A monochrome photo of a gravel loader. From the left a jetty stands high above the water on crossed stilts. On the jetty we can see the back of a crane like object with a conveyor belt feeding into the top

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Got out of the house today and went down to Bass Point to have lunch with Awesome Wife. While I was there, I decided to take some photos of the Bass Point Gravel Loader.The Gravel Loader is connected to a nearby Quarry and used to allow the quarry to load directly onto ships. Unfortunately it hasn't operated since 2011 and they're talking about pulling it down/rebuilding it due to structural issues.I've created a Gallery - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://angrybeanie.com/gallery/bass-point-grain-terminal">Bass Point Gravel Loader</a>At some point I would love to fly the drone over and around it, there would be some awesome footage.I also have an RSS feed of Gallery Images if you would like to follow that - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://angrybeanie.com/feed/gallery-image-feed-feed.xml">https://angrybeanie.com/feed/gallery-image-feed-feed.xml</a>. It gets updated every time I add a new Gallery Image.

Wheelchair Photography - Bass Point Gravel Loader

2026 is here and I'm taking it day by day. Also Video things!

A sweeping view of a valley and the surrounding mountains

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So we're day two into the new year and I am cautiously optimistic about entering day three.In the mean time, I put out a couple of video things, both from the time I went up to Lithgow late last year.The first is an ad hoc Wheelchair Photography video I did where I visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/blue-mountains/lithgow-area/lithgow/attractions/hassans-walls-lookout">Hassans Walls</a>, an accessible lookout that gives you amazing views of the Hartley Valley<figure class="media"><div data-oembed-url="https://youtu.be/4asvEDWLqwg?si=j2da_NcCRO5aCJl2"><div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4asvEDWLqwg" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div></figure>The second was a short vertical slideshow of some of the photos of the birds that I took while I was in Lithgow.<figure class="media"><div data-oembed-url="https://youtube.com/shorts/Gj32DWabdxU?feature=share"><div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gj32DWabdxU" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div></figure>

2026, lets see how this goes

A lego version of the Enterprise D from the show Star Trek: The Next Generation. To the right of the ship is a line up of character minifigs

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If you're reading this, then I have been kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding the release of ALL of the Star Trek Ships as Lego kits. Not saying I agree with them, but yeah?Well actually no, I'm just testing the cms for the Angrybeanie site now that it's all be brought across from Linode.com to Binarylane.com.au

Okay well here goes nothing

A field covered in deep green grass. In the foreground, slightly out of focus on the left is a tree, in the middle ground we see two cows, one is looking at the viewer. In the background there is a small forest of trees

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I was going through my library of photos and I came across these from 2022.I have thousands of photos that I need to go through and get the best out of (not counting my daughters Netball game photos of which I also have many)<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://angrybeanie.com/gallery/my-first-gallery/two-cows-outstanding-in-their-field"><img class="image_resized" style="width:39.87%;" src="/uploads/IMG_6116_cd9db5d9b5.jpg" alt="A field covered in deep green grass. In the foreground, slightly out of focus on the left is a tree, in the middle ground we see two cows, one is looking at the viewer. In the background there is a small forest of trees" srcset="/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_6116_cd9db5d9b5.jpg 234w,/uploads/small_IMG_6116_cd9db5d9b5.jpg 500w,/uploads/medium_IMG_6116_cd9db5d9b5.jpg 750w,/uploads/large_IMG_6116_cd9db5d9b5.jpg 1000w," sizes="100vw" width="1000px"></a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://angrybeanie.com/gallery/my-first-gallery/old-farm-on-the-hill"><img class="image_resized" style="width:39.65%;" src="/uploads/IMG_6101_7a7e311ec8.jpg" alt="The image presents a tranquil view of a mountainous landscape, with lush greenery covering the slopes and a small community nestled at its base." srcset="/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_6101_7a7e311ec8.jpg 234w,/uploads/small_IMG_6101_7a7e311ec8.jpg 500w,/uploads/medium_IMG_6101_7a7e311ec8.jpg 750w,/uploads/large_IMG_6101_7a7e311ec8.jpg 1000w," sizes="100vw" width="1000px"></a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://angrybeanie.com/gallery/my-first-gallery/butterfly-on-a-flower"><img class="image_resized" style="width:39.51%;" src="/uploads/IMG_6106_db342529d7.jpg" alt="A brown butterfly or moth sits on a small white flower amongst the grass" srcset="/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_6106_db342529d7.jpg 245w,/uploads/small_IMG_6106_db342529d7.jpg 500w,/uploads/medium_IMG_6106_db342529d7.jpg 750w,/uploads/large_IMG_6106_db342529d7.jpg 1000w," sizes="100vw" width="1000px"></a> &nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://angrybeanie.com/gallery/my-first-gallery/grasshopper-models-for-me"><img class="image_resized" style="width:24.51%;" src="/uploads/IMG_6106_ad475cca79.jpg" alt="The photo shows a single green grasshopper perched on the ground. The background is a plain grey concrete surface, indicating an urban or suburban setting." srcset="/uploads/thumbnail_IMG_6106_ad475cca79.jpg 157w,/uploads/small_IMG_6106_ad475cca79.jpg 500w,/uploads/medium_IMG_6106_ad475cca79.jpg 750w,/uploads/large_IMG_6106_ad475cca79.jpg 1000w," sizes="100vw" width="1000px"></a>

