@oldmansam.bsky.social
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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...it concluded since the landslide was triggered by the melting glacier, and since *that* happened due to rising global temperatures...
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days
Climate change is increasingly predisposing polar regions to large landslides. Tsunamigenic landslides have occurred recently in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), but none have been reported from the east...
www.science.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
...it concluded since the landslide was triggered by the melting glacier, and since *that* happened due to rising global temperatures...
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
This was a signal - and a warning - from our rapidly changing world, heard in every single part of it.
Best we listen up.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
10/
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Wrote about how the camps will come for the rest of us www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Don’t think ‘it can’t happen here’ — it’s already happening
Demonizing rhetoric from the White House, arrests without due process, deporting immigrants to a brutal prison in a foreign country. This is America today.
www.msnbc.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wrote about how the camps will come for the rest of us www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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The cruelty may not necessarily be the point, but the self interest certainly is. And, well
March 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The cruelty may not necessarily be the point, but the self interest certainly is. And, well
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This will/would hit the US economy so much harder than it hits its trading partners.
For everyone else, it’s one trading relationship damaged. For the US it’s all of them simultaneously.
For everyone else, it’s one trading relationship damaged. For the US it’s all of them simultaneously.
Oh dear it appears they are serious about the 20% across-the-board tariff.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
March 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This will/would hit the US economy so much harder than it hits its trading partners.
For everyone else, it’s one trading relationship damaged. For the US it’s all of them simultaneously.
For everyone else, it’s one trading relationship damaged. For the US it’s all of them simultaneously.
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AEC has put out release that includes a reminder that it doesn't love candidates/parties using purple. One candidate that's using purple? Here's a post from Tanya Plibersek over the weekend.
March 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
AEC has put out release that includes a reminder that it doesn't love candidates/parties using purple. One candidate that's using purple? Here's a post from Tanya Plibersek over the weekend.
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When the vice president uses the exact same language as a white supremacist mass murderer www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
March 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
When the vice president uses the exact same language as a white supremacist mass murderer www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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All this scrutiny on SRL - a shame there wasn't enough for North East Link, now hugely over budget, and set to miss its "congestion-busting" promise, just like every big motorway project before it.
Our letter in The Age today.
Our letter in The Age today.
March 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
All this scrutiny on SRL - a shame there wasn't enough for North East Link, now hugely over budget, and set to miss its "congestion-busting" promise, just like every big motorway project before it.
Our letter in The Age today.
Our letter in The Age today.
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"We know we don't have a gas supply shortage. We have a gas export problem in Australia, where we prioritise exporting gas ahead of actually looking after Australian households and businesses."
said @davidpocock.bsky.social on ABC News.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-shor...
said @davidpocock.bsky.social on ABC News.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-shor...
March 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"We know we don't have a gas supply shortage. We have a gas export problem in Australia, where we prioritise exporting gas ahead of actually looking after Australian households and businesses."
said @davidpocock.bsky.social on ABC News.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-shor...
said @davidpocock.bsky.social on ABC News.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-shor...
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lmao getting fact checked irl
March 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
lmao getting fact checked irl
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Absolutely truly pathetic. Scott Morrison would be proud.
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
Party’s full caucus endorsed legislation on Monday morning after three meetings, meaning it can go before parliament this week
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Absolutely truly pathetic. Scott Morrison would be proud.
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s bid to protect Tasmanian salmon industry met with unease from pro-environment MPs
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If direct air capture (DAC), a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique, costs $500 per tonne, removing just US emissions would cost ~$3 trillion annually (that's ~4x US military spending).
It would also require twice the total power generation capacity of the US today (and it has to be 100% carbon-free).
It would also require twice the total power generation capacity of the US today (and it has to be 100% carbon-free).
Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions
Separating carbon dioxide from air, while technically straightforward, is outrageously expensive.
thebulletin.org
March 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If direct air capture (DAC), a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique, costs $500 per tonne, removing just US emissions would cost ~$3 trillion annually (that's ~4x US military spending).
It would also require twice the total power generation capacity of the US today (and it has to be 100% carbon-free).
It would also require twice the total power generation capacity of the US today (and it has to be 100% carbon-free).
