Everyone’s talking about AI using em dashes too much, but no one is talking about the self-answered question: “the result? Diabolical.” Or “the humour? Cutting.”

No humans write like that.

Remember when Trump pardoned violent insurrectionists who attacked police officers? It’s weird that people forget about that when they talk about his misdeeds.

This is a very powerful decision.

I can’t look away. I always thought it admirable, if a bit misguided, how Americans were so proud of their system of government. But now they’re mostly helpless to stand by and watch it be torn apart from the inside.

I like this push to get off US-based digital services.

I don’t think it will be possible to cut off everything — I’m hopelessly tied into the Apple ecosystem, for example — but I do think there are opportunities to cut more out in favor of alternatives elsewhere.

Waiting to get hit by a cyclone is very stressful 😕

People who complain about Sydney’s train network have never experienced commuting by train in Brisbane. I haven’t had a single train journey this week that didn’t have some kind of random delay or other issue.

The jokes write themselves

This whole thread is great, but this perfectly encapsulates how I feel about LLMs at the moment. The next person who tells me that LLMs are going to fundamentally change legal practice is getting sent a copy of this thread.

It’s so weird but also not surprising that the “nazi salute” is what has galvanised the online community and not any of his other reprehensible conduct.

Dear every generative AI. I never want to see, read or hear the word “dynamic”. Ever. Please stop using it all the damn time. Thank you.

Streisand effect in full operation. It’s a shame, I was in Raygun’s corner throughout the horrific bullying. But her heavyhanded and overly litigious approach to this musical makes me think she’s getting some pretty terrible advice.

I’ll never forgive Albo for making me agree with Elon.

I’ve discovered the perfect way to rock my baby to get him to sleep in less than 10 minutes. But like all parenting discoveries, I am sure that in two days I will try it and instead of putting him to sleep it will cause him to become inconsolable.

www.michaelberkman.com.au/librarycuts#....

The Greens are alleging that the LNP Council wants to cut funding to Brisbane children literacy programs, but I can’t find any details. Does anyone know what’s going on?

I am very glad to see BlueSky gaining traction in Australia. I thought Threads might do it for me and saved me having to manually rebuild my network, but the engagement bait just became overwhelming. BlueSky is already giving me early Twitter vibes.

want to quickly follow a bunch of aussies who have moved from X/twitter recently?

go.bsky.app/F46ebLH