Phil Cohen
@philcohen.bsky.social
Tech writer and recruiter of tech writers, BAs, IDs and others in Australia
You don't want to know what they're doing with their invisible hand.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You don't want to know what they're doing with their invisible hand.
For the same reason you don't grow grass on top of a horse
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
For the same reason you don't grow grass on top of a horse
I've been running a small business for decades and TBH I haven't found the ATO to be that bad.
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I've been running a small business for decades and TBH I haven't found the ATO to be that bad.
Well there’s your problem right there
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Well there’s your problem right there
In a game of Monopoly, what happens when one player has all the money? It’s Game Over.
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In a game of Monopoly, what happens when one player has all the money? It’s Game Over.
I do not think he has ever contemplated his own death
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I do not think he has ever contemplated his own death
The only killer app for crypto is criminal enterprise
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The only killer app for crypto is criminal enterprise
To have double standards you first have to have standards
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
To have double standards you first have to have standards
They’re not public (yet) so do they need to have one?
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
They’re not public (yet) so do they need to have one?
What could possibly go wrong
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What could possibly go wrong
LLMs take the individual dishes of the internet and give back a thin soup
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
LLMs take the individual dishes of the internet and give back a thin soup
You just reinvented progressive taxation. It works, but only if you actually enforce it.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You just reinvented progressive taxation. It works, but only if you actually enforce it.
Pity we can't find something more useful to do with the assets. Any ideas?
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Pity we can't find something more useful to do with the assets. Any ideas?
Why is there an expectation that the CSIRO has to pay its own way while other parts of government do not? Isn’t that what our taxes are for?
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why is there an expectation that the CSIRO has to pay its own way while other parts of government do not? Isn’t that what our taxes are for?
The only sane response to that is to go AARGHH in your best demonic voice.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The only sane response to that is to go AARGHH in your best demonic voice.
Yeah for the past millennium the church has been the algo driving the arts
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Yeah for the past millennium the church has been the algo driving the arts
Tell your LLM that underwriting is actually part of insurance
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Tell your LLM that underwriting is actually part of insurance
The only war that the US unequivacably won was the American Civil War.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The only war that the US unequivacably won was the American Civil War.
To boldly go where no mangrove before
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
To boldly go where no mangrove before
There's a statue of Queen Victoria outside the Queen Victoria Building (who knew?) in Sydney, and behind that there's a statue of QV's dog. The dog statue for some reason has a recorded voice loop and the voice is ... Laws. Irritates me every time I walk past it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
There's a statue of Queen Victoria outside the Queen Victoria Building (who knew?) in Sydney, and behind that there's a statue of QV's dog. The dog statue for some reason has a recorded voice loop and the voice is ... Laws. Irritates me every time I walk past it.
I now read on my phone, so everyone thinks I’m just doomscrolling
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I now read on my phone, so everyone thinks I’m just doomscrolling
As an ex bearded person I can relate to not wanting an itchy chin rug soup catcher
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
As an ex bearded person I can relate to not wanting an itchy chin rug soup catcher