DocConnor
@docconnor.bsky.social
Gamer, wine w*nker, foodie, dad, sport, emotion and military culture academic. C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ addict. My (co-authored) book on abuse within the ADF is out now https://www.mup.com.au/books/warrior-soldier-brigand-paperback-softback
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Talk about a cursed set of words
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Talk about a cursed set of words
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Trans Day of Resistance events:
2pm, 22 November, Flinders Street station, rally for trans justice.
No Right To Discriminate
Cops Out Of Pride
Gender Affirming Care For All
No Pride In Detention
Sanction Israel
2pm, 22 November, Flinders Street station, rally for trans justice.
No Right To Discriminate
Cops Out Of Pride
Gender Affirming Care For All
No Pride In Detention
Sanction Israel
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Trans Day of Resistance events:
2pm, 22 November, Flinders Street station, rally for trans justice.
No Right To Discriminate
Cops Out Of Pride
Gender Affirming Care For All
No Pride In Detention
Sanction Israel
2pm, 22 November, Flinders Street station, rally for trans justice.
No Right To Discriminate
Cops Out Of Pride
Gender Affirming Care For All
No Pride In Detention
Sanction Israel
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How do universities justify signing multi million dollar deals with this company when it is nothing more than a thief and liar?
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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November 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How do universities justify signing multi million dollar deals with this company when it is nothing more than a thief and liar?
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Fuck 'em up.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Fuck 'em up.
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I pledge to block every single Youtube channel I see posting AI generated science or history slop. Not because the AI imagery is misleading trash--which it is--but because the content is vapid and dubious. Give me kids who's passion for science or history pays for their home any day.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I pledge to block every single Youtube channel I see posting AI generated science or history slop. Not because the AI imagery is misleading trash--which it is--but because the content is vapid and dubious. Give me kids who's passion for science or history pays for their home any day.
They are brilliant - if you’ve never listened do now! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers: ‘We don’t want to be the biggest band in the world. It’s just fun playing with our besties’
The Australian rock band are ‘legit now’ with their second album Glory. They talk about performing while underage, playing with Dave Grohl and the ‘girl band’ label
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
They are brilliant - if you’ve never listened do now! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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ALWAYS! Stand up for trans rights now, because they're your rights too. Trans rights are human rights.
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
ALWAYS! Stand up for trans rights now, because they're your rights too. Trans rights are human rights.
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causing poverty - a primary outcome of criminal law - does not support victims of sexual violence. Expanding police powers has never in the history of patriarchy reduced, halted, nor prevented sexual violence. Increasing inequality in fact strongly correlates with higher rates of violence.
"We need to do more to protect people who are victims of serious violent and sexual offences, but further demonising welfare recipients and using the social security system as a form of punishment is not the way." – @averyhoward.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
causing poverty - a primary outcome of criminal law - does not support victims of sexual violence. Expanding police powers has never in the history of patriarchy reduced, halted, nor prevented sexual violence. Increasing inequality in fact strongly correlates with higher rates of violence.
Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...
The American Military Officer After Liberalism
Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what
warontherocks.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Gee, if only we could actually enforce copyright and stop them stealing our creative output then we wouldn’t need this…
“new..crawlers, used to train generative AI, is starting to threaten much of the web's economy..& raise concerns for privacy..it is possible to stop them..To a point. 1 way.. is to poison the data: add something to your content that makes it difficult for AIs to learn”
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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New arms race flares as AI takes your content and blockers fight back
There's an increasing number of tools that block AIs from training themselves on online information. How do they work, and will they change the way AIs and the internet operate?
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Gee, if only we could actually enforce copyright and stop them stealing our creative output then we wouldn’t need this…
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Maybe the thing that gives me a pulse-pounding throbbing headache is when I think of how techbros sold ChatGPT to universities as ‘revolutionizing’ higher education and our institutions just forked over money without even asking for actual evidence
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
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Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Maybe the thing that gives me a pulse-pounding throbbing headache is when I think of how techbros sold ChatGPT to universities as ‘revolutionizing’ higher education and our institutions just forked over money without even asking for actual evidence
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Every week a new battery miracle, with the simplest use cases of all. But we're only allowed to talk about the chatbots that do your homework (but take longer and do worse) or write your code (but take longer and do worse). And it's not like for every tenth battery in use, someone kills themselves.
"Vehicles equipped with this technology could theoretically exceed 1,500 km on a single charge, with real-world driving ranges expected to reach 1,300 km."
