David
@daverino.bsky.social
Melbourne Australia PhD. Follower of “socio-materialism” (Deleuze, Latour, Stengers) & Sociotechnical Systems thinking. 80. Interests: politics, music, economics, archeology, astronomy(esp. cosmology) philosophy of science & science fiction. No posts=block
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David
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· 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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Incredibly fragile master race/sex
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How Aggrieved Losers Took Over America
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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January 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Incredibly fragile master race/sex
youtu.be/r-X5SuT7QyI?...
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Terrific thread
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Terrific thread
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But this raises the terrifying question that is keeping Brussels awake tonight: Does Article 5 apply when the aggressor is the United States?
Frederiksen is appealing to a set of rules that seem to have evaporated over the weekend. She is citing treaties, alliances, and "collective security,"
Frederiksen is appealing to a set of rules that seem to have evaporated over the weekend. She is citing treaties, alliances, and "collective security,"
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
But this raises the terrifying question that is keeping Brussels awake tonight: Does Article 5 apply when the aggressor is the United States?
Frederiksen is appealing to a set of rules that seem to have evaporated over the weekend. She is citing treaties, alliances, and "collective security,"
Frederiksen is appealing to a set of rules that seem to have evaporated over the weekend. She is citing treaties, alliances, and "collective security,"
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That, too, struggles to compete with spectacle at home.
Back home, Americans are facing an affordability crisis that barely survives a commercial break. Housing costs are crushing. Grocery prices punishing. Childcare unattainable. Healthcare rationed by bank balance.
Back home, Americans are facing an affordability crisis that barely survives a commercial break. Housing costs are crushing. Grocery prices punishing. Childcare unattainable. Healthcare rationed by bank balance.
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
That, too, struggles to compete with spectacle at home.
Back home, Americans are facing an affordability crisis that barely survives a commercial break. Housing costs are crushing. Grocery prices punishing. Childcare unattainable. Healthcare rationed by bank balance.
Back home, Americans are facing an affordability crisis that barely survives a commercial break. Housing costs are crushing. Grocery prices punishing. Childcare unattainable. Healthcare rationed by bank balance.
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Fuck it.
It's not Friday, but I'm going to share fossils.
This is Porocrinus, an echinoderm from the Ordovician Maquoketa formation near Eldorado, Iowa.
The arms are missing, but the calyx is very unique.
It's not Friday, but I'm going to share fossils.
This is Porocrinus, an echinoderm from the Ordovician Maquoketa formation near Eldorado, Iowa.
The arms are missing, but the calyx is very unique.
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Fuck it.
It's not Friday, but I'm going to share fossils.
This is Porocrinus, an echinoderm from the Ordovician Maquoketa formation near Eldorado, Iowa.
The arms are missing, but the calyx is very unique.
It's not Friday, but I'm going to share fossils.
This is Porocrinus, an echinoderm from the Ordovician Maquoketa formation near Eldorado, Iowa.
The arms are missing, but the calyx is very unique.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
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A reminder that the royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody concluded in 1991.
Since then, the rate of incarceration of indigenous people has doubled, and there have been more than 600 indigenous deaths in custody.
Since then, the rate of incarceration of indigenous people has doubled, and there have been more than 600 indigenous deaths in custody.
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
A reminder that the royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody concluded in 1991.
Since then, the rate of incarceration of indigenous people has doubled, and there have been more than 600 indigenous deaths in custody.
Since then, the rate of incarceration of indigenous people has doubled, and there have been more than 600 indigenous deaths in custody.
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ABSOLTELY CRAZY EVENT IN GREENLAND
+7.1C Qanaaq at 76N pulverized its January record
Dozens of records have been smashed in pieces allover Greenland every day for the past several weeks:
Definitely One of the most extreme events the world has ever seen,anywhere,anytime.
+7.1C Qanaaq at 76N pulverized its January record
Dozens of records have been smashed in pieces allover Greenland every day for the past several weeks:
Definitely One of the most extreme events the world has ever seen,anywhere,anytime.
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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In last year’s general election, young women moved to the populist left considerably more than young men moved to the populist right.
