Dave Bath
@davebath.bsky.social
Greybeard leftie West Victorian. Biologist by training, computer nerd since punched paper tape days by trade, until body said "nope". Soothed by Bach and hopes of seeing a Cats AFLW flag.
The phrase "then you would stop being biology and just be physics" is {chef's kiss}
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu8n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu8n...
What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The phrase "then you would stop being biology and just be physics" is {chef's kiss}
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu8n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu8n...
what a pity it's not clear and dark - Kaus hit 7 - good chance of seeing an aurora.
But no Carrington. So no financial system crash today. :-(
But no Carrington. So no financial system crash today. :-(
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
what a pity it's not clear and dark - Kaus hit 7 - good chance of seeing an aurora.
But no Carrington. So no financial system crash today. :-(
But no Carrington. So no financial system crash today. :-(
Drop crocs!
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
‘These weird crocs were all over the place’: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells unearthed in Queensland back yard
New research suggests 55m-year-old eggshells likely belong to extinct mekosuchine crocodiles, nicknamed ‘drop crocs’ for theory they climbed trees to hunt
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Scientists have identified what are believed to be the oldest crocodilian eggshells ever found in Australia, unearthed in a grazier’s back yard in regional Queensland.
The 55m-year-old eggshells – found at a fossil deposit in Murgon, approximately 270km north-west of Brisbane – likely belong to a group of extinct crocodiles known as mekosuchines, new research suggests. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Drop crocs!
St Gough would probably agree
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
St Gough would probably agree
Reposted by Dave Bath
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
What is the purpose of memory, if not for learning and doing better?
Do we want an empty Rememberance Day, or should we meaningfully remember those lost and damaged in war by not rushing into another one?
Do we want an empty Rememberance Day, or should we meaningfully remember those lost and damaged in war by not rushing into another one?
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What is the purpose of memory, if not for learning and doing better?
Do we want an empty Rememberance Day, or should we meaningfully remember those lost and damaged in war by not rushing into another one?
Do we want an empty Rememberance Day, or should we meaningfully remember those lost and damaged in war by not rushing into another one?
If the sky is clear tonight, it could be pretty in some places
Current: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
Recent: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/1/1
Aurora Predictor: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Current: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
Recent: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/1/1
Aurora Predictor: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the sky is clear tonight, it could be pretty in some places
Current: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
Recent: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/1/1
Aurora Predictor: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Current: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
Recent: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/1/1
Aurora Predictor: www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
How affordable is Australia's medical system REALLY if you skip consultations and tests? We're almost as bad as the USA by comparison.
data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=en&pg...
data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=en&pg...
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
How affordable is Australia's medical system REALLY if you skip consultations and tests? We're almost as bad as the USA by comparison.
data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=en&pg...
data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?lc=en&pg...
Ssssshhhhh ..... don't mention comparisons of DNA markers in Late Bronze Age skeletons around Jerusalem to modern Palestinians and the PM and President of Israel to the PM and President of Israel ... you might meet with an accident.
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ssssshhhhh ..... don't mention comparisons of DNA markers in Late Bronze Age skeletons around Jerusalem to modern Palestinians and the PM and President of Israel to the PM and President of Israel ... you might meet with an accident.
News doesn't reflect reality. If you were a group of evil oligarchs running an evil empire wanting to spread enough panic to justify war and an authoritarian surveillance state, how would you twist reality, for example, skewing representation of deaths?
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
News doesn't reflect reality. If you were a group of evil oligarchs running an evil empire wanting to spread enough panic to justify war and an authoritarian surveillance state, how would you twist reality, for example, skewing representation of deaths?
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
Space weather alert. Kp=7, Kaus=6. Supposed to be better tomorrow (Severe storms in Australia G4) while only G3 in Australia predicted today.
Shame it's cloudy.
get your up-to-the-minute australian aurora predictor here www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Shame it's cloudy.
get your up-to-the-minute australian aurora predictor here www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Space weather alert. Kp=7, Kaus=6. Supposed to be better tomorrow (Severe storms in Australia G4) while only G3 in Australia predicted today.
Shame it's cloudy.
get your up-to-the-minute australian aurora predictor here www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
Shame it's cloudy.
get your up-to-the-minute australian aurora predictor here www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/3/1
ALP talk about making considered decisions ... signing off within 24 hours for $368 billion (+blowout) cost ANYTHING isn't "considered", and subs aren't defending the Australian homeland if their only use is attacking China when America wants to start a war.
youtube.com/shorts/Bx_rH...
youtube.com/shorts/Bx_rH...
What is considered about signing up to a $368 billion dollar contract with the US?
YouTube video by Bogan Intelligentsia
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
ALP talk about making considered decisions ... signing off within 24 hours for $368 billion (+blowout) cost ANYTHING isn't "considered", and subs aren't defending the Australian homeland if their only use is attacking China when America wants to start a war.
youtube.com/shorts/Bx_rH...
youtube.com/shorts/Bx_rH...
Just came across a poem roughly Beowulf-old, Deor (name of both poem and author), which at the end of every verse has a Vonnegutian "Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg" - basically "so it goes".
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just came across a poem roughly Beowulf-old, Deor (name of both poem and author), which at the end of every verse has a Vonnegutian "Þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg" - basically "so it goes".
Social media gives even chatbots brain rot.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Social media gives even chatbots brain rot.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The wonderful Mary Beard on "which Roman Emperor is Trump?"
Spoilers: Elagabalus.
Which I find interesting for different reasons - timing - Crisis of the Third Century starts, we have the crisis of the new Third Millenium.
youtu.be/mBvXnBEm874
Spoilers: Elagabalus.
Which I find interesting for different reasons - timing - Crisis of the Third Century starts, we have the crisis of the new Third Millenium.
youtu.be/mBvXnBEm874
Instant Classics Episode 1 I Which Roman Emperor is Donald Trump?
YouTube video by Instant Classics
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The wonderful Mary Beard on "which Roman Emperor is Trump?"
Spoilers: Elagabalus.
Which I find interesting for different reasons - timing - Crisis of the Third Century starts, we have the crisis of the new Third Millenium.
youtu.be/mBvXnBEm874
Spoilers: Elagabalus.
Which I find interesting for different reasons - timing - Crisis of the Third Century starts, we have the crisis of the new Third Millenium.
youtu.be/mBvXnBEm874
Last footy of the year about to start on TV (unless we beat Melbourne by about 50 goals ....)
Go Cats!
Go Cats!
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Last footy of the year about to start on TV (unless we beat Melbourne by about 50 goals ....)
Go Cats!
Go Cats!
The Andrew formerly known as Prince
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The Andrew formerly known as Prince
I don't always agree with Hugh White, but he's always worth listening to and processing.
This on ASEAN's use for what it prevents, not what it does; the Albo/Trump meeting a fail because we got TOO close to an authoritarian arsehole; and House of Dynamite discussion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrX...
This on ASEAN's use for what it prevents, not what it does; the Albo/Trump meeting a fail because we got TOO close to an authoritarian arsehole; and House of Dynamite discussion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrX...
House of Dynamite, ICBMs in flight, and how nuclear deterrence would really go down
YouTube video by The Saturday Paper
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don't always agree with Hugh White, but he's always worth listening to and processing.
This on ASEAN's use for what it prevents, not what it does; the Albo/Trump meeting a fail because we got TOO close to an authoritarian arsehole; and House of Dynamite discussion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrX...
This on ASEAN's use for what it prevents, not what it does; the Albo/Trump meeting a fail because we got TOO close to an authoritarian arsehole; and House of Dynamite discussion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrX...