Best wishes!

Thank you! Happy new year to you, too 🙂

It is a big list of respected organisations incl World Vision.

2019. Even though we only moved in this year, I have the historical data going right back to when they were first installed in my app. I don't think they have ever been cleaned so I suspected I would get quite a bump from them.

Yeah. I risk becoming covered from head to toe in itchy welts if I drink red wine 😞

Lovely, David. Happy new year!

I don't know. We bought the house with them installed. With a performance bump that big I suspect it has been a very long time. It's possible that they may have never been cleaned. 🤷‍♂️

Good stuff. How long since they were last cleaned? I try to get mine done annually.

It's hard to do a direct comparison because all the unsafe panels are my west-facing ones. I could only safely clean one of those, and did that last of all, but it may even be a little more than a 20% difference across a full day.

Welp. Cleaning the solar panels was certainly worthwhile! I did about two-thirds of them this morning - just the ones I could access with relatively little risk to my personal safety - and the difference in total generation of the uncleaned and cleaned panels is 15%-20%. Happy with that one! ☀️

My gorgeous granddaughter looks so cute with this hat ❤️

I am happy with a lovely Riesling - so you can have my share of the reds. Happy new year, David!

Looking for the cameras like this jerk

Well I tasted them at the wineries - so I can tell you that they are all excellent 😀

Some of my haul from the Clare Valley.

The same Israel minister who put targets on Australians via his 'antisemitism list' is also behind the banning of world aid orgs into Gaza. No response by Govt yet #auspol youtu.be/k9mjGsCU6QU?...

The Ukrainian delegation on the left Putin’s delegation on the right-by all rights, the US flag s/b removed….

Untrained vigilante groups armed with automatic weapons on Sydney streets, what could go wrong?

Yep, what about all the "talk" on Gambling Reform, Tax Reform, Closing the gap initiatives, greater NACC "transparency", Media concentration, Housing policies that work! and ...... da da>>>not beholden to Oil & Gas companies. Pffffffffffffffft❗️

That's right. Keep your so called "enemies" close🤣🤣

The terms of reference dictated by Segal and her mob will make it less transparent than a typical RC.

Agreed. We got to find out the truth.

I think @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social will only be happy if it’s whites only #NYE in Sydney #auspol

Yet October 7th was a complete suprise… 🙃🐄💩

wonder why?" yeah, i'm sure it's got *nothing* to do with australia needing data infrastructure. 🙄

Fuck NSW. I will not be entering that state for as long as that fascist authoritarian cunt is in charge

Yep Minns is part of the problem.

Now that we have the cop's with long arms and assorted "security" agencies carrying who knows what???......the last place I would want to be watching 💥 is Sydney Harbour. HNY 🥂

Why do we allow and support foreign companies who have NO INTENTION OF EVER PAYING TAX in Australia to set up resource-hungry operations here? 🤯🤯 @australianlabor.bsky.social the new benchmark won’t be “less shit than LNP” - we want benefit for majority of Australians from our tax dollars!

exactly. it's almost like *someone* should be taxing these companies appropriately 🤔

Fuck Israel

My New Year's resolution is to continue living more authentically offline, driving away poorly suited circles & attracting rad people with similar values and vibes. And to be wayyyyyy more annoying on the internet. Thanks for hanging this year. Thanks for your support. Fuck 2025

This is why conservative always try to undermine education, especially for the poor and middle classes. That’s why we in Australia have a two tier system. One for those with money who buy their way to elite schools, and one for the rest of us… which is under funded.

Thanks Robin. A little fixing to do, then clean up garage & make it useable again. Aches & pains to kick in within a day or two. As for laurels, I am damn pleased with myself.

Well done. I‘m more than positive your not one to rest on your laurels.

Architect, engineer, excavator, builder all in one this morning; moved whole bloody garage wall sideways. No-one wants to talk about that so I'll go home & lock wall in new & proper vertical position (something not done originally). If I don't talk to you in 2026 it's your fault. 😢😛

I think that was the acronym used when I read about them years back, before computers had the grunt to run them. They were a little theoretical, but folks were looking for things beyond "expert systems", decision trees, etc. Really exciting tech, now being used as a confident idiot simulator.

Spoll checking, for instance.

I don't remember clippy as being annoying, just kind of embarrassing. Word was bloating badly, so "fixing" this with a cartoon help system was unprofessional. Back then we were so naive!

Yeah, is Google's munted search now an AI user instance? Most folks spend more time avoiding AI than "using" it.

In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Palestinians dying is the absolute aim of the murderous Israeli regime & military.

Breaking - Woodside knowingly pollutes our environment…hang on, isnt that their whole business model? Hard to believe the regulator is surprised… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Watched it for the first time only recently - bloody well made too ..

I've found myself watching and re watching a few Ridley Scott movies lately. Just finished Black Hawk Down for the third time. What a force in cinema!

If PM Albanese is serious about 'social cohesion', why TF would he invite the president of a regime now overtly stepping up their #GazaGenocide by banning aid agencies? The same rogue state that has put out a list of Australians who it labels 'antisemitic' for daring to criticize their evil acts.

I’m pretty sure that’s where we went - about six floors up - more than a dozen stations that maybe ten people sit around? It was packed!

Great shot — okonomiyaki is one of my favorites! If your brother visits Hiroshima and can fit this into his itinerary, I highly recommend "Okonomiyaki Experience" at Hiroshima Station. Reservations are required though: www.otafuku.co.jp/visit/en/exp...

My brother Adrian is going to Japan in a couple of months so I’m sharing images from our recent trip - okonomiyaki in Hiroshima..