Kerry Nice
@mothlight.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Urban climate scientist/modeller, urban heat, urban systems (health/transport/urban design), weekend gardener. Senior Research Fellow at the University of […]
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Staff newsletter says the University of Melbourne is going to wind down their presence on Twitter this month. About time. Blaming it on rapidly declining engagement (which is likely pretty true). I also assume all of the other horrors going on there have finally pushed them over.
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Staff newsletter says the University of Melbourne is going to wind down their presence on Twitter this month. About time. Blaming it on rapidly declining engagement (which is likely pretty true). I also assume all of the other horrors going on there have finally pushed them over.
Day 3 of Meredith: Master Song Tai Chi, Guy Blackman, Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Day 3 of Meredith: Master Song Tai Chi, Guy Blackman, Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir
Rest of day 2 of Meredith: Chet Faker, Bar Italia, TV On The Radio
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Rest of day 2 of Meredith: Chet Faker, Bar Italia, TV On The Radio
Meredith day 2: Dames Brown, Omar Souleyman, Oddisee & Good Compny
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Meredith day 2: Dames Brown, Omar Souleyman, Oddisee & Good Compny
Meredith day 2: The Prize, June Jones, Radio Free Alice, The Peep Tempel
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Meredith day 2: The Prize, June Jones, Radio Free Alice, The Peep Tempel
More day 1/2 Meredith: Brown Spirits, Perfume Genius, Mildlife, Mouseatouille
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
More day 1/2 Meredith: Brown Spirits, Perfume Genius, Mildlife, Mouseatouille
Meredith Music Festival 2025: Welcome to Country, Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice, Drifting Clouds, Folk Bitch Trio
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Meredith Music Festival 2025: Welcome to Country, Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice, Drifting Clouds, Folk Bitch Trio
Throwing Muses live in the 3RRR performance space.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Throwing Muses live in the 3RRR performance space.
Reposted by Kerry Nice
Read more about the High Street Preston Streetscape Upgrade Project: yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au/Transforming... /2
High Street Preston Streetscape Upgrade Project
From 1 to 21 September 2025 we invited you to share your feedback on the draft concept plan for a future High Street Preston.
yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Read more about the High Street Preston Streetscape Upgrade Project: yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au/Transforming... /2
The thing where news media takes portrait video and adds blurry edges to make it landscape. Stop it. It sucks.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The thing where news media takes portrait video and adds blurry edges to make it landscape. Stop it. It sucks.
Reposted by Kerry Nice
I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #ai and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved.
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today is happy house-iversary day. What is the traditional gift for 8 years? Paint brush?
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today is happy house-iversary day. What is the traditional gift for 8 years? Paint brush?
Reposted by Kerry Nice
Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions) which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions) which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
"Ask ScienceDirect AI, What is your research question? Ask complex questions your way and instantly find what you need ..."
How do I disable Ask ScienceDirect AI?
How do I disable Ask ScienceDirect AI?
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Ask ScienceDirect AI, What is your research question? Ask complex questions your way and instantly find what you need ..."
How do I disable Ask ScienceDirect AI?
How do I disable Ask ScienceDirect AI?
@eliocamp Okular seems to be the one that handles most cases best. The various types of annotations it creates/reads seems to be compatible with most others. For more serious editing, Xournal++ is probably the only one that can do most editing things.
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
@eliocamp Okular seems to be the one that handles most cases best. The various types of annotations it creates/reads seems to be compatible with most others. For more serious editing, Xournal++ is probably the only one that can do most editing things.
ARC RMS, I just turned my back for a second and you have already logged me out. Arrgh, and again. Come on, that couldn't have been more than 2 minutes.
I think by the end of today I will have used up all the possible TFA one time password codes.
I think by the end of today I will have used up all the possible TFA one time password codes.
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
ARC RMS, I just turned my back for a second and you have already logged me out. Arrgh, and again. Come on, that couldn't have been more than 2 minutes.
I think by the end of today I will have used up all the possible TFA one time password codes.
