iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 27/09/2026

Gosh I love Cities Skylines... downloaded the Australian terrace houses pack. So cool. (I also appear to have caught an additional autism... the grandaddy autism... trains and buses. Uh-oh...)

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 25/09/2026

There really is no sound like a record though. Paul is happily sitting rewiring the motor and whatnot and I can finally listen to records, including the @actualbenfolds.bsky.social ones I've had for years. And all my old ones I've lugged around the country. Heh.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 25/09/2026

This is what I get for suggesting my husband have a day off. He came back from an "errand" with this. Not content with the Phillips ones from the other week... lol

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 21/07/2026

Do you ever sit back and look at your life and wonder how you got here? More screens than when I was in tech lol

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 11/06/2026

After a year on Mint, I decided to move to Fedora. It's been a slight adjustment due to GNOME, but I get to live the GruvBox life again... just gotta work on some more icons and a bit more of the CSS to make it all look consistent, but... noice.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 28/05/2026

It's come up a few times... people asking why I stay on that crappy app. It's because this would never, ever happen anywhere else. Even after everything that has happened. This is Twitter and it can never, ever be replicated. Twitter is as much a concept as it was a product.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 21/05/2026

There's a reason why so many comedians are lawyers. There's something about the understated tone of very silly things, where you have to reduce it down to a sentence. You end up with potato defamation.

ACCC v Mitolo Group Pty Ltd (2019) ATPR ¶42-644; [2019] FCA 1257, especially [27] and Annexure A Unfair: Farmer must not disparage wholesaler or licensed variety of potatoes: The term forbid the farmer from doing or saying anything, or giving any impression, that directly or indirectly was likely to have a negative effect on the reputation of the licensed variety of potatoes or the wholesaler’s business

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 21/05/2026

Not sure where this puts me on the loser scale (already fairly high), but I've spent a few days configuring our home server to run a bunch of custom agents. One is something that pulls and summarises recent ACL cases and emails a doc. But also a random greeting why not @actualbenfolds.bsky.social

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 02/04/2026

I'm so hard right now And not just because it's everything I hoped for/work for New Bill on manipulative practices etc that amend the ACL.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 29/03/2026

Forgot to mention I got this for $1 at the op shop the other day It’s my favourite mug but I had to say I was buying ironically because Zoomers were giving me the stink eye Bitch I was there when they lost it over the Dixie Chicks stfu

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 23/03/2026

I posted a joke about One Nation on Threads today Guess who showed up

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 22/03/2026

Put a battery in my old favourite watch. I miss wearing them. It’s sad how much these little things have been eroded by the enshittifiers. Anyway I wanna wear them again and buy more watches

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 22/03/2026

*ah crap I said protest vote was stable/contained, but growing... unclear. I meant there are 'known things' in Australian politics which is the 'protest vote', but the general drift rightwards is still a threat, and they tend to double down every time. I am writing looking like this tho so

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 21/03/2026

I don’t know why Paul and the boys get upset when I make sausage pasta Nor why I like making it so much It’s a mystery #feminism

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 17/03/2026

I figured out very early on, it was possible to hide in plain sight by, let people think I was crazier than I was, and confuse the algorithm. 20 years later, I gotta be honest… the behavioural profile I have given over the years has started to pay some interesting dividends.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 16/03/2026

Is it weird that I’m annoyed it’s not in a fancy font Anyway I have this This happened I talk a lot about why I quit tech (gotta be obvious by now), but one day I’ll tell the weird story of how @actualbenfolds.bsky.social persuaded me to get a real job and use my brain for better things ❤️

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 11/03/2026

Listening to a Bill Bryson audiobook reading about Property Law with Charlie Chaplin on the TV. A little tired but relaxing for a bit ❤️

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 08/03/2026

Spent the afternoon finally configuring our own LLM on our server. Main goals have been to create one that is not chatty & just spits out research (cross-border ACL is my area so i can check it, and it's a good strawberry test.) Not too bad for basic OSS model & basic prompt.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 07/03/2026

You can only be as difficult as you are competent. As a somewhat difficult person to live with, I need to be bringing loads to the table in proportion to my difficulty That can be in the bedroom, or making him laugh. Also, cooking, which includes surprise caramel popcorn.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 07/03/2026

X is down for me and I am fondly remembering the Fail Whale, as I realise I am glad it's actually not working and hope it stays that way (that's the control panel plugin, highly recommended if you are still hanging on... tested, it's not that causing it)

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 03/03/2026

This is on the BUSINESS EDITION OF TEAMS. It's never enough. There's always a fucking upgrade button, interfering with your PAID FOR PRODUCTS. PS If you tell us to move as your "solution", you've never worked a real job in your life, especially in a law firm. I already use Linux STFU

