Reg
@reghunt.bsky.social
tree-hugging web geek living and working on Yuin Country, the Sapphire Coast, Far South Coast NSW, Australia
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Please join us at the rally to save the #StateLibraryofVictoria from mismanagement & insane staff cuts. Library steps, Saturday 13 December at 12.30. Every citizen of this city owns this place & now we have to defend it. I'm sorry we're all so busy & distracted by bad things: but this we can do.
December 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Please join us at the rally to save the #StateLibraryofVictoria from mismanagement & insane staff cuts. Library steps, Saturday 13 December at 12.30. Every citizen of this city owns this place & now we have to defend it. I'm sorry we're all so busy & distracted by bad things: but this we can do.
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Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ celebrates 50 years against all odds
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #ausmedia #qldpol #ozhist
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #ausmedia #qldpol #ozhist
How 4ZZZ kept Brisbane loud and proud with the help of bands, battles and beer
Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ has withstood political, social and financial pressure for 50 years and it's still thriving as a loud and proud beacon of counterculture.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ celebrates 50 years against all odds
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #ausmedia #qldpol #ozhist
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #ausmedia #qldpol #ozhist
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A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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NEW NEWSLETTER: “ The Weekly Cybers #95” buttondown.com/stilgherrian...
With just 12 days to go there’s yet more news about Australia’s social media age restrictions, a new AI Safety Institute, and so many other stories it hurts. Happy Friday.
With just 12 days to go there’s yet more news about Australia’s social media age restrictions, a new AI Safety Institute, and so many other stories it hurts. Happy Friday.
The Weekly Cybers #95
With just 12 days to go there’s yet more news about Australia’s social media age restrictions, a new AI Safety Institute, and so many other stories it hurts. Happy Friday.
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
NEW NEWSLETTER: “ The Weekly Cybers #95” buttondown.com/stilgherrian...
With just 12 days to go there’s yet more news about Australia’s social media age restrictions, a new AI Safety Institute, and so many other stories it hurts. Happy Friday.
With just 12 days to go there’s yet more news about Australia’s social media age restrictions, a new AI Safety Institute, and so many other stories it hurts. Happy Friday.
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one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
would’ve been a good opportunity to actually make a public app designed for youth before all this came into effect
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
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Late contender for best news quote of 2025: "At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet."
State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Late contender for best news quote of 2025: "At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet."
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This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite
This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite
Ólafur Waage has an unusual take on "will it run Doom?"
Ubuntu Summit Doom takes place on Mars, but up until recently, it has only been played on Earth. However, at the Ubuntu Summit, one enterprising developer explained how he extended the well-established "will it run Doom?" meme all the way into space.…
dlvr.it
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite
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Researchers claim a technology breakthrough that could help solve some of the barriers to the development of potentially low cost and longer lasting sodium-ion batteries.
reneweconomy.com.au
October 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Researchers claim a technology breakthrough that could help solve some of the barriers to the development of potentially low cost and longer lasting sodium-ion batteries.
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I think it’s time to get this out into the world…
Here’s my new blogletter. I’ll be writing here about life and changemaking in this discombobulating space between the no longer and the not yet.
Do please have a read of this first post, sign up, and spread the word!
Here’s my new blogletter. I’ll be writing here about life and changemaking in this discombobulating space between the no longer and the not yet.
Do please have a read of this first post, sign up, and spread the word!
Writing from in between...
Welcome to In Between Days, my new space for writing, for trying out thoughts and ideas, as I find my way from here to there, or there to here, or then to now... floundering about in this between spac...
in-between-days.ghost.io
October 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I think it’s time to get this out into the world…
Here’s my new blogletter. I’ll be writing here about life and changemaking in this discombobulating space between the no longer and the not yet.
Do please have a read of this first post, sign up, and spread the word!
Here’s my new blogletter. I’ll be writing here about life and changemaking in this discombobulating space between the no longer and the not yet.
Do please have a read of this first post, sign up, and spread the word!
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On noticing that the ground has slid away
My 2nd post at In Between Days is about how you can paper over cracks, but you can't paper over an abyss
We're over the cliff
We're in freefall
We have to live in this reality together
Because that's the only way to get from the no longer to the not yet
My 2nd post at In Between Days is about how you can paper over cracks, but you can't paper over an abyss
We're over the cliff
We're in freefall
We have to live in this reality together
Because that's the only way to get from the no longer to the not yet
Yesterday I got so old...
On noticing that the ground has slid away
It's like it was yesterday.
