Damian
@doylanpls.bsky.social
Recreational trail runner, Tiges barracker. Temporarily in Washington DC, heart and home on Ngunnawal country. 🦘
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In St. Petersburg, 83-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva was detained. She went out to Palace Square with an anti-war poster, and she was taken to the police station immediately.
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In St. Petersburg, 83-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva was detained. She went out to Palace Square with an anti-war poster, and she was taken to the police station immediately.
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
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There is hope for the future
There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There is hope for the future
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Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters.
Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog - Inside Climate News
The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.
insideclimatenews.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters.
Lots in this Politico piece. These comments in particular called to mind the social media discussion in Harari’s excellent book, ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
![“IG [Instagram] is a drug,” Shayli Jimenez, a Meta senior researcher, is quoted as saying in one internal communication, referenced during a sealed deposition conducted earlier this year.
“LOL, I mean, all social media. We’re basically pushers,” another Meta employee then allegedly responded in the same conversation. (Jimenez said in her deposition, according to the filing, that those comments were made “sarcastically.”)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeqkv7a2y5tp2fmcwln736nx/bafkreiabo7cv77grq44sb4tbpdrqpsyrmr5t5j76z6bhsyrhumb3isfuwe@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Lots in this Politico piece. These comments in particular called to mind the social media discussion in Harari’s excellent book, ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The folks at Monocle24 were kind enough to give me a decent chunk of time this morning to talk about our work in Ukraine on emerging technology and military doctrine - you can listen from about 29:40 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
Why South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The folks at Monocle24 were kind enough to give me a decent chunk of time this morning to talk about our work in Ukraine on emerging technology and military doctrine - you can listen from about 29:40 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
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Evergreen
This is simply too much information
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Evergreen
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“Wianamattas’ emus are a testament to the importance of caring for even the ordinary parts of our living world—the parts that we take for granted.”
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
Over the back fence: in search of Sydney’s last “wild” emus - Overland literary journal
Everybody knows there used to be emus all over Western Sydney. It’s called Emu Plains, for flip’s sake.
overland.org.au
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“Wianamattas’ emus are a testament to the importance of caring for even the ordinary parts of our living world—the parts that we take for granted.”
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
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Check your inbox! Today's issue of COP30 Dispatch covers what happened during the third day of the UN climate talks in Belém.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Check your inbox! Today's issue of COP30 Dispatch covers what happened during the third day of the UN climate talks in Belém.
Subscribe to EESI's daily COP coverage at eesi.org/signup
Subscribe to EESI's daily COP coverage at eesi.org/signup
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Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles.
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
grist.org/labor/indone...
#Climate #Indonesia #Chinese #Energy
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
grist.org/labor/indone...
#Climate #Indonesia #Chinese #Energy
Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
grist.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles.
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
grist.org/labor/indone...
#Climate #Indonesia #Chinese #Energy
Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.
grist.org/labor/indone...
#Climate #Indonesia #Chinese #Energy
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Check your inbox! Today's issue of COP30 Dispatch covers what happened during the second day of the UN climate talks in Belém.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Check your inbox! Today's issue of COP30 Dispatch covers what happened during the second day of the UN climate talks in Belém.
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Choose your own adventure.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Choose your own adventure.
In keeping with my record of seeing Aussie bands while I’m in the US of A - Dear Seattle, Parkway Drive - I’ve got tickets to see the Saints (!) and Chimers this month in Philly plus the Chats early next year in Nashville.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In keeping with my record of seeing Aussie bands while I’m in the US of A - Dear Seattle, Parkway Drive - I’ve got tickets to see the Saints (!) and Chimers this month in Philly plus the Chats early next year in Nashville.
Nothing subtle about this. Pretty concerning. www.politico.eu/article/elec...
The week that AI deepfakes hit Europe’s elections
Dutch and Irish elections show voters now have to worry if the political content they consume is real.
www.politico.eu
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Nothing subtle about this. Pretty concerning. www.politico.eu/article/elec...
