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Dec 2025

We released Yarn Spinner 3.1

We released Yarn Spinner 3.1 on December 3, 2025, introducing several significant improvements to our dialogue system framework. This update …

Dec 2025

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively …

Dec 2025

Space News, December 2025

These are my notes and expanded thoughts from this month’s Space News segment on ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Northern Tasmania. Every month I join …

Nov 2025

Slop for the People

The Australian Public Service’s (APS) official culture of AI adoption is not found in the glossy press releases of its ministers. But …

Nov 2025

Australia's social media ban… A looming implementation disaster

Australia’s world-first ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect in just over a month on December 10, 2025, yet nobody knows …

Nov 2025

Space News, November 2025

These are my notes and expanded thoughts from this month’s Space News segment on ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Northern Tasmania. Every month I join …

Oct 2025

The Government Wants Your Selfie to Use Instagram

Australia has a new plan to keep kids safe online. On the surface, it sounds simple, maybe even sensible. The government is banning anyone under …

Oct 2025

Space News, October 2025

These are my notes and expanded thoughts from this month’s Space News segment on ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Northern Tasmania. Every month I join …

Sep 2025

Space News, September 2025

These are my notes and expanded thoughts from this month’s Space News segment on ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Northern Tasmania. Every month I join …

Aug 2025

CommBank's AI boyfriend

CBA has been naughty, and too reliant on their AI boyfriend. Here’s what happened: A CBA customer contacted bank requesting contact details for …

Aug 2025

Space News, August 2025

These are my notes and expanded thoughts from this month’s Space News segment on ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Northern Tasmania. Every month I join …

Jul 2025

We're all adults here

The recent delisting of over 17,000 games from the independent platform Itch.io wasn’t a content moderation decision made by the platform …