Woots
@woots2621.bsky.social
Average dag.
Renewables nutter.
Passive solar owner builder.
Australian plants and animals
Bicycles (recumbent!). EVs.
Much musics!
The standard no DMs unless we are established.
No need to bother with religious stuff. Solid atheist here.
Renewables nutter.
Passive solar owner builder.
Australian plants and animals
Bicycles (recumbent!). EVs.
Much musics!
The standard no DMs unless we are established.
No need to bother with religious stuff. Solid atheist here.
Pinned
Woots
@woots2621.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Here as it's a great source of news and info (and a bit of fun). Not much of a content originator.
Not looking for follows or follow-backs, but feel free if you want.
Not looking for follows or follow-backs, but feel free if you want.
More insanity
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
More insanity
So 28 years late I find this remaster of TAAB. This brick fan thinks it very good
music.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWQ...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWQ...
Thick as a Brick (Pt. II) (1997 Remaster)
YouTube video by Jethro Tull - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
So 28 years late I find this remaster of TAAB. This brick fan thinks it very good
music.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWQ...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWQ...
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Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
The broken nature of Australia energy market has been highlighted by a report that Japanese households pay less for electricity than Australians do, despite Japanese electricity being reliant on Austr...
thepoint.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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'The implications here are worth considering. News Corp, a foreign-owned media company, now has a direct stake in framing the Australian housing narrative and influencing policy, while profiting through its property platform from listings, data, and its own mortgages.'
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
'The implications here are worth considering. News Corp, a foreign-owned media company, now has a direct stake in framing the Australian housing narrative and influencing policy, while profiting through its property platform from listings, data, and its own mortgages.'
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Amyl & The Sniffers Should’ve Labelled Gig a Nazi Rally if They Wanted It To Go Ahead, Police Say
Amyl & The Sniffers Should’ve Labelled Gig a Nazi Rally if They Wanted It To Go Ahead, Police Say — The Shovel
Police say they were left with no choice but to shut it down after it became apparent the event was a legally ambiguous ‘music performance’ rather than the more protected category ‘full-blown extremis...
theshovel.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Amyl & The Sniffers Should’ve Labelled Gig a Nazi Rally if They Wanted It To Go Ahead, Police Say
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"Worst comes to worst, we can protect them from social media by locking them up." chaser.com.au/national/gov...
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"Worst comes to worst, we can protect them from social media by locking them up." chaser.com.au/national/gov...
A particularly informative interview from the Beast
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4?...
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4?...
Why Trump's More Dangerous Every Day: Psychiatrist | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A particularly informative interview from the Beast
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4?...
youtu.be/m7wDDQMBIp4?...
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Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
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On this day, 11Nov2025, sending thanks to the dedicated, principled historian Prof. Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social. #auspol #PalaceLetters #Dismissal
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
On this day, 11Nov2025, sending thanks to the dedicated, principled historian Prof. Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social. #auspol #PalaceLetters #Dismissal
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The Red Hat will be more is more of a stain on America than the Ku Klux Klan.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Red Hat will be more is more of a stain on America than the Ku Klux Klan.
Oh fer sod's sakes!
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Dr. Oz hopes for Trump baby boom in 2026 - Newsweek share.google/4QeuZXnMkoyh...
Gross 🤢
The words Trump and baby should not be in the same sentence...and "Trump babies" should NEVER be uttered 😰😨🤢
Gross 🤢
The words Trump and baby should not be in the same sentence...and "Trump babies" should NEVER be uttered 😰😨🤢
Dr. Oz hopes for Trump baby boom in 2026
“We've dropped infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies, I'm hoping, by the midterms,” Dr. Oz said.
share.google
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oh fer sod's sakes!
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“I’ve never said I’m immortal. I do believe in correct language. I’m eternal.” Gough Whitlam - visionary, reformer and the man who shaped modern Australia.
Illustrated to mark 50 years since the Dismissal, and to celebrate his enduring legacy | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/hzz69d7z
Illustrated to mark 50 years since the Dismissal, and to celebrate his enduring legacy | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/hzz69d7z
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“I’ve never said I’m immortal. I do believe in correct language. I’m eternal.” Gough Whitlam - visionary, reformer and the man who shaped modern Australia.
Illustrated to mark 50 years since the Dismissal, and to celebrate his enduring legacy | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/hzz69d7z
Illustrated to mark 50 years since the Dismissal, and to celebrate his enduring legacy | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/hzz69d7z
Charlie, never to be forgiven for his part in this.
"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Charlie, never to be forgiven for his part in this.
Hey @albomp.bsky.social.
Wake up, restore (and increase) this funding! Scrap AUKUS, tax the transnationals properly.
Wake up, restore (and increase) this funding! Scrap AUKUS, tax the transnationals properly.
Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader
theconversation.com/cuts-to-key-...
theconversation.com/cuts-to-key-...
Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader
At the same time Australia has inked a deal with the US on critical minerals, it’s proposing cuts to facilities that underpin its clean energy ambitions.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social.
Wake up, restore (and increase) this funding! Scrap AUKUS, tax the transnationals properly.
Wake up, restore (and increase) this funding! Scrap AUKUS, tax the transnationals properly.
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As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground.
Rocket launches are blasting a new hole in our ozone layer
As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each launch is a triumph of human ingenuity, but behind that brilliance lies...
newatlas.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground.
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Demand strong, on-the-table EPBC National Environmental Standards
Write Enviro Minister Murray Watt with @envirojustice.bsky.social's resources👇
Write Enviro Minister Murray Watt with @envirojustice.bsky.social's resources👇
High standards for nature
Will you email Murray Watt to say that Australians have high standards – and we expect environmental laws that live up to them?
envirojustice.org.au
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Demand strong, on-the-table EPBC National Environmental Standards
Write Enviro Minister Murray Watt with @envirojustice.bsky.social's resources👇
Write Enviro Minister Murray Watt with @envirojustice.bsky.social's resources👇
Thank sod, social housing needs to be high quality. I hope "comfortable" means top energy efficiency.
A hopeful and imaginative approach to social housing that focuses on comfort, community and socialization has earned Appleby Blue Almshouse the UK's …
Prize-winning social housing radically reinvents homes for elderly
A hopeful and imaginative approach to social housing that focuses on comfort, community and socialization has earned Appleby Blue Almshouse the UK's top architecture award. The Royal Institute of Architects...
newatlas.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thank sod, social housing needs to be high quality. I hope "comfortable" means top energy efficiency.
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Sadly this dodgy group, Rainforest Reserves Australia, is being weaponised by climate deniers, has been cited by the Nationals leader David Littleproud & is being loudly amplified in the Murdoch media.
It's just another chapter in the fossil fuel industry's playbook to spread lies.
It's just another chapter in the fossil fuel industry's playbook to spread lies.
You know an anti-renewable energy group isn't fair dinkum when they ...
🤔 Cite research that doesn't exist
🙈 Complain about wind farms that don't exist
😧 Cite govt authorities that no longer exist
... then blame it on the fact they used AI to write it 🤦♀️
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🤔 Cite research that doesn't exist
🙈 Complain about wind farms that don't exist
😧 Cite govt authorities that no longer exist
... then blame it on the fact they used AI to write it 🤦♀️
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sadly this dodgy group, Rainforest Reserves Australia, is being weaponised by climate deniers, has been cited by the Nationals leader David Littleproud & is being loudly amplified in the Murdoch media.
It's just another chapter in the fossil fuel industry's playbook to spread lies.
It's just another chapter in the fossil fuel industry's playbook to spread lies.
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My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
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On this day in 1938, Fela Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The creator of Afrobeat, he fused funk, jazz, and African rhythms into a revolutionary sound—and a fearless voice for freedom and truth.
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On this day in 1938, Fela Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The creator of Afrobeat, he fused funk, jazz, and African rhythms into a revolutionary sound—and a fearless voice for freedom and truth.
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It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread.
As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT
archive.ph/grTVe
As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT
archive.ph/grTVe
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread.
As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT
archive.ph/grTVe
As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT
archive.ph/grTVe
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And never ever forget this, however the next weeks and months play out:
The 4corners-AJEnglish documentary, Gaza: The Forever War, by the brilliant John Lyons.
Made in March 2024, when he was still based in Jerusalem.
#Gaza
www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
The 4corners-AJEnglish documentary, Gaza: The Forever War, by the brilliant John Lyons.
Made in March 2024, when he was still based in Jerusalem.
#Gaza
www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
Gaza: A Forever War
A powerful investigation into the war on Gaza, challenging Israel’s response to the Hamas-led attacks in October 2023.
www.aljazeera.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
And never ever forget this, however the next weeks and months play out:
The 4corners-AJEnglish documentary, Gaza: The Forever War, by the brilliant John Lyons.
Made in March 2024, when he was still based in Jerusalem.
#Gaza
www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
The 4corners-AJEnglish documentary, Gaza: The Forever War, by the brilliant John Lyons.
Made in March 2024, when he was still based in Jerusalem.
#Gaza
www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
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