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liampomfret

@liampomfret@mastodon.social

Consumer privacy researcher, Australian Privacy Foundation Board Member.
That Bulbagarden guy.
He/Him

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dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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The Murdoch family media empire's spying on British politicians and celebrities was almost certainly far, far deeper and vile than the public understands.

Brilliant reporting in the Prospect magazine by the reporter who originally uncovered it.. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/phone-hacking/65918/the-murdoch-spy-papers

Meanwhile, the Murdochs relentlessly inject poison into the public spheres of at least three major nations, not least the United States. And other media still pretend it's journalism instead of rancid propaganda and slime.

Daojoan, to random
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"Embrace AI or be left behind" is a condescending and heartless ultimatum. A false dichotomy that reeks of debunked social darwinist horse-fuckery.

Tech should adapt to people's needs.

Not the reverse.

stufromoz, to random
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Pride month approaches! Time to turn up the gay to 11!!

spacelizard, to TeslaMotors
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ABC news have decided to take on the "electric cars aren't really better for the environment" misinfo.

The analysis seems to be fairly thorough, and has been tailored to the Australian situation.

Their conclusion is the lifetime CO₂ emissions for a mid-sized electric SUV are at least 2-3 times lower (depending on state) than a comparable petrol SUV, with the difference becoming larger if the owner has solar power at home.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/comparing-electric-cars-and-petrol-cars/103746132

snurb, to random
@snurb@aoir.social avatar

🗳️ The Australian government is drastically changing international student visa rules, excluding graduates over 35 from the postgrad working visa. This massively affects students already here; a transition period MUST be added. Please sign the petition:

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6198/sign

SecularLobby, to auspol
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"There’s an awful lot of religious privilege that flows from the census stage and that needs to be changed." -- Mike Dove, chair of the Census21 group.

The Census21 group, of which the NSL is a part, is responding to a new pushback from religious leaders on the census question change.

Read the latest coverage in Crikey today on the debate around the question on religion.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/27/2026-census-religion-question-showdown/

randahl, to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar

"Dear Mr. Biden

We have been leveling cities, torturing, raping, killing, plundering and abducting children for so long, my army seriously needs a break, before all those western weapons arrive, and we lose the war.

Therefore, I think western countries should give us a breather, so I can replenish my troops and get back to full blown genocide in about 6-12 months.

From Russia with love ♥️

Vladimir Putin"

ApaulD, to auspol
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If you wanted to write today about vested interests, about the groups (and their networks) that are preventing governments from pursuing the reforms needed for Australia's economy to flourish, you'd have different targets.

You'd start with "The Property Investors' Club" and "The Fossil Fuel Club." #auspol #politics #australia #AtlasNetwork #society #economy #reform #democracy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-26/vested-interests-self-interest-and-australias-economy/103883756?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

lauren, to google
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Google CEO Sundar says Google has no solution for AI providing wildly incorrect information.

Thanks a bunch Sundar. So is a "Guess Engine" now, eh?

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-google-ai-hallucinations

pawsplay, to random
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tomw, to random
@tomw@mastodon.social avatar

Long story short, don't trust AI with your dog.

sortius, to environment
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This is why I have zero respect for Greenpeace.

A crop that could save 250k-500k children in the global south, and because it's openly GM, unlike all the rice, wheat, and barley, varieties that are available in the global north (Calrose, Amaroo, etc), Greenpeace are opposed to it.

Nothing sadder than a rich white environmentalist screaming at the global south that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/greenpeace-blocks-planting-of-lifesaving-golden-rice-philippines

Joseph, to auspol
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50 cent public transport? Yes please! statements.qld.gov.au/statem...

GossiTheDog, to random
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"Nobody uses Mastodon"

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jake4480, to microsoft
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With the impending doom of ICQ in June and the new crappy version of Teams coming in July, I would like to post this meme one final time

ricci, to random
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At last, some information from Google that students can really use!

ricci,
@ricci@discuss.systems avatar

Just A+ on accuracy there my searchy friend

ApaulD, to auspol
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Great letter.

  • methane up 150%
  • methane caused 30% of heating
  • reducing methane will quickly reduce emissions
  • can we listen to scientists, not CEOs of gas companies?

geordie, to random
@geordie@aus.social avatar

AI is going to spark a new dawn of human understanding and the valuation of knowledge. It will do this by making everything you read online almost certainly complete bullshit, leading to a renaissance of people engaging verified experts on a commercial basis.

geordie,
@geordie@aus.social avatar

That thing where your grandma used to say "you can't believe anything you read on that Google I'll go to the shop and speak to the expert there" is totally coming true. Just 25 years late.

danielnazer, to random
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Google search over the years:

1998-2016: Decent quality web search.

2016-2024: Mediocre web search dominated by SEO garbage and sponsored links.

2024-___: Whatever this is.

danielnazer,
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This one from Ben Collins over on the bird hell site.

It's just stunning to me how quickly these features are being rolled out.

alexkidman, to australia
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Today in scams, a dodgy MyGov email with a handy QR code to help you log in and claim an early tax refund!

Which is, of course, a SCAM. A total and absolute scam.

#Australia #MyGov #Scams #Privacy #Security

https://alexreviewstech.com/got-a-qr-code-for-a-mygov-tax-refund-its-a-scam/

mpesce, to random
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"Social media companies that conduct business in a jurisdiction are subject to the laws of that jurisdiction."

That's the law, at least in Queensland, and quite possibly all of Australia, given what I've just heard on ABC News.

scopelmatt, to privacy
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Microsoft's Recall brilliant move is to move the cost of storage and processing of your personal data from their cloud server to your personal computer. You will foot the bill of their tracking.

GryphonSK, to random
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mpesce, to random
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A month ago I accidentally coded up a prompt that seems to break all of the AI chatbots, except Anthropic's Claude. I tried to report it to the various vendors - only to learn there's no mechanism to report these kinds of flaws...

http://windowscopilot.news/2024/05/24/i-stumbled-upon-llm-kryptonite-and-no-one-wants-to-fix-this-model-breaking-bug/

Gracchus, to auspol
@Gracchus@aus.social avatar

People should feel cheated, but the system is working exactly as designed.
Extract all the wealth pass it on to the richest keep wages down turn housing into a commodity and let the lower middle wealth brackets fight it out and blame each other and anyone else the rich say is the enemy.

https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/people-feel-cheated-cut-to-home-buyer-budgets-leaves-households-reeling-20240521-p5jfe6.html

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