“Visitors can expect an intimate view of the creatures waddling among the rocks and in their nests, often lined with saltbush. On approach, expect to be greeted by a chirp or bray, not unlike a magpie warble.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
St Kilda’s little penguin colony to be ‘cherished and protected’ as free public tours return at long last
A new, purpose-built 150m viewing platform is giving visitors the chance to ‘connect with nature in the city’
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Visitors can expect an intimate view of the creatures waddling among the rocks and in their nests, often lined with saltbush. On approach, expect to be greeted by a chirp or bray, not unlike a magpie warble.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Toronto tonight feels like Richmond on the morning of the 2017 grand final. Non stop Blue Jays everywhere.
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Toronto tonight feels like Richmond on the morning of the 2017 grand final. Non stop Blue Jays everywhere.
“No, it’s not rugby”: a pole poster for a local Aussie footy club, spotted on my morning run in Tronno.
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“No, it’s not rugby”: a pole poster for a local Aussie footy club, spotted on my morning run in Tronno.
A conversation about AUKUS, critical minerals, and Canberra’s objectives in its relationship with Washington, in the context of the Trump Administration’s wider strategy in world politics. Recommended. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The strategy behind Trump's foreign policy chaos - and where it leaves Australia - ABC listen
While Donald Trump’s presidency might seem chaotic from the outside as the US appears to be retreating from its former role as a global superpower, intelligence analyst Clinton Fernandes says that beh...
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A conversation about AUKUS, critical minerals, and Canberra’s objectives in its relationship with Washington, in the context of the Trump Administration’s wider strategy in world politics. Recommended. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill.
A pilot project in Maryland is using EVs to create a cleaner, more resilient, and more affordable energy supply.
grist.org/climate-ener...
#EV #Electric #Cars #Maryland #Energy #Solar
A pilot project in Maryland is using EVs to create a cleaner, more resilient, and more affordable energy supply.
grist.org/climate-ener...
#EV #Electric #Cars #Maryland #Energy #Solar
How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill
A pilot project in Maryland is using EVs to create a cleaner, more resilient, and more affordable energy supply.
grist.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“the cumulative effect of multiple reinforcing dynamics is placing the nation on a trajectory toward … a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control” substack.com/home/post/p-...
Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline
The Steady State | October 16, 2025
substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“the cumulative effect of multiple reinforcing dynamics is placing the nation on a trajectory toward … a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control” substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The artificial intelligence bubble has inflated to bursting point, and a great reckoning (and revaluation) is coming.
Will the AI bubble pop with a whimper? Or are we screwed?
www.crikey.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The artificial intelligence bubble has inflated to bursting point, and a great reckoning (and revaluation) is coming.
AI marketing has now reached low Earth orbit.
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
AI marketing has now reached low Earth orbit.
As much as I dislike Aussie sports borrowing heavily from the US of A, I have to admit I’d like more large puddy tats like these at Punt Road Oval. #gotiges
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
As much as I dislike Aussie sports borrowing heavily from the US of A, I have to admit I’d like more large puddy tats like these at Punt Road Oval. #gotiges
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This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio
In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...
www.cbc.ca
October 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...
“As the solar share of California's electricity mix has climbed, the electricity generation share from fossil fuels has steadily fallen and hit new lows of just 26% so far in 2025. That compares to a national average fossil fuel share of 55% so far in 2025...” www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
California's solar and battery combo packs a transformational punch
Although overshadowed so far by booming data center demand and the U.S. government's gutting of clean energy policies, California's rapid scaling of solar farms and battery systems may yet emerge as 2025's most significant power story.
www.reuters.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“As the solar share of California's electricity mix has climbed, the electricity generation share from fossil fuels has steadily fallen and hit new lows of just 26% so far in 2025. That compares to a national average fossil fuel share of 55% so far in 2025...” www.reuters.com/markets/comm...