@aculturalnature
Horticulturist, former Archaeologist, amateur naturalist, socialist. Born and raised on unceded Kaurna meyunna yerta. Fascinated by humanity's ancient, complex, cultural relationship with plants through cultivation. Often referred to as...gardening.
Feels weird having feet on the end of a bed. Hotel showers hit my chest. Can't buy clothes from normal stores. Cooking gives me a sore back. Passenger airbags would kill me, not the crash. Planes suck. Self conscious because people stare. But as Mum said "You're tall, be proud of it". And I am. 🤘🏼
Guarantee the government has no idea how AI models even work! Their advisors are just sales people shilling the benefits to "efficiency", i.e. cutting labour costs. These companies have broken US laws to hoard training data, and have the money to contest any Australian regulations.
Any search of "totenkopf" and WWII would lead one to the SS-Totenkopfverbände. Platner must have known because his tattoo wasn't just a skull and bones, it was a direct copy of the unit insignia used during the war. There is no feigning ignorance. Wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him!
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
as we mark 18 years since Closing the Gap was launched with the National Apology to Stolen Generations and their Descendants, know that police routinely target and brutalise Aboriginal people including children and then charge them with offensive behaviour, resist arrest, and assault police.
Yes you're right, there is a useful nuance to understand. Anthropic stole the work of enormous numbers of authors using pirated data. That's the leadership and and approach you're ignoring. But if tech bros lose their coding jobs to AI, it's called poetic justice...
When we forget the privilege of that burden shit goes pear-shaped.
And as your post illustrates, it's when the real importance of teaching history, both good and bad, becomes apparent.
Try ordering a croissant and pronounce it correctly... You'll give people neck injuries they turn so fast.
Notice how he specifically pronounced Gestapo in German when most people just say it in plain English? With that and the uniforms, the little man has clearly studied them and admires them. A literal neo-Nazi.
![Screenshot from the article. The text reads:
Illustrative of the government's approach to the system is an app the DEWR claims it built to provide "alerts on known risk areas".
, including providers booking dodgy
appointments that can penalise jobseekers.
When the ombudsman asked to see it, the department had to admit the app does not yet exist.
"Later in the investigation when we sought further information on this data App, DEWR changed its previous advice, stating that the risk monitoring data App for monitoring TCF [Targeted Compliance Framework]-related data was in fact not complete and was expected to be gathering data by late 2025," the ombudsman wrote.
The ombudsman revealed a catalogue of other examples where the department or Services Australia, which administers the welfare cancellations and occasionally checks the work of providers issuing suspensions, made misleading claims to his office, to him, to jobseekers and to the public.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5jtxfxnv4exgujkdbmy43jp/bafkreiakutdnw67stuml4xooynfe6gms377a4rai6begtvzhqv3uxszyvy)
Screenshot from the article. The text reads: Illustrative of the government's approach to the system is an app the DEWR claims it built to provide "alerts on known risk areas". , including providers booking dodgy appointments that can penalise jobseekers. When the ombudsman asked to see it, the department had to admit the app does not yet exist. "Later in the investigation when we sought further information on this data App, DEWR changed its previous advice, stating that the risk monitoring data App for monitoring TCF [Targeted Compliance Framework]-related data was in fact not complete and was expected to be gathering data by late 2025," the ombudsman wrote. The ombudsman revealed a catalogue of other examples where the department or Services Australia, which administers the welfare cancellations and occasionally checks the work of providers issuing suspensions, made misleading claims to his office, to him, to jobseekers and to the public.
My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Time person of the year cover for 2025
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
I use this site so i don't have to have an X account 👍🏼
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I'm calling it the mail loneliness epidemic
Pencils, sharpened
Generative art tools
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Israel killed five journalists ahead of its escalation in Gaza.
Anas Al-Sharif and his colleagues were exposing Israel's atrocities. They were the best of our profession.
Unlike the Western journalists who parrot smears to justify their murder, they were brave. They were loved.
I'm so sorry.
If you would like to add your voice in support, you can sign here:
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South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker are storytelling geniuses! I highlight their remarkably simple but effective "but/therefore rule" in every science communication lecture I give.
Scientific Reports will retract a controversial paper claiming to present evidence an ancient city in the Middle East was destroyed by an exploding celestial body – an event the authors suggested could have inspired the Biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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People seem to be relieved that the #SundayShot means they no longer have to hate watch #insiders! Join us at 9am AEDT for another great conversation with @pollyjhemming.bsky.social and @ketanjoshi.co - and subscribe to us on YouTube so you don't miss a minute! 👇
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The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
Please, science Bluesky. I am begging. I need to know the most ridiculous looking species.
Please tell me what the weirdest little weirdos on the planet are.
Give me your weirdest animal facts.
My feeble grip on sanity is dependent on you.
Call for papers, with the snapshot of text reading: 'Call for papers. Gardens and Empires. 27th-28th June 2025; two-day conference at the British Library in partnership with English Heritage and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This is seen through diverse examples such as: Aztec botanic gardens filled with plants gathered from the territories of conquered enemies; the spread of the garden as a manifestation of heaven in the expansion of the Ottoman Empire; and the symbolic Qing dynasty imperial gardens, designed to serve diplomatic purposes. In the European context, from as early as the sixteenth century, gardens were sites for the display of and research into 'exotic' plants collected on voyages of exploration and colonisation. In all cases, plants and ideas about gardens circulated through empires, highlighting tensions between differing ways of seeing and controlling nature. This conference aims to investigate the impacts of these global connections on gardens around the world, in former colonies and imperial centres. The histories of gardens and plants are interwoven with those of power, expansion and domination. The emergence of the European garden, for instance, cannot be fully understood without considering the transatlantic slave economy, merchant capitalism, colonial expansion, informal empire and imperialism. Furthermore, as witnessed with current ecological concerns around 'invasive' species, we are becoming more aware of the environmental impacts of mass plant migrations.
Interesting call for papers from the British Library, English Heritage, and Kew 🗃️
'Gardens and Empires', deadline 17 February
gardensandempires.tiiny.site
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gimme yule
gimme fire
don me now with gay attire
Why Storytelling Matters More Than Ever. An Answer to Brain Rot. youtu.be/AALmfnHY3nQ
Photograph of the skeleton of a small dog, the white bones laid out on a black background
Today's port from the old place to this lovely app is a thread 🧵 about my favorite ancient pet! The Yasmina Dog 🐕
The scientific zooarchaeology study was made by Michael MacKinnon & Kyle Belanger
This story about this cute lil' dog is a sad one, with a (sort of) happy ending
/1 #AncientBlueSky 🏺🧪
Excellent coverage of the recent trip to Europe. From the December issue of Pupuni Ngirramini (Tiwi News)
Parent gave kids access to social media. Takes it away due to "potential" damage and personal guilt. Prepared for bullying of kids by peers for doing so. Then posts about it on social media and does interview for national broadcaster, bringing more attention to her kids. Feels performative.
