Semiosmith
@semiosmith.bsky.social
Bradley A.Smith (PhD), Melbourne, Australia. Studying intonation in spoken discourse.
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The Verge: Screw it, I’m installing Linux
https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos
#win11 #linux
https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos
#win11 #linux
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The Verge: Screw it, I’m installing Linux
https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos
#win11 #linux
https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos
#win11 #linux
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The net worth held by the top 0.1% of households in the U.S. reached $23.3 trillion in the second quarter this year, from $10.7 trillion a decade earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
In Miami and elsewhere, the wealthy are moving in increasingly private spheres, shelling out big money to bypass the indignities of public life.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The net worth held by the top 0.1% of households in the U.S. reached $23.3 trillion in the second quarter this year, from $10.7 trillion a decade earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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"Australia’s bottom-tier ranking reflects decades of bipartisan policy failure: reliance on extraction rather than production; property speculation, not innovation; privatisation over public investment; and political capture by fossil capital." #renewables #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
'A national humiliation': Australia at bottom of new renewables ranking
As the Coalition abandons net zero, Andrew Forrest has quietly moved on not just to net zero, but to real zero.
johnmenadue.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Australia’s bottom-tier ranking reflects decades of bipartisan policy failure: reliance on extraction rather than production; property speculation, not innovation; privatisation over public investment; and political capture by fossil capital." #renewables #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Melbourne’s largest and most important water supply catchment at risk johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Mines over water: Melbourne’s largest and most important water supply catchment at risk
On 21 October 2025, the Victorian Government announced plans to protect Melbourne’s water supply catchments – the systems that deliver clean water to over five million people. It was welcome news for ...
johnmenadue.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Melbourne’s largest and most important water supply catchment at risk johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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It will keep sinking.
I won't be surprised if he goes to under 35 approval rating in December.
Disastrous.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
I won't be surprised if he goes to under 35 approval rating in December.
Disastrous.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
www.economist.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It will keep sinking.
I won't be surprised if he goes to under 35 approval rating in December.
Disastrous.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
I won't be surprised if he goes to under 35 approval rating in December.
Disastrous.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Lots of quolls. Keep it coming please pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Lots of quolls. Keep it coming please pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
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oh no my phone auto updated and it keeps going on about AI and changed the layout of everything and when i take a photo it now 'enhances' it afterwards in the terrible way you would expect
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
oh no my phone auto updated and it keeps going on about AI and changed the layout of everything and when i take a photo it now 'enhances' it afterwards in the terrible way you would expect
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“Quiet! Quiet!” 😬
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Quiet! Quiet!” 😬
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Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour,
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals, 20% more than previously thought
Climate crisis: Scientists concerned additional freshwater pouring into Atlantic may collapse ocean currents with severe consequences
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour,
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
20% more than previously thought
This is weakening critical ocean current AMOC which is at its weakest in 1,600 years
A weakening and inevitable collapse of AMOC will hugely impact climate in Europe and beyond
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
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Real photos of sharks upside down 🦈👹😳
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Real photos of sharks upside down 🦈👹😳
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On 11/13/74, union activist and nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood left a union meeting with evidence of safety violations at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant. She died before meeting a NYT reporter. The crash was labeled an accident. The crucial documents she had disappeared.
#VoicesFromHistory
#VoicesFromHistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On 11/13/74, union activist and nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood left a union meeting with evidence of safety violations at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant. She died before meeting a NYT reporter. The crash was labeled an accident. The crucial documents she had disappeared.
#VoicesFromHistory
#VoicesFromHistory
the thing I have been thinking all along: what's to stop them from destroying the files in their possession related to Trump? Trump is legally immune, and he has the power of the pardon - ?
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
the thing I have been thinking all along: what's to stop them from destroying the files in their possession related to Trump? Trump is legally immune, and he has the power of the pardon - ?
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Waxing poetic in the last paragraph of my final lecture notes for formal methods this semester.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Waxing poetic in the last paragraph of my final lecture notes for formal methods this semester.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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