young people to avoid crime is get a job" RBA: "5% of you must be unemployed, or else" 1134
Reposted by ReselsnarkPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 13hGoddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque. 351282470
Reposted by ReselsnarkKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15hJust a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.rollingstone.comJ.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. 9539321379
Reposted by ReselsnarkMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13hThe collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history. 31392002444
Reposted by ReselsnarkMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14hYglesias has lost his mind. This is not "progressive economic thinking," this is what you see on Twitter. substack.com/@matthewygle... 951393127
Reposted by ReselsnarkPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 11hAI is ‘sentient’ in the way that Microsoft Word changes your font to Times New Roman without you wanting it to 2456
Reposted by ReselsnarkAustralian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 10hIn Fiji, the Albanese govt will ask Pacific countries to trust its leadership on climate, while at home it considers approving Woodside’s Browse gas project, fracking in the NT’s Beetaloo and a big coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/fiji-pr...acf.org.auFiji pre-COP a test of Australia’s climate credibilityThe contradiction between the Australian government’s solid performance on domestic renewables and its continued support for expanded coal and gas exports… 58445
Reposted by ReselsnarkTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 20hOh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.australianpharmacist.com.auFewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian PharmacistCOVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t? 17200122
Reposted by ReselsnarkDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 10hThis is really sad, obviously, but also extremely well done. Unreal how much stupid, useless suffering this regime has created. 1149953
Reposted by ReselsnarkDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work 17630163
Reposted by ReselsnarkJon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026RANKED. COMPETITIVE. POOPING. 14442511050
Reposted by ReselsnarkNathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 23hWe need to humiliate and banish crankery from all the mainstream parties of the centre and left. And Labour under Starmer and Burnham is by no means immune from the charge. Antisemitic crankery has been replaced by transphobic crankery (in some cases propagated by the same people!) 36917
Reposted by Reselsnarkceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 145103662238
Reposted by ReselsnarkAnthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Once again - the problem isn't "ooo AI models are too scary and powerful". It's that the developers of these products are irresponsible dolts, who have absolutely no intention of changing how they behave. Stop making excuses, use existing laws and make them responsible for their own actions. 1024398
Reposted by Reselsnarkjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 877883570
Reposted by ReselsnarkGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline 2033401250
Reposted by ReselsnarkAranock, 4 of Ravens @aranock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One thing that's been bothering me in the last couple days is I have never seen this level of "we should forgive and forget" "rehabilitation" for any woman doing anything perceived as or actually wrong no matter how small compared to literally having sexually assaulted someone. 31195243
Reposted by ReselsnarkBi King Gent 👑 💖💜💙 @thesnarkygent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Workers make less and corporations make more every year, to change this we MUST uncritically adopt the labor-disciplining machine built on labor theft and exploitation that is pushed by corporations seeking to be the largest rent-seekers in human history on behalf of billionaires." 07817
Reposted by ReselsnarkProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The only way to understand why the Republicans have rolled over and showed the belly over and over again is that they are scared of the Boss and what he could to do them. He tried to kill his Vice President. President Trump took over the Republican Party; he does not like them or respect at all. 36412
Reposted by ReselsnarkDorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'll never understand how "a lot of mostly/potentially/probably incorrect metadata is better for digital discovery than accurate but sparse metadata" became a popular idea than "we will put things online more slowly, but we will do it with accuracy" 826675
Reposted by ReselsnarkCecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There have been studies on this more broadly. Almost no one thinks AI is good enough in their field, but they’re mostly sure it’s good enough in other fields. 0194
Reposted by ReselsnarkProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately. 271530420
Reposted by ReselsnarkBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The neocloud bubble is wild. Aussie startup Firmus has an IPO next week forecast at $30b. Its plans include 2 data centres that will suck 15% of the electricity in Tasmania, the main customer is OpenAI, it has no audited financials, and its co-founder is a criminal www.reuters.com/business/5-b...reuters.com$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two monthsAs Australian data centre operator Firmus prepares to launch a $5 billion initial public offering, the country's second-largest ever, prospective investors are questioning the firm's surging valuatio... 24194103