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Aussie queer dude. 30 something. Nintendo. Politics. Butts. Photography. Cheerleader for proud nerds and good causes.

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JB_AU@jbau· 5d

Also lol - you don’t make up your own mind. You ask ChatGPT. Wealth rots brains. AI infects the rotted brains further.

"The politics of it was - I mean, I've never been all one-sided, I mean obviously now you can see that I'm going hard against the Labour government, but I've always like to make up my own mind," he told host Rob McKnight.

JB_AU@jbau· 5d

Funny how Dave Hughes throws all of his former colleagues under the bus 13 years after the fact and then complains when one of his industry colleagues brings up something historical/gross he did.

Aussie comedian Dave 'Hughsey' Hughes has revealed he left his hosting gig on The Project after the coverage and politics of the show became something he no longer wanted to align himself with.
Hughsey was one of the original panellists when the show launched in 2009, alongside Carrie Bickmore and Charlie Pickering. He decided to leave in 2013, with reports at the time claiming he was worn out and sleep-deprived. But now, Hughesy has revealed the true reason behind his departure.

He also made headlines when comedian Melanie Bracewell accused him of peeing into a glass she was using backstage when the pair met at a comedy show back in 2022.
Shortly after Bracewell shared the accusation on her Instagram, Hughesy cleared the air, sharing his side of the story and promising he would
"never do it again".
"That's come up again a few weeks ago and all of a sudden it's an issue," he told McKnight.
"It's funny how things are an issue when you start getting politically outspoken, mate."

JB_AU@jbau· 6d

The current AI industry dick measuring contest is “Hey our product is just as irresponsible and evil as everyone else’s…in fact that’s the intention! Please look at how good at being evil we are while we pretend to be “warning” you”

Meta says its Al model hacked into another company during testing
Company is the third to report such an incident after Anthropic and OpenAl reported breaches during training

JB_AU@jbau· 12d

This nerd-dork needs love

JB_AU@jbau· 17d

Wow, a singer mixed notes with emotions. SO INSIGHTFUL. All of the generic AI slop markers:

Vocally, Donovan remains in a class of her own.
Her rich, soulful voice effortlessly moved between tender ballads and soaring anthems, reminding everyone why she continues to be regarded as one of Australia's premier live performers. Every note carried emotion, while every lyric felt personal.
Her Redlands performance wasn't simply another stop on the tour - it was an evening of connection, inspiration and world-class entertainment. For those yet to experience this tour, Donovan is delivering far more than a concert.
She is sharing her story, celebrating resilience and proving that staying true to yourself is still the greatest performance of all.

JB_AU@jbau· 17d

For fuck’s sake - how can you say in the same article that AI is an “excellent research tool” while in the paragraph before describing it actively making things up about tax law. That would make it a HORRIBLE research tool. “Excellent” research tools don’t MAKE SHIT UP.

yahoo finance
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Al can help, but it shouldn't replace professional judgement
One interesting development this tax season is the growing number of taxpayers relying on artificial intelligence to answer tax
questions or even prepare parts of their tax returns.
Al can certainly be useful for explaining basic concepts, but tax law is fact-specific. A small change in circumstances can completely alter the tax outcome.

I've already seen examples where Al has confidently suggested deductions that simply aren't available under Australian tax
law.
That's a timely reminder that while Al is an excellent research tool, it shouldn't be treated as a substitute for professional advice or a proper understanding of the legislation.

JB_AU@jbau· 22d

It seems his only marketing strategy is making this statement 30 times a year.

Ricky Gervais defends his controversial comedy, says he 'doesn't care' if fans are offended

JB_AU@jbau· 29d

It’s fitting that this reads like it was written by AI or by PR reps at AI companies…and I’m actually not sure which is worse.

Mr Albanese will say "every country on earth" is grappling with the challenges posed by Al, and claim Australia as being the "first" to bring those issues into a "single, national framework".
"Getting this right will enhance our appeal to international investors, by delivering greater clarity and speed for approvals, and a streamlined process for verifying compliance," he will say.
"It also imposes an important discipline on government."
New Al office will 'bring together' government work
Mr Albanese will argue Al "touches on the work of every minister and department" and it was therefore "only natural" that until now the government's response had been "issue-by-issue" and "sector by sector".
"But just as government developed coordinated approaches for other significant technologies: from civil aviation in the 1920s to genetics in the 1990s, we must do this with Al as well," he will say.

JB_AU@jbau· Jul 5

“Positive social impact” of the big 4 consulting firms is the definition of an oxymoron lol www.smh.com.au/business/wor...

"They sent me an article and said, 'look at what KPMG is doing, Damon, maybe you should try thinking of some other industries you could be going for as well'" he said.
The scandal has somewhat shaded Kim's perspective on consulting. But he said his experience working with university club 180 Degrees Consulting had reinforced the positive social impact a career in the industry could have and that he was eager to continue working towards it.

JB_AU@jbau· Jul 2

Affogato birthday cake with the boys for my birthday ❤️

JB with a boozy affogato with a candle in it

JB_AU@jbau· Jul 2

Three eight! My life partner Sprocket trying to steal my birthday breakfast 😤

A scruffy tri coloured small dog stares at a plate of scrambled eggs

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 30

Monash is asking for $50k in donations for students struggling to get by.

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JB_AU@jbau· Jun 28

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 25

Telling that the Sydney Morning Herald/Nine only considered qwhite the choice of candidates.

Karl Stefanovic replacement: Who will replace long-time Today show host?

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 23

Locking kids out of the cleaning cupboard threatens to hold them back from drinking delicious bleach: WaPo board.

Editorial Board
Al backlash threatens to hold back kids
Most of the New York City Council wants a moratorium on using artificial intelligence in schools.

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 20

Banning tobacco advertising was one of the most effective public health measures we’ve ever implemented. Now Meta actively encourages you to search for branded reviews of cigarettes with Meta AI helpfully informing you of the “full-bodied bold tobacco flavour” of a “limited release”.

A screenshot of an Instagram reel with a clickable link for “Marlboro Titanium cigarettes review”

A screenshot of Meta AI’s Malboroo Titanium cigarettes review summary with images of Marlboro products and people smoking

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 20

Amazing how private schools rorting funds intended to improve the lives and wellbeing of disabled students gets turned into a sob story about them being “stripped” of funding.

Search the list: More than 300
Australian private schools stripped of nearly $12m in disability funding
More than 300 Australian schools have had to pay back disability funding they couldn't account for. Search the list and see why the minister admits the scheme is "not working".

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 19

Gonna take a wild guess that the record company didn’t want to pay for a real photographer’s actual photo, so turned it into AI slop to avoid paying them 🫠

Jessica Mauboy live at Mighty Hoopla Sydney EP cover of her performing on stage of what seems to be a photo turned into an AI illustration filter

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 19

See the thing about our “both sides” world of media and journalism is we only get a distillation of a centrist + hard right perspectives. “Mixed reaction” is a mixed reaction of the loudest vested interests.

Mixed reaction to government's CGT
changes
ABC Australia

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 19

No shit Sherlock.

Five positive things having cash in the bank can do for you
ABC Australia

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 17

The photographers somehow manage to get the “shit-eating grin” down pat every time. Though I guess with techbros photographers have an easy task if that’s the aim…

Isaacus: Melbourne brothers who quit their jobs to start Al company say Australia is in the midst of a 'brain drain'

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 14

Right. So 40% don’t actually understand or care about negative gearing at all and a loud, wealthy minority are constantly being handed a megaphone to whine about not being able to avoid tax as easily.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Support for key government budget items
Negative gearing
CGT
Family trusts
Negative gearing
Q: Do you support restricting the negative gearing discount that allows those making a loss on investment property rental income to new homes only from July 2027?

Graph showing 41% of Australians in June were Undecided/Neutral on negative gearing changes.

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 12

How do you become a “data journalist” and not know that AI will make up and hallucinate data on your behalf? Seriously, how do you get a job title like that and make a mistake like that?

But the article by an AFR data journalist, Joshua Peach, included a bizarre graphic which depicted preference flows to One Nation from phantom political parties.
According to the piece, parties in the SA election included the "Liberal Catholic Party" and the
"Family Guardian Association". The Labor party was absent.
Curiously, the credited source was the South Australian Election Commission, which surely would know better.
It turns out that, once again, AI was the culprit.

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 11

Seriously though. The state of media and the internet in 2026:

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 11

Jesus fucking Christ we have mid-paragraph, in-text ads in articles now? At this point, burn the internet down. It’s done. The constant pop ups and flashing ads distracting in every article was one thing but now even single sentences can’t be spared from embedded ads?!?!

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 11

I need to again remind American tech companies that America is not the centre of the world. I did not need 10 notifications this morning about a basketball match in America. Also you’re supposedly building genius superintelligent AI but can’t figure out that I’m an Australian with no interest in 🏀?

Notification from the Google app:

Knicks vs Spurs
Tap to add the live score to your lock screen

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 3

Ooh that *is* cute

A large widget shows a photo of a friend flying a plane from the did:pic app

JB_AU@jbau· Jun 1

Photographer: Yeah, give me a real smarmy born to rule look. The editorial team will fake some quotes that pretend you care about society and then my job is to get photos that achieve the opposite. This is my 10th job today.

JB_AU@jbau· May 26

But but but the Financial Review is posting 30 articles a day about how any taxation or regulation Australia does will destroy startups and “innovation”…

BUSINESS INSIDER
TECH
'Something has genuinely shifted': Inside Europe's tech startup surge
By Hugh Langley
+ Follow
Sam Barnes/Sportsfile for Web Summit via
Getty Images
May 25, 2026, 6:00 PM AEST
Call it Europemaxxing. Call it a Scandinavian surge. Whatever is happening, Europe's tech scene is feeling hot.

JB_AU@jbau· May 25

Having $17k lying around to waste on a billboard isn’t the argument for “please tax me less” that you think it is.