Chery unveils 600 Wh/kg solid-state battery module targeting 1,300 km range - Batteries News
Chery unveils 600 Wh/kg solid-state battery module targeting 1,300 km range At the 2025 Chery Global Innovation Conference held
batteriesnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Every week a new battery miracle, with the simplest use cases of all. But we're only allowed to talk about the chatbots that do your homework (but take longer and do worse) or write your code (but take longer and do worse). And it's not like for every tenth battery in use, someone kills themselves.
It makes me egregiously angry that our elected officials can just choose to ignore the very best scientific research and that they can choose to continue to do harm to our society with impunity. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW Labor ignores own drugs summit advice by keeping sniffer dogs and strip-searches at festivals
Police minister Yasmin Catley says high-visibility tactics remain important ‘investigative tools’ – even at music festivals trialling pill testing
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It makes me egregiously angry that our elected officials can just choose to ignore the very best scientific research and that they can choose to continue to do harm to our society with impunity. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Out of all the real issues the opposition *should* be attacking the Gov on and they choose, checks the notes, a t-shirt. Sigh.
“Her comments come days after she briefly called for Kevin Rudd to be sacked as US ambassador – an overreach that several of her colleagues did not endorse, and which Ley later walked back after Liberal senator Jane Hume called it “churlish”.”
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia politics live: Ley launches extraordinary attack on PM for ‘profound failure of judgment’ over Joy Division T-shirt
Follow the latest updates live
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Out of all the real issues the opposition *should* be attacking the Gov on and they choose, checks the notes, a t-shirt. Sigh.
the repost on this I just shared I completely agreed with, the last half of the movie had me repeatedly shouting at the screen - "you just wait to respond...!", . The single missile does not require immediate counter-strike (especially as there was no origin source). www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
Unlock the Ending of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film unravels the threads of a nuclear crisis.
www.netflix.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the repost on this I just shared I completely agreed with, the last half of the movie had me repeatedly shouting at the screen - "you just wait to respond...!", . The single missile does not require immediate counter-strike (especially as there was no origin source). www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
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How does the US "have only 18 minutes to respond" if a single nuke is headed for a city that is irrelevant to our nuclear force???
18 min to try to stop that nuke sure, but our ability to retaliate would be exactly the same after the detonation.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
18 min to try to stop that nuke sure, but our ability to retaliate would be exactly the same after the detonation.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
Unlock the Ending of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film unravels the threads of a nuclear crisis.
www.netflix.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
How does the US "have only 18 minutes to respond" if a single nuke is headed for a city that is irrelevant to our nuclear force???
18 min to try to stop that nuke sure, but our ability to retaliate would be exactly the same after the detonation.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
18 min to try to stop that nuke sure, but our ability to retaliate would be exactly the same after the detonation.
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
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boiling the earth so the dumbest person alive can write emails that make them sound like the third dumbest person alive.
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
boiling the earth so the dumbest person alive can write emails that make them sound like the third dumbest person alive.
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
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www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Abolish private schools and condemn anyone who sends their kids to one in the meantime.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Abolish private schools and condemn anyone who sends their kids to one in the meantime.
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Give the head of the ABS danger pay.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Give the head of the ABS danger pay.
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Counting what doesn’t count: How consultants are hollowing out the university
Counting what doesn’t count: How consultants are hollowing out the university
When Western Sydney University announced it would shed hundreds of staff, its vice-chancellor described the decision as part of a “necessary transformation.
johnmenadue.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Counting what doesn’t count: How consultants are hollowing out the university
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AI – you cannot escape it! And now the internet claims many people don’t even care. What is going on?! | First Dog on the Moon
AI – you cannot escape it! And now the internet claims many people don’t even care. What is going on?! | First Dog on the Moon
The main benefit of AI is that I have another thing to complain about
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October 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
AI – you cannot escape it! And now the internet claims many people don’t even care. What is going on?! | First Dog on the Moon
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There's that post/engagement bait going around at the moment asking for your niche yet serious ethical stance, and mine is: you are a bad person if you own one of these monstrosities
(By this measure, Perth is veritably the belly of the beast)
(By this measure, Perth is veritably the belly of the beast)
As American-style utes gain popularity across the country, there are calls for owners to face higher taxes for their "big cars, causing big problems".
Calls for Australia's growing love affair with US-style utes to be taxed
As American-style utes gain popularity across the country, there are calls for owners to face higher taxes for their "big cars, causing big problems".
www.abc.net.au
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There's that post/engagement bait going around at the moment asking for your niche yet serious ethical stance, and mine is: you are a bad person if you own one of these monstrosities
(By this measure, Perth is veritably the belly of the beast)
(By this measure, Perth is veritably the belly of the beast)