Kieran
@gumnut.bsky.social
Millennial idealist. Dad. Interested in tech, software dev, renewables, EVs, nature and not destroying our biosphere. Melbourne, AU
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“a national artificial intelligence plan to cut environmental red tape” is a phrase terrifying enough to summon a demon from the pit…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Leaked Treasury advice lists possible outcomes of Labor's yet-to-be held roundtable
The leaked advice reveals what the government expects to achieve at next week's productivity round table, recommending a freeze of the National Construction Code, and an AI plan to cut environmental r...
www.abc.net.au
August 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“a national artificial intelligence plan to cut environmental red tape” is a phrase terrifying enough to summon a demon from the pit…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Electrification isn’t new. It has been transforming global energy use for over a century.
Here is the history of electrification in six moments and today’s defining 🧵
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Here is the history of electrification in six moments and today’s defining 🧵
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July 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Electrification isn’t new. It has been transforming global energy use for over a century.
Here is the history of electrification in six moments and today’s defining 🧵
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Here is the history of electrification in six moments and today’s defining 🧵
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Katter refuses to acknowledge the monarchy, basically zero backlash (compare that to the reaction Thorpe got!).
One Nation boycott the Welcome to Country.
But what do Labor and the Coalition decide is the most outrageous thing? A silent protest against Israel.
One Nation boycott the Welcome to Country.
But what do Labor and the Coalition decide is the most outrageous thing? A silent protest against Israel.
July 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Katter refuses to acknowledge the monarchy, basically zero backlash (compare that to the reaction Thorpe got!).
One Nation boycott the Welcome to Country.
But what do Labor and the Coalition decide is the most outrageous thing? A silent protest against Israel.
One Nation boycott the Welcome to Country.
But what do Labor and the Coalition decide is the most outrageous thing? A silent protest against Israel.
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This by @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's Max Kaiser is absolutely on point.
July 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This by @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's Max Kaiser is absolutely on point.
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Victoria has driven a huge reduction in residential gas use since it peaked in 2019-20.
Down 18.6 PJ per annum since then - this is HUGE!
Equivalent to electrifying the entire gas consumption of every single household in QLD, WA and Tassie (15.9 PJ) and then some.
Down 18.6 PJ per annum since then - this is HUGE!
Equivalent to electrifying the entire gas consumption of every single household in QLD, WA and Tassie (15.9 PJ) and then some.
June 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Victoria has driven a huge reduction in residential gas use since it peaked in 2019-20.
Down 18.6 PJ per annum since then - this is HUGE!
Equivalent to electrifying the entire gas consumption of every single household in QLD, WA and Tassie (15.9 PJ) and then some.
Down 18.6 PJ per annum since then - this is HUGE!
Equivalent to electrifying the entire gas consumption of every single household in QLD, WA and Tassie (15.9 PJ) and then some.
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It’s less than two weeks until our Cheaper Home Batteries policy commences.
There has been a lot of consultation around the final design details. All the final implementation details can be found in the link below. ⬇️
www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/progr...
There has been a lot of consultation around the final design details. All the final implementation details can be found in the link below. ⬇️
www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/progr...
www.dcceew.gov.au
June 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It’s less than two weeks until our Cheaper Home Batteries policy commences.
There has been a lot of consultation around the final design details. All the final implementation details can be found in the link below. ⬇️
www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/progr...
There has been a lot of consultation around the final design details. All the final implementation details can be found in the link below. ⬇️
www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/progr...
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Oil prices spiked due to more aggression from a country currently committing genocide.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
June 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Oil prices spiked due to more aggression from a country currently committing genocide.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
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important note: the LAPD has figured out it can get footage from Waymos: www.404media.co/lapd-publish...
LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car
Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.
www.404media.co
June 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
important note: the LAPD has figured out it can get footage from Waymos: www.404media.co/lapd-publish...
