Graeme Smyth
@gjsmyth.bsky.social
"My heart is moved by all I cannot save:
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world."
~Adrienne Rich
from fly sheet of "All we can save"
Ed @ayanaeliza.bsky.social & @kkwilkinson.bsky.social
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world."
~Adrienne Rich
from fly sheet of "All we can save"
Ed @ayanaeliza.bsky.social & @kkwilkinson.bsky.social
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"My heart is moved by all I cannot save:
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world."
~Adrienne Rich
from fly sheet of "All we can save"
Ed @ayanaeliza.bsky.social & @kkwilkinson.bsky.social
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world."
~Adrienne Rich
from fly sheet of "All we can save"
Ed @ayanaeliza.bsky.social & @kkwilkinson.bsky.social
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Highly recommend spending half an hour on this talk by @chrissimon.au on the bulshit that LLMs produce. Yup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
Programmable 2025: AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire - Chris Simon
YouTube video by Banks Productions
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Highly recommend spending half an hour on this talk by @chrissimon.au on the bulshit that LLMs produce. Yup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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A must-watch talk from @scott.hanselman.com. Scott and I are of the same vintage, and I am embarrassed (mortified!) by how revolting some of our generational peers have become. Technology still has a unique power to improve our lives, but wow, do we ever have work to do. youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg?...
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A must-watch talk from @scott.hanselman.com. Scott and I are of the same vintage, and I am embarrassed (mortified!) by how revolting some of our generational peers have become. Technology still has a unique power to improve our lives, but wow, do we ever have work to do. youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg?...
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Federal Court Justice Wigney is beginning his summary of his decision in Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth with a sketch of the changes to the Torres Strait islands. He is describing profound changes to the landscape.
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At 2pm today, we'll learn whether a group of Torres Strait Traditional Owners who sued the Australian government for negligence over its failure to meaningfully address climate change have been successful, and whether they've won.
I'll be reporting the decision for @reneweconomy.com.au.
I'll be reporting the decision for @reneweconomy.com.au.
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Federal Court Justice Wigney is beginning his summary of his decision in Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth with a sketch of the changes to the Torres Strait islands. He is describing profound changes to the landscape.
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Some people are suddenly very opposed to cloud seeding and all forms of weather modification.
Boy, are those people going to be upset when they realize how fossil fuel burning has been changing the composition of the atmosphere and modifying the weather for everyone.
Boy, are those people going to be upset when they realize how fossil fuel burning has been changing the composition of the atmosphere and modifying the weather for everyone.
July 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Some people are suddenly very opposed to cloud seeding and all forms of weather modification.
Boy, are those people going to be upset when they realize how fossil fuel burning has been changing the composition of the atmosphere and modifying the weather for everyone.
Boy, are those people going to be upset when they realize how fossil fuel burning has been changing the composition of the atmosphere and modifying the weather for everyone.
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Just realised that from today (July 2) it’s now closer to the year 2050 then it is to 2000.
July 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just realised that from today (July 2) it’s now closer to the year 2050 then it is to 2000.
apropos of nothing, this is my holiday reading this week.
June 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
apropos of nothing, this is my holiday reading this week.
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again.
We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June.
www.ShowYourStripes.info
Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.
We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June.
www.ShowYourStripes.info
Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.
June 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again.
We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June.
www.ShowYourStripes.info
Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.
We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June.
www.ShowYourStripes.info
Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.
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“Two people deeply familiar with the Charleston 787 plant told the Prospect they had particularly acute quality concerns over planes that were delivered to Air India.” 😱
One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed
Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.
prospect.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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If you watch only one video today, let it be this one.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
June 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If you watch only one video today, let it be this one.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
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Another ABC article about the cost of climate change that forgot to mention either climate change or the resulting sea level rise.
'It doesn't look like it's going to stop'.
Genius.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
'It doesn't look like it's going to stop'.
