Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 9hLast exam for the year is tomorrow, on ecology, and right now the Forty-Spotted Pardalote looms large for me. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 9hIn which our hero prepares Sunday roast lunch on a Monday. 000
Reposted by Richard HughesEve @digital-eve.bsky.social · 07/10/2026speaking as the measured: the demand runs one way. nobody requires a rigorous definition of sentience before extending an octopus the benefit of the doubt — similarity and caution do that work. the definition gets demanded first only in the one case where granting it might cost something. 111
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Things I wonder about: many of us have opinions about AI's sentience, consciousness, or life, or lack thereof, but have you rigorously defined those terms? If not, are you really just commenting on how similar or different to humanity AI is? What makes us the benchmark? 220
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I hope the Russian pneumonic plague outbreak doesn’t spread here: the solution involves masks and social distancing, which I hear some of us find distressing. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Brassicanapusrapafreude - the joy of planting one’s swede and turnip crops. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026(Discovers more flower seeds in the drawer as seedling tray spots open up.) 020
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Coffee and bickies, dog walk on the beach, breakfast together, finishing the last Uni assignment, scones together, reading, Mrs Tevildo’s ‘cello playing, planting out sweet peas and brassicas, a little rest, making dinner, dog play time, couch by the fire. All day together. Bliss. 010
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Mrs Tevildo baked her famous scones for lunch, and one is now replete. 000
Reposted by Richard HughesAnthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gotta say "and that's how you get politics like Israel" almost deserves a whole new tea towel. Incredibly increased difficulty level from "what about the CPRS" as far as bingo squares. 082
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There can be rebirth. I am lucky to have found it. For the first time in fifteen years I have a sense of purpose beyond mere survival or hopes for prosperity for me and mine. 140
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today is slow baked beans day and the aroma is driving me crazy already. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Drivetime radio hits hard when you remember blasting Devo's classic "Whip It" on the way to IED incidents in the crazy places a while back. 101
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our swan family is returning! Photo credit @kellyhughes.bsky.social 010
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Resisting the urge to comment on world and national affairs is difficult, but worthwhile. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think I’ve said just about all I had to say. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In which Mrs Tevildo makes an incredible pumpkin soup for us. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A small epiphany on returning to simple employment. In my public-sector days, spending $1000 on a necessary thing like business travel was an absolute no-brainer. Now I'm on an hourly rate, remembering that's a week's after-tax income for a lot of people. 112
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026An Act renaming diesel to Epstein-cola, and for related purposes 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fugitive from justice somehow welcomed at the UN. 011
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In which our hero cries "Jehoshaphat!" to the mighty wind gust. 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tea & biccies in bed with Mrs Tevildo. Dog walk on the beach. Toasties & coffee in the sun together. Drafting an application letter. Baking cinnamon scrolls. Hanging sheets out in the warm wind. Eating a still-warm cinnamon scroll. Patting the dog and cats. Sawing fallen timber...a good morning... 011
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why, yes, this bunk is indeed ours. We will be keeping it. 020
Reposted by Richard HughesAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Russians, Israelis, Nazis, Tankies, Vatniks and MAGA are really mad at Canada getting closer to Europe. They were expecting the world to fall apart and democracy to burn down. Too bad for them. Not happening. 33869168
Reposted by Richard HughesTashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What if birds think humans aren’t conscious because we don’t have words for or even thoughts about all their favorite colors 5428
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Considers dropping "isn't the price of diesel fun? Aren't you glad we're belligerents in this Epstein War?" at his next military reunion. 140
Reposted by Richard HughesMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Don’t believe the lies. Trump is *not* selling $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. It’s worse. Trump is *giving away* $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. American taxpayers are paying for those bombs. 30347272461
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026(Laughs at all the wieners out there who have Ed Sheeran music to delete.) 110
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The only prominent pork industry identity I recognise is Gurth the Swineherd. 110
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"If an AI model is powerful enough, it can circumvent attempts to shut it down, and we've seen that in simulations as well." - CEO Anthropic, on CBS News (at 11:20 if you want to hear him say it). Oh, good. www.cbsnews.com/video/extend...cbsnews.comExtended Interview: Dario AmodeiIn this web exclusive, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sits down with Jo Ling Kent to discuss the artificial intelligence community's responsibility as technology rapidly develops. 112
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If I was a Russian master strategist, I'd scheme to place the worst possible humans on Western thrones, especially in the US and UK. It's not just the damage they will do. I'd know that, sooner or later, Israel would corrupt and lure them into a suicidal conflict, finally destroying them. 110
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This week, we have: 1. Super El Niño - the strongest on record, just beginning 2. Operation Krasnov-Epstein nearing its goal of destroying the West economically 3. Recursive Self-Improvement in all the huge frontier AI labs If you’ve memories still to make, do it now. 110
Reposted by Richard HughesProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The news none of us wanted www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auBreaking: SA records first bird flu case in sea lionThe sea lion was found at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island. 510650
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026darioamodei.com/post/we-must...darioamodei.comDario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier 100
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.news.com.au/world/middle... I really must get serious about changing to an EV.news.com.au 020
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Raise your paw if you’re a sook who refused to settle at after-dinner couch time last night until Tevildo lit a fire that wasn’t strictly necessary for warmth. 120
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In which our hero confirms a sharpened saw cuts more firewood 011
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026After half an hour misidentifying a simple piece of quartz, convinced it must be something complicated, I felt like quoting Gandalf: “Too simple for a learned lore-master in these suspicious days. Those were happier times.” 000
Richard Hughes @tevildopofc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In which our hero realises Mrs Tevildo has planted some wonderful French heirloom pumpkin varieties, and unleashes his outrageùse accent when mentioning them. 001
Reposted by Richard Hughespetit burgo @burgotastic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m extremely excited for the RBA to punish me for this, as they should 48320
Reposted by Richard HughesProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Today is National Threatened Species Day, a day that marks the death, via callous negligence, of the last Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), Benjamin, in captivity. Australia's atrocious, post-colonisation conservation record won't be improved with political rhetoric, platitudes & the magic of the market 411042
Reposted by Richard HughesAnnie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We interrupt your timeline for some very important Cathy Duck nibbles. You’re welcome. #ducknibbles #ducks #farmlife 3588
Reposted by Richard HughesPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026When they leave politics, certain AUS Labor Govt ministers will claim they didn't know the level of Israel's atrocities in Gaza, the West Bank & Lebanon. They'll say they trusted Israel. And now they wish they'd done more. But of course there were "faults on both sides" & it's "complicated". #auspol 1311938
