Rob Virtue
@robvirtue.bsky.social
Hydrogeologist, geochemist, sailor, gardener, curator of architectural, automotive and marine antiquities. Science is neither left nor right. It’s just science.
Hobart, Tasmania has daily temperature records from 1888. Here is the updated plot of annual mean maximum temperature. Notice anything?
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Hobart, Tasmania has daily temperature records from 1888. Here is the updated plot of annual mean maximum temperature. Notice anything?
Sydney to Hobart time. The annual Oz tradition where people who’ll sit through days of cricket & tennis complain about an event that takes up about 1 hr on Boxing Day and a few 2 min spots at the end of the news for a few days, & search out Facebook articles to comment that they don’t care about it.
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sydney to Hobart time. The annual Oz tradition where people who’ll sit through days of cricket & tennis complain about an event that takes up about 1 hr on Boxing Day and a few 2 min spots at the end of the news for a few days, & search out Facebook articles to comment that they don’t care about it.
Has Trump nuked Norway and Venezuela yet, to show how peaceful he is?
October 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Has Trump nuked Norway and Venezuela yet, to show how peaceful he is?
Boris is tired of your shit.
October 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Boris is tired of your shit.
How many hats has Bruce Lehrmann got now?
August 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
How many hats has Bruce Lehrmann got now?
Imagined being so brain dead that you thought this comment was a good idea.
August 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Imagined being so brain dead that you thought this comment was a good idea.
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Let’s hope that the current government does not yield to this massive over reach . Even if you are so blinkered as to be only concerned with Jewish issues, exceptionalising Jews will foster antisemitism rather than defeat it . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism, as a relentless campaign pays off | Louise Adler
The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreach
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Let’s hope that the current government does not yield to this massive over reach . Even if you are so blinkered as to be only concerned with Jewish issues, exceptionalising Jews will foster antisemitism rather than defeat it . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bloody hell, Godwin’s Law is now enforceable! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Man charged over poster depicting politicians and billionaires as Nazis
A man is charged under laws banning the display of Nazi symbols, over a shopfront poster depicting Coalition politicians and mining magnates as German World War II soldiers.
www.abc.net.au
July 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bloody hell, Godwin’s Law is now enforceable! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The jacket is appropriately labelled, appropriately.
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The jacket is appropriately labelled, appropriately.
So, Tim Wilson didn’t find his hat then?
May 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
So, Tim Wilson didn’t find his hat then?
There is a sad lack of mashed potato gifs on the internet.
May 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There is a sad lack of mashed potato gifs on the internet.
Can someone get the Thorpe wanker off my TV before I break it!
May 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Can someone get the Thorpe wanker off my TV before I break it!
Who is this LNP dickhead on the ABC election panel screaming that “the greens are a nasty antisemitic party!!!” Really? FFS!
May 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Who is this LNP dickhead on the ABC election panel screaming that “the greens are a nasty antisemitic party!!!” Really? FFS!
So, is Trumponomics a thing yet. Maybe Trumpematics, a branch of mathematics where there are no rational numbers that add up.
April 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
So, is Trumponomics a thing yet. Maybe Trumpematics, a branch of mathematics where there are no rational numbers that add up.
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News is tearing across my professional circles this afternoon. For those not involved in the weather enterprise, I need you to understand something:
seansublette.substack.com/p/bloodbath-...
seansublette.substack.com/p/bloodbath-...
Bloodbath at NOAA
Special post on unconscionable firings on Thursday afternoon
seansublette.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
News is tearing across my professional circles this afternoon. For those not involved in the weather enterprise, I need you to understand something:
seansublette.substack.com/p/bloodbath-...
seansublette.substack.com/p/bloodbath-...
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Government-Owned Steelworks in Whyalla Not Viable Says Guy Behind $600B Nukes Plan
Government-Owned Steelworks in Whyalla Not Viable Says Guy Behind $600B Nukes Plan — The Shovel
The man, whose core policy is to build Australia’s most expensive ever Government-funded infrastructure project, despite not releasing any detail on how he would build, pay for or achieve community bu...
theshovel.com.au
February 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Government-Owned Steelworks in Whyalla Not Viable Says Guy Behind $600B Nukes Plan
Apparently Dutton and the LNP are looking like taking a Aus federal election if held now. I’m beginning to think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is, in fact, a basis for a system of government.
February 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Apparently Dutton and the LNP are looking like taking a Aus federal election if held now. I’m beginning to think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is, in fact, a basis for a system of government.
Neville Chamberlain says “Hi!”
February 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Neville Chamberlain says “Hi!”
Well, at least we don’t have to worry about Russia nuking anyone for a while (except maybe Ukraine). Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake etc. Putin must be pissing himself laughing.
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Well, at least we don’t have to worry about Russia nuking anyone for a while (except maybe Ukraine). Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake etc. Putin must be pissing himself laughing.
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Please read the science...
Yes, the earth's climate record does show 6°C+ higher temperatures and much higher atmosphere CO2 levels in the past. However the current rate of change is catastrophic and is almost all due to anthropogenic climate change...
#climate
#climatecrisis
#auspol
#environment
Yes, the earth's climate record does show 6°C+ higher temperatures and much higher atmosphere CO2 levels in the past. However the current rate of change is catastrophic and is almost all due to anthropogenic climate change...
#climate
#climatecrisis
#auspol
#environment
Anthropogenic Global Warming, Landslides, & Avalanches 🧵
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...
Avalanches are becoming more common, thanks to climate change, researchers say
Was the Italian ski resort disaster the result of weak snow packs?
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Please read the science...
Yes, the earth's climate record does show 6°C+ higher temperatures and much higher atmosphere CO2 levels in the past. However the current rate of change is catastrophic and is almost all due to anthropogenic climate change...
#climate
#climatecrisis
#auspol
#environment
Yes, the earth's climate record does show 6°C+ higher temperatures and much higher atmosphere CO2 levels in the past. However the current rate of change is catastrophic and is almost all due to anthropogenic climate change...
#climate
#climatecrisis
#auspol
#environment
1976 - “Burn Baby Burn” Disco Inferno
2025 - “Drill Baby Drill” Climate Inferno.
2025 - “Drill Baby Drill” Climate Inferno.
February 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
1976 - “Burn Baby Burn” Disco Inferno
2025 - “Drill Baby Drill” Climate Inferno.
2025 - “Drill Baby Drill” Climate Inferno.
Since it is going to be hot tomorrow, I thought I’d better see what AI has to say about Dave’s Syndrome” apparently it is real.
January 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Since it is going to be hot tomorrow, I thought I’d better see what AI has to say about Dave’s Syndrome” apparently it is real.
Hobart's (Tas) climate stripes. Mean max temp for 2024 of 18.4 C a tie for 3rd hottest with 2023. 1.2 C above the 1961-2010 avg of 17.2 C. Only 2 years below 17.2 C this century. 2019 @ 18.7 was hottest on record (since 1883). Standby for the usual crowd to say "See, it's actually getting cooler".
January 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hobart's (Tas) climate stripes. Mean max temp for 2024 of 18.4 C a tie for 3rd hottest with 2023. 1.2 C above the 1961-2010 avg of 17.2 C. Only 2 years below 17.2 C this century. 2019 @ 18.7 was hottest on record (since 1883). Standby for the usual crowd to say "See, it's actually getting cooler".
This is your annual reminder that today your spectrum-wide coverage of cricket, tennis & “Boxing Day Sales” will be interrupted briefly on the ABC & possibly one commercial channel, to show the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. If you find it uninteresting feel free to watch something else.
December 25, 2024 at 11:43 PM
This is your annual reminder that today your spectrum-wide coverage of cricket, tennis & “Boxing Day Sales” will be interrupted briefly on the ABC & possibly one commercial channel, to show the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. If you find it uninteresting feel free to watch something else.