Glen
@gergyl.bsky.social
Australian snow and snow weather, hydrology, climate ... other stuff. I reciprocal follow, and block abusive posters.
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Glen
@gergyl.bsky.social
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What was inflation in October, from the ABS's new 'full monthly' measure? Perhaps the 3.8% headline 12-month number (3.9% seasonally adjusted, whatevs)?
Nope, on trend, seasonally adjusted annualised, it was 4.7%. The headline annual increase is actually the 12-month average centred 6 months ago.
Nope, on trend, seasonally adjusted annualised, it was 4.7%. The headline annual increase is actually the 12-month average centred 6 months ago.
Spell that 'Labor'? Same.
Labour friends of bombing kids and making them watch their parents burn to death.
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Spell that 'Labor'? Same.
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Power-hungry datacenters & AI demands of the likes of Meta, Google & OpenAI, along with damage caused by extreme weather & ageing transmission lines is driving up household electricity bills, cost of living pressures & "threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security"
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Power-hungry datacenters & AI demands of the likes of Meta, Google & OpenAI, along with damage caused by extreme weather & ageing transmission lines is driving up household electricity bills, cost of living pressures & "threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security"
She hit him on the fucking footpath!
Woman who fatally struck child with car outside high school avoids prison: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/marshall-oakley-stagg-death-driver-avoids-prison/106119608
Woman who fatally struck child with car outside high school avoids prison
The family of a 12-year-old boy fatally struck by a car as he left school criticises the sentence handed down to the driver.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
She hit him on the fucking footpath!
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Grok, of course, is the most extreme and visible form of this, but the push for homogenized thought in "anti-woke AI" is ubiquitous. What's actually being rented back to us - at a loss, for now - is what some *want* our thoughts to be.
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Grok, of course, is the most extreme and visible form of this, but the push for homogenized thought in "anti-woke AI" is ubiquitous. What's actually being rented back to us - at a loss, for now - is what some *want* our thoughts to be.
The 𝕏hitter hasn't asked me to verify yet. I suppose my account there is so old it's impossible for me to only be 15.
Yes I still have a (sleeper) account there. It's my archive, not that prick's. And yik I can download the archive, but it arrives in a useless format, without hi-res graphics.
Yes I still have a (sleeper) account there. It's my archive, not that prick's. And yik I can download the archive, but it arrives in a useless format, without hi-res graphics.
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The 𝕏hitter hasn't asked me to verify yet. I suppose my account there is so old it's impossible for me to only be 15.
Yes I still have a (sleeper) account there. It's my archive, not that prick's. And yik I can download the archive, but it arrives in a useless format, without hi-res graphics.
Yes I still have a (sleeper) account there. It's my archive, not that prick's. And yik I can download the archive, but it arrives in a useless format, without hi-res graphics.
Still small, but not *that* small.
More renewables, especially wind, and batteries reduce electricity price, even while gas prices high reneweconomy.com.au/how-more-win... @reneweconomy.com.au
Modest, well‑timed storage and additional renewables generation from wind has an outsized impact on both system reliability and consumer costs
Modest, well‑timed storage and additional renewables generation from wind has an outsized impact on both system reliability and consumer costs
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Still small, but not *that* small.
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Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
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Not every day we get 35 x 10⁶ AUD for ocean research.
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Excellent job from Our Future Oceans team! 🌊
Congrats @profmattengland.bsky.social, @adele-morrison.bsky.social, @andyhogg.bsky.social, @janzika.bsky.social, @nicolamaher.bsky.social and many more!!!
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Excellent job from Our Future Oceans team! 🌊
Congrats @profmattengland.bsky.social, @adele-morrison.bsky.social, @andyhogg.bsky.social, @janzika.bsky.social, @nicolamaher.bsky.social and many more!!!
Research Management System - Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Applications - ARC Centres of Excellence 2026 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
rms.arc.gov.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Not every day we get 35 x 10⁶ AUD for ocean research.
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Excellent job from Our Future Oceans team! 🌊
Congrats @profmattengland.bsky.social, @adele-morrison.bsky.social, @andyhogg.bsky.social, @janzika.bsky.social, @nicolamaher.bsky.social and many more!!!
rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...
Excellent job from Our Future Oceans team! 🌊
Congrats @profmattengland.bsky.social, @adele-morrison.bsky.social, @andyhogg.bsky.social, @janzika.bsky.social, @nicolamaher.bsky.social and many more!!!
As you do. (I wonder if we would, in similar circumstances.)
The arrest warrant for the country's former president comes amid a closely-fought election.
Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernandez after US pardon
The arrest warrant for the country's former president comes amid a closely-fought election.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
As you do. (I wonder if we would, in similar circumstances.)
No shit Sherlock Holmes. How did no one notice this before now?
Age verification for socials raises data and privacy breach concerns: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/snapchat-age-verification-privacy-concerns-social-media-ban/106095510
Age verification for socials raises data and privacy breach concerns
As the social media ban for under 16s comes into effect, the tech company that is verifying ages for popular messaging app Snapchat says its methods are safe, but cybersecurity experts say any time data is transmitted there's a risk of privacy breaches.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
No shit Sherlock Holmes. How did no one notice this before now?
'Planned retreat...'
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
'Planned retreat...'
Alternatively US voters are rare idiots. I don't think we can tell for sure yet, but polling *still* has over 40% of them supporting Trump, which may tend to confirm.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Alternatively US voters are rare idiots. I don't think we can tell for sure yet, but polling *still* has over 40% of them supporting Trump, which may tend to confirm.
Once you own the court, you've won.
@msnbc.com The Supreme Court appears poised to give President Trump expanded presidential power. MS NOW’s Fallon Gallagher was in the courtroom as justices heard arguments on Trump's ability to fire independent government officials.
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Once you own the court, you've won.
Wow. Here next?
It’s naked corruption and a decimation of the rule of law:
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli
apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli
apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers — Toronto Star
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wow. Here next?
We're still not told where the sand came from.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12....
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12....
Fluke discoveries of asbestos in children's play sand strike twice decades apart
A doctor in the US who found asbestos in his son's sandpit tried in vain to get stronger regulations. Almost 40 years later he says he's "not surprised" the problem re-emerged in Australia.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We're still not told where the sand came from.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12....
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12....
Mr Joyce to you please, ABC News. Familiars and diminutives have no place in public broadcaster political interviews.
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Mr Joyce to you please, ABC News. Familiars and diminutives have no place in public broadcaster political interviews.
Because Yank football is played in quarters...
FIFA announces three-minute water breaks in both halves of all games will be included in the 2026 World Cup.
FIFA confirms all 2026 World Cup games will include two water breaks
FIFA announces three-minute water breaks in both halves of all games will be included in the 2026 World Cup.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Because Yank football is played in quarters...
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Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.
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So that will be the end of her? Haha no.
🚨Antisemitism Envoy has misled the Senate over her response to last month's neo-Nazi rally.
Segal says she denounced it to the media that "did contact my office".
That is false.
We have the receipts...
theklaxon.com.au/xoqo
Segal says she denounced it to the media that "did contact my office".
That is false.
We have the receipts...
theklaxon.com.au/xoqo
Jillian Segal misleads Senate over neo-Nazis - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal has given misleading evidence to the Senate over her response to last month's neo-Nazi rally.
theklaxon.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So that will be the end of her? Haha no.
A HAMAS car wash.
But the tunnels!
But the tunnels!
Israeli occupation bulldozers are demolishing a Palestinian-owned car wash and two auto-accessory facilities in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A HAMAS car wash.
But the tunnels!
But the tunnels!
Remarkable achievement.
Taking a moment to acknowledge that today marks 50 years since Brisbane/meanjin’s original community radio station @4zzzradio.bsky.social began broadcasting from studios at UQ’s St Lucia campus. Brisbane’s thriving music scene and independent news landscape (and my youth) owe a lot to the Zeds 🖤
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Remarkable achievement.
Wow.
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Wow.
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We are doing this because media companies hate the platforms (for commercial reasons) and many parents are lazy or don't get it. Solidarity to Ezra and every other kid who just had their world narrowed for no purpose. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl
As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
We are doing this because media companies hate the platforms (for commercial reasons) and many parents are lazy or don't get it. Solidarity to Ezra and every other kid who just had their world narrowed for no purpose. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is the ancient city of Damascus where it is, on the dry plains east of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains? Because of the giant karst springs there of course; you do not build cities without water, even now. The picture is of a Roman aquaduct, from the Barada spring.
Doesn't quite ring true. Damascus gets most of its water from karst drainage off the range to the west, on the border with Lebanon. It's possible that Israel's ongoing airstrikes have impacted that, but clear reports are scarce.
Water is for fighting over, from 2017: www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
Water is for fighting over, from 2017: www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Why is the ancient city of Damascus where it is, on the dry plains east of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains? Because of the giant karst springs there of course; you do not build cities without water, even now. The picture is of a Roman aquaduct, from the Barada spring.