In old children’s books I used to read how oranges were once a favourite Christmas present. I guess that was in the northern hemisphere, in the colder countries where a juicy orange would have been a rare and welcome ambassador from the sunny south. That image struck me again on recent visit to Sweden where, […]| Photo Time Tunnel
I learn from Australia’s ABC public news network that the nation’s new Federal Police boss, Commissioner Krissy Barrett, reckons tougher laws on hate crime might be needed. The suggestion is that the police need extra powers to be able to nip hate crime and terrorism in the bud, before it even manifests. Frankly, this kind […]| Photo Time Tunnel
I may be wrong about this but it seems to me that, when I was younger, the world’s craziness was delivered in smaller doses. You had time to look at the crazy or appalling episodes that occurred in some kind of isolation, think about them and consider what they meant to you and your life.| Photo Time Tunnel
Bots and large language models are clogging the web and crowding out humans. AI is consuming lakes of fresh water and gigawatts of electricity. It is chewing up hundreds of billions of dollars with no sign of profit in sight. Tell me again why this is a good thing. Exhibit #1: I had realised that […] The post AI is a pain in the neck appeared first on Photo Time Tunnel.| Photo Time Tunnel
OPINION BY GREG RAY To be insulted by a man credibly accused of fraud and war crimes is a badge of honour. To hear Israel’s widely loathed prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, assert with a straight face that history will harshly judge his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, is frankly surreal. This piece of Trumpian drivel was […] The post Does Palestine have a right to exist? appeared first on Photo Time Tunnel.| Photo Time Tunnel