Andrew Whalan
@andrewwhalan.bsky.social
Writer, poet, asker of questions.
Eliza, ChatGPT and the GIGO principle #ai andrewwhalan.com/2023/02/09/e...
Eliza, ChatGPT3 and the GIGO Principle
The first time I met Eliza, I totally fell for her: fingers fumbling over keyboard. Our introduction consisted of a flashing cursor. And me poised too eager as it turned out. Until I typed in the s…
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October 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Eliza, ChatGPT and the GIGO principle #ai andrewwhalan.com/2023/02/09/e...
I’m so sorry, but none of your solutions for fraternity reform are going to work (from Celeste Davis)
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I’m so sorry, but none of your solutions for fraternity reform are going to work
Fraternities are not failing at their purpose; they are succeeding perfectly.
celestemdavis.substack.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I’m so sorry, but none of your solutions for fraternity reform are going to work (from Celeste Davis)
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/im-so-sorr...
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/im-so-sorr...
Women Are Fucking Tired, by @feministabulous
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Women Are Fucking Tired
The Cornell Seven and the exhausting homework of being a woman.
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September 29, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Women Are Fucking Tired, by @feministabulous
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Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to:
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September 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to:
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts.
September 26, 2026 at 4:30 AM
You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts.
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The journey of the sensitive man.
The journey of the sensitive man.
The Journey of the Sensitive Man
The separation from the patriarchy began i think at age eight.
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September 25, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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The journey of the sensitive man.
The journey of the sensitive man.
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What is going on?
September 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
What is going on?
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Genuinely fascinated to watch Ed Sheeran’s tour fall apart like an Australian writers festival after dropping Randa Abdel-Fattah.
September 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Genuinely fascinated to watch Ed Sheeran’s tour fall apart like an Australian writers festival after dropping Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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A note from my doctor (From John Birmingham)
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A note from my doctor
And a favour from Crikey
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September 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
A note from my doctor (From John Birmingham)
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An extraordinary article - a long read on the decentering of women from a patriarchy that never worked for either and the choices men must make (spoiler: the same attitudes and actions don’t work anymore- they never did). sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/26-decente...
26. No One Told Men the Floor Was Made of Women
On decentering men, loneliness, men's desire for recognition, and why persistently misdiagnosing men's crises is making everything worse for everyone
sorayachemaly.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
An extraordinary article - a long read on the decentering of women from a patriarchy that never worked for either and the choices men must make (spoiler: the same attitudes and actions don’t work anymore- they never did). sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/26-decente...
Ikigai Regained? The Joy of Writing andrewwhalan.substack.com/p/ikigai-reg...
Ikigai Regained? The joy of writing
Having lost yet another role, which this time was a technical writing role (as opposed to the training one previously), I am...writing.
andrewwhalan.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Ikigai Regained? The Joy of Writing andrewwhalan.substack.com/p/ikigai-reg...
Apocalypse nah www.themonthly.com.au/september-20... Read Neville Shute's On the Beach as a teenager (during the Cold War) and that was bad enough.
Apocalypse nah
Re-reading ‘On the Beach’, Nevil Shute’s classic novel of facing an oncoming slow annihilation following nuclear war, hits differently since the Covid lockdowns
www.themonthly.com.au
September 1, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Apocalypse nah www.themonthly.com.au/september-20... Read Neville Shute's On the Beach as a teenager (during the Cold War) and that was bad enough.
why the patriarchy is a cult #patriarchy #sexism #misogyny andrewwhalan.substack.com/p/why-the-pa...
why the patriarchy is a cult
Unfortunately this will recur.
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August 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM
why the patriarchy is a cult #patriarchy #sexism #misogyny andrewwhalan.substack.com/p/why-the-pa...
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Please read & share.
You can literally donate $1 to support this event-to donate click on "get tickets"; scroll down to Pay It Forward" button & insert any amount.
I think it’s the most important fundraising event for our most vulnerable Indigenous communities.
events.humanitix.com/jilyagala2026
You can literally donate $1 to support this event-to donate click on "get tickets"; scroll down to Pay It Forward" button & insert any amount.
I think it’s the most important fundraising event for our most vulnerable Indigenous communities.
events.humanitix.com/jilyagala2026
August 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Please read & share.
You can literally donate $1 to support this event-to donate click on "get tickets"; scroll down to Pay It Forward" button & insert any amount.
I think it’s the most important fundraising event for our most vulnerable Indigenous communities.
events.humanitix.com/jilyagala2026
You can literally donate $1 to support this event-to donate click on "get tickets"; scroll down to Pay It Forward" button & insert any amount.
I think it’s the most important fundraising event for our most vulnerable Indigenous communities.
events.humanitix.com/jilyagala2026
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Default positions. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
August 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Default positions. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
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Malcolm Knox nails it. Brilliant. www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/th...
The deep reaction among Swans fans is the disgust at having been sold a lie. Can they fix it?
When “culture” is turned into a commodity that is successfully financialised, it soon ceases to be a culture in any real sense; it’s a product.
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August 21, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Malcolm Knox nails it. Brilliant. www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/th...
Silence from the AFl - no support for the victim - this cowardice must change #afl www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/me...
Men run the AFL and it is time they fixed its dark underbelly
Like clockwork, this latest sexual assault allegation has brought with it the “boys will be boys” defence on social media and unleashed a toxic torrent of abuse towards women who dared question it. An...
www.theage.com.au
August 18, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Silence from the AFl - no support for the victim - this cowardice must change #afl www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/me...
Another AFL Off-Field Win - Another Loss for WOmen (When will it stop?) andrewwhalan.substack.com/p/another-af...
Another AFL Off-Field Win - Another loss for women
I remember years ago being at my then wife’s friends’ place.
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August 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Another AFL Off-Field Win - Another Loss for WOmen (When will it stop?) andrewwhalan.substack.com/p/another-af...
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A testing moment for the haunted cue ball - oh Marina could l love you more? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A World Cup with no participants – it could be Gianni Infantino’s boldest move yet | Marina Hyde
You’ve got to admire the Fifa president’s chutzpah in trying to flog off football’s greatest prize. If only Uefa wasn’t being so pesky about it all, says Marina Hyde
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July 31, 2026 at 9:47 PM
A testing moment for the haunted cue ball - oh Marina could l love you more? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lewis is right that 'engaging with her ideas on their merit' is useful to expose Hanson.
We should also ask where those 'ideas' came from, and who benefits.
Polling shows that even the One Nation curious are suspicious of her Rinehart/Trump/Musk links. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We should also ask where those 'ideas' came from, and who benefits.
Polling shows that even the One Nation curious are suspicious of her Rinehart/Trump/Musk links. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We have spent 30 years meeting Pauline Hanson’s anger with our own. What if we tried this instead? | Peter Lewis
Here’s my radical plan. Rather than shutting her down, let’s keep asking her politely to please explain. It is here where she is most exposed
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June 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Lewis is right that 'engaging with her ideas on their merit' is useful to expose Hanson.
We should also ask where those 'ideas' came from, and who benefits.
Polling shows that even the One Nation curious are suspicious of her Rinehart/Trump/Musk links. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We should also ask where those 'ideas' came from, and who benefits.
Polling shows that even the One Nation curious are suspicious of her Rinehart/Trump/Musk links. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...