This would have to be one of the least surprising outcomes of the ensloppification of society.

"Real estate agents urged to 'enhance responsibly' as AI use rises"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-14/artificial-intelligence-ai-real-estate-house-listings/107192522

This is a circuitous way of saying. Occasionally, I see someone saying "I think it's great the government is allowing AI training/regurgitation because that weakens copyright, and I don't like copyright" and you fool. You stooge. You instrumentalized doe-eyed naif. AI training/regurgitation is copyright working normally. Corporate enclosure is what copyright is *for*. Upward transfer of wealth is what copyright is *for*.

Company led by man with criminal history of financial crimes engages in deception. Film at 11.

"Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/firmus-generators-epa-appeal-watchdog/107247476

If putting profits ahead of public safety actually was the new benchmark, there'd be a long list of companies starting to feel very nervous...

"An outlaw motorbike gang police say puts "profits ahead of public safety" has been targeted by authorities in a bid to undermine its criminal control."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/qld-lone-wolf-outlaw-motorbike-gang-targeted/107249476

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"Data centre operator pulls share market float due to lacking investor demand"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/firmus-float-gets-pulled-following-lacklustre-investor-demand/107246230

Me: *looks at the state of finance and aviation in Australia* we're fucking doomed.

"Australia wants to regulate AI like banks and airlines"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/federal-politics-ai-regulation-andrew-charlton-speech/107241674

#solutions #rootCause #AI #futurism

I often wonder whether politicians would rather be thought of as stupid, or evil, when they're floating their obviously-not-in-good-faith trial balloons. Today's episode of "stupid or evil?" brought to you by "the party of good economic management".

"A plan for Australians to use their superannuation to make it easier to secure a home loan is set to be floated by Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-22/federal-politics-live-blog-sept-22/107177062

(For the non-Australians, superannuation is roughly equivalent to the US 401k program)

Sooooo... I just found this new "remote lock" supposed feature in Android 17, which claims that I can lock my phone from anywhere by just visiting a certain URL and entering my phone number, "no Google sign-in required". That seems like an incredibly bad idea to me. Anyone want to take a shot at explaining how this isn't going to be overwhelmingly used for harassment?

New paleo diet just dropped.

"Archaeologists find evidence in Indonesia of a human who appeared to use betel nut for its psychoactive properties up to 25,000 years ago."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-09-10/earliest-evidence-of-human-drug-use-discovered-in-indonesia/107130656

If you could force-pull one item, and *only* one item, what would it be?

There's lots of ways in which blockchains and LLMs are eerily similar, but there's one I've not seen mentioned: how every single use-case for both can be categorised into one of two buckets: "can be done better by something else" and "nobody actually wants to do that".

I couldn't help myself, I just had to get in on the #goose action.

The ferry terminal is definitely not where I remember it being.

"Our industrial scales come in a variety of sizes and idyllic functions" - why settle for functions that are merely pleasant, when you can have IDYLLIC FUNCTIONS.

Can anyone explain why Kentucky fried chicken is so keen on sponsoring Brazilian butt lifts?

Taking inspiration from the schoolyard, it feels like making "finders keepers" a legal principle would go some way to mitigating the problem.

School bus driver fears the worst as untagged cattle roam roads https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/katanning-farmers-fed-up-with-livestock-wandering-rural-roads/105753144

Counterfeit Australian $100 are becoming a bit of a plague; I've just had the second one in three weeks try to be passed.

The board has a zero tolerance policy against anaemic stadium lullabies.

Tech CEO Andy Byron 'placed on leave' amid Coldplay concert saga https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-19/astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-placed-on-leave-coldplay-concert/105549936