Signe Dean
@nevertoocurious.bsky.social
Science journalist, writer, toucher of grass. Live in Melbourne/Naarm. (she/her)
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At the same time Australia has inked a deal with the US on critical minerals, it’s proposing cuts to facilities that underpin clean energy ambitions.
Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
At the same time Australia has inked a deal with the US on critical minerals, it’s proposing cuts to facilities that underpin clean energy ambitions.
Even some hardcore cat people I know didn't get 100% on this quiz! theconversation.com/do-you-speak...
Do you speak cat? Take this quiz to find out
Cats are excellent at communicating, but humans still routinely misunderstand them.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Even some hardcore cat people I know didn't get 100% on this quiz! theconversation.com/do-you-speak...
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Starwurst
Starwurst
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Swedish fist
Swedish fist
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Mars Jars
Mars Jars
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Starwurst
Starwurst
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Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
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Pride is not the only emotion that you're allowed to have about your history. There are many others that can and do apply. It should not be a failing or a threat to your sense of self to acknowledge those other emotions. To speak them aloud as you watch history unfold.
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pride is not the only emotion that you're allowed to have about your history. There are many others that can and do apply. It should not be a failing or a threat to your sense of self to acknowledge those other emotions. To speak them aloud as you watch history unfold.
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A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea
“Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position …”…
arstechnica.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
we broke the embargo
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
we broke the embargo
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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Today’s Comic: The Inevitability of Enshittification…
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Today’s Comic: The Inevitability of Enshittification…
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at this point we can just substitute “startup” with “some stupid shit no one asked for”
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
at this point we can just substitute “startup” with “some stupid shit no one asked for”
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
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One of the questions is why we allow private corporations to fill the sky with junk?
Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
One of the questions is why we allow private corporations to fill the sky with junk?
Have you heard that Reflect Orbital want to launch mirrored satellites to beam sunlight down to Earth? 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 theconversation.com/a-us-startup...
A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Have you heard that Reflect Orbital want to launch mirrored satellites to beam sunlight down to Earth? 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 theconversation.com/a-us-startup...
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Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
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Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried. 👉 theconversation.com/a-us-st...
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried. 👉 theconversation.com/a-us-st...
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Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts
theconversation.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
oh my goodness this has absolutely destroyed me
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
oh my goodness this has absolutely destroyed me
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A reminder that right now all AI is subsidized by venture capital. No one yet is quite certain what the real price of profitable AI will be, and thus no one can accurately predict what will happen when it legitimately comes to market. Energy prices alone will make many uses cost prohibitive.
October 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A reminder that right now all AI is subsidized by venture capital. No one yet is quite certain what the real price of profitable AI will be, and thus no one can accurately predict what will happen when it legitimately comes to market. Energy prices alone will make many uses cost prohibitive.
My favourite genre of journalism is mainstream outlets writing measured, comprehensive reports in the same manner they would write any other report, but the subject is utterly whimsical www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Dominant on the river’: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ‘biggest Fat Bear Week yet’
Brown bear’s nearly 100,000 votes leads him to victory despite suffering for most of season with broken jaw
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
My favourite genre of journalism is mainstream outlets writing measured, comprehensive reports in the same manner they would write any other report, but the subject is utterly whimsical www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
had to check this wasn't The Onion
Elon Musk says he's launching a competitor to Wikipedia called Grokipedia
Elon Musk's Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster
Remember when Grok praised Adolf Hitler?
gizmodo.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
had to check this wasn't The Onion
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The large, naturalistic engravings are a striking symbol for survival in the desert.
12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia’s desert
theconversation.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The large, naturalistic engravings are a striking symbol for survival in the desert.