I think by the end of today I will have used up all the possible TFA one time password codes.
[Long post]
Complaint. I'm sure after the 75 trillion dollars they spent on it, they will get right on my complaint.
Complaint. I'm sure after the 75 trillion dollars they spent on it, they will get right on my complaint.
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
[Long post]
Complaint. I'm sure after the 75 trillion dollars they spent on it, they will get right on my complaint.
Complaint. I'm sure after the 75 trillion dollars they spent on it, they will get right on my complaint.
Yes, I'm probably a bit late to the hot takes on the new updated BOM. It just makes me sad and I'm happy that reg.bom still seems to work. It seems to be the overall web design trend to take perfectly fine information dense pages and add gigantic pictures and […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yes, I'm probably a bit late to the hot takes on the new updated BOM. It just makes me sad and I'm happy that reg.bom still seems to work. It seems to be the overall web design trend to take perfectly fine information dense pages and add gigantic pictures and […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Urban density and equity of access to social services
Our spatial mapping of Australian capital cities highlights the challenge we face in delivering equitable access to services such as bulk billing GPs. In this article we highlight the opportunities greater density in our cities can deliver […]
Our spatial mapping of Australian capital cities highlights the challenge we face in delivering equitable access to services such as bulk billing GPs. In this article we highlight the opportunities greater density in our cities can deliver […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Urban density and equity of access to social services
Our spatial mapping of Australian capital cities highlights the challenge we face in delivering equitable access to services such as bulk billing GPs. In this article we highlight the opportunities greater density in our cities can deliver […]
Our spatial mapping of Australian capital cities highlights the challenge we face in delivering equitable access to services such as bulk billing GPs. In this article we highlight the opportunities greater density in our cities can deliver […]
In which estimates of future mortality due to wildfire smoke due to climate change are made. Estimates are modelled using future CMIP6 projections, land use change, increased fires with increased PM2.5 and projected smoke mortality. Wildfire projected to increase in all regions, greatest in […]
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fediscience.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In which estimates of future mortality due to wildfire smoke due to climate change are made. Estimates are modelled using future CMIP6 projections, land use change, increased fires with increased PM2.5 and projected smoke mortality. Wildfire projected to increase in all regions, greatest in […]
@dangillmor As Cory Doctorow repeatedly points out, apps are just websites wrapped in DRM. What about if we just start building websites again? It could be the future.
October 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
@dangillmor As Cory Doctorow repeatedly points out, apps are just websites wrapped in DRM. What about if we just start building websites again? It could be the future.
@JessTheUnstill Hung parliaments are not necessarily a bad thing. I was really hoping the 2024 AU election would result in a hung parliament instead of the majority Labor we ended up with. Then they would be forced to actually negotiate instead of doing what they have been doing (essentially […]
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fediscience.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
@JessTheUnstill Hung parliaments are not necessarily a bad thing. I was really hoping the 2024 AU election would result in a hung parliament instead of the majority Labor we ended up with. Then they would be forced to actually negotiate instead of doing what they have been doing (essentially […]
@JessTheUnstill In countries under the Westminster system, UK, AU, etc, Loss of Supply generally means the government has to dissolve and an election is called. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_supply
Loss of supply - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@JessTheUnstill In countries under the Westminster system, UK, AU, etc, Loss of Supply generally means the government has to dissolve and an election is called. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_supply
Jon Spencer at the Night Cat (Star/Time opening)
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Jon Spencer at the Night Cat (Star/Time opening)
In which estimates of cigarette smuggling/tax evasion in NYC are made. They collect littered packs of cigarettes to find tax stamps (or missing stamps). All should have a NYC tax stamp, but NYC taxes are higher than neighboring states and especially southern states. Findings are that only 16% […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
September 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In which estimates of cigarette smuggling/tax evasion in NYC are made. They collect littered packs of cigarettes to find tax stamps (or missing stamps). All should have a NYC tax stamp, but NYC taxes are higher than neighboring states and especially southern states. Findings are that only 16% […]