First round of Xmas holiday reading sorted thanks to #Gosford library. Such a cool new space to explore on #CentralCoastNSW - good spot to chill during a predicted heat wave Xmas day.

If you're also fed up with #Spotify and seeking alternatives that do a better job of honouring #musician rights, efforts, maybe check out subvert.fm - building on the bitter sellout lessons of #Bandcamp Subvert is owned by its membership base of artists, labels, supporters, and workers.

Today is #SupportAct #AusMusic t-shirt day - celebrate your favourite artist or donate to the great work done by this mob via ausmusictshirtday.org.au Support Act provides short-term financial relief for music workers in crisis and more. My tribute - @timminchin.bsky.social tee:

Whilst this is a useful step in #ebike regulation, it's not going to do a thing to those wanting to retrofit high powered hub motors to a MTB frame: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #emobility #transportpolicy

NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1

What they are not telling you is our water tables are all connected. Pollute one, destroy another. On the driest inhabited continent on the planet.

Stoked to have a screening of #FutureCouncil today at @nararaecovillage.bsky.social via cen.org.au/event/before... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLPQ...

Has been amazing to see the findings of @txsharon.bsky.social imaging of #methane leakage across the US - so much invisible pollution, visible with the right imaging equipment. Amplify her work! Need more optical gas imaging thermographers + gear to bear witness.

We’re about to hit the phase of the S-curve where the world goes from “fast” to “holy shit.” Solar’s doubling on a 24-month cycle — but the real elephant in the room is #BESS. As storage scales, the grid stops being a bottleneck and starts becoming a battery-backed solar engine. #EnergyTransition

Find out just how organised and deliberate groups are - which push climate disinformation to us through the Senate's live public hearings into climate disinformation - here right now #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...

ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.

This is a must read, all the way to the end, from @timhollo.bsky.social. The best analysis I’ve seen of the bad faith tactic of the major parties of presenting pro fossil mining environmental policy and then bullying the cross bench into supporting it:

“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social

Love seeing #engineering excellence emerge from #HunterNSW ecosystem, its a diverse industrial base, perfect for ventures like this to emerge: www.onmarket.com.au/offers/austr... #evretrofit needs manufacturers productising kits suited for collectors and #fleetops #HunterIF

A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler. Spoiler: human on bicycle. (I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this) www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

We cannot see powers devolved to states and territories, we need stronger environmental laws, with more oversight. To the businesses complaining that they want less regulation, tough, a healthy and biodiverse planet is far more important than your profits. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Lol. "If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch. “I don’t know if this is still the case. It was quite a few years ago and I was never told which pub it was.”" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AWSoutage

Many voters can’t spot political misinformation – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/many-voters-... By Professor Sora Park, Dr Jee Young Lee, and Dr Kieran McGuinness

🚨The "No" campaign against the Indigenous Voice was a fossil fuels-led sham. A major ARC study finds "Advance" a was massive spreader of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the May federal election. One of biggest impediments to fossil fuels = Indigenous rights. theklaxon.com.au/9w0g

#eMotos increasingly used for stoopid riding. Manufacturers work hard to innovate #emobility product that can help disrupt #dirtbike markets with cleaner, quieter options for things like #enduro - here's how they should be ridden. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTEC...

This ones going into my #tech4good collection. Thanks for profiling important but under-rated work like this @dylnbkr.bsky.social

So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas. Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

As a #vw #kombi tragic, it's so good to see the level of thought being put in by #syncaru into this 2WD>4WD conversion on a T3 transporter using #subaru drivetrain. Can't wait to see this hit the road: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAvY... #syncro

Oh, FFS. Tax churches. Tax the fossil fuel industry. Tax major corporations. Tax Rupert Murdoch. Leave home owners ... most already struggling with things like mortgages, insurance premiums, rates, maintenance etc etc ... alone. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

An understandable response after recent #ebike #emobility fatalities in WA, but it also begs overlap into sales of other non-registerable products like #motocross bikes with ICE powertrain: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... Expect pushback from private property owners.

