Ben Schulz

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

Every time the government accepts money from the gambling industry, it increases its debts to companies whose business models are based on preying on young and vulnerable people, and doing them harm.

The Albanese government does this again and again.

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Coal-fired power stations to operate in Queensland until least 2046 as energy road map unveiled Profile image of reporter Rachel Riga with archway behind her By Rachel Stewart Topic:Energy Policy 13h ago

Katie-Anne Mulder says the road map is not as ambitious as the Queensland Renewable Energy Council would have liked. (ABC News) Queensland Renewable Energy Council chief executive Katie-Anne Mulder said the plan looked as though it would provide stability for developers to deliver renewables in the state. "The road map isn't as ambitious as we would have liked, however there is a decision framework for coal closure which we'd like to see more of," she said. "We were looking for a signal from the government around what renewable energy development will be welcome in the state, to build out what our modern energy system will look like.... from what I've heard today in the treasure's speech, I think he's delivered that."

Pretty damn awful to see the Queensland government trying to rebrand as Trumpland, but extra special awful to see the QLD renewable energy lobby shrugging it off as fine because they're getting a few crumbs thrown their way.

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queensland's coal extensions

Wow, way worse than I expected. Way, way worse. All these extra years of coal-fired power generation in QLD will directly cause a massive number of avoidable deaths and harm to people, and destroy huge swathes of nature.

Why isn't there more anger?

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Queensland Renewable Energy Council (QREC)Queensland Renewable Energy Council (QREC) 8,856 followers8,856 followers 2h • Edited • 2 hours ago • Edited • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Congratulations to Treasurer and Minister for Energy David Janetzki on today’s release of the Queensland Energy Roadmap - a pragmatic and significant milestone balancing energy reliability with the need to unlock private capital to accelerate large-scale renewable investment. At its core, the message is clear - Queensland needs more new energy investment. Key steps include: - A QIC Investor Gateway to provide a clear front door for new energy investment. - A $400m Queensland Energy Investment Fund - A coal closure decision matrix to guide transition planning - Clarity on CopperString’s Eastern Link, returning to the original 330kV specification and setting the foundation for significant renewable investment for decades. - A $200m North West Energy Fund to connect renewables to resources around Mt Isa and Cloncurry, a partnership approach to deliver flexible, firming solutions and place downward pressure on regional energy prices - Certainty for Gladstone, with transmission support ensuring the 2029 Power Station closure is underpinned by new renewable capacity - A shift from Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) to Regional Energy Hubs (REH) while keeping focus on cost-efficient shared transmission It was great to hear the Treasurer recognise the critical leadership of regional councils, including Western Downs Regional Council and Flinders Shire Council - a strong signal that Queensland’s energy transformation will be built with our regions, not just in them. View QREC media release: https://lnkd.in/gtcdsZBd View Queensland Government’s media statement: https://lnkd.in/gJ7QSmhA View the Queensland Energy Roadmap: https://lnkd.in/gigRbXNX

indescribably bad. The renewable energy lobby actively celebrating a plan that'll massively extend coal-fired power output by decades.

WHAT A COOL TIME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW

Panel from original Batman comic book, a brooding Bruce Wayne is thinking out loud: "CRIMINALS ARE A SUPERSTITIOUS COWARDLY LOT. SO MY DISGUISE MUST BE ABLE TO STRIKE TERROR INTO THEIR HEARTS. I MUST BE A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, BLACK, TERRIBLE.. A. A..."

The frog costume guy stands in opposition to ICE thugs in Portland

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

The best time to flee was a decade ago. The second best time is anyway you can by any means possible *if you can*

And be as quiet as a mouse as you do it. No newspaper articles, no goodbye parties, don’t tell people you’re leaving until you’re safe elsewhere

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My cat, who never sits on my lap, actually sat on my lap this morning. And is still there right now. I had to call in sick to work so he can sit on me as long as he wants.

In an interview for a new Netflix documentary filmed months before her death, famed British primatologist Jane Goodall called for billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to be blasted into space. “Absolutely, there are people I don’t like,” she told interviewer and TV writer Brad Falchuk, “and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover.” When asked if she would like Musk to be on the spacecraft alongside them, she sounded off. “Oh, absolutely, he’d be the host,” she said. “Along with Musk, it’d be [president Donald] Trump and some of Trump’s real supporters.” “Put them all on that spaceship and send them off,” she concluded.

