Damien Irving

We wrote a book! "Research Software Engineering with Python" is available for pre-order now! @routledgebooks drclimate.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/we-…

The Australien Government has made an ad about Alcoa strip-mining the Northern Jarrah Forest and it's surprsingly honest and informative. #auspol #alcoa

“Cuts to CSIRO don’t just affect climate science – science in general is suffering. Though it seems that climate science is being targeted more than it should be.” satpa.pe/J3yMvps

Walking around maskless during an ongoing airborne pandemic.

South Australians head to the polls this weekend, and the SA Greens have rolled out their biggest campaign yet! The SA Labor government, like the fed Labor government, is choosing to tinker around the edges on cost-of-living, housing, the climate crisis. But we can do better.

@kevinbonham This might not age well, but I can't imagine a room of councillors would voluntarily request to have less councillors.

Tas Government to move for all councils to have nine or seven members unless they request to have five. Very interesting to see how this one goes in the parliament #lgtas #politas dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/loca…

They put a whole bunch of other local government reforms out for consultation last year, but perhaps they aren't going to be progressed until after this year's elections? dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/loca…

So is the number of councillors (and their allowances) the only thing the government is proposing to change between now and the local government elections in October? #politas dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/loca…

@FeralHeather 😬

@DrClimate propublica.org/article/trump-… TLDR federal firefighting forces FUBAR (much of our fire prone areas under USFS jurisdiction) California is trying to fill the void but still major resource losses

Why is it 90 degrees at my house on MARCH 18th?!?! (Anthropogenic climate change resulting from colonization)

@FeralHeather Is the lack of snowpack (due to the super warm winter) also going to be a problem for water where you are this year? x.com/ByIanJames/sta…

@DrClimate We have a massive amount of fuel on the ground from last month’s rains. This extreme heat is going to dry it all up into tinder. I fear this will be a bad fire season.

Ever wonder how political influence works? Gift parcels from the AHA (ie: pokies lobby) lining the halls outside Labor MPs’ offices today. They weren’t happy to see us 😂

The Greens-led Senate inquiry into the Capital Gains Tax discount has handed down its report, and even Labor Senators have backed findings that it’s skewing housing towards investors, widening inequality, and distorting the economy.

A major new study has confirmed what many of us know from reading all previous research. Socialists in NYC should care about this, bc Mayor Mamdani has filled his administration with developer hawks in hopes of delivering the Affordability Agenda. It won’t.

88% of Green preferences flowed to Labor at the 2025 election but not by "deals". Green voters reflexively preference Labor which shows up in seats like Fremantle where the Greens didn't recommend preference to Labor but the Independent still lost. antonygreen.com.au/do-greens-vote…

Legislative Council guides from @thetallyroom have just been posted - small field in Rosevears so far! #politas tallyroom.com.au/taslc2026

Ethical AI, nuanced war, mild covid and other 2026 oxymorons.

"There is no anti true anti-tech coalition on the left. It's a bunch of people that have bought into a moral panic and think that passing mass surveillance laws is cracking down on big tech somehow because they don't have a nuanced understanding of these policies." -@TaylorLorenz youtube.com/watch?v=RJ7grR…

@Top100Rick I guess that's the exception. We don't putt out if we're going to be standing on someone's line, but that's pretty much the only reason we wouldn't putt out.

@DrClimate It does help that your turf is so firm. Footprints matter a lot more on soft turf

Australian golf culture so is much better than USA golf culture. It’s not close. Before my fellow Americans get mad, at least read first. It’s crazy how much better they do almost everything. 5 reasons why Australian golf rules:

The War Parties, Labor, One Nation and the Liberals just voted together to pass a Bill that will slam the door on Iranians fleeing a war they have cheered on.