@billcawte.bsky.social
Maybe it'll all get a bit better rather suddenly...
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"Digital Independence/Sovereignty"
Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
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Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
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Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
Denmark's digital affairs ministry says it plans to switch to the open source LibreOffice software and away from Microsoft products as part of an effort to make the government more digitally independe...
therecord.media
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Digital Independence/Sovereignty"
Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
therecord.media/denmark-digi...
Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
therecord.media/denmark-digi...
Winter solstice.
June 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Winter solstice.
Nah, that's a clip from a low budget 50s sci-fi movie.
May 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Nah, that's a clip from a low budget 50s sci-fi movie.
I have never dragged the chain so hard about a @sammobile.com update as this week. AI this, AI bloody that. Feck orff.
Enshittification is coming for us all.
Tech has entirely turned on the customer
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
May 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I have never dragged the chain so hard about a @sammobile.com update as this week. AI this, AI bloody that. Feck orff.
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Enshittification is coming for us all.
Tech has entirely turned on the customer
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
May 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Enshittification is coming for us all.
Pardon, but what is 'nutting' in this context? Have a mental image of the driver headbutting the tree off the tracks but suspect this isn't quite right.
May 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Pardon, but what is 'nutting' in this context? Have a mental image of the driver headbutting the tree off the tracks but suspect this isn't quite right.
Had to be go back and double check, Oz had 'plebiscite' before the parliamentary vote, so yeah.
May 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Had to be go back and double check, Oz had 'plebiscite' before the parliamentary vote, so yeah.
...I saw a beautiful bricks and mortar expression of this in Sorell; an intersection in the shopping district with a different electoral office on three of the four corners, (Liberal, Labor and an independent from memory.) A real political marketplace.
May 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
...I saw a beautiful bricks and mortar expression of this in Sorell; an intersection in the shopping district with a different electoral office on three of the four corners, (Liberal, Labor and an independent from memory.) A real political marketplace.
Not a minor issue in my book. But ok, looking at governance, with multi member electorates pork-barreling (of marginals) and neglect (of safe seats) are eliminated at a stroke. There are are no safe seats in Tasmania, the parties must compete for every vote in every division. 1/2
May 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Not a minor issue in my book. But ok, looking at governance, with multi member electorates pork-barreling (of marginals) and neglect (of safe seats) are eliminated at a stroke. There are are no safe seats in Tasmania, the parties must compete for every vote in every division. 1/2
Thank you for talking about this! With one of the world's most democratic lower houses right here (Tasmania) it baffles that more people don't, esp minor parties so unfairly disadvantaged. Safe seats are an abomination! (Or, more precisely, safe electorates; in Tas the majors still rank candidates.)
May 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Thank you for talking about this! With one of the world's most democratic lower houses right here (Tasmania) it baffles that more people don't, esp minor parties so unfairly disadvantaged. Safe seats are an abomination! (Or, more precisely, safe electorates; in Tas the majors still rank candidates.)
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I think this debate could have been better with a more nuanced case against our single-member electoral system, so I wrote one here. #ausvotes
May 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I think this debate could have been better with a more nuanced case against our single-member electoral system, so I wrote one here. #ausvotes
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This will make a big difference to families... as long as they're in an area with good usable public transport.
More services in middle and outer Melbourne, regional towns and further afield are needed to ensure that more people can benefit. www.abc.net.au/news/...
More services in middle and outer Melbourne, regional towns and further afield are needed to ensure that more people can benefit. www.abc.net.au/news/...
Children to get free public transport in Victoria from 2026
The Victorian government will make public transport free for all children from next year in a bid to relieve cost-of-living pressures.
www.abc.net.au
May 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This will make a big difference to families... as long as they're in an area with good usable public transport.
More services in middle and outer Melbourne, regional towns and further afield are needed to ensure that more people can benefit. www.abc.net.au/news/...
More services in middle and outer Melbourne, regional towns and further afield are needed to ensure that more people can benefit. www.abc.net.au/news/...
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We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
www.morphosource.org/projects/000...
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Just reposting this which I think is the most gorgeous thing I have seen in my career - a critically endangered orange-bellied parrot feeding on a carpet of daisies after an ecological burn. This was the first time theyβd had the chance to feed naturally in 15y and was wonderful to witness
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May 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Just reposting this which I think is the most gorgeous thing I have seen in my career - a critically endangered orange-bellied parrot feeding on a carpet of daisies after an ecological burn. This was the first time theyβd had the chance to feed naturally in 15y and was wonderful to witness
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The extension of the Upfield path from Sages Road to the Ring Road path work is due to start in July. Keep in mind that since the state government first funded and promised this project in 2018, the date has shifted many times and the project scope has shrank considerably so π€πΌ
May 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The extension of the Upfield path from Sages Road to the Ring Road path work is due to start in July. Keep in mind that since the state government first funded and promised this project in 2018, the date has shifted many times and the project scope has shrank considerably so π€πΌ
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Great map shown at a conference that Iβm presenting at. We see the increase in restaurant spending along the path of the solar eclipse. I enjoy stumbling across fun maps in the wild.
May 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Great map shown at a conference that Iβm presenting at. We see the increase in restaurant spending along the path of the solar eclipse. I enjoy stumbling across fun maps in the wild.
I saw a tallbike this evening. Everything's going to be alright.
May 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I saw a tallbike this evening. Everything's going to be alright.
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@cdnsciencepub.com has signed an #OpenAccess agreement with the Australian National University (ANU)! π€
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May 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@cdnsciencepub.com has signed an #OpenAccess agreement with the Australian National University (ANU)! π€
ANU authors can publish Open Access with no APCs in BCB and get full read access to our entire portfolio through to Dec 2027! Learn more βΆοΈ buff.ly/0uT7h1X
ANU authors can publish Open Access with no APCs in BCB and get full read access to our entire portfolio through to Dec 2027! Learn more βΆοΈ buff.ly/0uT7h1X
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Someone calls up 3AW threatening to damage bike lanes in the city of Yarra. Hosts laugh uproariously.
May 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Someone calls up 3AW threatening to damage bike lanes in the city of Yarra. Hosts laugh uproariously.
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This is a fantastic idea. Passenger rail connecting Auckland and Tauranga. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
βNo-brainerβ: Commuters go loco for Tauranga to Auckland train
βCheaper, safer and fasterβ journeys by rail are a better option than driving or flying, avoiding increasingly unbearable traffic and airfares.
www.stuff.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is a fantastic idea. Passenger rail connecting Auckland and Tauranga. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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Melbourne's population is projected to exceed 9 million by 2050 and this bloke, who wants to be the leader of our state, is still complaining that there's too many bike lanes in the city. Do better.
May 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Melbourne's population is projected to exceed 9 million by 2050 and this bloke, who wants to be the leader of our state, is still complaining that there's too many bike lanes in the city. Do better.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM