a whole lot of very good looking ereaders going back to the dawn of Kobo ereading in 2010

Today’s burning question: how long does Kobo support its ereaders? And by support I mean how long they get updates, patches, security updates, and bug fixes to keep working.

Short answer: a freakishly long time. Long answer below. 🧵

For the first time, 50% of employed US adults say they use AI at work a few times per year or more; leaders are more likely to see AI's impact as positive (Andy Kemp/Gallup)

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LOL, the way these two titles are next to each other.

Murdoch media sowing silk purses out of sow's ears; at the time of reporting, the "𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭" consists of 𝘵𝘸𝘰 upper house seats. That's it; no lower house seat has been called for O.N. and the 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 of South Australian politics is the largest Labor majority in the state's history.
#auspol #sapol

I wonder if the increase in fuel prices will cause people to consider purchasing electric vehicles?

Across much of Adelaide, One Nation has cannibalised the Liberal vote Labor won the South Australian election in a landslide, but nationally, more attention has been on the undercard fight, which has left the Liberal Party deeply wounded.

Labor won the South Australian election in a landslide, but nationally, more attention has been on the undercard fight, which has left the Liberal Party deeply wounded.

Cambodia turns to Singapore, Malaysia for fuel as Vietnam, China restrict supplies Cambodia is importing more fuel ​from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, ‌its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran squeezes fuel availability globally.

Cambodia turns to Singapore, Malaysia for fuel as Vietnam, China restrict supplies reut.rs/4slusWr

I am mildly concerned about polling showing One Nation overtaking Liberals as preferred. Luckily Labor is still in the lead, but still.

fucking chortling

Australia's WiseTech to slash 2,000 jobs as AI ends 'era of manually writing code' Logistics software firm WiseTech Global said on Wednesday it would cut about 2,000 jobs over the next two years, in what could mark one of the largest artificial intelligence-related workforce reductions by an Australian company to date.

Australia's WiseTech to slash 2,000 jobs as AI ends 'era of manually writing code' reut.rs/3ZXqXc9

How appropriate that the developer planning to build a Trump-branded Tower on Australia's Gold Coast has been bankupt twice.
(Trump's businesses declared bankruptcy six times between 1991 and 2009.)

Pharmacists say better access needed to home medicines program Pharmacists are calling for more funding and caps to be removed from a long-running government program that helps patients avoid hospital.

Pharmacists are calling for more funding and caps to be removed from a long-running government program that helps patients avoid hospital.

Tariffs, tax cuts and Iran: What to expect from Trump's State of the Union address The US president is expected to pitch cost of living measures and his case against Iran during his address to Congress.

Tariffs, tax cuts and Iran: What to expect from Trump's State of the Union address

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Fruity

Amazon plans to launch AI content marketplace, The Information reports Amazon has signaled to publishing industry executives that it is planning to launch a marketplace where publishers can sell their content to firms offering artificial intelligence products, The Information reported on Monday.

Amazon plans to launch AI content marketplace, The Information reports reut.rs/4ai3abC

Stream 4,000+ Public Domain Movies on WikiFlix: Silent Classics, Academy Award-Winners, Hitchcock Films & More Humanity was already enjoying motion pictures a century ago. But the ability to do so at home still lay a few decades in the future, and the ability to pull up a movie on demand through a streaming se...

Stream 4,000+ Public Domain Movies on WikiFlix: Silent Classics, Academy Award-Winners, Hitchcock Films & More

Goals I hope to achieve this year: new place, new job

Welcome to Bluesky!

Nevermind, I found it! Phew, what a relief.

Another year where number 1 is not an Australian in the #Hottest100

I've been having trouble getting Chromecast to play triple J all day, sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. So I am just listening on the TV, which has Triple J audio channel for some reason

PLAYLUNCH - Keith (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Playlunch

Ok i'm glad Keith made top 5. Got to embrace the australiana #hottest100

I'm so annoyed with myself. I think the cleaner threw away my medicine. I'd only recently refilled it and had about 3 weeks left. I thought I'd put it away but realised too late that I didn't. I can't find it anywhere, and it's not with my other medicines that I did put away.

#hottest100 to those who said Aussie music is dead can go fuck themselves

Album artwork for "Miss Erotica" by Peach PRC

🥁 Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2025: #82
#Hottest100

#NowPlaying
🕐 1:26 pm

🎵 Miss Erotica
🧑‍🎤 Peach PRC

🌱 Triple J Unearthed

🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music

📝 Lyrics

Just missed someone going down in the lift which meant I had to wait which meant I just missed the bus. Now I'm going to be late :-(

youtube promoting Shorts vs regular videos YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing

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Why must January weather either be heatwave mode over 35°C, or unseasonably cold under 20°C plus rain and wind. Would love something between those temperatures and a bit of sun please! Is it too much to ask?

I know that 'y/n' in self-insert stories stands for 'your name', but I keep reading it as 'yes/no'. Why can't they write it as (your name) in parentheses like that?