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The Coalition is stumbling into this election offering false information around the costs of their energy plan
Election Factcheck: Angus Taylor’s mysteriously cheap nukes
The Coalition is stumbling into this election offering false information around the costs of their energy plan.
reneweconomy.com.au
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Coalition is stumbling into this election offering false information around the costs of their energy plan
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Three in four Australians (76%) support a total ban on gambling ads phased in over three years.
Four in five Australians support banning gambling ads on social media and online (81%) and in stadiums and players’ uniforms (79%), our research has found. ⤵️
Four in five Australians support banning gambling ads on social media and online (81%) and in stadiums and players’ uniforms (79%), our research has found. ⤵️
Polling – Bans on gambling advertising
Polling conducted by The Australia Institute shows widespread support for policies that would restrict advertising for gambling products. The results show
australiainstitute.org.au
March 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Three in four Australians (76%) support a total ban on gambling ads phased in over three years.
Four in five Australians support banning gambling ads on social media and online (81%) and in stadiums and players’ uniforms (79%), our research has found. ⤵️
Four in five Australians support banning gambling ads on social media and online (81%) and in stadiums and players’ uniforms (79%), our research has found. ⤵️
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The geniuses at DOGE are bringing us insights like "I'm not really sure why the tax agency for a country of 330 million people has a larger staff than a midsize bank"
March 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The geniuses at DOGE are bringing us insights like "I'm not really sure why the tax agency for a country of 330 million people has a larger staff than a midsize bank"
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With only 300-1000 swift parrots left on the planet, decisive action must be taken to ensure these incredible birds are not driven to extinction. Protecting their feeding range in NSW by ending native forest logging is critical in giving them a chance of survival.
au.news.yahoo.com/simple-solut...
au.news.yahoo.com/simple-solut...
Urgent plea to protect Aussie bird as numbers plummet to 'dangerous levels'
Experts believe the plan could stop another native species from being wiped out. Find out more.
au.news.yahoo.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
With only 300-1000 swift parrots left on the planet, decisive action must be taken to ensure these incredible birds are not driven to extinction. Protecting their feeding range in NSW by ending native forest logging is critical in giving them a chance of survival.
au.news.yahoo.com/simple-solut...
au.news.yahoo.com/simple-solut...
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On Pine Gap & the critical role it plays in US global surveillance, see (eg):
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04...
In a secluded desert valley lies the most secretive place in Australia, where the US eavesdrops on the world
In the 1960s Alice Springs saw an economic lifeline when America promised to build a space base on the edge of town. But once its bizarre, oversized golf ball-like structures were built, mysterious th...
www.abc.net.au
March 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
On Pine Gap & the critical role it plays in US global surveillance, see (eg):
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04...
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Quick reminder: In 2024, Democrats rejected running on populism that donors and media elites hate, and instead ran explicitly on the donor-approved “abundance agenda.”
This decision got them lauded by pundits and lost the election to Donald Trump.
This decision got them lauded by pundits and lost the election to Donald Trump.
March 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Quick reminder: In 2024, Democrats rejected running on populism that donors and media elites hate, and instead ran explicitly on the donor-approved “abundance agenda.”
This decision got them lauded by pundits and lost the election to Donald Trump.
This decision got them lauded by pundits and lost the election to Donald Trump.
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Excellent run-down on the governance crisis in our universities, by the inestimable Rick Morton www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
Everything that’s wrong with university management
It’s business as usual in the university sector, where exorbitant executive pay, insecure jobs and exploitation of academic staff continue unabated.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
March 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Excellent run-down on the governance crisis in our universities, by the inestimable Rick Morton www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
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The fact we can boycott Tesla and make its stocks dive is evidence we have a lot of collective power.
Who’s next?!
Who’s next?!
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The fact we can boycott Tesla and make its stocks dive is evidence we have a lot of collective power.
Who’s next?!
Who’s next?!
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As foreshadowed by the AFP last year in response to a question from @paulkarp.bsky.social at NPC they did twice force tech companies to provide assistance, but still didn't use powers to make them make something
March 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
As foreshadowed by the AFP last year in response to a question from @paulkarp.bsky.social at NPC they did twice force tech companies to provide assistance, but still didn't use powers to make them make something
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UK Subs detained
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
UK Subs detained
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Thanks guys this is really cute but can you stop logging native forests and tax the gas industry
March 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Thanks guys this is really cute but can you stop logging native forests and tax the gas industry