Stuart Palmer
@spalm.bsky.social
Professional engineer. Recovering academic. Working with data to improve work safety in Victoria. Opinions my own. https://stuartpalmer2.github.io/spalm/index.html
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“There's no amount of nuclear submarines that are going to keep us safe from the kind of risks that are exacerbated by climate change." satpa.pe/9KpWJVD
Government continues to withhold climate risk report
As allies share their national risk assessments for climate breakdown, the Albanese government refuses to release its ‘frankly terrifying’ report from 2022.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:23 AM
“There's no amount of nuclear submarines that are going to keep us safe from the kind of risks that are exacerbated by climate change." satpa.pe/9KpWJVD
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Forget learning styles, you need ...
February 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Forget learning styles, you need ...
Remembering the first time I saw a job ad for a 'barista', and thinking, gee, I always thought that the legal profession required higher standards of written English than that!
February 18, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Remembering the first time I saw a job ad for a 'barista', and thinking, gee, I always thought that the legal profession required higher standards of written English than that!
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February 18, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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All the recent public census data show those with BE as highest qualification are mostly not working in professional engineering occupations. Especially so for younger graduates. This is not bad per se, but certainly not the employment outcome shown in uni marketing materials.
February 16, 2026 at 8:13 AM
All the recent public census data show those with BE as highest qualification are mostly not working in professional engineering occupations. Especially so for younger graduates. This is not bad per se, but certainly not the employment outcome shown in uni marketing materials.
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More lies down and passes out for Australian values.
February 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
More lies down and passes out for Australian values.
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I see spirit IV every morning from my work window in Geelong, lolling back and forth with the direction of the tide in Corio Bay.
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I see spirit IV every morning from my work window in Geelong, lolling back and forth with the direction of the tide in Corio Bay.
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Some former ABC journos must get a tiny bit sick in their mouths if they ever see/hear was passes for political reporting on the ABC these days.
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Some former ABC journos must get a tiny bit sick in their mouths if they ever see/hear was passes for political reporting on the ABC these days.
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the fact they say things like "the left is missing out on AI" and not "the left is missing out of [specific product that does a specific thing]" is why I won't bother reading any of these articles that are trying to convince me that I need to do *their* design work for them
February 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
the fact they say things like "the left is missing out on AI" and not "the left is missing out of [specific product that does a specific thing]" is why I won't bother reading any of these articles that are trying to convince me that I need to do *their* design work for them
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Epstein's pals Palantir legged over Australian regulators claiming to be a "small co - not part of larger group" despite actual size of $450B. Lying while they get untendered govt contracts.
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Palantir surveils everybody but its own misleading accounts - Michael West
While Palantir is busy poking its nose in everyone’s business, it doesn’t want us looking into its own, not lodging financial statements.
michaelwest.com.au
February 18, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Epstein's pals Palantir legged over Australian regulators claiming to be a "small co - not part of larger group" despite actual size of $450B. Lying while they get untendered govt contracts.
@sstephanietrann.bsky.social #auspol
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@sstephanietrann.bsky.social #auspol
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Alcoa hit with record fine for clearing world's only jarrah forests: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/alcoa-fined-for-clearing-jarrah-forest-for-bauxite-mine/106359988
Alcoa hit with record fine for clearing world's only jarrah forests
US mining giant Alcoa is forced to pay $55 million after unlawfully clearing parts of a Western Australian native forest to mine bauxite.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Alcoa hit with record fine for clearing world's only jarrah forests: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/alcoa-fined-for-clearing-jarrah-forest-for-bauxite-mine/106359988
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11k+ word discussion paper I did for work last June. Must have proofed it a dozen times. Just read it again and found three errors - of written expression, not fact. 🤦
February 18, 2026 at 6:20 AM
11k+ word discussion paper I did for work last June. Must have proofed it a dozen times. Just read it again and found three errors - of written expression, not fact. 🤦
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“Australians' pay rises are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living, new data from the ABS shows. The Wage Price Index for the 12 months to December 2025 shows that wages grew 3.4% lower than inflation for the same period of 3.8%
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Workers go backwards as wages growth lags inflation over past year
Wage rises are not keeping up with inflation, meaning household budgets are being increasingly squeezed with inflation outpacing wages growth.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM
“Australians' pay rises are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living, new data from the ABS shows. The Wage Price Index for the 12 months to December 2025 shows that wages grew 3.4% lower than inflation for the same period of 3.8%
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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with absolutely no education or experience in economics or issues around finance, and a heafty critic of superannuation, which thanks to Paul Keating has saved generations of Australian families, this arse clown is now Shadow Treasurer...fucking awesome!
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Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned
Liberal leader also promotes Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Andrew Hastie to shadow cabinet
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February 17, 2026 at 6:42 AM
with absolutely no education or experience in economics or issues around finance, and a heafty critic of superannuation, which thanks to Paul Keating has saved generations of Australian families, this arse clown is now Shadow Treasurer...fucking awesome!
