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Chris Gentle.

Relentlessly bad technical & political takes. Design, invention, development: health, security, enterprise, geospatial.

Sydney Australia. Eora land. Fix your hearts or die.

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"underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton."

Incredible that according to the NYT today Newsom voiced concerns, whereas a day or two ago the NYT was saying Newsom "traded jabs" with the White House.
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Ahh that’s better.
IOS 26 iPhone settings with “Increase Contrast” turned on.
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Could have been an email
Skywriting: Jesus is coming
September 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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A plug for my @hourstats.bsky.social bot. Every 30 minutes it posts a graph of how Bluesky has been feeling this last week and shows a sample of five popular new posts that you can explore.
A screen capture of a typical @hourstats.bsky.social post with a top five posts in the last 30 minutes, and a reply with a graph showing bluesky's change in sentiment over the past week.
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Also...
Tweet by @merman_Lemville Jan 25, 2019 "Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day"
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Figured out where I am.
Cityscape of Brisbane at sunset with a big multi-coloured BRISBANE sign.
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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This looks like a safety warning sign but it's really the Earth holding up a protest sign at a climate rally.
A sign with a rocky mountain behind. The sign says "danger trees may fall" there is a picyure of a tree with a branch hitting a stick figure on the head on the sign.
June 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Can not wait for AI personal assistants.
At 10:38 and 10:39 am I asked ChatGPT 40 > Q What is the time? Right now it's 10:00 AM in your local time zone (Australia, AEST). ⑦ 9 Q Is it still 10am? It may have just ticked over — depending on when you asked, it's likely a minute or two past 10:00 AM now.
May 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I can think of two reasons why this terrible business name was selected and I hope I'm wrong about vampire erotica.
A business name and logo on the side of a white truck. A circle with a stylised "T" is painted on a door above the words "Twilight Aged Care"
May 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Someone has kidnapped Oscar the grouch.
View of the back of a motorcyclist with a yellow helmet riding a pink motorcycle. They are wearing a backpack pet carrier. A small brown dog is looking out of a hole in the backpack carrier.
May 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Is this good?
Guardian article: Australian election 2025 Bennelong candidate appears to distance himself from Liberal party with Chinese-language ad Exclusive: WeChat ad narrow-cast to Chinese-Australian community spruiks Scott Yung's 'independent thinking'
May 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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My god the preferencing on the Bennelong Liberal campaign HTV is straight up christian Taliban and crypto fascistm.
Scott Yung how to vote from a spam SMS. House of reps preferences 1 YUNG, Scott LIBERAL 4 DEVINE, B 6 NALBANDIAN, R 5 LAXALE, J 8 HART, A 2 CHAN, E 7 BENNETT, C 3 AUGUST, J Sentate how to vote: 1: Liberal, 2: Australian Christians, 3: Family First, 4: Pauling Hanson's One Nation, 5: Libertarian... Gerard Rennick, 6: Jacqui Lambie Network
April 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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There is a bit of Columbus fan art in the Vatican. He's riffing on the last thing he saw or thought about again.
A fresco of "Christopher Columbus, discoverer of the new world" from the Vatican Museum.
April 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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About 200 zerg in StarCraft with chat text "I WILL BLOT OUT THE SUN"
April 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Billionaires are just like us except when they express normal opinions they get published.
Guardian article thumbnail: "US: Richard Branson accuses Trump of ‘doing so much damage’ to the world"
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Cat tax
Grey tabby cat with a red polka-dot bowtie - yawning
April 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Recovering from a good sunrise flight yesterday.
Panorama of a Qantaslink Dash-8 400 aircraft with a queue of people waiting to board. There is an orange sunrise and clouds.
April 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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We need to interview the WH translator. She's seen some things.

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"The look of the White House Italian translator as Trump says President Mozzarella for the Italian President and says U.S. and Italy have been allies since Ancient Rome."
April 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Sunset panorama. Eucalyptus trees and scrub.
April 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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This is a pretty funny place to see Barnaby’s election signs.
A historic pub “St Kilda Hotel” with four of Barnaby Joyce’s election corflutes.
April 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I took the Manly Ferry the other day.
April 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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April 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Am I wrong to think that 90% of voters have no idea what a sliding doors moment is?

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Guardian liveblog entry: This text is highlighted: "a sliding door moment for our country," Body text: "Michael Sukkar said this was "a sliding door moment for our country," arguing that Labor is offering "three more years of the same" He said Labor's criticism of the Coalition is that "our ambitions for home ownership are too high" 41 Our first home buyer mortgage deductibility scheme is going to finally give first home buyers the firepower they need to purchase a home. We're going to, through our housing infrastructure program, deliver more homes for those first home buyers. So if you think the status quo is OK, that's really what Labor is offering. The Coalition believes that home ownership is something that every generation of Australians deserve, and that's precisely what we'll deliver, if we're given the great honour of being elected"
April 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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April 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Given the disconnect between the Federal Platform of the Liberal Party and the values and associations of these Liberal candidates I can only conclude that the Liberal Party is a front organisation.
Excerpt from the Liberal Federal Platform: Liberals believe in freedom of choice and a "fair go" for all. Only in a society where individuals are free to pursue their individual goals can tyranny be avoided. Only in a society where opportunity, initiative and personal responsibility are fostered can prosperity be attained. Freedom can only be meaningful if individuals have the opportunity to participate, to achieve and to develop their talents. Respect for the individual implies tolerance of others. This is why Liberalism is the enemy of privilege, sectional interests and narrow prejudice.
April 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM