Tim
@tdc24.bsky.social
Pale, male, stale. 🇦🇺. Bikes, Rail Trails, politics, pedantry, punditry, nature, reduce carbon & plastic pollution now. God-bothering bible-bashers & other sky-daddy adherents will be ridiculed &/or blocked. Only atomic particles live forever.
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Melbourne and Sydney have similar populations - but their trains are a lot more frequent than ours, especially on weekends.
Frequent services make it so much easier to use public transport - especially when heading to events or appointments, or interchanging from other lines.
Frequent services make it so much easier to use public transport - especially when heading to events or appointments, or interchanging from other lines.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Melbourne and Sydney have similar populations - but their trains are a lot more frequent than ours, especially on weekends.
Frequent services make it so much easier to use public transport - especially when heading to events or appointments, or interchanging from other lines.
Frequent services make it so much easier to use public transport - especially when heading to events or appointments, or interchanging from other lines.
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Australia’s toxic algal bloom has killed 87,000 animals – and summer’s coming https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/australias-algal-bloom-catastrophe-has-left-more-than-87000-animals-dead-and-summers-approaching #auspol
Australia’s toxic algal bloom has killed 87,000 animals – and summer’s coming
An unprecedented toxic algal bloom in South Australia has devastated marine life, tourism and fishing. With no clear end in sight, scientists warn it may become a permanent feature of local waters – and research cuts risk making it worse.
johnmenadue.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Australia’s toxic algal bloom has killed 87,000 animals – and summer’s coming https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/australias-algal-bloom-catastrophe-has-left-more-than-87000-animals-dead-and-summers-approaching #auspol
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What's a pirate's favorite programming language?
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November 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What's a pirate's favorite programming language?
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. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue, while some of its activities will be relocated elsewhere within the CSIRO.
They include: climate intelligence and advice; unlocking net zero; waste; and valuing and restoring biodiversity, nature and healthy ecosystems.
Insane
They include: climate intelligence and advice; unlocking net zero; waste; and valuing and restoring biodiversity, nature and healthy ecosystems.
Insane
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue, while some of its activities will be relocated elsewhere within the CSIRO.
They include: climate intelligence and advice; unlocking net zero; waste; and valuing and restoring biodiversity, nature and healthy ecosystems.
Insane
They include: climate intelligence and advice; unlocking net zero; waste; and valuing and restoring biodiversity, nature and healthy ecosystems.
Insane
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But I noticed she kept apologising despite doing nothing wrong!
Society has got to stop convincing women and girls that they or their actions, deliberate or accidental, are inconvenient. Stop convincing them to shrink down.
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Society has got to stop convincing women and girls that they or their actions, deliberate or accidental, are inconvenient. Stop convincing them to shrink down.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
But I noticed she kept apologising despite doing nothing wrong!
Society has got to stop convincing women and girls that they or their actions, deliberate or accidental, are inconvenient. Stop convincing them to shrink down.
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Society has got to stop convincing women and girls that they or their actions, deliberate or accidental, are inconvenient. Stop convincing them to shrink down.
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It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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This morning at #COP30 in Belém, Australian joined a group led by Colombia that will plan a fossil fuel phaseout outside the UN process, with the first meeting to be held next year in Santa Marta. It is the most significant statement AUS has made on future of fossil fuels to date.
Story to come.
Story to come.
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This morning at #COP30 in Belém, Australian joined a group led by Colombia that will plan a fossil fuel phaseout outside the UN process, with the first meeting to be held next year in Santa Marta. It is the most significant statement AUS has made on future of fossil fuels to date.
Story to come.
Story to come.
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"chatbots are just like calculators therefore it's fine to allow them being crammed into every corner of education" is absurdly silly on a million levels, but the most simple imo is that people *actually use them as calculators* - delivering incorrect answers for many millions times the energy use
Chatbot energy scores are welcome - but don't forget the toxic context of AI overconsumption
Julien Delavande , an engineer at AI research firm Hugging Face , has developed a tool that shows in real time the power consumption of the chatbot generating your query, and presents that energy valu...
www.linkedin.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"chatbots are just like calculators therefore it's fine to allow them being crammed into every corner of education" is absurdly silly on a million levels, but the most simple imo is that people *actually use them as calculators* - delivering incorrect answers for many millions times the energy use
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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
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Governments across Europe subsidise bottom trawling to the tune of €1.3 billion every year
Despite the huge emissions and despite the total annihilation of marine
Yet not one word about this at #cop30
Despite the huge emissions and despite the total annihilation of marine
Yet not one word about this at #cop30
#Cop30 does nothing
Every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of c02 into the atmosphere, as much as the entire UK emits annually, and double the annual emissions from fuel combustion of entire global fishing fleet of about 4 million vessels.
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
Every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of c02 into the atmosphere, as much as the entire UK emits annually, and double the annual emissions from fuel combustion of entire global fishing fleet of about 4 million vessels.
