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Will L
@willl.bsky.social
Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 based software developer. And hobby photographer.
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This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane

www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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My video on C# file-based apps in .NET 10 is now available to watch on-demand!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjqe...
Simplifying .NET with 'dotnet run file.cs'
YouTube video by dotnet
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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like romeo, the liberal party has taken its own political life after believing a fatal lie — that net zero policies have driven up power prices.

a once-serious party undone by reckless ignorance.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
ATTO 1 (aka Seagull/Dolphin Surf): $23,990* AUD
ATTO 2: $31,990*AUD

* plus on road costs (differs by state).
zecar.com/reviews/byd-...

For reference: $23,990 AUD = $15,780 USD = 13,590€
BYD ATTO 1 Price Revealed | Cheapest EV in Australia Brings True EV Price Parity
BYD officially launches the ATTO 1 from $23,990 and ATTO 2 from $31,990 in Australia, achieving true EV price parity. Built on e-Platform 3.0 with Blade Battery technology. Arriving December 2025.
zecar.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Those Betoota boys break me up … very funny.
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
New bus services in Australia.

Initially there will be a limited amount of $10 tickets for Sydney to Melb, and then $60 thereafter. The cheap fares need to be booked by Nov 30th for travel until June 9th, 2026.

www.timeout.com/australia/ne...
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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The party denied completely abandoning everything net zero related, saying they are still on track for net zero election wins by 2050. chaser.com.au/national/lib...
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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The media keeps pushing the lie that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables. They’re not. CSIRO and AEMO show solar and wind are far cheaper. The fossil fuel lobby funds the lie, and half our grid’s already renewable. The transition’s happening, like it or not.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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“We’re afraid of walkable distances now?” I was one of the first to go after the liars & conspiracy theorists who targeted the “15 Minute Cities” message. Here’s my interview with Aussie National Radio with @greenj.bsky.social — give it a listen, and think about how we should push back on ALL lies.
'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' - ABC listen
The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by f...
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Nearly two-thirds of Australian towns have no public EV charger within 5 km – and that’s just the start of the gap.
EV ‘charging deserts’ in regional Australia are slowing the shift to clean transport
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Australia is late to the Early Majority EV party, so in the next 12 months expect to see a slew of new cars under $30k with marketing strategies aimed at making BEVs cool.
The new, new EV buyer in Australia is emerging, and sub $30,000 electric cars are on their way
Australia is late to the Early Majority EV party, so in the next 12 months expect to see a slew of new cars under $30k with marketing strategies aimed at making BEVs cool.
thedriven.io
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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🇦🇺 Top-selling BEV brands in Australia so far this year (Q1–Q3) ⚡📈
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Some early figures from the Australian Election Study here, showing generational voting trends: New figures show only one in five millennials voted for the Coalition in 2025 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
New figures show only one in five millennials voted for the Coalition in 2025
As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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this legendary video from '97 was shared by Roger Atkins
with a personal message added, I suggested you watch it

#BBC #QuentinWillson - you will be missed - and you were right even decades ago: EVs are unstoppable!

#alwaysbecharging
🔋🔋🔋 www.linkedin.com/posts/rogera...
Quentin Willson goes to California to drive the all electric EV1 from General Motors….in 1997. …followed by a few words from myself. And then Mr Willson, speaking a few months ago in July, as to… | ...
Quentin Willson goes to California to drive the all electric EV1 from General Motors….in 1997. …followed by a few words from myself. And then Mr Willson, speaking a few months ago in July, as to the...
www.linkedin.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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1997
💬 @quentinwillson.bsky.social
: "quiet, very refined, very quick & very drivable, in essence a jolly good little car"

"but: the batteries suck, range is appalling & it'd cost you £35K"

"make no mistake: the days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered"

RIP kind lad
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Tomorrow is the 140th anniversary of Melbourne's first cable tram.

It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.

Nice story by Ishkander Razak

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The public transport punt that changed Melbourne
Melbourne's history with trams goes back 140 years. The city got its first tram in 1885 and the fleet has grown to become the world's largest tram network.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We do have a fairly unique electoral system in Australia.

Not much like it in the rest of the world.
The story behind Australia's incredible democratic system
Behind the quirks of Australia's incredible democratic system are a series of complex human backstories.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Wikipedia HERO

A guy discovered a faked photo of a rare blue gas on Wikipedia. So he SYNTHESIZED THE GAS HIMSELF so that he could photograph it. Yesterday he updated the article with this real photo of trifluoronitrosomethane:
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... “We have reached peak insanity: $100B in annual compensation is equivalent to approximately 3M full-time minimum-wage workers (at $16/hr) for one year.
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
Read a Times Reader's Comment on: Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package
Tesla shareholders approved a plan to grant Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meets ambitious goals, including vastly expanding the company’s stock market valuation.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"BYD views Australia as the blueprint for success around the world as it hones its products for Western customers, hoping to replicate the accomplishments of the local market elsewhere."
Chinese brands like BYD are using Australia to refine their products before taking them global | Drive
Local conditions make Australia the perfect testing ground for BYD to develop and refine their models for Western tastes.
www.drive.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Straya, where everything tries to kill you.
#Australia #AussieWildlife
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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BIG NEWS! The BYD Atto 1 is now in New Zealand for $29,990.
If you want a zippy runabout there's no need to bother with clunky old Victorian-era petrol.
And allow me to address the THOUSANDS of trolls over the last 20 years who told me I was dumb and this would never happen:
"𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨".
😘
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM