Quokka
@mudonmyface.bsky.social
What? Just 256 characters allowed here?
Chat-GPT reckons I should go with:👋 G'day from Perth! IT pro embracing the digital waves. No cats, but a passion for all things tech. Let's connect and explore the tech universe together! 🌐 #Perth #ITPro
Chat-GPT reckons I should go with:👋 G'day from Perth! IT pro embracing the digital waves. No cats, but a passion for all things tech. Let's connect and explore the tech universe together! 🌐 #Perth #ITPro
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Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn ‘Australian concepts’ | Australia news | The Guardian share.google/DAdv7H7kYEEf...
Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn ‘Australian concepts’
Tech giant says posts from Australian Facebook and Instagram users are ‘vital learning’ about ‘concepts, realities, and figures’
share.google
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn ‘Australian concepts’ | Australia news | The Guardian share.google/DAdv7H7kYEEf...
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I imagine Pepper's brain to have constant thoughts of squizzers 🐿️, discs 🥏 and balls 🥎 😅 #PepperTheGSD #GermanShepherdsofBluesky
July 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I imagine Pepper's brain to have constant thoughts of squizzers 🐿️, discs 🥏 and balls 🥎 😅 #PepperTheGSD #GermanShepherdsofBluesky
Peak fuckwittery right here in #Perth www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
Not on my foreshore: Residents fight tiny trees set to block ‘million-dollar’ Perth views
On one side, the city’s hard at work on an urban forest strategy with eager input from locals wanting more trees. But on Jubilee Street, the mood is different.
www.watoday.com.au
July 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Peak fuckwittery right here in #Perth www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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Bennetts Wallabies at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. White wallabies are common there with a stable population of them. It’s not uncommon to see a grey wallaby with a white joey or vice versa.
July 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Bennetts Wallabies at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. White wallabies are common there with a stable population of them. It’s not uncommon to see a grey wallaby with a white joey or vice versa.
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Bunnings still wants to scan faces, Uber's transformation and ugh crypto
Plus: the rare fake AI hallucination
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/bunnings-still-wants-to-scan-faces-uber-s-transformation-and-ugh-crypto-eb0e99ed19b92718
Plus: the rare fake AI hallucination
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/bunnings-still-wants-to-scan-faces-uber-s-transformation-and-ugh-crypto-eb0e99ed19b92718
Bunnings still wants to scan faces, Uber's transformation and ugh crypto
Plus: the rare fake AI hallucination
thesizzle.com.au
July 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Bunnings still wants to scan faces, Uber's transformation and ugh crypto
Plus: the rare fake AI hallucination
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/bunnings-still-wants-to-scan-faces-uber-s-transformation-and-ugh-crypto-eb0e99ed19b92718
Plus: the rare fake AI hallucination
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/bunnings-still-wants-to-scan-faces-uber-s-transformation-and-ugh-crypto-eb0e99ed19b92718
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and now IG has suspended my account...why??
and apparently they want a video selfie.
not fucking suss at all
and apparently they want a video selfie.
not fucking suss at all
July 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
and now IG has suspended my account...why??
and apparently they want a video selfie.
not fucking suss at all
and apparently they want a video selfie.
not fucking suss at all
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I just installed an AC unit in a window that was 3 inches too small for it.
This 2 hour process ultimately involved removing the windows entirely and re-installing them in-transition around the unit as it was maneuvered into place.
I feel like I could teach at MIT while punching god right now.
This 2 hour process ultimately involved removing the windows entirely and re-installing them in-transition around the unit as it was maneuvered into place.
I feel like I could teach at MIT while punching god right now.
July 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I just installed an AC unit in a window that was 3 inches too small for it.
This 2 hour process ultimately involved removing the windows entirely and re-installing them in-transition around the unit as it was maneuvered into place.
I feel like I could teach at MIT while punching god right now.
This 2 hour process ultimately involved removing the windows entirely and re-installing them in-transition around the unit as it was maneuvered into place.
I feel like I could teach at MIT while punching god right now.
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tree law
Sarah Dodd, a lawyer specialising in tree law, said it was the first time in the UK that someone had been sentenced to prison for illegally felling a tree.
Men who felled iconic Sycamore Gap tree jailed for four years
Sarah Dodd, a lawyer specialising in tree law, said it was the first time in the UK that someone had been sentenced to prison for illegally felling a tree.
l.euronews.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
tree law
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When a nation calls upon you
Australia crushed more red wine grapes this year but fewer people are drinking it, prompting warnings of a worsening wine glut.
Australia's red wine glut likely to get worse
Australia crushed more red wine grapes this year but fewer people are drinking it, prompting warnings of a worsening wine glut.
www.abc.net.au
July 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When a nation calls upon you
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My retirement is going to be cooking lizard meat on the boiling asphalt of an abandoned Sears parking lot while I film it for TikTok
July 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My retirement is going to be cooking lizard meat on the boiling asphalt of an abandoned Sears parking lot while I film it for TikTok
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アイデンティティベースの攻撃が小売業界を侵害する5つの方法
5 Ways Identity-based Attacks Are Breaching Retail #HackerNews (Jul 8)
thehackernews.com/2025/07/5-wa...
5 Ways Identity-based Attacks Are Breaching Retail #HackerNews (Jul 8)
thehackernews.com/2025/07/5-wa...
5 Ways Identity-based Attacks Are Breaching Retail
Major retailers like Adidas and The North Face were breached using identity-driven tactics, exposing key security gaps.
thehackernews.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
アイデンティティベースの攻撃が小売業界を侵害する5つの方法
5 Ways Identity-based Attacks Are Breaching Retail #HackerNews (Jul 8)
thehackernews.com/2025/07/5-wa...