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For those who missed it, I recommend this by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
For those who missed it, I recommend this by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Australian Government needs to back up their words with action. We should be stepping up as a middle power and taking concrete action against the Government of Israel for the horrors it’s inflicting on the people of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not a red line for Australia to take stronger action then I don’t know what is | David Pocock
Everyone knows the Australian government cannot end the war alone, but we do have an important role to play as a middle power, and it must be more than just words
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The Australian Government needs to back up their words with action. We should be stepping up as a middle power and taking concrete action against the Government of Israel for the horrors it’s inflicting on the people of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I've been playing with sankey charts to see how seats in the lower house have been changing over time.
It's interesting to see the double defeat of the Coalition over two cycles and how big a mountain it is for them to return to power caseybriggs.substack.com/p/australias...
It's interesting to see the double defeat of the Coalition over two cycles and how big a mountain it is for them to return to power caseybriggs.substack.com/p/australias...
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I've been playing with sankey charts to see how seats in the lower house have been changing over time.
It's interesting to see the double defeat of the Coalition over two cycles and how big a mountain it is for them to return to power caseybriggs.substack.com/p/australias...
It's interesting to see the double defeat of the Coalition over two cycles and how big a mountain it is for them to return to power caseybriggs.substack.com/p/australias...
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Every single young Australian would need to order 4,888 t-shirts from Temu each year (13 per day) to match Woodside's current emissions.
And to reach Woodside's maximum emissions estimates for the North West Shelf Extension? They would each need to order 214,571 t-shirts. #woodsideenergy
And to reach Woodside's maximum emissions estimates for the North West Shelf Extension? They would each need to order 214,571 t-shirts. #woodsideenergy
May 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Every single young Australian would need to order 4,888 t-shirts from Temu each year (13 per day) to match Woodside's current emissions.
And to reach Woodside's maximum emissions estimates for the North West Shelf Extension? They would each need to order 214,571 t-shirts. #woodsideenergy
And to reach Woodside's maximum emissions estimates for the North West Shelf Extension? They would each need to order 214,571 t-shirts. #woodsideenergy
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I can't believe how drip-pilled this sounds, but the ABC's obsession with "What went wrong with the Liberals" is getting absurd. Nearly a month after the election and Four Corners is dedicated to it? What about what the actual government is doing? Or not doing?
May 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I can't believe how drip-pilled this sounds, but the ABC's obsession with "What went wrong with the Liberals" is getting absurd. Nearly a month after the election and Four Corners is dedicated to it? What about what the actual government is doing? Or not doing?
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In recent days several highly educated, thoughtful people told me they usually vote 1 for Greens but this time voted 1 for Labor to beat Dutton. 🤯
I cannot understand how people can still make such ignorant decisions when we have preferential voting & who is more likely to form minority government.
I cannot understand how people can still make such ignorant decisions when we have preferential voting & who is more likely to form minority government.
May 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
In recent days several highly educated, thoughtful people told me they usually vote 1 for Greens but this time voted 1 for Labor to beat Dutton. 🤯
I cannot understand how people can still make such ignorant decisions when we have preferential voting & who is more likely to form minority government.
I cannot understand how people can still make such ignorant decisions when we have preferential voting & who is more likely to form minority government.
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~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.
Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.
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🇦🇺 has a gas export problem, not a gas supply problem - we export 80-90% of our gas (with little return to taxpayers).
The Govt should use export controls to give 🇦🇺 households & businesses immediate cost of living bill relief. There's no need to open more gas fields.
www.smh.com.au/business/con...
The Govt should use export controls to give 🇦🇺 households & businesses immediate cost of living bill relief. There's no need to open more gas fields.
www.smh.com.au/business/con...
March 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
🇦🇺 has a gas export problem, not a gas supply problem - we export 80-90% of our gas (with little return to taxpayers).
The Govt should use export controls to give 🇦🇺 households & businesses immediate cost of living bill relief. There's no need to open more gas fields.
www.smh.com.au/business/con...
The Govt should use export controls to give 🇦🇺 households & businesses immediate cost of living bill relief. There's no need to open more gas fields.
www.smh.com.au/business/con...
