Danielle Clode
@dclode.bsky.social
Writer | Nature Science History
www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.
www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.
Good to hear there is some discussion about
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
Australia’s laws are currently incapable of halting the flood of falsehoods shaping public opinion on climate and clean energy.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Good to hear there is some discussion about
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
Newly hatched kookaburra chicks in the specially designed kookaburra nest box. Been waiting five years for this! What gorgeous little monsters. #australianbirds #australianwildlife #wildlife #birds
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Newly hatched kookaburra chicks in the specially designed kookaburra nest box. Been waiting five years for this! What gorgeous little monsters. #australianbirds #australianwildlife #wildlife #birds
Brilliant news that Australia stands its ground on #copyrighttheft and rejects TDM exceptions for #AI. That will clear the way for a #fairpay licensing model for #authors and #artists and hopefully help keep us afloat on the growing tidal wave of toxic AI sludge. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Artists tell AI to 'solve the problem' as copyright carve-out ruled out
Labor has ruled out changing copyright laws to give tech giants free rein to train artificial intelligence models on creative works after the proposition was met with widespread backlash from artists.
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Brilliant news that Australia stands its ground on #copyrighttheft and rejects TDM exceptions for #AI. That will clear the way for a #fairpay licensing model for #authors and #artists and hopefully help keep us afloat on the growing tidal wave of toxic AI sludge. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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For AI. you are what you steal
"More than just getting “dumber”..though, the researchers found the inclusion of junk also resulted in an interesting effect: it led to changes in the model’s “personality,” succumbing to what the researchers called “dark traits”"
gizmodo.com/clickbait-gi...
"More than just getting “dumber”..though, the researchers found the inclusion of junk also resulted in an interesting effect: it led to changes in the model’s “personality,” succumbing to what the researchers called “dark traits”"
gizmodo.com/clickbait-gi...
Clickbait Gives AI Models 'Brain Rot,' Researchers Find
Brain rot doesn't require a brain, just this one simple trick.
gizmodo.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
For AI. you are what you steal
"More than just getting “dumber”..though, the researchers found the inclusion of junk also resulted in an interesting effect: it led to changes in the model’s “personality,” succumbing to what the researchers called “dark traits”"
gizmodo.com/clickbait-gi...
"More than just getting “dumber”..though, the researchers found the inclusion of junk also resulted in an interesting effect: it led to changes in the model’s “personality,” succumbing to what the researchers called “dark traits”"
gizmodo.com/clickbait-gi...
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"The first 6 months of 2025 saw wind & solar together pass a historic milestone, generating more power than coal for the 1st time & making renewables the world’s leading source of electricity. The driving force..was the growth of solar"
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think
Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine
www.newscientist.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"The first 6 months of 2025 saw wind & solar together pass a historic milestone, generating more power than coal for the 1st time & making renewables the world’s leading source of electricity. The driving force..was the growth of solar"
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
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Some good news.
Australia overtakes United Kingdom to rank 3rd behind China and the United States in utility-scale battery capacity
Australia 14 GW/37 GWh of projects at / nearing financial close
(Current operating: 8,616 MW / 18,121 MWh)
pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/a...
ping @mzjacobson.bsky.social
Australia 14 GW/37 GWh of projects at / nearing financial close
(Current operating: 8,616 MW / 18,121 MWh)
pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/a...
ping @mzjacobson.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Some good news.
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“Washington has been eyeing off First Nations critical minerals ever since our PM agreed to allow the US to designate this country as a domestic source […] for military purposes in 2023.”
I’d wager it’s been eyeing them off a LOT longer than that.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/albanes...
I’d wager it’s been eyeing them off a LOT longer than that.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/albanes...
Albanese Sold Us Out Down Stream to the Mad King
The meeting between Albanese and Trump saw our nation handing over billions in rare earth minerals in exchange for a flimsy guarantee on future submarine supply.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Washington has been eyeing off First Nations critical minerals ever since our PM agreed to allow the US to designate this country as a domestic source […] for military purposes in 2023.”
I’d wager it’s been eyeing them off a LOT longer than that.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/albanes...
I’d wager it’s been eyeing them off a LOT longer than that.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/albanes...
Minister for the Environment of Mining magnates and Real Estate developers. On a par with Abbott being Minister for Woman. What do you get when you put foxes in charge of the chook house? Carnage. @australianlabor.bsky.social
Nothing like a little coercion..
