Cassie ST 🇦🇺

@cassiestthomas.bsky.social

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On the internet, no-one knows you're a dog. Dipping my toe back in the muck that is #auspol on social media. Bundjalung Country. Also #cdnpoli #usapoli Arrived: 316 CO2 ppm 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

A white woman, with straight long blonde hair, dressed in a black suit with narrow stripes, and a white business shirt, is looking down her nose, as she sits a a table with creased papers on it, in front of a microphone. Person is named Pam Bondi. and currently holds the position of United States Attorney General.
Part page screen capture of web page with highlighted paragraphs, of a statement in reply from AI provider Anthropic, regarding comments from US Secreatry of War, Pete Hegseth. Text follows. "27 Feb 2026 Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk. This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons. We have not yet received direct communication from the Department of War or the White House on the status of our negotiations. We have tried in good faith to reach an agreement with the Department of War, making clear that we support all lawful uses of AI for national security aside from the two narrow exceptions above. To the best of our knowledge, these exceptions have not affected a single government mission to date. We held to our exceptions for two reasons. First, we do not believe that today’s frontier AI models are reliable enough to be used in fully autonomous weapons. Allowing current models to be used in this way would endanger America’s warfighters and civilians. Second, we believe that mass domestic surveillance of Americans constitutes a violation of fundamental rights. Designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company. We are deeply saddened by these developments. As the first frontier AI company to deploy models in the US government’s classified networks, Anthropic has supported American warfighters since June 2024 and has every intention of continuing to do so. We believe this designation would both be legally unsound and set a dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government."
Hot sauces, alternatives to Tabasco Sauce.
Man saying to second man: "some men just want to watch the world burn." Scene from film "Batman: The Dark Knight".
DaveGranlund.com cartoon showing Donald Trump wearing a straight jacket, sitting on the floor, in a padded cell. There are seven word bubbles,with previous statements made by Trump. "Smarter than U.S. generals". "I have great and unmatched wisdom". "I'm a stable genius". "I'm the chosen one!" "I alone can fix it". "I'll get a Nobel Prize". "THE PRESS IS THE ENEMY!" The Presidential Seal is pinned to the wall.
Robot from the tv show Lost in Space, waving its arms, next to a control board, with lots of small light bulbs and push buttons.
Black and white image of a man dressed in French police commissioner's uniform from 1940s, saying to second man in white tuxedo" I'm shocked. Shocked!"
Illustration of a man - depicted as Leif Erikson, dressed like a viking setting foot on North American continent, with crew members on shore behind him. A long boat with rowers and fueled sail is in the sea behind them.
Graphic showing the national flags of the socio-political grouping of the "Commonwealth of Nations" along with the organisation flag.
Members of the band ABBA smiling, with women holding old style telephones.
First Dog on the Moon cartoon with Raccoons of Resistence listing GOP legislation, including "Have Trump stay on as President after 2028".
Logo of "Federal Intelligence Agency" from the film Starship Troopers.
US country singer Dolly Parton in front of a glittering CountDown banner with US flags on either side, with an audience waving small Australian and US flags.
Screen capture of Google map showing Gulf of Mexico with appended (Gulf of America) caption.
Screen capture from film Starship Troopers, of media reporter dressed in combat gear, with brand badge saying FED NET LIVE.
Thomas Gabriel character from film "Live Free or Die Hard", on mobile phone with a bank of computer servers in the background.
Screen capture from Threads social media platform, showing a screen capture from Xitter social media platform, of people holding open air tickets for POTUS 47 inauguration ceremony, complaining it's been cancelled.
Kitty Flanagan dressed as suburban solicitor (lawyer) "Fisk", in her standard work uniform of ill fitting, too big, brown jacket, trousers, and brown and fawn striped shirt.
BINGO from Bluey holding a gift box with world globeshowing Australia, New Zealand and PNG. An additional label says "with a surprise puzzle", and a jigsaw puzzle piece depicting a Kiwi bird.
Emperor Palpatine looks on malevolent, as light sabre energy blades cross. The text reads "At last, the father son sword crossing action is complete."
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #5,593,535, Cassie ST ‪@temphandle02.bsky.social‬, joined on May 13, 2024"