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Read this and then realise just how futile it is in trying to have an impact by reducing your own carbon footprint.It seems like you might...

Read this and then realise just how futile it is in trying to have an impact by reducing your own carbon footprint.

It seems like you might as well just give up and enjoy yourself before you, and everyone around you fries - you’ve been outplayed…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report

Wondering if the NACC is just an unmonitored mailbox for the lack of apparent activity made public to date…

Wondering if the NACC is just an unmonitored mailbox for the lack of apparent activity made public to date…

https://michaelwest.com.au/hydrogen-a-miracle-solution-or-over-hyped-stalking-horse-for-fossil-fuels-lobby/

https://michaelwest.com.au/hydrogen-a-miracle-solution-or-over-hyped-stalking-horse-for-fossil-fuels-lobby/

Well written, thought-provoking and...

Well written, thought-provoking and amusing

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/01/caitlin-moran-whats-gone-wrong-for-men-and-the-thing-that-can-fix-them?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

If AI is so smart, why can’t the supermarkets rig a camera at the checkout to recognise fruit & veg so we can get rid of these stupid...

If AI is so smart, why can’t the supermarkets rig a camera at the checkout to recognise fruit & veg so we can get rid of these stupid little barcode stickers they put on EVERY piece of fruit? - not customer-friendly at all currently

Return serve and a pretty brutal assessment … no love lost...

Return serve and a pretty brutal assessment … no love lost here…

https://www.afr.com/rear-window/how-low-will-alan-joyce-go-20230508-p5d6sd

Seriously? The distance between police actions and the actions of a totalitarian state gets thinner day by...

Seriously? The distance between police actions and the actions of a totalitarian state gets thinner day by day…

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/03/wa-police-seized-photos-from-home-of-journalist-who-took-images-of-ancient-rock-art-being-removed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This is the level of reality and debate we should be having here - but it is missing; we just get “we’ve made this decision” followed...

This is the level of reality and debate we should be having here - but it is missing; we just get “we’ve made this decision” followed by a word salad of “patriotism”, “force projection”, “manufacturing” “partnership”. What an eye-watering waste of money this is going to be…

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-ve-bet-everything-on-subs-that-will-be-obsolete-by-the-time-they-arrive-20230314-p5cs3t.html

Wow - hopeless! Nothing like ‘leading’ from the rear… they can’t even think about putting their name to the start of any...

Wow - hopeless! Nothing like ‘leading’ from the rear… they can’t even think about putting their name to the start of any discussions. #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/09/ben-franklin-nsw-minister-state-treaty-first-nations-people?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I also think there needs to be a rapprochement between traditional and social media eg Twitter. MSM need to stop treating it as a threat and...

I also think there needs to be a rapprochement between traditional and social media eg Twitter. MSM need to stop treating it as a threat and more as crowd-sourced journalism for story sources, context and insight. MSM can bring reach, focus, access & resourcing to SM interests and stories. We need both pulling together to move the dial
#auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/25/capping-super-balances-is-a-logical-fight-to-have-in-a-country-that-prides-itself-on-equality-but-logic-isnt-the-default?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Well that was less painful than expected! - With the "3 months until we shut it off" announcement, just moved from the mastodon.au...

Well that was less painful than expected! - With the "3 months until we shut it off" announcement, just moved from the mastodon.au server over here to aus.social - and it all seems to be working!