Ian Kath
@iankath.bsky.social
Old school Engineering Pattern Maker producing art for others at UAP (Urban Art Projects). 10+ years in film prop and practical SFX. Soon to be retired making things for myself and to give people something to smile about. Car free and #Bikepacking
We’re fucked.
With these declining percentages of people believing in climate change there’s no way things will turn around. People just don’t understand the basic science. And we grey beards can already compare the difference from our youth so we’re in despair 😩
With these declining percentages of people believing in climate change there’s no way things will turn around. People just don’t understand the basic science. And we grey beards can already compare the difference from our youth so we’re in despair 😩
Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of older Australians believe climate change can be prevented
Results show a ‘general sense of gloom’ as fewer Australians now believe climate change is caused by humans compared with March
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We’re fucked.
With these declining percentages of people believing in climate change there’s no way things will turn around. People just don’t understand the basic science. And we grey beards can already compare the difference from our youth so we’re in despair 😩
With these declining percentages of people believing in climate change there’s no way things will turn around. People just don’t understand the basic science. And we grey beards can already compare the difference from our youth so we’re in despair 😩
Toyota is so late to the party I doubt this will make a great impact. Sure they’ll sell a few BEVs but chasing the hydrogen boondoggle is a complete waste. In the mean time Chinese BEVs will eat their lunch.
Toyota HiLux EV and ‘game-changing’ hydrogen ute confirmed for Australia
The popular Toyota HiLux is losing its petrol engine but keeping diesel power while gaining both electric and hydrogen fuel-cell versions.
www.carexpert.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Toyota is so late to the party I doubt this will make a great impact. Sure they’ll sell a few BEVs but chasing the hydrogen boondoggle is a complete waste. In the mean time Chinese BEVs will eat their lunch.
This is what we’ll see more of as we move over to the electrification of everything
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is what we’ll see more of as we move over to the electrification of everything
Thanks to @documental.ly substack (which I’ve been a paid reader for years) I’ve just read this sobering account about Superintelligent AI.
I haven’t felt this way since walking out of the cinema after seeing “The Day After” in 1983. I’m just much older and have less life to miss out on this time.
I haven’t felt this way since walking out of the cinema after seeing “The Day After” in 1983. I’m just much older and have less life to miss out on this time.
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Thanks to @documental.ly substack (which I’ve been a paid reader for years) I’ve just read this sobering account about Superintelligent AI.
I haven’t felt this way since walking out of the cinema after seeing “The Day After” in 1983. I’m just much older and have less life to miss out on this time.
I haven’t felt this way since walking out of the cinema after seeing “The Day After” in 1983. I’m just much older and have less life to miss out on this time.
I’m Not a Robot – What a great little film.
Watch the Sci-Fi Short Film “I’m Not a Robot”: Winner of a 2025 Academy Award
Victoria Warmerdam, the writer and director of the short film, 'I’m Not a Robot,' summarizes the plot of her 22-minute film as follows:
www.openculture.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’m Not a Robot – What a great little film.
When you spend years striving for a goal, it’s an odd feeling to finally arrive. Six years and I’m now retired in my new home.
July 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
When you spend years striving for a goal, it’s an odd feeling to finally arrive. Six years and I’m now retired in my new home.
After nearly 50 working years I’m retiring in 5 hours. And other than payroll and my immediate supervisor, no one knows.
July 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
After nearly 50 working years I’m retiring in 5 hours. And other than payroll and my immediate supervisor, no one knows.
Thirty years ago we paid off the house and we’re mortgage free. A month later we broke up. I’ve been paying rent and mortgage ever since… Until today. Accommodation is now fully paid for. What a relief.
June 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thirty years ago we paid off the house and we’re mortgage free. A month later we broke up. I’ve been paying rent and mortgage ever since… Until today. Accommodation is now fully paid for. What a relief.
Gaia theory has always been a concept I’ve been fascinated with. This is an extension where we have a global intelligence.
www.livescience.com/technology/c...
www.livescience.com/technology/c...
Could a planet really develop a brain?
"My contention is that Earth may, if we are lucky and diligent and clever enough, grow an emergent superconsciousness."
www.livescience.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Gaia theory has always been a concept I’ve been fascinated with. This is an extension where we have a global intelligence.
www.livescience.com/technology/c...
www.livescience.com/technology/c...
