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The more time passes the more I realize how disconnected I am from Western discourse. I don't think people fully grasp how hard it is to make a nation from scratch, a system that functions as well as ours did. Nation's like Australia don't just happen, it's an incredibly difficult task, that the overwhelming majority of leaders fail at, in some cases repeatedly. But instead of respecting the accomplishment and not screwing with the settings that made it work in the first place, we have a cavalcade of people who think they can do it better. History tells us that in all likelihood they can't and will probably screw up a good thing.

@anthonypesec Chance of Australia getting subs now support re-confirmed, unchanged from unlikely.

Trump just confirmed his support for AUKUS. The one agreement that Trump hasn't reneged on and it had to be this one, dammit.

Man Who Was Paralysed With Fear Over Lack Of Details About Indigenous Voice Provides A One-Page Media Release For His Half A Trillion Dollar Nuclear Plan: betootaadvocate.com/entertainment/…

@D0CT0R_Dave Superb!

Nvidia added $1T to its market cap in the past month (and is now worth $3T+). If you had invested $1000 in its 1999 IPO, you would have $0 today because your paper hands would have definitely sold during one of its 12 drawdowns of 50%+ (or 2 drawdowns of 85%+).

Watching the Tilies. FTA TV is a borked experience.

And this canonrumors.com/canon-patent-a…

Oh, I want this! Canon Patent Application: Canon RF 20-60mm F2.8 canonrumors.com/canon-patent-a…

Don't think I've ever seen that before.

The exact moment Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist.

An unbelievable show of lightning-quick reflex and skill in the Monaco tunnel from F2 pilot Isack Hadjar.

If not sugar, then what is the cause?

Absolutely biblical skies in Tasmania at 4am this morning. I’m leaving today and knew I could not pass up this opportunity for such a large solar storm. Here’s the image. I actually had to de-saturate the colours. Clouds glowing red. Insane. Shot on Nikon. Rt appreciated

@ProfRayWills Just did this for Brisbane, using 80 years of BOM data. Brisbane is getting hotter and dryer. And when it's wet the rain is more intense leading to flooding.

Western Australia 2023 streamflow We are all just canaries in a coal mine End fossil fuels

ABC iView has some cracking shows. "8 nights out west" is both a celebration of Australia's multiculturalism, and making me hungry.

Daily image: "Osprey v Crow" neverhappen.com/?p=18311

Incredible footage!

Hint of a rainbow

Most of my power is provided by rooftop solar, with some evening consumption from the grid. But when grid usage has increased circa 25% but cost is over 300% you just know FIT are now almost nil.

Don't be speeding