Today we've released our first album with original music. Five songs on belonging and building a space of your own, packaged in a soul-funky envelope.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3ryXHI...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/au/album/van...
Or search "Vanda Blue" on your preferred streaming platform.
I got in the queue for BorrowBox a few weeks ago. Initially it said it would be available in August (!) but that has since come down to late April. So the queue moves a lot faster than first predicted.
I know everyone is very excited, but
And this, kids, is why we need Oxford commas…
Having a quick skim of the Liberal party election review. In 61 pages, the words "climate change" appear only once, in an external quote.
The party is on the brink of extinction, and they still can't acknowledge that climate change is an issue that *might* require a tiny bit of attention.
🚨 #DiscoveryProjects EOI #DPEI27 announcement:
❗️Outcomes for Expressions of Interest should now be available in your RMS account ▶️ rms.arc.gov.xn--au-lmy
ARC should also email Lead CIs with their outcomes (may take a while & be staggered).
Full apps open 2 Mar, due 22 Apr.
Will AI weather models lead to better & faster extreme weather warnings? @wxpizza.bsky.social is watching how forecasters prioritize AI predictions before issuing public warnings about incoming storms. More models don't always mean enhanced decision-making. ow.ly/RWMj50YlyfC @bloomberg.com
Things should clear up for the morning commute once silicate weathering has been shut down for long enough that slowly accumulating volcanic CO2 catastrophically deglaciates the entire planet
PhD opportunity for an Australian or New Zealand student (or someone currently studying in Australia) to study nano-microplastic contamination at University of Queensland with a wonderful colleague of mine Dr Elvis Okoffo. Also with Prof Kevin Thomas and Cassandra Rauert.
Excited to do some Antarctic science under the @scar-antarctic.bsky.social umbrella!
The CGT discount is the most unfair tax handout there is.
It is exacerbating inequality and locking a generation out of home ownership.
Enough is enough.
No more tinkering around the edges of the housing crisis. Labor must scrap the CGT discount in the next budget.
Underlying demand, and underlying demand ex-solar contribution (both utility and rooftop) over the last week or so ... 🔌💡
🚨New paper from the team 🚨 In this climate modeling study, PhD student Erwan Pineau investigated the paleogeographic drivers controling the evolution of the AMOC during the Cenozoic. And the southern ocean gateways have a significant impact! doi.org/10.1029/2025...
I'm all for progressive income tax. I would also support progressive super tax (which we don't have). It's just that those things aside, I think progressives in Australia have learned that GST=bad because "John Howard" and I don't think it's necessarily all bad.
Ok but in Sweden you can go to university for free.
I get that argument, but a tax that generates significant revenue, is simple to implement, and can't be dodged by tax deductions is generally a good thing. The redistribution effect can take place through the actual services. Also my experience is Aus pays much higher salaries than Sweden!
Having lived for ~5 years in Sweden where the GST is 25% (with some lower rates for certain categories like fresh food), I am actually quite sympathetic to the view that our GST is too low, and more revenue could pay for useful services, e.g. childcare, infrastructure.
Alarming algal bloom happening now in Tasmania's southern waters
Reported from Randall's Bay spreading into the Channel and Huon River, this is a major concern
Full press conference with Bob Brown and NOFF 👇
www.instagram.com/reel/DTCaAEV...
Definitely reached this point
Devastating news that marine biologist, science communicator, and UniMelb VC Professor Emma Johnston has died after a short illness.
She really was an extraordinary and visionary leader, and I have no doubt she would have made a fine Chief Scientist one day.
theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...
10/10 Allegra, would reviewer 2 again 😁
Yeah nah, deserves it.
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"
www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
Nine of the Top 10 countries in solar PV per capita are in Europe
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
It's a universal truth.
Gee Matt you're sounding a little rambly there... 😜
Absolutely robbed. Apparently headbutting is cool and normal if you're Reece Walsh.
Excellent use of Baywatch material here by Matt Osman. #ICP15
