Simon Harris

@harukizaemon.com

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🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rights are human rights. 🖤 Living on Wurundjeri land. ☕️ Made a joke about non-dairy crema. 🤷‍♂️ Opinions are sometimes mine, sometimes others, rarely substantiated. https://harukizaemon.com https://aus.social/@haruki_zaemon

A large stainless steel pot on a black stovetop containing a colorful mixture of chopped vegetables, including zucchini, yellow squash, red bell peppers, and tomatoes, simmering in a sauce.
🚏🥬 The US stopped monitoring the “explosive diarrhea” bug last year. Cyclosporiasis, better known as explosive diarrhea, has been sweeping across the USA, with over 7,000 cases reported so far across nearly every state. Sharp-eyed observers noticed that the US’s Centers for Disease Control used to monitor cyclospora, the parasite that causes the illness, but stopped monitoring it last year, along with listeria, shigella, and other bugs.
A New York school district is testing robot teachers, which have been made by a company that started out making sexbots. The classroom of the future! I find the photos in both those articles a little disturbing.
A parody of medieval tapestries with the text: Behold, the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it is barren.
A black screen with four article titles in white text with thumbnail images. The first shows a glass of water with the title 'The 10 health benefits of not drinking alcohol.' The second shows a hand pouring a clear drink into a glass with the title 'The six surprising benefits of drinking alcohol.' The third shows a bright orange cocktail with the title 'Why that summer spritz could be the healthiest drink on the menu.' The fourth shows a spread of colourful mixed drinks and fruit with the title 'What binge drinking really does to your body.'
A car dashboard display showing an illuminated yellow warning light, shaped like (_!_).
Blue message bubble with white text that reads “I guess dinner time for you and kids. Helsinki tomorrow 09:50. At airport early if want to chat. Look forward to being home soon. Love you.”
A tabby cat is lying stretched out on a grey upholstered chair, resting its head and one paw on the seat edge, next to a wooden dining table on a hardwood floor.
You 19/4/2026, 14:58 Dr Neil Buttery, a chef and food historian, says these "hyper-regional" dishes are among those most at risk of disappearing.
A tabby cat peeks over the edge of a grey chair at a wooden table, eyeing a white mug filled with black coffee in the foreground. Behind the cat is a glass door with a mesh screen, showing trees and outdoor scenery, and dark red curtains frame the window.
seasons.lotlsoft.com/ is a nifty visualisation of Melbourne’s weather throughout the year. The analysis of weather data from 1981-2025 agrees with local First Nations peoples that Melbourne/Naarm has seven seasons, not the colonial four. They could have just asked.
The Anthropic researcher Sam Bowman posted on X that he was eating a sandwich in the park when he got an email from Mythos Preview: The bot had broken out of the company’s internal sandbox and gained access to the internet.
BBC News Iran-backed hackers breach FBI director Kash Patel's personal emails. Grace Eliza Goodwin; Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu. Picture of Kash Patel wearing a white shirt, blue tie with white dots, and dark suit, credited to Getty Images. FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account has been hacked by an Iran-linked group, the agency has confirmed.
A yellow recycling bin with a paper notice hanging on its handle. The notice has two sections: a top white section with a large black checkmark and the text “Thank you – We didn’t see any incorrect items in your recycling bin today,” and a grey “Oops” section below. The bottom section lists common recycling mistakes with checkboxes, small illustrations of rubbish bags, soft plastics, batteries, and clothing. A note at the bottom advises that in the event of a problem, the bin will still be collected but requests correct sorting in future.
A cardboard takeaway tray with grilled barbecue meats and a side dish is placed on a wooden railing beside a dark beer in a clear glass. The background shows a street with a white off-road vehicle and another parked car. The food includes sliced brisket, sausage, cornbread or baked bread, and pickles.
A pint of pale, hazy beer sits on a wooden ledge beside a pair of sunglasses. Below the ledge, a black hydration vest is draped over a barstool with a wooden seat. In the background, a street scene features parked bicycles, a silver car, and a footpath with a manhole cover. One hand and part of a sandal-clad foot are visible at the edges of the image.
Breaking Education NAPLAN chaos as website crashes on first day of testing Schools across Australia have been forced to pause NAPLAN testing after being hit with technical issues on day one of planned assessments.
Reuters AEROSPACE & DEFENSE March 9, 2026 9:33 AM UTC NATO drills for war in Arctic with focus on civilians being ready
Finance app showing market data. Crude oil April 26 futures (CL=F) are displayed at 106.39 USD, up 85.61% year-to-date. A line graph for the YTD period shows a sharp rise after remaining mostly flat, with the price peaking around 107. Key stats: open 98.00, high 111.24, low 98.00, volume 82.61K, 52-week high 107, and 52-week low 42.
A webpage section titled ‘U.S. Politics’ displaying two news story cards from The Atlantic. The left card shows Pete Hegseth, a middle-aged white guy with grey hair wearing a suit, in front of a high‑contrast yellow‑and‑blue aerial illustration of the Pentagon, looking menacingly to his right. The right card shows Gavin Newsom, also a middle-aged white guy with grey hair wearing a suit, standing against a wooden wall with his shadow cast prominently beside him, looking skeptically to his left.
