Tim Scanlon

The Oatmeal is spot on.

We got some training at work on how to write prompts for AI tools. It has some use - mainly because of the enshitification of other digital tools - but I was struck by how it is a shortcut for actually learning a skill.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Everything you need to know about Australia’s 2035 climate target | Climate Council Setting Australia’s 2035 climate target is one of the most important decisions the government has made. This rapid analysis explains Australia’s 2035 climate target, where it came from, and what it me...

New @australianlabor.bsky.social emissions targets are not enough. Their 2035 goal is well short of what is needed.

Australia needs to be net zero by 2035!

Meanwhile, a few more coal and gas mines approved.
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YouTube video by Punters Politics Podcast Lead Poisoning Cover-Up, Robodebt Fallout, Love Letters & Who TF Is James | Punters Politics Podcast

NSW EPA buried evidence of kids being poisoned by lead mines.
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So the shooter appears to have been a RWer who didn't like what Kirk was doing to the country. He literally inscribed one of the bullets with " “Hey, fascist! Catch!” with an up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols."

That's baller.

Really not sure what’s changed. Were people unaware of the lists these people had before? What about the lists Kirk’s organisation had that targeted people?

We keep normalising RWNJ like Kirk and nazis. The think pieces and obits this week are a fucking disgrace, all shaking their head while justifying and amplifying. Don’t be part of the problem. Reject this BS.

Wait, is something bad happening in the USA?

My inner vampire applauds this idea, but my whingy food tastes terrible without a bit of sun ripening.

High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds The plans could also unintentionally harm fragile polar ecosystems.

Oh look, geoengineering won’t work. Looks like we’ll just have to stop burning fossil fuels.

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Gas leak cover-up shows Australian governments are captured by the gas industry It's been revealed that Santos’ Darwin LNG gas export terminal has been leaking large amounts of climate-destroying methane gas for 20 years - and gas

“This cover-up is a national scandal. It confirms that Australia’s key regulators are either incompetent or captured by the gas industry, or both,” said @markogge.bsky.social.

“That there are no consequences for gas companies failing to act on a major leak of methane for 20 years is a disgrace."

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

I didn’t suggest that. I was illustrating how little the land use is by drawing a comparison.

YouTube video by GenericArtDad How does the civilian casualty rate in Gaza compare to WWII? It’s so much worse.

Civilian casualty rate is ridiculous. Remembering that killing civilians is a war crime.
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Rooftop solar is big and could be two-thirds of energy.
reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-sola...
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Because a lot of commercial solar projects are on land not roofs. TBH, the main issue with the commercial ones is exactly the problem with every other big business looking to make a buck.

And the footy fields.

I prefer the idea of making it like mini-golf with massive wind turbines you have to avoid hitting the blades of, or a series of solar panels you have to bounce between.

And as golfers like to promote, the non-fairway area tends to be trees that are "urban biodiversity refuges"... kinda.

A lot of nuke-bros love to talk about how much space solar takes up. I wonder how many play golf?
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Via @carbonbrief.org

YouTube video by The West Report Australia’s AI Copyright Battle | The Sound Check

Lots of talk about AI being great for productivity, but it is another grift, taking stuff for free, including public funds, and selling us back slop. Read "Blood in the Machine". Also check out @ketanjoshi.co latest article on the ridiculous environmental impact of AI.
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Children with autism to be diverted off NDIS under $2bn program announced by Albanese government Access changes to the NDIS will begin from mid-2027 once the Thriving Kids program has been fully rolled out, Mark Butler says

This is utter bullshit. Fuck Albo.

Children with autism to be diverted off NDIS under $2bn program announced by Albanese government

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Youtube has just started promoting a bunch of AI Slop channels.

These channels seem to have a lot of content, all uploaded in the last day, very few views and subscribers, and clearly churned out for clicks. Yet there they are, right at the top of my recommendations.

Hope this fucks right off.

Jillian Segal’s many hats: Special Envoy for Antisemitism and Israel lobbyist extraordinaire - Michael West The Albanese Government appointed Israel lobbyist and senior business figure Jillian Segal as Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism. Yaakov Aharon investigates potential conflicts of interest.

In unsurprising news, the new special envoy on anti-Semitism in Australia, Jillian Segal, is a pro-Zionist lobbyist with deep ties to the weapons manufacturers.

I wonder what her focus will be…

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So they went willingly and were able to leave at their choosing? Odd, that doesn’t appear to be what happened.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union How This Corporation Secretly Poisoned Our Food, Water, and Blood

The latest in a long line of chemicals dumped into our environment, often deliberately, knowingly causing harm.
Brilliant work from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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YouTube video by Simon Clark Does recycling even do anything?

Recycling good. Not using in the first place gooderer.
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So? Well, obviously the majors are not receiving support, nor even tacit support, just “least worst” support.

That should have ramifications for policy and governance.

Primary votes have influence and signal directions for policy.

Notice how majors want to talk about mandates? That’s because people aren’t giving them mandates and they are trying to get ahead of the issues they will be pushed on.

YouTube video by Dr. Fatima How Galileo Broke the Scientific Method

This is a great video about how science idealism/ideology doesn't match science practice which can stop scientific progress and allows in the deniers.
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I posted about the new mine proposal that is just all kinds of bad. You can do a submission to the EPA yourself, or join the WA Forest Alliance submission as a counter-signer.
Sign here:
endforestmining.org.au/alcoa/

Remember folks, it’s only a mere theoretical possibility that an oil spill will happen. Yet again.