I have a gazillion photos of the yellow-footed rock-wallabies at Boolcoomatta. Here's one to start with. It was amazing to spend time with them. I love their stripey tails.

It is a good time to learn how to find accurate information online. We’re offering virtual training sessions over the month of October, teaching you Bellingcat’s investigative techniques…

The Trump admin is going to do what Russia and Hungary have done, dismantle liberal civil society to ensure that the only power centers that remain are either the autocrat himself or those aligned with him. It's about eliminating independent centers of political power from academia to the media.

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

There are 9 specialist autism-focused health and education centres in Cuba 🙄

I get this, I do. But also, we need to have things to celebrate. They make working to stop climate change meaningful. Just like fighting fascism (it's all the same fucking fight). If you don't have things to celebrate and enjoy, you aren't going to fight for them and build this better world.

Typescript + Prettier makes me such a super-efficient programmer, because every line of code that would have been just one line of code in most other modern languages requires 7 lines of code. I’m writing lines of code SEVEN TIMES FASTER! 🤯 /s #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming

Jimmy Kimmel’s show wasn’t suspended because of comments about Charlie Kirk. Major media like the NYT keep saying that, but Kirk was just a pretext. In July, when Kirk was still alive, Trump reacted to the cancellation of Colbert’s show by saying “Jimmy Kimmel is next.” it’s not about Kirk.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Here’s Trump saying media that criticises him a lot should not be allowed. When your President chooses who and what you’re allowed to hear based on whether it makes him look good, you have left ‘The Land of the Free’ far behind. #uspol

Here’s Trump saying media that criticises him a lot should not be allowed. When your President chooses who and what you’re allowed to hear based on whether it makes him look good, you have left ‘The Land of the Free’ far behind. #uspol

Why are people calling EV V2X “Bidirectional Charging”? It only charges in one direction! The other way is DIScharging!

Why are people calling EV V2X “Bidirectional Charging”? It only charges in one direction! The other way is DIScharging!

PSA for those uncritically repeating Trump's rhetoric without context: There is no such "organisation" as "Antifa". It doesn't exist. It's a concept, like being a feminist or being a pacifist. It's a way of thinking, it's not an entity. It's like saying you've banned the fricking Tooth Fairy.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

The LNP were Ok with signing us up for $368B for Submarines on the never never, but wanting to spend $8B on climate mitigation is a bridge too far, but were OK to spend $8B on one nuclear plant. #AusPol

In a world brimming with emerging dictators, do not be a Neville Chamberlain.

ASIC Chair Joe Longo explains why ASIC didn’t punish fmr ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott “In Aus we don’t lightly ban ppl from their employment, we don’t lightly send them to jail, we don’t lightly impose penalties on them or ruin their reputation” Unless you’re a whistleblower, then you’re screwed

As usual, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social captures it. "America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years."

Are we still tagging #LateStageCapitalism ? youtube.com/shorts/tg4pY...

Education is the enemy of fascism.

A dude who works in minerals but posts on LinkedIn mostly about renewables (it’s all going downhill, of course) says I should ignore Oxford Uni data scientist and bestselling author Dr Hannah Ritchie’s analysis of minerals because she doesn’t work in minerals and posts on Substack. #ClimateSky

#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination

Solar panels now cost peanuts (under 10 cents per W) in most of the world. Carbon dioxide emissions in high-income countries are now falling, and there's reason to believe other countries will be able to develop much more sustainably than those did. ourworldindata.org/grapher/annu...

Andrew Hastie threatens us all with a good time #ausp

Fossil fuels were given over $7 TRILLION in subsidies last year: buff.ly/3P85KHU That's $19.2 billion per day, $799 million per hour, $13.3 million every minute. The first step in addressing the problem is to stop funding it. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy

Psychologically, we're living in very hard times for all who care deeply about science, empathy, equity, nature, and rights for all citizens of the planet, human or otherwise. Find strength, solace, and community in like-minded others, positive action, and in Mother Earth 🌎

Obscene youtube.com/shorts/kV2ei...

Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate

Not a big fan of AI but this is a pretty cool video. www.instagram.com/reel/DKPu4Mp...

Sharing my favorite cloud/storm of all time for #CloudAppreciationDay. Hard to believe its already almost the two year anniversary of the Ada, OK storm.

“Steering wheel?” 😂 youtube.com/shorts/WWW9E...

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Israel has attacked five different countries today: Lebanon, Palestine, Syria (3 locations, including the ancient city of Palmyra), Yemen, and a boat carrying activists and food in Tunisian waters. That's a wholllllle lot of defending itself, ey??

Cool new website spurring personal action #ClimateSky

55 GW is a lot of capacity. Canceling it because woke does not seem like the path to energy abundance, domination, security, or much else.

Please take 1 minute to add your name to this call for the government to take the strongest possible climate action. #auspol

The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone. Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking. [Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]

Literally the second meme I've made in my life.

🤔 If a technology is not easy to adopt successfully, perhaps it’s not a good technology? (Or at least not a good fit for the things many are trying to apply it to?)

At 1.5C warming & heading for 2-3C: Pastoralist Jody Brown, at Farmers for Climate Action last week: Anyone settling for mediocre (CO2 emissions) targets is essentially kicking both agriculture & nature (& tourism) to the kerb, & with it the wellbeing of us all. www.theage.com.au/environment/...

Here's me. "Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians"

End game

ABC news angle: The Business Council warns a 2035 emissions reduction target of 70+% could lead to loss of $100+m in exports. But... they're fossil fuel exports. A problem. We're committed to losing - and replacing - them. BCA supports this, right? Q is when. Benefits of action? Not modelled.

Your EV could soon power your home, support the grid, and earn you ~$3k a year. We’ve broken down how it works (and what’s next): amber.com.au/blog/v2g-v2h...

Classic #auspol #MarchForAustralia By or via @vanbadham.bsky.social