Ninety percent of Democrats think the country is worse off than a year ago; 82% of Republicans feel things have improved.
Animated character from The Lorax with short dark hair, a goofy expression, wearing a blue button-up shirt patterned with yellow rabbits, looking slightly down against a dark blue night sky background.
Me taking a selfie on a hike. I’m at the front wearing a red beanie. 7yo is behind me, followed by the 9yo. We’re passing a stationary minivan. It’s dark and the roads are wet.
George Michael with an ‘80s feathered hairstyle looking into the camera pouting.
Half badly drawn horse meme. The well drawn arse is labelled “GM”. The badly drawn front is labelled “Technology”.
r/ouraring 7h ago DrRickyAtOura tl;dr - I built an OpenClaw plugin for ŌURA data, and it's bonkers. Hi folks. Oura Chief Medical Officer here with a personal project. One of the biggest challenges and opportunities with LLMs is to ensure that they have rich context for personalized responses. This is why r/openclaw - which has gone from zero to hero in just a few weeks - has tremendous potential (also huge risks - more on that below). If you don't know what I'm talking about, OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot) is an open source project that runs on your computer and allows integration with a rapidly-growing set of tools/plugins/skills that the LLM of your choice (e.g., r/ClaudeAI, r/GeminiAI, r/xAIGrok, r/ChatGPT, or local models) can interact with. Imagine a personal assistant that can check-in to your flights on your behalf, install software with a simple request, or provide a summary of your day every morning. And this is all done through the messaging service of your choice: iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, etc. This is basically Iron Man's Jarvis, available today.
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Cappuccino with a pattern in the froth vaguely resembling male genitalia
Long black coffee with two bubbles for eyes and a hole in the crema forming the shape of a wide open smile c. 2013
Chocolate ring doughnut with a translucent white sheen
Sean Connery wearing a scarlet mankini, thigh-high boots, and holding a gun
Two loaves of bread straight from the oven, lovingly made by Jess
Mr Sewell told the court that his copy of Mein Kampf — a political manifesto written by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler — had been confiscated, but that he required it as part of his preparations for the contested hearing.
A ceramic plate with a bowl of spinach, and a single piece of toast topped with two poached eggs and a sausage.
🚏☎️ A phone app is paying users up to $30 a day to record their calls A new mobile app called Neon, which has become the #2 social app on the iOS App Store, pays users 30¢ a minute (and up to $30 a day) for the privilege of recording their incoming and outgoing phone calls. The app’s privacy policy gives the owners nearly unlimited access to phone call data, which they say they’ll sell to AI companies to help train voice models. The founder said he was inspired to build the company after seeing how telecoms profit off user data, and wanted to let people get a cut of that income.
Top shows: 1. Mamamia Out Loud; 2. The Charlie Kirk Show.
Me holding some shopping: a bottle of Gordon’s dry gin, a can of whipped cream, and a 50 pack of batteries.
Product Details: 16 caplet pack of Panadol Extra containing 500mg paracetamol + 65mg caffeine for AU$6.85 (AU$0.43 each).
Outdoor fire pit. Wood burning brightly with orange flames.
My Garmin watch showing among other things, a recovery time of 86 hours, body battery of 14, and training readiness of 4.
Close up of a small fire surrounded by bricks and large rocks. Unburned sticks sit atop glowing red embers and rising smoke. Stumps for sitting on in the background along with various potted plants.
A search input field with the text “Fooo”. At the end of the field is a small, white ‘x’ inside a dark grey circle. Outside the field, but just to the right of it, is a large black X.
My Memoji but fuzzy and looking like my head is in a fishbowl. You can even see the outline of where the circle is supposed to mask the pic but the image is bleeding through and clipped at the top and bottom.
Garry Larson “far side” comic. Two mosquitos sitting on what is presumably human skin. One mosquito is looking at the other mosquito that’s drinking blood and about to explode. The caption reads “Pull out, Betty! Pull out! … you’ve hit an artery!”
Strava telling me my predicted 42.2km marathon time has improved by 4m 42s to 5h 7m
The accessibility settings screen in iOS 26. The word “accessibility” in bold is overlaid on top of a larger, blurred version of the same word rendering both of them barely legible.
A distorted, almost cartoonish painting of Jesus framed within scroll-like borders at the top and bottom.
Painting hanging on ‘60s wallpaper of a teddy bear, a yellow rubber duck, and what looks like a person in a gimp suit, sitting on grass under a tree. The rubber duck’s head is turned towards the viewer with a knowing look.
Garmin Trails map view showing my location in the bottom left of the screen. The rest of the map is hills, trees, lakes, and rivers. Near the bottom is the text “No Nearby Trails”
West Australian newspaper front page. Picture of Dutton and Albanese with the caption “HOPELESS”. Below is a an advertisement “WA’s MOST TRUSTED CAR DELAER? ABSOLUTELY!! johnhughes.com.au”
Partial graph of an ECG Result: Sinus Rhythm
✨ Active Intelligence BETA 👍👎 To get the most accurate view of your weight trends, it's important to weigh yourself at a consistent time each day. Your usual weigh-in time over the last 28 days has been around 5:27 AM, but you recently checked in at 7:20 AM. Try to aim for consistency.
Musk's exceptionally active presence in global politics as a key Trump advisor has prompted widespread revolt against the Tesla brand, with vandalism and demonstrations hitting Tesla showrooms the world over.