Tenpou
@tenpou.bsky.social
aka metal_dog5 on most platforms.
18+ Polyfannish fandom old, varied interests, reticent. Mostly tired
18+ Polyfannish fandom old, varied interests, reticent. Mostly tired
I log into Insta & the first thing I see is Yibo’d new trailer ETU. 😨😱
There is not enough money in the world that would make me want to be on the side of a sheer cliff face, even if I was fit enough to make an attempt.
It’s now incredibly hard to believe he used to be scared on a roller coaster.
There is not enough money in the world that would make me want to be on the side of a sheer cliff face, even if I was fit enough to make an attempt.
It’s now incredibly hard to believe he used to be scared on a roller coaster.
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I log into Insta & the first thing I see is Yibo’d new trailer ETU. 😨😱
There is not enough money in the world that would make me want to be on the side of a sheer cliff face, even if I was fit enough to make an attempt.
It’s now incredibly hard to believe he used to be scared on a roller coaster.
There is not enough money in the world that would make me want to be on the side of a sheer cliff face, even if I was fit enough to make an attempt.
It’s now incredibly hard to believe he used to be scared on a roller coaster.
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8/8 Pollinator Week 2025
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
8/8 Pollinator Week 2025
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It’s pollinator week! Here’s a commission I did for Old Parliament House - you can download the whole poster on their website! 1/8 #pollinatorweek #bees #pollination
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s pollinator week! Here’s a commission I did for Old Parliament House - you can download the whole poster on their website! 1/8 #pollinatorweek #bees #pollination
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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Even now, in the year 2025, I cringe at the thought of wearing ugg boots in public. I am a part of a certain generation of Aussie who was brought up to see them as house slippers. Not even WYB making them almost look stylish would encourage me to wear a pair in public.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Even now, in the year 2025, I cringe at the thought of wearing ugg boots in public. I am a part of a certain generation of Aussie who was brought up to see them as house slippers. Not even WYB making them almost look stylish would encourage me to wear a pair in public.
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The last two episodes of @mattbevan.bsky.social’s “If You’re Listening” are relevant here.
1. “Is the AI boom another Dot-Com bubble about to burst?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbE...
2. “How much energy, water and money is the AI boom consuming” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mJL...
1. “Is the AI boom another Dot-Com bubble about to burst?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbE...
2. “How much energy, water and money is the AI boom consuming” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mJL...
Is the AI boom another Dot-Com bubble about to burst? | If You're Listening
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The last two episodes of @mattbevan.bsky.social’s “If You’re Listening” are relevant here.
1. “Is the AI boom another Dot-Com bubble about to burst?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbE...
2. “How much energy, water and money is the AI boom consuming” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mJL...
1. “Is the AI boom another Dot-Com bubble about to burst?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbE...
2. “How much energy, water and money is the AI boom consuming” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mJL...
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In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @thatwriterguy@mastodon.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @thatwriterguy@mastodon.social
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Thread. The details are atrocious, both then and now.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thread. The details are atrocious, both then and now.
In an oddly timed coincidence, both my children are going to be away for a while - one on a long-planned-for OS holiday, and the other interstate for work. It will be the first time in a very long time I've not had at least one at home.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In an oddly timed coincidence, both my children are going to be away for a while - one on a long-planned-for OS holiday, and the other interstate for work. It will be the first time in a very long time I've not had at least one at home.
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So far I'm unable to confirm this, but I'm still working on it.
It's believable that they'd try it.
It's believable that they'd try it.
Women call your senators and congressional representatives! They are trying to Sneak in NATIONAL ABORTION BAN!!! Stop it now!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
So far I'm unable to confirm this, but I'm still working on it.
It's believable that they'd try it.
It's believable that they'd try it.
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Check out the thread too - imo it‘s becoming clear far too many businesses decided to use AI because of fomo without understanding if it was suitable for them.
Check out the thread too - imo it‘s becoming clear far too many businesses decided to use AI because of fomo without understanding if it was suitable for them.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Check out the thread too - imo it‘s becoming clear far too many businesses decided to use AI because of fomo without understanding if it was suitable for them.
Check out the thread too - imo it‘s becoming clear far too many businesses decided to use AI because of fomo without understanding if it was suitable for them.
re last post - it's a lazy list, as there's a number of things that people can easily do today. For example buying vinyl is a popular hobby - I can think of at least 5 dedicated record stores in the city, which isn't including the other places that have a records section.
