www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... Not good enough. How can we stop the gun lobby unwinding decades of sensible reforms?

Vaccines do not cause autism.

4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us. These posters are made to be shared! We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online. get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com

“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.” - Carl Sagan

Australian logistics company has rolled out 20 electric trucks, powered at its hubs by its own rooftop #solar and battery storage

Bonkers. How did it come to this?

Good. Damn nutters. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Gee, the US with all its guns & the NRA now in bed with Trump, is showing the world the way on how to prevent gun homicides, eh?

Not singing in the rain. UK insurers paid out record £585m last year as #climate breakdown intensifies. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Mass theft’: Thousands of artists call for AI art auction to be cancelled

Rooftop solar three times cheaper to install in Australia than US, Canada reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-sola...

as an atheist I demand an envoy for anti atheism I feel threatened by the baptist and Mormon door knockers in my area telling me I am going to hell if I don't convert

Managed to avoid buying anything labelled Made in the USA today. It was pretty easy. Bugger all in our supermarkets is American. Maybe those awful round chocolate biscuits with white gunk in the middle? #auspol

“A new study of early separated lane projects in the U.S. across six cities finds a rise of ridership between 21% and 171% after the lanes were installed.” The pretty strong and convincing case for protected bike-lane networks in cities. In @fastcompany.com

TIME Magazine. Grandpa RICO won’t be happy.

Perfect day in #Sydney for a 160km training ride with 2200m of climbing (and a short ferry ride half way). Glad I remembered the sunscreen! #cycling #SKCC #wymtm

Germany installed 600,000 new stationary battery storage systems in 2024, increasing storage capacity by 50%, bringing total installed systems to 1.8 million, with combined capacity of 19 gigawatt hours (GWh), enough to power two million households daily. www.energylivenews.com/2025/02/04/g...

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

Also just going to leave this here. Remember Mr Bolt used his strange obsession with my journalism to retraumatise a vulnerable victim (Paris Street of St Kevin’s) of a convicted sexual offender? Bolt was later forced to apologise when Paris stood up for himself. www.theguardian.com/media/2020/f...

𝗙𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗥 is used to refer to the 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 of things when those things can be 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙, as in "fewer problems", "fewer people", "fewer lights". Not as many. 𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 is used to refer to the 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 of things that can be 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙, as in "less time", "less effort", "less weight", "less bright" Not as much.

Brookfield, with $1.5 trillion in assets and now in control of Neoen, says demand and prospects for low cost wind, solar and battery storage has never been better

www.bbc.com/news/live/cq... #auspol

Rescue kitten has never heard of tariffs. She is happy in her ignorance.

My experience at Canada/US border posts was that US border guards treated everyone entering the USA as a possible criminal. So if Canada is a source of illegal immigration as Trump suggests, isn't that a problem of the USA enforcing its own rules?

Within every challenge is an opportunity. Move quickly, Aussie wine makers ... Australia should ramp up its wine exports to #Canada. It would be a win for both countries. Canadians would drink much better wine, and Australian exports would grow. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli

A reminder that AI large language models (LLMs) are built on the stolen IP of hundreds of thousands of journalists and authors. Every time you use Chat-GPT and its cousins, pay homage to those talented people whose work will never be recognised in the money-grabbing build of these enterprises.

THREAD: To the “rule of law” gang who somehow believe there is only one way (criminal conviction) to make a finding about allegations that happen to be criminal, do you seriously suggest the multiple forums on which we all report have no validity bc they don’t decide things beyond reasonable doubt?

So why not #Melbourne #Adelaide #Perth #Brisbane #Sydney #Canberra #Hobart and regional centres? #auspol

Gifting this article so it can be widely read. www.themonthly.com.au/share/214118...

One way to put away my concerns about modern #politics for a short time (here’s looking at you, USA) is to pull on one of my favourite cycling kits (Legenda, an #Australian maker) and ride. Only 100km and 1700m vertical today, in rain and hail. #cycling #wymtm #Sydney #training #fitness

Could this happen in #Australia? #auspol

influencer? i prefer the term "trend gremlin"

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01... The Catholic Church, politicians and “journalists” who defended and protected this predator for decades should be ashamed. Instead, they will keep defending him even in death. #auspol

Thank goodness for the work of @milliganreports.bsky.social and other journalists who have defied political power and legal bullying and threats to shine a light into the darkest corners.

Australia says reliance on coal-fired power drops to record low ground.news/article/wash...

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

Apple Maps still shows the Gulf of Mexico … let’s keep an eye on this.

So it takes a 91 year old politician to actually have the bottle to state the bleedin' obvious www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

A journalist with integrity. His message resonates. Don’t give into the lies - wherever you are. USA, UK, Australia …

EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...

@qantas-official.bsky.social Anzac biscuits. Not cookies. It’s actually the law!

Congrats to Prof Tony Haymet on his appointment as Australia's Chief Scientist. Tony is a distinguished alumnus of @sydneyuni.bsky.social and former Chemistry Professor here, who went on to lead @scrippsocean.bsky.social for over a decade. www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety

“People used to talk about the “Catholic vote”, the “Protestant vote”, and the “Jewish vote”. But the “Non-religious vote” can no longer be ignored. Political parties need to re-think how they engage non-religious voters.” — Michael Dove johnmenadue.com/political-op...