christmas pud time

Great piece by Giles at @reneweconomy.com.au about the bizarre misinformation brought to light, ironically, by the recent senate inquiry into climate information integrity reneweconomy.com.au/i-am-accused...

Gotta 5-nil this thing #TheAshes

Dangerous time to be a 5th Day of an Ashes Test.

urgh

Rare example of someone succeeding in a defamation action and absolutely trashing their reputation in the process. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

My rewind reading list for 2025 is like: 1. Room on the Broom - 450 times 2. Zog - 400 times 3. Zog and the Flying Doctors - 380 times 4. The Gruffalo - 300 times 5. Dragons Love Tacos - 250 times

Fantastic news from ABC Science today: a wonderful donor - former librarian Ms Margaret Bales - has given $1 million to establish a Science Journalist Fellowship Program. www.abc.net.au/about/the-ab...

TOO many catching drills, obviously. Lmao

100 parkruns!

Fulfilling a trope of a late-30s millennial, I have secured entry into next year’s New York City Marathon 🏃🏻

We are going to have to get comfortable with the idea that climate change will lead to the devaluation of a lot of homes. You might not like the assessment, but you can’t just ignore it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

good summary of where AI is at, lol

Obligatory 'yes emissions fell, but they didn't fall by enough', as nicely illustrated by the Climate Change Authority:

There's going to be plenty of analysis of the lastest emissions projections published by the Australian government. But will just say that is no surprise that setting a target doesn't mean much without the policies and measures to achieve it.

A new report from the Clean Energy Regulator infers emissions from facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism fell by 3.2 MT last year. But, also states 12 fewer facilities are covered this year, so emissions may not have been reduce at all (or only marginally). cer.gov.au/markets/repo...

The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025. Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport. www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...

Bevan Shields gone from the SMH www.smh.com.au/business/com...

The Judge who oversaw the Munkara v Santos case (which evolved into an instance of a SLAPP action) has agreed to recuse herself from a subsequent case involving Santos on the basis of apprehended bias. www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...

Pitching a version of Antiques Roadshow, but it’s for the bottles of wine that have accumulated in the back of our cupboard.

Or just obliterate them, that works too.

200-odd runs in three-and-a-bit days should be very doable. Anti-Bazball this thing. #Ashes

CLASSIC CATCH #Ashes

jfc, when I drove to the supermarket, England was 5-down. Driving home from the supermarket and it’s Labuschagne and Smith batting.

What’s the go with the sydney morning herald crossword using the clue ‘strange’ a eight times in today’s edition?

It is deeply disappointing if Australia has missed out on COP31. It is a missed opportunity to shine a spotlight on a major fossil fuel producer. And it will see the Pacific region - some of the most vulnerable countries to climate impacts - yet again sidelined. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

You would hope that in an age of accelerating technology and environmental risks, that a government that can somehow find hundreds of billions to send on submarines, could meet this challenge by upping the funding for science, rather than firing the scientists. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Every time someone claims that if Australia didn’t export its coal and gas, other countries will just buy it elsewhere, just tap the sign: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

In its own words, the CSIRO says "CSIRO is now facing long-term financial sustainability challenges, with funding not keeping pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency" FYI, the science minister is Tim Ayres, and his email address is [email protected]

That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years. "Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third." This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government. www.smh.com.au/national/csi...

Very strong 2009 climate policy vibes today, but I still very much feel 16 years older.

Wait, apologies, it sounds like nuclear is still on the table according to Dan Tehan.

The climate-denying binferno that is Australian politics and media right now:

So, it's no emissions reduction targets, and more coal and more gas without the pretense of trying to reach net zero with nuclear. Probably the most honest policy position the Coalition has had since the Abbott government.

According to Sussan Ley, the Albanese government is simultaneously not cutting emissions fast enough and also cutting emissions too quickly.

Summary of Sussan Ley: - The Liberals won't have a target of net zero for 2050 - Liberals will repeal the net zero target in legislation - Liberals will also repeal the 43% by 2030 target

Global emissions from fossil fuels will grow 1.1 per cent in 2025. "For a 50 per cent likelihood to limit warming below 1.5°C, the remaining budget is 170 billion tonnes of CO₂, equivalent to four years at the 2025 emissions levels." www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...

The Coalition really read the National Climate Risk Assessment, and its warnings of increased heat deaths, bushfires, drought and sea-level inundation and were like 'sounds good to us'.

Yet another derpy day in Australian climate policy...

Important context as one of Australia's major political parties readies to abandon its commitment to net zero emissions. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Remember when they said the Climate Wars were over?

Badly worded poll published by the SMH, which implies that it’s more costly overall/less affordable to reach net zero. Verging on a push poll. Despite this, a majority of Australians still support net zero.

Andrew Forrest says real zero is already the “winning business case” in three key fossil fuel guzzling industries reneweconomy.com.au/andrew-forre...

Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago. Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?” But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth. You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars. Capitalism is fucked

Safe to say, socialism has been the answer since at least 2016...

"Turn the Volume Up" 🙌

Look, not saying its the wrong thing to do in this moment, but its not a greater indication of the health of American democracy...

wtf Staten Island.

Fuck Yeah!

wtf does 'salutation-focused' mean?