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@darwinboy.bsky.social

geographer living in Brisbane OZ, concerned about climate change, interested in politics and economics, but mostly the future of humanity

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Australian gas not keeping the lights on in Japan. What's the scam? - Michael West In 2024, Japan exported 40% of the gas it imported from Australia, keeping prices high here. What's the scam?

Australia, you are being scammed! #IEEFA shows Japanese export 40% of Aussie gas exports. Yep, they on-sell our gas for a profit while the corporations cry poor about tax and royalties and gas shortages @kimwingerei.bsky.social

#auspol #whatsthescam
michaelwest.com.au/australian-g...

25.02.2026 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
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NT environmentalists β€˜gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk

The environment minister, Murray Watt, has given the green light for the bulldozing of nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna in the Northern Territory without an assessment under Australia’s nature laws.
#Environment #ClimateCrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

25.02.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh

25.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI expert warns Australia is unprepared for 'supercharged' harms Renowned AI expert Toby Walsh has used a National Press Club address to warn the Australian government about what he argues are inadequate approaches to regulating the technology.

β€œI could give you many more examples where my anger with the tech companies..has turned into outrage," β€œAI companions that undermine our ability to connect with each other, AI doctors that offer dangerous.. advice, AI nudes software that weaponise the abuse of women”

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

25.02.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chronic ocean heating fuels β€˜staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

β€œA 7.2% decline for every tenth of a degree per decade might sound small. But compounded over time, across entire ocean basins, it represents a staggering and deeply concerning loss of marine life.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

25.02.2026 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

We have all witnessed the planned enshittification of the grocery sector. Shrinkflation chiefly. Ridiculous pricing.

25.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Woolworths shares surge as food sales and profit beat expectations Woolworths shareholders will receive an interim dividend of 45 cents per shares, up from the same time a year ago.

It would be fun to compare inflation with supermarket profits.

Housing, bills and food are what poorer people spend nearly all their money on. There’s no choice, that’s what their money has to be spent on.

25.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Originally the property of Gina's Dad, before he sold a majority stake to CSR in 1943, though his companies apparently retained some interests until as late as 1994. Some (not much) of her wealth came from here.

See e.g.: independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...:

25.02.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah I had to stop and vomit.

25.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Morons. That grass is nowhere near the road. So lazy just randomly spraying glysophate everywhere

25.02.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#amerikkka doesn't care where your brown husband comes from.

24.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.

24.02.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

It's standard practice for legislation to be updated.

24.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The orange baboon is cooked.

24.02.2026 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry it's 10 not 7

24.02.2026 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree. Home of football.

24.02.2026 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nah. Either free to air on 7 or streaming on paramount+

24.02.2026 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Blackmailed by Epstein to share state secrets. How many others?

24.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iconic Australian band. Genius. Original Sin.

24.02.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish Tony had his replies switched on. I’d tell him how great this is. #Auspol.

24.02.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2
SHRINKFLATION STRIKES AGAIN
YouTube video by Garron SHRINKFLATION STRIKES AGAIN

Garron.

SHRINKFLATION STROKES AGAIN.

The last lot of hotcross buns I bought.
Seemed to have shrunk as well.
youtube.com/shorts/tSZH1...

24.02.2026 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I imagine the adults will eventually be left to clean the mess and re establish some kind of democracy? But not sure if #amerikkka has reached rock bottom yet.

24.02.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Best wishes for his daughter. CuraΓ§ao are playing the Socceroos in Australia shortly as a friendly leading into the WC.

24.02.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning. β˜•οΈ

23.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
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The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory Earth’s climate is now departing from the stable conditions that supported human civilization for millennia. Crossing critical temperature thresholds may trigger self-reinforcing feedbacks and tipping...

"a hothouse trajectory with long-lasting and potentially irreversible consequences."

23.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Lithium Plume in Our Atmosphere Traced Back to Returning SpaceX Rocket Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.

Hey, so all those rocket launches people love cheering on are probably destroying the upper atmosphere. Repairing the ozone layer in the 90s is one of our all-time great achievements as a global civilization; private rocket men seem intent on reversing that.

23.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1544    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 56

It's. A. Projection.

23.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Fragmented IDEs to One Multilingual Platform: Johnson & Johnson’s Positron Story - Posit Discover how Johnson & Johnson unified its data science workflow. Learn why they transitioned from fragmented IDEs to Positron, a multilingual platform for R and Python development.

Still running R and Python in separate IDEs?

Join our live webinar on March 3 to hear how Johnson & Johnson standardized on one multilingual platform with Positron.

Real enterprise story. Regulated environment.

Secure your spot β†’
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23.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

How is this a legal platform of it is run on computer bullshit?

23.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a great photo

23.02.2026 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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