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There is no evidence that Senator Wong is either interested in, or has the capacity to articulate an approach to integrate Australia into its geopolitical region through education, trade, diplomacy, cultural exchanges, security alliances etc. with humility and sensitivi ...
Australian foreign policy is in the doldrums
Opinion polls indicate Australians are at last waking up to the fact that their country’s security reliance on Trump’s US is no longer tenable.
johnmenadue.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
There is no evidence that Senator Wong is either interested in, or has the capacity to articulate an approach to integrate Australia into its geopolitical region through education, trade, diplomacy, cultural exchanges, security alliances etc. with humility and sensitivi ...
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'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
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Upside Down World by @rsimmon.bsky.social is a reminder that there is no spoon. I mean there is no up. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/upsi...
May 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Upside Down World by @rsimmon.bsky.social is a reminder that there is no spoon. I mean there is no up. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/upsi...
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"A lot of the graphs in the paper were just too perfect. You don’t get data this clean from humans in the real world"
As a matter of fact, MIT's entire academic culture is one of the most thoroughly rotten of any elite university, and in particular I can say it's far worse than even UPenn's or Stanford's.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/h...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/h...
How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data
In a fast-moving field like “AI,” with buzzwords and dumb money flying about, researchers don’t have time for for the peer review process. Preprints can have all the impact you could ever want! Let…
pivot-to-ai.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"A lot of the graphs in the paper were just too perfect. You don’t get data this clean from humans in the real world"
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NEW: We simulated a disease outbreak to show how vaccines can stop the spread of a contagious disease. With @fparis.bsky.social @upshot.nytimes.com (Paywall-free gift link) 🎁
How Much Vaccination Stops a Measles Outbreak? (Gift Article)
An interactive explanation of outbreaks, vaccines and herd immunity.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
NEW: We simulated a disease outbreak to show how vaccines can stop the spread of a contagious disease. With @fparis.bsky.social @upshot.nytimes.com (Paywall-free gift link) 🎁
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Would you like to know where the world’s natural gas pipelines are, who owns them, and how much gas they carry?
Climate TRACE coalition members @globalenergymon.bsky.social have added extensive data to their platform tracking global #naturalgas transmission. globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
Climate TRACE coalition members @globalenergymon.bsky.social have added extensive data to their platform tracking global #naturalgas transmission. globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
March 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Would you like to know where the world’s natural gas pipelines are, who owns them, and how much gas they carry?
Climate TRACE coalition members @globalenergymon.bsky.social have added extensive data to their platform tracking global #naturalgas transmission. globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
Climate TRACE coalition members @globalenergymon.bsky.social have added extensive data to their platform tracking global #naturalgas transmission. globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
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To celebrate wildly over-estimating how much coffee I'd need to stay up for @theshot.net.au's (very enjoyable) Sunday Shot session, here's a thread on the latest emissions update for Aus
As @pollyjhemming.bsky.social pointed out: Labor's tenure have been a continuation of Coalition policies....
As @pollyjhemming.bsky.social pointed out: Labor's tenure have been a continuation of Coalition policies....
March 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
To celebrate wildly over-estimating how much coffee I'd need to stay up for @theshot.net.au's (very enjoyable) Sunday Shot session, here's a thread on the latest emissions update for Aus
As @pollyjhemming.bsky.social pointed out: Labor's tenure have been a continuation of Coalition policies....
As @pollyjhemming.bsky.social pointed out: Labor's tenure have been a continuation of Coalition policies....
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Anyhow, here's the page with the new designs www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor v the Coalition: who is leading in the polls?
See how the next federal election is shaping up with Guardian Australia’s statistical model, which combines all opinion polls to get a better estimate of the two-party preferred vote
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Anyhow, here's the page with the new designs www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
February 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
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This week we published a special @spiegel.de print issue ahead of the 🇩🇪 national election — including three large visualization pages from our team.
January 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This week we published a special @spiegel.de print issue ahead of the 🇩🇪 national election — including three large visualization pages from our team.
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People still tend to think of gas as a vital industry to Australia, but the truth is, if anything, it costs the Australian economy.
Throwback to Polly Hemming dropping some truth bombs on ABC The Drum 💣💥 #auspol
Throwback to Polly Hemming dropping some truth bombs on ABC The Drum 💣💥 #auspol
January 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
People still tend to think of gas as a vital industry to Australia, but the truth is, if anything, it costs the Australian economy.