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"Watt says Australia risks not being able to mine for critical minerals or build more homes if the bill does not pass parliament."
Australia's > 2000 threatened species and ecological communities have some questions, Minister Watt.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"Watt says Australia risks not being able to mine for critical minerals or build more homes if the bill does not pass parliament."
Australia's > 2000 threatened species and ecological communities have some questions, Minister Watt.
Live: Minister says critical minerals, housing will suffer if environment laws aren't passed
Environment Minister Murray Watt links the passage of Labor's Environmental Protection Reform Bill to critical minerals, housing and renewable energy projects.
www.abc.net.au
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Minister for the Environment of Mining magnates and Real Estate developers. On a par with Abbott being Minister for Woman. What do you get when you put foxes in charge of the chook house? Carnage. @australianlabor.bsky.social
Wanting to read the recent #AustraliaReads report on barriers to #reading on my phone but I have to download a pdf. So there's one! Will have to compete with work once I get to my PC. #writingcommunity #nonfiction #timetoread
Understanding Australian Readers | Australia Reads
Find the latest business-critical research, reports and data about the Australian book industry and creative sector
australiareads.org.au
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wanting to read the recent #AustraliaReads report on barriers to #reading on my phone but I have to download a pdf. So there's one! Will have to compete with work once I get to my PC. #writingcommunity #nonfiction #timetoread
In 1963 Britain controlled Australian publishing, paying authors half price for books sold in Australia. In 62 years, the ASA has radically changed the landscape of Australian publishing for the better. Stayed tuned for how. #AusArts National Giving Day Oct 23. creative.gov.au/ausartday?ar...
AusArt Day Participant Page
Thursday 23 October 2025 is national AusArt Day.
creative.gov.au
October 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In 1963 Britain controlled Australian publishing, paying authors half price for books sold in Australia. In 62 years, the ASA has radically changed the landscape of Australian publishing for the better. Stayed tuned for how. #AusArts National Giving Day Oct 23. creative.gov.au/ausartday?ar...
More baby numbats! That's what I want to see. #wildlife #australianwildlife #conservation #cuteanimals www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials
Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
More baby numbats! That's what I want to see. #wildlife #australianwildlife #conservation #cuteanimals www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts
This article is interesting because it illustrates the underlying factors that bedevil writing as an artform and as a job. Writers will write regardless of pay, suppressing payrates. And commercial writing both supports and undermines writing as an artform. It's unsustainable and inequitable.
Late to this from Vince Czyz, but such a good view of @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social's "Big Fiction" from an aspiring author's perspective. Not whiny either...instead the simple conundrum of facing an industry whose "first allegiance [isn't] to talent" clereviewofbooks.com/the-age-of-c...
Portrait of the Author in the Age of Conglomeration - Cleveland Review of Books
I now realized that for thirty years I'd had an imaginary Pietsch perched on my shoulder, and as I reworked sentences I kept (unconsciously) turning to him and asking, "How about now? Would you take i...
clereviewofbooks.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This article is interesting because it illustrates the underlying factors that bedevil writing as an artform and as a job. Writers will write regardless of pay, suppressing payrates. And commercial writing both supports and undermines writing as an artform. It's unsustainable and inequitable.
Love it.
A large language model I can get behind!
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Love it.
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Less than 2 weeks until our arboretum open days! Here's a few of the eucalypts flowering at the moment.
These free open days only occur biannually. Currency Creek Arboretum is about an hour's drive south of Adelaide in SA. Open details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
These free open days only occur biannually. Currency Creek Arboretum is about an hour's drive south of Adelaide in SA. Open details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Less than 2 weeks until our arboretum open days! Here's a few of the eucalypts flowering at the moment.
These free open days only occur biannually. Currency Creek Arboretum is about an hour's drive south of Adelaide in SA. Open details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
These free open days only occur biannually. Currency Creek Arboretum is about an hour's drive south of Adelaide in SA. Open details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
I'm not sure the fact that pharmaceutical companies rort the hell out of the US health system should be a justification for letting them do so elsewhere. A lot of medical innovation is from publicly funded research. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
The battle to defend the PBS against Donald Trump
In his visit to the White House next month, Anthony Albanese is expected to come under pressure to weaken the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that Donald Trump considers unfair to American drug compani...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
September 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I'm not sure the fact that pharmaceutical companies rort the hell out of the US health system should be a justification for letting them do so elsewhere. A lot of medical innovation is from publicly funded research. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Delighted to have Edith Coleman featured on the Science History Institute page. A great resource for schools and teachers too. #naturewriting #sciencewriting #womeninscience #australiannature #historyofscience www.sciencehistory.org/education/sc...
