Tim Westcott

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Web developer by day. Interests include community building, environment, urban mobility & animal rights.
Websitehttps://westcott.au/
Have you considered panic buying a bicycle?

"Our AI has messed up completely"

No. You messed up completely. Twice. Once by generating an article using AI in the first place, and the second time by not even fact checking the damn thing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-22/ai-images-of-tasmania-on-tour-website/106253448

#tasmania #ai

'Three-legged wombat crocodiles': AI wreaks havoc on tourism website

Weldborough in remote north-east Tasmania has lots of natural beauty. But it does not have hot springs — and it is causing headaches for locals.

The meetings will continue until productivity improves.
Just saw a national treasure having his carry-on bag searched at Sydney airport, way too early in the morning to be dealing with that. I won't say who it was, but I think he was searched because of a combination of his weird gardening implement and big bushy beard.

The public meeting demanded by the anti-bike-lane Confederation of Greater Hobart Businesses just voted overwhelmingly to support the council's proposed Collins Street tactical trial (which includes safe, separated bike lanes). The confederation will no doubt find some way to spin this, but there's no hiding from the fact that they couldn't even muster a majority for the very meeting they demanded.

If they continue with their demand for an elector poll, it will be another humiliating defeat for them and a waste of Hobart rate payer money.

#hobart #BikeTooter #cycling #tasmania #politas

I am loving that things are finally moving to make European countries less dependent on US software (especially cloud providers), but I am disappointed that there isn't more of a focus on open source software.

There are several government programs within EU counties to fund the development of open source software. We need WAY more of that, coordinated at the EU level.

The best way to avoid being beholden to big tech is to fund viable open source alternatives.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parliament-calls-end-reliance-us-software-2025-03-18/

Free government funded startup mentoring, but it's actually an undercover psychologist.

A few weeks ago we hosted a #garden visit for our local Food Garden Group at our home in #Glenorchy. It was great to show off our hard work and received a lovely write-up by Laura on the group's blog: https://fggextra.blogspot.com/2025/01/visit-glenorchy-libby-tim-2025.html?m=1

#gardening #Tasmania #TasmanianGardening #FoodGardening

Visit Glenorchy Libby & Tim 2025

January’s garden visit was a tale of 2 gardens: the front was a fledgling food forest that’s already proving fruitful, while the back was a ...

Calling all #Hobart, #Tasmania peoples that are passionate, interested or just curious about all things open (#opensource, #linux #hardware, #data, #access etc etc.) to get in touch with me. Follow me, ping me, send a carrier pidgin my way (I might even respond to smoke signal).
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