Mike Funnell
@mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of).
Sydney, Australia.
Sydney, Australia.
Dr Adams is, quite correctly, calling ‘BS’ on such obvious cow 🐂 output 💩
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Dr Adams is, quite correctly, calling ‘BS’ on such obvious cow 🐂 output 💩
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
Congratulations there are well-deserved ❤️
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Congratulations there are well-deserved ❤️
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
Nonetheless - criminal punishment in the absence of criminal conviction is wrong. Just plain wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Nonetheless - criminal punishment in the absence of criminal conviction is wrong. Just plain wrong.
It would be an ethical violation for a prosecutor to proceed against someone they thought to be actually innocent..
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It would be an ethical violation for a prosecutor to proceed against someone they thought to be actually innocent..
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
Understand, though, that "innocent until proven guilty" is a valid concept only inside the context of a criminal trial.
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Understand, though, that "innocent until proven guilty" is a valid concept only inside the context of a criminal trial.
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
But: mere suspicion and nothing else seems way, way, too low a standard. Not "reasonable cause to suspect" (too low), not "reasonable cause to believe" (I think also probably too low) and certainly *not* because "the police consider them a suspect, and the Minister has signed off".
That is horse 💩
That is horse 💩
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
But: mere suspicion and nothing else seems way, way, too low a standard. Not "reasonable cause to suspect" (too low), not "reasonable cause to believe" (I think also probably too low) and certainly *not* because "the police consider them a suspect, and the Minister has signed off".
That is horse 💩
That is horse 💩
The concept *might* be redeemable if, for example, the government had to prove, to the civil standard, in a real court, that a crime had been committed so payment could be *suspended* pending criminal conviction.
Maybe.
I'd have to think about that. 🤔🤷♂️
Maybe.
I'd have to think about that. 🤔🤷♂️
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The concept *might* be redeemable if, for example, the government had to prove, to the civil standard, in a real court, that a crime had been committed so payment could be *suspended* pending criminal conviction.
Maybe.
I'd have to think about that. 🤔🤷♂️
Maybe.
I'd have to think about that. 🤔🤷♂️
I have to say that I find this a "tricky one" in that the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" is often badly misused.
Nonetheless, I find the idea that a *government* might institute *punishment* for a merely alleged crime in the absence of criminal conviction, distasteful at the very least.
Nonetheless, I find the idea that a *government* might institute *punishment* for a merely alleged crime in the absence of criminal conviction, distasteful at the very least.
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I have to say that I find this a "tricky one" in that the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" is often badly misused.
Nonetheless, I find the idea that a *government* might institute *punishment* for a merely alleged crime in the absence of criminal conviction, distasteful at the very least.
Nonetheless, I find the idea that a *government* might institute *punishment* for a merely alleged crime in the absence of criminal conviction, distasteful at the very least.
It won’t cover you for the full period, but this might help (🤭):
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It won’t cover you for the full period, but this might help (🤭):
If their immediate boss is a politician they will be expected to lie.
If they don’t lie in those circumstances they will probably be fired.
But, still, they don’t have to lie. That’s their choice.
Is it worth it? 🤔
If they don’t lie in those circumstances they will probably be fired.
But, still, they don’t have to lie. That’s their choice.
Is it worth it? 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If their immediate boss is a politician they will be expected to lie.
If they don’t lie in those circumstances they will probably be fired.
But, still, they don’t have to lie. That’s their choice.
Is it worth it? 🤔
If they don’t lie in those circumstances they will probably be fired.
But, still, they don’t have to lie. That’s their choice.
Is it worth it? 🤔
It never even occurs to them that they don’t have to lie 🙄🤷♂️
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It never even occurs to them that they don’t have to lie 🙄🤷♂️
Your writing might not change the world, per se, but it has helped me understand things I’d have known a whole lot less about.
That might be a small ripple, initially, but it does spread more widely. 🤞
That might be a small ripple, initially, but it does spread more widely. 🤞
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your writing might not change the world, per se, but it has helped me understand things I’d have known a whole lot less about.
That might be a small ripple, initially, but it does spread more widely. 🤞
That might be a small ripple, initially, but it does spread more widely. 🤞
AlboMP would claim otherwise 🤔
Yet: don’t listen to what they say: look at what they do (or, too often in his case: don’t) 😬
Yet: don’t listen to what they say: look at what they do (or, too often in his case: don’t) 😬
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AlboMP would claim otherwise 🤔
Yet: don’t listen to what they say: look at what they do (or, too often in his case: don’t) 😬
Yet: don’t listen to what they say: look at what they do (or, too often in his case: don’t) 😬
That sounds too natural for her 😂
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
That sounds too natural for her 😂
Don’t ask me, FFS 🤣
Ask Albo!
Ask Albo!
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Don’t ask me, FFS 🤣
Ask Albo!
Ask Albo!
While it doesn’t quite scan, every time I think on this I think:
“Jenn-i-fer Google
and her goo goo googly eyes”
She beats the hell out of old Barney..
youtu.be/Qj4Td6-AL8M
“Jenn-i-fer Google
and her goo goo googly eyes”
She beats the hell out of old Barney..
youtu.be/Qj4Td6-AL8M
BARNEY GOOGLE by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare 1923
YouTube video by cdbpdx
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
While it doesn’t quite scan, every time I think on this I think:
“Jenn-i-fer Google
and her goo goo googly eyes”
She beats the hell out of old Barney..
youtu.be/Qj4Td6-AL8M
“Jenn-i-fer Google
and her goo goo googly eyes”
She beats the hell out of old Barney..
youtu.be/Qj4Td6-AL8M
I can’t help but think of Clive James back in the Reagan years:
“White House speaksman, Larry Spokes, has said..”
“White House speaksman, Larry Spokes, has said..”
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I can’t help but think of Clive James back in the Reagan years:
“White House speaksman, Larry Spokes, has said..”
“White House speaksman, Larry Spokes, has said..”
I’ll give them a bit of a very slight hint: if you have lots of women friends, who you’ve been close friends with for many, many, years then:
(a) you might have learned some things about women; and
(b) women might know you are safe to be around.
Just a thought..
(a) you might have learned some things about women; and
(b) women might know you are safe to be around.
Just a thought..
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I’ll give them a bit of a very slight hint: if you have lots of women friends, who you’ve been close friends with for many, many, years then:
(a) you might have learned some things about women; and
(b) women might know you are safe to be around.
Just a thought..
(a) you might have learned some things about women; and
(b) women might know you are safe to be around.
Just a thought..
I can (vaguely) understand Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney (plus Canberra) school weirdnesses. I don’t know the ‘codes’ for understanding Adelaide, Perth or Hobart 🤷♂️
I guess I went to so *many* schools that I don’t really know why “where you went to school” even bloody-well matters! 🤔
I guess I went to so *many* schools that I don’t really know why “where you went to school” even bloody-well matters! 🤔
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I can (vaguely) understand Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney (plus Canberra) school weirdnesses. I don’t know the ‘codes’ for understanding Adelaide, Perth or Hobart 🤷♂️
I guess I went to so *many* schools that I don’t really know why “where you went to school” even bloody-well matters! 🤔
I guess I went to so *many* schools that I don’t really know why “where you went to school” even bloody-well matters! 🤔