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Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it If you don't have Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped, you're not alone - it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem.

Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it >

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The value humans place in intellect at the expense of other forms of intelligence Humans are bad at valuing the things we are not good at. We bundle our strengths together and call them intelligence, then say that intelligence is the best thing to have. And we valorise sight above ...

Extract from Jane Rawson’s wonderful book

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Two perfect pieces of art. Adored Mr Inbetween.

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

'The good has become the enemy of better’: why the Senate refused to accept Labor’s first EPBC draft 'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better.

'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.

But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social

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The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover? Speaking to the press after passage of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last Thursday, Western Australian Premier, Roger Cook, indicated that he expect...

Great piece on new env laws. Key point on more powers to states:

"Smaller govs in particular, such as the ACT and the NT, often struggle to properly enforce their own environmental laws."

By @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover? Speaking to the press after passage of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last Thursday, Western Australian Premier, Roger Cook, indicated that he expect...

Largely overlooked by the media, last Thursday’s amendments to the EPBC Act in fact enable quite radical changes to the structure of environmental decision-making in this country - writes @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland
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Future Climate in Norway: More Floods, Droughts, and Less Snow - Norce The climate in Norway has already changed significantly, and the effects are expected to grow stronger in the coming years. We will experience more precipitation, more frequent droughts, and less snow...

We had the lighting of our street's christmas tree y'day: 5 degrees C, pouring rain, no snow

I wish there were a socially acceptable way to point out that 3 decades ago, it would've almost certainly been snowy, lovely and <0C. Lots of older folks there: I think on some level they know it

Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle NSW police arrest 141 people as campaigners demand federal government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%

141 people have been arrested in Australia as climate activists stop ships reaching the world’s biggest coal port

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.

And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.

Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of

In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…

As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate

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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

Israel’s genocide against Palestinians 'not over' despite ceasefire - new Amnesty briefing Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed

Obviously be careful of reposting this if you work for the ABC

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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

Males (Average daily number) Indigenous Non-indigenous 2022 3,881.7 270.8021887 2023 4,119.4 266.419147 Sep-24 4,454.5 263.0404971 Dec-24 4,518.3 259.3942345 Mar-25 4,652.8 265.7101833 Jun-25 4,715.1 269.4114629 Sep-25 4,717.3 267.8862789

The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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Another thing: if we've only managed to cut real emissions by 4% since 2005, how do you think we're getting the rest of the way to 62-70% by 2035 with the same weak policies?
The land-use accounting tricks that got us to -28% aren't yielding any more.

It would help if the Albanese govt stopped approving massive new polluting gas and coal projects

The parliamentary year is done, which means the blog is down until it returns on Feb 3. Thank you to everyone who has joined this little project - it has meant the world to have your support. Please - take care of you. It's only going to get more unhinged next year x

@australiainstitute.org.au wearing aus music t-shirts today. You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au

Single frame. Title: ‘“Both sides” of the “debate”’. Left: bald man in grey strip suit and tie at lectern labelled “PRO-UNFETTERED FREEDOM TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM EARTH’S RESOURCES”. Right: woman in green blazer at lectern labelled “PRO-LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF LIFE ON EARTH”.

The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.

A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
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A Northern Indiana Public Service Co. affiliate — called NIPSCO Generation, or GenCo — plans to build up to 3 GW of gas-fired generation and battery storage to serve planned Amazon data centers, the companies said Monday. Combined with electric transmission to be built by NIPSCO, the companies expect to spend about $7 billion. Under the arrangement, GenCo plans to build two 1.3-GW gas-fired power plants and a 400-MW, 4‐hour battery storage system to serve the data centers, according to filings at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. In comparison, NIPSCO expects its non-data center load in 2028 will be about 2.3 GW. The IURC on Nov. 19 reaffirmed a September decision to approve the GenCo framework, which is designed to ensure that NIPSCO’s existing customers don’t pay for infrastructure needed to serve hyperscalers like Amazon. Under the framework, GenCo will own and operate power plants for large load customers. NIPSCO, a NiSource subsidiary, expects its 15-year deal with Amazon will produce about $1 billion in savings for its ratepayers. Those savings will be reflected as a credit on customers’ electric bills, according to a Nov. 7 filing by NIPSCO and NIPSCO Generation at the IURC. Residential customers will receive roughly $7 in monthly savings, according to the utility.

Also, the 2.6-GW of gas-fired generation GenCo plans to build at its coal-fired Schahfer power plant site could produce nearly four times the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that the existing Schahfer coal plant emitted in 2023, according to Inskeep.

JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre

@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

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The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched | Greg Jericho The boom in world gas prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to energy companies making out like bandits

My column on the latest inflation figures

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If there’s a literal portrait in your cartoon, I’d say portrait OF

FWIW - George W Bush wrote a book called Portraits of Courage with literal portraits
JFK wrote a book called Profiles in Courage

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday Link for more information: https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday

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Ed Husic on the money: gas industry profiteering is costing Australians Ed Husic’s ‘breaking ranks with Labor’ speech in parliament yesterday which claimed gas exporters are profiteering from Australians and driving up domestic energy prices, is right on the money and wel...

"Ed Husic on the money: gas industry profiteering is costing Australians" by Matt Saunders #ThePoint
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