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves | Euractiv
Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice
www.euractiv.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Governments across Europe subsidise bottom trawling to the tune of €1.3 billion every year
Despite the huge emissions and despite the total annihilation of marine
Yet not one word about this at #cop30
Despite the huge emissions and despite the total annihilation of marine
Yet not one word about this at #cop30
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Quick!!!! Someone purchase some fire reduction offsets
A fire erupted in a pavilion of the UN’s climate talks in Brazil today, forcing panicked delegates to run for the exits and disrupting tense negotiations among ministers from around the world.
jrnl.ie/6881395
jrnl.ie/6881395
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Quick!!!! Someone purchase some fire reduction offsets
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"Australia’s news outlets don’t interrogate AUKUS, instead merely asking, 'Is AUKUS on track or in jeopardy?'”
One of the reasons Australians appear to support #AUKUS:
Mainstream media is hopeless at presenting the real costs and threats.
Which suits this secretive government just fine. #auspol
One of the reasons Australians appear to support #AUKUS:
Mainstream media is hopeless at presenting the real costs and threats.
Which suits this secretive government just fine. #auspol
Like a Rubik’s Cube, AUKUS reveals a different problem depending on which way you turn it. But Australians are increasingly in support of it.
AUKUS is finding public support despite its many problems. Why?
www.crikey.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Since demise of Whitlam, orchestrated remotely from UK & US, our govts have been cowed into subordination to US. We need to become a Republic; to review constitution re role and composition of Senate; to extricate ourselves from foreign policy control by US. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Denouement: trapped between empires - Part 6
“What you in Australia must understand is that you are more to blame than the CIA. You want this to happen, you want a certain administration in control, and you don’t want another administration in c...
johnmenadue.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Since demise of Whitlam, orchestrated remotely from UK & US, our govts have been cowed into subordination to US. We need to become a Republic; to review constitution re role and composition of Senate; to extricate ourselves from foreign policy control by US. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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FOR EURYDICE 🕊️
We remember Eurydice Dixon, who would have turned 30 last week.
In the eight years since her murder, 719 women and children have also been murdered.
We must all fight harder for change.
#AusPol #AusPol2025 #GeorgiePurcell #WomensRights #VicPol #SpringSt
We remember Eurydice Dixon, who would have turned 30 last week.
In the eight years since her murder, 719 women and children have also been murdered.
We must all fight harder for change.
#AusPol #AusPol2025 #GeorgiePurcell #WomensRights #VicPol #SpringSt
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
FOR EURYDICE 🕊️
We remember Eurydice Dixon, who would have turned 30 last week.
In the eight years since her murder, 719 women and children have also been murdered.
We must all fight harder for change.
#AusPol #AusPol2025 #GeorgiePurcell #WomensRights #VicPol #SpringSt
We remember Eurydice Dixon, who would have turned 30 last week.
In the eight years since her murder, 719 women and children have also been murdered.
We must all fight harder for change.
#AusPol #AusPol2025 #GeorgiePurcell #WomensRights #VicPol #SpringSt
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Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
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[Q]: Do you believe that only D Trump can end this war?
EU foreign policy chief Kallas: No, in order to end this war, you need the 🇺🇦 & 🇪🇺 also to agree to those plans. Of course, Putin could end this war immediately if he just stopped bombing civilians and killing people.
#Ukraine #Russia
EU foreign policy chief Kallas: No, in order to end this war, you need the 🇺🇦 & 🇪🇺 also to agree to those plans. Of course, Putin could end this war immediately if he just stopped bombing civilians and killing people.
#Ukraine #Russia
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This piece is worth re-reading occasionally... just as a reminder of the ruinous policies of the Howard years.
It was published in 2017 but remains no less relevant; housing affordability has gotten worse and nationalism has increased.
The update is that Morrison vies for "worst ever"
#auspol
It was published in 2017 but remains no less relevant; housing affordability has gotten worse and nationalism has increased.
The update is that Morrison vies for "worst ever"
#auspol
Australia still plagued by destructive policies of John Howard, our worst prime minister
Don't blame Turnbull: almost every trouble afflicting Australia had its genesis in a Howard government decision.
www.smh.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This piece is worth re-reading occasionally... just as a reminder of the ruinous policies of the Howard years.
It was published in 2017 but remains no less relevant; housing affordability has gotten worse and nationalism has increased.
The update is that Morrison vies for "worst ever"
#auspol
It was published in 2017 but remains no less relevant; housing affordability has gotten worse and nationalism has increased.
The update is that Morrison vies for "worst ever"
#auspol
Australia needs a stronger CSIRO
Knowledge is our best strategic reserve
actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...
Knowledge is our best strategic reserve
actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...
CSIRO needs urgent support
CSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research.
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Australia needs a stronger CSIRO
Knowledge is our best strategic reserve
actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...
Knowledge is our best strategic reserve
actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...
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