Grateful for grounded-reality authors who offer a different, pragmatic take on what #productivity actually needs focus on: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Interesting to trip across this work in mapping out #AIrisk produced by #MIT: airisk.mit.edu - can see it being pretty handy in running #systemstesting frameworks, mapping incidents. #techtesting #SecOps

🚨🧵 by @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on Twitter, on the damage done by #Covid (silently, well after the acute phase). 🚨 COVID "cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more SYSTEMIC DISEASE that leaves long-term effects." 🚨 threadreaderapp.com/thread/19436...

Would be nice if the #nationals didn't conflate support for bush-wide mobile coverage and the popularity/relevance of that policy with being pro-nuclear. McKenzie was right to pull up #ABCbreakfast on need to respect #RegionalAus vote.

Digital devices, data centres & ICT now use 6%–12% of global electricity — and water use is rising too. @unctad.bsky.social’s Digital Economy Report calls for a global shift towards a circular digital economy. ▶️ unctad.org/der2024

Nice design work evident in this #architecture shortlist for small spaces as a sanctuary/flexible space for #carers needing a break: architectureau.com/articles/Stu... #tinyhomes

Utterly stoked to see the launch of lynchspantry.com.au - favourite place to visit every time I'm in #NewcastleNSW #LoveNewy The team behind this do so much for the community, honouring local produce, showcasing #bushfoods and lifting all who stop for a gelato on this working harbour.

"Advance sent out a mass email declaring the 'Welcome to Country' is part of a secretive plan by 'elites' to 'delegitimise Australia’s history'." Dutton's latest 'culture war' is part of a carefully choreographed far-right plan. Thank you @theklaxon.bsky.social. theklaxon.com.au/liberals-adv...

We are in a climate crisis which threatens our capacity to survive and, a few days out from an election, our politics is dominated by a neofash-driven “debate” on Welcomes to Country and a spat about costings and credit ratings. Neither ALP nor LNP are being held to account on climate

Neurodiversity 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 a 👏🏼 disease Can we please track infectious diseases instead? Sincerely, A Doctor #medsky #autism #rfk #handsoff

Social media platforms like X are enabling the spread of propaganda and disinformation which is undermining the health of Australian democracy.

we nearly lost the national vulnerability database youtu.be/fxrvx9fNc-c

My research on disinformation and echo chambers is the recipient of the 2025 Thomas Kinnear Award. It explains that disinformation circulates on social media through adversarial narratives and controversies that force the audience to take an us-vs-them position. doi.org/10.1177/0743...

If you have paid any tax in the last 6 years, you've paid more than gas company Santos have paid on $38 billion income.

Introducing Crikey's Auspol Index, a one-stop shop to see MPs' corporate interests and financial holdings.

As a health professional with experience in workplace rehab, supporting the recovery journeys of injured works, this Reddit post on #NIOSH is alarming. If family, friends work in hazardous industries, take note. #safety www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

Australia doesn't give gold away for free. We don't give iron ore away for free. So why are we giving our gas away for free? @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Been wondering the same myself. Glad to see others calling it out..this is internationally relevant health infrastructure..

This should be scaring the bejeezus out of agronomists, great example of uncosted environmental services that just get taken for granted until they're no longer there. #agriculture #foodsecurity #neonicotinoids #pollination

It's great to see more high quality journals joining @bsky.app ❤️ Let's close the gap between research & practice - using social media to share the latest evidence. I'm delighted to be working with @thelancetpsych.bsky.social & @thelancetph.bsky.social to make their papers more accessible 👍🏽

Great to see #productstewardship giving some focus to #battery #lifecyclemanagement in this #NSW bill - waste stream hazards arise from poor management: www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Page... Ping: @evfiresafeemma.bsky.social