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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Life goal: To never be the subject of all four top stories on rnz dot co dot nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Life goal: To never be the subject of all four top stories on rnz dot co dot nz
Maybe Australia should ask Canada for help with the emus.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Maybe Australia should ask Canada for help with the emus.
For whatever reason I wasn't vaccinated against measles, and since I work in school, now seemed a good time. A local pharmacy was happy to oblige.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
For whatever reason I wasn't vaccinated against measles, and since I work in school, now seemed a good time. A local pharmacy was happy to oblige.
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It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Read more in The Point ⤵️
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
Two growing tax loopholes that are exploited by the rich – and how to plug the leaks
Those on million-dollar incomes should not be able to manipulate the tax system to avoid paying their fair share.
thepoint.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Read more in The Point ⤵️
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
This sounds like the most appropriate thing that has ever happened.
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, spotted at Donald Trump’s 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was also reportedly there, but her office declined to confirm whether Hanson attended.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was also reportedly there, but her office declined to confirm whether Hanson attended.
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party
The 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed bash also reportedly attracted the likes of One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, though her office did not confirm
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This sounds like the most appropriate thing that has ever happened.
Funding research in NZ has always been hard. But what the government has done to Marsden is truly shameful.
Dr Samuel Mehr says the Government values science, but their "idiotic" approach to funding it will cost them their best and brightest.
Winner of top science prize blames ‘batshit’ Budget for brain drain
newsroom.co.nz
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Funding research in NZ has always been hard. But what the government has done to Marsden is truly shameful.
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
In Auckland we were supported by some amazing singing and drumming.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
More than 100,000 march through streets as part of nationwide strike action
Workers several sectors walked off the job in increasingly bitter disputes over pay and conditions.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In Auckland we were supported by some amazing singing and drumming.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Maybe you're not getting enough heavy metals in your diet.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Tech Bros Have Been Accidentally Poisoning Themselves With Severe Brain Toxins for Years
Among the worst offenders was meal-replacement company Huel, a long-time favorite among Bay Area builders.
futurism.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Maybe you're not getting enough heavy metals in your diet.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Unusual for an obituary to omit the last 68 years of someone's life. Vale CN Yang.
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103 | China | The Guardian share.google/3U6t7yl0lY74...
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103 | China | The Guardian share.google/3U6t7yl0lY74...
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103
Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics
share.google
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Unusual for an obituary to omit the last 68 years of someone's life. Vale CN Yang.
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103 | China | The Guardian share.google/3U6t7yl0lY74...
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103 | China | The Guardian share.google/3U6t7yl0lY74...
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Group of 20 economists ... "change course urgently".
Text of letter at link.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/group-of-2...
Text of letter at link.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/group-of-2...
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Group of 20 economists ... "change course urgently".
Text of letter at link.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/group-of-2...
Text of letter at link.
ganeshnana.substack.com/p/group-of-2...
Sound Patio
Subtly downgrade a band:
Contentment Division
Contentment Division
Subtly downgrade a band:
Puce Floyd
Puce Floyd
September 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Sound Patio
Nothing to see here.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Hegseth orders hundreds of senior military officers to Virginia for highly unusual meeting
No one seems to know what the meeting is about, including military leaders themselves.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Nothing to see here.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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Inspired by this + fossil giant Eni's fusion investments to update my 'greenwashing habitable zone' conceptualisation of what techs seem to lend themselves to being the most useful for bullshitty climate delay
Welcome to the zone, fusion, you finally made the cut
Top right = The Altman Expanse
Welcome to the zone, fusion, you finally made the cut
Top right = The Altman Expanse
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Inspired by this + fossil giant Eni's fusion investments to update my 'greenwashing habitable zone' conceptualisation of what techs seem to lend themselves to being the most useful for bullshitty climate delay
Welcome to the zone, fusion, you finally made the cut
Top right = The Altman Expanse
Welcome to the zone, fusion, you finally made the cut
Top right = The Altman Expanse
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David Pope in Canberra Times
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times