@docbaty.bsky.social - Steve Baty (He/him)

19 May 2026 01:32 +0000

Question: why is a product that is known to be harmful allowed to continue operating without calls for additional safeguards *built into the product*? https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-05-19/how-to-spot-ai-psychosis-red-flags-chatbot-delusions/106598118

18 May 2026 23:26 +0000

That $1.7bn slush fund will grow a lot over the coming 2 and a half years. If it's not at least an order of magnitude larger by the end of this term I'll be stunned. Maybe the mid-term results will turn things around. Maybe.

18 May 2026 13:06 +0000

Has the market been manipulated yet?

18 May 2026 04:17 +0000

The US is taking some big strides towards becoming an authoritarian theocracy this month. Six months until the mid-term elections, if they go ahead, and then a lot of work to do *if* Democrats can gain majorities in both houses. All with a hostile Supreme Court.

17 May 2026 23:06 +0000

The US sharemarket is trading lower today on fears of a resumption of hostilities against Iran. There'll be an announcement tomorrow before the market opens that a deal is close. Manipulation at a grand scale.

17 May 2026 22:54 +0000

This got lost a little last week in the post-Budget flurry, but wages growth has been steady for 18 months https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/wage-price-index-australia/mar-2026

17 May 2026 09:44 +0000

Quoting @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in our new book on reducing the material intensity of developed economies. The best way to promote a sense of prosperity is through our shared luxuries, not what individuals can afford and consume.

16 May 2026 11:05 +0000

Planned ride for tomorrow is to the north of Sydney - the popular 3 Gorges route. It will be around 115-120km; first time riding it in 7 years for me.

16 May 2026 10:20 +0000

Get used to being disappointed by Democrats in power in the US, if you’re hoping for justice post-Trump. Look at Colorado: that’ll be nationwide come 2029.

16 May 2026 02:50 +0000

My quick analysis of Taylor’s Budget reply: - Labor with a majority government until at least 2034; - Liberal Party declines to < 10 seats through attrition and defections by 2031 - ON gains a few members through defections and elections, but never enough to lead an opposition…

15 May 2026 04:56 +0000

It is difficult to convey the gulf in capability and experience in statecraft, negotiation, and strategy that exists between the highest echelons of the Chinese government and the current US administration. This is like Chelsea playing your local U7s Div4 team. Trump may come home without Alaska

15 May 2026 00:34 +0000

How good was Taylor's Budget reply?

13 May 2026 06:31 +0000

Flipping through my copy of Das Kapital looking for the section the role of investment in ensuring a comfortable retirement

12 May 2026 22:56 +0000

Very quick take on last night's Budget: - it is still fundamentally a neoliberal budget in its framing - market mechanisms; the primacy of capital; spending on Defence while cutting social programs; no changes to below-poverty level social benefits; tax cuts.

12 May 2026 11:39 +0000

I was trying to articulate to my daughters (16) the other day that as long as we have 3mil Australians living below the poverty line, I don’t need a tax cut. Should probably has sent that to the Treasurer.

12 May 2026 10:06 +0000

Tonight’s Budget had a lot in it to commend. I have some quibbles but I’ll hold off for the night.

12 May 2026 09:39 +0000

This Budget drinking game is brutal. I’m drunk already just from ‘resilience’

11 May 2026 22:07 +0000

Federal Budget 2026 Day!! How’s everyone’s optimism level?

10 May 2026 03:27 +0000

Hey fellas, if every day you put in 50% of the effort you're making today to celebrate Mother's Day, you'll probably be on the path of actually pulling your weight around the house.

09 May 2026 10:30 +0000

Farrer 😂

08 May 2026 05:00 +0000

I don't know whether or not Brown Recluse spiders drink alcohol, but if they do, I hope that one particular little guy never has to pay for another drink in his life.