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
re last post - it's a lazy list, as there's a number of things that people can easily do today. For example buying vinyl is a popular hobby - I can think of at least 5 dedicated record stores in the city, which isn't including the other places that have a records section.
I've done all of these. tbh some work places have only recently (as in the last couple of years) moved away from faxing documents back and forth instead of emailing them.
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I've done all of these. tbh some work places have only recently (as in the last couple of years) moved away from faxing documents back and forth instead of emailing them.
This guy is doing something good for his community :)
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This guy is doing something good for his community :)
Today was a work PD day, which was fine but not really relevant to what I do. As I finish early on Fridays I came home and finally finished some other training that I had been putting off due to how incredibly boring it is to me as I already do what was in the training
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Today was a work PD day, which was fine but not really relevant to what I do. As I finish early on Fridays I came home and finally finished some other training that I had been putting off due to how incredibly boring it is to me as I already do what was in the training
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Junk AI reports harming NDIS users: disability groups www.afr.com/politics/jun...
Junk AI reports harming NDIS users: disability groups
Disability organisations say the use of artificial intelligence is undermining the integrity of the NDIS process and people’s claims.
www.afr.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Junk AI reports harming NDIS users: disability groups www.afr.com/politics/jun...
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Discord breach hits 68,000 Australians ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Discord breach hits 68,000 Australians
Data leak exposes ID selfies ahead of age ban.
ia.acs.org.au
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Discord breach hits 68,000 Australians ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
If given a choice, I would not have any AI in the programs and apps that I use. I am not interested in using it, not only because what’s on offer is a flawed system, but it’s causing people to do less critical thinking, and less fact checking.
'Training myself out of a job': Lawyers, teachers and managers speak out about AI — ABC News
As artificial intelligence evolves from novelty chatbot to essential work companion, humans are being forced to confront its rapid rise and figure out what it means for them. We asked readers if they ...
apple.news
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
If given a choice, I would not have any AI in the programs and apps that I use. I am not interested in using it, not only because what’s on offer is a flawed system, but it’s causing people to do less critical thinking, and less fact checking.
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"It grants police the power to recommend cancelling someone’s Centrelink payments, based on the suspicion they have committed a serious crime. Not conviction. Suspicion."
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"It grants police the power to recommend cancelling someone’s Centrelink payments, based on the suspicion they have committed a serious crime. Not conviction. Suspicion."
A really good fanvid will get you to watch the show, or at least pique your interest enough to find out if it's available on whatever streaming service you're subscribed to.
The only time I raised my voice in five seasons of LEVERAGE was telling the TNT exec that if he sent cease and desist orders to the makers of fan videos on YouTube that I would quit the show and take an ad out in the Hollywood Reporter explaining why.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A really good fanvid will get you to watch the show, or at least pique your interest enough to find out if it's available on whatever streaming service you're subscribed to.
Took today off work as I had previously booked an appointment for today back when I wasn’t scheduled to work on Fridays. Turns out to be a good decision as I’ve finished the appointment, met my kids for lunch, and a friend asked if I had time today to catch up for coffee. Nice to be able to say yes!
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Took today off work as I had previously booked an appointment for today back when I wasn’t scheduled to work on Fridays. Turns out to be a good decision as I’ve finished the appointment, met my kids for lunch, and a friend asked if I had time today to catch up for coffee. Nice to be able to say yes!
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Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
Not only did my mother, a nurse, give us the sex ed talk, she also gave it to my cousins (at their parents request). We also went to a school run information session, for parents and children.
did anyones parents *actually* talk to them about sex?
its been a plot point in like every TV show and movie about raising kids for like centuries at this point but does it actually happen?
i think "the birds and the bees" speech is entirely a ficticious construct
its been a plot point in like every TV show and movie about raising kids for like centuries at this point but does it actually happen?
i think "the birds and the bees" speech is entirely a ficticious construct
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Not only did my mother, a nurse, give us the sex ed talk, she also gave it to my cousins (at their parents request). We also went to a school run information session, for parents and children.
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Really taking “flooding the zone” to its limit.
It’s been a week since Trump posted a video of himself shitting on America
The next day he shat on the People’s House and tore up our common legacy
The next day he shat on the People’s House and tore up our common legacy
October 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Really taking “flooding the zone” to its limit.