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This from Adam Tooze today:What preoccupies me is Mark Blyth’s dramatic 2021 description of our current predicament: “climate breakdown...

This from Adam Tooze today:

What preoccupies me is Mark Blyth’s dramatic 2021 description of our current predicament: “climate breakdown … is a giant non-linear outcome generator with wicked convexities.

In plain English, there is no mean, there is no average, there is no return to normal. It’s one way traffic into the unknown.”

This is priceless 👇(Greg Jabs Drive is a road here in Townsville)

This is priceless 👇

(Greg Jabs Drive is a road here in Townsville)

https://johnmenadue.com/a-triumph-for-greed-over-commonsense-and-humanity/

https://johnmenadue.com/a-triumph-for-greed-over-commonsense-and-humanity/

https://johnmenadue.com/the-gods-look-on-aghast-as-human-calamity-unfolds/

https://johnmenadue.com/the-gods-look-on-aghast-as-human-calamity-unfolds/

A very good explainer of the Trump victory.In short, it is the rise of selfishness, due to the rise of the virtual life, decline of civil...

A very good explainer of the Trump victory.

In short, it is the rise of selfishness, due to the rise of the virtual life, decline of civil society, all enabled and encouraged by the billionaire tech bros.

So Trump comes along and says, I will give you permission to be a mean spirited selfish shit.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/09/trump-victory-explanation-scrutiny?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Highly recommend this from Barry Jones.A master of clear language. For example…“We are stuck with the submarines, which will arrive at...

Highly recommend this from Barry Jones.

A master of clear language. For example…

“We are stuck with the submarines, which will arrive at an unknown date with an unknown cost, almost certainly after they have become obsolete, and with no repayment of Australia’s investment if the deal falls over.”

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2024/10/12/twelve-keys-good-leadership?utm_source=Clipboard&utm_medium=social&utm_term=read_shared_article&utm_campaign=social_share_icons&utm_content=sidebar_share

This is cracking good from Prof Warwick.Calm, informed, real world commentary on...

This is cracking good from Prof Warwick.

Calm, informed, real world commentary on China.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BxDTE2fjT-Q&si=iEKT9ZSt2kaEIdg3

The moment… #guilty

The moment…

#guilty

Highly highly recommend this address by Yanis Varoufakis at the National Press Club.If only our political class would heed his policy...

Highly highly recommend this address by Yanis Varoufakis at the National Press Club.

If only our political class would heed his policy prescriptions.

https://youtu.be/S3_I18eEABU?si=CZxuXlZBjurrngsc

#auspol

Has science obliterated...

Has science obliterated poetry?😬

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2024/05/18/ode-the-end-poetry?utm_source=Clipboard&utm_medium=social&utm_term=read_shared_article&utm_campaign=social_share_icons&utm_content=sidebar_share

Why we move to Mastodon…..

Why we move to Mastodon…..

https://johnmenadue.com/the-banality-of-evil-redux/

https://johnmenadue.com/the-banality-of-evil-redux/

Well my gob is smacked.I’ve been learning/using #arduino to automate parts of #artworks my partner and I are preparing for exhibition.But...

Well my gob is smacked.

I’ve been learning/using #arduino to automate parts of #artworks my partner and I are preparing for exhibition.

But I hit the wall with my coding. So I asked Chat GPT.

Me…Is this possible?

GPT…Why certainly sir, you need to adjust your pulse width modulation.

Me … Que? How do I code that.

GPT. ..Like this. ( code with perfect syntax provided with user notes)

….so I load it up and it works first time.

My earth just shifted on its axis.

This is not working👇Likely we need some truly cataclysmic climate events before we move beyond nice words.…and don’t look to to...

This is not working👇

Likely we need some truly cataclysmic climate events before we move beyond nice words.

…and don’t look to to billionaire class - they will just build bigger and fancier bunkers.

https://johnmenadue.com/?attachment_id=376358

« … now a disaster, because warming may be 15 years ahead of the IPCC’s out-dated analysis, and its history of reticence on tipping...

« … now a disaster, because warming may be 15 years ahead of the IPCC’s out-dated analysis, and its history of reticence on tipping points. »😬

https://johnmenadue.com/as-warming-accelerates-and-1-5c-is-breached-faster-than-forecast-australia-needs-to-re-think-climate-risks-and-policy/

A nice explainer on what is going on in planet young folk.👇I was puzzled by younger women’s reaction to Barbie. It turned out Gen Z...

A nice explainer on what is going on in planet young folk.👇

I was puzzled by younger women’s reaction to Barbie. It turned out Gen Z men held the answer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/02/younger-women-barbie-gen-z-men-feminism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

« Australian politics is in denial as to acceptance that the Anglophone era is now past. That refusal to face reality is already costing...

« Australian politics is in denial as to acceptance that the Anglophone era is now past. That refusal to face reality is already costing Australia dearly, both economically and diplomatically. Those costs will increase. They are made most extreme and dangerous by Australia’s foolish involvement in military planning against China. »

Indeed😬

https://johnmenadue.com/china-learning-from-canute/

Andrew Forrest bells the cat on nuclear energy.https://twitter.com/DeanRosario/status/1745556123648983256/video/1

Andrew Forrest bells the cat on nuclear energy.

https://twitter.com/DeanRosario/status/1745556123648983256/video/1

This is so good in so many...

This is so good in so many ways👇

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-21/workforce-narrandera-construction-solar-farm/103235476?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other