Kathy B
@ktb88.bsky.social
Grumpy intolerant boomer.
Why can’t everyone think like I think?
Why can’t everyone think like I think?
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The world was shocked when DeepSeek released a new AI tool that works like ChatGPT, just cheaper.
It's not like making less expensive but still functional copies of popular items found on Western markets is something Chinese companies are known for.
Our weekly Declassified humor column has more 👇
It's not like making less expensive but still functional copies of popular items found on Western markets is something Chinese companies are known for.
Our weekly Declassified humor column has more 👇
Where was ChatGPT when the Western markets fell?
DeepSeek’s new AI tool does pretty much the same job as its many U.S. counterparts, but it’s a lot cheaper.
www.politico.eu
January 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The world was shocked when DeepSeek released a new AI tool that works like ChatGPT, just cheaper.
It's not like making less expensive but still functional copies of popular items found on Western markets is something Chinese companies are known for.
Our weekly Declassified humor column has more 👇
It's not like making less expensive but still functional copies of popular items found on Western markets is something Chinese companies are known for.
Our weekly Declassified humor column has more 👇
@australianopen.bsky.social Do the commentators realise they’re not there to just watch the game? How about some insights into why Swiatek is doing so badly…. Just a suggestion
January 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
@australianopen.bsky.social Do the commentators realise they’re not there to just watch the game? How about some insights into why Swiatek is doing so badly…. Just a suggestion
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The Australia Day conversation is boring – but 26 January marks an incredible history of Indigenous resistance | Celeste Liddle
The Australia Day conversation is boring – but 26 January marks an incredible history of Indigenous resistance | Celeste Liddle
‘Changing the date’ has little to do with why we march on 26 January. In taking to the streets, we honour those who kept the fires of resistance burning before us
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The hullabaloo around…
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Australia Day conversation is boring – but 26 January marks an incredible history of Indigenous resistance | Celeste Liddle
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Absolutely brilliant troll
A Mississippi state senator has filed a bill called the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo”
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
www.wlbt.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Absolutely brilliant troll
@australianopen.bsky.social Great womens singles game with dull,dull dull commentary! Where’s Jelena?
January 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@australianopen.bsky.social Great womens singles game with dull,dull dull commentary! Where’s Jelena?
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Anyone who thinks it's 'all over' is mistaken. It's continuing
Trump gets in.. Israel immediately invades Jenin in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority security services withdraw
The Jenin refugee camp is now under siege
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-inv...
Israel Invades Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”
Israeli leaders suggest the operation was plotted during a backroom deal made during Gaza ceasefire vote
www.dropsitenews.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Anyone who thinks it's 'all over' is mistaken. It's continuing
Trump gets in.. Israel immediately invades Jenin in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority security services withdraw
The Jenin refugee camp is now under siege
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-inv...
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A public service announcement from the National Lawyers Guild, Detroit and Michigan Chapter:
January 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A public service announcement from the National Lawyers Guild, Detroit and Michigan Chapter:
Great way to keep our sanity for Donald’s 4 years…. Come up with something even more absurd. Thanks to The Shovel 🤣🤣🤣
A day after Donald Trump said he wanted to take over Greenland, Australia has contacted the incoming President, offering him the chance to purchase New Zealand for a bargain basement price.
Australia Offers To Sell New Zealand To Donald Trump — The Shovel
A day after Donald Trump said he wanted to take over Greenland, Australia has contacted the incoming President, offering him the chance to purchase New Zealand for a bargain basement price.
theshovel.com.au
January 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Great way to keep our sanity for Donald’s 4 years…. Come up with something even more absurd. Thanks to The Shovel 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for letting us know (those who live in regional areas, you know, where the coal mines are)
🚨 this week the coal industry launched a dirty campaign against the independents through an ‘astroturf’ group: ‘australians for progress’.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
using classic negative ad styling — complete with misinformation — billboards went up in monique ryan’s & allegra spender’s electorates.
