Kiwi Graham
@grahammckay.com
Sydney based, NZ born, queer, lefty, geeky, tennis & frisbee playing, dog walking, summer loving, bicycling, EV driving “senior” who likes helping people with their tech problems. Can be professionally engaged via Glebe Mac Consulting.
I learned today… that SVGs are more than just a list of vectors jon.recoil.org/blog/2025/12...
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jon.recoil.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I learned today… that SVGs are more than just a list of vectors jon.recoil.org/blog/2025/12...
This is NOT what I expect of “my” government theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is NOT what I expect of “my” government theconversation.com/with-a-sneak...
Summary: Open eyes education, at school and home, reduces the negative impacts on growing minds theconversation.com/porn-not-inh...
Porn not ‘inherently harmful’, says first inquiry of its kind in Australia
The first ever state-based inquiry into the impacts of porn challenges simplistic ideas in favour of nuance, and calls for better sex ed.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Summary: Open eyes education, at school and home, reduces the negative impacts on growing minds theconversation.com/porn-not-inh...
Seemingly counterintuitive, but when supply exceeds demand the economics of production collapse www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Corn, debt and doubt: A record harvest rattles Trump’s farm economy
In an industry battered by debt and sagging prices, this year's bounty is more bad news.
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Seemingly counterintuitive, but when supply exceeds demand the economics of production collapse www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Just saying… low cost providers often have low cost security systems: “unauthorised access to approximately 1,600 email accounts, leading to unauthorised SIM swaps on 34 Dodo Mobile accounts” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Dodo and iPrimus hack hits more than 1,600 internet and mobile customers
More than 1,600 Dodo and iPrimus home internet and mobile customers were impacted by a hack of the telco's email and mobile services, the company confirms.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just saying… low cost providers often have low cost security systems: “unauthorised access to approximately 1,600 email accounts, leading to unauthorised SIM swaps on 34 Dodo Mobile accounts” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A primer on halal as an ethos that goes beyond food: “Halal is that which God has permitted in His Book, and haram is that which God has prohibited in His Book. As for what He has chosen to remain silent about, it is exonerated.” theconversation.com/what-does-ha...
What does halal mean? It’s about more than just food
Halal is not just avoiding certain foods and drinks. It’s also about living an ethical and meaningful life, both for oneself and others.
theconversation.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A primer on halal as an ethos that goes beyond food: “Halal is that which God has permitted in His Book, and haram is that which God has prohibited in His Book. As for what He has chosen to remain silent about, it is exonerated.” theconversation.com/what-does-ha...
@918digital.bsky.social EV paradigm has progressed to having enthusiast car clubs that keep models running after the manufacturer has gone AWOL www.theverge.com/transportati...
When this EV maker collapsed, its customers became the car company
Meet the Fisker Owners Association.
www.theverge.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@918digital.bsky.social EV paradigm has progressed to having enthusiast car clubs that keep models running after the manufacturer has gone AWOL www.theverge.com/transportati...
A couple of days into owning #AirPodsPro3 and using them in hearing aid mode… they are definitely a step up from AirPods Pro 2 so as to make them suitable for “all day” assistance to my “challenged” hearing
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AirPods Pro 3 - Hearing Health
All-in-one hearing health experience: scientifically-validated Hearing Test, clinical-grade Hearing Aid and Loud Sound Reduction.
www.apple.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A couple of days into owning #AirPodsPro3 and using them in hearing aid mode… they are definitely a step up from AirPods Pro 2 so as to make them suitable for “all day” assistance to my “challenged” hearing
www.apple.com/au/airpods-p...
www.apple.com/au/airpods-p...
@918digital.bsky.social Some Australian flavour (flavor) to self driving progress, including: “As Tesla pushes towards self-driving, the company faces a class action from thousands of Australian drivers over alleged phantom braking … risking rear-end crashes” theconversation.com/teslas-self-...
Tesla’s self-driving mode is coming to Australia amid controversy – but it won’t create true driverless cars
Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ mode is set to arrive in Australia. But it’s not autonomous – drivers have to pay attention.
theconversation.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@918digital.bsky.social Some Australian flavour (flavor) to self driving progress, including: “As Tesla pushes towards self-driving, the company faces a class action from thousands of Australian drivers over alleged phantom braking … risking rear-end crashes” theconversation.com/teslas-self-...
Systemic hurdles for employers & employees: “As a newly completed PhD, a migrant woman of culturally and linguistically diverse background, and a mother of two young children … “willing and able to work”, I was underemployed, unemployed and then discouraged“ theconversation.com/officially-t...
Officially, the unemployment rate is 4.2%. But that doesn’t count all the hidden workers in Australia
Unlocking this hidden workforce could be a game-changer in strengthening Australia’s social fabric.
theconversation.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Systemic hurdles for employers & employees: “As a newly completed PhD, a migrant woman of culturally and linguistically diverse background, and a mother of two young children … “willing and able to work”, I was underemployed, unemployed and then discouraged“ theconversation.com/officially-t...
Deniers like to claim China has growing emissions that negate any renewable installs in Auatralia, but… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
China's green energy boom could spell the end of the fossil fuel age
China has put its economic might behind renewable technologies in a desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels.
www.abc.net.au
August 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Deniers like to claim China has growing emissions that negate any renewable installs in Auatralia, but… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
“The payment [for all vehicles] should be based on a combination of vehicle mass and distance travelled. That’s because damage to roads is overwhelmingly caused by heavy vehicles.”
theconversation.com/stop-the-fre...
theconversation.com/stop-the-fre...
Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive
A new road charge mooted for electric vehicle drivers is based on a fundamental misconception.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“The payment [for all vehicles] should be based on a combination of vehicle mass and distance travelled. That’s because damage to roads is overwhelmingly caused by heavy vehicles.”
theconversation.com/stop-the-fre...
theconversation.com/stop-the-fre...
“The people of the electorate of Kiama will now be able to exercise their democratic mandate in a by-election, to choose a representative who can serve them in the NSW parliament, rather than a prison cell.” theconversation.com/why-gareth-w...
Why Gareth Ward’s challenge to the power to expel him from the NSW parliament failed
Ward’s lawyers argued the politician’s convictions were not enough for him to lose his job. The NSW Supreme Court disagreed, and Ward has now resigned.
theconversation.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“The people of the electorate of Kiama will now be able to exercise their democratic mandate in a by-election, to choose a representative who can serve them in the NSW parliament, rather than a prison cell.” theconversation.com/why-gareth-w...
Very happy with #Dell support for my 27” monitor that crapped out 38 months into a “bonus” 48 month warranty period. Replacement arrived 9am next business day.
August 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Very happy with #Dell support for my 27” monitor that crapped out 38 months into a “bonus” 48 month warranty period. Replacement arrived 9am next business day.
“Using SRY to establish biological sex is wrong because all it tells you is whether or not the gene is present. It does not tell you how SRY is functioning, whether a testis has formed, whether testosterone is produced [nor] whether it can be used by the body.” theconversation.com/world-athlet...
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
theconversation.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Using SRY to establish biological sex is wrong because all it tells you is whether or not the gene is present. It does not tell you how SRY is functioning, whether a testis has formed, whether testosterone is produced [nor] whether it can be used by the body.” theconversation.com/world-athlet...
There is a dominant theme when I get asked to help clients that are using Windows
August 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
There is a dominant theme when I get asked to help clients that are using Windows
The promises of employment & tax benefits should be enforceable: “The related-party transactions are so big and wild and all over the map that this company will never make a profit on paper and will never pay a cent of tax.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent
Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The promises of employment & tax benefits should be enforceable: “The related-party transactions are so big and wild and all over the map that this company will never make a profit on paper and will never pay a cent of tax.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Finally got round to doing a reset on my AirPods Pro Gen 2 so that they would do their own pre-diagnostic overnight… that then allowed me to run the iOS Hearing Test… with results about the same as I got from the free Mimi app
July 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Finally got round to doing a reset on my AirPods Pro Gen 2 so that they would do their own pre-diagnostic overnight… that then allowed me to run the iOS Hearing Test… with results about the same as I got from the free Mimi app
Earthquake analysis by video… not of shaking buildings but of the actual earth sliding along the fault theconversation.com/the-first-vi...
The first video of Earth’s surface lurching sideways in an earthquake offers new insights into this force of nature
Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video provides the first direct evidence.
theconversation.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Earthquake analysis by video… not of shaking buildings but of the actual earth sliding along the fault theconversation.com/the-first-vi...
ChatGPT acting like a gifted but uncooperative teenager today… saying it’ll notify me when it has completed the task at hand, but pointedly not notifying me that it was *unable to complete* the task.
July 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ChatGPT acting like a gifted but uncooperative teenager today… saying it’ll notify me when it has completed the task at hand, but pointedly not notifying me that it was *unable to complete* the task.
So… Severance… I dragged myself thru all seasons 1 & 2. That is a very long, very slow, visual delivery of a concept meriting only a short story in a sci-fi anthology!!
July 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
So… Severance… I dragged myself thru all seasons 1 & 2. That is a very long, very slow, visual delivery of a concept meriting only a short story in a sci-fi anthology!!
Frustrating to have to isolation test a charging dock problem down to this crappy little charging cable that is causing all connected devices to have to renegotiate power levels every 60 seconds
July 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Frustrating to have to isolation test a charging dock problem down to this crappy little charging cable that is causing all connected devices to have to renegotiate power levels every 60 seconds
Pays to keep an eye on the deals. For 6 months I can get an NBN 1000/50 plan for the same price as my current NBN 100/40 plan (BTW - I can give you a signup referral code to save us each $50) www.aussiebroadband.com.au/lp/eofy/
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June 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pays to keep an eye on the deals. For 6 months I can get an NBN 1000/50 plan for the same price as my current NBN 100/40 plan (BTW - I can give you a signup referral code to save us each $50) www.aussiebroadband.com.au/lp/eofy/
There’s a reason why reputable journals require their papers to be peer reviewed: "This [paper] is completely worthless as evidence and should be ignored by anyone who is interested in accurate health information."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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'Completely worthless': Flawed abortion pill 'study' cited in parliament
A recent US report on an abortion pill which experts have called "misinformation", "not scientific" and "scaremongering" has been cited in NSW Parliament by no less than 11 MPs across the spectrum.
www.abc.net.au
June 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There’s a reason why reputable journals require their papers to be peer reviewed: "This [paper] is completely worthless as evidence and should be ignored by anyone who is interested in accurate health information."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...