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Tim Hutton

@timhuttonau.bsky.social
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Part time teacher | Occasional freelance writer | Full time sick/disabled person (ME/CFS) | Published in Eureka Street, Junkee, Crikey. Views my own. Based in Meanjin (Brisbane)

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18h
Watching Seven Havens and while I’m enjoying it, “Bending Brigade” sounds a lot like a slur…
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If all my friends having fun at PAX this year could just stop that, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes. Hope that helps!
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You seem to enjoy putting word's in people's mouths.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Surely you can see that there is a case, in at least some instances, where the anonymity of an accuser is important for keeping them safe/free from harm, right?
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Still strikes me as pretty bad faith to say “I don’t want people attacking this person” knowing that this is exactly what your actions will lead to. Plus, if you don’t want to suggest she has done anything wrong in this specific instance, then why pick this specific instance to make your point?
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also your logic here is circular. You named her because you think she doesn't deserve anonymity, but you haven't really put forward a compelling case as to why she doesn't deserve anonymity.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lol, right. You don't want her subjected to victimisation or punishment, but you did publish her details knowing that's exactly what would happen to her...
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If only there were some solution to AI causing our brains to rot!
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why is it in the public interest?
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That is an insult I don't know how I would recover from, lmao.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
While he was a politician Shorten told these women he was on their side and he’d help them get justice. How much is his salary at University of Canberra now? While grieving families won’t ever see a dime www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation
Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
UK.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you were introducing a completely new person to Taskmaster, which season would you start with?
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So my thing about Fire Emblem games is that I actually don't want to have to play through 3-4 different versions of the campaign to get the full story. So when I heard the new one does this *again* it's a real turn-off...
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyway, here’s a picture of a wombat loaf I took pictures of today when I went to a wildlife sanctuary.
A picture of a wombat lying flat on the ground like a loaf. A different angle of a wombat lying flat on the ground like a loaf.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Omg the Gay Couple I watched who review theme parks on YouTube turned out to not be a gay couple and actually just platonic friends wtf?! (Note: They never claimed to be gay or a couple, this was entirely projection from my own mind.)
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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes I’m angry and I’m woke. By which I mean I woke up at 6:30am for no particular reason and I’m angry about it.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There are a few excellent practitioners but they are few and far between, unfortunately. Still, there’s only so much they can do while the research on treatments is sparse.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Certainly not enough GPs are out there with the knowledge of how to diagnose and treat/manage ME.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm also not sure if hospital admissions for ME would necessarily be a good way to track this illness, as I imagine most people with ME are diagnosed and managed by GPs/specialists and not admitted to hospital for it.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is that myalgic encephalomyelitis, though?
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Coyote vs Acme is pretty good fun! Lots of sensible chuckles, and surprisingly heartfelt at points. Main criticism is that occasionally the animation is a bit rough, but I suspect that's a budgetary issue and they did the best with what they had.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Discovered the 'iced coffee at job interviews' discourse and it makes me want to hurl myself into oncoming traffic.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I occasionally see people argue that the environmental impact of AI, currently, doesn't matter because we will probably use AI to solve climate change. The problem is, we already have solutions to climate change, and building more energy-hungry AI data-centres works against that.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In a new, shameful twist I have begun playing Warframe.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The main problem with this deal is that, at the end, you get a copy of Metroid Prime 4 instead of a good game.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Love it when my GP bulk bills me, lol.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Keep reading that we've "cancelled" Ed Sheeran when what actually happened was: he kept doing all his concerts while sacking his support act and friend of thirteen years coz they said "Free Palestine". Ed Sheeran is not "cancelled". He did a show last night.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Short-stay owner ordered to pay compensation after refusing guide dog user
A Queensland man has been ordered to pay compensation to a woman he kicked out of his short-stay house for having a guide dog.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

@treewarrior.bsky....
maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Eg. There’s a big difference between seeing the words “sexual assault” and watching/reading a depiction of it.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think it can depend on the context. Like, for most people seeing a word describing something specific is likely not very triggering in and of itself. But if there’s an in-depth discussion or graphic depiction of something triggering that can be different.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026
if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swine-dark sea ... Mediterranean black pigs swim at a beach on the private island of Atokos, in the lonian Sea off the west coast of Greece. The island, which is uninhabited by humans, is owned by a shipping magnate
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of the more frustrating things about being chronically ill is seeing people do a terrible job in a position you know you'd absolutely nail if you had the capacity for full-time work.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This has inspired me to give the books a re-read. It has been... many decades since I've read them.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I literally said one of my biggest fears about Trump's reelection was appointing Kennedy as health secretary. In hindsight, I don't know if it's the *worst* think he's done, but it's definitely up there in a competitive field.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bit the bullet and am getting the new iPhone (the 18 Pro, not duo) tomorrow. Excited to finally be free of the tyranny of the Lightning Cable.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a good take.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That Slut Susan doesn't get into heaven 😌
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Resident Evil film was very good! Funnier than I expected.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do we reckon’ Pauline thinks that if you have a larger economy and divide it by a smaller number of people that everyone will just automatically get more?
A screenshot of a FB post from the Courier Mail. The text reads: “Pauline Hanson has hit back at critics who claim One Nation's policy to drastically slash visas and international student numbers will tank Australia's economy.”

Beneath is an image of Pauline Hanson with a maroon background. It is captioned with the following text (a quote attributed to Hanson): “A larger economy on paper means nothing if Australians are poorer per person and cannot afford a home, find a hospital, or get ahead.”
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bird too big, imo.
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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Watching the IWTV movie for the first time, and they somehow managed to completely obliterate any sex appeal Antonio Banderas has, which is honestly a pretty astounding feat.
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