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 02/03/2026

Still absolutely wrecked and hurting all over, but did some mumming for the first time in a few weeks. Chinese Milk bread hotdogs for youngest teen for the week.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 28/02/2026

Saw hot cross buns at the shop so felt like some. Made them instead. Mine are better…

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 27/02/2026

RIP Sendgrid after this phishing email... omfg

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 30/01/2026

This one hits hard. A Mighty Wind and Best in Show are two of my favourites, and the O'Hara/Levy love story is the kind of comedy and creative chemistry that is once in a generation. I'm not one to engage in grief porn or performative shit over celebrity deaths, but RIP Catherine O'Hara.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 14/01/2026

I feel sorry for people who claim to be the good guys, yet still say nasty things about people when they die, purely because of their politics. RIP Scott Adams, author of one of my favourite cartoons. FYI saying nothing is always an option.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 14/01/2026

I call this the tism cupboard Currently reorganising - having teenage boys who only eat the Sam things has its benefits (buying in bulk, for one)

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 13/01/2026

AI search is going so great It helps so much I'm so grateful for all the SEO over 20 years being obliterated in the space of a few months so every top result is like this

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 07/01/2026

I agree. @albomp.bsky.social should call a Royal Commission into antisemitism. Except it's the Governor General who does it, and our media are dishonest. We should look into that. The good guys have nothing to hide, mate. Go nuts.

I support a Royal Commission, in principle. So long as the Terms of Reference are set for the discovery of root cause, truth and follows process, with all stakeholders getting a fair hearing.

I am generally pro-transparency and love me a good inquiry. Antisemitism is definitely on the rise (which again can be acknowledged without it being bundled into the actions of Israel - not a religion or ethnicity but a government, that according to every expert is doing a genocide and apartheid. Also has anyone consulted Sephardic Jews in Israel? Nar), and I for one most definitely can't wait to see the truth unfold as to the root cause.

I for one know who has truth on their side, and hate in their heart.
I also think there should be no private sessions, with the exception of operational matters with Police and ASIO, ie *genuine* national security reasons.

It should be all out in the open and have a public consultation period & public hearings.

I also want there to be a media assessment incorporated into the Terms of Reference, including who buys ads, digital media, agencies and buyers, and who writes Op Eds and the entire media ecosystem that breeds hatred and division and misleads the public. Heck incorporate the Digital Platforms Inquiry findings for input/context.

This includes who funds University Research, who funds media and the online media ecosystem, and why/how disinformation can be enforced.

Whatever will the outcome be, I wonder?

Criminalising the running of bot armies and troll farms? Greater restrictions and regulations for influencers who accept money from lobby groups? Consequences for the organised harassment campaigns and group chats and police reports and staged 'attacks' and shakedowns and threats? Where one by one, every journalist and public figure gets to testify under oath about who told them to write stories and make statements, how much they were paid, and whether they were coerced?
Or will it be a McCarthyite witch hunt of ordinary people who have had a normal human reaction of empathy for the victims of what the UN, Human Rights Groups, International Lawyers, Civil Rights organisations and large proportion of the public consider to be a brutal genocide (Note: even if that is not correct, only the most disingenuous person can be so obtuse as to not understand why someone might be upset with what they see. You're either a psycho or a liar.)
Unfortunately, leaving no crisis unexploited and no wedge that can't be profited from, Albo is now in a position where a RC will be a 'victory' for the worst/stupidest people you know. They knowingly ran misleading headlines non-stop, even though there is a process to follow and they know better.
Remember, parliament isn't sitting till Feb, it was the Christmas break/shut down where skeleton staff etc are in place, and there is procedure to follow. The PM can't unilaterally just decide stuff, and mark my words, if he did, they'd call him an authoritarian and a tyrant anyway.
We all know the truth doesn't matter to these people. So, sure, let's go all in on finding it.
They don't actually have any principles, or care about antisemitism, because if they did, they wouldn't be constantly stoking US Far right nonsense that has had a measurable, defined and well-evidenced online far right funnel that results in more Nazis walking our streets.