If you ever end up recording a final message, ensure you dedicate a good chunk of it to roasting your nemeses, like Jane Goodall did

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YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

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The Chemistry of Cats | Reactions Science Videos - American Chemical Society A look at some of the key "meow-locules" that make up the chemistry of cats.

Tomorrow is #ChemNobel day!! 🥳🥳 While we are all waiting eagerly for the announcement, my cat Salem suggest to you #chemsky friends some important reading to quench the nerves,

1) ACS important content: www.acs.org/pressroom/re...

And... 1/2 🧵

This is so disappointing. Fundamental **aka DISCOVERY ** science underpins training of the next generation of scientists, irrespective of if they go into translation labs or not. Failure to support it = turning off the tap. No discoveries, nothing to translate. Weak workforce #NHMRC

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

Complete waste to have an AI actress who just looks like a regular human. We already have those. She should have a hand growing out of her face or something

Cat: meow?

Me: I don't know how to explain better that you literally just ate fish, you are literally stuffed full of fish. You physically cannot eat more fish, just look at you.

Cat: meow.

Me: No time does not work differently in the "cat dimension" that is not even a thing

Me trying to run fast

Open men's course part 1

Open men's course part 2

I may have been at a small advantage, but I had a great time racing in the Australian Orienteering Sprint Championships at The University of Queensland on the weekend 🏃‍♀️🌳

AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

Orienteering control on a small cliff

Orienteering control between two very nice conglomerate boulders

Orienteering control on a small cliff in open runnable forest

I was part of the organising team for the Australian Orienteering Long Distance Championships over the weekend overlooking Wivenhoe Dam west of Brisbane🏃‍♀️🌳 Hot, steep, speedy running, fun, and very successful!

I went into today pretty sure we were in fascist consolidation end game phase.

I'm leaving today still pretty sure we're in fascist consolidation end game phase, but also increasingly convinced that the Fascist Strongman is confused about it and keeps calling off the viziers' end game chess moves.

Fantastic results for orienteers at the 2025 Trail Running Short World Championships, with Tove Alexandersson and Frédéric Tranchand coming home with wins www.irunfar.com/2025-trail-w...

Tylenol waged a massive PR war after someone tampered with like one bottle. It was so successful that it’s studied in media and PR classes decades later. Did anyone think they would let RFK lie about them?

Nope, not an April fool's. Just complete insanity.

"built for eduction" but it hallucinates bs and never tells you that you or it might be wrong

"enhanced privacy and security" just don't worry about ethics or environmental impact

RIP Oxford

In case anyone was still wondering if Trump's America is really fascist, the man himself has confirmed it

I am anti-fascism

Should not be a controversial position.

Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit Study finds chimpanzees’ enthusiasm for guzzling ripe fruit puts their ethanol intake at about 14g per day

There's so much alcohol in ripe fruit from natural fermentation by wild yeast that chimpanzees eat the equivalent of a beer every day www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #BedtimeScience 🍎🦠🍻🧪

Regulation of N-glycosylation efficiency by eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase - Glycopedia Oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) catalyses the key step of N-glycosylation, transferring immature N-glycans to select Asn residues in nascent proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Asn are more li...

Our work @benschulz.bsky.social on the specificity and the mechanism of activation of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase is now on Glycopedia ⬇️🎉🥳, the largest repository of #glycotime news and educational material online!

Thank you Serge Perez 🤓❤️

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The government has laid out the perils of the climate crisis – but will Albanese meet the moment? Grave remarks on the potential shocks to people, property and the economy are all too familiar. Putting a credible number on the emissions target is the harder part

Sorry, but the government cant approve a 50-year extension of one of the largest fossil fuel export projects in the world...then 3 days later pretend it cares about the climate.

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Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art Approval met with fury from conservation groups and the Greens, who called it a ‘betrayal’ of Australians who want climate action

There’s so much evil in the world right now. So much in your face obvious evil that this unforgivable omnicidal act by Murray Watt and the ALP probably slides below the surface. But the impact of this on countless people and species, and First Nations culture, outweighs much of the rest. Despicable.

I happened to pass that one this morning. It's looking very impressive, and now its outstanding position and view are even more obvious, but it's a little strange that you can see the whole garden and pool from the street.

It's a bit disappointing all round