John Baxter

Fleshbot, in embrace of the dance of life that brings creation lovingly into being. Responsible housing. Adventures. Keeping the bastards honest.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If the federal minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses over the past four decades, it would be worth $42.37 today instead of a measly $7.25. Let that sink in.

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@siraimeeknight You mean like mannequins?

I knew someone once that collected those, though I can't put my finger on who...

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

Personally I think whatever Elon is doing is great.

I haven't even been on Twitter lately and I have a whole list of conspicuously hot & scantily clad new followers.

Hi new followers! *wink wink*

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@chriswaterguy These exchanges are what amazes me most with ChatGPT. It rationalises and covers its arse and makes shit up just like a real person does. At self-deceptive-intern level admittedly, but still very human

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@Asher_Wolf AI. Also comes with existential dread on par with climate crisis itself...

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@profsarahj Looks like the images are working!

I haven't clicked, but I've certainly noticed them and wondered the same thing

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@MarkusMannheim @NEOM yeah, wtf? Half of these are names entirely unfamiliar. TBH it's too many to even bother undoing (given my miniscule Twitter usage). I got to the end of A...

[Hayden Starr @haydenthestarr]

The OECD's research just showed corporate profits contributed far more to inflation than wages.

It's what @TheAusInstitute has been saying all year, in research that big business and their mates called 'flawed' & 'silly'.

Philip Lowe continues to bark up the wrong tree 🙃

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

.@PwC_AU and the other big three have their tentacles spread throughout all our Govt agencies. But unlike the agencies whose focus is public good, the consultancies focus is profit. It’s an underlying conflict-of-motive that has only one solution. #auspol https://t.co/2sff0LOxHD

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

Whilst I suspect the knock back of a reported @ScottMorrisonMP job pitch to PwC was due to the bright spotlight on the company right now, ethically, no company who directly benefitted from decisions he made as PM or as a minister should employ him. #auspol https://t.co/Y6NxH87aea

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

On @2GB873 with @RadioLukeGrant talking about the Kathryn Campbell $900K p/a job re-deployment scandal. #Robodebt #auspol https://t.co/upROkc5cJO

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

The Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, told the Lok Sabha on 19th July 2021 that SEBI was investigating the Adani Group.

Now SEBI tells the Supreme Court that they have not been investigating any of the serious allegations against Adani!

Which is worse—misleading Parliament, or being fast asleep as lakhs of investors are duped by alleged money-laundering and round-tripping using offshore shell companies?

Or even worse, was there a restraining hand from above?

[alan jones @bigyahu]

...announce scaling-back or cancelling the Stage 3 Tax Cuts to fix NDIS and Medicare, I may just lead a marching band of pots and pans down Oxford Street to Town Hall and back and buy the first round of drinks for my new percussionist friends. https://t.co/iTYOYBp9JK

[Janet Rice @janet_rice]

3/ Don’t accept their lie that we can’t afford to raise the rate for everyone. They’re spending $368billion on nuclear submarines and $254billion on tax cuts for the rich.

Poverty is a political choice and they’re the ones pulling the strings.

[AUWU @AUWUconnect]

#STATEMENT:
"The government’s supposed plan to #RaiseTheRate of JobSeeker exclusively for those over 55 is bafflingly cruel, discriminatory, and stupid.

Welfare recipients of all ages and backgrounds stand together to demand a raise for all."

READ MORE:
https://t.co/iU7fecGgxF

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

Trans women in women's sport is just such a sad affair all around. I see toxic transphobia, disenfranchised women, sporting integrity undermined, misinformation & polarisation...

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@LanterneRougeYT I'll gladly watch it in French if I have to. I studied French at school. Maybe it'll finally pay off

[kristin (she/her) @kristin8X]

Damn, they really got me.

Don’t forget, one reason people are finally starting to realise that this is possible, fair, reasonable is because we literally did it 3 years ago – overnight.

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@LivePippas @cat240359 @cat240359 From what I understand, chatbots regurgitate content that seems statistically appropriate, i.e. that represents what is has most commonly seen. So these 'neutral' facts are indeed likely to predominate in its training data. Make of that what you will...

[John Baxter @jsbaxter_]

@LivePippas @cat240359 @cat240359 I have to lol at this presentation of a regurgitation of talking points as if it is a well considered set of facts by an authoritative 'neutral party'. SOME of it MIGHT be true, but chatbots atm have virtually no discernment, so if it is true it's almost a concidence