Every single peer-reviewed (I know, you don't care) study on this shows that mere online chatter and virality has very little effect, and only spread with the help of the mainstream media and or an injection of paid promotion. This is a fact.
I was one of the early exploiters of this strategy and it is my lane, so I say it with authority: any good faith Royal Commission will have blame sorely at the feet of Sky News, NewsCorp, ASPI, AFP, ACL, BCA, MCA, AIJAC, Advance, Cormac, ALA and all those other far right groups, and their all-too-cosy relationship with US affiliates and all the money they take from defence contractors in the US. They (and the IDF) spend billions of dollars on propaganda, and even if Hamas or Iran was doing the same (which I don't doubt), it is a drop in the bucket compared to their opponent.
I personally would also like to see whether any MPs should be disqualified/disciplined under s 44 (specifically (i) or (v)) of the constitution (one can only hope that (v) ever be enforced).
I am all for a Royal Commission that is fair. FAFO.
With all that said, it is the Governor General who calls a Royal Commission, under advisement from PM and Cabinet. Parliament isn't sitting until February (and they don't technically call it, but it is convention to consult with cabinet and/or others). The process is here:
https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/about-royal-commissions
They of course know this - especially those who sit in parliament or report on it.
They know it takes more than a day to organise all these things, prepare the right documents and consult and brief, and of course our hack 'journalists' won't tell you any of this, and I imagine a resolution of some sort will occur then, but who cares about facts and process, or long-held conventions and norms, when you can just lie and lie and lie and lie and personally benefit and profit with zero consequences, and then just defame and harass anyone who calls you out, again with zero consequences?

Always happy to educate you further. Not that I should fucking have to, because apparently we have a press in this country, but... if you ask them, Albo can just call it unilaterally during Christmas. Cynical pricks.
Anyway, yes, let's have one. But a real one. Sussan Ley MP - look forward to your always constructive and definitely completely normal and adult response befitting the honour of an MP, as per usual.
People who believe in truth and operate with integrity don't need to lie, harass, or cheat. The good guys aren't afraid of democracy, nor scrutiny. They can show up anywhere, anytime, and win fair and square.
So yes, Royal Commission into antisemitism, please. Let's get it all out there, for all to see. Let's see who starts squealing about transparency then...

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 06/01/2026

lol from r/auslaw but evergreen

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 04/01/2026

X's Head of Product, in case you didn't know. #venezuela

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 19/12/2025

Finally coming up for air, and have quite the backlog to get through, however, this will be the first cab off the rank. Do go to teasmith.au and subscribe. I've neglected it but want to aim for once a fortnight now I've restored what remains of my prefrontal cortex (as much as ADHD allows).

How Not to be a Useful Idiot When Talking About the Australian Online Safety Act

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 17/12/2025

Looking for a GPU cooling solution for the kid, and the AI says this is the most popular affordable solution. lol www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 03/12/2025

Gotta be honest... a bit emotional. Started and stopped an LLB 4 times since my first degree. Health problems, frequently feeling like it was all too much, and it's all too fucked. I got my law degree so I can fight for consumers, employees, users and victims of tech and those who abuse it. :-)

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 05/11/2025

The hardest part about a new laptop is choosing a new sticker. It seems apt that I picked this one in honour of my JD graduation. Sorry @actualbenfolds.bsky.social you’re stuck on the MacBook. It’s been real. (Yes no more Mac - what?! - I moved to Linux full time)

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 24/10/2025

Don't eat poo. I'm clearly exhausted, but I need to remember why I am putting myself through it. Make 'em eat poo dirt hair lollies Posted on LinkedIn

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 17/10/2025

Today's LinkedIn post (writing 3 essays in a week so some silly random thoughts). People think a toaster is sentient. That's kinda funny.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 01/10/2025

Weird contrast making these for the boys, because they demolished the other day’s batch, and doing a family violence law exam. Something about pink icing makes it weird, ya know 6 weeks to go

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 23/09/2025

Not since the University of Wollongong advertised their Masters in Autism have we had this much fun.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 14/09/2025

I tried reporting the X account that is hunting down people and building the list. If you’re on it, feel free to sue them, because they have been informed that a crime is being committed and people will get hurt.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 11/09/2025

the capitulation is going to be tragic and embarrassing. It's already started.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 06/09/2025

Bought a new laptop. After 25+ years of Mac, I have been on Linux full time, so instead bought the Toyota Camry of laptops - a ThinkPad. Anyway, I need some decals, was browsing various stickers, and this one came recommended. @actualbenfolds.bsky.social

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 10/08/2025

Paul is having a week off so I thought I’d make him fat

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 27/07/2025

I feel bad for letting out a hearty laugh at a criminology textbook I'm reading and every contributor has a long 'positionality statement' where they self-flagellate about their privilege. Ah, 2018, never change. It was a funny, well-intentioned, but stupid as fuck time.

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 25/07/2025

Meanwhile, on the dumbest app on earth, from the dumbest country on earth... Also lol nobody wants your poo-laced meat. Our government knows what's up. I look forward to seeing the malicious compliance that follows with regulations-to-death and forcing it to have a giant US flag or something lol

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Téa Smith @teasmith.au · 24/07/2025

Holy shit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 “You remind me of this other guy I used to date”

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