David Harrison
@trawg.bsky.social
"On the appropriate day (unless, as was frequently the case, there had been some stupid mistake in programming) the right message would be automatically flashed to its destination."
Computer user in Brisbane, Australia.
Bio in link: https://trog.qgl.org
Computer user in Brisbane, Australia.
Bio in link: https://trog.qgl.org
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Honestly, I wish the markets would react to an absolute moron being on the Fed.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Honestly, I wish the markets would react to an absolute moron being on the Fed.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
This is just such an obvious problem in Brisbane now, one that has escalated dramatically in the last few years. And it turns out a big part of the reason might be cops have just given up enforcing driving laws? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is just such an obvious problem in Brisbane now, one that has escalated dramatically in the last few years. And it turns out a big part of the reason might be cops have just given up enforcing driving laws? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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‘The y/y decline in shipments widened to 7.8% in October, from a 5.4% y/y decline in September. In November, the shipments component of the Cass Freight Index would decline 10% y/y on the normal seasonal pattern.‘ www.cassinfo.com/freight-audi...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘The y/y decline in shipments widened to 7.8% in October, from a 5.4% y/y decline in September. In November, the shipments component of the Cass Freight Index would decline 10% y/y on the normal seasonal pattern.‘ www.cassinfo.com/freight-audi...
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Allow me to translate. October data was not collected as field staff were all furloughed. In some cases, that data can be recovered from businesses. In other cases, the window to collect the data has closed (consumer prices, labor force status) and the data hole may be permanent.
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Allow me to translate. October data was not collected as field staff were all furloughed. In some cases, that data can be recovered from businesses. In other cases, the window to collect the data has closed (consumer prices, labor force status) and the data hole may be permanent.
Wow? Not what I would have expected. But I also wouldn't have thought it was that bad in 2023.
Australia Consumer Confidence
Best since late 2021.
Best since late 2021.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Wow? Not what I would have expected. But I also wouldn't have thought it was that bad in 2023.
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BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
sorry that competition means you have to work harder
(the only group of people I could possibly be less sympathetic to hearing this from right now is real estate agents)
(the only group of people I could possibly be less sympathetic to hearing this from right now is real estate agents)
"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
sorry that competition means you have to work harder
(the only group of people I could possibly be less sympathetic to hearing this from right now is real estate agents)
(the only group of people I could possibly be less sympathetic to hearing this from right now is real estate agents)
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real sign of the times that an oil fund has to suspend its ethics rules to hold tech company stocks
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund's ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Finance minister Jens Stoltenberg says #NBIM move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel:
Finance minister Jens Stoltenberg says #NBIM move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel:
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
real sign of the times that an oil fund has to suspend its ethics rules to hold tech company stocks
this is just slap drones from the Culture, something from which he's 'borrowed' ideas before
Optimus robots will just kinda follow criminals around and make sure they don't commit crimes again, so we can eliminate prisons.
These are all things Elon Musk is literally saying.
These are all things Elon Musk is literally saying.
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
this is just slap drones from the Culture, something from which he's 'borrowed' ideas before
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Probably because the ban has absolutely nothing to do with child safety whatsoever, it is about limiting and controlling access to information for young people, as well as slowly forcing everyone to adopt a digital ID. The whole thing is an absurd farce that’s going to fail in spectacular fashion.
This story by Sarah Martin has generated huge interest today all around the world. A question it poses for Aus - why is Roblox not in the government's social media ban?
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated p...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Probably because the ban has absolutely nothing to do with child safety whatsoever, it is about limiting and controlling access to information for young people, as well as slowly forcing everyone to adopt a digital ID. The whole thing is an absurd farce that’s going to fail in spectacular fashion.
finally someone on Australia LinkedIn with the courage to say that we need homes for GPUs and not for people
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
finally someone on Australia LinkedIn with the courage to say that we need homes for GPUs and not for people
'delivers'
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
'delivers'
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Apple set to release a Chromebook competitor.
Also from @markgurman.bsky.social a couple days ago: 2026 set to be a massive year for new Apple products ranging from Macs to glasses to a foldable iPhone to revamped Siri.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Also from @markgurman.bsky.social a couple days ago: 2026 set to be a massive year for new Apple products ranging from Macs to glasses to a foldable iPhone to revamped Siri.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Apple set to release a Chromebook competitor.
