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Owen Smith
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Eclectic. Musician. Songwriter. Founder. AI/Data Practitioner. SciFi. Comedy. Theology. Decolonisation. Antitrust. Also, cats.

🎸 Australian Country/Rockabilly 🎸
Where tall tales and adrenaline meet

👉 https://owensmithguitar.com/inside-scoop
Sadly, it'd be a cold day in hell before Schumer puts his body on the line like the South Korean parliament did.

He'll be outside with a firmly written letter, not climbing over the military/police to pass a vote on the floor.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Could there be state level charges for the NYT that might force the release of what they're sitting on?
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We cross now to the White House:
a man with a beard is holding a flamethrower in his hands
Alt: a man with a beard is holding a flamethrower in his hands while laughing maniacally
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'd vote for this policy platform.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Maybe if we bribe the entire population, your opinion approval polls will no longer be the worst in the history of the nation?"
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Hey Google, should I drink paint?"
"Oh boy, great question - this Reddit thread has a thousand reasons why you should drink paint for a healthy, balanced diet!"
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We need to deliberately choose to invest in things that are of value, otherwise we become replacable.

I write all my songs by hand because it's a craft I want to excel at. A song is an extension of me and my culture in a way that a machine mimicry is not.
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I was presenting at a Youth conference on this a week ago.

You *could* outsource your brain to algorithm, but how would you become a better person and artist?

Learning *is* friction.
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The man doesn't know what he's missing:

Free food, accommodation, and a fancy jump suit - and he'd finally be doing something good for humanity.

What's not to like?
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Wait, Netanyahu doesn't want an all-expenses-paid trip to the Hague?
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I've watched students accidentally and unknowingly DDOS websites using agents.

Websites have started blocking bad agent actors - some of whom responded by creating sophisticated mechanisms to disguise the agents identity.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
There's nothing to stop you following people you don't agree with.

Eg. I follow people from across the AI space (hypers through to haters)

You can actually create that kind of space here. While also filtering out the venemous and grifters who waste your oxygen.
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There, you have to block propaganda, bots and jerks (often prioritised by the alg) one by one. Whackamole

Here, we can craft good shared spaces using block and moderation lists.

One of the vices of the modern age is that bad faith actors are given equal (or more) air time in media and algorithms.
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@willoremus.com - Will, you make it sound like you have this on another platform such as Twitter or FB.

But they all *deliberately reinforce your priors* using an Algorithm. This is well documented. Much of it you can't even block (eg. FB suggestions)
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM