Willem de Beer
@willemdb.bsky.social
Physicist, seismologist, avgeek, trainlover, passionate believer in public schooling and public health.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Is bird-dogging your Roman empire? Macquarie Dictionary reveals word of the year finalists
‘AI slop’, ‘Australian sushi’ and ‘ate (left no crumbs)’ are also among the shortlist, which is open for voting until Sunday night
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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The other petrostates are powering ahead. Meanwhile, back in Australia, the Coalition...
This oil-rich country has stood in the way of climate action. It’s quietly building a clean energy empire | CNN
The planet’s ultimate petrostate is making a bet on clean energy — even as the Trump administration seeks to strangle solar and wind.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The other petrostates are powering ahead. Meanwhile, back in Australia, the Coalition...
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That these women have to make this advertisement - AFTER the police inquiries, court cases, constant public media inquisition, the innuendo and the smears - says everything about how child abuse is regarded by those in power when it crosses into their domain.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
That these women have to make this advertisement - AFTER the police inquiries, court cases, constant public media inquisition, the innuendo and the smears - says everything about how child abuse is regarded by those in power when it crosses into their domain.
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👋 Hey #auspol! What's up?!
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
IT'S HERE!
Liberal Lies Collector Card #6:
"Renewables are driving up power bills"
The Truth?
Electricity is expensive because of surging fossil fuel prices.
🔄 Repost to share the truth
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👇 See thread for extra details
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#auspol #factcheck #AusVotes2025
Liberal Lies Collector Card #6:
"Renewables are driving up power bills"
The Truth?
Electricity is expensive because of surging fossil fuel prices.
🔄 Repost to share the truth
💾 Save now to quickly share
👇 See thread for extra details
➕ Follow for more!
#auspol #factcheck #AusVotes2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
👋 Hey #auspol! What's up?!
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
Quick 🧵
It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?)
#factcheck #AusVotes2028
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Evilgelicals 😈
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Evilgelicals 😈
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Days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft: 0
Deakin University admits underpaying wages to casual staff totalling $2.9m and announces payback process for those affected.
Read more: nteu.au/News_Article...
#HigherEducation #AcademicSky #HigherEd #auspol
Read more: nteu.au/News_Article...
#HigherEducation #AcademicSky #HigherEd #auspol
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft: 0
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Actually reading the Bible instead of having some Janky Pastor read it for you, can be very eye opening
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Actually reading the Bible instead of having some Janky Pastor read it for you, can be very eye opening
Good on them.
I agree. The #FOI bill
was disastrous and would only reinforce their current aversion to #accountability and #integrity. Thank you.
was disastrous and would only reinforce their current aversion to #accountability and #integrity. Thank you.
We make no apologies for blocking Labor’s disastrous bill to kill FOI. The task for this Parliament is to make government more transparent and more accountable. Right now the Albanese government is the greatest obstacle to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Good on them.
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A scatterbrain, populist, naive initiative.
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A scatterbrain, populist, naive initiative.
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
Let parents & education system do their jobs.
Focus on real issues like a functioning # NACC, genuine donor reform, gambling advertising reform, including universal non-cosmetic dental in Medicare…and other big, bold, transformational policies.
#auspol
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Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
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None of the businesses or government buildings are open on a Saturday
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
NSW Police fought tooth and nail to prevent a pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbor Bridge.
NSW Police allow neo-Nazis to rally.
NSW Police use their powers to beat-up/arrest peaceful pro-Palestinian activists.
NSW Police have no powers to stop neo-Nazis.
All cool and normal. #auspol
NSW Police allow neo-Nazis to rally.
NSW Police use their powers to beat-up/arrest peaceful pro-Palestinian activists.
NSW Police have no powers to stop neo-Nazis.
All cool and normal. #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
None of the businesses or government buildings are open on a Saturday
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
They where protesting to NO ONE!
WHO DOES THAT?
That area on Saturday is like a ghost town
Looking more like they where Government Nazi's
They let a mob of Nazis take pictures of themselves out side our governments building
WHY?
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Nikalie is blowing up on TikTok. She is calling churches all over the country to see if they would help feed a starving baby. She has a 2 month old crying in the background and asked for one can a formula.
Most. Say. No.
Most. Say. No.
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nikalie is blowing up on TikTok. She is calling churches all over the country to see if they would help feed a starving baby. She has a 2 month old crying in the background and asked for one can a formula.
Most. Say. No.
Most. Say. No.
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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Yes. If people remember one thing from my book I hope it's the name of the co-discoverer of black holes: Louise Webster,
She has been written out of the history of science.
She had one of the first successful liver transplants in Australia but sadly died in Sydney at 49.
(She was an astronomer)
She has been written out of the history of science.
She had one of the first successful liver transplants in Australia but sadly died in Sydney at 49.
(She was an astronomer)
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Yes. If people remember one thing from my book I hope it's the name of the co-discoverer of black holes: Louise Webster,
She has been written out of the history of science.
She had one of the first successful liver transplants in Australia but sadly died in Sydney at 49.
(She was an astronomer)
She has been written out of the history of science.
She had one of the first successful liver transplants in Australia but sadly died in Sydney at 49.
(She was an astronomer)
Politicians accused of crimes continue to receive their taxpayer-funded wage while awaiting conviction. You can run for parliament, while suspected of breaking the law. You can be charged with suspected murder, and still receive your salary, up until (and if) you are convicted of the alleged crime.
Labor are sneaking through extraordinary powers to let police and ASIO cut peoples welfare if they’ve been charged with a crime.
This is an unacceptable power grab, and will harm families and partners of people reliant on payments to survive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This is an unacceptable power grab, and will harm families and partners of people reliant on payments to survive.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Power grab': Labor under fire over new move to cut off Centrelink payments
The last-minute additions have been called into question, with advocates arguing they set a "dangerous precedent".
www.sbs.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Politicians accused of crimes continue to receive their taxpayer-funded wage while awaiting conviction. You can run for parliament, while suspected of breaking the law. You can be charged with suspected murder, and still receive your salary, up until (and if) you are convicted of the alleged crime.
What a gorgeous thread.
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
November 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What a gorgeous thread.
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This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
October 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
“It is revealing that so many politicians become lobbyists or consultants. Most are short of other skills. They leave with a bucket of turkey grease and a knowledge of which hallways to slide down. Pyne was 25 when he was elected. All he knew was there was more money in bombs.”
A poodle is a dog.
A poodle is a dog.
A poodle is a dog
Christopher Pyne was still a cabinet minister when he met with EY to discuss taking a job with the consultancy. There was no confusion about the purpose of the meeting.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“It is revealing that so many politicians become lobbyists or consultants. Most are short of other skills. They leave with a bucket of turkey grease and a knowledge of which hallways to slide down. Pyne was 25 when he was elected. All he knew was there was more money in bombs.”
A poodle is a dog.
A poodle is a dog.
"Rather than heat deaths not being a thing, the report found that between 2012 and 2021 there had been, on average, an estimated 546,000 heat-related deaths every year around the world – a 63% increase since the 1990s. That’s one death every minute."
Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’ | Temperature Check
Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Rather than heat deaths not being a thing, the report found that between 2012 and 2021 there had been, on average, an estimated 546,000 heat-related deaths every year around the world – a 63% increase since the 1990s. That’s one death every minute."