Also from @markgurman.bsky.social a couple days ago: 2026 set to be a massive year for new Apple products ranging from Macs to glasses to a foldable iPhone to revamped Siri.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Also from @markgurman.bsky.social a couple days ago: 2026 set to be a massive year for new Apple products ranging from Macs to glasses to a foldable iPhone to revamped Siri.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Wow shocked 2 learn Tariffs Not Only Impose Immense Economic Costs but Also Fail to Achieve Their Primary Policy Aims and Foster Political Dysfunction Along the Way
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wow shocked 2 learn Tariffs Not Only Impose Immense Economic Costs but Also Fail to Achieve Their Primary Policy Aims and Foster Political Dysfunction Along the Way
Awesome but I wish it was starting in SEQ today instead of in the middle of winter.
add a home battery and an EV and most households would never need to pay a petrol bill ever again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Awesome but I wish it was starting in SEQ today instead of in the middle of winter.
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A few previously unreported bits in here:
- 68000 Aussies in the Discord leak.
- Information Commissioner’s office unsuccessfully sought powers to proactively investigate social media companies handling of age check data
- Privacy Commissioner worried about scams b/c people used to handing over ID
- 68000 Aussies in the Discord leak.
- Information Commissioner’s office unsuccessfully sought powers to proactively investigate social media companies handling of age check data
- Privacy Commissioner worried about scams b/c people used to handing over ID
The teen social media ban hasn't begun but already Australians have been exposed in a social media platform's ID breach.
The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A few previously unreported bits in here:
- 68000 Aussies in the Discord leak.
- Information Commissioner’s office unsuccessfully sought powers to proactively investigate social media companies handling of age check data
- Privacy Commissioner worried about scams b/c people used to handing over ID
- 68000 Aussies in the Discord leak.
- Information Commissioner’s office unsuccessfully sought powers to proactively investigate social media companies handling of age check data
- Privacy Commissioner worried about scams b/c people used to handing over ID
Only tangentially related but I see lots of people claiming success deploying AI for efficiency gains. But there are few benchmarks against other efficiency projects that don't use AI. I suspect the gains are not that different - it's just easier to get AI projects approved.
Maze ransomware shut down in November 2020, 2 years before the public launch of ChatGPT. The study claims they analyzed ransomware attacks occurring between 2023-2024. Very impressive that malware which died out before the release of GPT was seen performing "AI powered" cyberattacks in 2023... 🙄
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Only tangentially related but I see lots of people claiming success deploying AI for efficiency gains. But there are few benchmarks against other efficiency projects that don't use AI. I suspect the gains are not that different - it's just easier to get AI projects approved.
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We really need to have this debate in Australia too
I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X
The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place
inews.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We really need to have this debate in Australia too
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Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
“On Earth, we are unmanned by our longing for a pastoral past that never really existed; and that, if it had existed, could never exist again.”
The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov
The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov
I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"
October 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“On Earth, we are unmanned by our longing for a pastoral past that never really existed; and that, if it had existed, could never exist again.”
The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov
The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov
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lol, we did that when PD sent a marketing material through our Severity 1 Alert channel and it fucking woke me up
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
lol, we did that when PD sent a marketing material through our Severity 1 Alert channel and it fucking woke me up
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Wow, Services Australia spent three quarters of a million in legal fees fighting a losing FOI fight against @daedalus.eigenmagic.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wow, Services Australia spent three quarters of a million in legal fees fighting a losing FOI fight against @daedalus.eigenmagic.com
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New arrivals, Monday: the now out-of-print Folio Society edition of our friend @greatdismal.bsky.social's NEUROMANCER, seen here basking on the PFB cash desk in one of the last few days of direct-across-the-desk sun this year.
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
New arrivals, Monday: the now out-of-print Folio Society edition of our friend @greatdismal.bsky.social's NEUROMANCER, seen here basking on the PFB cash desk in one of the last few days of direct-across-the-desk sun this year.
This is great. Nice to see them finally getting called out on dark pattern bullshit
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is great. Nice to see them finally getting called out on dark pattern bullshit