Bel Downes (Coffeewith…)
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Bel Downes (Coffeewith…)
@withdownes.bsky.social
Professional Linguist/Language Scientist, Australian, Ace, Newbie Stoic, Ex-evangelical, Climate Change Learner, Francophile, Hiking Poler. #ReframingFacialDifference
Substack: https://beldownes.substack.com?r=holl6&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
I’m waiting for the sunscreen rated number ‘we can’t keep up’…
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s like the sun turned itself up to eleven… I’m usually okay, but seriously this morning was something else. I can definitely see why the bushfire warning is needed. Stay safe if you’re going out in it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hey, all good, just been hanging out in offline world a bit with some sensible books… Good to see you! 👋☕️🇦🇺
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This (reapplying for govt assistance) was done to under 35s here in Australia with awful consequences during the conservative Morrison government. I agree that fraud is not good, but wholesale blame of a vulnerable section of the community is cruel and insensible.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I agree, he can barely put a whole thought together now. Do you think someone has used AI? They could prompt it by using Trumps old Twitter posts as the source. But yeah, totally not him as he is now.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
He said thanks 👋
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump is one of the reasons I’m studying the Stoics now (including Seneca, Nero’s tutor - Imagine the guilt 😢) It’s a tragedy that someone born with a gold spoon choose to put it up his… just so others in his care could suffer.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’ll pass it on to him! And yes it is.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Totally agree. I think the best strategy here is to have awareness of what is happening and go to trained human beings for vulnerable things. People need to know the process AI models use. They aren’t ‘clever’, they mimic ‘clever’. It’s all an act.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Just ‘talking through’ it now. This is part of what it’s said…

I’ll keep using AI, but please be careful in there… 👋☕️🇦🇺
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM