Andrew Donnellan
@andrew.donnellan.id.au
lover of Jesus, Linux, PowerPC, Canberra, housing, trains, unions | hater of RZ1 | fighting for a better city @greatercanberra.org.au
https://andrew.donnellan.id.au | @ajdlinux | @ajd@ozlabs.house
https://andrew.donnellan.id.au | @ajdlinux | @ajd@ozlabs.house
problems with being unemployed: managing your bank accounts to get the maximum online savings interest rate gets harder when you can't consistently grow the account balance by $1 at the end of the month
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
problems with being unemployed: managing your bank accounts to get the maximum online savings interest rate gets harder when you can't consistently grow the account balance by $1 at the end of the month
this will be a fascinating experiment to watch
Hello security researchers! Like it or not, agentic AI is here. It’s time to explore its impact on novel, academic research in cybersecurity. To this end, we’re launching the Conference for Synthetic Security Research (https://synsec.org). Researchers, start your agents!
Conference of Synthetic Security Research
SynSec 2026 is an in-person conference in Phoenix focused on automated security research by AI agents, including AI-led papers and AI-first peer review.
synsec.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
this will be a fascinating experiment to watch
this is very funny
February 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
this is very funny
one day the scanner on my HP DeskJet 1510 that I purchased from Dick Smith Electronics (peace be upon them) for $28 over a decade ago will finally give in just like the printer component did
but today is not that day. $28 well spent
but today is not that day. $28 well spent
February 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
one day the scanner on my HP DeskJet 1510 that I purchased from Dick Smith Electronics (peace be upon them) for $28 over a decade ago will finally give in just like the printer component did
but today is not that day. $28 well spent
but today is not that day. $28 well spent
I found it hard enough adapting to Turkey's insistence on being called Türkiye; now I have to adapt to the Republic of Trükiye
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I found it hard enough adapting to Turkey's insistence on being called Türkiye; now I have to adapt to the Republic of Trükiye
Better things are possible
Still gobsmacked by this Sacramento Planning Commission meeting. 300 unit project. Tons of public support. Commissioners said state law required them to approve, but that they’d support it regardless. All agreed they’d prefer less parking. 10-0 vote to support. Done in 2 hours. Magical.
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Better things are possible
tfw you think "hmm maybe I should try that food I brought home from that trip last year" and you pick it up to find you're 1 day before its best before date. glad I can still consume this overpriced chocolate that I bought at Changi Airport while it's still Best
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
tfw you think "hmm maybe I should try that food I brought home from that trip last year" and you pick it up to find you're 1 day before its best before date. glad I can still consume this overpriced chocolate that I bought at Changi Airport while it's still Best
I'll be at the Assembly tomorrow to help make the case for Missing Middle in front of the Environment and Planning Committee (chaired by @joclaygreens.bsky.social and featuring Peter Cain, Caitlin Tough and Fiona Carrick).
Let's get this done!
Let's get this done!
Tomorrow, we'll be at the Assembly for the Environment and Planning Committee's hearing into Missing Middle!
We'll be up from 1:20-1:50pm. Watch us in-person in the Prince Edward Island Room, or stream online ➡️ buff.ly/2HWs3ai
We'll be up from 1:20-1:50pm. Watch us in-person in the Prince Edward Island Room, or stream online ➡️ buff.ly/2HWs3ai
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I'll be at the Assembly tomorrow to help make the case for Missing Middle in front of the Environment and Planning Committee (chaired by @joclaygreens.bsky.social and featuring Peter Cain, Caitlin Tough and Fiona Carrick).
Let's get this done!
Let's get this done!
Sadly I'll be travelling rather than going to this, but I'm very interested to hear what Bertaud thinks of Canberra after he sees a city that's planned... rather differently from his principles, let's just say
We're thrilled to announce that Alain Bertaud, author of Order without Design and former Principal Planner for the World Bank, will be coming to Canberra on March 5th, in collaboration with our friends at @yimby.melbourne.
Get your tickets ➡️ buff.ly/M3rstZx
Get your tickets ➡️ buff.ly/M3rstZx
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Sadly I'll be travelling rather than going to this, but I'm very interested to hear what Bertaud thinks of Canberra after he sees a city that's planned... rather differently from his principles, let's just say
my twitter feed has too much AI chat, my bluesky feed has far too little AI chat
February 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
my twitter feed has too much AI chat, my bluesky feed has far too little AI chat
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
‘If only the party had catered to my policy preferences it would have won’ is something that is maybe true and maybe false, but never testable.
On the other hand: if my policy preferences were taken up, and put to the test, and they won, we can definitely say there’d be lots more trams. Fact.
On the other hand: if my policy preferences were taken up, and put to the test, and they won, we can definitely say there’d be lots more trams. Fact.
February 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
‘If only the party had catered to my policy preferences it would have won’ is something that is maybe true and maybe false, but never testable.
On the other hand: if my policy preferences were taken up, and put to the test, and they won, we can definitely say there’d be lots more trams. Fact.
On the other hand: if my policy preferences were taken up, and put to the test, and they won, we can definitely say there’d be lots more trams. Fact.
getting marketing emails about how a platform can be used to deploy something which only started development on 24 November last year
and here I am still complaining that the JavaScript ecosystem moves too fast
and here I am still complaining that the JavaScript ecosystem moves too fast
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
getting marketing emails about how a platform can be used to deploy something which only started development on 24 November last year
and here I am still complaining that the JavaScript ecosystem moves too fast
and here I am still complaining that the JavaScript ecosystem moves too fast
ughhhhh I am waiting for ~3 emails that I need to plan the next month of my life, and I am *impatient*
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM
ughhhhh I am waiting for ~3 emails that I need to plan the next month of my life, and I am *impatient*
old work has now taken me off the group subscription to Linux Weekly News :'(
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
old work has now taken me off the group subscription to Linux Weekly News :'(
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
the Australian mind cannot comprehend British rail fares
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 AM
the Australian mind cannot comprehend British rail fares
The everything app
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The everything app
Reposted by Andrew Donnellan
Cities are the vital engines of the Australian economy, and how we build them matters.
This is a vital evening for those passionate about solving the housing crisis, and building more affordable, liveable, and sustainable Australian cities.
events.humanitix.com/order-withou...
This is a vital evening for those passionate about solving the housing crisis, and building more affordable, liveable, and sustainable Australian cities.
events.humanitix.com/order-withou...
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Cities are the vital engines of the Australian economy, and how we build them matters.
This is a vital evening for those passionate about solving the housing crisis, and building more affordable, liveable, and sustainable Australian cities.
events.humanitix.com/order-withou...
This is a vital evening for those passionate about solving the housing crisis, and building more affordable, liveable, and sustainable Australian cities.
events.humanitix.com/order-withou...
we're living in the dumbest timeline. all the predictions about how AI X-risk would come about thanks to the superintelligence breaking itself out of containment, and here we are demonstrating well ahead of time that there won't be any containment to start with
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
we're living in the dumbest timeline. all the predictions about how AI X-risk would come about thanks to the superintelligence breaking itself out of containment, and here we are demonstrating well ahead of time that there won't be any containment to start with
St Andrew's Cathedral provides free parking for Sunday worshippers, which as an exception to my normal views on parking I support on the principle that churches should never impose a charge to attend a service
But I have questions for anyone driving to a church that's next door to Town Hall Station
But I have questions for anyone driving to a church that's next door to Town Hall Station
February 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
St Andrew's Cathedral provides free parking for Sunday worshippers, which as an exception to my normal views on parking I support on the principle that churches should never impose a charge to attend a service
But I have questions for anyone driving to a church that's next door to Town Hall Station
But I have questions for anyone driving to a church that's next door to Town Hall Station
I'm torn between wanting better mobile coverage on the rail line so I can do more work on my laptop, versus celebrating the rare opportunity to be outside of mobile coverage and away from the internet
it's always a great day to be riding the new south wales government railways
January 31, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I'm torn between wanting better mobile coverage on the rail line so I can do more work on my laptop, versus celebrating the rare opportunity to be outside of mobile coverage and away from the internet
it's always a great day to be riding the new south wales government railways
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
it's always a great day to be riding the new south wales government railways
Dear friends, you are on notice that if I ever find out that you are unironically using AI chat summarisation in our DMs, it's over
Instagram just offered to AI-summarize 3 messages from my friend, totaling 50 words, for me. That’s what meta thinks of us. Chat are we cooked.
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Dear friends, you are on notice that if I ever find out that you are unironically using AI chat summarisation in our DMs, it's over
presently wishing my multiple minor but long term life problems didn't compound such that each of them makes it harder to take action on the others
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM
presently wishing my multiple minor but long term life problems didn't compound such that each of them makes it harder to take action on the others
pleased to report I went to an unfamiliar country in Asia this month and did not have significant gastrointestinal distress
I really hate when writers add that they got Jakarta/Bali/Delhi whatever Belly. There is absolutely no reason to tell me you had a gastro nightmare. You keep that to yourself.
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
pleased to report I went to an unfamiliar country in Asia this month and did not have significant gastrointestinal distress