Throwback to Polly Hemming dropping some truth bombs on ABC The Drum 💣💥 #auspol
Throwback to Polly Hemming dropping some truth bombs on ABC The Drum 💣💥 #auspol
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The data is in.
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet
These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.
theconversation.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The data is in.
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...
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☀️🌪️Wind and solar OVERTOOK coal in the US for nearly all of 2024
Ember’s electricity data explorer shows that 10 states in the US currently generate 50% or more of their electricity from renewables🍃
Read more clean energy highlights from 2024: ember-energy.org/lat...
Ember’s electricity data explorer shows that 10 states in the US currently generate 50% or more of their electricity from renewables🍃
Read more clean energy highlights from 2024: ember-energy.org/lat...
January 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
☀️🌪️Wind and solar OVERTOOK coal in the US for nearly all of 2024
Ember’s electricity data explorer shows that 10 states in the US currently generate 50% or more of their electricity from renewables🍃
Read more clean energy highlights from 2024: ember-energy.org/lat...
Ember’s electricity data explorer shows that 10 states in the US currently generate 50% or more of their electricity from renewables🍃
Read more clean energy highlights from 2024: ember-energy.org/lat...
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We knew this would happen eventually. We have moved from possible futures to these things now happening. The deferment has ended.
LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?
We knew this would happen eventually. We have moved from possible futures to these things now happening. The deferment has ended.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We knew this would happen eventually. We have moved from possible futures to these things now happening. The deferment has ended.
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Climate Change:
It's real.
It's us.
It's serious - and already dangerous.
But there are solutions.
The science is clear: the faster we cut emissions, the less suffering we will cause, and the better off we'll all be.
It's real.
It's us.
It's serious - and already dangerous.
But there are solutions.
The science is clear: the faster we cut emissions, the less suffering we will cause, and the better off we'll all be.
November 19, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Climate Change:
It's real.
It's us.
It's serious - and already dangerous.
But there are solutions.
The science is clear: the faster we cut emissions, the less suffering we will cause, and the better off we'll all be.
It's real.
It's us.
It's serious - and already dangerous.
But there are solutions.
The science is clear: the faster we cut emissions, the less suffering we will cause, and the better off we'll all be.
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A transatlantic interconnection could help achieve a more secure and efficient #energytransition 🤝⚡️
Europe will have excess electricity when North America is waking up, while mid-day North America will have excess power during Europe’s evenings 🌎🌍
ember-energy.org/lat...
Europe will have excess electricity when North America is waking up, while mid-day North America will have excess power during Europe’s evenings 🌎🌍
ember-energy.org/lat...
December 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
A transatlantic interconnection could help achieve a more secure and efficient #energytransition 🤝⚡️
Europe will have excess electricity when North America is waking up, while mid-day North America will have excess power during Europe’s evenings 🌎🌍
ember-energy.org/lat...
Europe will have excess electricity when North America is waking up, while mid-day North America will have excess power during Europe’s evenings 🌎🌍
ember-energy.org/lat...
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Banks that don't want to bank, employment services that don't serve the unemployed; health insurers that do not insure health. The uniting theme here is disdain for people. My newsletter today: rickmorton.substack.com/p/merchants-...
Merchants of Menace
corporates that exist as the opposite of what they say they do
rickmorton.substack.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Banks that don't want to bank, employment services that don't serve the unemployed; health insurers that do not insure health. The uniting theme here is disdain for people. My newsletter today: rickmorton.substack.com/p/merchants-...
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🎅🎄🎁 ADVENT OF SVELTE 🎅🎄🎁
We're going to ship one thing a day every day from now until Christmas. Wish us luck! svelte.dev/blog/advent-...
First up...
We're going to ship one thing a day every day from now until Christmas. Wish us luck! svelte.dev/blog/advent-...
First up...
Advent of Svelte
Twenty-four days, twenty-four features
svelte.dev
December 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM
🎅🎄🎁 ADVENT OF SVELTE 🎅🎄🎁
We're going to ship one thing a day every day from now until Christmas. Wish us luck! svelte.dev/blog/advent-...
First up...
We're going to ship one thing a day every day from now until Christmas. Wish us luck! svelte.dev/blog/advent-...
First up...