Toni Fish
@tonifish.bsky.social
Professional water nerd, recovering policy wonk, collector and connector of good humans and holder of important conversations. Hello.
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Don’t forget, when Pauline drops racist bombshells into the media for everyone to react to, she’s now being funded by Gina Rinehart, major contributor to racist propaganda group Advance and inspired by MAGA-guru Steve “flood the zone with bullshit” Bannon.
The offence is the point.
The offence is the point.
February 18, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Don’t forget, when Pauline drops racist bombshells into the media for everyone to react to, she’s now being funded by Gina Rinehart, major contributor to racist propaganda group Advance and inspired by MAGA-guru Steve “flood the zone with bullshit” Bannon.
The offence is the point.
The offence is the point.
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...ie. It wasn't education that Capitalism commodified, it was accreditation.
February 18, 2026 at 8:29 AM
...ie. It wasn't education that Capitalism commodified, it was accreditation.
Some good speakers coming up at the Wheeler Centre. 🧵
"Preeminent philosopher A. C. Grayling returns to Melbourne to discuss one of the most urgent issues of our time: the decline of democracy."
www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...
"Preeminent philosopher A. C. Grayling returns to Melbourne to discuss one of the most urgent issues of our time: the decline of democracy."
www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...
A. C. Grayling: Fighting Authoritarianism, Saving Democracy
www.wheelercentre.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Some good speakers coming up at the Wheeler Centre. 🧵
"Preeminent philosopher A. C. Grayling returns to Melbourne to discuss one of the most urgent issues of our time: the decline of democracy."
www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...
"Preeminent philosopher A. C. Grayling returns to Melbourne to discuss one of the most urgent issues of our time: the decline of democracy."
www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...
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Huh.
I'd love some deeper analysis of this. How is "liberal" defined? Were they testing policy positions, or just perceptions & self-labeling?
Always good to engage with information that challenges my social bubble and biases.
I'd love some deeper analysis of this. How is "liberal" defined? Were they testing policy positions, or just perceptions & self-labeling?
Always good to engage with information that challenges my social bubble and biases.
February 18, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Huh.
I'd love some deeper analysis of this. How is "liberal" defined? Were they testing policy positions, or just perceptions & self-labeling?
Always good to engage with information that challenges my social bubble and biases.
I'd love some deeper analysis of this. How is "liberal" defined? Were they testing policy positions, or just perceptions & self-labeling?
Always good to engage with information that challenges my social bubble and biases.
Guidelines for autoimmune life: do food prep when you DO have the energy for it, so you can nourish yourself when you don't. Good nutrition helps prevent & recover from crashes.
Living w illness has costs: time & energy on self care tasks others don't need to, w reduced budget to start with.
Living w illness has costs: time & energy on self care tasks others don't need to, w reduced budget to start with.
February 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Guidelines for autoimmune life: do food prep when you DO have the energy for it, so you can nourish yourself when you don't. Good nutrition helps prevent & recover from crashes.
Living w illness has costs: time & energy on self care tasks others don't need to, w reduced budget to start with.
Living w illness has costs: time & energy on self care tasks others don't need to, w reduced budget to start with.
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One Nation are saying this is another Liam Hall with the same year of birth, address as of 2025 and remarkable physical similarity.
Until a credible news source confirms - I’ll just say they scrubbed the page prior to the suppression order being lifted
Until a credible news source confirms - I’ll just say they scrubbed the page prior to the suppression order being lifted
February 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
One Nation are saying this is another Liam Hall with the same year of birth, address as of 2025 and remarkable physical similarity.
Until a credible news source confirms - I’ll just say they scrubbed the page prior to the suppression order being lifted
Until a credible news source confirms - I’ll just say they scrubbed the page prior to the suppression order being lifted
This is the WA fragment bomb terrorist.
This is what the suppression order was intended to hide.
PHON have scrubbed their site, but the wayback machine cache holds the truth.
This is what the suppression order was intended to hide.
PHON have scrubbed their site, but the wayback machine cache holds the truth.
February 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This is the WA fragment bomb terrorist.
This is what the suppression order was intended to hide.
PHON have scrubbed their site, but the wayback machine cache holds the truth.
This is what the suppression order was intended to hide.
PHON have scrubbed their site, but the wayback machine cache holds the truth.
Eww.
But also, how about addressing the structural barriers to eating well and getting exercise? That's what actual governing is about.
We know the GOP has zero interest in governance (just power). Push where change is possible: #auspol, state govt, councils, schools, communities.
But also, how about addressing the structural barriers to eating well and getting exercise? That's what actual governing is about.
We know the GOP has zero interest in governance (just power). Push where change is possible: #auspol, state govt, councils, schools, communities.
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Eww.
But also, how about addressing the structural barriers to eating well and getting exercise? That's what actual governing is about.
We know the GOP has zero interest in governance (just power). Push where change is possible: #auspol, state govt, councils, schools, communities.
But also, how about addressing the structural barriers to eating well and getting exercise? That's what actual governing is about.
We know the GOP has zero interest in governance (just power). Push where change is possible: #auspol, state govt, councils, schools, communities.
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If we have to go back to 1970s era chip fab, 8 bit/16 bit architectures and many orders of magnitude smaller address spaces, I am ready. We don’t have to concede all computing to the winner takes all model of enforced AI centralisation and paying rent for every aspect of information in daily life.
February 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
If we have to go back to 1970s era chip fab, 8 bit/16 bit architectures and many orders of magnitude smaller address spaces, I am ready. We don’t have to concede all computing to the winner takes all model of enforced AI centralisation and paying rent for every aspect of information in daily life.
I'm off today on time in lieu, before a week on the duty roster.
Stopped for coffee after gym @ local roastery-cafe & had an excellent convo w. barista on complexity, AI, higher ed, information fragmentation & social change. Gave me hope & some new ideas & perspectives.
Then biked home in 💛 sun.
Stopped for coffee after gym @ local roastery-cafe & had an excellent convo w. barista on complexity, AI, higher ed, information fragmentation & social change. Gave me hope & some new ideas & perspectives.
Then biked home in 💛 sun.
February 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I'm off today on time in lieu, before a week on the duty roster.
Stopped for coffee after gym @ local roastery-cafe & had an excellent convo w. barista on complexity, AI, higher ed, information fragmentation & social change. Gave me hope & some new ideas & perspectives.
Then biked home in 💛 sun.
Stopped for coffee after gym @ local roastery-cafe & had an excellent convo w. barista on complexity, AI, higher ed, information fragmentation & social change. Gave me hope & some new ideas & perspectives.
Then biked home in 💛 sun.
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The White supremacist Sorry Day bomber was a PHON candidate.
February 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The White supremacist Sorry Day bomber was a PHON candidate.
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As a suburban public housing kid I couldn’t afford uni in the 2000s, but I at least could afford TAFE as it was only a couple of grand for the year, covered by a payment plan and Aus Study. The same TAFE course is now beyond the reach of a Centrelink payment, even if you live with your parents.
Spoke to a promising rural high school student today about the prospect of going to University and they were straight up:
'I can't afford it.'
'The fees? Or living out of home?'
'Both.'
It's been a remarkable, bipartisan effort to destroy the pathways people like me took into tertiary study.
'I can't afford it.'
'The fees? Or living out of home?'
'Both.'
It's been a remarkable, bipartisan effort to destroy the pathways people like me took into tertiary study.
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
As a suburban public housing kid I couldn’t afford uni in the 2000s, but I at least could afford TAFE as it was only a couple of grand for the year, covered by a payment plan and Aus Study. The same TAFE course is now beyond the reach of a Centrelink payment, even if you live with your parents.
I scraped through uni living below the poverty line, balancing study with work. I couldn't afford field subjects, my books were 2nd hand, my clothes were patched.
Closing access to higher ed entrenches inequality & narrows our capabilities. We need diverse expertise to collectively flourish.
Closing access to higher ed entrenches inequality & narrows our capabilities. We need diverse expertise to collectively flourish.
Spoke to a promising rural high school student today about the prospect of going to University and they were straight up:
'I can't afford it.'
'The fees? Or living out of home?'
'Both.'
It's been a remarkable, bipartisan effort to destroy the pathways people like me took into tertiary study.
'I can't afford it.'
'The fees? Or living out of home?'
'Both.'
It's been a remarkable, bipartisan effort to destroy the pathways people like me took into tertiary study.
February 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I scraped through uni living below the poverty line, balancing study with work. I couldn't afford field subjects, my books were 2nd hand, my clothes were patched.
Closing access to higher ed entrenches inequality & narrows our capabilities. We need diverse expertise to collectively flourish.
Closing access to higher ed entrenches inequality & narrows our capabilities. We need diverse expertise to collectively flourish.
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Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
February 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
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You MUST NOT do this. In NO circumstances. AI tools remain meaningfully wrong in ~10% of cases, and this cannot be corrected, it’s inherent to the model. This isn’t private, in fact you may dependably rely on your data here being sold and distributed.
