Dr Helen MacLean

World’s biggest industrial heat battery, from a company backed by big name investors including Rio Tinto, begins operations.

Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is ‘trying to take the side of truth’ after misuse of overseas arrivals figures

When claims made in the public arena using agency data is “flat-out contradicted by the statistical evidence", intervening to correct it upholds integrity

"you’re trying to take the side of truth [.. ]to take the side of explaining what the statistics say and what they don’t say"

#IStandWithABS

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Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...

Even in a digital era, the choices editors make about the Sunday front page say a great deal about their priorities

A handsome dark ginger cat is sitting in the sun on a chair in front of a window, facing towards his reflection in the window.

Tippy’s simultaneously basking in the sun and contemplating his own lovely reflection in the window

is that the same as kaffir lime? Do you use the fruit for anything, or just the leaves in cooking?

One day you’ll have to post pics of the NT News headlines you were responsible for Dave 🤣

I’m not sure we’ve got an equivalent cat celebrity person who’d be worthy of a guest spot here in Melbourne.

Oh wow, well done Dave!! Any chance you’re coming down to Melbourne with them next weekend 😁

Paris before and after street transformation

New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall

A Paris “School Street” where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

Oh no, here we go again. Are we heading for another (rushed) agreement to solidify our role as the world’s quarry?

We should export processed minerals, not raw! #ValueAddHere. 1/2 #auspol

This won’t end well. As soon as there’s government money on offer, private corporations come out to dip their snouts in the trough. We’ve seen it in aged care, childcare, disability providers, employment services, etc, but continue to fail to learn the lessons from these examples.

Charity run by investment firm linked to 17-storey suburban tower A Victorian housing charity awarded more than $200 million in taxpayer funds for a proposed 17-storey tower is controlled by a for-profit investment firm, the ABC can reveal.

#auspol #vicpol #housing

Australia Post says it has beaten its emissions reduction site, reached 100 pct renewables at its operational sites, and rolled out thousands of EVs.

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

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.

When a president sends troops into American cities to “restore order,” what he’s really doing is testing obedience. Portland and Chicago aren’t war zones…they’re warning shots. Authoritarians don’t announce takeovers. They practice them. One city at a time. However, each practice destroys families.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

"Discrediting science and scientists is an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to discredit any other forms of learning and truth and destabilize societies to keep them under control."

Understandable, although Dave’s sister is presumably an Aussie

Mia says no to redevelopment, she likes her simple boxes just as they are.

I’m sorry, but I just don’t get the attraction of flat-faced cats (or dogs). It doesn’t look attractive to me, & surely it’s not good for the animals’ breathing?? Humans have a lot to answer for in our selective breeding of “cute” deleterious traits in our pets.

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

In 1935 German leadership called a surprise meeting and informed their previous oath to uphold the Weimar constitution was now void and they instead must swear a personal oath to the Führer. Many claimed they didn’t like the order, but they did it anyway.

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From New York to London, Anthony Albanese plots statesmanlike course through global turmoil It’s not his natural game, but the prime minister has shown he can hold his own while promoting Australian ideas on climate, Gaza, and social media

Tom McIlroy‘s excellent report on PM Albanese’s powerful UN speech and global recognition for Australia’s action on climate change which domestic commentators still
fail to acknowledge
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Get your hands off my ladder

More like 95% fare evasion from my experience of Melbourne buses.

Of course The Age fails this basic test of public interest journalism right out of the gate. bsky.app/profile/gree...

Journalists need to be very very careful reporting on the paracetamol story. This is no time for straw man reporting or headlining Trump's statement without commentary, because all most people will see is the headline and take it as gospel. 1/

A simple denial in the headline might be less click baity, but perhaps more in keeping with morally upright journalism?