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  • Introduction for some context

    The applications before this tribunal have their origin in a social media post insulting Teddy Cook, a transgender man. The post, which among other things refers to Teddy Cook as a woman, has been blocked in Australia as a result of action by the online safety regulator. The person who posted the material and the platform on which it was posted have both challenged the decision of the regulator to issue a removal notice. The broad question to be answered is whether the post meets the statutory definition of cyber-abuse material targeted at an Australian adult. The more focussed question is whether I can be satisfied that the necessary intention to cause serious harm to the subject of the post has been established. Based on the evidence before me, I am not satisfied that it has. Consequently, the decision of the eSafety Commissioner to issue a removal notice is set aside











  • brisk@aussie.zonetoScience Memes@mander.xyzJigsaw Trolley Problem
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    9 days ago

    Commenting before reading other comments

    Solution to grid puzzle

    The henchmen’s discussion implies that the letter row and number column both have at least two balls in them (required for “I don’t know, but I know you don’t know)”. Bernard’s statement to Albert makes it clear to Albert that the letter must be either row C or D depending on the number he knows.

    If it was row D the answer would still be ambiguous to Bernard so it must be C3 and the ball is gold

    Solution to overall puzzle

    I’ve been successfully nerd sniped and my family is dead.



  • The modern English word “bear” originally came from a proto-Germanic word meaning one of “brown one” or possibly “wild animal”. There was an actual name for bears, but speaking it was taboo in case it caused a bear to appear, so the euphemism eventually replaced the real name.

    When I learned this originally, I was taught that the true name was lost to time, but Wikipedia just says it was “arkto” so whatever.



  • That product description sounded to me like a mechanical (not chemical) sunscreen. Unlinke chemical sunscreens those tend to have a visible whitening effect when applied properly. Given that the Choice tests were blind and on human skin, I can imagine a scenario where it was “rubbed in” like chemical sunscreen until invisible, and gave the absurdly low score as a genuine result of misapplication

    On the other hand, two independent labs getting similar awful results is damning.

    It’s unfortunate the responses from these companies are mostly along the lines of “nuh-uh”. It’s good that there have been some emergency retests, but I would have hoped that someone would have worked with Choice to figure out what was up rather than just telling them “you did it wrong”.