Simon Elvery

Went from SIN and have landed in HEL. So far, highly recommended.

Re-activating https://pixelfed.social/drzax to share some holiday snaps. Follow if Scandinavian architecture is your thing (or you just want to follow some travels).

First stop was Singapore. Can highly recommend a 24 hour layover on route to Europe.

I had missed that last.fm recently became 'independent', whatever that means. It and Flickr two early-ish internet companies I truly feel I've got more value from than they've taken from me in privacy invading data sales. No qualms with having shared an average 26 scrobbles per day with them for the past 20 years. https://www.last.fm/user/drzax

Convinced the kids to try watching Malcolm in the Middle. I was a bit worried it wouldn't have aged well or would be dull or cringe, but nope, still good. I hope we keep watching long enough to get to the yak shaving episode.

I'm 54 minutes into a three week holiday and I just checked the work chat. There was nothing new, everyone else has also knocked off for the day. What is wrong with me.

Proposal for alternative to extra time / penalty shoot outs: Play continues but every five minutes each team loses another player. First goal wins. #worldcup

Hello #parents — I imagine most of you have received some kind of communication from your kids' schools about the #Instructure / #Canvas data breach. I'm collecting examples of how schools have communicated the issue to parents and students (and *if* they've communicated directly to students).

Shoot me an email if you have anything you could share: elvery.simon@abc.net.au

Giving Thunderbird a go again because all modern email applications are trash.

I think the existential risk (human extinction) narrative around AI is a red herring designed to distract from the far more plausible (and in many cases, already measurable) down-side risks of the various technologies we've unhelpfully lumped together under the AI marketing banner.

Normalise podcasters releasing new episodes at a humane pace the way Ellie does with Butt Out, Baby! https://www.buttoutbaby.com

The word 'meltdown' in the context of "I'm having a total meltdown" or "you should have seen the meltdown this toddler was having" #etymology

Unfortunately, my preferred headline “Prices are up, huh?” was taken from us all by the editors. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/inflation-tracker-see-how-prices-have-changed/106585314

RE: @ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot

Spectacular self own. Not seen one like that in a while.

Out of nowhere, the theme tune to The Teddy Bears' Picnic pops into my head. Brains are weird.

The best team in Australian digital journalism is looking for a newbie*. Come work with us! https://careers.abc.net.au/en/job/505140/digital-journalist-story-lab

• Not necessarily an actual newbie — some experience would help, but you should apply regardless!