Current voting intention polls show these trends not only persisting but becoming more pronounced.
Current voting intention polls show these trends not only persisting but becoming more pronounced.
Young women are radicalising
Britain's young women are sad, alienated and increasingly left-wing
www.newstatesman.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
In last year’s general election, young women moved to the populist left considerably more than young men moved to the populist right.
Current voting intention polls show these trends not only persisting but becoming more pronounced.
Current voting intention polls show these trends not only persisting but becoming more pronounced.
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Words Don't Come Easy To Me
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Words Don't Come Easy to Me by F.R. David - Lyrics | The Big 80s Guys
YouTube video by The Big 80s Guys
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January 6, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Fascinating thread 🔭
🔭 Jupiter's Clouds in High Definition from Juno
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Thomas Thomopoulos
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Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Thomas Thomopoulos
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January 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Fascinating thread 🔭
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"Hernández boasted that he would 'stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses' while trafficking more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US.
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
After Venezuela operation, Trump haunted by his pardon for Honduran drug trafficker
Two Latin American strongmen were charged with drug trafficking. One was captured as part of a military raid, the other is free thanks to a Trump pardon.
www.ms.now
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"Hernández boasted that he would 'stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses' while trafficking more than 500 tons of cocaine into the US.
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
"Trump freed him, saying, 'If somebody sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail'..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
“squid could eventually disappear from the area The consequences extend far beyond squid. Whales, dolphins, seals, sea birds & commercially important species..depend on the cephalopod..collapse in the population could trigger a cascade of ecological disruption”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas
Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 AM
“squid could eventually disappear from the area The consequences extend far beyond squid. Whales, dolphins, seals, sea birds & commercially important species..depend on the cephalopod..collapse in the population could trigger a cascade of ecological disruption”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Trump’s anti-Climate Policies are Driving up Insurance Costs for Homeowners
Trump’s anti-Climate Policies are Driving up Insurance Costs for Homeowners
Property insurance rates have spiked since 2021 due to the increasing frequency of climate-related natural disasters
dlvr.it
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Trump’s anti-Climate Policies are Driving up Insurance Costs for Homeowners
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Australian writers Luke Davies and David Michod developed and wrote this 6 part series of Catch-22 and I reckon it really captures the maddening absurdity and irony of the book. It’s also well cast with George Clooney acting and doing some of the directing www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
January 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Australian writers Luke Davies and David Michod developed and wrote this 6 part series of Catch-22 and I reckon it really captures the maddening absurdity and irony of the book. It’s also well cast with George Clooney acting and doing some of the directing www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
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Melbourne people! Don’t forget to put out bowls and buckets of water early tomorrow for our bird and animal friends! 42° is no fun for anyone 🤬 #MelbourneWeather #Summer
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Melbourne people! Don’t forget to put out bowls and buckets of water early tomorrow for our bird and animal friends! 42° is no fun for anyone 🤬 #MelbourneWeather #Summer
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#Medsk🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #publichealth Study findings revealed that while #COVID infection & vaccination produce substantial & detectable antibody responses against #SARSCoV2, these responses are highly specific & offer only marginal cross-reactive immune recognition with seasonal coronaviruses.
January 6, 2026 at 7:23 AM
#Medsk🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #publichealth Study findings revealed that while #COVID infection & vaccination produce substantial & detectable antibody responses against #SARSCoV2, these responses are highly specific & offer only marginal cross-reactive immune recognition with seasonal coronaviruses.
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A world with weak institutions is a world unable to adapt to climate change: we are heading towards limits and barriers to adaptation.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#academicsky #climatechange
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#academicsky #climatechange
Global evidence of constraints and limits to human adaptation - Regional Environmental Change
Constraints and limits to adaptation are critical to understanding the extent to which human and natural systems can successfully adapt to climate change. We conduct a systematic review of 1,682 acade...
link.springer.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
A world with weak institutions is a world unable to adapt to climate change: we are heading towards limits and barriers to adaptation.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#academicsky #climatechange
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#academicsky #climatechange
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I'm willing to bet this assessment and prediction for the future will hold up well the years from now.
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
I'm willing to bet this assessment and prediction for the future will hold up well the years from now.