Some photos from 2022

Technology will never remove bias, you need humans to do that.

A wasp nest hangs from a metal rail. It is covered with wasps

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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://themarkup.org/on-borrowed-time/2025/10/14/is-the-patient-black-check-this-box-for-yes">https://themarkup.org/on-borrowed-time/2025/10/14/is-the-patient-black-check-this-box-for-yes</a><blockquote>“That always raised a flag for me,” he says. “So, we’re different from the rest of the world? I got Black kidneys, and everybody else got white kidneys. It never set well with me.”Craig Merrit</blockquote>The story I linked above is a prime example of why every time I hear an AI Booster talk about the power for AI to reduce or eliminate bias in what ever field they’re talking about, I have a little chuckle.Before we get into AI, lets have a look at the story.One of the ways that a doctor measures your kidney health is something called the eGFR. It stands for “estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate”, and it measures the levels of creatinine (a waste product) in your blood and combined with information about the your age, sex, it gives a good picture of how well your kidney is functioning. The higher the score, the better your kidney is functioning.So far so good.Except back in the late 90’s someone decided that because African Americans tend to have higher levels of creatinine in their blood on average, they needed to account for that in the score. So they added a second score specifically for African Americans that had a buffer in it, boosting it higher.Who can see the problem here?Yup that’s right, it meant that African Americans that were maybe borderline (and thus definitely needing intervention) under the normal test, were being shunted down the priority list because their adjusted score said they were fine.<img src="/uploads/image_9ad2d493ed.png" alt="image.png" srcset="/uploads/thumbnail_image_9ad2d493ed.png 245w, http://172.104.113.59:1337/uploads/small_image_9ad2d493ed.png 500w, /uploads/medium_image_9ad2d493ed.png 750w, /uploads/large_image_9ad2d493ed.png 1000w" sizes="100vw" width="1000">It wasn’t until 2020/21 that the US medical establishment started to deal with the problem, in the mean time, many thousands of African Americans had suffered because the algorithm had prioritised others BY DESIGN.AI of course would have done nothing to stop any of the above from happening, the bias was baked into the algorithm well before it got anywhere near any sort of automation.This is the main issue, and it’s an issue that AI’s just CANNOT fix. We’ve seen <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/14/people-interviewed-by-ai-for-jobs-face-discrimination-risks-australian-study-warns">time</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-07-01-disabled-amazon-employees-say-automated-systems-deny-their-rights">time</a> again that AI systems are prone to the biases inherent in their training data. If the training data contains a bias against African Americans, then decisions made by that AI system have the potential to show the same bias.Remember when Grok went <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content">full white supremacist</a> ?Bias is a human problem and needs human solutions. This means we need to know what is going into the systems that are making decisions about us. It means that we need to be aware that because “The purpose of a system is what it does” we need to make sure our systems do the right thing.

Algorithms can't prevent bias

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