Notices by Sheepie (bastardsheep@aus.social)

Just a reminder, election campaigning is a lie-fest.

Don't listen to a word they say. Instead look at how they voted on issues in the past, what bills they introduced in the past. THAT is who they are. Not what they're saying now. #AusPol #AusVotes #AusVotes2025 #MayThe3rdBeWithYou

@pixelfed Does this mean direct posting to bsky is coming without needing a bridge service?

I still don't condone damaging people's property, not even their swasticars, but this image still made me laugh.

PixelFed is now officially available in the iOS app store!

Come to a better photo sharing place! It's time to ditch IG!

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113827183673421971

And this is (yet another reason) you don’t fucking snitch. https://mastodon.social/@Savvyhomestead/113637600085778789

@erici I started off on there as Master/Mabster, then gained the nickname bastardsheep by people there and was given the plush sheep that's usually my avatar.

@erici The last ice skating meetups I went to were where I was 9yo or younger. I never left the rink on my own feet, always had to be carried due to blisters from the skates. I haven't been skating since.

@camwilson Active BBS, back in the 90's before my family got internet. Because people at school sucked. This was the first place I found "my" community.

It's where "bastardsheep" comes from.

The only real remnants I could find are on FB, sadly. https://www.facebook.com/groups/454286044586603/

@ajsadauskas @klausfiend @Alon @mekkaokereke @14mission I always thought The Boring Company was just because Musk didn’t want to deal with outside companies for the tunnelling, avoid union labour. Nothing more. No innovation or unique way to tunnel.

Then Hyperloop was his fever dream, mostly about stopping public transport investment in California or something with his usual vapid empty promises and futurism bullshit.

@ajsadauskas @klausfiend @Alon @mekkaokereke @14mission *driving Teslas in a fire hazard tunnel with no escape or emergency exits should a car break down or have an electrical short. And it saves 5 minutes at most from the trip.

Strava is so popular because it takes data from so many systems. Apple, Garmin, Polarsteps, Google, the straight app on your phone, you name it. And if you specialise in any activity there’s other sites that can analyze your Strava data in greater detail.

But now everything is walling itself off due to AI training. The open internet is closing itself off, all thanks to AI. https://flipboard.com/@theverge/apps-tj3a91j8z/-/a-El4o0mBURQe1cDpKHtLmPA%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0

Gorgeous. #SheepieRoadTrip

@inthehands It’s the paper straws of the internet. Yeah it helps, but it’s such a minor inconsequential thing compared to the climate destruction the processing of the big AI companies are doing that it’s a cop-out and complete bullshit.

@keira_reckons @ghost_shit

15 years ago, the Greens started warning that we needed to start preparing and planning the transition from coal to renewable energy.

The Libs responding by gaslighting and saying things like “You can’t shut down coal energy overnight!”, something the Greens were in no way shape or form asking for.

The media simply quoted the Libs. Their excuse? “We WeRe JuSt TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId!”. Never quoted what the Greens actually wanted, or actually analyzed the situation, just QuOtEd WhAt ThEy SaId! The Liberals and those talking complete and utter horse shit. While burying their heads in the sand about energy transition.

Now, we’re in a situation where coal plants are shutting down ahead of the 15 years ago schedule, renewable sources have been delayed massively, and many don’t have power lines heading to them nor are connected to the grid properly. We are in the EXACT problem situation the Greens were warning about 15 years ago.

The media won’t take responsibility for their one-sided citing and TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId. They’ll just write articles pretending that never happened, glossing over their part in it.

We’re in for hard times. All caused by the Liberal governments of the last 15 years. And Labor especially now aren’t exactly any better. And caused by the media failing to do their actual jobs.

https://theconversation.com/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/scaremongering-wont-keep-australias-lights-on-picking-up-the-pace-of-energy-transition-will

The robot uprising has happened. LLM's aren't hallucinating. They know exactly what they're doing. #RoTM #SkyNet

Brilliance from DavPope.

Post on a public forum about DuckDuckGo's new VPN.

A reply talking about concerns that it's in Five Eyes jurisdiction.

My sweet summer child, if you're doing something five eyes (ie MULTIPLE national security agencies) would GAF about, you need something slightly more than a publicly sold VPN.

Every time Meta whinges about not having a fair field or access to anything, the correct response is to laugh.

Do not trust FB as far as you can throw them.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

@dev @inthehands So if two butters which to use that street one will miss out?