Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

Pedestrians are not "road deaths" they are people killed by people driving cars

While the media continues to whip up a frenzy over a royal commission into the Bondi attack, the chief of staff to Chris Minns fought a summons to appear to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry to answer questions about the Dural carvan hoax -- and won. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Things are popping off in the twilight struggle mini tournament group chat

The best music for "it's all ok, at least not all fucked, at least not so fucked that you can't sleep" is Stars of the Lid. This is one of their two best albums. By far my highest listened artist. starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-ti...

Productivity Commission proposes sky line towers in Hunters Hill.

All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.

Haven't seen the news but can immediately tell what's happened and also how it will go. At least in NSW. In the NT they love this shit

SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “2025 has been tough for all of us, but don’t worry, next year will be much worse.”

Thinking about dropping out to become a board game designer/ philosophy PhD/ bike lane activist

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

Gas reservation on new gas only🤦‍♂️! A 0% domestic reserve on massive amounts of existing gas and a 25% reserve on tiny amounts of new gas won’t do anything for electricity prices. A big win for the gas cartel. A massive loss for Aussies. #fail #auspol

There are very many quotes from current Israeli ministers that if spoken in public would put you at risk of being arrested for a hate crime. It must not be a crime to protest peacefully against their policy.

Remembering the time when a white far right Australian shot heaps of people in a mosque in NZ and it led to a royal commission and a national reckoning about fascists and islamophobia.

We had better performances at the high school drama nights.

Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...

The future is here! gizmodo.com/blackout-in-...

Proposal to link domestic gas to new export contracts is a terrible idea. Existing contracts don't end until 2031-36. No change until then. At that point, exporters could choose to export without contracts. New contacts could lock in another 20 years of emissions when gas needs to go down.

How much we fuck up the climate in the next few decades will be the dominant force in what changes in the conditions for life for millennia

200,000,000,000,000 galaxies.

Has anyone presented any evidence of any connection between the attacks and anti genocide rallies?

The Epstein Files, everybody!

Did Trump’s DOJ really think dropping hundreds of blacked-out pages counted as complying with the law? I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.

For ten years gas exporters have been telling anyone who will listen that the fix for the east coast gas market they broke is the one that serves their own interest - opening new gas fields. Read Harriet Kater's full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Another means of carbon removal that looks like it basically doesn't work.

Areas with better transport planning than Canberra, now including the Sunshine Coast.

The most racist, supremacist garbage is being vomited across Australian media right now. Criticising Israel is an unacceptable threat to Jews so speech must be restricted but we have to ensure the restrictions don’t stop us from saying Muslims are terrorists or that brown people shouldn’t migrate.

This is a BFD because the Supreme Court says the general phrase "the benefit of New Zealand" obviously includes considering climate change. Presumably that will apply in other legislation that has a national benefit or public interest test.

Good god Scavengers Reign is good gear. If sci fi animation set in a surreal alien ecosystem sounds at all your thing, get around it.

Focussing on this from a pure security perspective, it’s wild that an IS-linked attack was just carried out in Australia and we’re barely talking about it - the focus is on protestors and universities. www.afr.com/policy/forei...

Blood bank levels are higher than they were before the attacks

“Ahmed Al Ahmed. He saved my life & my 4yr old” “I can only say thank you to that Muslim brother” This is what the media should show. Messages of unity & hope from survivors. Despite that it’s not the answer this Sky News journo was seeking. #auspol #Bondi

Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate. Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.

"Rabbi Super says even if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese might not have been welcomed by all at these funerals, attending "would have been the right thing to do"." This is very odd. Shameful for not turning up unwelcome?

Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.

I'm afraid to crack open Google scholar and have a look but the philosophy of mind / meaning / truth must be having an absolute field day with AI developments

Crispin Hull didn't hold back today @canberratimes.bsky.social www.canberratimes.com.au/story/913675...

BP is right to be resetting its strategy and focusing on capital discipline to improve investor returns. However, Meg O’Neill is a curious choice in this context. Woodside has chased high-cost, marginal fossil fuel projects and not delivered returns. www.accr.org.au/news/meg-o%E...

What a Looker 😍 a male King of Saxony bird-of-paradise (Pteridophora alberti), a species known for its highly unusual and striking plumage #wildlifephotography #WednesdayWildlife #WednesdayVibes

Miners exaggerating tax. Again. What's new is that this is so demonstrably false. Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know. Debunked on @thepointau.bsky.social here, more below: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Bad news for the #CCS industry: 🔻World’s largest #CCS project revealed record low capture rates 🔻Backers of Acorn CCS are looking to sell up 🔻BP scrap blue Hydrogen & CCS at Teesside CCS projects falling short — technically, economically and politically.

The vast majority of Australians, everyone I've spoken to, my Jewish friends, my Muslim friends, want to just be good to one another in this moment, and avoid inflaming the endless blame cycle. A loud minority want otherwise. Unfortunately they're among the loudest in the nation

"a right to be a bigot"

As I understand today's discussion, we can stop an ISIS cell by policing the speaker list at writer's festivals and the BA syllabus at Unis. And by "stopping demonstrations." This is madness.

The scale of LNG build out is "not economically fully rational” and threatens the industry with low prices, leaving high cost projects unprofitable - says the CEO of Shell, in Sept. No mention in the Australian press. oilgasenergymagazine.com/wael-sawan/

Neither MUP nor the Melbourne University council even tried to save Meanjin. In fact they chose *not* to pursue offers to help save it. They also actively ignored the advice of the independent review they commissioned into Meanjin's sustainability. They just shut it.

PRRT - the main tax the gas giants are supposed to pay - is down nearly a quarter in MYEFO. The oil and gas industry pays less PRRT than beer drinkers pay tax on their schooies. Insane.