Stilgherrian

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ROUTINE REMINDER: I’m not here. https://t.co/rMFl6afMJN

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TAKE NOTE: As of 1 January 2024 my interactions on X/Twitter are minimal. My posts here are largely limited to plugging my work elsewhere.

My primary socials are now...

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Mastodon:
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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 771: Don’t mind the productivity, feel the parrots” https://t.co/CD3oc5Vzfc Covers 3–9 March 2025 and includes the usual links to Interesting Things.

This is my last post here. Check the pinned post for where I am now.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #58” https://t.co/XhaMj0nrUI

Proposed new rules for social media platforms, calls for sweeping changes to government AI, and no, Facebook isn’t for emergencies.

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 770: Stress, little productivity, and a photo from two years ago” https://t.co/u71SszfXwi Covers 24 Feb to 2 Mar 2025, and includes all the usual links to Interesting Things.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #57” https://t.co/HP3PS1kn97

The commentariat froths over Starlink’s risk to regional Australia, Apple comes up with a sensible way to do age verification, and the ABC recreates Senator Jacqui Lambie for $100.

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 769: Wrangling the data ruined my mind” https://t.co/xHD2cIB6m2 Covers 17–23 February 2024, and as usual it contains links to Interesting Things.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #56” https://t.co/UBD6SCgn5F

ASIO warns of young people’s vulnerability to radicalisation, the eSafety Commissioner discovers that most young kids are already using social media, and AI continues to be rubbish when tested.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #55” https://t.co/vkebUdFZ8O

AI doesn’t work, AI makes you dumb, AI for HR is high-risk, the US says don’t worry about AI safety, and Apple fights a UK backdoor order.

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 767: Pondering trains instead of productivity” https://t.co/v3tFbpbZ3K Covers 3–9 February 2025 and contains the usual links to Interesting Things and Alleged Plans.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #54” https://t.co/eJwL74PeG3

Online platforms to cop a Digital Duty of Care, but when? DeepSeek continues to break brains, concerns rise over dependence on Musk’s Starlink, and the Scams Prevention Framework is about to arrive.

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 766: Apartments supplement a medical theme” https://t.co/YrZJgnv1AN Covers 27 Jan to 2 Feb 2025, and includes the usual links to Interesting Things.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #53” https://t.co/MXq9BA2VcB

Chinese AI DeepSeek breaks people’s brains, the UK reports on AI safety, Donald Trump dabbles in cryptocurrency, and much more.

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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Medical Semiotics of Bow Ties, Long Covid, and Poo with Dr Trent Yarwood” @trentyarwood (1h03m14s) https://t.co/Xn6IVWJ6g2

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 765: Feed me, said the magpie” https://t.co/iGT49yiRX8 Covers 20–26 January 2025 and contains all the usual links to Interesting Things.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #52” https://t.co/Ut7p1iR3AU

Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s sookage echo around the world, the Tech Policy Design Institute is launched in Canberra, Services Australia keeps on keeping on with debt recovery, and much more.

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 764: The purple fan-flower of productivity” https://t.co/bjGeqczw0c Covery 13–19 January 2024 and includes the usual links to Interesting Things.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #51” https://t.co/iJ14sn0imn

Meta continues its swerve to the right, NBN to dump fibre-to-the-node, Services Australia gets a new minister, and much more.

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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Colonisation of Mars and the Universe with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow” (1h16m24s) @drspacejunk @CosmicRami https://t.co/W5yMqni0FJ

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 763: Getting to the heart of the matter” https://t.co/9zoe2uREQk Covers 6–12 January 2025, and contains the usual links to Interesting Things.

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NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #50” https://t.co/NS6gomhGZx

Australia’s treasurer talks up cryptocurrency, Meta dumps fact-checking and loosens hateful conduct rules, federal agencies’ cybersecurity goes backwards, and more.

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NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 762: Starting a new year by looking at a century-old building” https://t.co/5EuRTsibkO Covers 30 December 2024 to 5 January 2025, and contains many interesting things.