NightKhaos
@nightkhaos.bsky.social
I work on the Cloud, which is good because my head is often in them.
His name is Boots and yes he fits.
His name is Boots and yes he fits.
The irony of the NBC watermark.
May 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The irony of the NBC watermark.
You piss them off too much... Suddenly Kevin Rudd is replaced by Julia Gillard. Or you get LNP elected in QLD because "it's time to give the other guys a go". The good news is, the influence of the giants is slowly dying. People are waking up to their bullshit, or they're self destructing. (5/5)
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
You piss them off too much... Suddenly Kevin Rudd is replaced by Julia Gillard. Or you get LNP elected in QLD because "it's time to give the other guys a go". The good news is, the influence of the giants is slowly dying. People are waking up to their bullshit, or they're self destructing. (5/5)
Would I like us to move to socialised manufacturing and entirely public essential services? Yes. Do I know that the moment the Liberals get into power it'll immediately be sold to make a quick buck? Also yes. As frustrating as it is, you have work with the industry and slowly erode their power (4/5)
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Would I like us to move to socialised manufacturing and entirely public essential services? Yes. Do I know that the moment the Liberals get into power it'll immediately be sold to make a quick buck? Also yes. As frustrating as it is, you have work with the industry and slowly erode their power (4/5)
With FMIA, on the other hand, you're not dealing with a natural monopoly, where you need a heavy hand. You're dealing with industries that are going to have competition, so you can use an incentive to keep them in line. You screw over Australians, well we'll just buy from China instead. (3/5)
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
With FMIA, on the other hand, you're not dealing with a natural monopoly, where you need a heavy hand. You're dealing with industries that are going to have competition, so you can use an incentive to keep them in line. You screw over Australians, well we'll just buy from China instead. (3/5)
It can be difficult to figure out what will work through, NBNCo needed more time in the oven before it was cut loose, and we've suffered with high prices due to high debt of the organisation. Something an injection of funds could fix, if we can convince the government to do that. (2/5)
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It can be difficult to figure out what will work through, NBNCo needed more time in the oven before it was cut loose, and we've suffered with high prices due to high debt of the organisation. Something an injection of funds could fix, if we can convince the government to do that. (2/5)
Yes, but, if you structure it in a way that it can be sold, it will be sold. Then you lose any control you would have had. Look at Telstra, the only lever that was available to be pulled was the USO... simply put, there wasn't enough leverage built into the initial regulation. (1/5)
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes, but, if you structure it in a way that it can be sold, it will be sold. Then you lose any control you would have had. Look at Telstra, the only lever that was available to be pulled was the USO... simply put, there wasn't enough leverage built into the initial regulation. (1/5)
Exactly. Policy makers don't yet have faith that future governments won't continue to sell anything not bolted down, so they hedge against it with public/private partnerships. It makes us vulnerable, but less vulnerable than we would be if it was purely public sector.
May 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Exactly. Policy makers don't yet have faith that future governments won't continue to sell anything not bolted down, so they hedge against it with public/private partnerships. It makes us vulnerable, but less vulnerable than we would be if it was purely public sector.
There are reasons for that: austerity. Simply put, any public sector investment can be very easily undermined by future governments. This is why so much of that Labor does (e.g. the NBN) exists "outside" the budget. I'm hoping austerity is a thing of the past, but not enough to not hedge against it.
May 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There are reasons for that: austerity. Simply put, any public sector investment can be very easily undermined by future governments. This is why so much of that Labor does (e.g. the NBN) exists "outside" the budget. I'm hoping austerity is a thing of the past, but not enough to not hedge against it.
The fossil fuel industry are the ones who wanted nuclear energy because it would cement centralised baseload style energy in Australia, and require significant investment in maintaining coal and building gas based energy in Australia for the next 20 years.
May 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The fossil fuel industry are the ones who wanted nuclear energy because it would cement centralised baseload style energy in Australia, and require significant investment in maintaining coal and building gas based energy in Australia for the next 20 years.
Our reliance on gas, without a domestic reserve, especially when we have domestic supply of both cobolt and lithium, as well as rare earth minerals, is frankly the dumbest part of Australian politics right now. Hopefully we can transition with Future Made in Australia away from this lunacy.
May 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Our reliance on gas, without a domestic reserve, especially when we have domestic supply of both cobolt and lithium, as well as rare earth minerals, is frankly the dumbest part of Australian politics right now. Hopefully we can transition with Future Made in Australia away from this lunacy.
Objectively not true. It's an extremely helpful technology in certain situations, sure, but it's not the only path to carbon free, and it's definitely not right for Australia specifically. The only real advantage Australia has related to Nuclear is availability of Uranium, which isn't enough.
May 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Objectively not true. It's an extremely helpful technology in certain situations, sure, but it's not the only path to carbon free, and it's definitely not right for Australia specifically. The only real advantage Australia has related to Nuclear is availability of Uranium, which isn't enough.
Not for Australia. Even our most fertile farmland suffers from water rights issues, meaning that we have limited viable sites for Nuclear without investing in expensive, untested dry reactor technologies. We also lack the demand for the type of energy (consistent supply) that Nuclear would provide.
May 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Not for Australia. Even our most fertile farmland suffers from water rights issues, meaning that we have limited viable sites for Nuclear without investing in expensive, untested dry reactor technologies. We also lack the demand for the type of energy (consistent supply) that Nuclear would provide.
If this were a homicide 2008 would be "involuntary manslaughter from gross negligence" and this is straight up murder.
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If this were a homicide 2008 would be "involuntary manslaughter from gross negligence" and this is straight up murder.
There is a difference between bad policy eventually leading to an unfavourable outcome and bad policy immediately leading to an unfavourable outcome. If this were a homicide, the former is "involuntary manslaughter from gross negligence" and the latter is murder.
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
There is a difference between bad policy eventually leading to an unfavourable outcome and bad policy immediately leading to an unfavourable outcome. If this were a homicide, the former is "involuntary manslaughter from gross negligence" and the latter is murder.
Why don't we use their own terms against them? This is a rapid unscheduled disassembly of the economy.
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Why don't we use their own terms against them? This is a rapid unscheduled disassembly of the economy.
And if I inspire you to do a video on this, great! Or is this better suited for the misinformation debunking talents of someone like @climatetown.bsky.social?
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And if I inspire you to do a video on this, great! Or is this better suited for the misinformation debunking talents of someone like @climatetown.bsky.social?
I always love your videos because you have a way of cutting through the propaganda and focusing on the science, and when I try and research this on my own I feel completely out of my depth.
I guess I'm asking, am I on the right track, and can you recommend any readings in this area?
I guess I'm asking, am I on the right track, and can you recommend any readings in this area?
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I always love your videos because you have a way of cutting through the propaganda and focusing on the science, and when I try and research this on my own I feel completely out of my depth.
I guess I'm asking, am I on the right track, and can you recommend any readings in this area?
I guess I'm asking, am I on the right track, and can you recommend any readings in this area?
And then we have concerns about recycling, and I keep seeing numbers of 95% recyclable, but when I dive in further only a fraction of that recycling is actually happening, and a lot are just going to landfill. But how bad is that compared to what we currently put in landfill?
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And then we have concerns about recycling, and I keep seeing numbers of 95% recyclable, but when I dive in further only a fraction of that recycling is actually happening, and a lot are just going to landfill. But how bad is that compared to what we currently put in landfill?
I keep seeing articles talking about heavy metals in the panels, but when I try and find actual research conducted the research is about how the heavy metals are insoluble and extremely unlikely to leak into the environment, or no environmental contamination was found.
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I keep seeing articles talking about heavy metals in the panels, but when I try and find actual research conducted the research is about how the heavy metals are insoluble and extremely unlikely to leak into the environment, or no environmental contamination was found.
Don't forget to publish 19 different versions and tell us that there are 20.
December 27, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Don't forget to publish 19 different versions and tell us that there are 20.