thomask
@7homask.bsky.social
Leisure & Utility. Coffee & Tea. Cats & Dogs. Beaches & Mountains. Melbourne-Naarm
Cyclists: wait, that looks familiar…
June 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Cyclists: wait, that looks familiar…
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Business foot traffic is up in New York's congestion pricing zone. "It tells me that this city depends a lot more on transit than on drivers,”
Whenever a human-friendly change happens in any city - it's almost always good for biz.
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social | www.crainsnewyork.com/transportati...
Whenever a human-friendly change happens in any city - it's almost always good for biz.
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social | www.crainsnewyork.com/transportati...
February 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Business foot traffic is up in New York's congestion pricing zone. "It tells me that this city depends a lot more on transit than on drivers,”
Whenever a human-friendly change happens in any city - it's almost always good for biz.
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social | www.crainsnewyork.com/transportati...
Whenever a human-friendly change happens in any city - it's almost always good for biz.
@crainsnewyork.bsky.social | www.crainsnewyork.com/transportati...
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Spotted: One Less Tesla sticker on a cargo bike. Appreciate the refinement of the message.
February 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spotted: One Less Tesla sticker on a cargo bike. Appreciate the refinement of the message.
Still no sign of vicgov DTP putting in a school zone *around the school crossing* on Albion St - a state controlled rd @vicgovau.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Still no sign of vicgov DTP putting in a school zone *around the school crossing* on Albion St - a state controlled rd @vicgovau.bsky.social
lol, inner melb is a small world indeed
January 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
lol, inner melb is a small world indeed
At post-ride breakkie today one of the group, who works with the SES, reveals about 4 cars a week are driven into houses! Only the ones resulting in injury/death make the media.
Today’s Hun has this: colour me unsurprised.
Today’s Hun has this: colour me unsurprised.
December 21, 2024 at 5:51 AM
At post-ride breakkie today one of the group, who works with the SES, reveals about 4 cars a week are driven into houses! Only the ones resulting in injury/death make the media.
Today’s Hun has this: colour me unsurprised.
Today’s Hun has this: colour me unsurprised.
If you said this in the other place but didn’t copy it over, does “we told you so” still count?
Asking for some friends.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Asking for some friends.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
December 20, 2024 at 7:22 AM
If you said this in the other place but didn’t copy it over, does “we told you so” still count?
Asking for some friends.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Asking for some friends.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Excellent piece by @simonahac.bsky.social “Under the Coalition’s scenario, large industrial load collapses in 2030, signalling the closure of smelters and presumably datacentres – goodbye AI! By 2050 industrial demand is down by 62%.”
#auspol #nuclear www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #nuclear www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Coalition’s nuclear energy plan takes a sharp turn away from a cheaper, cleaner future | Simon Holmes à Court
After 22 failed energy policies, the Coalition is being guided by a roadmap to higher bills and higher emissions
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Excellent piece by @simonahac.bsky.social “Under the Coalition’s scenario, large industrial load collapses in 2030, signalling the closure of smelters and presumably datacentres – goodbye AI! By 2050 industrial demand is down by 62%.”
#auspol #nuclear www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol #nuclear www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If your city isn’t taking concrete steps to make it less convenient to drive places, then your city leaders aren’t serious about climate action.
December 16, 2024 at 3:31 AM
If your city isn’t taking concrete steps to make it less convenient to drive places, then your city leaders aren’t serious about climate action.
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40% of the mass of everything transported by a ship in 2023 was a fossil fuel.
That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW study finds leading cause of whale deaths
New research shows that the top threat to whales around the globe has changed. But it wouldn't take much to reduce the risk, researchers say.
www.seattletimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:32 PM
40% of the mass of everything transported by a ship in 2023 was a fossil fuel.
That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Why 20 is plenty in built up areas.
Over half of London’s roads are now 20mph and the evidence shows it’s saving lives.
Over half of London’s roads are now 20mph and the evidence shows it’s saving lives.
December 4, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Why 20 is plenty in built up areas.
Over half of London’s roads are now 20mph and the evidence shows it’s saving lives.
Over half of London’s roads are now 20mph and the evidence shows it’s saving lives.
“Major arterial road in the CBD” are words we shouldn’t be hearing in 2024 🙃
November 29, 2024 at 9:15 PM
“Major arterial road in the CBD” are words we shouldn’t be hearing in 2024 🙃
There are 6 (!) auctions in our neighbouring 3 streets scheduled for next weekend. Haven’t seen a genuine interested party at any of the opens so far. And at the massively inflated estimates, why would you?
November 28, 2024 at 9:19 AM
There are 6 (!) auctions in our neighbouring 3 streets scheduled for next weekend. Haven’t seen a genuine interested party at any of the opens so far. And at the massively inflated estimates, why would you?
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Thoughts and prayers with all the poor doggos like mine this arvo
a lightning bolt strikes a cloud in a dark sky
ALT: a lightning bolt strikes a cloud in a dark sky
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Thoughts and prayers with all the poor doggos like mine this arvo
The Gautam Adani of Carmichael mine fame here in Australia? Sounds about right
🎙️ Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by the US for his alleged role in a $250 million bribery scheme.
Find out what the case means for the vast Adani empire and its implications for India on the Big Take Asia Podcast. ⤵️
Find out what the case means for the vast Adani empire and its implications for India on the Big Take Asia Podcast. ⤵️
Big Take Asia
We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifti...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:16 AM
The Gautam Adani of Carmichael mine fame here in Australia? Sounds about right
Pretty great lightshow in melbs north rn
November 26, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Pretty great lightshow in melbs north rn
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Ladies and gentlemen, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
February 9, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
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Celebrating our return to Bluesky by sharing the most batshit Australian speech ever given: Bob Katter's gay marriage speech, in all its unhinged glory. Enjoy.
October 17, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Celebrating our return to Bluesky by sharing the most batshit Australian speech ever given: Bob Katter's gay marriage speech, in all its unhinged glory. Enjoy.
Just watched a mum on a tern almost get left hooked by a driver on our main road with no bike lanes. As much as I hate what vehicular cycling has meant for road safety in Aus, sometimes you do need to just take the lane (or take the footpath).
November 17, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Just watched a mum on a tern almost get left hooked by a driver on our main road with no bike lanes. As much as I hate what vehicular cycling has meant for road safety in Aus, sometimes you do need to just take the lane (or take the footpath).
Migrated to Bluesky just to ask if anyone in #brunswick good karma nw knows why the copper chopper is up
November 17, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Migrated to Bluesky just to ask if anyone in #brunswick good karma nw knows why the copper chopper is up
Winning at parenting - being whined at by Mr12 to turn the 70s dub down. What else do you do on a sunny Sunday arvo?!
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Winning at parenting - being whined at by Mr12 to turn the 70s dub down. What else do you do on a sunny Sunday arvo?!
This mornings corner store trip yielded the goods
November 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
This mornings corner store trip yielded the goods