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Gas was long thought to be essential as a backup for a clean energy grid. But enormous growth in grid-scale batteries has changed the game.

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The seismic echoes of capsizing icebergs falling from Thwaites Glacier have been detected for the first time.

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Fifa fawning on Trump is the culmination of football’s corruption by money LAST week the beautiful game of football died with shame.The decision to create and award a so-called “peace prize” to US President Donald Trump took brown-nosing to a whole new level.But it was actua...

My article in todays @mstaronline.bsky.social about FIFA morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fifa...

How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

‘“We have messed up the atmosphere as mankind,” says Ólafsson. “Is it OK that we just go to the next place and mess up the oceans?”’

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Frequently Asked Questions — Green Energy Statecraft Project Want to know more about how national security and green energy align? You're in the right place!

How does renewable energy strengthen national security?

#Renewables #AusPol #Energy #NationalSecurity #GreenEnergy

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NACC Inspector Furness states the obvious while Brereton obfuscates - Michael West Today's Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting examining the performance of the NACC made it clear that Paul Brereton just doesn't get it.

NACC has no cred, nor chair Brereton, but unless both major parties move to fix it, Australia stuck with it for another year. @kimwingerei.bsky.social #whatsthescam Brereton hearing today
#auspol
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A graphic from The Korea Herald illustrates a Korean study on COVID-19 and memory. On the left, a diagram shows the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein entering the brain and disrupting nerve cell connections. A cartoon mouse appears confused, with a scribble above its head, representing cognitive decline. On the right, another mouse looks calm and healthy, symbolizing recovery. Below, two panels compare the mechanisms: the left shows damaged synapses and the buildup of toxic proteins, while the right shows treatment icons — including a medical cross and reduced toxic protein markers — representing improvement after metformin. The headline reads: “Korean study finds how COVID-19 affects memory, suggests a possible treatment.”

Korean study finds how COVID-19 affects memory, suggests a possible treatment.

Korean researchers found the COVID S1 spike protein disrupts nerve cells, harming memory and causing anxiety in mice. Metformin restored nerve function and reduced toxic proteins, suggesting a possible treatment.

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

The Inspector of the NACC has received 90 complaints with most about the NACC Commissioner conflict of interests with Defence.

His response: "it's very easy to put too much weight on the number of complaints" 🤦‍♂️

Join the campaign! A protest is planned at the SLV this coming Saturday, 13 December at 12:30pm. Hope to see you there. #SaveSLV #libraries #GLAM

‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel plans as new rules require social media to be declared Visitors will have to reveal at the border all social media activity over the past five years * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians are abandoning travel to the US, and boycotting World Cup matches there next year, as the Trump administration flags new rules that will soon require visitors to hand over their social media history when applying to enter the country. In a notice published on Tuesday, the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) said tourists to the US from 42 countries including Australia would have to reveal all of their social media activity over the past five years under the new rules, which are up for a 60-day review before coming into effect. It would be a part of the application for a visa waiver under the ESTA application process. Continue reading...

‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel plans as new rules require social media to be declared

Screenshot of satellite photo with inverted colours

Spent hours yesterday trying to resolve different colour bands for satellite photos in QGIS to create and reflecting that this type of mapping is hard to just 'pick up now and then' as I just forget everything I know about the software.

The underground cellars at the Unicorn Brewery.
Built in 1873 at Burra, it's my favourite part of the Burra Heritage Passport Tour.
A very worthwhile self-guided tour if you are ever visiting Burra.

‘I would hope governments to come will see the error of that & take it away. Labor has talked a lot about how bad it is, but hasn’t done anything about it.’

Gonski calls for some govt (🤔 how about the Albo Govt?) to dump Morrison’s noxious Jobs Ready Graduates scheme.
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Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists

‘Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.’

Gift article: Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Everyone who doesn’t stand up to a bully is the bully’s accomplice.

In Sydney, Pinchgut Opera’s performance of Messiah - celebrating Black Friday in the way Handel would have intended.

That thundering sound you can hear? Pennies dropping everywhere.

Great journalism from Jason Koutsoukis @jksocrates.bsky.social @thesaturdaypaper.com.au.

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Today’s front page: The Richo pact: How Graham put Albanese in charge satpa.pe/r0S65am

Exclusive: ANU management ‘reactive, short-term, and politically driven’ A damning report has revealed widespread governance failures at ANU, as fresh documents detail former vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell’s $3.3 million exit package.

Exclusive: A damning report has revealed widespread governance failures at ANU, as fresh documents detail former vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell’s $3.3 million exit package.
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Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use

Thank you, Ed Husic.

But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
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Photograph of a female Gang-gang Cockatoo - a grey parrot with light grey beak and orange/yellow edges on its neck and breast feathers. It appears to be nibbling on a dead branch, but was actually climbing it and using its beak as a hand (as parrots tend to do). In this light its eye looks brown.

Same subject, but different lighting and pose. This is a more conventional bird portrait, with the cockatoo's back to the camera but the head turned side-on. Its soft, willowy crest is raised and its eyes appear much darker in this light. Its grey back feathers have light grey edges and thin yellow bars.

A pair of Gang-gang Cockatoos have stopped by a few times this week! The male is camera shy, but I managed to get a few shots of the female.
#birds

Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.

We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.

Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol

The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz The emerging ‘debate’ about immigration is a cruel example. It’s distracting us from addressing the issues that would improve lives

🔥🔥🔥’Allowing the opposition to set the national agenda has provoked an absurd situation that is debasing national politics, stymying important decisions and distracting us from the issues that really need to be addressed…’

@juliannes.bsky.social

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Important lessons here for all western democracies.
And complacent centrist political parties.

Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds Researchers say results underline large language models’ poor grasp of humour, empathy and cultural nuance

Microsoft Excel also does not understand jokes

Genuinely, it is such a serious problem that academics and media outlets are presenting text processing software as if it could ever "understand" anything. All this does is misinform the public and do supply free PR for tech companies

Monochrome photograph of a white woman standing over a desk with reel to reel recording equipment

Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho
#WomensArt

Sigh…

What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t

‘…the Social Democrats didn’t do enough to fundamentally change German society while they could.’

Gift article: What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...