James
@james-eor.bsky.social
Just an awkard background character enthusiastic about urban design & transport planning xP
Raised on Whadjuk land
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Raised on Whadjuk land
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The Town of Victoria Park has revealed nearly 50 trees were removed without authorisation during redevelopment works to a park and adjacent hospitality precinct, and says it is investigating what went wrong.
Council 'shocked and embarrassed' to discover 46 trees mistakenly cut down
The Town of Victoria Park has revealed nearly 50 trees were removed without authorisation during redevelopment works to a park and adjacent hospitality precinct, and says it is investigating what went wrong.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Town of Victoria Park has revealed nearly 50 trees were removed without authorisation during redevelopment works to a park and adjacent hospitality precinct, and says it is investigating what went wrong.
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I wrote in the Sizzle how it turns out giving the government free reign to use your company's cameras as warrantless surveillance machines used by ICE will get backlash - even from police!
(fun fact: the camera-maker, Flock, reportedly counts a NSW government agency as a customer)
(fun fact: the camera-maker, Flock, reportedly counts a NSW government agency as a customer)
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I wrote in the Sizzle how it turns out giving the government free reign to use your company's cameras as warrantless surveillance machines used by ICE will get backlash - even from police!
(fun fact: the camera-maker, Flock, reportedly counts a NSW government agency as a customer)
(fun fact: the camera-maker, Flock, reportedly counts a NSW government agency as a customer)
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The idea *suppliers* of fossil fuels are neutral meeters-of-demand remains one of the worst lies
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The idea *suppliers* of fossil fuels are neutral meeters-of-demand remains one of the worst lies
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
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Gas companies can do what ever they want in Western Australia. Sponsor government science awards? Fine. Advertise through major cultural institutions? Okay. Insert themselves into conservation initiatives? No problem.
July 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Gas companies can do what ever they want in Western Australia. Sponsor government science awards? Fine. Advertise through major cultural institutions? Okay. Insert themselves into conservation initiatives? No problem.
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I started this when I had a little baby. While I was sitting by the cot waiting for the baby to sleep I'd research fossil fuel sponsorships.
That baby is nearly four and sadly fossil fuel sponsorship is still legal so I'm still updating this list.
Here are some patterns I've noticed:
That baby is nearly four and sadly fossil fuel sponsorship is still legal so I'm still updating this list.
Here are some patterns I've noticed:
Who're the fossil fuel corps playing the sponsorship/patronage card in Australia?
Check out Penny Tangey's @pennytangey.bsky.social incredible Australian database of fossil fuel Chumps, Champs & Changers
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Check out Penny Tangey's @pennytangey.bsky.social incredible Australian database of fossil fuel Chumps, Champs & Changers
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Chumps and Champs
docs.google.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I started this when I had a little baby. While I was sitting by the cot waiting for the baby to sleep I'd research fossil fuel sponsorships.
That baby is nearly four and sadly fossil fuel sponsorship is still legal so I'm still updating this list.
Here are some patterns I've noticed:
That baby is nearly four and sadly fossil fuel sponsorship is still legal so I'm still updating this list.
Here are some patterns I've noticed:
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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welcome to 2025 everyone!!
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
welcome to 2025 everyone!!
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Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
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November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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👀 New island town in Marathon Cove is looking lovely. 🌊
@citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com @colossalorder.fi #citiesskylines2
@citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com @colossalorder.fi #citiesskylines2
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
👀 New island town in Marathon Cove is looking lovely. 🌊
@citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com @colossalorder.fi #citiesskylines2
@citiesskylines.paradoxinteractive.com @colossalorder.fi #citiesskylines2
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"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Is that good
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Is that good
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I will never get over the architectural quality of Swiss schools
This is a 14 classroom school by CURA Architekten
This is a 14 classroom school by CURA Architekten
June 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I will never get over the architectural quality of Swiss schools
This is a 14 classroom school by CURA Architekten
This is a 14 classroom school by CURA Architekten
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Cladding made from reclaimed railway sleepers - looks fantastic!
By Reed Watts Architects and Allies & Morrison
timberdevelopment.uk/roundhouse-w...
By Reed Watts Architects and Allies & Morrison
timberdevelopment.uk/roundhouse-w...
June 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Cladding made from reclaimed railway sleepers - looks fantastic!
By Reed Watts Architects and Allies & Morrison
timberdevelopment.uk/roundhouse-w...
By Reed Watts Architects and Allies & Morrison
timberdevelopment.uk/roundhouse-w...
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Shameful really
One of the big contributors is our poor quality of housing. You can rate the thermal performance of housing on a star rating of 0-10.
The average star rating of Australian homes built before 2003? 1.8 stars…
One of the big contributors is our poor quality of housing. You can rate the thermal performance of housing on a star rating of 0-10.
The average star rating of Australian homes built before 2003? 1.8 stars…
June 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Shameful really
One of the big contributors is our poor quality of housing. You can rate the thermal performance of housing on a star rating of 0-10.
The average star rating of Australian homes built before 2003? 1.8 stars…
One of the big contributors is our poor quality of housing. You can rate the thermal performance of housing on a star rating of 0-10.
The average star rating of Australian homes built before 2003? 1.8 stars…
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On the topic of speech-to-text: Norway's national broadcaster NRK is cutting pay for subtitlers bc they're replacing manual translation w/ machine outputs
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
NRK kutter i honoraret til tekstere – skal bruke mer KI
NRK skal effektivisere tekstingen ved hjelp av kunstig intelligens (KI). For teksterne betyr det et heftig kutt i honorarene.
www.kampanje.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
On the topic of speech-to-text: Norway's national broadcaster NRK is cutting pay for subtitlers bc they're replacing manual translation w/ machine outputs
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
Absolutely inevitable trajectory: results that get worse and worse and worse as companies have to exponentially enshittify with worsening slop
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Meta is now running pro-data-center ads in regions with intense development
about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Meta is now running pro-data-center ads in regions with intense development
about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
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"while Labor’s support for net zero creates no danger for the fossil fuel industry, it creates significant danger for our democracy as millions of voters are tricked into believing that they are voting to tackle climate change, when in reality they are voting for fossil fuel expansion"
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"while Labor’s support for net zero creates no danger for the fossil fuel industry, it creates significant danger for our democracy as millions of voters are tricked into believing that they are voting to tackle climate change, when in reality they are voting for fossil fuel expansion"
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Gelukkig hebben we de foto's nog😍
📷: Beeldbank Rijkswaterstaat
📷: Beeldbank Rijkswaterstaat
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Gelukkig hebben we de foto's nog😍
📷: Beeldbank Rijkswaterstaat
📷: Beeldbank Rijkswaterstaat
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Gelukkig hebben we de foto's nog😍
📷: Beeldbank Rijkswaterstaat
📷: Beeldbank Rijkswaterstaat
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What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
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This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine