Dan Holmes
@dholmesnoise.bsky.social
Canberra based journalist with themandarin.com.au covering the Australian public sector.
Nerd. Context advocate. Recovering composer and music dude.
dholmes@themandarin.com.au
Apsanonymous@proton.me
Signal: Apsanonymous.2600
Nerd. Context advocate. Recovering composer and music dude.
dholmes@themandarin.com.au
Apsanonymous@proton.me
Signal: Apsanonymous.2600
@grogsgamut.bsky.social is she doing one of these?! Or did you just screencap at an awkward moment?
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
@grogsgamut.bsky.social is she doing one of these?! Or did you just screencap at an awkward moment?
Taking name suggestions for my lapel duck.
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Taking name suggestions for my lapel duck.
August 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Also noting there are 33 recommendations, not 32 as has been widely reported.
A lot of them are interrelated, and rely on government ceding power to community.
A lot of them are interrelated, and rely on government ceding power to community.
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Also noting there are 33 recommendations, not 32 as has been widely reported.
A lot of them are interrelated, and rely on government ceding power to community.
A lot of them are interrelated, and rely on government ceding power to community.
This isn't me, but I'm pretty sure I wrote this headline four or five times between 2010 and 2020
May 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This isn't me, but I'm pretty sure I wrote this headline four or five times between 2010 and 2020
I dub this look "squatters tuxedo"
April 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I dub this look "squatters tuxedo"
I've been really relishing the contrast between my week/weekend lives recently.
Life is weird, in the best possible way.
Life is weird, in the best possible way.
March 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've been really relishing the contrast between my week/weekend lives recently.
Life is weird, in the best possible way.
Life is weird, in the best possible way.
Department of Veterans Affairs secretary Alison Frame reflects on her department's recent capability review.
#mandarinlive #ausnews #auspol
#mandarinlive #ausnews #auspol
March 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Department of Veterans Affairs secretary Alison Frame reflects on her department's recent capability review.
#mandarinlive #ausnews #auspol
#mandarinlive #ausnews #auspol
David Schmidtschen tells #mandarinlive it's "very disturbing" the APS doesn't talk about talent below the SES level.
#ausnews #aps
#ausnews #aps
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
David Schmidtschen tells #mandarinlive it's "very disturbing" the APS doesn't talk about talent below the SES level.
#ausnews #aps
#ausnews #aps
Katy Gallagher tells The Mandarin's Building a Better Public Service conference she doesn't like seeing public servants being pulled into the political arena.
#mandarinlive #APS #ausnews #auspol
#mandarinlive #APS #ausnews #auspol
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Katy Gallagher tells The Mandarin's Building a Better Public Service conference she doesn't like seeing public servants being pulled into the political arena.
#mandarinlive #APS #ausnews #auspol
#mandarinlive #APS #ausnews #auspol
Nobody
Absolutely Nobody
Not a Soul on Earth
ABC:
Absolutely Nobody
Not a Soul on Earth
ABC:
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Nobody
Absolutely Nobody
Not a Soul on Earth
ABC:
Absolutely Nobody
Not a Soul on Earth
ABC:
February 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Weed now considered gateway drug to executive government
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Weed now considered gateway drug to executive government
First gig back with Assyrian legends Azadoota this weekend, and I feel better about playing music than I have in 10 years.
We are SO back!
We are SO back!
February 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
First gig back with Assyrian legends Azadoota this weekend, and I feel better about playing music than I have in 10 years.
We are SO back!
We are SO back!
I believe it was dismantled in November 1989 after the fall of the Australian Military Mateship Republic (AMMR)
January 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I believe it was dismantled in November 1989 after the fall of the Australian Military Mateship Republic (AMMR)
How it started | How it's going
Brisbane. Not even once.
Brisbane. Not even once.
January 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How it started | How it's going
Brisbane. Not even once.
Brisbane. Not even once.
Massive thanks to @jagungal.bsky.social for showing me the Australian Parliament House bees.
Early contender for the most fun yarn this year!
Early contender for the most fun yarn this year!
January 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Massive thanks to @jagungal.bsky.social for showing me the Australian Parliament House bees.
Early contender for the most fun yarn this year!
Early contender for the most fun yarn this year!
- Google replaces ads with AI at the top of SERP
- AI to be trained on "synthetic" data
- Social platforms ditch fact checking, promote "political" content
- LLMs focus all attention on tasks more easily achieved using other AI models/rules as code
- AI to be trained on "synthetic" data
- Social platforms ditch fact checking, promote "political" content
- LLMs focus all attention on tasks more easily achieved using other AI models/rules as code
January 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
- Google replaces ads with AI at the top of SERP
- AI to be trained on "synthetic" data
- Social platforms ditch fact checking, promote "political" content
- LLMs focus all attention on tasks more easily achieved using other AI models/rules as code
- AI to be trained on "synthetic" data
- Social platforms ditch fact checking, promote "political" content
- LLMs focus all attention on tasks more easily achieved using other AI models/rules as code
If you say so, Simon.
December 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM
If you say so, Simon.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge