Just discovered Anne Twomey has a YouTube channel explaining constitutional issues. Funnily she mentions that YTs analytics say she zero <18yo subscribers, but the comments say otherwise. Hot tip kids, sign up as an adult and then watch law vids and you won't get booted! youtu.be/7aC_Ka8_7u4?...

I feel like I need an AU version of the Moderated Content podcast from @evelyndouek.bsky.social to understand the background to this case. I seem to know more about Netchoice v Paxton and Reno v someone than our local laws in Oz. Maybe Evelyn can get together with Anne Twomey for a pod?

Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months. Definitely an overreach... #VicPol www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...

Scientific error-checking, difficulty: easy Find the problems in this table of results from an RCT. Two main things I've noticed so far.

Good piece on why the CIS from @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social should be considered a failure so far, given little wind is getting built and we're not going to hit anywhere near 82% renewable by 2030. Interested to hear Chris' response when he's next on the podcast..

This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals

If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Banger of a goal from Ellie Carpenter for Chelsea versus Barcelona.. youtu.be/q32j1rqll_g?...

Interesting account, great project, and pics are 🔥 #followfriday

Bernard really doesn't like trains. This screed is about the Suburban Rail Loop - a policy taken to 2 elections and still with majority public support despite the ongoing campaigns against it..

Was thinking Libs had no hope at the next election with the change to Jess Wilson, but the ever wrong Sky After Dark crew are against her so who knows? #vicpol

@troyhunt.com @patrick.risky.biz any insight into what Australian endpoint was getting hit by this massive DDOS and why?

#FCKNZS The AUS Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, has cancelled the visa of Matthew Gruter after the South African national took part in the neo-Nazi publicity stunt NSW Police permitted outside the New South Wales state parliament last weekend. "Sad!"

So apparently Lake St Clair in Tassie has been measured by @csiropublishing.bsky.social as 163m deep which is about twice as deep as the bass strait. Pretty amazing for an inland lake.. www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...

After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place. My investigation into what happened, which resulted in Spotify taking down a bunch of slop tracks www.platformer.news/king-gizzard...

CAN LLMs write about science? @science.org decided to find out, and they did it the curious, scientific way. They did an experiment. Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...

Kate McClymont free from the threat of a defo suit is a wonderful thing www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them! write.as/thewhiterose...

Signed up to an interesting labeller yesterday that can tell you things like how online an acc is and how often they post. Reuters is as expected, but one weird thing is how there are lots of individuals who also post constantly 24/7 like a deranged insomniac.. bsky.app/profile/stec...

Maybe google could take some of that sweet AI $$$$ and work on their gmail spam/scam filters a bit.. Anyone else seeing these get through?

I reckon @betootaadvocate.bsky.social has some of the best lines re gambling in oz.. "Online betting is a cancer on our society. People look at Australians and their online betting like we look at Americans with their guns. It's ridiculous and one day, our children would be shocked.." #auspol

IMO if they do this in Vic, hopefully they limit it to October - April. In Winter Vic gets much less solar + big electric heat loads so energy efficiency & getting more wind onto the grid are what we need at the moment. Maybe they could also ramp up Feed In Tariffs for winter? 🔌💡

A few lollipops left over from Halloween (our suburb does a Saturday afternoon version), most impressive was that kids took 3kg of apples..

Given a portion of my timeline seems to be people bagging out Bill Gates, I looked up his piece that caused the stir. I'm not sure I get the bluesky outrage? www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...

Good times..

Weird that this is the headline, my takeaway was the guy aiming a rifle at a helicopter inspecting power lines, and the potential for sov cit like violence.. Btw, the phone call was talking about Transmission lines across Bruce's land (with significant compensation).. #SavedYouAClick

Hopefully Ninefax & their designer sue Google and win $$$$$ for this defamation. And then hopefully it puts a brake on AI being incorporated into every bit of tech.. I live in hope... www.theage.com.au/national/how...

Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

Hmm, I don't think that's how 2FA works Qantas...

Very good alt text, much lol..

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

One thing I like about daylight savings in Melbourne is still generating 2.5kW after 6pm in October. And one thing I don't like about the current NEM is getting paid $0.005/kWh for this versus 9c spot. Octopus has a plan in Texas that gives the market price for FiT, I'd like that here.. 🔌💡

I wonder if V/Line trains will continue to pollute Southern Cross and beyond with diesel exhaust fumes for another 25 years? Based on recent tenders I'm guessing the answer is sadly yes..

Am reminded that an Australian citizen Vivian Alvarez was wrongly deported to the Philippines in 2001. She received a payout of $4.6m on her return. Cornelia Rau was wrongly detained in Immigration Detention for 10 months. She received a $2.6m payout. 1/2 www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-...

So it appears bees like this pear tree, it's the 2nd time in 2 years that they've swarmed here. Have let our apiarist know..

This is a sickening article from Rachael Lucas at the ABC, sanitising and rewriting the history of neo-Nazi Jeff Schoep, who is NOT reformed or repentant. Not ONE mention in this article of Charlottesville Unite The Right, or the murder of Heather Heyer. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

An interesting thing for September, solar in the market is out of -ve territory for avg Sep value for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine. BESS is up 150% on last year and is no longer getting paid to charge. I wonder if BESS capacity is reducing the -ve gen or too early to tell?

[E-Safety (sic) Commissioner asks for urgent extension of national security laws to ban this terrifying new technology that *our kids must be protected from*]

Seems like former Greens leader Christine Milne is on a unity ticket with the Nationals in NIMBY opposition to big renewable projects www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/more-... #auspol

I'm a little bit cynical, but I wonder how much of this announcement is so that they can grift some $$ from the gov to run beyond 2029. Eraring and Yallourn are both getting gov money (and/or moving risk to gov) to stay open until 2028, so other companies will want to jump on that gravy train..

Hey @danielbowen.au @ptua.org.au, I am finding the new myki readers at Southern Cross to be quite flakey when using my Android phone, something I didn't experience with the old readers (maybe because of the multiple non-myki nfc cards registered??). Have you heard of many issues?

‘It’s important to have it here’: Archie Moore’s astonishing Venice Biennale-winning artwork comes home to Brisbane

got old issues of APC magazine lying around? give them to me so I can scan them for the internet archive - I made a list of the issues currently missing, share this post and maybe we can find them and complete the set blog.decryption.net.au/posts/apc-ca...

We have a new winner of the Clickbait Oscars.

A long-ish thread on this scandal and why it's so bad, which military historians and people interested in historiography may find interesting even if you're not Australian. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

For those who may have missed the news, the Australian 2025 Peregrine Falcon breeding season has commenced and the mating pair at 367 Collins Street, Melbourne have three eggs (laid 23, 26 and 29 August). Mum and Dad just did a changeover for brooding duty.

It's hayfever season in Melbourne, so for all the spring haters here's my survival guide: - Weatherzone has the best pollen forecast - Take corticosteroids (eg. Rhinocourt) every day for maximum effectiveness - Take antihistamines only when the pollen forecast is > high or when symptomatic (1/2)

Blog post: github.com/sophieehill/... TL;DR: There are a LOT of errors/inconsistencies in the results reported in this paper (estimates outside CIs, sign errors, duplicates, asymmetric CIs). Even in the abstract itself! This suggests manual editing of results tables. Which is not good... 🧵