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It’s impossible, at a practical level, to create a biodiverse habitat from a degraded one, the level of expense and effort required is too high. Yet the very high demand for rights to destroy 1/
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s impossible, at a practical level, to create a biodiverse habitat from a degraded one, the level of expense and effort required is too high. Yet the very high demand for rights to destroy 1/
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This is a fascinating piece. I hadn’t realised how quickly electric trucks are coming on like powering-the-planet.ghost.io/gluttons-for...
Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the le...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is a fascinating piece. I hadn’t realised how quickly electric trucks are coming on like powering-the-planet.ghost.io/gluttons-for...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Well worth a read.
Deepcut News | Substack
Independent journalism that cuts through the spin. Click to read Deepcut News, a Substack publication.
www.deepcutnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Well worth a read.
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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In a scathing opinion piece the CEO of ACOSS claimed that ‘one in eight of us still lives in poverty, including one in six children’, and that 'wealth inequality is worsening'. When we track the data underlying this condemnation of Labor in 2025, we find it was collected under the Coalition in 2019.
Data shows Albo reducing poverty while welfare sector insists he isn’t
Claims from Australia’s welfare peak body appear at odds with reality.
independentaustralia.net
September 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In a scathing opinion piece the CEO of ACOSS claimed that ‘one in eight of us still lives in poverty, including one in six children’, and that 'wealth inequality is worsening'. When we track the data underlying this condemnation of Labor in 2025, we find it was collected under the Coalition in 2019.
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Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think. 🧵
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think. 🧵
August 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think. 🧵
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think. 🧵
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“Show me a list of Australian prime ministers since Robert Menzies, with their names and years in office under their portraits.”
ChatGPT –
ChatGPT –
August 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“Show me a list of Australian prime ministers since Robert Menzies, with their names and years in office under their portraits.”
ChatGPT –
ChatGPT –
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Funny and yet horrifically true summing up. Do watch; they’re very good at what they do.
July 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Funny and yet horrifically true summing up. Do watch; they’re very good at what they do.
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This the context -> Meredith Whitaker at SXSW in the perfect summary of why agentic AI should be a top line concern: youtu.be/jY8cd2YMdI4?...
🗣️ "Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns of "real danger" in agentic AI hype.🥇
YouTube video by Generative Artificial Intelligence
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July 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This the context -> Meredith Whitaker at SXSW in the perfect summary of why agentic AI should be a top line concern: youtu.be/jY8cd2YMdI4?...
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There is no gas shortage in Australia.
Remember: Australia exports 80% of its gas.
Despite the fact that nearly all sides of politics agree, this hasn't stopped Big Gas from pushing the myth of a shortage to justify digging new gas fields.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/forget-...
Remember: Australia exports 80% of its gas.
Despite the fact that nearly all sides of politics agree, this hasn't stopped Big Gas from pushing the myth of a shortage to justify digging new gas fields.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/forget-...
July 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There is no gas shortage in Australia.
Remember: Australia exports 80% of its gas.
Despite the fact that nearly all sides of politics agree, this hasn't stopped Big Gas from pushing the myth of a shortage to justify digging new gas fields.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/forget-...
Remember: Australia exports 80% of its gas.
Despite the fact that nearly all sides of politics agree, this hasn't stopped Big Gas from pushing the myth of a shortage to justify digging new gas fields.
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/forget-...
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Big gas claims there's a shortage, while they export 80% of our gas.
To add insult to injury, it's driving our energy prices up.
Please share our TV ad, and add your name to the petition ⤵️
theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...
To add insult to injury, it's driving our energy prices up.
Please share our TV ad, and add your name to the petition ⤵️
theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Big gas claims there's a shortage, while they export 80% of our gas.
To add insult to injury, it's driving our energy prices up.
Please share our TV ad, and add your name to the petition ⤵️
theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...
To add insult to injury, it's driving our energy prices up.
Please share our TV ad, and add your name to the petition ⤵️
theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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The gas industry has had higher profit margins than ANY other sector in Australia over the last few years.
That's unsurprising when you know how little tax they pay. A THREAD (1/5)
That's unsurprising when you know how little tax they pay. A THREAD (1/5)
June 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The gas industry has had higher profit margins than ANY other sector in Australia over the last few years.
That's unsurprising when you know how little tax they pay. A THREAD (1/5)
That's unsurprising when you know how little tax they pay. A THREAD (1/5)
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Must-read! 👇🏽
The real cover-up is of Trump's disordered mental state
Sanewashing didn't end with the 2024 campaign.
www.publicnotice.co
June 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Must-read! 👇🏽
This seems to be a pretty good explanation on the proposed tax on superannuation over $3M & why the independents are opposing it.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20839/...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20839/...
Super stoush reveals teals’ leanings
The attacks on Labor’s proposed superannuation tax reform have exposed inconsistencies in the progressive agendas of the independents.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This seems to be a pretty good explanation on the proposed tax on superannuation over $3M & why the independents are opposing it.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20839/...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20839/...
Night sky from the Coorong
May 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Night sky from the Coorong
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the 7th Apollo launch successfully carried a crew. the 8th took people to lunar orbit. the 11th landed people on the moon.
"starship" has launched 9 times and each one has exploded. at this point, they're just very expensive fireworks.
"starship" has launched 9 times and each one has exploded. at this point, they're just very expensive fireworks.
May 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
the 7th Apollo launch successfully carried a crew. the 8th took people to lunar orbit. the 11th landed people on the moon.
"starship" has launched 9 times and each one has exploded. at this point, they're just very expensive fireworks.
"starship" has launched 9 times and each one has exploded. at this point, they're just very expensive fireworks.
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Starship was doomed to fail because the entire concept is flawed and Musk doesn't understand engineering: www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
May 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Starship was doomed to fail because the entire concept is flawed and Musk doesn't understand engineering: www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
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"Approval of the North West Shelf extension would be easily one of the worst decisions ever made by an Environment Minister in Australia's history," said @grogsgamut.bsky.social.
May 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Approval of the North West Shelf extension would be easily one of the worst decisions ever made by an Environment Minister in Australia's history," said @grogsgamut.bsky.social.
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Watching #4Corners tonight and all the Libs on camera are saying how Aussies didn’t get to know Peter Dutton during the campaign properly and my partner looks across at me and says “Nah, we knew him, we just thought he was a cunt” and never has a truer word been spoken …
May 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Watching #4Corners tonight and all the Libs on camera are saying how Aussies didn’t get to know Peter Dutton during the campaign properly and my partner looks across at me and says “Nah, we knew him, we just thought he was a cunt” and never has a truer word been spoken …