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This is no silver bullet but these are sensible changes that I pushed for that will help more home buyers, especially in the ACT, get into the market.
Change to help single parents also very welcome.
More needed but a good step from @clareoneilmp.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Change to help single parents also very welcome.
More needed but a good step from @clareoneilmp.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Labor to lift income and property price caps on 'Help to Buy' scheme
Income and property price caps for the housing scheme are set to rise as part of next week's federal budget.
www.abc.net.au
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is no silver bullet but these are sensible changes that I pushed for that will help more home buyers, especially in the ACT, get into the market.
Change to help single parents also very welcome.
More needed but a good step from @clareoneilmp.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Change to help single parents also very welcome.
More needed but a good step from @clareoneilmp.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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NEW DATA: China's wind+solar overtakes thermal capacity🙌
39GW of solar added in Jan-Feb - a million solar panels per day🤯+ 9GW of wind
Thermal generation still dwarfs wind+solar, but new wind+solar (+nuclear+hydro) is broadly meeting elec demand growth, halting further rises
39GW of solar added in Jan-Feb - a million solar panels per day🤯+ 9GW of wind
Thermal generation still dwarfs wind+solar, but new wind+solar (+nuclear+hydro) is broadly meeting elec demand growth, halting further rises
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW DATA: China's wind+solar overtakes thermal capacity🙌
39GW of solar added in Jan-Feb - a million solar panels per day🤯+ 9GW of wind
Thermal generation still dwarfs wind+solar, but new wind+solar (+nuclear+hydro) is broadly meeting elec demand growth, halting further rises
39GW of solar added in Jan-Feb - a million solar panels per day🤯+ 9GW of wind
Thermal generation still dwarfs wind+solar, but new wind+solar (+nuclear+hydro) is broadly meeting elec demand growth, halting further rises
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Taxpayers should not be underwriting infrastructure to import foreign LNG at the same time as multinational companies pay little tax & bank eye-watering profits from exporting 🇦🇺 LNG. We need affordable energy but this is madness 🤯
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Taxpayers should not be underwriting infrastructure to import foreign LNG at the same time as multinational companies pay little tax & bank eye-watering profits from exporting 🇦🇺 LNG. We need affordable energy but this is madness 🤯
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social let’s make this happen!
ARENA roadmap shines light on vehicle-to-grid charging potential
A roadmap for bidirectional electric vehicle charging in Australia, released by ARENA, is set to play a key role in guiding policy and initiatives for the widespread commercialisation of vehicle-to-gr...
www.pv-magazine-australia.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social let’s make this happen!
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How about that NACC?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How about that NACC?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?
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No one should have any illusions about Trump’s trade ‘diplomacy’. It’s America First enforced by crude, strong arm tactics. Australia must respond with strength, putting critical minerals supplies, #AUKUS and JDF Pine Gap on the negotiating table. #auspol
Trump aide says Australia 'killing aluminium market' as US tariffs loom
Anthony Albanese's hopes of securing an exemption from Donald Trump's incoming metals tariffs have been dealt a blow, with a senior presidential adviser accusing Australia of "killing the aluminium ma...
www.abc.net.au
February 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
Bluesky is great, a refreshing change from the enshittification of corporate social media.
But, since joining, I can’t shake this feeling that we are still collectively missing the point. It’s not enough to have “a new place to post”. This piece elegantly articulates what I’m trying to describe.
But, since joining, I can’t shake this feeling that we are still collectively missing the point. It’s not enough to have “a new place to post”. This piece elegantly articulates what I’m trying to describe.
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Bluesky is great, a refreshing change from the enshittification of corporate social media.
But, since joining, I can’t shake this feeling that we are still collectively missing the point. It’s not enough to have “a new place to post”. This piece elegantly articulates what I’m trying to describe.
But, since joining, I can’t shake this feeling that we are still collectively missing the point. It’s not enough to have “a new place to post”. This piece elegantly articulates what I’m trying to describe.