The cost of building community #batteries is now lower than what it costs to install a home battery, according to one network operator, but figuring out how much lower is a work of joining the dots around subsidies. #RenewableEnergy #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/community-ba...

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Elon received a salary of $0 from Tesla in 2024. Bezos earns $81,840 a year of income, low enough to get the child tax credit, which he took in 2021. One of our higher-paid billionaires is Buffett, and he only gets $100,000 a year in salary and bonus combined. theconversation.com/billionaires...

A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.

Meanwhile, the man who tackled one of the shooters and took his gun from him has been confirmed as 43-year-old father-of-two, Ahmed al-Ahmed. But on X users falsely claimed the hero was actually a 47-year-old IT worker, with a British name. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

social media gives me real pause when it comes to bans, because unrestricted use is leading to higher rates of anxiety, depression, bullying and poorer self-esteem across the world. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

#Renewableenergy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one. #Solar #Wind #Geothermal #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Batteries now provide crucial services including firming, ramping and system security. Recent planning by (AEMO) indicates that the influence of batteries will continue to grow, and we contend will quickly outpace traditional gas and hydro resources in the coming decade. #RenewableEnergy #auspol

A new form of #ICEAbuse: medical cruelty to pregnant women - and to anyone else who needs emergency surgery while wearing an #ICE tracking device. It's grotesque. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Crockett’s message is unmistakable: America cannot allow a regime of fear, division, and cruelty to define us. We unite, or we repeat history. @crockett.house.gov #ICEabuse youtu.be/_YXEzC-SIVI?...

Organisations pulling back [are] responding to imported culture war narratives that don’t reflect Australian workplace realities,” Zahra said. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de... #Wealthtax #Robinhoodtax

The wealthiest 0.001 percent – fewer than 60,000 multimillionaires – now control three times more wealth than half of humanity. Their share has climbed from almost 4 percent in 1995 to more than 6 percent today. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.

According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's 2025 Critical Technology Tracker, released last week, China leads in seven out of eight AI categories, 13 out of 13 advanced materials and manufacturing technologies. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Richard Branson thinks Trump is a threat to America and possibly the rest of us. youtube.com/shorts/iyfc-...

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a God.” ~ Aristotle #Philosophy #Quote m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...

The inquiry pointed to the “best of both worlds” offer that hybrid working made to organisations. It noted that the potential for technology to support collaboration is under-used. As digital platforms continue to evolve, it seems likely that hybrid working can become increasingly effective. #WFH

big batteries were also flexing their muscles in the evening peaks, reaching a record 40% share of supply at one stage in South Australia – the country’s most advanced renewable grid – and where gas generators were relegated to a small walk-on part for grid security. #RenewableEnergy #auspol

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. When you realise you are perfectly imperfect already, you have less need for things to boost your self-image. Soulful simplicity is a source of delight. #WabiSabiesque

How about the govt subsidies public transport $0.50c per day fares et al paid for by taxing corporations / mining royalties... has been done before! #vicpol #auspol

Treating children as adults in the justice system breaches international law and ignores decades of evidence on rehabilitation. Punishment entrenches harm, writes Annette Alexander-Fliegner. #YouthJustice #ChildRights #HumanRights #AusPol #VicPol #CriminalJustice #Rehabilitation

The state with 4 season in day! Melburnians are shivering through what is forecast to be the coldest summer day in nearly 30 years, while there is snow in Victoria's Alpine region as a cold snap hits the state. #vicpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, invested US$290 billion (£219 billion) in renewable energy, that’s US$80 billion more than the combined total of the EU, UK and the US. #RenewableEnergy theconversation.com/three-reason...

I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US. Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.

“The solar panels, battery works, and overall site progress show the scale and pace of one of Australia’s first 100% publicly owned utility-scale renewable energy projects,” #RenewableEnergy #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/all-212296-p...

Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is the world's largest urban centre with a population of almost 42 million, according to new research by the United Nations. Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world's largest city, according to UN - ABC News share.google/kN5M9RtECfpS...

If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.

There is a cost of living crisis, climate emergency etc and some soon-to-be-extinct dinosaur is still fighting culture ways!! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

It’s so tone-deaf and so ‘let them eat cake’ it’s hard to believe that he’s serious about this but he is and keeps constantly doing this. It screams: ‘I don’t give a damn about everyday people,’ and his base is beginning to wake up to the fact that perhaps he doesn’t care about us.”

"The cost of running coal plants rose 28 percent from 2021 to 2024, nearly double the rate of inflation over that time, forcing consumers to pay $6 billion in unnecessary energy bills," writes @energyinnovation.org's @silviomarcacci.bsky.social: thepowerline.substack.com/p/coals-not-... 🔌💡

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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:

Despite funding woes, the CSIRO is often described as punching above its weight. On the international stage, it consistently ranks in the top 1% of research laboratories across multiple fields. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Our postmodern society has told us that we can achieve happiness through consumption. Society has made us think that: If only...I had a bigger house, a better car, more money, and a better job, I would be fulfilled. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

The dismissal of an elected Australian Government has only happened once. 50 years ago Sir John Kerr sensationally sacked PM Gough Whitlam. Greg Jennett looks at the legacy of the historic event and how it shaped democracy. #auspol #GoughWhitlam youtu.be/iP2SFmSoDfI?...

It found Australia received $US130 billion ($200 billion) during that period — the third-most of any country behind the United States and Russia. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Quoting former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam, he rubbished the suggestion it was immoral for a government to push the limits of its power, saying: "If there is a community need, the government has a duty to use whatever power is available to meet it." #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Over more than 10,000 years of settlement in the region, the bodies of those living there have changed in ways that allow the inhabitants to make the most of an atmosphere that for most humans would result in not enough oxygen. www.sciencealert.com/humans-are-e...

WTF! "I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea. I’m sure we’ll be able to find the money for our national science agency, because that is an investment, as I said, in our future capability as a country, really important.” ##auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Baby boomers generation privileges! - free education - high wages - jobs for life - affordable health care -affordable housing - bull market for decades.... etc #auspol

When you alienate the woke peeps who buy your products ur feel the losses! Being a nazi show pony is not good for anything! #Teslatakedown $ 15 billion and counting....

Soulful simplicity is the name for decluttering and styling your home with love, without making it clinically minimal or trying too hard. It's a way of organizing and personalizing your space, which makes your home welcoming and beautiful while still feeling lived in. #WabiSabi