Newystats
@newystats.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Newcastle, Stats, Public transport.
He/His/They/Theirs (I'm a man who strongly approves of singular they)
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He/His/They/Theirs (I'm a man who strongly approves of singular they)
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Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to:
1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […]
[Original post on berlin.social]
1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […]
[Original post on berlin.social]
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to:
1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […]
[Original post on berlin.social]
1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […]
[Original post on berlin.social]
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Well la-di-da. We'd all *like* dumplings without spiders Junior, but some of us live in Australia and have to be realistic about our expectations.
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Well la-di-da. We'd all *like* dumplings without spiders Junior, but some of us live in Australia and have to be realistic about our expectations.
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"Asking enslaved people if they actually want to work the plantations for free would kill the cotton industry."
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Asking enslaved people if they actually want to work the plantations for free would kill the cotton industry."
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
-- Nick Clegg
#AI #aicon #exploitation #bigtech
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AI will end up dramatically increasing the market value of people who can do "concise".
from my lunch today; "the trouble is not so much AI making you more productive, but that it's tripling the output of the biggest f***ing idiot where you work"
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
AI will end up dramatically increasing the market value of people who can do "concise".
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One of the side-effects of the AI bubble is that we stopped talking about alternative solutions to computing problems. Everything needs to be solved with "AI" - meaning an LLM - and nobody stops and asks if there is an alternative. This drives me mad because LLMs are not only unreliable, but […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
September 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of the side-effects of the AI bubble is that we stopped talking about alternative solutions to computing problems. Everything needs to be solved with "AI" - meaning an LLM - and nobody stops and asks if there is an alternative. This drives me mad because LLMs are not only unreliable, but […]
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This particularly annoys me – when the ad wrap covers the tram windows with a block colour, meaning it could've just been left uncovered. Ad wrap should be banned over tram windows.
September 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This particularly annoys me – when the ad wrap covers the tram windows with a block colour, meaning it could've just been left uncovered. Ad wrap should be banned over tram windows.
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The Register covered our stand on AI. We have chosen not to include AI in the browser. Based on your feedback, you do not want it and neither do we.
#vivaldi #browser #ai #linux #microsoft #google #apple #android #ios #technology #politics […]
#vivaldi #browser #ai #linux #microsoft #google #apple #android #ios #technology #politics […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
August 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Must-read post by Ken White, free-speech defender and former prosecutor, about the Trump regime's malicious and hypocritical charges against a man whose "crime" was to give out masks at a protest against the masked thugs who kidnap people off the streets […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Must-read post by Ken White, free-speech defender and former prosecutor, about the Trump regime's malicious and hypocritical charges against a man whose "crime" was to give out masks at a protest against the masked thugs who kidnap people off the streets […]
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It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
July 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
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In my day job, I work for a media company that focuses on the toy industry.
Apropos of nothing, I decided to add the Mastodon plushie (aka #plushtodon) to the latest products on our Toy Insider website.
Please boost this so our editors will frustratingly tell me to stop trying to make Mastodon […]
Apropos of nothing, I decided to add the Mastodon plushie (aka #plushtodon) to the latest products on our Toy Insider website.
Please boost this so our editors will frustratingly tell me to stop trying to make Mastodon […]
Original post on mastodon.cloud
mastodon.cloud
May 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In my day job, I work for a media company that focuses on the toy industry.
Apropos of nothing, I decided to add the Mastodon plushie (aka #plushtodon) to the latest products on our Toy Insider website.
Please boost this so our editors will frustratingly tell me to stop trying to make Mastodon […]
Apropos of nothing, I decided to add the Mastodon plushie (aka #plushtodon) to the latest products on our Toy Insider website.
Please boost this so our editors will frustratingly tell me to stop trying to make Mastodon […]
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There's a housing crisis. So redeveloping an old factory on Parramatta Rd, near the future Five Dock metro station, into apartments should be a no-brainer.
Unless you're Inner West Council […]
Unless you're Inner West Council […]
Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au
gts.sadauskas.id.au
April 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There's a housing crisis. So redeveloping an old factory on Parramatta Rd, near the future Five Dock metro station, into apartments should be a no-brainer.
Unless you're Inner West Council […]
Unless you're Inner West Council […]
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If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.
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lol the reason JD Vance's trip to #Greenland was canceled was that they could not find a single person in #nuuk who wanted to receive an in home visit from the vice president's family.
According to Danish TV they literally knocked on every door in the […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
According to Danish TV they literally knocked on every door in the […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
March 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
lol the reason JD Vance's trip to #Greenland was canceled was that they could not find a single person in #nuuk who wanted to receive an in home visit from the vice president's family.
According to Danish TV they literally knocked on every door in the […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
According to Danish TV they literally knocked on every door in the […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
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Why not start the week with a new Geograquiz? Today, it's all about railway stations...
geograquiz.com/railway-stat...
geograquiz.com/railway-stat...
