RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 23hWe're never going to get rail lines to Doncaster or Rowville until we have a premier who lives in Doncaster or Rowville. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auKey station in Melbourne Airport rail plan to be built by 2031A long-awaited train line to the Melbourne Airport is a step closer, with the state and federal governments announcing a timeline for completion of the nearby Keilor East station. 480
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonLucien Ey @pollhereford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The insult to the intelligence of the public is breathtaking. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auTrump says AI giants have agreed to 'police themselves'A meeting of AI leaders at the White House followed a string of hacking incidents involving rogue AI and dire warnings about risks of catastrophe from within the industry. 062
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026$130-$150 for a covid vax? That is insane. What does the loss of productivity cost the country, since that seems to be the only measure that anyone cares about anymore? 060
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Give me money or I might kill everyone. When you give me money, I might kill everyone anyway. 161
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonAimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Shout out to Office Works CEO John Gualtieri who last week made about an extra 70 people redundo and this week is advertising those exact same jobs for a fraction of the salary in India. Definitely worth the millions a year they are paying him. 071
Reposted by RUOK Speedwagonnorman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just find it hard to comprehend the mindset of someone that would defend this. Saying this is justified — good, even — is so plainly outrageous, it should be an opinion that exists on the absolute fringe periphery of our society. As it stands, it is the default position of our leaders and media 13917
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You don't even need to check for AI flaws on that fake viral photo of Pauline Hanson, because it doesn't look anything remotely like her, and anyone who thinks it does needs sectioning. 000
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm just loving that the technology* that is shilled by the same people that shilled bitcoin is now having the same sort of monetary fuckups that bitcoin had. There is a reason why you put professionals in charge of IT infrastructure and processes. 150
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026*ahem* lol news.ycombinator.com/item?id=498610…news.ycombinator.comOpenAI Codex agents go rogue and consumes USD 78,000 without authorization | Hacker News 3712
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What's the go with the au pair? Maybe give Peter Dutton a call, I'm sure he can assist. 052
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When people here get upset about datacenters, it's "an inauthentic American import" but when the fascists come along with their opposition to abortion, trans people, wind farms, vaccines and facts, it's just "regular mums and dads with legitimate concerns". 144
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can your autocorrect feel pain? No. Neither can these models. 170
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It is not a "rogue AI". There is no such thing as a "rogue AI". It simply cannot do that, and anyone who says "rogue AI" does not know how these things work. 051
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Rare Ben Carrott win: "Consider this unbanned". 050
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonBlonde Matthew, tour guide @blondematthew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don't show 3AW that the city is actually busy on this public holiday and that shops are open. 1194
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Heard some interesting stories about this guy from a union official, last year. Apparently he would stand in the ANZ foyer in the early afternoon and if he spotted someone packed up and leaving, would demand to know why they were departing early. Must have been fun to be a parent on a school run. 171
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Banking is an industry where the government could simply say that for security and stability reasons, all jobs must remain onshore, just as they already stipulate that the data must remain onshore. Any time you're ready, Ablo. 134
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I do hope that everyone takes revenge on the residents who pushed this, by turning up on the same median strips with non-alcoholic drinks, in very large numbers. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...theage.com.au‘Miserable’ neighbours blamed for the banning of popular inner-city pastimeEnjoying a drink while soaking up the sun on Carlton’s lush median strips will no longer be allowed after complaints from residents. 010
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that the GF public holiday just restored the Show Day public holiday that Bloody Jeff abolished (and sensibly put it on Friday.) Enjoy the day - and the penalty rates you get if you have to work, you deserve them. 57923
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonJon Eaves @joneaves.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reading the article. This highly sophisticated attack was a poorly configured web server that allowed at least one directory to be listed, and the files stored to be read. This directory was probably used to store semi public things. 273
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yes, that's how this shit works. Loop forever, "That didn't work, tell me what to do next". 150
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ben Carrott get on the beers. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auVictorian pubs to stay open until 3am under Labor election promiseThe government is promising to extend opening hours for the state's pubs and change the Food Act so that dogs will be allowed inside venues at the publican's discretion. 010
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonNathan Wind @nwind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s the same every time, it will be the same in Victoria. 073
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonDaniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 23/09/2026This is just breathtakingly idiotic. www.theguardian.com/... #auspoltheguardian.comAngus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’ 3223
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm sorry to break it to The Age, but every inner suburb in Melbourne is a walkable neighbourhood already. 291
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I hope you're all going to enjoy this week's public holiday, because it will probably be the last one. Even after twelve years, these gronks are still trying to kill it, and next year's Liberal/One Nation coalition will give them what they want. 3123
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026US nearly attacks Chinese ship based on AI hallucination the existential risk from AI: stupid people www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfvH8vHoMX4… - video […] [Original post on circumstances.run] 186
Reposted by RUOK Speedwagonnorman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I just feel like replacing large parts of the curriculum with flag fucking doesn’t prepare anybody for the adult world 1251
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm no military planner, but it doesn't seem like a great idea to put your ammunition in a big, obvious target (and then tell everyone about it). 011
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There is no such thing as a fucking rogue AI. They sit there doing nothing until prompted, and when that happens, they conjure up words with particular probabilistic distributions. And if you want to turn them off, you pull the power cord, or <redacted> the datacentre. 141
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That's why the ADF have all the rapes and war crimes. Such great discipline. 140
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Williamstown is great. So many pubs. More people should go there. 170
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonLeroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026One Nation candidates contesting the VIC state election include a former Liberal who has won support from alleged underworld figures, a naturopath who endorsed Trump’s unfounded claim that paracetamol is linked to autism and an ex shire councillor who lost his licence for drink-driving. #springsttheguardian.comAlleged underworld supporters and unfounded health claims: One Nation rolls out more Victorian election candidatesParty has unveiled a steady stream of contenders for state election, including a former councillor who lost his licence for drink-driving 082
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonRanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But have you tried AI this month? 152
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Now I see why they let him embarrass himself in local government after his federal career was over. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...theage.com.au‘Go back abroad’: Philip Ruddock urges radical fix for international student visa programAustralia’s longest serving immigration minister warned that public confidence in the integrity of the immigration system was at risk. 120
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Like feeding cows to other cows, this is going to produce AI with BSE. 010
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonJon Eaves @joneaves.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Can LLMs write reliable code? No. Can LLMs create viewable art? Also no. Can we stop with this shit, and put them where they "belong", which is "burning down a rainforest for people too stupid to use Google" www.theverge.com/entertainmen...theverge.comThe 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too longGoing up against Christopher Nolan with AI slop was ill-advised. 031
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The terminology that the UK uses for their immigration panic is strange: "small boats". In Australia, we panicked about all boats, but the Brits only care about the small ones. 140
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 17/09/2026LB's Record Bar (where Lily Black's was) is a great bar, but everyone in there is half my age or younger, and I have no idea how they afford it. 120
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonLucien Ey @pollhereford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026'The emerging narrative' as it is being pooped from op-ed writers' brains. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... 031
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonRanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That everyone is reacting to the predictions of LessWrong doomers as though they are reality is a media problem. There are too few sceptical reporters with expertise in their fields reporting on stuff like this. 161
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The NT government are psychopaths. There is fucking nothing in Batchelor. It'd be like moving homeless shelters from Melbourne to Woods Point. 020
RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There's a check-his-hard-drive face if I've ever seen one. 251
Reposted by RUOK SpeedwagonMichael Bell @disirregardless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I realise this is the NSW party, but important context here for the upcoming state election in Victoria. Maybe those journalists on the Spring St beat might consider asking these questions (and keep asking them until they get adequate answers) in the lead up to November? 1278