Do not do this.
Do not do this.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
You MUST NOT do this. In NO circumstances. AI tools remain meaningfully wrong in ~10% of cases, and this cannot be corrected, it’s inherent to the model. This isn’t private, in fact you may dependably rely on your data here being sold and distributed.
Do not do this.
Do not do this.
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“Please predict what my wife’s nose and mouth could look like based on aggregated ideas about the contemporary beauty standard as expressed through pretend faces” is what you’re actually asking!
And then you’ll wonder why it clouds your memory of the way she’d smile at you in soft moments. I’m mad!
And then you’ll wonder why it clouds your memory of the way she’d smile at you in soft moments. I’m mad!
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
“Please predict what my wife’s nose and mouth could look like based on aggregated ideas about the contemporary beauty standard as expressed through pretend faces” is what you’re actually asking!
And then you’ll wonder why it clouds your memory of the way she’d smile at you in soft moments. I’m mad!
And then you’ll wonder why it clouds your memory of the way she’d smile at you in soft moments. I’m mad!
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Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
February 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
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I try to remind myself of this when I wonder if anything I do or say matters at all.
People DO change their minds all the time. I see it in myself and others. It's just slow and often invisible while it's happening.
So I focus on just saying my truth clearly, and not obsessing about impact.
People DO change their minds all the time. I see it in myself and others. It's just slow and often invisible while it's happening.
So I focus on just saying my truth clearly, and not obsessing about impact.
Yeah, I think a mistake people make is to think people's minds must change IN THE MOMENT or else they won't change at all.
Real change requires you to go back and reflect, integrate new ideas with your other beliefs, stress-test them, etc.
A lot of seeds get planted for real belief change here.
Real change requires you to go back and reflect, integrate new ideas with your other beliefs, stress-test them, etc.
A lot of seeds get planted for real belief change here.
February 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I try to remind myself of this when I wonder if anything I do or say matters at all.
People DO change their minds all the time. I see it in myself and others. It's just slow and often invisible while it's happening.
So I focus on just saying my truth clearly, and not obsessing about impact.
People DO change their minds all the time. I see it in myself and others. It's just slow and often invisible while it's happening.
So I focus on just saying my truth clearly, and not obsessing about impact.
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
Wearing my warning colours in the office today. I may look cute, but I'm capable of murdering you.
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Wearing my warning colours in the office today. I may look cute, but I'm capable of murdering you.
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Australia should do the same. We also lean too heavily on US-style urbanism, to our detriment. Correcting that requires us to learn from the non-english-speaking world.
We need an anglophone consensus that treats the US as the anomaly that it is in urbanism (and a multitude of other areas)
We need an anglophone consensus that treats the US as the anomaly that it is in urbanism (and a multitude of other areas)
I’ve been thinking about Canada’s intention to become more economically independent from the United States, and to connect more with Europe.
We should do the same thing with our city-building.
Our city-building has always been too influenced by the U.S, especially with car dependency.
Thoughts?
We should do the same thing with our city-building.
Our city-building has always been too influenced by the U.S, especially with car dependency.
Thoughts?
Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 16, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Australia should do the same. We also lean too heavily on US-style urbanism, to our detriment. Correcting that requires us to learn from the non-english-speaking world.
We need an anglophone consensus that treats the US as the anomaly that it is in urbanism (and a multitude of other areas)
We need an anglophone consensus that treats the US as the anomaly that it is in urbanism (and a multitude of other areas)
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In particular, we need to incorporate water into urban design and architecture at every level. We need to think in fractal terms, from small scale fixes and smarter integration of landscape to water clearance at roof and street level, to large scale daylighting streams, wetlands and flood ponds.
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
In particular, we need to incorporate water into urban design and architecture at every level. We need to think in fractal terms, from small scale fixes and smarter integration of landscape to water clearance at roof and street level, to large scale daylighting streams, wetlands and flood ponds.
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Severe Weather Update 16 February 2026: Extreme Fire Dangers for Vic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlI...
#VicFires
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlI...
#VicFires
Severe Weather Update 16 February 2026: Extreme Fire Dangers for Vic
YouTube video by Bureau of Meteorology
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February 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Severe Weather Update 16 February 2026: Extreme Fire Dangers for Vic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlI...
#VicFires
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlI...
#VicFires
Ok brain, hint taken. Time for a trip back to the island that used to be home.
February 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Ok brain, hint taken. Time for a trip back to the island that used to be home.