janerawlings8
@janerawlings8.bsky.social
I’m an IP barrister and an academic. Intellectual property, technology, privacy law is my thing. And gardening, orchids and choral music. Brexit was and is an economic catastrophe for the United Kingdom. Rejoin Now. I voted Yes to the Voice.
It’s Australia Day, 26th January 2025 - the date the colony of New South Wales was proclaimed by Captain Arthur Philip for England. It is rightly called Invasion Day by Indigenous people in Australia - the start of colonisation.
Every year there are calls to change the date of Australia Day(1)
Every year there are calls to change the date of Australia Day(1)
January 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s Australia Day, 26th January 2025 - the date the colony of New South Wales was proclaimed by Captain Arthur Philip for England. It is rightly called Invasion Day by Indigenous people in Australia - the start of colonisation.
Every year there are calls to change the date of Australia Day(1)
Every year there are calls to change the date of Australia Day(1)
Up and working for the planet!
In today’s Guardian, I wrote about the hope, purpose and connection I found in conservation volunteering when I was feeling overwhelmed by the environmental crisis: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was in despair about the environmental crisis. Then I volunteered to clean up my local park
‘Instead of sobbing in front of your computer screen,’ my counsellor said, ‘go out and do something’
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Up and working for the planet!
It’s one of those basic needs - a safe place to lay your head at night - and it should be a human right as well.
Back in June @kyleatink.bsky.social and I introduced a Bill that would make housing a human right. It had support from former Labor & Liberal politicians. Now the ACT Greens are getting on board.
Ensuring everyone has access to a safe, affordable home should be above politics.
Ensuring everyone has access to a safe, affordable home should be above politics.
December 12, 2024 at 12:48 PM
It’s one of those basic needs - a safe place to lay your head at night - and it should be a human right as well.
So yesterday, we had some gardening done - and woke this little ringtail possum from its daytime nap. The little possum is fine and went back to bed afterwards. #australianwildlife #ringtailpossum
December 10, 2024 at 10:28 PM
So yesterday, we had some gardening done - and woke this little ringtail possum from its daytime nap. The little possum is fine and went back to bed afterwards. #australianwildlife #ringtailpossum
So Assad has bolted to some unknown destination. This has to be a major blow to Russian interference in the Middle East. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Syria live: Bashar al-Assad has left Syria, says Russia’s foreign ministry – latest updates
Turkey’s foreign minister says Assad regime has collapsed as Russia says he ordered a peaceful power transfer
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:52 AM
So Assad has bolted to some unknown destination. This has to be a major blow to Russian interference in the Middle East. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
This striking original image draws a follow from me. I support photographers and other creative artists on Bluesky and everywhere else.
December 5, 2024 at 1:25 PM
This striking original image draws a follow from me. I support photographers and other creative artists on Bluesky and everywhere else.
This is exactly what is involved in training multi-modal models used for generating images using generative AI. Pay the creatives a fair rate for the use of their images in training multi-modal models. Better still - pay the creatives a fair rate to create those original images for you.
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
December 2, 2024 at 8:22 AM
This is exactly what is involved in training multi-modal models used for generating images using generative AI. Pay the creatives a fair rate for the use of their images in training multi-modal models. Better still - pay the creatives a fair rate to create those original images for you.
Reposted by janerawlings8
People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.
It’s not rocket science.
It’s not rocket science.
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.
It’s not rocket science.
It’s not rocket science.
This is a particularly stupid example of the species Scammer criminis. It wins an insta-report and block.
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
This is a particularly stupid example of the species Scammer criminis. It wins an insta-report and block.
Not even winter yet but the Gritter trucks are already out spreading grit and salt on Scottish roads. And to tell them apart they have code names because numbers would be boring… www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Gritter tracker | Traffic Scotland
Traffic Scotland gives you the real-time information you need about Scotland’s trunk road network
www.traffic.gov.scot
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Not even winter yet but the Gritter trucks are already out spreading grit and salt on Scottish roads. And to tell them apart they have code names because numbers would be boring… www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Reposted by janerawlings8
I’ve been lecturing today at Manchester - special relativity - and for no good reason other than I want to post stuff here, here’s my lecture notes introducing the concept of invariant mass :-)
November 15, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I’ve been lecturing today at Manchester - special relativity - and for no good reason other than I want to post stuff here, here’s my lecture notes introducing the concept of invariant mass :-)
So I’ve been thinking what to make as my first post. Politics? Music? Dogs? Māori MPs’ haka to show their defiance against right wing idiots? My contempt for anti-vaxxers? I know - King Parrots!
November 15, 2024 at 11:12 AM
So I’ve been thinking what to make as my first post. Politics? Music? Dogs? Māori MPs’ haka to show their defiance against right wing idiots? My contempt for anti-vaxxers? I know - King Parrots!