Revealed: what it would take to go from Ballarat to Southern Cross in 59 minutes thecourier.com.au/story/906865…

The NYT liveblog on the autism press conference is a fascinating read -- largely because it's written by health reporters and not political reporters. Look at how direct and appropriately shocked these posts are! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Let's not forget, however, that EVs alone won’t enable us to meet our climate goals. Increasing public transport, freight electrification, and access to more active transport options are also needed to cut transport-related climate pollution, so let's keep our foot on the accelerator!

Electric vehicles (EVs) are growing rapidly in Australia, with battery EVs now making up 9% of new car sales and a surge of new models and charging infrastructure set to accelerate adoption. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is a better headline (from the Guardian)

An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:

Idk it feels like something is shifting. This tweet was also the language of the AP push alert, and just now the Times chimed in:

Shout out to all the nurses and doctors out there who will have to deal with “but Trump says tylenol causes autism!” every day for the rest of their careers. A disgrace.

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner! “The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

So glad to be featured in @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social excellent video! High costs in Canada have been accepted as an inevitability - as projects are descoped & cancelled. ION & REM show that another way is possible… …given the humility to abandon our Anglo roots & learn from global best practice.

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

Health Minister Mark Butler needs to issue a VERY fast reassurance to everyone that Australia does not take health info from Trump. This all just about RFK Jnr trying to scuttle vaccinations because of his unhinged ego & inability to process science, history, or evidence.

This story is *wild*! Public servants in the roads arm of Sydney's transport authority admit they MISLED their Minister so they could quietly cut planned walking, cycling and safety improvements at a major city intersection:

Australia is counting on having five million EVs on its road to meet its 2035 climate target. We are a long way behind, so here's how it could be done.

who up bending the moral arc of they universe

I conducted an experiment on what Tiktok and YouTube recommends when not logged in on the app. Given the social media ban only covers accounts, hard not to see this could be the experience for teens in Australia come December. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Someone canceled a ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND dollar wedding

This old blog post highlights that poor traffic light programming slows down trams along busy routes such as Bourke Street danielbowen.com/2014/08/19/c...

I'm no fan of building inner-city roads, but if we have this new toll-free bypass opening, then it's a good time to adjust King Street intersections to stop giving through-traffic priority over CBD trams, buses and pedestrians on cross streets. bigbuild.vic.gov.au/... #Melbourne

They’re putting in place a patronage network. Instead of open, accountable structures, public goods will be allocated to courtiers.

Dutch late night TV has its take

Good morning!! Here's my latest for @crikey.com.au -> one of the reasons the CCA weakened its climate target suggestions is the possibility of uncontrolled data centre growth. I found the lobbyists already working to sell them as 'climate solutions' in Aus ---->>>>>

It remains so bewildering why we as a country let entirely unexperienced non-experts who have no real knowledge of the sector run the country’s universities for million+ salaries.

This reminds me of how the Enron scandal was blown apart by a financial journalist asking such radical, anti-capitalist questions as "Where are the profits actually coming from?".

September 21 is Sun Day, a day of action to celebrate the power of clean energy. By installing solar, home batteries, heat pumps, and other appliances running on electricity, we can create a brighter future ☀️ Learn more and find an event near you: www.sunday.earth @sundayofaction.bsky.social

In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.

In a remarkable act of defiance and solidarity, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" played the clip from the monologue that led to the suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" by ABC. It aired on CBS stations and affiliates across the country. [Video: CBS]

Hannah Thomas, who sustained an eye injury during an arrest at a pro-Palestinian rally, is awarded legal costs to the tune of nearly $22,000 after all of her charges were dropped.

Hidden in the fine print on the Climate Change Authority’s decision to pull back its emissions target? The role of artificial intelligence and data centres.

Transport, of course, is as much of behaviour change problem as a technology improvement problem à la the 'Avoid - Shift - Improve' framework share.google/tPy5Np1kBAY3...

The government says from 2035 to 2050, the biggest absolute cuts in emissions across all sectors will come from transport. But gov stats show that from 2005, transport emissions have just continued to grow. How's this going to work?

Aside from transport electrification and the'$100 million Active Transport Fund, High-Speed and Inland Rail' the 'Net Zero Plan' (www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...) does not mention much about increased investment in public transport services as a carbon abatement strategy...

“Transition of the passenger vehicle fleet from [internal combustion engine] vehicles to EVs accounts for most of this change,” the government says. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

That’s not ambition, that’s betrayal. Now is the time to send the government a message. Join the campaign: greens.org.au/2035

Labor has given up on the science and caved in to their coal and gas donors. Just this month they approved the biggest new fossil fuel project in the Southern Hemisphere, and now they’ve set a weak climate target that will mean devastating heatwaves, fires and floods for us all.

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

The climate targets announced by @albomp.bsky.social are so weak - imagine if we all took this attitude to work! Shame on the government for once again letting down Australia #climate #targets This comic was done in consultation with my partner Matt :)

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

"[Climateworks] CEO Anna Skarbek says its modelling has found that Australia can reach an 85 per cent cut in emissions by 2035 with solutions that are already out there." Albo is selling out the nation and our future with the cowardly 62% target.

We don't have to wait for moonshot technologies to reach our climate targets. Most of the solutions to the climate crisis are already around us.

"Almost uniquely on the international stage, Albanese could decide to dedicate his prime ministership to making the case for a rapid change on climate. He has a stonking majority and a progressive crossbench that wants deeper cuts. If not now, when?"

Interesting video on how chickens keep their heads in the same place as their bodies move (with bonus 3D-printed object that also keeps a fixed point) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKz0...

"Documents show that significant bus reform was recommended by [Victoria's] Department of Transport [but] rejected by cabinet in 2023. "The Department recommended a new bus network with buses every 10 min on a 1.6km grid throughout the city." www.melbournefoe.org.au/documents_sh... #auspol #vicpol

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

I see. The CCA's reduction in the lower bound to account for uncertainty, including that related to data centre load growth 🫠🫠🫠 Job done.

How to make an economist orgasm? Now remember - economists do it with models, so it's no easy thing. A Pigouvian tax on immobile resources! Climate change you say? Political leadership where even downsides are upsides? Good math? Let me explain....

Kmart broke privacy laws by using facial recognition technology, commissioner finds www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

12/9 - Labor approves biggest gas export project in the country, out to 2070. 15/9 - Labor releases chilling climate report. 18/9 - Labor gives up on the science and caves in to their coal and gas donors. committing to just 62-70% climate target by 2035.