David
@daverino.bsky.social
Melbourne, Australia. PhD. Follower of “socio-materialism” (Deleuze, Latour, Stengers) & Tavistock Sociotechnical Systems thinking. 80. Interests: politics, music, economics, archeology, astronomy(esp. cosmology) philosophy of science & science fiction
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David
@daverino.bsky.social
· Mar 8
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred gouges 500km of coastline
Ex-Cyclone Alfred has caused beach erosion so extreme, it's left escarpments up to six-metres high in some dunes, including on iconic Gold Coast tourist stretches.
www.abc.net.au
“Waves as high as "three or four-storey buildings" whipped up by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred have gouged millions of cubic metres of sand from about 500 kilometres of coastline between Coffs Harbour in New South Wales and Queensland's Sunshine Coast”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Polish poster for BLUE THUNDER (1983)
Directed by John Badham
Starring Roy Scheider - BOTD in 1932
Directed by John Badham
Starring Roy Scheider - BOTD in 1932
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Polish poster for BLUE THUNDER (1983)
Directed by John Badham
Starring Roy Scheider - BOTD in 1932
Directed by John Badham
Starring Roy Scheider - BOTD in 1932
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Corruption Inc. Are there really no limits at all? Rep. Harshbarger's husband just walks away from medical fraud that he plead guilty to.
#corruption #TN-1 #tricities
#corruption #TN-1 #tricities
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Corruption Inc. Are there really no limits at all? Rep. Harshbarger's husband just walks away from medical fraud that he plead guilty to.
#corruption #TN-1 #tricities
#corruption #TN-1 #tricities
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Anthropogenic Global Warming, Landslides, & Avalanches 🧵
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
Avalanches are becoming more common, thanks to climate change, researchers say
Was the Italian ski resort disaster the result of weak snow packs?
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Anthropogenic Global Warming, Landslides, & Avalanches 🧵
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
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They are the reason why transphobia is so rampant. And I hate it. And I honestly hope people come to their senses and stop following the transphobia trend. Because it’s actually harmful.
Nadia Whittome rightly blames JKR and Musk for transphobia – but Labour is to blame too
“there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative”
“there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative”
Nadia Whittome rightly blames Rowling and Musk for transphobia - but Labour is to blame too
Queer MP Nadia Whittome slams Labour party and billionaire backers of anti-trans campaigns for fuelling transphobia
www.thecanary.co
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
They are the reason why transphobia is so rampant. And I hate it. And I honestly hope people come to their senses and stop following the transphobia trend. Because it’s actually harmful.
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Like I was saying. Rugpulling the expanded premium tax credits suddenly dumps a few million people out of the market and leads to shit like this as insurance cos react, which quickly becomes self perpetuating.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
![(Screenshot shows monthly healthcare premiums going from $44.47 to $2619.83, among other cost increases)
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$31k a year in premiums with a $12k deductible.
Thanks to the 8 Senate Democrats, including my own Senator @SenFettermanPA .
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@RedOctoberJuls
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I didn't share the damn picture because I'm so upset!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Like I was saying. Rugpulling the expanded premium tax credits suddenly dumps a few million people out of the market and leads to shit like this as insurance cos react, which quickly becomes self perpetuating.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
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and since the expanded 2021 subsidies have become load-bearing in the marketplace, rugpulling them breaks the insurance market *as it currently exists* because you yank a few million people out of the pool ~overnight. (this is why you're seeing people get hit with the massive premium spikes)
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
and since the expanded 2021 subsidies have become load-bearing in the marketplace, rugpulling them breaks the insurance market *as it currently exists* because you yank a few million people out of the pool ~overnight. (this is why you're seeing people get hit with the massive premium spikes)
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EY poll finds businesses expect climate impacts to cost 15% of revenues - yet many are still weakening targets.
This needs Government action.
But first, MPs need to understand the seriousness of the threat.
Is your MP attending the
#NationalEmergencyBriefing on 27 Nov 👉 nebriefing.org
This needs Government action.
But first, MPs need to understand the seriousness of the threat.
Is your MP attending the
#NationalEmergencyBriefing on 27 Nov 👉 nebriefing.org
Businesses foresee 15% reduction in revenues from climate inaction, EY finds - edie
Polling of hundreds of large businesses across the world, conducted by EY, has revealed that they expect climate inaction to cost 15% of their annualised revenue on average. Yet only one in three are ...
www.edie.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
EY poll finds businesses expect climate impacts to cost 15% of revenues - yet many are still weakening targets.
This needs Government action.
But first, MPs need to understand the seriousness of the threat.
Is your MP attending the
#NationalEmergencyBriefing on 27 Nov 👉 nebriefing.org
This needs Government action.
But first, MPs need to understand the seriousness of the threat.
Is your MP attending the
#NationalEmergencyBriefing on 27 Nov 👉 nebriefing.org
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It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
look at what this leadership did with oversight powers of SCOTUS in the middle of multiple devastating scandals for the conservatives. look at the half assed impeachments and half-assed oversight during the teens.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
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So Mike Johnson won't commit on bringing up the healthcare subsidies if they're brought up.
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So Mike Johnson won't commit on bringing up the healthcare subsidies if they're brought up.
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
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Slovakia just rewrote its Constitution to erase legal gender recognition, restrict adoption, and ban surrogacy. Tell the EU to act now to defend equality, family rights, and democracy. ✊ Sign here: a.allout.org/s/v0qyx/
Defend equality and LGBTI+ lives in Slovakia
Slovakia’s new Constitution, denies legal gender recognition, restricts adoption, and bans surrogacy. Sign now to demand that the EU act to defend equality, family rights, and the rule of law.
a.allout.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Slovakia just rewrote its Constitution to erase legal gender recognition, restrict adoption, and ban surrogacy. Tell the EU to act now to defend equality, family rights, and democracy. ✊ Sign here: a.allout.org/s/v0qyx/
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This is what a bunch of Democrats in the Senate just voted for:
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is what a bunch of Democrats in the Senate just voted for:
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FIGHT CLUB
David Fincher
1999
David Fincher
1999
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
FIGHT CLUB
David Fincher
1999
David Fincher
1999
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CURE
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1997
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1997
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
CURE
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1997
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1997
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Always admired Thomas Mayo during The Voice campaign so decided to read his book. ‘Always was Always will be’ Should be compulsory and mandated reading in all secondary schools. I’m building a fire in my belly’ Thomas. I’m never giving up.
May 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Always admired Thomas Mayo during The Voice campaign so decided to read his book. ‘Always was Always will be’ Should be compulsory and mandated reading in all secondary schools. I’m building a fire in my belly’ Thomas. I’m never giving up.
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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Nightcrawler (2014) Dir. Dan Gilroy – A neo-noir plunge into the sleazy world of exploitative journalism. We follow a clearly unhinged protagonist as he turns tragedy into profit. Dark, tense, and razor-sharp—Jake Gyllenhaal has never been better. Russo is top. A masterpiece of ambition and decay🎞️📽️
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nightcrawler (2014) Dir. Dan Gilroy – A neo-noir plunge into the sleazy world of exploitative journalism. We follow a clearly unhinged protagonist as he turns tragedy into profit. Dark, tense, and razor-sharp—Jake Gyllenhaal has never been better. Russo is top. A masterpiece of ambition and decay🎞️📽️
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"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
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This is what we need to be demanding and holding our elected officials feet to the fire to get!
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is what we need to be demanding and holding our elected officials feet to the fire to get!
For life to have developed..the ocean should be putting out as much heat as being put in..Howett & her team found the nth pole is about 7°C warmer than previously thought. Combined with the heat radiating from the sth pole, that matches the total almost exactly"
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised
The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life
www.newscientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
For life to have developed..the ocean should be putting out as much heat as being put in..Howett & her team found the nth pole is about 7°C warmer than previously thought. Combined with the heat radiating from the sth pole, that matches the total almost exactly"
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
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We are calling on the Liberal Party to resist caving in to pressure to abandon net zero, as doing so will put Australian lives at risk.
Read our full media release here: www.dea.org.au/doctors_desc...
Read our full media release here: www.dea.org.au/doctors_desc...
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We are calling on the Liberal Party to resist caving in to pressure to abandon net zero, as doing so will put Australian lives at risk.
Read our full media release here: www.dea.org.au/doctors_desc...
Read our full media release here: www.dea.org.au/doctors_desc...
"While not all heroes wear capes, some do their best to fashion one out of a spreadsheet, and this type of data drudgery must be applauded and supported. Governing without object permanence is a bad idea, as the US is unfortunately about to find out"
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality
By cutting surveys of public health, the US government won't be able to properly tackle problems ranging from drug addiction to food insecurity
www.newscientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"While not all heroes wear capes, some do their best to fashion one out of a spreadsheet, and this type of data drudgery must be applauded and supported. Governing without object permanence is a bad idea, as the US is unfortunately about to find out"
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
"The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough"
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age
The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are toug...
www.newscientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough"
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
"billionaires & corporations are hoarding wealth & resources, polluting our planet & stoking division in our communities. While ordinary people are choosing between heating & eating, the super-rich are cashing in on crisis after crisis & getting richer & richer"
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"billionaires & corporations are hoarding wealth & resources, polluting our planet & stoking division in our communities. While ordinary people are choosing between heating & eating, the super-rich are cashing in on crisis after crisis & getting richer & richer"
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...