January 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Thanks for letting us know (those who live in regional areas, you know, where the coal mines are)
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Satellite images, obtained by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, show that the Israeli military has stepped up the destruction of homes and agricultural lands in southern Gaza.
🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/exadr6
🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/exadr6
January 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Satellite images, obtained by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, show that the Israeli military has stepped up the destruction of homes and agricultural lands in southern Gaza.
🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/exadr6
🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/exadr6
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Climate denial is alive and well and its not just in the Liberal Party. Science says gas is bad, science says we need no new gas.
The International Energy Association says we need no new gas
The UN Secretary General says we need no new ga.
Yet a Labor Environment minister says gas is good
The International Energy Association says we need no new gas
The UN Secretary General says we need no new ga.
Yet a Labor Environment minister says gas is good
January 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Climate denial is alive and well and its not just in the Liberal Party. Science says gas is bad, science says we need no new gas.
The International Energy Association says we need no new gas
The UN Secretary General says we need no new ga.
Yet a Labor Environment minister says gas is good
The International Energy Association says we need no new gas
The UN Secretary General says we need no new ga.
Yet a Labor Environment minister says gas is good
11 runs to go & we have to listen to Langer prattling on. #ozcricket #7cricket
January 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
11 runs to go & we have to listen to Langer prattling on. #ozcricket #7cricket
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US citizens R&L Murdoch now want to obliterate all ‘welcome to country’, Aboriginal place names and the Aboriginal flag from our national life. It’s too “woke” (justice, fairness, equality). Emboldened by the 60-40 No Voice vote Murdochs want us to forget about Indigenous mortality/disadvantage.
January 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
US citizens R&L Murdoch now want to obliterate all ‘welcome to country’, Aboriginal place names and the Aboriginal flag from our national life. It’s too “woke” (justice, fairness, equality). Emboldened by the 60-40 No Voice vote Murdochs want us to forget about Indigenous mortality/disadvantage.
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In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
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Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative
Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:15 AM
In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically.
rdcu.be/dbFbB
rdcu.be/dbFbB
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"Yes, we need to preserve native forests but not so they can generate carbon credits that facilitate continued emissions.
We need to phase out fossil fuels.
We can’t offset our way out of oblivion."
- @stephenlongaus.bsky.social in @thepolitics.bsky.social
thepolitics.com.au/carbon-credi...
We need to phase out fossil fuels.
We can’t offset our way out of oblivion."
- @stephenlongaus.bsky.social in @thepolitics.bsky.social
thepolitics.com.au/carbon-credi...
Carbon credit crunch: native forests sold out - THE POLITICS
The NSW government is pushing ahead with a plan to supposedly end logging, but it involves a diabolical trade-off.
thepolitics.com.au
December 19, 2024 at 3:50 AM
"Yes, we need to preserve native forests but not so they can generate carbon credits that facilitate continued emissions.
We need to phase out fossil fuels.
We can’t offset our way out of oblivion."
- @stephenlongaus.bsky.social in @thepolitics.bsky.social
thepolitics.com.au/carbon-credi...
We need to phase out fossil fuels.
We can’t offset our way out of oblivion."
- @stephenlongaus.bsky.social in @thepolitics.bsky.social
thepolitics.com.au/carbon-credi...
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Yes! Have you seen what the Hay region in NSW is doing with their community-led planning for the South West Renewable Energy Zone? It could be really interesting to keep track of how it goes. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...
Town secures cheaper power as it negotiates more than 'footy sponsorship' to host large-scale wind and solar
Large-scale wind and solar farms are coming to the Hay Plain in southern New South Wales and the community is making sure it benefits.
www.abc.net.au
December 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Yes! Have you seen what the Hay region in NSW is doing with their community-led planning for the South West Renewable Energy Zone? It could be really interesting to keep track of how it goes. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...
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Cripes. Awful.
BREAKING NEWS: Twenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four bobcats, have died after contracting bird flu at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, Washington
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Cripes. Awful.
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And when a govt in the US or elsewhere follows, who will speak up then?
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
And when a govt in the US or elsewhere follows, who will speak up then?
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Fun fact: Climate 200 doesn’t go around setting up local independent / voices groups.
The movement runs on volunteers – who only seem to coalesce into organised groups in certain under-represented seats.
Funding can’t go to groups that don’t exist.
And not all groups run candidates.
1/2
The movement runs on volunteers – who only seem to coalesce into organised groups in certain under-represented seats.
Funding can’t go to groups that don’t exist.
And not all groups run candidates.
1/2
This framing is off.
The Guardian should be asking is why so many communities in Liberal-held seats have had enough of being ignored, forcing them to self-organise, build campaigns, and demand actual representation.
Climate 200’s support is a symptom, not the cause.
The Guardian should be asking is why so many communities in Liberal-held seats have had enough of being ignored, forcing them to self-organise, build campaigns, and demand actual representation.
Climate 200’s support is a symptom, not the cause.
December 20, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Fun fact: Climate 200 doesn’t go around setting up local independent / voices groups.
The movement runs on volunteers – who only seem to coalesce into organised groups in certain under-represented seats.
Funding can’t go to groups that don’t exist.
And not all groups run candidates.
1/2
The movement runs on volunteers – who only seem to coalesce into organised groups in certain under-represented seats.
Funding can’t go to groups that don’t exist.
And not all groups run candidates.
1/2
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Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent.
Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.
Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.
December 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent.
Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.
Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.
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The story begins with a 'man fern', (Dicksonia antarctica), with a price tag of £160.. "salvage harvested in accordance with a management plan approved by the Governments of Tasmania and.."
'Out of Control' Richard Flanagan
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2007/m...
'Out of Control' Richard Flanagan
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2007/m...
Out of control
The tragedy of Tasmania’s forests
www.themonthly.com.au
December 21, 2024 at 11:15 PM
The story begins with a 'man fern', (Dicksonia antarctica), with a price tag of £160.. "salvage harvested in accordance with a management plan approved by the Governments of Tasmania and.."
'Out of Control' Richard Flanagan
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2007/m...
'Out of Control' Richard Flanagan
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2007/m...
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Of course he does. He knows it’s a winning strategy. The referendum on The Voice proved 60% of the population will support him or do you think the racism Aboriginal people deal with daily has magically disappeared and the referendum was a one of?
Trumpian politics with an Australian flavour.
Trumpian politics with an Australian flavour.
Peter Dutton ends the year with detailed plans to wind back reconciliation, peppering departments with questions about the cost of Welcomes to Country and promising to scrap flags, dual names and the ambassador for First Nations people. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Exclusive: Dutton set to revive Indigenous placenames fight
Peter Dutton ends the year with detailed plans to wind back reconciliation, peppering departments with questions about the cost of Welcomes to Country and promising to scrap flags, dual names and the ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Of course he does. He knows it’s a winning strategy. The referendum on The Voice proved 60% of the population will support him or do you think the racism Aboriginal people deal with daily has magically disappeared and the referendum was a one of?
Trumpian politics with an Australian flavour.
Trumpian politics with an Australian flavour.
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Nuclear power is a dud idea - not only is it too expensive, too dangerous and too slow, it's a smokescreen for shielding more coal and gas expansion, more emissions, and it would stuff up our grid, says @reneweconomy.com.au
reneweconomy.com.au/more-coal-mo...
reneweconomy.com.au/more-coal-mo...
More coal, more gas, higher prices, higher emissions: What Coalition’s nuclear plan will do to the grid
New analysis shows that Coalition nuclear plan would result in more coal, more gas, higher wholesale prices, and higher emissions.
reneweconomy.com.au
December 12, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Nuclear power is a dud idea - not only is it too expensive, too dangerous and too slow, it's a smokescreen for shielding more coal and gas expansion, more emissions, and it would stuff up our grid, says @reneweconomy.com.au
reneweconomy.com.au/more-coal-mo...
reneweconomy.com.au/more-coal-mo...