16 year old me bopping along to In Between Days at the back of the school bus, the jangly joy of the music jarring perfectly aga...
in-between-days.ghost.io
October 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
On noticing that the ground has slid away
My 2nd post at In Between Days is about how you can paper over cracks, but you can't paper over an abyss
We're over the cliff
We're in freefall
We have to live in this reality together
Because that's the only way to get from the no longer to the not yet
My 2nd post at In Between Days is about how you can paper over cracks, but you can't paper over an abyss
We're over the cliff
We're in freefall
We have to live in this reality together
Because that's the only way to get from the no longer to the not yet
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Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
theconversation.com/why-investme...
theconversation.com/why-investme...
Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.
theconversation.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
theconversation.com/why-investme...
theconversation.com/why-investme...
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Urban sprawl has forced native animals and humans to live close together. Here are eight ways to make your home a refuge for wildlife.
From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge
theconversation.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Urban sprawl has forced native animals and humans to live close together. Here are eight ways to make your home a refuge for wildlife.
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New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.
What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calcuations – and it’s not about money
theconversation.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.
Politicians are pushing AI as a quick fix to Australia’s housing crisis. They’re risking another Robodebt
theconversation.com/politicians-...
theconversation.com/politicians-...
Politicians are pushing AI as a quick fix to Australia’s housing crisis. They’re risking another Robodebt
If governments now see AI as a tool to reform housing planning and assessments, they shouldn’t rush headlong.
theconversation.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Politicians are pushing AI as a quick fix to Australia’s housing crisis. They’re risking another Robodebt
theconversation.com/politicians-...
theconversation.com/politicians-...
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Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
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theconversation.com/australian-w...
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
Meanjin published the cream of Australia’s writers. With its sudden closure, a vital, 85-year thread of our cultural conversation will fall silent.
theconversation.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
theconversation.com/australian-w...
theconversation.com/australian-w...
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The little Meanjin collection that I helped bring into the world as editor. Just a fragment of its 85-year catalogue. What an act of bone-stupid arrogance to kill it.
September 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The little Meanjin collection that I helped bring into the world as editor. Just a fragment of its 85-year catalogue. What an act of bone-stupid arrogance to kill it.
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BREAKING: The Senate has just voted YES to our inquiry into the social media age ban & search engine age verification codes! This isn't just about kids - it's a national age verification and identification system masquerading as being about online safety for children. 🧵
August 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
BREAKING: The Senate has just voted YES to our inquiry into the social media age ban & search engine age verification codes! This isn't just about kids - it's a national age verification and identification system masquerading as being about online safety for children. 🧵
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Improving ventilation one of the few measures still available to reduce death and disability from Covid johnquigginblog.subs...
Ongoing productivity damage from Covid-19: mitigating impacts
Another submission to the "Productivity Roundtable"
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July 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Improving ventilation one of the few measures still available to reduce death and disability from Covid johnquigginblog.subs...
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I don't think it's widely realised (partic post-Spain-Blackout) just how remarkably stable the world's leading variable renewables (wind/solar) grids are, and for the issues that do exist, how much batteries can directly help
So.....I wrote about it for @reneweconomy.com.au!!
So.....I wrote about it for @reneweconomy.com.au!!
The lights have stayed on in Australia, even as more wind and solar is added to the grid
Australia’s uniquely isolated and massive power grid has seen massive renewable energy growth while maintaining world-leading levels of reliability.
reneweconomy.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I don't think it's widely realised (partic post-Spain-Blackout) just how remarkably stable the world's leading variable renewables (wind/solar) grids are, and for the issues that do exist, how much batteries can directly help
So.....I wrote about it for @reneweconomy.com.au!!
So.....I wrote about it for @reneweconomy.com.au!!
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I wrote a thing for @theconversation.com on embracing and making slop as a means of developing critical genAI literacy and having some fun along the way. Enter the Slopocene! theconversation.com/understandin...
Understanding the ‘Slopocene’: how the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings
What if instead of trying to detect and avoid AI glitches, we deliberately encouraged them instead?
theconversation.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wrote a thing for @theconversation.com on embracing and making slop as a means of developing critical genAI literacy and having some fun along the way. Enter the Slopocene! theconversation.com/understandin...
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In my latest podcast I talked about WordPress as "the operating system for the open social web." Jeremy Hervé who works at Automattic on WordPress liked the idea, explained in this blog post.
WordPress, WordLand, and the Open Web
Earlier today, @davew@mastodon.social published a blog post titled WordPress and me. He talked about WordLand, his focused and fast editor for writers and bloggers. Through developing the editor, h…
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June 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In my latest podcast I talked about WordPress as "the operating system for the open social web." Jeremy Hervé who works at Automattic on WordPress liked the idea, explained in this blog post.
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Apparently people are flagging posts of our book on X as prohibited material, so if you needed more reason to buy and post about Character Limit…
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Apparently people are flagging posts of our book on X as prohibited material, so if you needed more reason to buy and post about Character Limit…