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Class is so integral to the way schools are funded in this country, but it's rarely discussed in these terms – so it was a pleasure to have a chat with Richard Denniss on RRR about new findings into our unfair school system
Segments: Uncommon Sense: Richard Denniss on Australia's expensive and unfair high school system — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
Richard Denniss (The Australia Institute) chats to guest host Nick Feik about Australia's high school problems. Richard Denniss is co-CEO of the Australia Institute. He is a prominent economist, auth...
www.rrr.org.au
February 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Class is so integral to the way schools are funded in this country, but it's rarely discussed in these terms – so it was a pleasure to have a chat with Richard Denniss on RRR about new findings into our unfair school system
Marles - the cheapest asset that the Yanks ever bought.
"The walls of the defence minister’s parliamentary office are lined with his enlarged photographs of American landmarks. Shelves are devoted to US history and politics, topped with White House memorabilia and gift-boxed flags from the Pentagon," writes Jo Tarnawsky. satpa.pe/3m0hAaQ
The true cost of the AUKUS agreement
satpa.pe
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Marles - the cheapest asset that the Yanks ever bought.
Marles - Colonel Blanders.
"Richard Marles’s office in Geelong displays a framed certificate signed by the then state governor when he was commissioned a Kentucky colonel. Heavy volumes of American history and biographies of US political and military figures travel with Marles on his flights." satpa.pe/1PLvtyF
The true cost of the AUKUS agreement
satpa.pe
February 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Marles - Colonel Blanders.
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Workers go backwards as wages growth lags inflation over past year: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/wage-price-index-lags-inflation-real-wages-of-workers/106356432
Workers go backwards as wages growth lags inflation over past year
Household budgets are being increasingly squeezed, as new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirms workers have been going backwards over the past year.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Workers go backwards as wages growth lags inflation over past year: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/wage-price-index-lags-inflation-real-wages-of-workers/106356432
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Aukus (noun): pointless wastage of other people's money for reasons you're over-confident you'll never have to explain.
eg. "mum, someone did an aukus in the kitchen again I don't know I was upstairs"
eg. "mum, someone did an aukus in the kitchen again I don't know I was upstairs"
February 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Aukus (noun): pointless wastage of other people's money for reasons you're over-confident you'll never have to explain.
eg. "mum, someone did an aukus in the kitchen again I don't know I was upstairs"
eg. "mum, someone did an aukus in the kitchen again I don't know I was upstairs"
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Great bunch of news stories this morning, telling us the system is working as designed.
1. Aged care system declines/delays assessments and provision of assistance sometimes long enough that people die waiting. 2. Pet insurance isn’t worth the cost in premiums. 3. AI steals your voice then your job.
1. Aged care system declines/delays assessments and provision of assistance sometimes long enough that people die waiting. 2. Pet insurance isn’t worth the cost in premiums. 3. AI steals your voice then your job.
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Great bunch of news stories this morning, telling us the system is working as designed.
1. Aged care system declines/delays assessments and provision of assistance sometimes long enough that people die waiting. 2. Pet insurance isn’t worth the cost in premiums. 3. AI steals your voice then your job.
1. Aged care system declines/delays assessments and provision of assistance sometimes long enough that people die waiting. 2. Pet insurance isn’t worth the cost in premiums. 3. AI steals your voice then your job.
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Giving your 14 yo son, who you know is "obsessed" with school shooters, an assault rifle and ammunition *for Christmas* AFTER the cops / FBI have turned up and asked about his posting is about as criminally negligent a thing to do as I can think of.
Students in Georgia describe the terror of a school shooting as prosecutors try to convict the suspect's father for giving him the gun.
Georgia students recall horror of being shot as father of accused school shooter goes on trial
Students in Georgia describe the terror of a school shooting as prosecutors try to convict the suspect’s father for giving him the gun.
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February 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Giving your 14 yo son, who you know is "obsessed" with school shooters, an assault rifle and ammunition *for Christmas* AFTER the cops / FBI have turned up and asked about his posting is about as criminally negligent a thing to do as I can think of.
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Robocare - from a Labor govt
“Aged care clinicians & carers say an algorithm-based assessment tool that determines federal home support funding packages is “cruel” “inhumane”, stripping away clinical expertise & leaving elderly people with inadequate support”
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“Aged care clinicians & carers say an algorithm-based assessment tool that determines federal home support funding packages is “cruel” “inhumane”, stripping away clinical expertise & leaving elderly people with inadequate support”
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Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is cruel and inhumane, Australian aged care workers warn
Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Robocare - from a Labor govt
“Aged care clinicians & carers say an algorithm-based assessment tool that determines federal home support funding packages is “cruel” “inhumane”, stripping away clinical expertise & leaving elderly people with inadequate support”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Aged care clinicians & carers say an algorithm-based assessment tool that determines federal home support funding packages is “cruel” “inhumane”, stripping away clinical expertise & leaving elderly people with inadequate support”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“Is building more homes the answer to Aust’s housing crisis? No it’s not. Not even close..overemphasising supply allows politicians to dodge more difficult conversation about tax settings..or the economic & urban policies that..influence where people want to live”
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Building 1.2m homes will barely put a dent in Australia’s housing affordability, one expert says. Here’s why
Thinking ‘supply is the answer’ lets politicians dodge a much more difficult conversation about tax – for investors and owners
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“Is building more homes the answer to Aust’s housing crisis? No it’s not. Not even close..overemphasising supply allows politicians to dodge more difficult conversation about tax settings..or the economic & urban policies that..influence where people want to live”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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