Derek Schneider

Azure cloud engineer & sysadmin. Like reading sci fi, & watching quality movies & tv.
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[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court.

He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding"

[Cine Vichaar @Cine_vichaar]

lol

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address.

The vision?

Cut education, health, childcare, climate programs, the ABC, SBS, Aboriginal programs and government departments. Scrap the NDIS and NIAA. Pull back from international cooperation. More coal. Nuclear.

Yet somehow also spend more on hospitals, schools, homelessness and cost of living relief.

When asked how she would help working Australians, she pivoted to business owners, complained about wage rises, workplace protections and workers being “lazy” and on their phones. Apparently owning a fish and chip shop 40 years ago qualifies you to lecture Australians about running a business in 2026.

Asked about interest rates? Admitted she has no control over the RBA but claimed spending cuts would magically bring rates down.

Asked about migration? Straight into fear campaigns about Muslims and Europe.

Asked about her daughter’s taxpayer-funded job? Refused to answer, attacked journalists and cried “trashy journalism”.

Asked about SBS helping migrants integrate? Her answer was basically: watch Sky News and learn English.

Asked about childcare? Complained about qualifications and pay rises for childcare workers.

Asked about abortion? Repeated the myth that women are having abortions the day before giving birth. They aren’t. Late-term abortions are extremely rare and usually involve serious medical complications or fatal fetal abnormalities.

And when asked why Aboriginal programs should be cut, she argued everyone should be treated equally.

But equality isn’t pretending everyone starts from the same place. Aboriginal Australians still experience poorer health, education and social outcomes. You don’t close those gaps by removing the services designed to address them.

That’s like removing a wheelchair ramp and calling it equality because everyone now has the same stairs.

If you’re asking Australians to hand you government, you should be able to answer questions about your policies without changing the subject every time it gets uncomfortable.

[Louise Greene @GreeneLouiseAus]

I am absolutely fed up with the relentless targeting of Grace Tame.

Let's be clear. There is a difference between fair criticism and a public pile-on. What we keep seeing directed at Grace is not constructive debate. It is constant scrutiny, personal attacks, outrage cycles and a level of judgment that seems reserved for women who dare to speak too loudly, too honestly or too unapologetically.

Grace Tame survived child sexual abuse. She helped change laws. She gave a voice to countless survivors. She has spent years doing work that most people would never have the courage to do.

Yet the attacks never seem to stop.

A few weeks ago it was the Prime Minister taking aim at her. Now it's Charlie Pickering. Before that, countless commentators, columnists and social media critics. Different names, same pattern.

And frankly, it disgusts me.

No, women in public life should not be immune from criticism. Nobody is. But there is a world of difference between criticism and the kind of sustained public hounding that seeks to diminish, discredit and exhaust someone.

As someone who has experienced public judgment and media attacks, I know how destructive these campaigns can be. They reduce human beings to caricatures. They erase context. They encourage outrage while ignoring the very real emotional toll on the person at the centre of it.

What troubles me most is that women who survive violence are so often expected to be perfect. The moment they become angry, outspoken, political, imperfect or inconvenient, they are treated as fair game.

Grace Tame has contributed more to the conversation about sexual abuse and survivor advocacy in this country than most of her critics ever will.

Maybe it's time some of the men lining up to take shots at her stopped and asked themselves a simple question:

Why are they spending so much energy attacking a survivor instead of supporting the change she helped create?

Enough. #gracetame #charliepickering

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Insightful, as always, @DrHelenOuyang
gift link https://t.co/tXPeZ1Dq75

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

Just the American government threatening the Catholic Church with the possibility using military force to take down the Vatican and install their own antipope.

[Phil Bradley @wolvesbradders]

Fuck knows how the next winner of the FIFA Peace Prize will try and top this.

[Justin🦩Boldaji @justinboldaji]

Telling everyone how impressive my first gay bareback orgy was

[Law in Japan @Colin_P_A_Jones]

@RGA This is Major Tom to tech support
I’m clicking on the tab
But it’s acting in a most peculiar way
And the menu ribbon looks quite different today

[rain @__ghostfail]

this new claude update is crazy

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

That’s like the fifth time Iran has been defeated this week alone.

[Pat McCaffrie @PatMcCaffrie]

Yes. The real victim of Robodebt was *checks notes* Scott Morrison...

[Ryan Petersen @typesfast]

Guys, relax, the only risk in transiting the Strait of Hormuz is that Iran will shoot a missile at your ship. Otherwise it's open for transit.

An all-time quote from our Secretary of War.

[Will Sloan @WillSloanEsq]

Weeks-long Timmy Chalament opera/ballet "scandal" shows how addicted everyone has become to being outraged. People are just licking crumbs off the empty bag now.

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

Junior and mid-level engineers can no longer push AI-assisted code without a senior signing off at AWS

[Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford]

@netcapgirl https://t.co/R7wtEsNHYi

@mcsweeneys

[sophie @netcapgirl]

it’s on slack bro. it’s in the drive. i just put it in the notion bro i literally sent it to you on teams. did you check the airtable bro? it’s in the box bro. it’s single sign on, it’s on okta bro. no you need the yubikey. check your deel bro, it’s on gusto. check outlook bro