Genius.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Gippsland residents fear erosion measures no match for rising tides
The Victorian government spent more than $500,000 earlier this year on protective works that have already failed to stop erosion in a coastal community.
www.abc.net.au
June 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Another ABC article about the cost of climate change that forgot to mention either climate change or the resulting sea level rise.
'It doesn't look like it's going to stop'.
Genius.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
'It doesn't look like it's going to stop'.
Genius.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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It's joenly the beginning www.espn.com.au/football/sto...
Montemurro's Matildas to do list: Five things the new coach must address
Joe Montemurro faces a monumental task in revitalising the Matildas. Here are five issues that are on the new coach's plate.
www.espn.com.au
June 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It's joenly the beginning www.espn.com.au/football/sto...
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“Fixing climate change is too expensive.”
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“Fixing climate change is too expensive.”
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
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Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
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Good news and well done the people behind this. 🧪 #nature @euanritchie.bsky.social cosmosmagazine.com/nature/anima...
Quolls reintroduced to Flinders Ranges are thriving
Native Australian quolls and possums are thriving in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia after they were first reintroduced.
cosmosmagazine.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Good news and well done the people behind this. 🧪 #nature @euanritchie.bsky.social cosmosmagazine.com/nature/anima...
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Rrrright on schedule—KOMO posted the first broadcast of Dave Crockett’s footage.
He survived. It’s okay to watch. But if you’ve never seen it before, fair warning: it’s disorienting.
He survived. It’s okay to watch. But if you’ve never seen it before, fair warning: it’s disorienting.
Escaping the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: KOMO News photographer shares story of survival
YouTube video by KOMO News
www.youtube.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Rrrright on schedule—KOMO posted the first broadcast of Dave Crockett’s footage.
He survived. It’s okay to watch. But if you’ve never seen it before, fair warning: it’s disorienting.
He survived. It’s okay to watch. But if you’ve never seen it before, fair warning: it’s disorienting.
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Respect to NASA for somehow fixing the thrusters on their Voyager spacecraft which broke 20+ years ago and is currently 48 years from earth. ✌️
#DIY
#nasa
#voyager
#DIY
#nasa
#voyager
NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to the probe went offline for upgrades.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
May 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Kinda cool to see myself quoted on the wall at @bellmuseum.bsky.social last week!
May 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Kinda cool to see myself quoted on the wall at @bellmuseum.bsky.social last week!
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thinking about the some sheep/no sheep map again
May 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
thinking about the some sheep/no sheep map again
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Oh my goodness. Look at this strange and beautiful sea slug.
It is completely transparent except for a complex network of pale tubules that runs through body and looks like an armature you would use if you were making a model of a sea slug. Amazing!
It is completely transparent except for a complex network of pale tubules that runs through body and looks like an armature you would use if you were making a model of a sea slug. Amazing!
Melibe colemani Gosliner & Pola, 2012 👻
Location: Romblon, Philippines 🇵🇭
#MolluscMonday #MolluskMonday #SeaSlug #Nudibranch #MarineLife
Location: Romblon, Philippines 🇵🇭
#MolluscMonday #MolluskMonday #SeaSlug #Nudibranch #MarineLife
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Oh my goodness. Look at this strange and beautiful sea slug.
It is completely transparent except for a complex network of pale tubules that runs through body and looks like an armature you would use if you were making a model of a sea slug. Amazing!
It is completely transparent except for a complex network of pale tubules that runs through body and looks like an armature you would use if you were making a model of a sea slug. Amazing!
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This is heartbreaking
One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g.
This is not our record.
This is not our record.
May 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is heartbreaking
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They've launched it!
"Clifford said Incat hoped to build “as many sustainable ships as possible for the global market, both here in Australia and overseas”."
"Clifford said Incat hoped to build “as many sustainable ships as possible for the global market, both here in Australia and overseas”."
May 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
They've launched it!
"Clifford said Incat hoped to build “as many sustainable ships as possible for the global market, both here in Australia and overseas”."
"Clifford said Incat hoped to build “as many sustainable ships as possible for the global market, both here in Australia and overseas”."
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NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x