Well so much for any more career advancement 🤷♂️
Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff
Announcement prompts raucous celebration and delight among 50,000 pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Well so much for any more career advancement 🤷♂️
On Monday, does Peter Dutton have to go to his parliamentary office to clean it out or do they just send him the boxes? I suppose he could just ask John Howard.
May 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
On Monday, does Peter Dutton have to go to his parliamentary office to clean it out or do they just send him the boxes? I suppose he could just ask John Howard.
“We’ve tried Dutton - what else have we got? Well not much because if Angus Taylor is the answer, it’s a stupid question.” — Graham Richardson
May 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“We’ve tried Dutton - what else have we got? Well not much because if Angus Taylor is the answer, it’s a stupid question.” — Graham Richardson
My lifetime has now become history.
This is introducing Countdown to younger generations as a historical phenomenon and for me it’s my youth.
This is introducing Countdown to younger generations as a historical phenomenon and for me it’s my youth.
One in five Australians used to watch this show. Now clips thought lost forever have been found
Every week, Sunday night six o'clock, Australians settled down to watch a show so famous even King Charles III made an appearance.
www.abc.net.au
April 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My lifetime has now become history.
This is introducing Countdown to younger generations as a historical phenomenon and for me it’s my youth.
This is introducing Countdown to younger generations as a historical phenomenon and for me it’s my youth.
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Oh, That’s perfect.
Had the thought that Peter Dutton is the Igor to Trump’s evil supervillain and cannot shake it.
March 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Oh, That’s perfect.
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A little under two hours to go.
March Equinox is on Thursday evening at 2001 AEDT / 0901 UTC, and wnhatever time it is where you are. www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A little under two hours to go.
47% less dangerous to cycle than to drive. Meaning it's twice as dangerous to drive than to cycle, considering all aspects of the impacts of cycling and driving on lifestyle and health outcomes. Add a good diet, other exercise, community etc and the outcomes are amazing.
Death By Car Vs Death By Driving
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
47% less dangerous to cycle than to drive. Meaning it's twice as dangerous to drive than to cycle, considering all aspects of the impacts of cycling and driving on lifestyle and health outcomes. Add a good diet, other exercise, community etc and the outcomes are amazing.
Reposted by Ian Kath
February 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Reposted by Ian Kath
Canada can’t win a direct confrontation with the U.S., but it sure can make the U.S. lose.
Dark analysis. Entirely correct, and dark.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
Dark analysis. Entirely correct, and dark.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Canada can’t win a direct confrontation with the U.S., but it sure can make the U.S. lose.
Dark analysis. Entirely correct, and dark.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
Dark analysis. Entirely correct, and dark.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
A leafy needs to just do the right things not just the pretty easy things.
The case for bravery and frankness in politics
“Your affections are a sick man’s appetite ... a strange [petition] to break the heart of generosity.” – Coriolanus, Act I, by William Shakespeare Australia is one of a handful of nations where the ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A leafy needs to just do the right things not just the pretty easy things.
As the NAZIs take over and the temptation is to rage or panic, here’s some sound ancient advice in only the wordy smith way of @johnbirmingham.bsky.social
Stoic AF.
Welcome back, weary traveller, to the demon-haunted hellscape of our modern politics.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As the NAZIs take over and the temptation is to rage or panic, here’s some sound ancient advice in only the wordy smith way of @johnbirmingham.bsky.social
As the NAZIs take over and the temptation is to rage or panic, here’s some sound ancient advice in only the wordy smith way of @johnbirmingham.bsky.social
Stoic AF.
Welcome back, weary traveller, to the demon-haunted hellscape of our modern politics.
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
As the NAZIs take over and the temptation is to rage or panic, here’s some sound ancient advice in only the wordy smith way of @johnbirmingham.bsky.social
Peter Dutton seems less austere these days. Obviously he’s had a makeover to look more appealing but other than the spectacles, what do you think the stylist have done to him? I’d there a little bronzer on the chrome dome? #auspol
January 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Peter Dutton seems less austere these days. Obviously he’s had a makeover to look more appealing but other than the spectacles, what do you think the stylist have done to him? I’d there a little bronzer on the chrome dome? #auspol
Why had l not seen this mashup before?
Gotye - Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra
YouTube video by gotyemusic
youtu.be
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Why had l not seen this mashup before?