Edith Coleman
The Australian nature writer solved the orchid pollination mystery that puzzled Darwin.
www.sciencehistory.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Delighted to have Edith Coleman featured on the Science History Institute page. A great resource for schools and teachers too. #naturewriting #sciencewriting #womeninscience #australiannature #historyofscience www.sciencehistory.org/education/sc...
What a childish rant from Peter Malinauskas over "eco-purists" and Nimbys objecting to gas projects (like they have any say). Some rational evidence based discussion around energy transition would be more helpful than name calling. Guess this is why Susan Close is retiring. A great loss for SA.
September 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
What a childish rant from Peter Malinauskas over "eco-purists" and Nimbys objecting to gas projects (like they have any say). Some rational evidence based discussion around energy transition would be more helpful than name calling. Guess this is why Susan Close is retiring. A great loss for SA.
During the Black Saturday fires the automated backup for when the 000 system is overloaded did not work. No explanation why not and wasn't queried by the Royal Commission. Telcos don't seem interested in being an essential service.
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
During the Black Saturday fires the automated backup for when the 000 system is overloaded did not work. No explanation why not and wasn't queried by the Royal Commission. Telcos don't seem interested in being an essential service.
A lovely Adelaide launch for Grace Notes by Jennifer Liston. Bringing to life the famed Irish Pirate Queen Gráinne Mhaol, reconnecting oral and written histories with poetry, song, and resolute rigour. A master class in literary historical reconstruction.
September 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
A lovely Adelaide launch for Grace Notes by Jennifer Liston. Bringing to life the famed Irish Pirate Queen Gráinne Mhaol, reconnecting oral and written histories with poetry, song, and resolute rigour. A master class in literary historical reconstruction.
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Trees are always a relief after people. 💚
-David Mitchell
#ForestFriday #nature
#scape #treescape
#EastCoastKin #trees
#photography
-David Mitchell
#ForestFriday #nature
#scape #treescape
#EastCoastKin #trees
#photography
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trees are always a relief after people. 💚
-David Mitchell
#ForestFriday #nature
#scape #treescape
#EastCoastKin #trees
#photography
-David Mitchell
#ForestFriday #nature
#scape #treescape
#EastCoastKin #trees
#photography
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Late to this, but it means: that's it, isn't it? Game over red rover... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gareth Evans scolds ‘bone-headed’ Meanjin publisher as imminent closure sparks protest
Critics want Melbourne University Publishing to transfer ownership of Meanjin rather than dissolve it. But CEO says ‘the journal is not for sale’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Late to this, but it means: that's it, isn't it? Game over red rover... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Conflict of interest?! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Regulator in gas leak 'scandal' had paid role with industry lobbyist
The man in charge of the Northern Territory government's handling of a major methane leak at a Santos gas plant was working with a lobbyist for the project's co-owner.
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Conflict of interest?! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Got my new #author #website up and running - adding web developer to my skill set! Check it out. New skills in html coding and github. Took a week but saved $$ on annual web builder fees and have a custom website built for #books. #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction www.danielleclode.com.au
Danielle Clode Books
www.danielleclode.com.au
September 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Got my new #author #website up and running - adding web developer to my skill set! Check it out. New skills in html coding and github. Took a week but saved $$ on annual web builder fees and have a custom website built for #books. #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction www.danielleclode.com.au
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Fossil fuel boosters want to keep us from sourcing the cheapest energy on the planet. Renewables are not only cleaner, they cost less! Fossil fuel fealty is insane. #EnergyTransition
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Energy users ‘could save £5bn a year’ if gas plants are removed from market
Former energy tsar suggests the ‘radical step’ as one of the few options the government has for cutting bills
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Fossil fuel boosters want to keep us from sourcing the cheapest energy on the planet. Renewables are not only cleaner, they cost less! Fossil fuel fealty is insane. #EnergyTransition
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...