5 Ways Identity-based Attacks Are Breaching Retail #HackerNews (Jul 8)
thehackernews.com/2025/07/5-wa...
i can't work out if this sounds genius or awful
“c’mon, just having a laff”
(David Brent voice)
(David Brent voice)
wtf
July 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
i can't work out if this sounds genius or awful
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when you finally get medication that works for your crippling mental illness but now your appetite is shot, you’re not supposed to drink, and you can’t get horny
February 14, 2024 at 8:16 AM
when you finally get medication that works for your crippling mental illness but now your appetite is shot, you’re not supposed to drink, and you can’t get horny
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More problems for WA Labor's pet project no one else seems to want - Westport - with perhaps an extra $1B to be spent to ensure it doesn't close down the adjacent crucial desalination plant.
www.boilingcold.com.au/westport-bil...
www.boilingcold.com.au/westport-bil...
Westport bill may jump $1b to keep desalination plant working
Longer pipelines into Cockburn Sound must be built before port construction begins or 15 per cent of Perth's water supply will be lost.
www.boilingcold.com.au
July 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
More problems for WA Labor's pet project no one else seems to want - Westport - with perhaps an extra $1B to be spent to ensure it doesn't close down the adjacent crucial desalination plant.
www.boilingcold.com.au/westport-bil...
www.boilingcold.com.au/westport-bil...
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wa-hay! Congrats!!
July 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
wa-hay! Congrats!!
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every town in Australia's Wikipedia blurb reads exactly like this
July 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
every town in Australia's Wikipedia blurb reads exactly like this
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Did anybody out there in Bluesky replace their traditional HVAC system with a heat pump in their home and if so are you glad you did and if not why not?
Just ignore this if you have no idea what any of that means.
Just ignore this if you have no idea what any of that means.
July 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Did anybody out there in Bluesky replace their traditional HVAC system with a heat pump in their home and if so are you glad you did and if not why not?
Just ignore this if you have no idea what any of that means.
Just ignore this if you have no idea what any of that means.
You know they say people who want to be elected are the last people that should be? Well you gotta check this mayor out. The audio interview is worth a listen for just how badly it goes to shit towards the end. Not her first rodeo either.
#WesternAustralia #MeltDown
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
#WesternAustralia #MeltDown
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Nedlands mayor delivers extraordinary swipe after councillors resign
City of Nedlands Mayor Fiona Argyle launches an extraordinary broadside against some members of her council, on a day when four of them resigned.
www.abc.net.au
July 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
You know they say people who want to be elected are the last people that should be? Well you gotta check this mayor out. The audio interview is worth a listen for just how badly it goes to shit towards the end. Not her first rodeo either.
#WesternAustralia #MeltDown
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
#WesternAustralia #MeltDown
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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💯. Having lived in Australia, I can attest to that! Great public transport, free museums, laws prohibiting scalping of tickets (so all fans can afford tickets), great free healthcare, the list goes on….
Americans need a window into life in other nations. Really basic stuff.
YouTube shorts highlighting that other people have amazing, wonderful things that we could have.
Like, there are other places where every children’s hospital is kinda like St. Jude! You aren’t expected to have medical debt!
YouTube shorts highlighting that other people have amazing, wonderful things that we could have.
Like, there are other places where every children’s hospital is kinda like St. Jude! You aren’t expected to have medical debt!
July 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
💯. Having lived in Australia, I can attest to that! Great public transport, free museums, laws prohibiting scalping of tickets (so all fans can afford tickets), great free healthcare, the list goes on….
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Optometrist assistant: You ever wear these sunglasses in the water?
Me: Probably a hundred times.
Optometrist assistant: Yeah, these lenses are ruined.
Me: So I don't need an eye test?
Optometrist assistant: If you couldn't tell these lenses are this bad I'd say you probably still need the eye test.
Me: Probably a hundred times.
Optometrist assistant: Yeah, these lenses are ruined.
Me: So I don't need an eye test?
Optometrist assistant: If you couldn't tell these lenses are this bad I'd say you probably still need the eye test.
July 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Optometrist assistant: You ever wear these sunglasses in the water?
Me: Probably a hundred times.
Optometrist assistant: Yeah, these lenses are ruined.
Me: So I don't need an eye test?
Optometrist assistant: If you couldn't tell these lenses are this bad I'd say you probably still need the eye test.
Me: Probably a hundred times.
Optometrist assistant: Yeah, these lenses are ruined.
Me: So I don't need an eye test?
Optometrist assistant: If you couldn't tell these lenses are this bad I'd say you probably still need the eye test.
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BHP ordered to pay workers an average $30,000 more after defeat in landmark labour hire ruling
BHP has been ordered to pay labour hire workers at three Queensland coal mines the same as their directly employed peers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
BHP has been ordered to pay labour hire workers at three Queensland coal mines the same as their directly employed peers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Landmark ruling orders BHP to pay labour hire workers an average $30,000 more
More than 2,000 labour hire workers employed by BHP in Central Queensland will be paid thousands of dollars more, in a major test of the federal government's laws requiring they be paid the same as di...
www.abc.net.au
July 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BHP ordered to pay workers an average $30,000 more after defeat in landmark labour hire ruling
BHP has been ordered to pay labour hire workers at three Queensland coal mines the same as their directly employed peers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
BHP has been ordered to pay labour hire workers at three Queensland coal mines the same as their directly employed peers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
