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Brisbane, Queensland
Joined June 2015
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I don't think the Albanese government fully realizes how much they have tanked investor demand for existing homes through the tax changes in the budget. Not that I think that this is a bad thing.
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Netball needs this
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Financial advisors rn:
Introducing Personal Finance in Claude, in beta in the US. Connect the accounts you choose, and Claude answers your money questions in everyday language, from your own balances and transactions. Access is read-only, and Claude can't move, manage, or invest your money.
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your aunt and her really good friend she's been living with for 10 years
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this is the funniest headline by far
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Tech CEO’s on January 3, 2027
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Humanity is on the cusp of developing superintelligence that will automate all white collar work, then blue collar work shortly after, cure any and all diseases, and alter what it even means to be human. And yet this is the intellect of the people in charge during what will be the most chaotic and dangerous period in the history of the human race, but with the most upside of any technology ever developed. Genuinely pathetic.
In a randomised trial, software developers using AI took 19% longer to complete tasks. Yet they believed AI had made them 20% faster. At the ‘Evidence in Action’ event, I argued for a government that tests what works, and saves money by learning from the results. ministers.treasury.gov.au/mi… #randomistas
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The 19%/20% figures are from a July 2025 METR study of experienced open-source developers using early-2025 AI tools, which the authors describe as an outdated snapshot; a 2026 follow-up found some evidence for speedup with newer tools. metr.org/blog/2025-07-1… metr.org/blog/2026-02-2… arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089
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New Zuck pronouncement
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This is just a joke at this point
The productivity minister's speech warning Australians about AI productivity was cited using… ChatGPT. AI was used to prepare the source links, embedded into the hidden link referrer metadata.
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Bibis Australia is crazy
Australians, be afraid. Very afraid. A small sample with thanks to @RonniSalt in @shot_au
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💀💀💀💀 omg
It really is no mystery why the LNP is facing potential electotal oblivion... Source: facebook.com/share/p/1L2qTAp…
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WILDDDDD
Shame on a Labor-controlled Parliamentary Joint Committee accepting a departmental secretaries’ proposal to ban clips of officials’ parliamentary evidence being posted on social media, but not accepting a rebuttal submission. #NoFreeDebate #auspol strategicanalysis.org/fear-o…
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When that spicy chicken burrito hits from Guzman 💀💀
Who remembers 😭😭
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Yoooooo what?
🚨 NEW: Victoria (state) voting intention 🟦 L/NP: 31% (-3) 🟧 ONP: 23% (+23) 🟥 ALP: 22% (-15) 🟩 GRN: 14% (+2) ⬛️ OTH: 10% (-2) Lighthouse | 19 Oct-1 Nov | n=1289 | +/- 2022 election
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Gagging government agencies because they might say something the government won't like. Absolutely wild stuff from the Albanese government, who once claimed to be paragons of transparency. Source: afr.com/politics/federal/gov…
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Barbara Ballside retweeted
Pegula doing more to promote WTA Finals than the entire WTA marketing department (if there even is one at all...)
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Honestly @AFL can you organise ADHD testing for all players? Everyone’s doing coke and meth because they need stimulants.
Wonder if he slept in his own bed?
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“Men’s mental health matters” until a guy gets cozy in bed after a long day and treats himself to some macaroons
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