The political and economic system currently in operation reminds me of a ‘legend’ my father told me once about the ouzelum bird (for some unknown reason he called it the…
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In a piece I wrote almost two weeks ago on the saving of the Trove online resource, I mentioned that I was using it to look up newspaper and magazine…
ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool driven by Artificial Intelligence that allows a human to have human-like conversations and much more with the “chatbot”. The language model can answer…
I have just finished editing a manuscript on the development of the Opal industry in Queensland and apart from annual reports from the state’s Mines Department, much of the content…
I wrote an essay almost a week ago on the futility of arguing against conspiracy theorists (creationists, antivaxxers, climate change deniers etc.) but the utility of taking time to enlighten…
Savva, N. 2022. Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s fall and Anthony Albanese’s rise. Scribe, Melbourne, 391 p.1 Before I had finished Van Badham’s wonderful book on QAnon2, I had to kill a…
Badham, V. 2021. QAnon and on: A short and shocking history of internet conspiracy cults. Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 469p.1 I cannot remember where I heard about this book initially, but…