Railway stations quiz
This railway stations quiz tests your knowledge of famous stations around the world. Which legendary trains arrive where? Which cities are served by which station? Which station features in a well-…
geograquiz.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Why not start the week with a new Geograquiz? Today, it's all about railway stations...
geograquiz.com/railway-stat...
geograquiz.com/railway-stat...
I'm trying out the brand new EV charger in the car Park behind Lambton shops. Thanks Newcastle City Council!
March 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm trying out the brand new EV charger in the car Park behind Lambton shops. Thanks Newcastle City Council!
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"Car speed limits should be dropped to 30km/h in city centres and bikes be allowed on footpaths, a [NSW] parliamentary report into electric bikes and scooters has recommended… [And] while fat bikes are of particular safety concern, e-bikes generally are a legitimate method of transport."
#auspol
#auspol
The move to drop Sydney speed limits to 30km/h and allow cyclists on footpaths
Reducing car speed limits to 30km/h and forcing e-bike riders to get insurance are among the recommendations of a months-long state parliamentary inquiry.
www.smh.com.au
February 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"Car speed limits should be dropped to 30km/h in city centres and bikes be allowed on footpaths, a [NSW] parliamentary report into electric bikes and scooters has recommended… [And] while fat bikes are of particular safety concern, e-bikes generally are a legitimate method of transport."
#auspol
#auspol
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Leaders who are upset at Musk, but maintain official X/Twitter accounts, are a joke.
If you really want to send him a message, order all your departments and agencies to stop using X, and to create official accounts on BlueSky and Mastodon.
If you really want to send him a message, order all your departments and agencies to stop using X, and to create official accounts on BlueSky and Mastodon.
January 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Leaders who are upset at Musk, but maintain official X/Twitter accounts, are a joke.
If you really want to send him a message, order all your departments and agencies to stop using X, and to create official accounts on BlueSky and Mastodon.
If you really want to send him a message, order all your departments and agencies to stop using X, and to create official accounts on BlueSky and Mastodon.
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Ugh the politics of "the vibe", rather than actual policies, has reached Australia.
If I was in Labor's shoes I'd run lots of strident attack ads showing a household power bill doubled in price because of Dutton's nuclear schemes. Fight fire with fire.
(Mind you, it'd help if Labor was more […]
If I was in Labor's shoes I'd run lots of strident attack ads showing a household power bill doubled in price because of Dutton's nuclear schemes. Fight fire with fire.
(Mind you, it'd help if Labor was more […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
December 15, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Ugh the politics of "the vibe", rather than actual policies, has reached Australia.
If I was in Labor's shoes I'd run lots of strident attack ads showing a household power bill doubled in price because of Dutton's nuclear schemes. Fight fire with fire.
(Mind you, it'd help if Labor was more […]
If I was in Labor's shoes I'd run lots of strident attack ads showing a household power bill doubled in price because of Dutton's nuclear schemes. Fight fire with fire.
(Mind you, it'd help if Labor was more […]
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"it's easy to propose a solution if you only understand 10% of the problem" describes 80% of the innovation of the last decade
https://mastodon.social/@tef/113641002565056663
https://mastodon.social/@tef/113641002565056663
tef (@tef@mastodon.social)
@glyph total aside but programmers think "version numbers will fix this" despite twenty years of the user agent string proving otherwise
it's easy to propose a solution if you only understand 10% of the problem
mastodon.social
December 12, 2024 at 6:20 PM
"it's easy to propose a solution if you only understand 10% of the problem" describes 80% of the innovation of the last decade
https://mastodon.social/@tef/113641002565056663
https://mastodon.social/@tef/113641002565056663
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Why are Australians hesitant around transit oriented developments?
A huge reason, especially in Melbourne, is that suburban public transport services (especially busses) aren't frequent enough to make it a viable option.
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#vicpol #auspol #planning #urbanism
A huge reason, especially in Melbourne, is that suburban public transport services (especially busses) aren't frequent enough to make it a viable option.
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#vicpol #auspol #planning #urbanism
Why Australians Aren’t Buying the Transit-Oriented Development Hype
Politicians are raving about Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) as the future of our cities—but in my mind, they are just another political pipe dream....
propertyupdate.com.au
November 26, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Just so we're clear: the problem here is not my personal experience, the problem is a trusted tool that gathers links to human knowledge is slapping on a layer that takes that knowledge and mixes it with plausible lies, and (this is important) offers it as a default, opt out, and prominent feature
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Just so we're clear: the problem here is not my personal experience, the problem is a trusted tool that gathers links to human knowledge is slapping on a layer that takes that knowledge and mixes it with plausible lies, and (this is important) offers it as a default, opt out, and prominent feature